Beijing time on January 18, today, the Miami Heat at home to meet the Toronto Raptors, this game, Adebayor returned after 22 games. In this campaign, the two sides played inextricably, 2 minutes before the end, the difference between the two teams was only 3 points, the Heat made a mistake, Barnes and Siakam launched a fast attack, the Raptors played 2 to 1, but Barnes was too sticky to the ball, did not pass to Siakam, after that, the Heat player fouled, this offense was destroyed, because the number of fouls did not arrive, the Raptors side also did not get the opportunity to take free throws.
Next, the Raptors sent a sideline ball to attack unsuccessfully, back, Butler held the ball and pretended to enter the box, he saw PJ Tucker lurking in the right bottom corner, Ba Shen chose to pass the ball out, Tucker was 1 of 2 before this shot, only 2 points were scored, but at the critical moment, the Shoe King was not soft, he shot steadily in the bottom corner, the ball was scored, the score was pulled to 6 points, at this time, the game time was less than 40 seconds left, Van Jo dan was far away from the three points to stop the bleeding, but the Heat then firmly controlled the rhythm, Adebayo walked to the free throw line to take points, In the end, the Heat defeated the Raptors 104-99.
After this game, the Heat's record is 28-16, throwing off the Nets, ranking second in the East, and the Raptors have a record of 21 wins and 20 losses, temporarily ranking ninth in the East. In this game, Butler played 36 minutes, shooting 6 of 14 from the field, 0 of 1 from three-point range, 7 of 8 from the free throw line, contributing 19 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists and 1 steal. His outstanding performance also brought him to two major milestones, the first milestone, which was Butler's second personal triple-double this season and the 13th triple-double of his career. In the final moments, Butler's data was 19 points, 9 boards and 9 assists, he first assisted tucker in the bottom corner to blast three points, and finally grabbed the last board of the game, reaching a triple-double, and his plus-minus was +13, the highest in the game.
The second milestone, according to statistics, Butler scored 9 triple-doubles during the Heat, tied with James as the team's all-time triple-double. Hiro played 34 minutes and 28 seconds off the bench, 8 of 16, scored a game-high 23 points, plus 4 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals, Vincent 15 points, Adebayo 12 of 4 in this campaign, at the critical moment he shook off Siakam, caused the opponent to foul, and finally walked to the free throw line to help the team seal the victory, he had 14 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists, Dunro 8 points, 3 rebounds and 3 steals, Tucker 5 points and 4 rebounds, the last three points in the bottom corner completely extinguished the raptors' hope of counterattack, Martin 6 points and 5 rebounds, Dedmond had 8 points and 9 rebounds, and Strus had 6 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists.
For the Raptors, the team only used a seven-man rotation, Boucher 6 of 12, cut 23 points and 10 rebounds, Van Vliet made 7 of 17, contributing 22 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists, Siakam had 18 points, 6 rebounds, 10 assists and 5 steals on 9 of 20, Anunoby had 14 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists, Barnes had 16 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists, and Achuva had 6 points and 15 rebounds. In this game, Butler once again showed the style of being a leader at a critical moment, and this season's Heat showed the word "tough" to the fullest, Butler, Tucker, Lowry, Adebayo are all famous tough guys, they can fight with the Bucks.