An evaluation of Sunday night time’s Miami Warmth-Toronto Raptors

TORONTO – Observations and different notes of curiosity from Sunday night time’s 119-116  loss to the Toronto Raptors:

– There have been instances in current seasons when the onus on Jimmy Butler appeared overwhelming.

– There have been instances when that very same might be mentioned the previous few years with Bam Adebayo, and his bucketload of duties on each ends.

– After which you could have an evening like this and marvel if, perhaps, Tyler Herro may get a little bit of assist.

– Herro carried the Warmth within the first half.

– Was lively whereas others had been anemic.

– After which within the third interval, a driving layup . . . that wasn’t.

– Due to basket interference on Adebayo.

– And a pinpoint cross for a 3-pointer . . . that wasn’t

– As Duncan Robinson bobbled the ball out of bounds.

– This staff, in fact, wasn’t constructed this manner.

–  However for Adebayo, scoring has been an ongoing battle.

– And for Butler, it’s simply not an every-night factor anymore.

– As a substitute, Herro heroics have outlined the most effective of the Warmth to this stage.

– As he returns Monday to Boston, the place he final season produced a tour de drive within the Warmth’s lone playoff win.

– In October, who had Herro because the Warmth’s main All-Star candidate?

– In December, who doesn’t?

– The priority is he is also the one present candidate.

– All or nothing.

– Along with his late 3-point miss on this one pricey.

– But additionally the participant who received the Warmth into that place.

– The Warmth opened for a sixth consecutive recreation with a lineup of Herro, Adebayo, Butler, Robinson and Haywood Highsmith.

– Getting into 4-1 with that lineup.

– Robinson was referred to as for his second foul 1:19 into the sport.

– With the Warmth’s choices considerably restricted, with Nikola Jovic (ankle) and Josh Richardson (sickness) not with the staff.

– The Warmth had been with out rookie middle Kel’el Ware, with the first-round select of Indiana sidelined by proper foot tendinitis.

– Kevin Love and Pelle Larsson entered collectively within the Warmth’s first substitution.

– Terry Rozier adopted.

– Then Jaime Jaquez Jr.

–  With Alec Burks, at the beginning of the second quarter, making it 10 deep for the Warmth.

– That left Thomas Bryant and Dru Smith as the one accessible gamers out of the combo.

– Adebayo’s first conversion from the foul line moved him previous Rony Seikaly and into fourth on the Warmth all-time listing.

– The double-double was the 201st of Adebayo’s profession. Solely Rony Seikaly (221) and Alonzo Mourning (205) have had extra with the Warmth.

– The Warmth had been coming off Friday night time’s 54 3-point makes an attempt of their dwelling victory over the Raptors.

– “We simply need to have a profile that is sensible, probably the most sense for our staff,” coach Erik Spoelstra mentioned pregame.

– However Spoelstra additionally burdened it additionally can not simply be 3-pointers.

– “We’ve mentioned all alongside it’s not one being extra necessary than the opposite,” he mentioned. “We additionally must be aggressive. We additionally must have our paint assaults.”

– This time the 3-point quantity was means down.

– Raptors coach Darko Rajaković for the second consecutive recreation spoke pregame in regards to the Warmth’s zone protection.

– Miami is a staff that performs zone fairly a bit,” he mentioned. “They play greater than different groups, they discovered through the years success with that zone.”

– So the Raptors received R.J. Barrett into the center of the Warmth protection and the previous Knick went to work from there.