Raptors rally with win over Heat but Bargnani hurt

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MIAMI (AFP) — The Toronto Raptors snapped a three-game skid with a victory over the hapless Miami Heat on on Wednesday, despite a scary collision for Italian forward Andrea Bargnani.

Rasho Nesterovic scored 16 points to lead five Toronto players in double figures in a 108-83 victory over the Heat in a National Basketball Association contest.

The Raptors came into the game having lost three consecutive games and playing without injured All-Star Chris Bosh.

But Toronto seized a 25-10 lead in the first quarter and led 53-42 at halftime. They put the game out of reach in the third quarter, despite the premature departure of Bargnani.

Bargnani left in the third after he was fouled by Heat forward Alexander Johnson, who was called for a flagrant foul after...