January 17-Heat played at home against Yuta Watanabe‘s Raptors, with Jimmy Butler scoring 19 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists to win 104-99.
It was 28 wins and 16 losses. He lined up with the Bulls, the leader of the East Conference, who lost to the Grizzlies for four consecutive losses. Second place in winning percentage. Nets, who was in 2nd place, also lost to the Cavaliers and retreated to 3rd place.
Butler’s triple-double is the second time this season. Tyler Herro scored 23 points and Bam Adebayo scored 14 points and 9 rebounds.
Kyle Lowry, who was supposed to be the first match against the old nest after a trade transfer in August, missed for personal reasons.
From the start of the match, the offense and defense continued to be close, and it was 75-75 with 1 minute remaining in 3Q. From there, the hero won the heat with a jump shot and 3 points, and in the 4th quarter he kept the lead.
At the end, with one minute left, it was reduced to 99-96 by 3 points, but PJ Tucker scored 3 points and pulled away.
Shortly after, the Raptors’ Fred VanVleet returned three points, but with eight seconds remaining, Bam Adebayo ran away with two free throws, five points behind.
The Raptors were 21-20. Watanabe did not participate in the match with a rotation of seven people.
Chris Bushe had 23 points and 10 rebounds, Fred VanVleet had 22 points and Pascal Siakam had 18 points and 10 assists.
