Trailing by 35 points at halftime, the worst in team history! Siakam was traded to the Heat to lose to the Raptors
On January 18, Beijing time, the NBA regular season Heat played away against the Raptors, and when the Raptors traded Siakam, the Heat fell behind by 35 points in the first half of 43-78, creating a record for the largest halftime deficit in team history, and finally the Heat lost to the Raptors 97-121 to end a three-game winning streak, and the Raptors ended a four-game losing streak. Butler's 16 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists led the Heat to score 6 double-doubles, the Raptors scored 20+ points with 3, Barrett scored 26 points and 8 rebounds, Barnes scored 20 points and 8 assists, Trent scored 28 points with 8 three-pointers, and Quickley scored 17 points, 8 rebounds and 9 assists.
In the first meeting this season, the Heat defeated the Raptors 112-103 away, Butler led the Heat 5 players to score 15+ points and 8 assists to win, Siakam 30 points and 6 assists and Anunoby 23+8+6 still lost.
The two sides ushered in the second meeting of the season, the Raptors, the Pacers, and the Pelicans completed a three-way trade, and the core of the team, Siakam, was traded away. The Raptors are also missing Poeltl, Porter and Crook, and the Heat are missing Love, Harkes and Smith. In the first quarter, the Raptors played super offensive firepower, and they shot 41-18 in a single quarter to take an early 23-point lead, and the Raptors were 15-of-24 in the world over 5 of 5 crosshairs, including 7-of-10 three-pointers, and the Heat only had 7-of-21 in the first quarter, including 1-of-7 three-pointers.
In the second quarter, the Raptors continued to crush the Heat, they scored at least 37 points in two consecutive quarters, the Raptors won by 12 points 37-25 in the second quarter, and the Raptors had a huge advantage of 25 points at 78-43 at the end of the first half. In the first two quarters, the Raptors made 14 of 22 three-pointers, the Heat made 16 of 16 three-pointers, the Raptors won 13 three-pointers for as many as 39 points, Barrett scored 17 points and Trent scored 16 points for 4 three-pointers, leading the Raptors to score 4 double-doubles, and the Heat only had Butler 10 points and one double-double.
The Heat trailed by 35 points for the largest halftime deficit in franchise history, having previously trailed the Lakers by 33 points in the first half on March 9, 1989, when they faced the Lakers led by Pat Riley. In the third quarter, the Heat won by 14 points at 30-16 in a single quarter, but due to the big gap, the Raptors still led the Heat by 21 points at 94-73 at the end of the third quarter.
In the final quarter of the game, the Raptors continued to suppress the Heat to maintain a 20+ advantage, and the game also lost suspense in advance and entered garbage time, and finally the Raptors easily defeated the Heat 121-97 by 24 points to end a four-game losing streak.
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