Raptors Fight, But Fall In Bosh's Return To ACC

Related: Box Score | Photo Gallery | Ulmer: Public Enemy Number 1 | Game Rap: Raptors 95, Heat 103 Video: Game Highlights | Triano | Bargnani | DeRozan | Davis | Calderon More Video: Bargnani Off-Balance | DeRozan Putback |Defence to Offence | Davis Dunk | Il Mago Reverse Slam Follow: Twitter | Facebook | RaptorSpace February 16, 2011 TORONTO (AP) -- The Miami Heat banded together to get Chris Bosh a win against his former team. Dwyane Wade scored 28 points, LeBron James had 23 points, 13 rebounds and eight assists and the Heat beat the Toronto Raptors 103-95 Wednesday night. Your browser does not support iframes. Bosh finished with 25 points and the Heat went into the All-Star break having won 10 of 11. "I know firsthand how important it is to finish strong going into the break," James said. "You feel good about All-Star weekend, you walk around feeling good." Before arriving in Toronto, the Heat had talked about winning this one for Bosh. That sentiment was reinforced by a handwritten note on the pregame scouting board that read "Band of Brothers." "We wanted to be there for him as a brother and a teammate," James said. Andrea Bargnani scored 17 of his 38 points in the fourth quarter and DeMar DeRozan finished with 24 but no other Raptor had more than eight points. Toronto never led after the first six minutes and lost their 17th game in 19. "We tried different guys in there, even tried going big to see if we could get one more scorer in there, or at least get rebounds if we weren't going to get that scorer," Raptors coach Jay Triano said. Miami took an 88-79 lead on Wade's 3-point play with 6:37 left. Bargnani made a free throw on a 3-second call, then he and DeRozan hit back-to-back jumpers as the Raptors cut it to 88-84 with 5:48 remaining. James made 5 of 6 from the line over the next two minutes, giving the Heat a 93-87 lead with 3:53 to go. After Bosh made 1 of 2 from the line, missing for the first time after hitting his first nine,...

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