The Heat were hot to start with Dion Waiters and Bam Adebayo getting on the board early. Miami did a good job controlling the pace early, even with Toronto doing what they could to speed things up. The Raptors scored well, but Miami’s defense was solid enough to interrupt their flow…at least briefly.
The Raptors have the ability to go on quick runs and that was evident early in the quarter as they went on a 11-2 run. They were able to do this by hitting a ton of threes in transition (they hit seven in the quarter).