Dwyane Wade poured in 30 points to lift the Miami Heat over the Toronto Raptors 94-87 on Monday, evening up the Eastern Conference semifinals at two wins apiece.
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But all in all, it’s been a competitive Eastern Conference Semi-Finals, and it comes as no surprise that the series is now tied at 2-2, after all, three of the first four games needed overtime to determine a victor.
Fellow Raptors all-star Kyle Lowry got his back up after shootaround when a reporter said the “real Kyle and DeMar” have yet to show up. “We can disparage them all we want to and talk about how bad their shooting is, but again, you don’t forget how to shoot the basketball”. “Not one time did we doubt their ability to score”.
Biyombo had eight points in the second and sandwiched two dunks around a huge block on Wade. Although Miami dropped 29 points in the final quarter of the game, Toronto offense turned out to be too much to overcome.
DeRozan scored 34 points, while Lowry had 25 to lift the Raptors 99-91 over the Heat on Wednesday.
“We’re just trying to go out there and be aggressive”, he said. “We’ve been aggressive these past two series and shots just weren’t dropping for us”.
Thompson scored 33 points with six 3-pointers, while Curry added 29 and sealed it with a 3 with 24.9 seconds left. He was 11 of 22 from the field, added four rebounds and was 11 of 11 from the free throw line.
Toronto has to play well tonight, they’re favored and will look to take advantage of Amare Stoudemire having to start at center for Miami. Goran Dragic and Josh Richardson each had 13.
But the Raptors opened the third quarter with a 17-4 run and when Ross was fouled on a three-point attempt with a minute-and-a-half left in the quarter, his three free throws put Toronto up by six. “When Bismack is out there just being himself, showing his charisma, that kind of gets us going”.
Kyle Lowry hit a 3-pointer with 52.5 seconds to give Toronto a 6-point lead. I got positive feedback from the MRI, from the X-ray.
DeRozan jammed his sore right thumb while fouling Miami’s Tyler Johnson with 8:19 left in the fourth. DeRozan aggravated the injury in the fourth quarter and went back to the locker room briefly before returning. When? You hope it’s within the series, but it’s going to come back. They also had nine steals and lead 28-18.
The series thus far has been extremely close and I expect more of the same in game six.
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The Miami Heat and Toronto Raptors could each be on their way to a second consecutive Game 7 if the former defeats the latter again at home in Game 6 on Friday. “It’s been our biggest nemesis”. The Raptors’ media relations Twitter account announced on Thursday afternoon that Carroll’s wrist injury yielded negative x-rays and he will be questionable for Toronto’s Game 6 in South Beach on Friday night. The Heat said X-rays were inconclusive.
