Toronto Raptors at Miami Heat

Leonard scores 30, Green's 3 lifts Toronto past Heat 106-104

He made them pay.

Toronto has now won three games this season when trailing by 17 points.

"We've always got a chance to come back," Fred VanVleet said.

Green had 18 points and VanVleet added 16 for the Raptors, who survived a wild fourth quarter that saw 12 lead changes and four ties. Miami had three shots on the game's final possession, with Dwyane Wade and Justise Winslow missing 3s and Wade having a chance at a tip-in that wouldn't fall.

Wade blamed himself for Green being so open, acknowledging that he blew the coverage.

"I'm not mad at the loss. I'm mad at the way I played," Wade said. "You're going to lose games in this league. That's fine. We've been playing good basketball and we played some good basketball today. ... Losses are going to happen. It's the way you bounce back from them and the last few times we've had losses we've bounced back pretty well."

James Johnson and Tyler Johnson each scored 12 for the Heat, while Wade had 10. Pascal Siakam added 10 for the Raptors.

Green connected, the Raptors got the game's last stop and escaped to move to 7-0 against the Southeast Division this season.

"Gutsy win by us at the end," Raptors coach Nick Nurse said.

"The whistle went my way tonight," Leonard said.

The lead changed hands four more times from there, Green's 3 marking the last of those.

"There's some really good things going on," Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. "And it was a great basketball game ... through 47 minutes."

TIP-INS

Raptors: It was Leonard's first game in Miami since Oct. 30, 2016. The last time he lost a game on the Heat court was Game 7 of the 2013 NBA Finals. ... Toronto outrebounded Miami 43-35.

Heat: Rodney McGruder was back in the starting lineup, after missing his first game of the year Sunday in Orlando with an illness. ... Miami debuted its "Sunset Vice" uniforms, with laser fuchsia the primary color. ... Whiteside was 0 for 3 from the foul line, and is now 5 for his last 36.

LOWRY OUT

The Raptors were again without point guard Kyle Lowry (back tightness). Lowry has now missed five of Toronto's last six games, the other four absences caused by a thigh issue.

ROOKIE PRANK

UP NEXT

Raptors: Visit Orlando on Friday.

Heat: Host Cleveland on Friday.

Regular Season Series

TOR leads series 2-0