Toronto Raptors Starters
F - Sonny Weems F - Amir Johnson C - Andrea Bargnani
PG - Jarrett Jack SG - DeMar Derozan
Miami Heat Starters
F - Chris Bosh F - Lebon James C - Zydrunas Ilgauskas
G - Carlos Arroyo G - Dwyane Wade
First Quarter
Heat come out hot shooting 59 % from the floor lead by King James with 10 points and 4 assists and Wade had 7 points 2 rebounds while Boshsat most of the quarter with 2 fouls but still had 2 points and 2 rebounds. While the Raptors were lead by Sonny in his second start of the season with 10 points and with Evans out with the flu Amir started had 4 points and 2 rebounds before sitting with 2 fouls and Joey Dorsey came off the bench with 2 quick rebounds snd Jack 3 assists while Calderon had 9 points. The Raptors opened the quarter 0-4 but then shoot almost 50/50 with 8 for 17 from the floor but Bargnani was 0-7 from the floor with a nice 5 rebounds and the raptors kept themselves in the game with their 13 rebounds and 4 offensive rebounds to be only down 9 34-25 going into the second quarter.
Second Quarter
The heat (55 % in the half) went on a 12-4 run to give themselves a 17 point lead but the Raptors got it down to 13 63-50 and The heat were lead by Wade 11 points and 2 rebounds while King James had 6 points Bosh had 5 points and 2 rebounds in the quarter. The Raptors got more boards in the quarter lead by Amir's 4 and Dorsey's 3 so the Raptors with 26 rounds and 10 offensive stuck around while Calderon had 6 of his 9 points in the quarter and Bargnani went 4 for 6 from the floor and had 9 points in the quarter with 2 more rebounds.DeMar also had 7 points and 4 rebounds in the quarter and the Raptors need to play tougher defense in the second half to make it respectable.
Third Quarter
The Raptors go on a 16-4 run in 5:45 to close it to 5 points but in the last couple of minutes the heat built it up to 10 again 84-74 and the Raptors defense had the heat shooting 32 % ( 8 for 20) in the quarter. Amir had 6 points and DeMar had 4 to lead the Raptors and Dorsey and David Anderson both had 4 of the Raptor's 11 rebounds in the quarter. The heat were lead by King James who had 5 points and 2 assists and Bosh had 4 points and 1 rebound while Wade had 3 points and 2 rebounds in this quarter so if the Raptors want to win they need to play 12 minutes of tough defense in the fourth.
Fourth Quarter
The Raptors got it down 6 points but that is the closest they would get as the heat win 109-98 and Wade lead them in the quarter with 8 of his 31 points and 2 rebounds and King James had 2 points and 5 assists while Bosh had 1 point along with 1 rebound. Raptors were lead by Bargnani's 9 points along with DeMar and his 8 points but not enough and Dorsey had 2 more rebounds to give him 11 to lead in rebounds for the game.
Finsl Thoughts
The Raptors were hurt having Evans not play but Dorsey really came to play all game and eventhough Amir had only 2 rebounds the Raptors took it to the heat on the boards with help from Bargnani's 9 rebounds and Bargnani was missed in the first quarter (0-7, 2 points). It was nice to see Bargnani and DeMar lead the way in the fourth but DeMar 2 for 5 with free throws in the fourth could have made it closer and the rest of the road trip could be good with Philly and Washington still to come. Wade really showed that he can do it down the strech and Lebron feed the ball in the fourth but Bosh ended up on the bench in the fourth and his 12 points and 6 rebounds are not solid for him while James Jones quitely had 14 points with 4 of his 5 second half points in the fourth quarter to go with his 6 points in the second quarter all off the bench.
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