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Miami faces Toronto, aims to break road slide

By The Associated PressYahoo Sports

Miami Heat (41-38, 10th in the Eastern Conference) vs. Toronto Raptors (44-35, sixth in the Eastern Conference) Toronto; Thursday, 7 p. m.

EDT BOTTOM LINE: Miami travels to Toronto looking to break its three-game road slide. The Raptors are 31-18 against conference opponents. Toronto is 7-4 in games decided by 3 points or fewer.

The Heat are 25-24 in Eastern Conference play. Miami is the Eastern Conference leader with 46. 5 rebounds per game led by Bam Adebayo averaging 10.

0. The Raptors are shooting 48. 0% from the field this season, 1.

6 percentage points higher than the 46. 4% the Heat allow to opponents. The Heat score 8.