The game between the Miami Heat and New York Knicks will take place at Miami-Dade Arena on Friday, March 3 at 8:00 PM ET.
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The Miami Heat will welcome the New York Knicks to Miami-Dade Arena for an NBA game on Friday. The Miami Heat lost 96-119 in their last game over the 76ers. Bam Adebayo scored 20 for the Heat, who beat Philadelphia on the road Monday but trailed by as many as 25 in the rematch at home. Jimmy Butler scored 16 for Miami before leaving in the fourth quarter with right knee soreness.
“We’ve shown that we can be the very best against anybody anywhere,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. “We’ve also shown this.” Philadelphia was 15 for 39 on 3s; Miami — the NBA’s lowest-scoring team — was 7 for 29. Not this time. Miami got the lead down to 11 in the third quarter, before it ballooned back to 19 after three quarters and 25 when the 76ers opened the final period on a 6-0 run. It was 102-77 with 10:08 left when Butler walked down the tunnel toward the Heat locker room and didn’t return.
That was a huge part of the story, and so was the second quarter: Philadelphia outscored Miami 37-15 in that period, the best single-quarter differential of the season for the 76ers and the worst single-quarter differential of the season for the Heat. Miami has now lost five of its last six, and remains in the No. 7 spot — meaning the play-in round — in the Eastern Conference with 19 games left. “We have to start really figuring it out,” Adebayo said.
The New York Knicks on the other hand won 142-118 against the Nets in their last game. Whatever Jalen Brunson and Tom Thibodeau were discussing before bumping fists near the end of the game, it wasn’t the point guard’s brilliant play. “He don’t care about that,” Brunson said. “He cares about wins.” The New York Knicks are racking them up lately.
Brunson scored 30 of his 39 points in the first half and the Knicks rolled to their seventh straight victory, routing the Brooklyn Nets 142-118 on Wednesday night. The Knicks made nearly 80% of their shots in a 47-point first quarter and coasted to their second victory over the Nets since their city rivals traded Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving. Brooklyn had won the previous nine meetings, including the first two this season.
Quentin Grimes scored 22 points and Julius Randle added 21 points, eight rebounds and eight assists as the Knicks opened a two-game lead over the Nets for the No. 5 seed in the Eastern Conference. “I like where we are in the season in terms of, we know the intensity is getting different now,” Thibodeau said, “so we have to respond accordingly and this should bring the best out in us.”
Miami Heat: Jimmy Butler, Kevin Love, Bam Adebayo, Tyler Herro, Gabe Vincent
New York Knicks: Julius Randle, RJ Barrett, Mitchell Robinson, Jalen Brunson, Quentin Grimes
Miami Heat: Nikola Jovic, Kyle Lowry, Jimmy Butler, Omer Yurtseven
New York Knicks: None
The game between the Miami Heat and New York Knicks will take place at Miami-Dade Arena on Friday, March 3 at 8:00 PM ET.
The match between the Miami Heat and New York Knicks will be telecast live on Bally Sports Sun, Fox Sports Sun, MSG.
| Country | Channel | Date and Time |
| United States | Bally Sports Sun, Fox Sports Sun, MSG. | March 3 (8:00 PM ET) |
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