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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Heat | 29 | 26 | 24 | 21 | 100 |
 Knicks | 33 | 28 | 18 | 13 | 92 |
MIATeam statsNYK| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MIA | 39-9043.3% | 9-3228.1% | 13-1776.5% | 51 | 26 | 18 |
| NYK | 31-7740.3% | 9-3823.7% | 21-2584.0% | 42 | 20 | 18 |
Point at or clickTap a player to see his shots, then his whole game from there. ClickTap a number under REB, AST, STL, BLK, TO or PF to see those plays.
Miami Heat100| 37 | 10 | 4-14 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | −9.0 | |||||
| 37 | 28, Season high (his best before, 26) | 11-23 | 6-16 | 0-0 | 0 | +7 | +5.6 | |||||||
| 32 | 12 | 4-10 | 0-2 | 4-5 | 0 | +16 | −1.6 | |||||||
| 27 | 8 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | +6 | +0.7 | |||||||
| 21 | 4 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | +14 | +2.8 | |||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 27 | 16 | 6-16 | 0-0 | 4-4 | +1 | −2.9 | ||||||||
| 23 | 5 | 2-8 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | −7.1 | ||||||
| 20 | 17 | 7-10 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 3-6 | +7 | +8.7 | ||||||
| 9 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −11 | −5.1 | |||
| 6 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | −1.0 | |||
| Team | 100 | 39-9043.3% | 9-3228.1% | 51 | 26 | 18 | 21 | 13-1776.5% | 14 | 11 | 3 | |||
Bench 38 points on 15 for 36 shooting
Did not play: Yante Maten and Udonis Haslem (coach’s decision); Josh Richardson (injury/illness).
New York Knicks92| 40 | 16 | 7-16 | 2-8 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | −9.0 | |||||
| 37 | 9 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 1-2 | −10 | +6.0 | |||||||
| 36 | 17 | 5-14 | 5-13 | 2-2 | 0 | −2 | +4.4 | |||||||
| 35 | 24 | 6-12 | 2-5 | 10-12 | 0 | 0 | −14 | +2.0 | ||||||
| 24 | 2 | 0-8 | 0-6 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −10.1 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 27 | 8 | 2-6 | 0-2 | 4-5 | 0 | 0 | −8 | −2.1 | ||||||
| 23 | 4 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −4 | −2.7 | ||||||
| 18 | 12 | 6-14 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0 | +3 | −0.5 | |||||||
| Team | 92 | 31-7740.3% | 9-3823.7% | 42 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 21-2584.0% | 8 | 10 | 7 | |||
Bench 24 points on 9 for 23 shooting
Did not play: Mario Hezonja, John Jenkins, DeAndre Jordan and Henry Ellenson (coach’s decision).
Heat100Knicks92ClickTap a team’s number to see the plays behind it.
PS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. The game’s highs are in blue, hot shooting in gold, cold in gray. ClickTap a column’s heading to sort by it.
Dion Waiters scored a season-high 28 points (18 on 6 3-pointers), and the Miami Heat beat the New York Knicks 100-92.
Hassan Whiteside’s hook shot put the Heat ahead for good with 11:42 left in the fourth quarter.
Late in the fourth quarter, Luke Kornet had 3 steals.
Whiteside had 17 points and 13 rebounds on 7 for 10 shooting off the bench. Whiteside scored 12 of his 17 points in the fourth quarter. Waiters and Goran Dragic set each other up for 8 baskets and 21 points, 5 of them 3-pointers.
For the Knicks, Emmanuel Mudiay scored 24 points. Mitchell Robinson had 9 points, 14 rebounds, 3 steals and 4 blocks.
The Heat grabbed 14 offensive rebounds to the Knicks’ 8. The Knicks turned it over 20 times, about 6 more than usual for this many possessions.
Miami HeatNew York KnicksPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes.
The five plays that moved the chance to win most, in order.
Each play from the side of the team that made it: its chance to win before and after, and the change in percentage points. On the court, each shot is the shooter’s face (gray when he missed), bigger the more it moved the chance. Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
87 points from the field on 89 shots: 9.4 fewer than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 22-36 | 61.1% | 63% |
| In the paint | 5-13 | 38.5% | 40% |
| Mid-range | 3-9 | 33.3% | 40% |
| Corner 3 | 4-9 | 44.4% | 38% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 5-23 | 21.7% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Damyean Dotson | 21 | 8 | 3-7 | +3 |
| Kadeem Allen | 20 | 5 | 2-6 | 0 |
| Mitchell Robinson | 8 | 7 | 3-4 | +5 |
| Dennis Smith Jr. | 8 | 0 | 0-1 | −2 |
| Everyone else | 18 | 8 | 3-6 | +4 |
The tracking credits him with 28 points on 75 possessions. He usually scores about 17 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luke Kornet | 21 | 6 | 3-5 | 0 |
| Mitchell Robinson | 10 | 3 | 1-2 | 0 |
| Emmanuel Mudiay | 3 | 2 | 1-1 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 8 | 8 | 3-3 | +6 |
The tracking credits him with 19 points on 42 possessions. He usually scores about 11 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dennis Smith Jr. | 16 | 2 | 1-2 | −3 |
| Emmanuel Mudiay | 15 | 2 | 1-3 | −2 |
| Kevin Knox II | 9 | 0 | 0-0 | −3 |
| Kadeem Allen | 5 | 4 | 1-1 | +2 |
| Everyone else | 13 | 10 | 4-12 | +6 |
The tracking credits him with 18 points on 59 possessions. He usually scores about 17 on that many.
What the players each one guarded scored, against what they usually score on as many possessions.
Possessions, and parts of possessions when defenders switched, from the NBA’s matchup tracking. The line under a defender’s name: his share of the scorer’s possessions. Usual: what the scorer averaged a possession against every defender in the regular season, eased toward the league’s rate when he has few possessions.
NYK win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
MIA
50/50
NYK
Highest Leverage Moments
Knox II 26' 3PT Jump Shot (14 PTS) (Allen 4 AST)
Q3 4:03
13.7%
49→62
Johnson 26' 3PT Jump Shot (5 PTS) (Adebayo 2 AST)
Q3 0:35
13.2%
56→43
Smith Jr. 19' Step Back Jump Shot (10 PTS)
Q3 0:15
11.8%
43→55
Whiteside 6' Hook Shot (7 PTS) (Dragic 8 AST)
Q4 11:42
11.8%
55→43
Waiters 3PT Jump Shot (9 PTS)
Q1 4:32
10.7%
58→47
