Toronto Raptors at Miami Heat

Bam Adebayo, Tyler Herro help the Heat beat the Raptors 114-104 for 4th straight victory

Tyler Herro led Miami with 23 points, Nikola Jovic added 14 and Jimmy Butler and Dru Smith each had 11.

Gradey Dick scored 22 points, and Jake Poetl added 16 for the Raptors. Team scoring leader RJ Barrett had a triple-double with 13 points — on 5-of-18 shooting — and 11 rebounds and 10 assists. Toronto is 1-12 on the road.

Takeaways Raptors: Toronto started its second extended stretch without Scottie Barnes on Thursday. Barnes sprained his right ankle against New York on Monday night. He missed 11 games earlier this season because of an orbital fracture.

Heat: Miami converted 13 of 32 3-pointers. Herro was 4 of 7.

Key moment Down 16 three minutes into the second quarter, Miami outscored Toronto 33-10 the rest of the first half. Jovic scored 11 points, hitting two 3-pointers, during the surge.

Key stat The Heat outrebounded the Raptors 52-42. They also had double-digit rebound advantages in the other homestand wins over the Los Angeles Lakers, Phoenix and Cleveland.

Up next Both teams are back in action Monday night. The Raptors host Chicago, while the Heat are at Detroit.

Regular Season Series

MIA leads series 2-1