The 39-34 Miami Heat are in for a huge matchup tonight against the New York Knicks. Miami is 3 games behind the 5th seeded Knicks, and a win tonight could not only tighten that margin to 2 games, but also be tied in the standings with the 6th seeded Brooklyn Nets. Brooklyn does indeed own the tiebreaker against Miami, so more work would still have to be done. Nonetheless though, the Heat would be on the verge of leap frogging the Nets and being in position to avoid the play-in tournament.
Both the Knicks and Heat have gone 6-4 over their last 10 games and are doing relatively well as of late.