After finishing the All-Star, the Miami Heat quickly lost the throne of the Eastern Conference, allowing the Bulls, who had a record of 39 wins and 21 losses, to complete the rebound. Overall, the Bulls' performance before the All-Star was still very stable. They did not have players in the team to play a very bright performance, but with the cooperation of the players in the team, they created a team basketball with a very low error rate. Butler's scoring, and Lowry's tandem, as well as goalkeeper Adebayo, the Heat's ability, are bound to be far less simple than what we see at the moment.
Their opponent in this game is the Knicks from New York. As a team that just made the playoffs last season, the Knicks seem to have forgotten their former league fish belly identity, and even want to continue to impact the playoffs. But reality slapped them hard. As the regular season schedule deepened and the league's teams continued to rise, the Knicks could only achieve a record of 25 wins and 34 losses at one point, ranking 12th in the East. It is no exaggeration to say that with such a state alone, it is obviously a fool's dream to try to make it into the playoffs.
But in this game, the Knicks still caused a lot of trouble to the opponent. At the beginning of the game, the Knicks played a small 10-0 climax, beating the Heat to no return. Although Lowry was able to deliver a crucial 9 points in the following hours of the first quarter, Adebayor still had 4 points and 7 rebounds to contribute, and Hiro, who returned to the field, delivered 8 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist, the Knicks still maintained a 2-point lead with a 32-30 single quarter score. However, after entering the second quarter of the showdown, the Heat, who were in a backward state, gradually returned to their form and launched a counterattack.
Starting center Adebayor sent 8 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 block in the second quarter, and Hiro, who came off the bench, also had a key 7-point scoring contribution to help the team play a 35-23 score and chase back the 2 points behind in the first quarter! At the end of the first half, the Heat scored 65-55, leading the Knicks by a crucial 10 points. And Yi Bian fought again, the Knicks also played a 30-25 score with the help of the team's tandem Flower Show Barrett's data of 9 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist in the third quarter, and recovered the 5 points behind in the first half.
By the time they reached the crucial final-quarter showdown, the gap between the two sides had narrowed to 5 points, and the Knicks still had a good chance of reversing. But unfortunately, in the regular showdown in the fourth quarter, although Barrett, who remained in a high state, was able to continue to threaten, handing over 7 points and 3 rebounds again, he still let the Heat refuse to chase points with a 25-15 score. In the end, regular time was over, and the Heat won the game with a score of 115-100. To be sure, Barrett clearly performed very well in this game!
He played 38 minutes in a single game, shooting 14-of-22 from the free throw line and 6-of-11 from three-point range, delivering a game-high 46 points and nine rebounds. With this statistic, he not only set a new personal scoring record, but also became the second player in Knicks history to score before the age of 21. However, the performance of the other players in the team was extremely bad, the star Randle only had an inefficient shooting rate of 15 shots and 2, and Fournier only handed over 13 points, and he could only fall into the embarrassment of being alone. After losing this game, the Knicks fell into a four-game losing streak and drifted away from the playoff stage.
And seeing the Heat team that won away from home, although only 4 players in their team scored double digits, the overall state was exceptionally good. Jimmy Butler delivered a key 23 points, Adebayor also had 16 points, 16 rebounds and 4 assists, Lowry who delivered 19 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists, and Hiro, who came off the bench, delivered 25 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists. Core players can share the scoring pressure, and the Heat can't win without winning.