Caleb Martin scored a season-best 24 points and grabbed 12 rebounds as the visiting Miami Heat defeated the Toronto Raptors 112-103 Wednesday night.
Duncan Robinson added 21 points and Jimmy Butler scored 19 points for the Heat, who were coming off a home loss to the Indiana Pacers on Saturday. Orlando Robinson had 15 points and 12 rebounds for Miami. Jaime Jaquez Jr. added 15 points.
Pascal Siakam had 30 points for the Raptors, who have lost two in a row. OG Anunoby added 23 points, Gary Trent Jr. scored 15 and Scottie Barnes
chipped in 12 points for the Raptors.
The Heat took a three-point lead into the fourth quarter.
Barnes opened the fourth-quarter scoring with a 3-pointer to tie the game at 87.
Miami scored the next 10 points before Barnes made a dunk with 6:18 to play and then added a 3-pointer to trim the margin to five.
Toronto pulled to within three points on Barnes’ layup with 3:56 to go. Orlando Robinson’s hook shot increased the margin to eight with 2:12 to play.
Miami led by as many as 15 points before taking a 37-32 advantage out of the first quarter.
Siakam’s turnaround jumper tied the game at 54 with 3:57 to play in the second quarter and he hit a 3-pointer that gave Toronto a three-point lead with 2:48 left. Toronto led 66-64 at halftime.
Toronto shot 53.5 percent (23-for-43) in the first half with Siakam scoring 19 points.
Miami shot 53.2 percent (25-for-47) from the field in the first half. Martin had 23 points.
Miami scored the first 16 points of the third quarter. Siakam’s layup with 5:34 to play in the third quarter gave the Raptors their first points of the second half. He added the free throw awarded on the play. Trent’s 3-pointer completed the scoring in the third quarter and cut the Miami lead to 87-84.
Miami’s Bam Adebayo (left hip contusion) did not play.
–Field Level Media