Toronto lost its center, and then it lost a 13-point lead.

Kyle Lowry made sure the losing stopped there.

Shaking off playoff struggles, Lowry scored 5 straight Toronto points to break a late tie and lift the Raptors to a 95-91 victory over the Heat in Miami Saturday night in Game 3 of their Eastern Conference semifinal series.

Lowry finished with 33 points on 11-for-19 shooting to help the Raptors take a 2-1 series lead after the teams split overtime games in Toronto.

Toronto center Jonas Valanciunas limped off with a sprained ankle in the third quarter. Miami lost starting center Hassan Whiteside to a knee issue of still-unclear severity in the second quarter.

DeMar DeRozan scored 19 points, and Valanciunas had 16 points and 12 rebounds in just 22 minutes. Dwyane Wade had 29 of his 38 points after halftime and had eight rebounds for Miami. Goran Dragic scored 12 points, and Joe Johnson had 10.

It was tied at 82 when Lowry hit a 3-pointer, then followed that up with a pair of free throws on the next Toronto possession. Miami answered with 4 straight points, a layup by center Udonis Haslem, followed by a nifty Eurostep in the lane by Wade that led to another score.

The Raptors went to Lowry, and his pull-up from the right wing with 31.7 seconds left was pure — giving Toronto an 89-86 lead. Wade got a layup to get Miami within 1 point, but Toronto restored the 3-point edge when DeRozan made two foul shots with 23.9 left.

Johnson missed an open 3 on the next Miami possession, the Raptors went back to the line and the Heat crowd started filing to the exits.

Trail Blazers 120, Warriors 108 — Damian Lillard had a playoff-best 40 points and host Portland avoided a fourth-quarter letdown to cut Golden State’s Western Conference semifinal series lead to 2-1.

The defending NBA champion Warriors were still without reigning MVP Stephrn Curry, who sprained his right knee in Game 4 of the team’s first-round series against Houston.

Curry, who averaged over 30 points per game in the regular season, worked in a 2-on-2 drill Saturday before Game 3. Coach Steve Kerr said he expected him to go 3-on-3 on Sunday, but would not speculate on his availability for Game 4.

Al-Farouq Aminu had 23 points and 10 rebounds, and CJ McCollum added 22 points for Portland. The Trail Blazers led, 58-46, at the half and stretched the lead to as many as 20 points in the fourth quarter.

Draymond Green had 37 points, and Klay Thompson added 35 for the Warriors, who had won four straight against the Blazers.

Harrison Barnes’s 3-pointer and Leandro Barbosa’s long jumper closed the gap to 105-92 for the Warriors with six minutes left. Lillard’s 3-pointer with 2:47 made it 114-97, but Green answered with his own 3. McCollum’s 3-pointer pushed Portland’s lead to 120-106 with 1:22 left and the Warriors couldn’t catch up.