Game 39: Heat at Raptors!

After a tough overtime win over the Brooklyn Nets the Raptors return home. The competition is warming up however as the Miami Heat are already waiting for them. Let's look at tonight's game and rummage through the wreckage of last night's razor thin win

• The big news is Kyle Lowry's injury. Late in the overtime quarter he was bulldoggin' after an offensive rebound when he got slammed from the front and undercut from beneath. He hit the ground hard and needed to be carried off the court. Today's assessment is luckily only a bruised tailbone. He's listed as day to day. Likely out tonight
• Thankfully Toronto's back up point guards Delon Wright and Fred Van Vleet have been ballin' exceptionally well. They'll need to keep that momentum up in Lowry's abscence
• Miami will be without Justise Winslow and Dion Waiters. This is a game that the Raptors need to get up for. The Heat are in fifth even without those 2 and players like Goran Dragic, Hassan Whiteside and Raptors Alum James Johnson have been playing incredibly well.

Tonight's Raptor Track!

The Prodigy - "The Heat (The Energy)"

England's The Prodigy have been around for years, but really only saw one stretch of North American success. It was the techno craze of 1997 where groups like The Chemical Brothers, The Crystal Method, Orbital, Fatboy Slim and other acts which relied heavily on synth, turntables, samples and mixing found audiences in smokey dance halls and late night rooftop parties. The Prodigy's The Fat Of The Land made them one of the more popular techno groups of the time, giving us hits like "Firestarter", "Breathe" and "Smack My Bitch Up". "The Heat" was from their previous album Music For The Jilted Generation which was a critical success all over the world, but only hit #198 in the US.

Tonight's Game Day Drink!

Miami Iced Tea

A Long Island Iced Tea is basically mixing Rum, Vodka, Tequila, Gin and Triple Sec with Coke and Lemon Juice. To make a Miami Iced Tea just replace the Triple Sec with Blue Curacao. WARNING. This will get you drunk...

Raptors 2nd in East 28-10! Heat 5th in East 22-17!