For the third time in a two-week span, the Toronto Raptors are Miami Heat will face off tonight. These opponents are well acquainted with each other after a home and home series to wrap up November and begin December, where the teams each won on home court.
Winning on the road has been nearly impossible this season for the Raptors, who currently sit at 1-11 when not playing at home. It’ll be even harder tonight, as Scottie Barnes will miss his first game after going down with an ankle injury Monday night at home against the Knicks.
The Raptors faired pretty well after Barnes’s return from an eye injury that kept him out for a stretch of November, but they’re now again without their All-Star point forward.