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The Heat resists a record RJ Barrett (46 points!) | NBA

No miracle at Madison Square Garden for the Knicks, logically defeated by a much more complete and collectively attractive Heat team (115-100). After having started his game timidly.

With his four players at least 15 points scored, namely Tyler Herro (25 points and 7 rebounds), Jimmy Butler (23 points), Kyle Lowry (19 points and 9 rebounds) as well as Bam Adebayo (16 points, 16 rebounds and 4 against), Miami has never really trembled in front of the teammates of a yet immense RJ Barrett (46 points and 9 rebounds).

Problem: the Canadian, who took the opportunity to explode his career points record, but who also spoiled a lot on free throws (14/22), was unable to rely on a “supporting cast”. ” quality. Hence this eighth defeat in nine games conceded by New York, while the Florida players validate them, a sixth success in a row outside.

WHAT YOU MUST REMEMBER

Miami at the rendezvous collectively. The best team in the Eastern Conference (tied with the Bulls) held its rank today. Relying, to do this, on his major quartet, composed of Jimmy Butler, Kyle Lowry, Bam Adebayo and Tyler Herro. Together, they have accumulated a whopping 83 points (out of 115 for their team) and they each had a period during which they manhandled the Knicks. A boon for the Heat, well helped as a bonus by his bench and who had to face a brilliant RJ Barrett, but who managed to hold the shock over time, despite the New York assaults after the break.

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Smashing comeback for RJ Barrett. Absent for four games due to an ankle injury, the Canadian finally made his return to competition. And the least we can say is that his new career points record, beaten after two and a half quarters, showed that his physical glitch was only a distant memory. Between percussion full of authority in painting and successes from afar (sometimes very far away), he has thus splashed Madison Square Garden with all his talent. Unfortunately for the Knicks, and for him, he was far too lonely to hope for victory…

TOPS/FLOPS

The Miami bench. Led by a super Tyler Herro, who confirms his favorite status for the title of 6th man of the year, the “second unit” of the Heat ensured this night. We will thus remember that it was when Erik Spoelstra (and Tom Thibodeau) made their first rotations, in the first quarter, that the Florida franchise began to get under way and take the measure of the Knicks. Special mention for Herro, of course, but Gabe Vincent, Caleb Martin and Omer Yurtseven also shone in the shadows, fighting like starved people and punishing the various opposing defensive oversights.

Julius Randle. Unfortunately, the All-Star Weekend break did not allow MIP 2021 to regain color. Clumsy as possible (2/15 on shots, including 0/4 at 3-pts, with 4 ball losses…), the Knicks strong winger once again went through this match like a lost soul. If he certainly blackened the stats sheet (11 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists), especially trying to rebel in the third quarter, by going for shots (7/8), we expected more from the part of Randle, stifled from start to finish and player symbol of the collective failure of New York, behind RJ Barrett.

Duncan Robinson. Like Julius Randle, he too experienced all the difficulties in the world to influence this meeting. Limited to 0 point in 14 minutes, 0/5 to 3-pts, and incidentally author of 4 faults, the Florida sniper has never managed to set the sights at the Garden. To the point that his coach preferred Tyler Herro most of the time, as well as Gabe Vincent, both more threatening by far. It should also be noted that the other Robinson of the match, Mitchell, also finished with a zero point at the Knicks (in 29 minutes), without being noticed either.

Quentin Grimes’ injury. This is the dirty image of the evening: Quentin Grimes’ knee injury, at the very end of the first quarter. As he tried to follow Tyler Herro through a screen of PJ Tucker, the Knicks rookie collapsed dead on the floor, screaming in pain for several seconds, before play stopped. And he just couldn’t put any weight on his right knee to get back to the locker room. Never returned from the evening, it was finally announced that he was suffering from a dislocation of the patella. It remains to know the duration of his unavailability…

THE FOLLOWING

New York (25-35) : Philadelphia reception, Sunday evening (7:00 p.m.).

Miami (39-21) : “back-to-back” against San Antonio, this Saturday evening (02:00).

Knicks / 100 Shots Bounces
Players Minimum Shots 3 points LF O D T pd party Int bp CT +/- Points Rating
J.Randle 36 2/15 0/4 7/8 1 7 8 8 3 1 4 0 +5 11 10
Mr Robinson 29 0/1 0/0 0/0 1 8 9 0 5 1 3 1 -8 0 7
A. Burks 34 4/6 2/4 2/2 0 8 8 2 3 0 2 0 -9 12 18
E. Fournier 36 5/16 3/10 0/0 1 2 3 2 5 0 1 0 -6 13 6
R. Barrett 38 13/22 6/11 14/22 0 9 9 2 5 0 3 0 -3 46 37
J.Sims 18 0/0 0/0 0/0 1 3 4 1 2 1 0 0 -6 0 6
O. Toppin 13 1/3 0/2 1/2 1 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 -21 3 0
C. Reddish 16 2/4 2/3 2/2 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 -18 8 7
Mr McBride 2 0/1 0/1 0/0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 +4 0 0
I. Quickley 17 3/7 1/5 0/0 0 2 2 2 5 0 2 0 -10 7 5
Q. Grimes 0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0 0
Total 30/75 14/40 26/36 5 40 45 19 30 4 18 1 100
Heat / 115 Shots Bounces
Players Minimum Shots 3 points LF O D T pd party Int bp CT +/- Points Rating
P.J. Tucker 32 3/3 2/2 0/0 0 2 2 3 2 0 0 1 +1 8 14
J. Butler 34 9/20 0/0 5/9 1 1 2 2 3 2 1 0 -4 23 13
B.Adebayo 35 5/10 0/1 6/8 2 14 16 4 1 1 1 4 +5 16 33
K.Lowry 36 4/11 2/7 9/9 0 9 9 4 4 2 2 0 +9 19 25
D.Robinson 14 0/5 0/5 0/0 0 3 3 1 4 0 0 0 -10 0 -1
C. Martin 16 3/4 0/1 2/2 1 1 2 1 4 2 1 0 +14 8 11
O.Yurtseven 13 3/4 0/0 1/1 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 +10 7 8
G.Vincent 24 2/6 2/5 0/0 0 1 1 4 4 2 2 0 +21 6 7
T. Herro 31 9/18 4/9 3/6 0 7 7 2 4 3 1 0 +26 25 24
Mr Strus 7 1/2 1/2 0/0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 +3 3 4
Total 39/83 11/32 26/35 4 40 44 22 28 13 8 5 115

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