The Miami Heat struggled early with their long range shooting but pulled it together with the help of the bench, only to fall apart in crunch time 107-103 to the Toronto Raptors on Monday.
In their first home game in months, Miami couldn’t get their offense flowing in the first quarter despite consistent good looks at the basket. As a team they only mustered 17 points for the quarter but stayed within striking distance thanks to the efforts of Jimmy Butler, who scored the first six points and dished out an assist to Jae Crowder, who again started in place of Meyers Leonard and finished with 16 points, for the 3-pointer.