Five takeaways from the Heat’s 90-89 victory over the Raptors at the Air Canada Centre, which lifted Miami to its fifth consecutive victory and fourth place in the Eastern Conference with a 23-17 record:
1. Make it three straight heart-pounding wins for the cardiac Heat. First it was last Friday’s 107-103 overtime victory over the Knicks at home when Josh Richardson and James Johnson hit a bunch of big free throws late to seal the win. Then, it was Sunday’s 103-102 win over the Jazz when Richardson hit the game-winning layup. Tuesday night, it was Wayne Ellington, finding the ball in the corner and himself wide open as the clocked ticked down four seconds, three, two, one.