The Heat are going to have nine, maybe as few as seven, healthy players, barring a last-minute injury exception, and most of those players are young and unproven or old and past their prime. Fantasy owners should continue to consider Wade as questionable and watch for further injury updates leading up to the game.
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Toronto’s other all-star – and he has removed whatever remaining doubt there was about whether he’d make the big game next month with his recent play – continued his recent rampage in another dominant effort, scoring 33 points to lead the Raptors over the banged-up Miami Heat 101-81 on Friday night at the ACC. Meanwhile, we had no answer for Valanciunas down low – he went 9-9 in the game, and pulled down 12 boards.
It was the third straight game that DeRozan scored 30 or more points and the second time in a his career that he has accomplished that.
ABOUT THE RAPTORS (27-15): DeRozan has gone for 30 or more points three times in the last five games and put up 18 of his 34 in the third quarter on Wednesday as Toronto overcame a deficit. “Defending the three… that has been a concern for the past two or three games now”.
Toronto The Miami Heat are in a world of hurt right now, a bet-against team in any reasonable price range.
“We were just getting beat to balls left and right”, said Stevens.
TORONTO (AP) – All-Star guard Kyle Lowry came up with a new play Friday night – the peck-and-roll. The Raptors were up 31-20 at the end of the quarter.
Jonas Valanciunas added his eighth double-double of the season with 19 points and 12 rebounds as the Raptors won their season-high sixth straight game, 115-109 over the Boston Celtics.
The Boston Celtics have fallen on hard times recently as they have lost six of their last nine games and it looks like they are interested in making some changes. Sadly when the second ballots came back, it seemed as if Lowry’s chances to start in the All-Star Game were diminished.
They also discussed the recent play of Kelly Olynyk, who is shooting 49 percent from three-point range since Thanksgiving.
The Celtics rallied back after a poor first quarter to take a lead at halftime, but it was all for naught.
Russell Westbrook had 16 points, eight rebounds and seven assists for the Thunder, who nearly blew a 17-point lead in the fourth quarter before improving to 13-2 since a Christmas Day loss to Chicago.
The Rockets closed the third quarter with a 14-2 run to turn a one-point game into a double-digit lead entering the fourth. “So they just scored in the paint regardless”.
Not to be left out, local politicians couldn’t be happier to see the Raptors’ favourite strut his stuff in the first all-star game north of the border.
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Chris Bosh had 26 and Dwyane Wade 22 points for Miami.
