Dion Waiters had not even pulled up yet to take the shot and teammate James Johnson, standing at the scorer’s table late in the second quarter Saturday night, was already holding up three fingers.
If you needed a snapshot of the Heat’s confidence level at this point of the season – that was it.
After Waiters buried the shot – Miami’s eighth three-pointer of the first half – the Heat just kept pouring it on, cruising to its 21st win in its last 25 games with a 104-89 defeat of the Toronto Raptors at AmericanAirlines Arena.
With the win, the Heat (32-34) moved past the Chicago Bulls (31-34) in the playoff race, but remained a half game back of the Milwaukee Bucks (32-33) for the eighth and final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.