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How To Watch Miami Heat-Toronto Raptors, Lineups, Injury Report, Betting Line

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Dec 1, 2024; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra speaks to his players in the second half against the Toronto Raptors at Scotiabank Arena. Mandatory Credit: Dan Hamilton-Imagn Images
Dec 1, 2024; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra speaks to his players in the second half against the Toronto Raptors at Scotiabank Arena. Mandatory Credit: Dan Hamilton-Imagn Images | Dan Hamilton-Imagn Images

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Miami Heat

Game time: 7:30 p.m., Kaseya Center, Miami


TV: FanDuel Sports Network

Betting line: Heat -10.5

VITALS: The Heat and Raptors meet for the third of four regular season matchups, with this contest being added after the NBA Cup Group
Stage games. So far this season, the teams have split the previous two games, 1-1, with each squad winning on their home court. Last season,

Miami won the series, 3-1. The HEAT are 63-43 all-time versus Toronto during the regular season, including 38-17 in home games and 25-26 in road
games.


PROJECTED STARTERS

HEAT

G Duncan Robinson

G Tyler Herro

C Bam Adebayo

F Jimmy Butler

F Haywood Highsmith

RAPTORS

F Ochai Agbaji

F R.J. Barrett

C Jacob Poeltl

G Gradey Dick

G Davion Mitchell

INJUY REPORT

HEAT

Pelle Larsson: Doubtful - ankle

Jimmy Butler: Probable - knee

Josh Christopher: Out - G League

Josh Richardson: Out - Heel

RAPTORS

Scottie Barnes: Out - Ankle

Bruce Brown: Out - Conditioning

Kevin Durant: Out - Ankle

Collin Gillespie: Out - Two-way

Ulrich Chomche: Out - G League

Immanuel Quickly: Out - Elbow

QUOTABLE

Heat coach Erik Spoelstra on the Jimmy Butler trade speculation that began earlier this week: "It's been our best, most consistent stretch of the season. So anything else, any other narrative, I don't care. Nobody should, because most of this stuff has just been all like a bunch of gibberish."

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SHANDEL RICHARDSON

Shandel has covered the NBA since 2010, with previous stops at The Athletic and South Florida Sun-Sentinel. He has covered six NBA Finals, one Super Bowl, the NCAA basketball tournament. He has also been a beat writer for the Miami Hurricanes and contributed on every major beat in South Florida since 2003, including the Miami Dolphins and Miami Marlins. He can also be read in the Sportsbook Review for gambling coverage from around the NBA. A native of Bloomington, Illinois, Shandel attended Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. He's also worked for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and Kansas City Star. TWITTER: @ShandelRich EMAIL: shandelrich@gmail.com You can subscribe to our YouTube channel here Follow all of our Miami Heat coverage on Facebook here