Heat tune up for postseason by topping Raptors 118-103 in regular-season finale
MIAMI (AP) After a 46-win regular season, the Miami Heat still aren't in the playoffs. It'll take one more victory to get that job done.
And they'll have two chances, if necessary.
Thomas Bryant scored 18 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, Jaime Jaquez Jr. added 18 points and the Heat tuned up for a trip to the play-in tournament by beating the Toronto Raptors 118-103 on Sunday.
Bam Adebayo and Tyler Herro each scored 17 for Miami, while Jimmy Butler scored 15, Caleb Martin 12 and Delon Wright finished with 11 points and five steals for the Heat (46-36). Miami goes to Philadelphia to open the play-in tournament on Wednesday, with the winner securing the No. 7 seed.
“Should be a lot of fun,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said.
The loser of the Miami-Philadelphia game will play host to either Atlanta or Chicago on Friday to determine the No. 8 seed and who’ll face No. 1 seed Boston in Round 1.
“We've just got to go out there and compete, play basketball the right way and do something very difficult - which is to win on Philly's floor,” Butler said. “But it's the time of the year where you'll have to do that anyways if you want to win a championship. Obviously, we'll have to do it if we want to get to 7.”
Gary Trent Jr. scored 18 points for Toronto. Jordan Nwora and Gradey Dick each scored 14, Kelly Olynyk scored 11 and Ochai Agbaji added 10.
Toronto finished 25-57, the fifth-worst record in franchise history. There was some early hope; the Raptors started 8-8 and a three-game winning streak in late February pushed their record to 22-36.
They went 3-21 the rest of the way, playing much of that final stretch without Scottie Barnes - a former rookie of the year who made his first All-Star team this year - because of injury.
“I think we managed to keep the group together and keep high spirits and really focused on player development of our young core," Raptors coach Darko Rajaković said. "So, there is a lot of positive things that we're going to embrace and look for going for into the future.”
It was tied after one quarter and the intrigue didn't last much longer. Miami outscored Toronto 43-22 in the second to build a 67-46 halftime lead. The 21-point margin in the second quarter was Miami's second-biggest of any period this season; the Heat outscored Portland by 24 in the second quarter of what became a 60-point win on March 29.
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| Time | Team | Play | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12:00 |  | Kelly Olynyk vs. Bam Adebayo (Tyler Herro gains possession) | ||
| 11:38 | | +3 | Nikola Jovic makes three point jump shot (Bam Adebayo assists) | 0-3 |
| 11:22 |  | Javon Freeman-Liberty misses three point jump shot | ||
| 11:20 | | Caleb Martin defensive rebound | ||
| 11:12 | | Bam Adebayo misses two point jump shot | ||
| 11:11 | | Kelly Olynyk defensive rebound | ||
| 10:52 | | Gary Trent Jr. misses three point jump shot | ||
| 10:50 | | Jimmy Butler defensive rebound | ||
| 10:45 | | Bam Adebayo turnover (bad pass) (Gradey Dick steals) | ||
| 10:34 | | +2 | Ochai Agbaji makes two point driving layup (Kelly Olynyk assists) | 2-3 |
| 10:20 | | Nikola Jovic misses three point jump shot | ||
| 10:17 | | Kelly Olynyk defensive rebound | ||
| 10:08 | | +2 | Gradey Dick makes two point driving layup (Javon Freeman-Liberty assists) | 4-3 |
| 10:08 | | Nikola Jovic shooting foul (Gradey Dick draws the foul) | ||
| 10:08 | | +1 | Gradey Dick makes regular free throw 1 of 1 | 5-3 |
| 9:49 | | +3 | Tyler Herro makes three point jump shot (Jimmy Butler assists) | 5-6 |
| 9:37 | | Kelly Olynyk misses three point jump shot | ||
| 9:35 | | Bam Adebayo defensive rebound | ||
| 9:32 | | Gary Trent Jr. shooting foul (Jimmy Butler draws the foul) | ||
| 9:32 | | +1 | Jimmy Butler makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 5-7 |
| 9:32 | | +1 | Jimmy Butler makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 5-8 |
| 9:13 | | Bam Adebayo shooting foul (Gary Trent Jr. draws the foul) | ||
| 9:13 | | +1 | Gary Trent Jr. makes regular free throw 1 of 3 | 6-8 |
| 9:13 | | +1 | Gary Trent Jr. makes regular free throw 2 of 3 | 7-8 |
| 9:13 | | +1 | Gary Trent Jr. makes regular free throw 3 of 3 | 8-8 |
| 9:03 | | Bam Adebayo turnover (out of bounds bad pass) | ||
| 8:50 | | Javon Freeman-Liberty turnover (bad pass) (Bam Adebayo steals) | ||
| 8:40 | | Tyler Herro turnover (bad pass) (Ochai Agbaji steals) | ||
| 8:35 | | +2 | Ochai Agbaji makes two point running dunk | 10-8 |
| 8:19 | | Tyler Herro misses two point driving layup | ||
| 8:17 | | Gary Trent Jr. defensive rebound | ||
| 8:09 | | Kelly Olynyk turnover (bad pass) (Nikola Jovic steals) | ||
| 8:04 | | Caleb Martin misses two point running finger roll layup | ||
| 8:00 | | Kelly Olynyk defensive rebound | ||
| 7:51 | | +2 | Kelly Olynyk makes two point driving floating jump shot (Ochai Agbaji assists) | 12-8 |
| 7:34 | | Nikola Jovic misses three point jump shot | ||
| 7:31 | | Kelly Olynyk defensive rebound | ||
| 7:26 | | Gary Trent Jr. misses three point pullup jump shot | ||
| 7:23 | | Bam Adebayo defensive rebound | ||
| 7:16 | | Ochai Agbaji personal foul (Bam Adebayo draws the foul) | ||
| 7:06 | | Tyler Herro misses two point driving layup | ||
| 7:05 | | Bam Adebayo offensive rebound | ||
| 7:05 | | +2 | Bam Adebayo makes two point tip dunk | 12-10 |
| 6:55 | | Caleb Martin shooting foul (Ochai Agbaji draws the foul) | ||
| 6:55 | | Heat 60 second timeout | ||
| 6:55 | | +1 | Ochai Agbaji makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 13-10 |
| 6:55 | | Ochai Agbaji misses regular free throw 2 of 2 | ||
| 6:49 | | Nikola Jovic defensive rebound | ||
| 6:27 | | Jimmy Butler misses two point turnaround fadeaway jump shot | ||
| 6:27 | | Gradey Dick defensive rebound | ||
| 6:20 | | Ochai Agbaji turnover (out of bounds lost ball) | ||
| 6:12 | | Gradey Dick technical foul (Defensive three second) | ||
| 6:12 | | Jimmy Butler misses technical free throw 1 of 1 | ||
| 6:12 | | Heat offensive rebound | ||
| 5:57 | | Caleb Martin misses three point jump shot | ||
| 5:53 | | Kelly Olynyk defensive rebound | ||
| 5:45 | | Kelly Olynyk turnover (bad pass) (Caleb Martin steals) | ||
| 5:42 | | Jimmy Butler misses two point running layup | ||
| 5:41 | | Jimmy Butler offensive rebound | ||
| 5:40 | | Jimmy Butler misses two point tip layup | ||
| 5:39 | | Jimmy Butler offensive rebound | ||
| 5:37 | | +2 | Jimmy Butler makes two point putback layup | 13-12 |
| 5:22 | | Ochai Agbaji misses three point jump shot | ||
| 5:22 | | Jimmy Butler defensive rebound | ||
| 5:08 | | +2 | Jimmy Butler makes two point alley-oop layup (Tyler Herro assists) | 13-14 |
| 4:59 | | Gradey Dick misses three point pullup jump shot | ||
| 4:59 | | Heat defensive rebound | ||
| 4:49 | | Tyler Herro misses three point jump shot | ||
| 4:45 | | Kelly Olynyk defensive rebound | ||
| 4:31 | | Ochai Agbaji misses three point jump shot | ||
| 4:29 | | Javon Freeman-Liberty offensive rebound | ||
| 4:29 | | Nikola Jovic personal foul (Javon Freeman-Liberty draws the foul) | ||
| 4:23 | | Gary Trent Jr. misses two point turnaround hook shot | ||
| 4:23 | | Tyler Herro defensive rebound | ||
| 4:08 | | Caleb Martin misses three point jump shot | ||
| 4:03 | | Bam Adebayo offensive rebound | ||
| 4:01 | | +2 | Bam Adebayo makes two point driving floating jump shot | 13-16 |
| 4:01 | | Raptors 60 second timeout | ||
| 3:51 | | +2 | Javon Freeman-Liberty makes two point driving layup | 15-16 |
| 3:37 | | Garrett Temple shooting foul (Tyler Herro draws the foul) | ||
| 3:37 | | +1 | Tyler Herro makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 15-17 |
| 3:37 | | +1 | Tyler Herro makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 15-18 |
| 3:36 | | Haywood Highsmith personal foul (Garrett Temple draws the foul) | ||
| 3:36 | | +1 | Garrett Temple makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 16-18 |
| 3:36 | | +1 | Garrett Temple makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 17-18 |
| 3:26 | | Kevin Love misses three point jump shot | ||
| 3:24 | | Ochai Agbaji defensive rebound | ||
| 3:07 | | Garrett Temple misses two point driving floating jump shot | ||
| 3:04 | | Tyler Herro defensive rebound | ||
| 3:01 | | Tyler Herro turnover (out of bounds bad pass) | ||
| 2:38 | | +2 | Malik Williams makes two point jump shot (Garrett Temple assists) | 19-18 |
| 2:28 | | Malik Williams personal foul (Jaime Jaquez Jr. draws the foul) | ||
| 2:15 | | Haywood Highsmith turnover (traveling) | ||
| 1:58 | | Malik Williams misses two point jump shot | ||
| 1:55 | | Jaime Jaquez Jr. defensive rebound | ||
| 1:47 | | Haywood Highsmith offensive foul (Charge) (Garrett Temple draws the foul) | ||
| 1:47 | | Haywood Highsmith turnover (offensive foul) | ||
| 1:32 | | Garrett Temple misses three point jump shot | ||
| 1:29 | | Delon Wright defensive rebound | ||
| 1:12 | | +2 | Jaime Jaquez Jr. makes two point pullup jump shot (Jimmy Butler assists) | 19-20 |
| 0:59 | | +2 | Malik Williams makes two point driving layup (Garrett Temple assists) | 21-20 |
| 0:45 | | Garrett Temple shooting foul (Jaime Jaquez Jr. draws the foul) | ||
| 0:45 | | +1 | Jaime Jaquez Jr. makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 21-21 |
| 0:45 | | +1 | Jaime Jaquez Jr. makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 21-22 |
| 0:31 | | Jaime Jaquez Jr. shooting foul (Gradey Dick draws the foul) | ||
| 0:31 | | Gradey Dick misses regular free throw 1 of 2 | ||
| 0:31 | | Raptors offensive rebound | ||
| 0:31 | | +1 | Gradey Dick makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 22-22 |
| 0:22 | | Jordan Nwora shooting foul (Jaime Jaquez Jr. draws the foul) | ||
| 0:22 | | +1 | Jaime Jaquez Jr. makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 22-23 |
| 0:22 | | +1 | Jaime Jaquez Jr. makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 22-24 |
| 0:04 | | +2 | Bruce Brown makes two point driving floating jump shot (Garrett Temple assists) | 24-24 |
| 0:00 | | Jimmy Butler turnover (out of bounds lost ball) | ||
| 0:00 | | End of period |
| Time | Team | Play | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11:41 | | Garrett Temple misses two point driving finger roll layup | ||
| 11:34 | | Garrett Temple offensive rebound | ||
| 11:34 | | Garrett Temple misses two point tip layup | ||
| 11:33 | | Thomas Bryant defensive rebound | ||
| 11:21 | | Jalen McDaniels personal foul (Jimmy Butler draws the foul) | ||
| 11:21 | | Raptors 60 second timeout | ||
| 11:15 | | Jordan Nwora technical foul (Defensive three second) | ||
| 11:15 | | +1 | Jimmy Butler makes technical free throw 1 of 1 | 24-25 |
| 11:01 | | Delon Wright misses two point driving hook shot | ||
| 10:58 | | Gradey Dick defensive rebound | ||
| 10:52 | | Jaime Jaquez Jr. blocks Gradey Dick's two point pullup jump shot | ||
| 10:52 | | Raptors offensive rebound | ||
| 10:34 | | +2 | Bruce Brown makes two point driving floating jump shot (Gradey Dick assists) | 26-25 |
| 10:09 | | Haywood Highsmith misses three point jump shot | ||
| 10:05 | | Jalen McDaniels defensive rebound | ||
| 9:56 | | +3 | Gradey Dick makes three point jump shot (Garrett Temple assists) | 29-25 |
| 9:38 | | +2 | Jaime Jaquez Jr. makes two point driving finger roll layup (Delon Wright assists) | 29-27 |
| 9:25 | | Garrett Temple turnover (bad pass) (Haywood Highsmith steals) | ||
| 9:20 | | +2 | Delon Wright makes two point running layup (Jaime Jaquez Jr. assists) | 29-29 |
| 9:03 | | +2 | Bruce Brown makes two point pullup jump shot | 31-29 |
| 9:03 | | Thomas Bryant shooting foul (Bruce Brown draws the foul) | ||
| 9:03 | | Bruce Brown misses regular free throw 1 of 1 | ||
| 8:59 | | Jaime Jaquez Jr. defensive rebound | ||
| 8:51 | | Jaime Jaquez Jr. misses three point jump shot | ||
| 8:49 | | Jordan Nwora defensive rebound | ||
| 8:26 | | Gradey Dick misses two point pullup jump shot | ||
| 8:22 | | Thomas Bryant defensive rebound | ||
| 8:09 | | +2 | Thomas Bryant makes two point hook shot (Delon Wright assists) | 31-31 |
| 7:46 | | Jalen McDaniels misses three point jump shot | ||
| 7:43 | | Garrett Temple offensive rebound | ||
| 7:38 | | +2 | Jordan Nwora makes two point driving layup | 33-31 |
| 7:19 | | +3 | Delon Wright makes three point jump shot (Jaime Jaquez Jr. assists) | 33-34 |
| 7:01 | | +2 | Gradey Dick makes two point pullup jump shot (Jalen McDaniels assists) | 35-34 |
| 6:45 | | +2 | Jimmy Butler makes two point driving layup (Jaime Jaquez Jr. assists) | 35-36 |
| 6:30 | | Thomas Bryant blocks Jalen McDaniels's two point driving layup | ||
| 6:26 | | Jordan Nwora offensive rebound | ||
| 6:25 | | Jordan Nwora turnover (bad pass) (Delon Wright steals) | ||
| 6:20 | | Haywood Highsmith misses three point running pullup jump shot | ||
| 6:16 | | Jimmy Butler offensive rebound | ||
| 6:15 | | +2 | Jimmy Butler makes two point putback layup | 35-38 |
| 6:04 | | Gradey Dick misses two point jump shot | ||
| 6:00 | | Thomas Bryant defensive rebound | ||
| 5:50 | | +2 | Jimmy Butler makes two point driving floating jump shot | 35-40 |
| 5:50 | | Raptors 60 second timeout | ||
| 5:39 | | Kelly Olynyk turnover (bad pass) (Bam Adebayo steals) | ||
| 5:33 | | Javon Freeman-Liberty blocks Caleb Martin's two point running reverse layup | ||
| 5:33 | | Caleb Martin offensive rebound | ||
| 5:30 | | +2 | Bam Adebayo makes two point driving floating jump shot (Jaime Jaquez Jr. assists) | 35-42 |
| 5:30 | | Kelly Olynyk shooting foul (Bam Adebayo draws the foul) | ||
| 5:30 | | +1 | Bam Adebayo makes regular free throw 1 of 1 | 35-43 |
| 5:12 | | +2 | Gary Trent Jr. makes two point stepback jump shot (Kelly Olynyk assists) | 37-43 |
| 4:52 | | +3 | Caleb Martin makes three point jump shot (Tyler Herro assists) | 37-46 |
| 4:34 | | Kelly Olynyk misses two point turnaround hook shot | ||
| 4:31 | | Tyler Herro defensive rebound | ||
| 4:30 | | Tyler Herro turnover (out of bounds bad pass) | ||
| 4:19 | | Kelly Olynyk offensive foul (Caleb Martin draws the foul) | ||
| 4:19 | | Kelly Olynyk turnover (offensive foul) | ||
| 4:04 | | +3 | Caleb Martin makes three point jump shot (Tyler Herro assists) | 37-49 |
| 4:01 | | Raptors 60 second timeout | ||
| 3:46 |