Feb 24, 2021 - Toronto Raptors at Miami Heat

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Blake Griffin's Quest To Rediscover His Game

by Rafael Canton

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The NBA Will Always Be A Commodities' League

by Colin McGowan

As things are currently set up, franchises have immense control over what players are allowed to do- where they can work, how they work, what they can say, even what they do in their limited spare time. For every James Harden in the league, there's many more Andre Drummonds.

2/24/2021 Miami v. Toronto Game Preview

	Toronto Raptors	(16-17, 9-10 away)
	Miami Heat	(15-17, 8-7 home)

February 24, 2021 at 8:00 PM ET
Regular Season

AmericanAirlines Arena
Miami, Florida

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Season Series - Miami won 2-1

Date	Away Team	Home Team	Score	Winner	Game Type	Venue
Jan 20, 2021	Miami	Toronto	111 - 102	Miami	Regular Season	Amalie Arena
Jan 22, 2021	Miami	Toronto	81 - 101	Toronto	Regular Season	Amalie Arena
Feb 24, 2021	Toronto	Miami	108 - 116	Miami	Regular Season	AmericanAirlines Arena

2020-2021 Team Stats

	GP	MPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TOV	PF	ORB	DRB	TRB	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Toronto	34	48.0	39.8	88.0	.452	15.4	40.2	.383	17.9	21.5	.832	13.7	21.9	9.4	32.5	41.9	25.1	8.6	5.7	112.9
Miami	34	48.4	38.7	83.4	.464	13.0	36.5	.356	17.4	21.8	.796	16.0	19.8	7.7	35.2	42.9	26.1	6.9	3.9	107.7
TOR Opponents	34	48.0	38.1	84.4	.452	14.0	37.6	.372	20.2	25.3	.797	16.2	19.9	9.7	35.1	44.9	26.4	6.7	5.8	110.4
MIA Opponents	34	48.4	39.1	87.4	.447	15.0	41.0	.366	16.1	20.5	.787	14.9	20.9	10.1	33.4	43.5	25.3	8.8	3.9	109.3

Head to Head Since 1946-1947

Date	Away Team	Home Team	Score	Winner	Game Type	Venue
Jan 22, 2021	Miami	Toronto	81 - 101	Toronto	Regular Season	Amalie Arena
Jan 20, 2021	Miami	Toronto	111 - 102	Miami	Regular Season	Amalie Arena
Aug 3, 2020	Toronto	Miami	107 - 103	Toronto	Regular Season	HP Field House
Jan 2, 2020	Toronto	Miami	76 - 84	Miami	Regular Season	AmericanAirlines Arena
Dec 3, 2019	Miami	Toronto	121 - 110	Miami	Regular Season	Scotiabank Arena
Apr 7, 2019	Miami	Toronto	109 - 117	Toronto	Regular Season	Scotiabank Arena
Mar 10, 2019	Toronto	Miami	125 - 104	Toronto	Regular Season	AmericanAirlines Arena
Dec 26, 2018	Toronto	Miami	106 - 104	Toronto	Regular Season	AmericanAirlines Arena
Nov 25, 2018	Miami	Toronto	115 - 125	Toronto	Regular Season	Scotiabank Arena
Apr 11, 2018	Toronto	Miami	109 - 116	Miami	Regular Season	AmericanAirlines Arena
Feb 13, 2018	Miami	Toronto	112 - 115	Toronto	Regular Season	Scotiabank Arena
Jan 9, 2018	Miami	Toronto	90 - 89	Miami	Regular Season	Scotiabank Arena
Apr 7, 2017	Miami	Toronto	94 - 96	Toronto	Regular Season	Scotiabank Arena
Mar 23, 2017	Toronto	Miami	101 - 84	Toronto	Regular Season	AmericanAirlines Arena
Mar 11, 2017	Toronto	Miami	89 - 104	Miami	Regular Season	AmericanAirlines Arena
Nov 4, 2016	Miami	Toronto	87 - 96	Toronto	Regular Season	Scotiabank Arena
May 15, 2016	Miami	Toronto	89 - 116	Toronto	Playoffs	Scotiabank Arena
May 13, 2016	Toronto	Miami	91 - 103	Miami	Playoffs	AmericanAirlines Arena
May 11, 2016	Miami	Toronto	91 - 99	Toronto	Playoffs	Scotiabank Arena
May 9, 2016	Toronto	Miami	87 - 94	Miami	Playoffs	AmericanAirlines Arena
May 7, 2016	Toronto	Miami	95 - 91	Toronto	Playoffs	AmericanAirlines Arena
May 5, 2016	Miami	Toronto	92 - 96	Toronto	Playoffs	Scotiabank Arena
May 3, 2016	Miami	Toronto	102 - 96	Miami	Playoffs	Scotiabank Arena
Mar 12, 2016	Miami	Toronto	104 - 112	Toronto	Regular Season	Scotiabank Arena
Jan 22, 2016	Miami	Toronto	81 - 101	Toronto	Regular Season	Scotiabank Arena
Dec 18, 2015	Toronto	Miami	108 - 94	Toronto	Regular Season	AmericanAirlines Arena
Nov 8, 2015	Toronto	Miami	76 - 96	Miami	Regular Season	AmericanAirlines Arena
Apr 11, 2015	Toronto	Miami	107 - 104	Toronto	Regular Season	AmericanAirlines Arena
Mar 13, 2015	Miami	Toronto	92 - 102	Toronto	Regular Season	Scotiabank Arena
Nov 2, 2014	Toronto	Miami	102 - 107	Miami	Regular Season	AmericanAirlines Arena
Mar 31, 2014	Toronto	Miami	83 - 93	Miami	Regular Season	AmericanAirlines Arena
Jan 5, 2014	Toronto	Miami	97 - 102	Miami	Regular Season	AmericanAirlines Arena
Nov 29, 2013	Miami	Toronto	90 - 83	Miami	Regular Season	Scotiabank Arena
Nov 5, 2013	Miami	Toronto	104 - 95	Miami	Regular Season	Scotiabank Arena
Mar 17, 2013	Miami	Toronto	108 - 91	Miami	Regular Season	Scotiabank Arena
Feb 3, 2013	Miami	Toronto	100 - 85	Miami	Regular Season	Scotiabank Arena
Jan 23, 2013	Toronto	Miami	116 - 123	Miami	Regular Season	AmericanAirlines Arena
Apr 18, 2012	Toronto	Miami	72 - 96	Miami	Regular Season	AmericanAirlines Arena
Mar 30, 2012	Miami	Toronto	113 - 101	Miami	Regular Season	Scotiabank Arena
Feb 5, 2012	Toronto	Miami	89 - 95	Miami	Regular Season	AmericanAirlines Arena
Apr 13, 2011	Miami	Toronto	97 - 79	Miami	Regular Season	Scotiabank Arena
Feb 16, 2011	Miami	Toronto	103 - 95	Miami	Regular Season	Scotiabank Arena
Jan 22, 2011	Toronto	Miami	103 - 120	Miami	Regular Season	AmericanAirlines Arena
Nov 13, 2010	Toronto	Miami	100 - 109	Miami	Regular Season	AmericanAirlines Arena
Mar 28, 2010	Toronto	Miami	94 - 97	Miami	Regular Season	AmericanAirlines Arena
Jan 27, 2010	Miami	Toronto	103 - 111	Toronto	Regular Season	Scotiabank Arena
Dec 15, 2009	Toronto	Miami	95 - 115	Miami	Regular Season	AmericanAirlines Arena
Nov 20, 2009	Miami	Toronto	113 - 120	Toronto	Regular Season	Scotiabank Arena
Mar 6, 2009	Miami	Toronto	108 - 102	Miami	Regular Season	Scotiabank Arena
Nov 19, 2008	Toronto	Miami	101 - 95	Toronto	Regular Season	AmericanAirlines Arena
Nov 16, 2008	Miami	Toronto	96 - 107	Toronto	Regular Season	Scotiabank Arena
Apr 14, 2008	Miami	Toronto	75 - 91	Toronto	Regular Season	Scotiabank Arena
Mar 19, 2008	Miami	Toronto	54 - 96	Toronto	Regular Season	Scotiabank Arena
Mar 5, 2008	Toronto	Miami	108 - 83	Toronto	Regular Season	AmericanAirlines Arena
Feb 4, 2008	Toronto	Miami	114 - 82	Toronto	Regular Season	AmericanAirlines Arena
Apr 3, 2007	Toronto	Miami	89 - 92	Miami	Regular Season	AmericanAirlines Arena
Mar 28, 2007	Miami	Toronto	83 - 96	Toronto	Regular Season	Scotiabank Arena
Dec 11, 2006	Toronto	Miami	77 - 99	Miami	Regular Season	AmericanAirlines Arena
Apr 11, 2006	Toronto	Miami	97 - 106	Miami	Regular Season	AmericanAirlines Arena
Mar 29, 2006	Miami	Toronto	98 - 94	Miami	Regular Season	Scotiabank Arena
Feb 27, 2006	Toronto	Miami	94 - 101	Miami	Regular Season	AmericanAirlines Arena
Nov 20, 2005	Miami	Toronto	94 - 107	Toronto	Regular Season	Scotiabank Arena
Mar 29, 2005	Toronto	Miami	91 - 103	Miami	Regular Season	AmericanAirlines Arena
Jan 26, 2005	Miami	Toronto	111 - 96	Miami	Regular Season	Scotiabank Arena
Dec 12, 2004	Miami	Toronto	106 - 98	Miami	Regular Season	Scotiabank Arena
Nov 30, 2004	Toronto	Miami	94 - 92	Toronto	Regular Season	AmericanAirlines Arena
Mar 2, 2004	Toronto	Miami	89 - 86	Toronto	Regular Season	AmericanAirlines Arena
Dec 14, 2003	Miami	Toronto	90 - 89	Miami	Regular Season	Scotiabank Arena
Nov 29, 2003	Toronto	Miami	66 - 78	Miami	Regular Season	AmericanAirlines Arena
Apr 15, 2003	Miami	Toronto	103 - 99	Miami	Regular Season	Scotiabank Arena
Apr 8, 2003	Toronto	Miami	83 - 89	Miami	Regular Season	AmericanAirlines Arena
Mar 21, 2003	Toronto	Miami	98 - 107	Miami	Regular Season	AmericanAirlines Arena
Dec 20, 2002	Miami	Toronto	97 - 77	Miami	Regular Season	Scotiabank Arena
Mar 27, 2002	Miami	Toronto	80 - 81	Toronto	Regular Season	Scotiabank Arena
Mar 8, 2002	Toronto	Miami	83 - 74	Toronto	Regular Season	AmericanAirlines Arena
Dec 23, 2001	Miami	Toronto	76 - 83	Toronto	Regular Season	Scotiabank Arena
Oct 31, 2001	Toronto	Miami	92 - 97	Miami	Regular Season	AmericanAirlines Arena
Apr 13, 2001	Miami	Toronto	82 - 94	Toronto	Regular Season	Scotiabank Arena
Mar 27, 2001	Toronto	Miami	101 - 92	Toronto	Regular Season	AmericanAirlines Arena
Feb 15, 2001	Miami	Toronto	98 - 91	Miami	Regular Season	Scotiabank Arena
Jan 24, 2001	Toronto	Miami	83 - 103	Miami	Regular Season	AmericanAirlines Arena
Apr 18, 2000	Toronto	Miami	73 - 97	Miami	Regular Season	AmericanAirlines Arena
Jan 28, 2000	Miami	Toronto	93 - 108	Toronto	Regular Season	Scotiabank Arena
Nov 4, 1999	Miami	Toronto	86 - 97	Toronto	Regular Season	Scotiabank Arena
Apr 6, 1999	Miami	Toronto	92 - 70	Miami	Regular Season	Scotiabank Arena
Mar 11, 1999	Toronto	Miami	73 - 83	Miami	Regular Season	Miami Arena
Feb 11, 1999	Toronto	Miami	84 - 102	Miami	Regular Season	Miami Arena
Apr 10, 1998	Miami	Toronto	111 - 105	Miami	Regular Season	Rogers Centre
Feb 15, 1998	Miami	Toronto	116 - 95	Miami	Regular Season	Rogers Centre
Nov 22, 1997	Toronto	Miami	104 - 108	Miami	Regular Season	Miami Arena
Oct 31, 1997	Toronto	Miami	101 - 114	Miami	Regular Season	Miami Arena
Apr 5, 1997	Toronto	Miami	84 - 98	Miami	Regular Season	Miami Arena
Mar 30, 1997	Miami	Toronto	97 - 102	Toronto	Regular Season	Rogers Centre
Jan 23, 1997	Miami	Toronto	99 - 87	Miami	Regular Season	Rogers Centre
Dec 14, 1996	Toronto	Miami	88 - 89	Miami	Regular Season	Miami Arena
Mar 8, 1996	Toronto	Miami	79 - 109	Miami	Regular Season	Miami Arena
Feb 13, 1996	Toronto	Miami	98 - 87	Toronto	Regular Season	Miami Arena
Dec 3, 1995	Miami	Toronto	112 - 94	Miami	Regular Season	Rogers Centre

2020-2021 Toronto Raptors Depth Chart

	PG	SG	SF	PF	C
Starters	K. Lowry	F. VanVleet	O. Anunoby	P. Siakam	A. Baynes
Rotation		D. Bembry	N. Powell	S. Johnson	C. Boucher
Rotation		T. Davis		Y. Watanabe
Lim PT	M. Flynn	M. Thomas	P. McCaw	D. Hall
Lim PT		J. Harris	P. Watson

2020-2021 Miami Heat Depth Chart

	PG	SG	SF	PF	C
Starters	T. Herro	D. Robinson	J. Butler	K. Olynyk	B. Adebayo
Rotation	K. Nunn	A. Bradley	A. Iguodala	P. Achiuwa
Rotation	G. Dragic	M. Strus	K. Okpala	M. Harkless
Rotation	G. Vincent
Lim PT				U. Haslem	M. Leonard
Lim PT					C. Silva

Toronto Raptors Player Stats

#	Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TOV	PF	ORB	DRB	TRB	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
3	Ogugua Anunoby	SF	23	33.4	5.0	10.3	.479	2.1	5.4	.395	1.7	2.3	.755	1.7	2.8	1.4	4.3	5.7	1.7	1.6	0.7	13.8
46	Aron Baynes	C	31	19.2	2.5	5.9	.424	0.5	2.1	.231	0.4	0.5	.688	0.9	2.5	1.5	3.8	5.4	1.0	0.3	0.4	5.9
95	DeAndre' Bembry	GF	25	15.8	1.9	3.2	.595	0.3	0.8	.381	0.6	0.8	.700	0.9	1.5	0.4	1.6	2.0	1.8	0.6	0.3	4.6
25	Chris Boucher	PF	34	23.3	4.6	8.7	.527	1.6	3.6	.447	2.2	2.9	.758	0.6	2.7	1.9	4.6	6.5	1.0	0.6	2.0	13.0
0	Terence Davis	SF	28	13.9	2.5	5.8	.426	1.3	3.5	.381	0.4	0.4	.917	0.7	1.5	0.2	1.6	1.9	0.9	0.5	0.2	6.6
8	Malachi Flynn	PG	15	8.4	0.8	3.0	.267	0.3	1.7	.192	0.3	0.4	.667	0.3	0.8	0.1	0.7	0.7	1.1	0.3	0.0	2.2
2	Jalen Harris	SG	2	2.2	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.5	1.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
5	Stanley Johnson	G	30	12.9	0.9	2.2	.394	0.5	1.4	.390	0.4	0.5	.786	0.7	1.5	0.5	1.7	2.2	1.3	0.7	0.3	2.6
7	Kyle Lowry	PG	27	34.3	6.1	13.0	.466	2.9	7.0	.405	3.0	3.5	.863	2.9	3.3	0.8	4.9	5.7	6.6	1.2	0.2	18.0
22	Patrick McCaw	G	3	6.5	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
24	Norman Powell	SG	32	29.1	5.9	12.3	.481	2.5	5.7	.432	3.3	3.7	.898	1.7	2.0	0.5	2.5	3.0	1.7	1.2	0.2	17.7
43	Pascal Siakam	F	30	35.8	7.4	16.3	.453	1.2	4.1	.295	4.1	5.0	.819	2.2	3.1	1.9	5.5	7.5	4.8	1.2	0.7	20.1
21	Matt Thomas	G	20	6.2	0.7	1.9	.359	0.5	1.4	.357	0.2	0.2	1.000	0.2	0.3	0.1	0.7	0.7	0.5	0.1	0.0	2.1
23	Fred VanVleet	G	34	36.7	6.6	16.6	.400	3.4	8.8	.383	3.5	3.9	.894	2.0	2.4	0.7	3.8	4.4	6.6	1.7	0.8	20.1
18	Yuta Watanabe	F	21	12.2	1.0	2.7	.351	0.6	1.5	.387	0.4	0.4	1.000	0.4	1.0	0.8	2.4	3.2	0.4	0.4	0.6	2.9
5	Paul Watson	GF	14	3.1	0.6	1.1	.600	0.6	0.9	.667	0.0	0.0	.000	0.1	0.5	0.1	0.6	0.6	0.1	0.0	0.1	1.9

Miami Heat Player Stats

#	Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TOV	PF	ORB	DRB	TRB	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
15	Precious Achiuwa	SF	33	13.9	2.4	4.1	.581	0.0	0.0	.000	1.3	2.4	.557	1.0	1.7	1.3	2.7	4.0	0.6	0.4	0.5	6.1
13	Bam Adebayo	C	32	34.0	7.3	12.8	.567	0.1	0.2	.333	4.8	5.7	.847	3.0	2.5	2.2	7.5	9.7	5.5	0.9	1.1	19.5
11	Avery Bradley	PG	10	21.1	3.1	6.6	.470	1.6	3.8	.421	0.7	0.9	.778	0.9	2.6	0.2	1.6	1.8	1.4	0.7	0.1	8.5
22	Jimmy Butler	GF	21	33.1	6.3	14.3	.442	0.3	1.5	.219	7.1	8.3	.862	2.3	1.1	2.1	5.7	7.8	7.8	1.9	0.4	20.1
7	Goran Dragic	G	20	26.7	5.3	11.8	.455	1.7	4.7	.366	2.5	3.0	.820	2.9	2.6	0.3	2.7	3.0	4.9	0.6	0.1	14.9
8	Maurice Harkless	F	10	10.9	0.4	1.0	.400	0.4	0.8	.500	0.0	0.2	.000	0.2	1.2	0.1	0.8	0.9	0.7	0.2	0.3	1.2
40	Udonis Haslem	FC	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
14	Tyler Herro	SG	23	33.2	6.4	14.2	.450	2.0	5.9	.348	1.9	2.5	.772	2.6	1.7	0.4	5.5	5.9	3.8	0.5	0.4	16.7
28	Andre Iguodala	SF	32	21.6	1.7	4.3	.399	1.2	3.3	.349	0.2	0.4	.538	1.1	1.5	0.6	3.2	3.8	2.3	1.0	0.5	4.8
0	Meyers Leonard	C	3	9.8	1.0	2.3	.429	1.0	2.3	.429	0.3	0.7	.500	0.7	1.7	0.0	2.3	2.3	0.7	0.0	0.0	3.3
25	Kendrick Nunn	SG	26	29.9	5.6	11.7	.475	2.2	5.7	.385	1.2	1.3	.914	1.8	2.0	0.5	2.9	3.4	2.8	1.1	0.3	14.6
4	KZ Okpala	SG	18	10.1	0.7	1.8	.364	0.4	1.1	.350	0.1	0.3	.333	0.5	1.2	0.4	0.9	1.3	0.4	0.2	0.1	1.8
9	Kelly Olynyk	C	33	26.3	3.7	8.6	.428	1.9	5.8	.321	0.6	0.8	.750	1.3	2.7	0.9	4.8	5.7	2.0	0.7	0.6	9.9
55	Duncan Robinson	F	34	33.6	4.2	9.9	.427	3.3	8.4	.390	1.2	1.5	.840	1.4	2.5	0.1	3.9	4.0	1.6	0.5	0.2	13.0
30	Chris Silva	PF	6	8.8	1.0	1.5	.667	0.2	0.2	1.000	1.7	2.0	.833	1.3	2.3	1.2	1.8	3.0	1.0	0.2	0.3	3.8
31	Max Strus	G	18	15.4	2.5	5.5	.455	1.7	4.6	.366	0.5	0.7	.750	0.2	1.3	0.1	1.0	1.1	0.6	0.2	0.0	7.2
2	Gabe Vincent	G	24	14.9	2.0	5.7	.360	0.9	3.5	.262	0.7	0.8	.895	0.8	1.9	0.1	1.0	1.1	1.2	0.5	0.1	5.7

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