The Heat, who were reversed by the 76ers in the last home game, are playing at home again today again to meet the Raptors. In this battle, Lowry and Yutsevin were absent due to injury, while the Raptors were all out.
The two teams played hard throughout the game, and neither of them completely pulled the point difference apart. In the end, the Heat beat the Raptors 104-98 at home, let's take a look at the specifics of the game!
19+10+10, Butler beat Siakam
One of the highlights of today's game is the confrontation between the two major forwards, the Heat's Butler vs. the Raptors' Siakam. In this game, both of them also played a comprehensive data, which can be said to have completed a crazy exchange.
Siakam 18+6+10+5+1, reduced to empty slashing
Today Siakam has achievements at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, the whole game Sika bloody 42 minutes, shooting 9 of 20, cutting 18 points, 6 rebounds, 10 assists, 5 steals and 1 block, it can be said that the strong filled the data column, trying his best. Unfortunately, in the end, it fell short and became an empty slash.
Butler 19+10+10, triple-double led the team to win
In the face of such a comprehensive output of Sika on both ends of the attack and defense, Butler is also not willing to show weakness. Played 36 minutes in the game, shooting 6 of 14 and 7 of 8 from the free throw line, and cut a triple-double of 19 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists, with a plus-minus of +13.
In the final moments, Butler broke through the bottom corner of Tucker and hit a three-pointer that completely killed the game to win!
Hiro suppressed Van Vleet
In addition to the matchup between Siakam and Butler today, the scoring PK of Hiro and Van Jordan is also a major attraction. In the scoring battle between the two defenders, Giro is still superior.
Hiro's bench has an efficient output of 23+4+3+3
If I had to choose the best sixth man of the season, I would definitely vote for Hiro. In this game, he continued to output efficiently, cutting 23 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 steals, which was also a major contributor to the Heat's victory.
VanVleet's shooting percentage is poor
This season's Van Jordan can be said to have successfully picked up lowry's torch and become the Raptors' point guard, especially in the three-point shooting field, but today Van Jordan's shooting percentage is a bit bad.
Throughout the game, VanVleet played 41 minutes, shooting only 7 of 17, including 6 of 16 three-pointers, 2 of 2 free throws, contributing 22 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists and 5 turnovers, far from the normal level of his season.
16+8+6, rookie stable output
Unsurprisingly, the best rookie of the season should be produced in Wagner Jr., Conningham, Mobley and Barnes. As a big favorite for the best rookie, Barnes has another stable output today.
In this campaign, the rookie cut down a comprehensive stat of 16 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists. Although he didn't help the team win the game, he proved himself.
23+10+2, the Raptors have completely picked up the treasure
But today's game, the Raptors' biggest gain is not Barnes, nor Sika and Van Jordan, but the young player Boucher who came off the bench.
Nas has given Boucher plenty of playing time this season, and the African lad has reciprocated the manager with practical actions. Boucher played 38 minutes, shooting 7 of 13, 2 of 4 from three-point range, 7 of 9 from the free throws, and cut a team-high 23 points, 10 rebounds (including 6 frontcourt rebounds) and 2 blocks, becoming a bench wizard!
Such an excellent performance also made the Raptors shout to completely pick up the treasure!
Since the Nets lost to the Cavaliers earlier today, after winning this game, the Heat once again overtook the Nets to rise to second place in the East, and the Raptors missed the winning streak and fell to ninth in the East.