Fred VanVleet led the way for the Toronto Raptors with a career-high 36 points in a 107-104 victory over the Miami Heat
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00:00 A 1.30pm start is not what Fred Van Vliet is used to.
00:06 The Raptors guard said he knew he needed a little bit of an energy boost before the game.
00:10 So what did he do?
00:11 He took an energy shot.
00:13 And it did just the trick as Van Vliet went off for a career high 36 points and made the
00:19 game saving defensive play to lift the Raptors to a 107-103 victory over the Miami Heat.
00:26 I couldn't beat Norm 37.
00:30 I ran out of gas.
00:32 I should have had 40.
00:34 But I take the 13 free throws.
00:36 I think that's the most important to me.
00:38 I'm pretty hard on the rip.
00:40 So to get to the line 13 times, I gotta try to keep continuing to do that.
00:45 After squandering a 17-point third quarter lead, the Raptors found themselves in need
00:50 of a big defensive stop late in the fourth quarter.
00:54 In the game of his career, it was Van Vliet who saved the day.
00:57 Yeah, I mean I just think we were switching everything and just trying to be prepared
01:05 for the slip.
01:06 I saw Jimmy coming back.
01:07 You know, he likes to face cut there.
01:09 So just trying to be another body at the rim and then I saw Jarja make the cut.
01:12 So just trying to beat him to the spot and I was able to get my hand on him.
01:16 Maybe the most impressive play of the afternoon came in the fourth quarter when Van Vliet
01:21 nailed a step back three pointer over Andre Iguodala.
01:25 I think I had made a few.
01:26 Just trying to find a spot, shot clock winding down.
01:27 I had the same few plays against the Lakers and it didn't turn out the way I wanted
01:28 to.
01:29 So I went back to the drawing board yesterday, got some footwork in, working on my late clock
01:30 decision, making late clock moves and was able to get a look up and get one up over
01:31 Andre.
01:32 It was one of 16 three-pointers Toronto made on the afternoon and helped them exercise
01:49 their Miami Heat demons after a pair of losses earlier in the season.
01:53 The Raptors will now have the day off before returning to the court on Wednesday against
01:57 the Orlando Magic.
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