New York Knicks at Miami Heat
· National Basketball AssociationKarl-Anthony Towns scores 44 points, Knicks rally in 2nd half to beat Heat 116-107
Towns had the fourth-most points for the Knicks against the Heat. Jamal Crawford scored 52 in 2007, Carmelo Anthony had 50 at Miami in 2013 and RJ Barrett 46 in 2022.
Mikal Bridges added 17 points for New York, which trailed by 13 in the third quarter before flipping the game. OG Anunoby had 11 points and Josh Hart finished with 10 points, 14 rebounds and six assists.
Tyler Herro had 34 points for Miami, hitting eight 3-pointers. Terry Rozier scored 16 points, Jimmy Butler had 15, Bam Adebayo 11 and Nikola Jovic 10.
Miami was again without Kevin Love. He has missed all four games this season for personal reasons.
Heat: Butler and Adebayo are a combined 2 for 13 in first quarters this season. Butler is 1 for 8, Adebayo 1 for 5. They were — by far — Miami’s leaders in first-quarter field goals last season, Adebayo with 146 and Butler with 125.
Regular Season Series
NY leads series 1-0
Matchup Prediction
Recent Plays
4th 0.0 | End of Game | 116 - 107 | |
4th 0.0 | End of the 4th Quarter | 116 - 107 | |
4th 3.0 | shot clock turnover | 116 - 107 | |
4th 27.0 | Tyler Herro makes 24-foot three pointer (Nikola Jovic assists) | 116 - 107 | |
4th 47.1 | Jalen Brunson makes free throw 2 of 2 | 116 - 104 |
Statistics
NY | MIA | |
---|---|---|
40-82 | FG | 37-81 |
48.8 | Field Goal % | 45.7 |
18-40 | 3PT | 17-40 |
45.0 | Three Point % | 42.5 |
18-20 | FT | 16-24 |
90.0 | Free Throw % | 66.7 |
42 | Rebounds | 39 |
7 | Offensive Rebounds | 7 |
35 | Defensive Rebounds | 32 |
30 | Assists | 27 |
8 | Steals | 6 |
4 | Blocks | 3 |
9 | Turnovers | 10 |
2 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
11 | Total Turnovers | 10 |
0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
4 | Points Conceded Off Turnovers | 11 |
7 | Fast Break Points | 5 |
42 | Points in Paint | 38 |
16 | Fouls | 17 |
12 | Largest Lead | 13 |
Game Information
Location: Miami, FL
Attendance: 19,620 · Capacity:
2024-25 Atlantic Standings
TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Boston | 22 | 7 | .759 | - | L1 |
New York | 19 | 10 | .655 | 3 | W4 |
Brooklyn | 11 | 18 | .379 | 11 | L2 |
Philadelphia | 10 | 17 | .370 | 11 | W1 |
Toronto | 7 | 23 | .233 | 15.5 | L8 |
2024-25 Southeast Standings
TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Orlando | 19 | 12 | .613 | - | W2 |
Miami | 14 | 13 | .519 | 3 | W1 |
Atlanta | 15 | 15 | .500 | 3.5 | W1 |
Charlotte | 7 | 22 | .241 | 11 | L5 |
Washington | 4 | 23 | .148 | 13 | L2 |
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