Toronto Raptors' Bismack Biyombo, right, fouls Miami Heat's Josh McRoberts during the second half of Game 7 of the NBA basketball Eastern Conference semifinals in Toronto, Sunday, May 15, 2016. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT
Toronto Raptors' Bismack Biyombo, right, fouls Miami Heat's Josh McRoberts during the second half of Game 7 of the NBA basketball Eastern Conference semifinals in Toronto, Sunday, May 15, 2016. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT Credit: Frank Gunn

Toronto — Toronto fans chanted, ‘We Want Cleveland!’ in the final seconds. They got it.

Kyle Lowry scored 35 points, DeMar DeRozan had 28 and the Raptors beat the Miami Heat 116-89 in Game 7 on Sunday to advance to the conference finals for the first time in franchise history.

Bismack Biyombo added 17 points and 16 rebounds for the Raptors. They’ll open the Eastern Conference finals in Cleveland against LeBron James and the Cavaliers on Tuesday night.

“It’s great to hear the home crowd,” DeRozan said. “This organization deserves it, this country deserves it, to see them get to the next step, somewhere they haven’t been. But we’re not done yet.”

After struggling for much of the playoffs, Lowry and DeRozan were in top form for Game 7. Lowry made 11 of 20 shots, including five of seven from 3-point range, and DeRozan connected on 12 of 29 attempts. Lowry had nine assists and seven rebounds, DeRozan had eight rebounds.

DeMarre Carroll scored 14 points, and Patrick Patterson had 11 to help the Raptors become the 15th team in NBA history to win two Game 7s in one postseason. Toronto beat Indiana in the first round. Now the Raptors get ready for the Cavaliers, who swept Detroit in the first round and have been resting since May 8, when they capped a second-round sweep of Atlanta.

Source: Towns Is Rookie of the Year

New York — Minnesota center Karl-Anthony Towns has been voted the NBA’s Rookie of the Year, according to a person with direct knowledge of the award.

The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the announcement has not yet been made. The NBA was scheduled to announce the winner Monday.

The No. 1 overall pick from Kentucky posted the best rookie season for a big man since Tim Duncan. He averaged 18.1 points, 10.7 rebounds and 1.7 blocks and helped the Timberwolves win 13 more games than they did the previous season.

Towns also played all 82 games and was named Western Conference rookie of the month in all six months the award was handed out.

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AP Basketball Writer Jon Krawczynski in Minneapolis contributed to this report.