Here are 10 takeaways from the Toronto Raptors’ 111-102 loss against the Miami Heat.
One — Weak: This game was as enjoyable as passing a kidney stone in a portable toilet. Even though the Heat were missing four rotation players, including infamous Raptors nemesis Jimmy Butler, they were still in the driver’s seat from start to finish. The Raptors played from behind all night, were consistently bewildered on the simplest of actions by the Heat, and ultimately finished with an excruciating and inevitable loss. It’s the type of performance that just screams that the Raptors, for one reason or another, just aren’t good enough as a group to win tough games against premium opponents.