Miami, Jan 30 – (Adnkronos) – The craziest game of the NBA night and probably of the entire season takes place in Miami, where the Raptors (24-23) win 124-120 over the Heat (32-18) at the end of a long battle a full 63 minutes with three extra times. It is the two triples made by Fred VanVleet in the third overtime that definitively close the games, after Erik Spoelstra had taken away from Gabe Vincent a decisive triple from mid-field a few seconds from the end of the second overtime by calling a timeout to organize the attack. A mistake that proved fatal.
The story of the match is the Raptors quintet, which for the first time in the history of the NBA has five players on the pitch for more than 50 minutes. Obviously they all close above the 19 level touched by the decisive VanVleet (3/15 shooting before 4/7 in extra time), led by 33 by Gary Trent Jr., 22 by Scottie Barnes, double doubles of 21 + 13 by Pascal Siakam and from 20 + 14 of OG Anunoby. Only 9 points from the bench, including 8 from the former Precious Achiuwa.
In Miami, without the former Kyle Lowry for the seventh game in a row due to personal problems, a comeback from -16 in the third quarter was not needed to force three extra times, led by the triple double of 37 points with 14 rebounds and 11 assists of a Jimmy Butler never tamed. There are six teammates in double figures, including 17 from Vincent and 13 from Tyler Herro, who, however, together with Duncan Robinson (0/5 for zero points) has a difficult evening shooting with 5/22 from the field of which 3 / 14 from three.
