You know you’re always in for a fight with the try-hard Miami Heat and, playing on the road right after Christmas, without Kyle Lowry and Jonas Valanciunas, it looked like the Raptors just didn’t have it last night. But a dominant third quarter gave way to a highly entertaining fourth, where Danny Green finally buried the Heat with a game-winning three-pointer with 22 seconds to go.
Without Jonas Valanciunas to contend with, and facing down a rusty Serge Ibaka (starting after a 10-day layoff), Hassan Whiteside completely dismantled the Raptors in the first quarter last night.