DeRozan scores 30 as Raptors beat Heat 108-94
DeMar DeRozan scored 30 points (12 in the third quarter), and the Toronto Raptors went on a 17-2 run in the third quarter to beat the Miami Heat 108-94.
The Heat went on a 25-10 run to lead 64-53 with 9:33 left in the third quarter. DeRozan’s 16-foot jumper put the Raptors ahead for good with 5:21 left in the quarter. He scored 8 points during the run, and they led 70-66 with 3:39 left in the quarter.
The Heat got within 90-89 on Dwyane Wade’s 8-foot floater with 6:12 to play, but DeRozan answered with a 13-foot pull-up jumper, and the Heat got no closer.
Kyle Lowry had 21 points (12 in the fourth quarter) and 4 steals, and Luis Scola added 20 points. Lowry scored 12 of his 21 points in the fourth quarter. The Raptors had 3 20-point scorers.
For the Heat, Wade scored 21 points, and Gerald Green added 20 points with 5 3-pointers off the bench.
The Heat forced 7 turnovers, about 5 fewer than usual for this many possessions. The Raptors outscored the Heat 18-7 in 6 minutes with Lowry, DeRozan, Johnson, Patterson and Biyombo on the floor together.