I feel like we’ve seen this team recently. If you missed the best game of the season on Saturday (Erik Spolestra agrees), I have you covered here.

Erik Spoelstra, reflecting back on the Heat's Saturday 3OT loss to the Raptors, "I've never been part of triple-overtime. I think it was the best basketball game of the year."

— Ira Winderman (@IraHeatBeat) January 31, 2022

The Heat (32-19, 2nd in East) and Raptors (25-23, 8th in East) meet for the second time in four nights, this time north of the border and both teams are playing the second leg of a back to back. Miami is coming off a 30 point blowout loss in Boston on Monday, but Jimmy Butler and P.J. Tucker didn’t play. Kyle Lowry also remains out, with no recent update. Miami is now percentage points behind the Chicago for top spot in the East with their two game slide. This is game two of a six game road trip for the Heat.

You have to wonder if a rest game is around the corner for Pascal Siakam. He’s coming off the best month of his career, helping the Raptors to a 10-6 record in January. Siakam played in all 16 contests, averaging a league-leading 40.4 minutes per game. Of course Fred VanVleet would be second (40), but he did miss two games. Keep all this in mind when you consider the lines below below where there’s tasty stuff from providers including others on Betminded.com.

Siakam was asked after the Hawks game about seeing Miami again so soon.

“It’s a tough stretch. But I think that it’s going to build character and it’s good that we are in these situations. We have to go out there and stay together, win together, go through tough times together. That builds chemistry, having those games against really good teams. So we’re looking forward to it. It’s tough, but I think we’re made for it and we have the team for it,” Siakam said.

Toronto’s bench had only nine of the 124 points in the last matchup as Spolestra’s zone really befuddled reserve lineups, forcing Nurse to play his starters the rest of the game after a small fourth quarter stint. Not sure how that changes for this one. At least there is Gary Trent Jr to help break the zone like he did on Saturday. Trent has made 29 threes in his last five games. Fred VanVleet also has a 17-game streak with at least three made treys.

Player to Watch for

Tyler Herro shot 5-18 in Boston after going 5-22 against the Raptors. That’s 10-40. He also had three chances to give Miami the lead in triple overtime. Herro is arguably having an all-star season off the bench. He’s gotta be due for something better than that.

Game Info

Tip-Off: 7:30pm EST | TV: Sportsnet | Radio: Sportsnet 590