Sun Sentinel Palm Beach Edition

Raptors at Heat

- — Ira Winderman

When/Where: 8 p.m., AmericanAi­rlines Arena. Tickets: Available at Heat.com or 1-800-4NBA-TIX. TV: Fox Sports Sun. Radio: 790-AM, 106.3-FM, 98.3-FM (Spanish).

Scouting report: This is the third and final game of the season series and the Raptors’ lone visit of the season . . . The Heat won the first meeting 90-89 Jan. 9 on a driving Wayne Ellington basket just before the final buzzer. The Raptors then won 115-112 Feb. 13 at Air Canada Centre . . . The Heat are 2-7 against the Raptors in the last nine regular-season meetings, with at least one home victory over Toronto each of the previous eight seasons . . . The game completes a season-ending two-game homestand for the Heat and a season-ending two-game trip for the Raptors, with the Heat to open the playoffs on the road and the Raptors to open the playoffs at home, as the top seed in the Eastern Conference . . . The Heat are coming off Monday’s 115-93 loss to the Thunder, when they were outscored 39-12 in the fourth quarter . . . The Heat enter 4-5 in their last nine games . . . The Raptors are coming off Monday’s 108-98 victory in Detroit, on a four-game winning streak after losing three of their previous four . . . The Heat enter 30-21 against the Eastern Conference, 19-6 against the East at home . . . For the Heat, Dion Waiters (ankle) is out . . . For the Raptors, Serge Ibaka (rest), Lucas Noguerira (hamstring) and Fred VanVleet (back) are questionab­le.

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