Brandon Ingram scored 28 points as the Toronto Raptors snapped a four-game losing skid with a 106-96 win over the host Miami Heat on Monday.
Ingram buried 5-of-7 threes, while Scottie Barnes compiled 17 points, 10 rebounds, six assists and three blocks.
Immanuel Quickley added 15 points as the Raptors dominated the fourth quarter 32-19.
Bam Adebayo and Norman Powell posted 20 points each for Miami, which suffered its fifth straight defeat.
Adebayo also hauled in 10 boards and Kel’el Ware had 13 rebounds in 19 minutes for the Heat, who lost Tyler Herro before the game with a right big toe contusion, then suffered another blow when Nikola Jovic suffered a right elbow injury in the first quarter.
Miami jumped ahead 10-2 before Ingram led a Toronto rally, scoring 12 of the Raptors’ first 15 points.
Jovic had his right arm placed in a heavy brace after crash-landing on a hard foul by Collin Murray-Boyles with 3:38 remaining in the first period, just 12 seconds after subbing in for the Heat.
Miami coughed up eight turnovers in the opening period, which ended on a buzzer-beating three from Grady Dick to give Toronto its first lead, 23-22.
Powell, well held early, spearheaded a 14-0 rush in the second frame as the Heat surged in front 36-25.
The Raptors responded with an Ingram-inspired 10-0 burst to pinch the lead back, before Adebayo and Miami ripped the momentum back again, closing the half with a 52-46 lead.
The Heat forced six Toronto turnovers in the third and produced a 9-0 flurry late to lead 77-74 with a quarter to play.
Ware started the fourth period with a tip-dunk to make it 79-74 before the Raptors replied with a 17-2 outburst to storm ahead 91-81.
After Toronto led 100-89 on Ingram’s fifth 3-pointer, a 7-0 Miami run dragged the deficit back to four with 1:28 to play. Toronto closed with Jamal Shead’s floater, Barnes’ tough putback and Jacob Poeltl’s layup.
–Field Level Media
