Poor rebounding, a dastardly 21-0 third-quarter outburst capped-off by heedless care for the rock were at the forefront of the Miami Heat’s 112-104 downfall to the ever-so-feisty Toronto Raptors Wednesday night, squandering away an 11-point second-half lead without two of their top players, Tyler Herro and Bam Adebayo.
But one of the bright sides to Wednesday’s contest was Nikola Jovic, who started in-place of Adebayo (ankle) at the five — his first career start.
The rookie entered the evening having only logged 24 combined minutes across four games — the most recent coming last Saturday against the Charlotte Hornets for a two-minute stretch.