Raptors complete season sweep, with 128-114 loss leaving Heat staggering at bottom of play-in pack
TORONTO – The math keeps growing more complex for the Miami Heat. Tuesday night’s loss to the Toronto Raptors at the start of this two-game set at Scotiabank Arena locked Erik Spoelstra’s team into a fourth consecutive trip to the play-in round, the NBA’s battleground of postseason mediocrity. Thursday the Heat awoke to the reality that No.
7 in the East also was out of the question, due to ...
TORONTO – The math keeps growing more complex for the Miami Heat. Tuesday night’s loss to the Toronto Raptors at the start of this two-game set at Scotiabank Arena locked Erik Spoelstra’s team into a fourth consecutive trip to the play-in round, the NBA’s battleground of postseason mediocrity. Thursday the Heat awoke to the reality that No.
7 in the East also was out of the question, due to tiebreakers. And then came Thursday night’s harsh reality, a 128-114 loss to the Raptors that will mean starting the postseason from the bottom of the play-in path, all but assured to be featured next week in the Nos. 9-10 game.
As in the game where the loser’s season is finished, left to instead to stare for weeks at miniscule draft-lottery odds. The loss the Heat’s 10th in the last 13 games. While there was a brief pushback in the third period from a 26-point deficit, ultimately nothing more to the night than passports ready for immigration and customs.
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