The chants of “Let’s Go Heat” rained down Madison Square Garden (to a responding chorus of boos) as time ticked and the Miami Heat safely on their way to their season-best sixth consecutive road victory in a row. Miami’s 115-100 victory against the New York Knicks in their return from the All-Star break catapults back on top of the East.
The final score would indicate a comfortable margin of victory but the Knicks threatened several times in the second half to turn the game around thanks to a dominant 46-point career-best performance from RJ Barrett — a season high from a Heat opponent and the second best in franchise history behind only Jamal Crawford’s 52 points in 2007.