The gruelling, ugly seven game series played between the Heat and Raptors in 2016 obviously left some residual feelings. Tuesday’s game was ripped from the lost appendix of that Eastern Conference Semifinal — a grotesque, low scoring series where physicality ruled — and Miami appropriately won this one on a breakdown, with the score firmly in double digits, 90-89.
Wayne Ellington made the game-winning layup with 0.3 seconds left, after a small Raptors lineup was spread thin by an excellent out-of-timeout play from Heat coach Erik Spoelstra. With OG Anunoby and Pascal Siakam messing up communication on the strong side, Ellington drove baseline for a semi-contested layup.