Miami Heat Fail To Take Care Of Basketball In Marathon Raptors Defeat
By Noah Decker
The Miami Heat have risen back to the top of the Eastern Conference. Despite all their injuries, they have persevered and played beautiful basketball along the way.
They have put on one of the best displays of team basketball on both ends of the floor. Even the best teams in the NBA cannot win them all.
They will struggle in some games. That was the case on Saturday against the Toronto Raptors.
Toronto struggled to start the season, but they have started to pick things up recently.
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They have plenty of young players who are ready to move around the floor and produce.
There were plenty of issues for the Heat in this game, but the biggest issue was their turnovers. Although it was uncharacteristic of them, the Miami Heat struggled to take care of the basketball in this one.
They had ten turnovers in the first half, alone, ending the game with 23. It also doesn’t help that Toronto is one of the top three teams in the league in steals.
But it was deeper than just that.