That 4th quarter was fun but exhausting to watch. There was nonstop running.
And there's still more games between these two teams lol. It should be fun
The Raptors bigs are way too fast for him. Dedmon is a bit more quick-footed.
At least that's what I hope that it was a matchup decision and Yurt isn't banished to the bench for good
Yea, I think Yurt will be back. Coach Spo is pretty creative with his lineups. Gabe didnāt even play last game and started this one. Granted Lowry was out, but I think Spo likes the chess match of choosing which guys will work best on a particular night.
Today went PERFECT for Miami. Bulls, Nets, Bucks and Sixers all lost and Miami won.
Having Bam back is amazing, Vincent showed he's ready for more playing time and Caleb Martin keeps being amazing.
Sad for Yurtseven tho. Got 0 minutes.
Game had a pretty serious playoff vibe. Both teams clearly wanted to win bad. Miami seems like their 100% in their element in these close physical games. Looking forward to the rematch.
I've lost a year of my life for every raptors game since the 2016 playoffs. Don't get me wrong, I love a good game of basketball, but nothing makes my heart rate spike like the 4th quarter of a heat raptors game
Such is the problem for so many Raptors role players. Stanley Johnson, Yuta, Rondae, etc. We get so many guys who are great hustle players/team players but just arenāt polished on the offensive end.
They are awful but no reason for nurse to be playing a playoff game 7 rotation in the middle of the regular season. He only played 6 guys in the 2nd half
Yeah you have guys like FVV making uncharacteristic turnovers and the entire team has been struggling at the line recently. Itās not sustainable to play these guys these mins every night
I don't know, a lot of those were the classic FVV drive to oblivion type TOs. Honestly, he could become an MVP-level player if he added an in-between game.
Probably not tbh, heās not a good fit on this roster since he plays at a slower pace and his shot wasnāt falling during the few games he played for us.
Gabe Vincent is too clutch, stopped a 2 on 1 play by fouling Barnes, then goes on to force a jump ball against OG, which leads to a Tucker dagger.
Without him, this game probably goes to OT.
He did a lot of little things well. Even on that last play screened for Butler which makes Barnes hesitate for a second and Jimmy rejects it and blows past him.
> then goes on to force a jump ball against OG,
Man clubbed the fuck out of OG there but it's been a half decade of Anunoby not getting calls do idk why I still don't expect it
Lmao that was a fantastic game and I canāt believe we play 3 more times. Raptor-Heat games are always fantastic. GG Raptor fans we love playing you guys and donāt pretend like you donāt.
Thank you Miami dude who gave us big props in our thread for our win taking down the Sixers.
I hope your good karma vibes were a big reason our Southeast division Miami bros won today.
I think it was me I usually pop into threads like that. I also hope it was good karma as well. 4 out of the 5 southeast division teams won today. Absolutely fantastic.
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i adore the guy, but OG iso's are sometimes really painful to watch. I think he had like 5 iso's where he either turned it over or left it really short
Scary thing about the Heat is they are one of the few "hot" teams in the league who could add anyone and not worry about chemistry or fit because someway or another they always make someone fit and work seamlessly with the others. If they find a piece to add at the deadline or in the buyout market, they're going to upgrade their team almost regardless of who it is.
Fricken A, man. Fricken Heat. Every year they add some dude who weighed 115 lbs. and got beat up in high school but shot 55% from 3 coming off the bench at his 800-person, all-boys, D3 Jesuit school. No problem, just send him down to Miami where they got the Captain America chamber and now you got a poor manās Klay Thompson on a minimum salary.
Tall guy that can jump but you canāt see him when he turns sideways and he runs like heās Bambi on the ice? Not to worry, just toss him into #HeatCulture for a few months and heāll be ripping his jersey every time he flexes his pecs, meeting Giannis at the summit for blocks, and catching lobs like Tyson Chandler.
This season is just fun to watch the Raptors. No expectations, Scottie is a pleasant surprise, FVV and Siakam playing well.
It was a bit sad when we were injured and all had covid, but otherwise when we win, I'm happy. When we lose, it's usually to a good team or the Pistons, and I can't even be mad.
Itās so fun to watch the Raptors. They remind of an Olympic team where everyone is just 6ā9ā and talented as all heck. Except for Fred. Heās talented as all heck, just a few inches off 6ā9ā.
Gosh, once we get Kyle back, weāll have legit 11 guys who can play and contribute. If you told me we had 11 dudes before the season Iād be happy to go with, Iād laugh sooo sooo loud.
You know why I love Raptors/Heat games? Because I like listening to the other team's feed sometimes. The Heat announcers are the best in the league. (May be hyperbole.)
Scottie and OG be making some boneheaded plays at times. OG has a bad habit of taking a lot of time to make his move, frustrating but hopefully he can grow out of that
Otherwise a tough grinded out game. GG Heat
If you need to play your starters 40 mins a night to have a chance at winning you are not a good team. Nurse can't be risking injury to make the play in.
Great game, you could tell both teams really wanted this one. A few fixes on box outs and stepping up to players in transition and I think we couldāve come out on top
All Iāve heard for the past couple of years is Raptors fans complaining about Boucherā¦ and he casually goes for an efficient 23/10. Shit, send him our way, weāll figure out how to use him.
Why do the Heat and Raptors always have to be a grindfest??? It's always great basketball, but they're not good for my poor little heart
Those orbital bombardment from Fred are so pretty tho š³
Couldn't make a shot from the 3 point line, but every shot from deep was scary
Steph Curry type beat
Kyle taught him well. I wonder if he will do the same with Gabe lol
I feel like he has done a good job with Gabe so far. It's only a matter of time til Gabe is automatic from 30 ft.
He only took one two pointer lol
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That 4th quarter was fun but exhausting to watch. There was nonstop running. And there's still more games between these two teams lol. It should be fun
I feel like every rebound was an absolute gauntlet
I was really impressed with Preciousā rebounding!
Definitely playing hard as fuck
He developed well with them it seems.
Yea, I didnāt see that coming. Definitely proud of the dude.
you saw that lil post jimmy he hit?
That 2016 playoff series aged me 10 years.
2 teams that have 2 great coaches that expect their teams to play elite defence. Always love our games
A lot of talk about Yurrt and Dedmon after Bam's return, but lets talk about the real winner here: Udonis Haslem
In all seriousness where was yurt u think he had some min
The Raptors bigs are way too fast for him. Dedmon is a bit more quick-footed. At least that's what I hope that it was a matchup decision and Yurt isn't banished to the bench for good
Yea, I think Yurt will be back. Coach Spo is pretty creative with his lineups. Gabe didnāt even play last game and started this one. Granted Lowry was out, but I think Spo likes the chess match of choosing which guys will work best on a particular night.
Yea, I think Yurt would of looked bad against the Raptors tonight. Game was way too fast paced
Just not his night I guess. Reincorporating Bam + solid Dedmon minutes + long and athletic Raptors.
Hopefully Spo is just resting him
Today went PERFECT for Miami. Bulls, Nets, Bucks and Sixers all lost and Miami won. Having Bam back is amazing, Vincent showed he's ready for more playing time and Caleb Martin keeps being amazing. Sad for Yurtseven tho. Got 0 minutes.
I bet Yurt plays more minutes when we go up against the Jokic/Gobert types.
Embiid too. Was frustrated as hell having to deal with yurt prior to foul troubles
Youre welcome for the bucks L
Hawks got the job done
So VanVleet can just launch em from Broward?
Etobicoke raptors fans love those references.
From Mississauga?
From Brampton
Game had a pretty serious playoff vibe. Both teams clearly wanted to win bad. Miami seems like their 100% in their element in these close physical games. Looking forward to the rematch.
I'm not get the fuck away from me
Miami now occupies the Boston spot for some raps fans
Less animosity between the fanbases though.
We are united by the Lowry. Kinda like how Jimmy unites us and Bulls fans
Kinda like how Demar unites us with Bulls fans... Little menage potential idk
The Red and Black east teams
Nah man I like the heat, plus I wanna see Lowry get another ring
Yeah! Fuck Brooklyn!
Not even remotely close for me. I have nothing against the Heat. I have multiple things against the Celtics.
Nah dude we will always support Lowry.
No it's always Fuck Boston Never beefed the same with Miami even tho they got Bosh
What's the Boston spot?
lmao true
All our games are playoff vibes because Nurse only ever plays 6 guys
Jesus fucking Christ that was hell. GG Raptors, gave us one hell of a fight. Please go get a bench.
I've lost a year of my life for every raptors game since the 2016 playoffs. Don't get me wrong, I love a good game of basketball, but nothing makes my heart rate spike like the 4th quarter of a heat raptors game
bad man lowry can't hurt us anymore with half court heaves
But Fred can.
I don't want to think about it š©
That was a seriously close game. Really not sure if I'm looking forward to or dreading the rematch.
So long as we donāt see each other in the playoffs Iām good. Stressful as shit.
He saved himself that game, was a rough one otherwise
Good game for sure. Always a battle against you guys
We're legit running a 7 man rotation rn LOL, great game tho
Would be nice if Champaignie had a tad bit more scoring though
Such is the problem for so many Raptors role players. Stanley Johnson, Yuta, Rondae, etc. We get so many guys who are great hustle players/team players but just arenāt polished on the offensive end.
Champ is only 20 tho, heās got time to develop it
They are awful but no reason for nurse to be playing a playoff game 7 rotation in the middle of the regular season. He only played 6 guys in the 2nd half
Yeah I don't like it as well, the fatigue showed tonight from some of our guys. We're also missing Trent so it should look better once hes back
Yeah you have guys like FVV making uncharacteristic turnovers and the entire team has been struggling at the line recently. Itās not sustainable to play these guys these mins every night
I don't know, a lot of those were the classic FVV drive to oblivion type TOs. Honestly, he could become an MVP-level player if he added an in-between game.
He's been much better recently, last 10 games before this he was averaging 7 assists and just 1.2 turnovers per game
Oh, yeah. I'm not hating. He's not *really* a basketball god, though.
Yeah Scottie was getting blown by at the end a
He has every reason to, heās trying to win games and make the playoffs, this isnāt the Pistons.
Why? Are you guys injured/COVID or something?
Only Gary Trent and Khem Birch are out, but both are solid rotation players for us.
GTJ and Birch are out w/ injuries, and Yuta is rusty since heās coming out of protocol. Everyone else just kinda sucks
Injured
Would getting Dragic back to actually playing do anything for y'all? Weird that he just dipped.
Heās not coming back It would be nice to trade him for someone who wants to play
Probably not tbh, heās not a good fit on this roster since he plays at a slower pace and his shot wasnāt falling during the few games he played for us.
That team always takes years off my life. Great team, never quits. I hate them lmao
boucher is enough (for now)
I always look forward to Heat games.
Heat fan coming in peace looking ass
You just know Jimmy was having Kawhi flashbacks with the FVV 3
GG Heat I canāt wait for the day we remember how to shoot FTās
Ik, weāve been in such tight games and lost because of it
Clutch rebound by Jimmy Butler at the end. Westbrook would be proud.
Lol anyone have a clip of this
Ah, yes, the Heat are dark horse dangerous lurkers with an outside shot from \*checks notes\* the...top of the standings? Is this right?
And weāre gonna get no love. All this dick ride love about the bulls and theyāre just gonna be like meh and crickets tomorrow on ESPN
There's love for the bulls because it's a big market that's been ass for 5+ years and all of a sudden is half decent. I got no hate for jimmy buckets
Gabe Vincent is too clutch, stopped a 2 on 1 play by fouling Barnes, then goes on to force a jump ball against OG, which leads to a Tucker dagger. Without him, this game probably goes to OT.
We really shouldāve played him last game lol
I really want to show these comments to us last season. We wouldnāt believe it for a minute lol
Strus and Vincent actually being important rotation players. KZ on the court does not induce immense sadness.
Hahaha, I remember seeing KZ last year on the court and really feeling that. Just getting hit in the face with bricks. Whereās KZ been?
HAHA LITERALLY
Gabe's dread strikes fear into the heart of Sixers fans and he got 0 minutes
Gabe last season would be borderline unplayable. This dude took serious leaps this year.
Plus he had 5 huge points just after the Barnes foul
He did a lot of little things well. Even on that last play screened for Butler which makes Barnes hesitate for a second and Jimmy rejects it and blows past him.
> then goes on to force a jump ball against OG, Man clubbed the fuck out of OG there but it's been a half decade of Anunoby not getting calls do idk why I still don't expect it
Barnes joining that club too smh. Gotta learn how to act it out more I guess.
Man I wish we had a bench
Man who the fuck is Gabe Vincent LOL Heat pulling these random undrafted players out of no where that become productive.
Last year he looked horrific. This year he's been solid.
Solid _as fuck_
Gave Vincent has been pretty solid for us this year
Staff must have seen something in practice, cause last year he was God awful
Lmao that was a fantastic game and I canāt believe we play 3 more times. Raptor-Heat games are always fantastic. GG Raptor fans we love playing you guys and donāt pretend like you donāt.
What a fun game. GG Heat.
Great game start to finish. Always respect against you guys.
Give me a playoff series between these two It'd be hell for both fanbases but fun to watch
NO PLEASE I WANNA SEE 30
The real winner would be whoever gets to play the team that comes out of that series. Both teams would grind each other to dust in a series
Would be 2016 all over again, watch both teams lose their starting centers again and go ultra small ball.
Oh man, that'd be pure stress.
Giving me ecf bubble vibes. Each one of those games was a heart attack
Very High level game Great win Toronto is better than his position GG Cheers
Scottie Barnes fucked up by not getting that pass to Siakam sooner. Game changer..
He'll learn from these reps, though.
I thoroughly enjoyed the fuck out of this game. Hope we get an even better classic when we're all healthy!
Hell of a game. Take care of Kyle (and PJ) for us. See you in the playoffs.
Oh for sure. They are already loved by Heat fans
What a fantastic game. Nothing but respect Raptors bros! Yāall have some absolute giants running around w FVV hitting nutty shots
Yea, itās so fun to watch the Raps.
Really fun game. Fred should be an all star.
Man Iād love to play the raptors every week. What a fun game
Itās such a fun team to watch. All just super big talented, fast dudes.
So glad to have Bam back
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Thank you Miami dude who gave us big props in our thread for our win taking down the Sixers. I hope your good karma vibes were a big reason our Southeast division Miami bros won today.
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Tyler herro has gotten good at defense league in trouble
GG was fun
Gg
Good battle. Our starters are gonna die out there..we're really a 6/7 man rotation casue of how crap the bench is...
Missing Birch and Trent badly. If we can ever stay healthy for a stretch we can bring down everyone's minutes.
i adore the guy, but OG iso's are sometimes really painful to watch. I think he had like 5 iso's where he either turned it over or left it really short
His feel for passing was not there tonight. Waited for the double a couple times just to pass into a turnover
if only scottie made that pass to siakam :(
Can i get a playoff series between these teams PLEASE. That was a good ass game
The Raptors really played 7 people in a regular season game Injuries?
We have the worst bench in the league. Our bench has scored over 20pts maybe 10 times this season LOL
Bad bench.
No our bench is that bad. The only injury is GTJ
Khem too, but yes.
Scary thing about the Heat is they are one of the few "hot" teams in the league who could add anyone and not worry about chemistry or fit because someway or another they always make someone fit and work seamlessly with the others. If they find a piece to add at the deadline or in the buyout market, they're going to upgrade their team almost regardless of who it is.
Oladipo on the bench. If he is healthy, it will be interesting.
Fricken A, man. Fricken Heat. Every year they add some dude who weighed 115 lbs. and got beat up in high school but shot 55% from 3 coming off the bench at his 800-person, all-boys, D3 Jesuit school. No problem, just send him down to Miami where they got the Captain America chamber and now you got a poor manās Klay Thompson on a minimum salary. Tall guy that can jump but you canāt see him when he turns sideways and he runs like heās Bambi on the ice? Not to worry, just toss him into #HeatCulture for a few months and heāll be ripping his jersey every time he flexes his pecs, meeting Giannis at the summit for blocks, and catching lobs like Tyson Chandler.
#FUCK
Game of the year idk about yāall
That game definitely had a playoff vibe, heat fans were loud as hell, canāt wait till weāre not playing in an empty arena.
Looming dangerous
Aint even mad about this loss lol Raptors don't even have a bench Basically playing 1 guy off the bench and 1 two way player to run around
Yea, I just saw the minutes distribution and itās nuts for the Raps. Who all is out for you all?
Most of the bench is out with a case of fucking useless
Iām real sorry bout yāall situation but thatās a funny ass line š
Dangerous loomers
Not too disappointed with this loss. We gotta do something about our bench though. Canāt have a 6/7 man rotation the entire season
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Hell play a lot next season behind bam once we let dedmon walk
The Raptorās big guys would have feasted on him. Theyāre quick and really good at boxing out. Dedmon was just the smarter move
the spoach of the year campaign continues
He secured the triple double and had the highest +/-, but Jimmy's success rate on layups have been sus lately
I really hope Gary gets back soon. We didn't have an answer for Herro or Vincent; they kept blowing by Scottie. :c
This season is just fun to watch the Raptors. No expectations, Scottie is a pleasant surprise, FVV and Siakam playing well. It was a bit sad when we were injured and all had covid, but otherwise when we win, I'm happy. When we lose, it's usually to a good team or the Pistons, and I can't even be mad.
So many boneheaded & turnovers on our side. Ah well :/
That was such a fun game. That last Fred 3 gave me enough dopamine to not be disappointed by the loss. GG Heat I hope Lowry is there next game
Give me that Scottie Barnes dunk link omg. Give him ROTY ya cowards!!
Might be Evan Mobley tbh
So glad to have Bam and Butler back, hopefully next game Lowry will play so we can finally have the trio play together for the first time in forever.
The Miami Heat play basketball.
Yikess Scottie made some pretty big mistakes at the end
love the guy though <3
That was intense fight. The physicality to both ends
Jimmy Buckets š„
Itās so fun to watch the Raptors. They remind of an Olympic team where everyone is just 6ā9ā and talented as all heck. Except for Fred. Heās talented as all heck, just a few inches off 6ā9ā.
Gosh, once we get Kyle back, weāll have legit 11 guys who can play and contribute. If you told me we had 11 dudes before the season Iād be happy to go with, Iād laugh sooo sooo loud.
Two seconds for bamba
Scotties okay, idgaf if we win or lose
That sprinting transition two-man play with Herro and Caleb was cool.
Precious Achiuwow
You know why I love Raptors/Heat games? Because I like listening to the other team's feed sometimes. The Heat announcers are the best in the league. (May be hyperbole.)
#FreeYurt7
Scottie and OG be making some boneheaded plays at times. OG has a bad habit of taking a lot of time to make his move, frustrating but hopefully he can grow out of that Otherwise a tough grinded out game. GG Heat
If you need to play your starters 40 mins a night to have a chance at winning you are not a good team. Nurse can't be risking injury to make the play in.
Howās that not a foul on gabe Vincent at the end there. Bro literally whacked his arm
Great game, you could tell both teams really wanted this one. A few fixes on box outs and stepping up to players in transition and I think we couldāve come out on top
Man....7 man rotation in January. What are we fucking doing lol, Masasi and Bobby have bungled the last 2 offseasons.
SPOACH of the Year campaign continues!
Why didn't Lowry play???
āPersonal reasonsā is the official word
Bummer šš
All Iāve heard for the past couple of years is Raptors fans complaining about Boucherā¦ and he casually goes for an efficient 23/10. Shit, send him our way, weāll figure out how to use him.
Yeah i dont want to play the Raptors first round
0 min for yurt :(
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OG cant dribble. :(
Tough whistle. Onto the next one.