After two stellar matchups this season, one couldn’t really expect the Toronto Raptors and Miami Heat to deliver a third — especially with both teams on the second night of a back-to-back, and playing in the bizarro world that is the mostly-empty Scotiabank Arena.
And yet — they did just that! It may not have been a triple-OT “game of the year” thriller, but it was an exciting contest that once again went down to the wire and featured big performances on both sides.
None were bigger than Gary Trent Jr.’s. The Raptors guard posted his franchise-record-tying fifth straight game with 30 or more points, and his franchise-record-tying fifth straight game with five or more three-pointers made.