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TORONTO -- Poor defence early and bad free-throw shooting late cost the Toronto Raptors dearly Friday night. Nike Air Max 270 Uk . Still they made a game of it against the surging Miami Heat, cutting a 20-point deficit to two before falling 90-83 to the NBA champions. It was the Heats ninth straight win. "Missed opportunities," lamented Toronto coach Dwane Casey whose team trailed 57-43 at the half. Toronto went 2 for 10 from the free-throw line in the fourth quarter. And there were other stumbles as the clock wound down. "It was a lot of opportunities that we didnt cash in on," said Casey. LeBron James scored 27 points and Dwyane Wade added 22 as Miami hung on for the win. DeMar DeRozan had 25 and Rudy Gay 21 for Toronto (6-9), which has lost two in a row and four of its last six. The Raptors led once -- 8-7 in the first quarter. Miami led 57-43 after a half that saw Toronto shoot 37.5 per compared to the Heats 57.1 -- thanks to 30 points in the paint from the visitors. It also helped that the Heat made 6-of-12 three-pointers in the first half while Toronto was good on only 4 of 17. Toronto, down by 20 in the third and trailing 78-70 going into the final quarter, made it close with its late rally but Miami survived a frenetic fourth that saw desperate defence from both sides. Wade saw the win as a confidence- and character-builder, a game "where everything is going great for you and then it doesnt." "How can you hold on, how can you figure out a way through all the adversity to continue to believe in the game plan and find a way to win?" The Heat (13-3) has lost just once in 13 outings since opening the season at 1-2. Miamis mastery over the Raptors now stands at 13 straight games. Torontos last win against the Heat was a 111-103 decision on Jan. 27, 2010, at the Air Canada Centre. The Raptors current all-time losing streaks against an opponent are the Bulls (15), Suns (14) and Heat and Pacers (13). Wade and James combined to score the first 13 points-- and 15 of the first 17 -- for Miami in the second half as the Heat stretched its lead. But Torontos DeRozan and Gay gradually chipped away at the lead, cutting it to eight as the third quarter ended. Toronto outscored Miami 27-21 in the third and 13-12 in the fourth. James synopsis of the game was simple. "We made our run and then they made theirs. At that point, its how you counter that. For us as a veteran ball club, its going to happen. We would have loved to push that huge lead up in the third, just keep it going. But theyve got some good players. They got stops, we turned the ball over, we didnt execute and they got back into the game. But we finished it up." And Toronto failed to take advantage at the free-throw line. James was nursing a sore finger, back and leg by the end of the night. "I got pretty banged up today. Im glad we got a day off (Saturday), I can try to get back in order." Baskets were hard to come by as the fourth quarter began with Chris (Birdman) Andersen flying though the air to block a DeRozan shot. A Kyle Lowry three-pointer made it 80-75 as Miami went cold. James returned to the fray but Toronto kept coming with a DeRozan jump shot cutting the lead to 83-79. A Gay layup reduced the deficit to two, at 83-81 with 4:22 remaining. Former Raptor Chris Bosh fouled out with 1:37 remaining with four points, five rebounds and one assist. Wade and James combined to score the first 13 points-- and 15 of the first 17 -- for Miami in the second half before Toronto launched its run. Casey saw positives in the loss "The way we played the second half, and I told the team in there, shows we can play with anybody. Thats the best team in the league and they were throwing their best haymakers down the stretch. "But theres two halves. We cant play one half and expect to beat anybody." Heat coach Erik Spoelstra hinted his team was frustrated at the officiating in the second half. "But we gathered ourselves the last two and a half minutes and played through it and were able to execute and come away with the win." "Clearly we were a different team once we were up 20 from where we were going down the stretch the last 10-12 minutes," Spoelstra added. "Thats something we constantly have to work at. Stay on edge. Most of it is mental, most of it with us and thats the challenge." Fridays game featured an unlikely matchup of division winners, with two-time defending champion Miami leading the Southeast and Toronto topping the less-competitive Atlantic. Miami led by as much as nine in the first quarter but Toronto, showing some muscle under the basket, closed the gap to two before Miami responded. The Heat led 27-22 after a quarter that saw the two teams combine for 12 turnovers. Bosh was booed during introductions but quieted the crowd with an early dunk. Wade dipped into his bag of tricks several times early on. DeRozan had Torontos first six points. James didnt try a shot until almost six minutes into the game but it was worth the wait -- a reverse slam dunk from a long pass from Wade that had the crowd gurgling while giving Miami a 16-8 lead. Even when the Heat failed, as during a 24-second violation in the first quarter, they entertained with their ball movement. A 7-0 run early in the second quarter and some flashy baskets from Wade padded the Miami lead to 13 with James on the bench. James returned in style midway through the quarter, with an ally-oop from Bosh for his second bucket. He then made a three-pointer and came up limping after being fouled by Tyler Hansbrough, making one of two subsequent free throws. James celebrated another ally-oop, this time from a Ray Allen feed, after a dazzling DeRozan run at the basket just kissed. The highlight-reel play put James into double figures for the 511th straight game. The Raptors conclude their four-game homestand Sunday against Denver, Toronto GM Masai Ujiris former team. Air Max 270 Cheap Wholesale . Manager Ryan Nelsen has confirmed Brazilian No. 1 Julio Cesar will be rested for Wednesdays first leg of the semifinal. That opens the door for Bendik, who started 33 games for Toronto last season. Air Max 270 Cheap Online .com) - Montreal Canadiens goaltender Carey Price is set to return Tuesday against Nashville after sitting out the past two games because of a minor upper body injury. http://www.airmax270cheapuk.com/ . Prado stuck his glove down with Colorados Charlie Blackmon sliding into the bag, and quickly jumped back in pain after applying the tag. Prado held his left wrist as trainers came out of the Diamondbacks dugout to check him.Dallas Stars 4 Winnipeg Jets 1 – It was the third straight loss for the Jets after starting the season 2-0. The Jets fell behind 3-0 after one period and despite playing pretty well in the final 40 minutes, could not find enough goals to get themselves back in the game. Acquired on July 4, Tyler Seguin recorded the first four-point game of his career (two goals, two assists) to lead the way for the Stars, while Jamie Benn added a goal and two assists. Alex Chiasson opened the scoring for Dallas. The Jets got better as the game went on and in the third period outshot the Stars 20-7 but could only get one by Dan Ellis who came in to replace Kari Lehtonen who left with a lower body injury. Final shots were 44-31 in favour of the Jets. The Jets total was a season high. Blake Wheeler (with his first of the year) on a third period power play scored the lone Jets goal on a rebound goal off a Dustin Byfuglien shot. Toby Enstrom also drew an assist, giving him a point in every game this season. The Jets have scored a power play goal in every game this season. As for the penalty kill, after going 10-for-10 the last two games, the Stars scored two with the man advantage. Three times in the game the Jets took themselves off the power play with penalties. Byfuglien took some stitches above the left eye in the first period after he was clipped by the stick of Ryan Garbutt. The officials nailed Valeri Nichushkin with the penalty, but it was Garbutts stick that did the damage. Nike Air Max 270 Cheap Uk. With the score 4-0 the Jets seemed to take the "lets just go play" attitude. Evander Kane made mention of that post-game, feeling they were focusing too much on Xs and Os, were tentative and over-thinking everything. Question now is can they pick up Sunday against New Jersey where they left off against Dallas (TSN Jets, TSN 1290)? Sunday is game two of a six-game homestand for the Jets. This game was the first time all year the Jets outshot the opposition. The 11 shots in the first period was also a season opening period high. The other area of improvement was in face-offs. Led by Bryan Little winning 18 of 24 for a 75 per cent success rate, the Jets ended the night at 62 per cent. Kane and Byfuglien each had seven shots on goal. "Mistakes in the first ended up in our net," said head coach Claude Noel. "They are correctable mistakes, positional breakdowns. But we played with a lot more energy. Whether it was changing of lines, it brought us more speed. We were back to the way we played last year. We need to build off the positives. We were better in face-offs, better with battles, better with urgency." Kane spent a lot of time on the line with Little and Wheeler, with Andrew Ladd on the left side with Mark Scheifele and Michael Frolik, although by the end of the night the combinations were numerous. ' ' '