On March 26, Beijing time, the Heat played at home against the Knicks, and the Heat lost to the Knicks 103-111 at the end of the game. The Heat have not been in good shape recently, and the last game Butler also clashed with Spoo and Haslem, so the heat now need to win to stabilize the team situation, after all, if this continues, it will be more difficult for the Heat to retain the first position in the East. In this game, the Heat is to maintain the lead, although the Knicks tried to bite the score, but at the end of the third quarter of the game, the Heat occupied a big lead, but what people did not expect was that the Knicks played in the fourth quarter of the game, and finally the Knicks had to reverse the hot and cold to win.
In the first quarter of the game, Butler and Adebayo helped the Heat to take the lead, but after Fournier, Burks and Barrett also helped the Knicks complete the rebound, and in the following game, Lowry began to exert power, plus Morris and others played, and the Heat led by 7 points at the end of the first quarter. In the second quarter, the Heat gradually opened the score, Fournier and Burkes scored to stop the decline, and then relied on the Butler Heat to maintain the lead, and in the final stage, Butler and Lowry also continued to exert their strength, and the Heat led by 9 points at the end of the half. In the third quarter, the Heat relied on Lowry and others to lead to double digits, while after the two teams were in average shape, relying on Adebayo, Lowry and others to play, and the Heat led to 15 points at the end of the third quarter. Morris scored in the fourth quarter, but after this, the Heat's offense came to a standstill, the Knicks took the opportunity to play an offensive climax to catch up with the score, and then Quickley and others played to gradually help the Knicks to take the lead, Strus, Butler tried to chase points, but Quickley remained in shape, and finally the Heat lost the game without success.
It is really not easy for the Knicks to win the game, after all, the Knicks have been struggling to chase the stage in this game, and in the case of being behind by a large score at the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Knicks played a good state in the fourth quarter, especially Quickley's performance in key moments is very critical, and it is also his continuous scoring to help the Knicks lock in the victory, of course, Grimes played in the fourth quarter of the game is also critical, it can be said that the Knicks these young people play to help the team win. At the end of the game, Quakeley had 23 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists, and Barrett had 18 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists.
The Heat really shouldn't have lost the game, after all, in this game Butler played a good state, in the fourth quarter of the game Butler also had some good performances, but unfortunately in the fourth quarter of the game the Heat's offensive state performance was too bad, and finally the Heat in the East lost the game and fell down. Butler finished the game with 30 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists, Lowry had 17 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists, and Adebayor had 17 points, 9 rebounds and 1 assist. Watching the Heat collapse in the fourth quarter is unexpected, and now after the Heat have suffered three consecutive defeats, the Heat are still in the first place in the East, but now the Heat are only 0.5 wins ahead of the Bucks in the second place in the East, and only 1 win worse than the Celtics in the East and the 76ers in the fourth place.
So the next game Heat may not protect the first place in the East. It can be said that watching the heat such a situation can not help but make people believe that the Heat have the intention to avoid the Nets in the first round of the playoffs, after all, from now on, although the Nets have a high probability of participating in the playoffs, but with the nets' current strength, they have every chance to play in the playoffs, after all, Irving is already able to participate in the home game, in this case, I am afraid that no team wants to meet the Nets in the first round of the playoffs, after all, the Nets really have the strength to complete the following grams here, so it is not unusual for the Heat to avoid the Nets.