The Toronto Raptors host the Miami Heat at 7 on Sportsnet One.
It’s the sixth game of a seven-game home-stand for Toronto, and they seemed to find their footing some on Thursday in an encouraging victory against the Atlanta Hawks. The Hawks came in hot, as do the Heat, who are winners of six of their last seven, including a 22-point drubbing of the Chicago Bulls last night. That means the Heat are on the second night of a road-road back-to-back, but they’re rarely an easy out.
For full disclosure, the person on the schedule for the pre-game couldn’t make the assignment, and I’m off keyboard most of the morning, so you’re getting what amounts to just an open thread to discuss the game in the comments, no actual analysis. Sorry! Check back in the pre-game news and notes around 5:30, and I’ll have a little more.
Injury notes
DeMarre Carroll is out
Lucas Noguera and Delon Wright are in the D-League and expected to be recalled
Bruno Caboclo is in the D-League and is expected to stay there
Chris Bosh is out (but eventually returning!!)
Tyler Johnson is out, too
The line
The game is off the board as of 7 a.m.
