The NBA regular season continues, the Heat home game against the Knicks, which is a game without any suspense in the eyes of fans, the former although suffering 2 consecutive losses, but high in the East, the overall strength has an absolute advantage, the latter only ranked 11th in the East, this season's state is very sluggish. Sure enough, the Home Heat quickly entered the state, three points rained under the outside line, the first quarter took a 7-point lead, in the second quarter, Lowry led the team to continue to open up the point difference, the Knicks' feel is not good, only Fournier alone to support, the first half of the battle, the Heat led by 9 points. In the third quarter, the Heat took advantage of the chase, under the leadership of Butler and Lowry, the team's multi-point blossoming point difference quickly came to double digits, with a huge advantage of 15 points into the fourth quarter, after the fans thought that the Heat could end the losing streak, Quickley did not agree, he stepped forward and cut 20 points in a single quarter, led the team to play a wave of 30-5 counterattack to complete the counterattack, and in the last moment he made four free throws to lock in the victory, and in the end, the Heat lost 103-111 to the Knicks and suffered a three-game losing streak.
The game became Quickley's solo show, shooting 6-of-12 from the field, including 3-of-8 from three-point range, scoring 23 points, including 20 points in the crucial fourth quarter, becoming a big contributor to Nick's upset. In addition to Quakely, four others on the team scored in double figures, with Barrett scoring 18 points, Burks scoring 12, Topping 15 points and Robinson also scoring 11 points. After the game, head coach Thibodeau also praised the players, we played the best performance, did not give up when we were behind, but continued to maintain the concept of improvement, and finally completed a wonderful big comeback. It is worth mentioning that although they have won one victory, the Knicks are currently only in 11th place in the East, and there are still 5 wins away from the 10th Place Eagles, and there is basically no hope of entering the playoffs. However, Quakeley, who scored 20 points in a single quarter, said we will continue to work hard and improve a little bit every day.
Butler, who had been in the doldrums for a while, finally played a good game, and got a comprehensive stat of 30 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists on 11 of 17 shooting, but still could not lead the team to a victory, especially after losing to the Fish belly Knicks, the player's self-confidence was bound to be hit. Adebayor still had a steady 17 points and 9 rebounds, and Lowry also scored 17 points, but only 4 of 11 shots in the game, which was not efficient. In addition, only 2 people on the team scored in double figures, strus 11 points and Morris 10 points. The heat lost the game because the whole team was mute in the fourth quarter, scoring only 15 points in a single quarter, and then losing defense, allowing the Knicks to score 38 points. After the game, although the Heat ranked first, they were only 0.5 wins away from the second Bucks, and if they lost the next game, they would have to give up the first place in the East.