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The shorthanded Miami Heat (11-9) hit the road to face the Toronto Raptors (9-11) tonight at the Scotiabank Arena after a tough loss to the Indiana Pacers at home. Several players are out for Miami so coach Erik Spoelstra is going with a starting lineup that will feature Caleb Martin and Orlando Robinson in place of Haywood Highsmith and Bam Adebayo respectively.
Injury Report (at the time of this publishing):
Miami Heat:
- Bam Adebayo (hip) — OUT
- Haywood Highsmith (back) — OUT
- Tyler Herro (ankle) — OUT
- Dru Smith (knee) — OUT
- RJ Hampton (knee) — OUT
- Cole Swider (g league) — OUT
Toronto Raptors:
- Gradey Dick (g league) — OUT
- Christian Koloko (illness) — OUT
- Ron Harper Jr. (g league) — OUT
- Markquis Nowell (g league) — OUT
- Javon Freeman-Liberty (g league) — OUT
Starting 5:
Miami Heat:
- Kyle Lowry, G
- Duncan Robinson, G
- Jimmy Butler, F
- Caleb Martin, F
- Orlando Robinson, C
Toronto Raptors:
- Dennis Schroder, G
- OG Anunoby, G/F
- Scottie Barnes, F
- Pascal Siakam, F
- Jakob Poeltl, C
Broadcast Info:
- Tipoff: 7:30 PM EST
- TV: TNT & Bally Sports Sun (Eric Reid, John Crotty)
- Radio: AM 560 Sports WQAM & The HEAT Radio Network (Jason Jackson)
- Spanish Radio: WAQI 710 AM & The HEAT Spanish Radio Network (José Pañeda)
It feels good to be back in the win column. Martin was balling tonight at his eastern conference finals version. Love when he plays like that. Also both the Robinson’s was great tonight, especially Orlando. He made a career high two 3’s, and clutch buckets in the 4th , also his first ever double double. I can see him starting next to bam in a year or two. Also very solid games from Juan wick, Jimmy buckets, and jrich. GO HEAT!!
good win everybody played good except the ex torontoer
W! 12-9 great way to start after a long rest
love to see bam and orob play together.orobs to good for 10 -12 mins a game
Solid short handed win
schroeder fouled jrich refs
orob low post game better than bams
Jimmy finishing touches
55 looks like a diff player from previous years.
2 mins more, no let up. were overdue for a win
robinson bros bringing us home who needs butler
Yessssssss
big hook orob
Go Heat!!! One more push and some D
jimmy what are these shots your throwing up here
second unit looks good
wow orob beautiful
siakam playing hes done nothing
Heat lead after 3 that’s good
open shot after open shot for tor
Second time Crotty and Eric pointed out Duncan’s improved defense. Many see it, some don’t.
good help d dunc congrats
Lol Dunc wattya doin standing around Raps
There’s the run
dunc tip in a first wow
ORob looks like hes heavy there
lowry scream use to be a t
jeez dunc fouled barnes 2 times refs ty
we need bams d back.orob not a good help defender
whoever plays vs lowry will have a great day.jrich needs to play over turtle.kyle slow short old get him off fkn ct.hes hurting us spo
Not so good second q. And average first half given the personnel available. Raps adjusted well attacking inside with Bam out and they made some long balls in the 2nd. Defending the paint in the next half will be tough. Go Heat!
not sure what spo sees in turtle.think hes had one good game of 20
Rough outing by Nikola. I want him to do well, but for the resident genius who questions why Spo doesn’t play him much, that was a good example. I think he’ll be fine eventually, but obviously needs more seasoning.
Jovic might still be on his european shoes having a hard time adjusting in nba ball
tie game defense is crape hard to win
Spo: Jovic what are you doing?
Tied game…make another run Go Heat!!
Jovic time
Jovic!
This is why I dislike putting in subs when you’re on a roll. Changed the momentum.
Ei RC who’d you pick for the In Season trophy? My money’s on Pacers hehe. Underdogs
I’m very biased. With the Heat out, I don’t really care. And, like 2qbn, I think it’s a fake way to generate interest in a part of the season that is a little slow.
Im enjoying the fast paced high scoring games but yeah sucks Heat not on it.
Nice to have a big man that can shoot from distance
Caleb show in the first
3 ball early. Creating a big cushion. Again. Works for me 😀
It’s raining 3s!
Let’s go Heat!
We can have a starting five off the players listed as OUT lol