MIAMI — MIAMI (AP) — Scottie Barnes scored 27 factors and grabbed eight rebounds, and the Toronto Raptors beat the reeling Miami Heat 112-91 on Tuesday night time in the ultimate pre-Christmas sport for each groups.
Immanuel Quickley scored 18 for the Raptors — who acquired their 18th win in their thirty first sport of the season. They wanted 57 video games final season to get to the 18-win mark and are over .500 at Christmas for the primary time for the reason that 2019-20 season.
Sandro Mamukelashvili scored 14 and Brandon Ingram completed with 12 for Toronto, which once more performed with out RJ Barrett. He’s recovering from a sprained proper knee.
Jaime Jaquez Jr. scored 21 for the Heat, who’re again to the .500 mark at 15-15 and have dropped 9 of their final 11 video games. They’ve been held underneath 100 factors twice this season, each by Toronto and each in losses — with Tuesday’s 91-point determine the bottom. The Raptors beat the Heat 106-96 on Dec. 15.
Toronto received for less than the fourth time in its final 12 video games, with each wins over the Heat a part of that span.
Norman Powell scored 17, Andrew Wiggins added 14 and Bam Adebayo grabbed 12 rebounds for the Heat. Miami performed once more with out Tyler Herro, Nikola Jovic and Pelle Larsson, all who stay injured.
The Heat shot 40.2%, their worst at dwelling this season.
A ten-0 run in the fourth quarter just about put issues away for Toronto, with that spurt giving the Raptors a 99-76 edge halfway by means of the ultimate interval.
The Heat and Raptors don’t play once more till a pair of matchups in Toronto on April 7 and April 9.
Up subsequent
Raptors: Visit Washington on Friday, Toronto’s remaining street sport earlier than the calendar flips to 2026.
Heat: Visit Atlanta on Friday, the primary of 4 conferences between the Southeast Division rivals this season.
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