1: After a pair of disappointing losses to teams missing their star players, the HEAT just needed a win. Against a New York Knicks team missing their leading scorer in Julius Randle, they had their chance. But the Knicks weren’t going to go quietly. For a time, New York hung around with a volume-shooting approach and a metric ton of offensive boards (18) but Miami’s perpetual 12-point lead through the first three periods never felt particularly at risk in what was setting up as one of the sleepier non-blowouts of the year. It was also, as Erik Spoelstra pointed out postgame, a lead that never grew much larger when it seemed ike it should.
Coup's Takeaways: Knicks Outscore HEAT 38-15 In Fourth Quarter For Comeback Victory
