Miami Heat Vs. Toronto Raptors

               Miami Heat(50-22) 

                            @ 

          Toronto Raptors (42-31)

                       7:30PM

                      Miami, Fl

          American Airlines Arena

         Coverage on Sun Sports

Miami Heat Starting Lineup:

PG:Mario Chalmers

SG:Toney Douglas

SF:LeBron James

PF:Chris Bosh 

C:Udonis Haslem

Miami Heat Inactive List:Dwyane Wade(hamstring), Ray Allen(stomach virus), and Greg Oden(back spasms)

Toronto Raptors Starting Lineup:

PG:Kyle Lowry

SG:DeMar DeRozan 

SF:Terrence Ross

PF:Amir Johnson

C:Jonas Valanciunas 

Raptors Inactive List:Dwight Buychs and Julyan Stone

Heading into tonight's much anticipated Eastern Conference game between the Miami Heat and Toronto Raptors, the Heat find themselves 1 game back of the Idiana Pacers. Even though Miami has struggled in the month of March, they are sticking within distance of stealing the top spot in the East from Indiana. Indiana's offense has been struggling as of late, as they have struggled scoring.

 If the Heat are able to grab the best record in the Eastern Conference it will provide a low blow to a Pacers squad, who made it a season long priority to end the year with home court advantage in the East playoffs. Hopefully the Heat can continue to play good defense and win games in the final ten games of the season, despite fluctuating lineups and several ailments by players. Even though being able to grab a hold of the top record in the East is great, it isn't the top priority. Playing well especially defensively heading into the postseason is the main priority at this time.