Raptors 121-95 Heat (Apr 7, 2026) Game Recap
TORONTO — — Scottie Barnes scored 25 factors, Brandon Ingram completed with 23 and the Toronto Raptors beat Miami 121-95 on Tuesday evening, an end result that locked the Heat into the play-in match for a fourth consecutive season.
Jakob Poeltl scored 17 factors for the Raptors (44-35), who moved inside a recreation of idle Atlanta for the No. 5 spot within the Eastern Conference playoff chase. Toronto is aiming for its first playoff journey since 2022 and leads Philadelphia (43-36) by one recreation within the race for the sixth and closing assured berth within the East.
RJ Barrett scored 16 and Jamal Shead He had 11 assists off the bench for Toronto.
A 19-2 run by the Raptors within the first half turned a two-point deficit right into a 13-point lead, and Toronto maintained the double-digit margin just about the complete remainder of the best way.
Andrew Wiggins scored 24 factors for Miami (41-38), which now seemingly must win its closing three video games to have any reasonable likelihood of escaping the No. 10 seed going into the play-in match for a second consecutive 12 months.
Tyler Herro and Norman Powell every scored 14 for the Heat. Bam Adebayo — who had an 83-point recreation for Miami final month in opposition to Washington — was held to seven factors on 2-for-14 taking pictures, and the Heat misplaced for the ninth time of their final 12 video games.
Toronto improved to 3-0 in opposition to the Heat this season. The Raptors have swept Miami in a season collection solely twice earlier than — going 4-0 in opposition to the Heat in 2007-08 and 2018-19 — and can intention to take action once more on Thursday when the groups end a two-game collection in Toronto.
The Raptors improved to 13-4 in opposition to Southeast Division groups this season.
The groups play once more Thursday in Toronto.
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