Raptors Go OT To Beat Heat, NBA Schedule

TORONTO -- This time, overtime went the way of the Toronto Raptors. Jonas Valanciunas made sure of it.

DeMarre Carroll scored 21 points, Valanciunas had 15 points and 12 rebounds, and the Raptors beat the Miami Heat 96-92 on Thursday night to even the Eastern Conference semifinals at one game apiece.

Virtually ignored through three quarters, scoring four points on three shots, Valanciunas came alive with 11 points and seven rebounds in the fourth quarter and overtime as the Raptors avoided losing consecutive games for the first time this postseason.

"He came through big," Raptors guard DeMar DeRozan said. "He's definitely the reason we won this game."

Toronto made just 42 percent of its shots compared to Miami's 49.4 percent, but the Raptors survived.

"There's a lot of different ways to win a game," Raptors coach Dwane Casey said. "Fortunately our guys found a way."

DeRozan scored 20 points, Kyle Lowry had 18 and Terrence Ross 10 for Toronto, which battled back late in the fourth quarter to force the second overtime of the series, then shut the Heat down to start it.

That was the opposite of Game 1, in which Toronto couldn't score for the first 3:46 of OT.

Thursday, May 5 Scoreboard
    
Toronto 96, Miami 92 (OT)

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Friday, May 6 Schedule (All Times Central)

Cleveland at Atlanta, 6 p.m.

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San Antonio at Oklahoma City, 8:30 p.m.

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Saturday, May 7 Schedule (All Times Central)

Toronto at Miami, 4 p.m.

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Golden State at Portland, 7:30 p.m.

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Sunday, May 8 Schedule (All Times Central)

Cleveland at Atlanta, 2:30 p.m.

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San Antonio at Oklahoma City, 7 p.m.

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