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Miami Heat at Toronto Raptors: Friday preview

AIR CANADA CENTRE

TIPOFF: 7:30 p.m.

TV: Sportsnet One

RADIO: TSN 1050

PROBABLE STARTERS

Miami: Goran Dragic, Dion Waiters, Justise Winslow, Luke Babbitt, Hassan Whiteside

Toronto: Kyle Lowry, DeMar DeRozan, DeMarre Carroll, Pascal Siakam, Jonas Valanciunas

KEY MATCHUP

Valanciunas vs. Whiteside

The two pivots get to pick up from where they left off in their second-round playoff battle, when each player was lost to leg injuries in Game 3. Valanciunas struggled with Gortat’s physicality in Washington on Wednesday and will have to quickly figure out how to combat the seven-foot, 265-pound Whiteside, who’s averaging 20 points, leads the league in rebounds (13.