On January 18, Beijing time, the Heat played at home against the Raptors, and the Heat successfully defeated the Raptors 104-99 at the end of the game. Although the Heat were missing Lowry in this game, the Heat welcomed back Adebayor in this game, so the Heat still have a greater chance of winning, and now the Eastern Conference rankings are fiercely competitive, and at this time the Heat need to win the game. In this game, the two teams also played very fiercely, although the Heat established a lead in the second half of the game, but in the fourth quarter of the game, the Raptors did not give up the game is a tight score, but unfortunately the Raptors finally failed to reverse the loss of the game.
After the start of the first quarter of the game, the two teams played difficult points, the Heat had Butler and others to help the team score, but the Raptors also had Barnes, Siakam and others to respond, but at the end of the final stage, VanVleet helped the team score, and the Raptors led by 3 points at the end of the first quarter. In the second quarter, Siakam and Boucher helped the Raptors score, and then Butler and Strus played to help the Heat complete the rebound, and then the two teams played fiercely, but in the final stage, the Heat played a wave of 7-0, and the Heat led by 7 points at the end of the half. In the third quarter of the game, the Raptors found the form to complete the rebound, and the next game the two teams played glue, but at the end of the stage, Hiro began to threaten, and the Heat rebounded by 5 points at the end of the third quarter. In the fourth quarter, the two teams played fiercely, and the Heat were supposed to take the lead, but the Raptors' outside three-point fire was still able to bite the score, and tucker hit a three-pointer in the final moment to open the score, and finally the Raptors chased the score and lost the game without success.
Although the Raptors lost the game, but the Raptors really lost Yu Rong, because in this game the Raptors are bringing a lot of pressure to the Heat, even if the Heat in the fourth quarter of the game to open the score, the Raptors can still bite the score, and the Heat this game can use more people, on the contrary, the Raptors use a 7-man rotation, and even Qian Penny only played for 9 minutes, but in such a situation, the Raptors can also bring enough pressure to the Heat, and they once had the opportunity to reverse, so the Raptors really lost Yu Rong. In this game, rookie Barnes also became a sinner, after all, the Raptors had a quick attack opportunity at the critical moment, but in the end, Barnes passed some slower so that the opponent fouled and did not play a fast attack, and then Barnes grabbed the ball and stepped out of bounds.
It can be said that Barnes's series of operations caused the Raptors to lose the opportunity to chase points, so the Raptors lost the game Barnes became a sinner, and at the end of the game, Barnes got 16 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists, Siakam got 18 points, 6 rebounds and 10 assists, and VanVleet got 22 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists. At the same time, Adebayo returned to the offensive state, but in the defensive end and for the protection of rebounds, Adebayo did a good job, and at the end of the game, Adebayo got 14 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists. And the veteran Tucker was credited in this game, after all, Tucker hit a three-pointer at the critical moment, and this three-point shot basically ended the suspense of the game, and Tucker got 5 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist at the end of the game.
Butler was remarkable in this game, and in the end, Butler got 19 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists. At the same time, after the Heat won the game, the current Heat has no win difference with the Bulls in the East, so the Next Game Heat is expected to come to the first position in the East, and the current competition in the East is very fierce, after all, the Nets behind are only 0.5 wins behind the Heat, and the Cavaliers and Bucks are also chasing after it, so the Next Game The Eastern Ranking becomes very uncertain, so the Competition in the East will become more intense.