In game two of their series the three seed Miami Heat will be on the road to take on the two seed Toronto Raptors in the second round of the 2016 NBA Playoffs.  The game will be played on Thursday, May, 5^th at 8:00 P.M. Eastern Time. “The Crowd” projects a final score of Heat 102.3 – Raptors 96.9 with an over/under of 199.1.

Point differential: Raptors +4.5 (5^th) Heat +1.6 (12^th)

Points per game: Raptors 102.7 (tied for 13^th) Heat 100 (23^rd)

Points allowed per game: Raptors 98.2 (3^rd) Heat 98.4 (5^th)

Field Goal Percentage Offense: Heat 47% (4^th) Raptors 45.1% (15^th)

Three Point Percentage: Raptors 37% (tied for 4^th) Heat 33.6% (27^th)

Free Throw Percentage: Raptors 77.7% (12^th) Heat 74.4% (23^rd)

Field Goal Percentage Defense: Heat 44.2% (9^th) Raptors 44.4% (11^th)

Turnovers committed per game: Raptors 12.1 (2^nd) Heat 13.2 (12^th)

Turnovers forced per game: Raptors 12.8 (tied for 24^th) Heat 12.3 (27^th)

Rebounds per game: Heat 44.1 (13^th) Raptors 43.4 (16^th)

Assists per game: Heat 20.8 (23^rd) Raptors 18.7 (29^th)

Miami holds a (1-0) series advantage after winning game one 102-96 in Toronto.  These teams are very evenly matched in most statistical categories with the Raptors holding the slight edge.  Miami looked like the superior team in game one even without star forward Chris Bosh.  Miami has tons of playoff experience on their roster whereas Toronto just won their first playoff series in years.  Raptors star Kyle Lowry is really struggling to find his shot.  I’m picking Miami to win another close one.

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