Lowry and DeRozan combined for 59 points on 20-of-47 in Game 5 as Toronto earned a 99-91 win and grabbed a 3-2 lead within the best-of-seven series.

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Toronto Raptors at Miami Heat (-4, 190)

Raptors lead series 3-2

When Kyle Lowry and DeMar DeRozan play well within the same game, the Toronto Raptors are very hard to overcome. The Raptors will attempt to get two straight strong games out in their All-Star backcourt and shut out the Eastern Conference semifinal series once they visit the Miami Heat in Game 6 on Friday.

Lowry and DeRozan combined for 19 points on 6-of-28 shooting in a Game 4 loss but pushed those numbers to 59 points on 20-of-47 in Game 5 as Toronto earned a 99-91 win in front of its home fans and grabbed a 3-2 lead within the best-of-seven series. “Our team feeds off our energy,” Lowry told reporters of he and DeRozan. “Everything we do, they give the impression of being at they usually need to be part of it. For us, it’s with reference to continuing to be aggressive.” The warmth are within the unenviable position of getting to conquer a 3-2 deficit for the second one straight series, and this time they may be doing it and not using a pair of starters. Hassan Whiteside (sprained knee) is probably going out for Game 6 while forward Luol Deng will undergo an MRI exam on a wrist injury that knocked him out within the third quarter of Game 5.

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LINE HISTORY: The warmth opened as 4.5-point favorites on home court and the road was dropped slightly to -4 by Thursday morning. The full opened at 190 and hasn't moved off that number at most books. Take a look at the whole line history here.

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ABOUT THE RAPTORS (63-31, 49-45 ATS, 45-48-1 O/U): Toronto is coping with just as many injuries as Miami with starting center Jonas Valanciunas (ankle) lost for the series, DeMarre Carroll coping with a wrist contusion that knocked him out of Game 5 and DeRozan in constant pain from a thumb injury. DeRozan went 11-of-22 from the sphere and 11-of-11 from the free-throw line on Wednesday despite having to tie a shoelace around his thumb during stoppages to maintain down the swelling. “There’s nothing else I WILL BE ABLE TO do about it but just attempt to play through it the easiest way I WILL and just maintain it later,” DeRozan, who aggravated the injury within the fourth quarter on Wednesday and briefly retreated to the locker room, told reporters.

ABOUT THE WARMTH (54-40, 50-43-1 ATS, 38-55-1 O/U): Deng was 0-of-8 from the ground in Game 5 before exiting and is averaging 7.8 points on 35.9 percent shooting series, and rookies Justise Winslow and Josh Richardson figure to look much more minutes in Game 6 if Deng is unable to move. “We just need to stay poised and other guys should be able to step up," guard Joe Johnson told reporters. "That's the way it needs to be presently. It's tough, but we need to play through it. There's no time to feel sorry for ourselves. If one man goes down, another man should be ready." Miami could use more from Johnson as well, with the veteran shooting 37.2 percent within the series while flattening 1-of-17 from 3-point range.

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* Raptors are 1-4 ATS of their last 5 games following a straight up win.* Heat are 10-2 ATS of their last 12 home games.* Under is 8-0 in Raptors last 8 road games.* Under is 8-2 in Heat last 10 overall.

COVERS CONSENSUS: The general public is divided almost down the center for this massive Game 6, with 52 percent of wagers at the underdog Raptors. Wagers at the total also are split with 51 percent picking the Under. View full consensus data here.

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