Miami Heat forward LeBron James, right, falls to the floor after trying to dunk over Toronto Raptors center Aaron Gray, left, during first half NBA action in Toronto on Sunday Feb. 3, 2013. (AP Photo/THE CANADIAN PRESS,Frank Gunn)
Heat win to put Spoelstra on East All-Star's bench
Miami Heat forward LeBron James, right, falls to the floor after trying to dunk over Toronto Raptors center Aaron Gray, left, during first half NBA action in Toronto on Sunday Feb. 3, 2013. (AP Photo/THE CANADIAN PRESS,Frank Gunn)
By IAN HARRISON
Associated Press /
February 3, 2013
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James scored nine points in the first, including an alley-oop dunk from Mario Chalmers and a breakaway slam off a Raptors turnover. DeRozan had 10 for Toronto but the Raptors trailed 24-21 after one quarter, the first time in nine games they hadn’t led after 12 minutes.
Gay scored Toronto’s first 10 points of the second to give the Raptors the lead. He finished with 16 in the quarter, putting Toronto up 50-44 at the half. Bosh scored nine points in the third and Wade added seven as the Heat took advantage of six Toronto turnovers to take a 71-67 lead into the fourth.
NOTES: Gay made his first Raptors start in place of Landry Fields (back spasms). ... Miami is 24-2 when scoring 100 points or more. ... This was the last of a four-game road trip for the Heat. Monday’s game against the Bobcats is the first of five straight at home. They'll also face Houston, the Clippers, the Lakers and Portland. ... James and several Heat teammates attended Saturday night’s NHL game between the Maple Leafs and Boston Bruins. James tweeted a photo from his seat accompanied by the caption ‘‘At my first hockey game. Pretty Damn cool.’’
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