Raptors Tie Team Record With 21 3s, Top Heat 125-104
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MIAMI (CBSMiami/AP) — The Miami Heat's recent surge was slowed down on Sunday by the hot shooting of Canada's last NBA team.
Kyle Lowry had 24 points and 10 assists, Pascal Siakam scored 20 and the Toronto Raptors tied a franchise record with 21 3-pointers on the way to beating the Miami Heat 125-104 at American Airlines Arena.
Toronto finished with eight players in double figures. Danny Green scored 15 points, all on 3-pointers. Norman Powell also scored 15, and OG Anunoby and Jeremy Lin each scored 11.
Toronto's only other game with 21 3s was against Philadelphia in 2005. The Raptors were 21 of 40 from deep, and 21 of 34 from inside the arc — shooting 57 percent.
Bam Adebayo scored 19 for the Heat, who had won four in a row. Dion Waiters and Dwyane Wade each scored 15, and Rodney McGruder added 13.
The Heat were outscored 63-24 from 3-point land.
Kawhi Leonard missed the game — "load management" the cited reason — and hasn't appeared in more than two consecutive Raptors games since playing in five straight from Jan. 25 through Feb. 5.
It hasn't hurt Toronto: The Raptors are now 14-5 when Leonard doesn't play, and he'll sit a few more before the playoffs.
"We've kind of looked at it all the way through now, and I think there's maybe a few games yet that he's going to probably stay out," coach Nick Nurse said. "We're just super happy with where we are with it. We kind of feel like we're ahead of the game."
The Raptors set the tone early, going 7 for 10 from 3-point range in the opening quarter.
They cooled off, albeit only slightly.
By halftime Toronto was up to 12 makes from beyond the arc, helping send the Raptors into the locker room with a 68-54 lead. They had a 14-0 run late in the second quarter, and then the 3s just kept coming.
When Miami closed within 10 on a dunk by Adebayo early in the third, Green made a 3 to snuff out the mini-rally by the Heat. Miami got within 11 early in the fourth, and Lowry connected from deep. Lin connected not long afterward from deep, and then Lowry ended any doubt by making his sixth of the game for a 105-89 lead.
TIP-INS
Raptors: This was the third straight Sunday game for the Raptors, and Leonard has missed them all. They play in Detroit next Sunday, and on his current schedule Leonard might be in line to sit that one out as well. ... Toronto is now 55-1 since December 2013 when having a 14-point lead or better at the half. The loss came last season, in Cleveland.
Heat: Miami hasn't rallied from a double-digit halftime deficit at home since December 2015, now having lost 14 such games in a row. They're 0-5 in that situation this season. ... Kelly Olynyk, one of Miami's best players of late, was 0 for 8. ... The Heat led only twice, at 2-0 and 4-2, for a total of 54 seconds.
ZERO BLOCKS
Miami didn't block any of Toronto's 74 shot attempts. The last time the Heat didn't block a shot was Nov. 1, 2017, against Chicago — 145 games ago, including playoffs. That ends the fifth-longest such streak in team history.
MCCAW STARTS
The Raptors went with a new starting five, putting Patrick McCaw on the first unit for the first time this season. It was McCaw's first start since March 29, 2018, for Golden State. His first start, oddly enough, was also against Miami for the Warriors back in 2017. McCaw scored 10 points, going 3 for 3 from 3-point range.
UP NEXT
Raptors: Visit Cleveland on Monday.
Heat: Host Detroit on Wednesday.
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