Miami @ Toronto preview

Last Meeting ( Apr 7, 2019 ) Miami 109, Toronto 117

The Toronto Raptors are undefeated at home and will try to make it 10 in a row to start the season in front of their own fans when they host the Miami Heat on Tuesday. The Raptors breezed to a 130-110 win over Utah on Sunday to begin a three-game homestand and won their last five at home by an average of 21 points.

Toronto held a 40-point lead at the half on Sunday - a franchise record - and handed out 21 assists on 29 field goals in the first 24 minutes before letting off the gas a bit after the break. "Shots were going in, defense was tough each possession ... and yeah, those things feed each other," Raptors coach Nick Nurse told reporters. "The defense feeds the offense." The Heat are undefeated at home as well and pulled above .500 on the road by holding off the Brooklyn Nets in a 109-106 triumph on Sunday. "I like this win, because, one, it's on the road," Miami swingman Jimmy Butler told reporters. "But I think we finally showed ourselves what we're capable of when we guard. When we don't make shots the way that we normally make shots, there's still a way to win, and we have to find that way to win. Tonight was a prime example of it."

TV: 7:30 p.m. ET, FS Sun (Miami), Sportsnet One (Toronto)

ABOUT THE HEAT (14-5): Miami finished Sunday's game on a 10-0 run, which included five free throws from Butler to cap off a 20-point night. "I just continually play in the way that I take what the game gives me," Butler told reporters. "I know whenever the fourth quarter rolls around, it may be my time to take some good shots, some bad shots, get to the line. But I think that my teammates, my coaches, the organization, they have a lot of trust in me to be able to do that." The Heat continue to get strong performances from center Bam Adebayo, who collected 17 points and 16 rebounds on Sunday for his third double-double in the last four games.

ABOUT THE RAPTORS (15-4): Toronto star Pascal Siakam slumped to 10 points on 4-of-22 shooting in a 90-83 win at Orlando on Friday but bounced back against the Jazz, scoring 35 points on 14-of-22 shooting - including 5-of-9 from beyond the arc. Siakam was part of a 19-of-36 effort from beyond the arc for the Raptors as Fred VanVleet (5-of-7) and Marc Gasol (3-of-5) each got hot. Gasol finished with 11 points on 4-of-8 shooting, snapping a streak of 11 straight games in which he failed to score in double figures.

BUZZER BEATERS

1. Raptors PF Serge Ibaka (ankle) returned from a 10-game absence on Sunday and scored 13 points in 21 minutes off the bench.

2. Miami rookie SG Kendrick Nunn is 14-of-42 from the floor over the last three games.

3. Toronto took each of the four meetings last season and five of the last six in the series.

PREDICTION: Raptors 108, Heat 102