The New York Knicks hadn’t won in Miami in forever. The Heat are too skilled, too crafty, too well-coached. And when the starters fell behind by 17 in the third quarter, it seemed like just another wasted trip to South Beach.
But then a funny thing happened. Nobody told the younger Knicks that they are supposed to roll over for the East’s No. 1 seed. The group of Immanuel Quickley, Miles McBride, Quentin Grimes and Jericho Sims (with help from Uncle Taj Gibson) brought the Knicks allll the way back in the fourth quarter. RJ Barrett, who had a rough shooting night (5-17, 18 points), came back into a game, but like a true leader, he took a backseat to IQ, who scorched the Heat for 20 points in the fourth quarter.