Raptors End 16-Game Skid Against Heat, Win 102-92
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TORONTO (CBSMiami/AP) – For the first time in more than five years, the Miami Heat lost to the Toronto Raptors. The 102-92 win meant the Raptors snapped a 16-game losing streak against the Heat.
Kyle Lowry scored 19 points, DeMar DeRozan had 18, Lou Williams added 14 points, Amir Johnson had 13 and Greivis Vasquez 12 for the Raptors, whose previous victory over Miami was a 111-103 home win on Jan. 27, 2010. Injured Miami forward Chris Bosh had 24 points and 18 rebounds for the Raptors in that game.
Dwyane Wade scored 25 points and Goran Dragic had 18 for the Heat, who failed to match their longest winning streak over any opponent. Miami won 17 straight against Milwaukee between April 8, 1993, and March 11, 1997.
Lowry had eight rebounds, eight assists and seven steals as the Raptors, back from a winless three-game road trip, began a stretch that sees them play seven of 10 at home with an important win. Toronto came in having lost nine of 10.
DeRozan scored seven points in the first, going 5 for 5 at the free throw line, as the Raptors led 21-18. It marked just the second time in eight games that Toronto led after the opening quarter. The Raptors also led 26-22 in a 114-103 win at Philadelphia on March 2.
Miami tied it up with three free throws in the first 30 seconds of the second, but Williams made two 3-pointers as the Raptors responded with a 20-6 run over the next seven minutes to lead 50-41 at halftime.
DeRozan and Johnson each scored six points in the third, helping Toronto take a 78-63 lead into the fourth.
Vasquez was called for a flagrant-1 foul after taking down Miami's Tyler Johnson on a drive to the basket early in the fourth.
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TIP-INS
Heat: Hassan Whiteside returned to Miami's starting lineup after serving a one-game suspension for elbowing Boston's Kelly Olynyk on Monday. He finished with 12 rebounds. ... Miami missed its first nine shots from long range before Wade made a 3 with 1:38 left in the first half. The Heat finished 5 for 23 from 3-point range. ... Wade was held below 28 points for the first time in four games.
Raptors: DeRozan finished 12 for 13 at the free throw line. ... C Jonas Valanciunas missed the game one day after his wife gave birth to the couple's first child, son Jonas Jr. Tyler Hansbrough started in his place. ... Former Raptor Charles Oakley attended the game and was honored with a video tribute in the second quarter. Oakley said he'll be involved when Toronto hosts the All-Star Game next season.
UP NEXT
Heat: Host Cleveland on Monday night.
Raptors: Host Portland on Sunday night.
