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NBA: Gary Trent powers Raptors' second win over Heat in four days

NBA: Gary Trent powers Raptors' second win over Heat in four days

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Updated Feb 02, 2022 12:31 PM PHT

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Toronto Raptors guard Gary Trent Jr. (33) drives to the basket as Miami Heat guard Tyler Herro (14) tries to defend during the fourth quarter at Scotiabank Arena. Nick Turchiaro, USA TODAY Sports/Reuters.
Toronto Raptors guard Gary Trent Jr. (33) drives to the basket as Miami Heat guard Tyler Herro (14) tries to defend during the fourth quarter at Scotiabank Arena. Nick Turchiaro, USA TODAY Sports/Reuters.

Gary Trent Jr. scored eight straight points in the fourth quarter and finished with 33 points and the Toronto Raptors defeated the visiting Miami Heat 110-106 Tuesday night.

Trent has scored 30 or more points in five straight games matching the team record set by DeMar DeRozan in 2016.

Fred VanVleet added 21 points for the Raptors, who have won three in a row and defeated the Heat in triple overtime on Saturday.

Pascal Siakam had 16 points and 14 rebounds for Toronto, OG Anunoby had 13 points, Precious Achiuwa 12 and Scottie Barnes 11.

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Bam Adebayo had 32 points and 11 rebounds for the Heat, who have lost three straight. Jimmy Butler added 16 points,12 assists and eight rebounds, Tyler Herro had 18 points and P.J. Tucker had 12.

The Heat led by as many as 15 points in the third quarter and took a three-point advantage into the fourth. The Raptors went on a 10-point run to take a five-point lead with 8:57 to play in the fourth.

Miami came back with six straight points to lead by one with 7:35 to go. Trent made two straight 3-pointers to put Toronto ahead by five with 5:15 remaining. Trent bumped the lead to seven with two free throws.

Herro scored five consecutive points, reducing the lead to two with 3:55 left. Anunoby made a layup and a free throw and VanVleet converted a technical foul shot to give Toronto an eight-point lead with 2:53 to play. Herro's driving layup cut the lead to two with 6.7 seconds left. Anunoby's layup got the lead to four with 6.1 seconds.

Miami led 32-22 after one quarter.

Gabe Vincent finished the first half with a 3-pointer that gave Miami a 62-50 lead.

VanVleet scored Toronto's first 11 points of the third quarter. Siakam made a layup and a free throw with eight minutes left to cut the lead to four. Siakam made one of two free throws with 2:24 left, cutting the lead to two. Miami led 83-80 after three quarters.

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MMA: Pacio's decision to train with bigger fighters pays off vs. Brooks

MMA: Pacio's decision to train with bigger fighters pays off vs. Brooks

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Joshua Pacio ahead of his match against Jarred Brooks for the undisputed ONE Strawweight MMA World Champion at ONE 171 in the Lusail Sports Arena in Doha, Qatar on February 20, 2025. Handout/ONE ChampionshipJoshua Pacio ahead of his match against Jarred Brooks for the undisputed ONE Strawweight MMA World Champion at ONE 171 in the Lusail Sports Arena in Doha, Qatar on February 20, 2025. Handout/ONE Championship

MANILA -- While training for his highly-anticipated trilogy bout against Jarred Brooks, Filipino MMA star Joshua Pacio took a big risk that paid off in a major way.

Proving that practice makes perfect, Pacio put himself to the test during his sparring sessions. There, he was put in precarious positions and choked on a daily basis.

His regimen was rewarded when he defeated Brooks in co-main event of ONE 171: Qatar last Thursday at the Lusail Sports Arena in Doha, allowing him to unify the ONE Strawweight MMA World Title.  

The Lions Nation MMA representative endured relentless pressure from Brooks in the first round. He survived a bevy of chokes from the American before responding in kind in the second round with suffocating pressure of his own to get the TKO win. 

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For "The Passion," he wouldn’t have survived those submission attempts if he hadn’t been consistently choked by #2-ranked bantamweight MMA contender Stephen Loman during training sessions. 

"The D'arce [was] not actually close, maybe the guillotine and the last one [was] like 70 percent. But you know, there's a lot of guys choking me out in the gym. I've been there a hundred times in that position, and I know the feeling," he said. 

"I'm used to it. Imagine Stephen Loman choking me every day in the gym." 

Pacio had entered the bout as a massive underdog, but he never succumbed to self doubt.

"I'm confident in my training, in my preparation. Every position we studied in training camp, every position that Jarred [would] do to me. You know, lots of hours, we drilled it. Situational, we drilled it," he said. 

"My jiu-jitsu coach, my wrestling coach, we've been working on every position that Jarred [would] do. So I [was] very confident that wherever the fight [went], ground, stand up, I'd [be] very confident."

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