Game Thread: New York Knicks vs Miami Heat 3/29/2021 7:30 pm [Game #47]

rady

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Madison Square Garden, New York, NYMSG7:30 PM EST


Game Preview

The task of trying to replace Mitchell Robinson begins in earnest Monday night for the New York Knicks -- even if his eventual successor might not yet be on the roster by the opening tip.

The Miami Heat, on the other hand, are almost certain to have a high-profile reinforcement in uniform.

A pair of teams beginning playoff pushes in different fashions are scheduled to meet Monday night, when the Knicks will attempt to overcome their latest key injury and extend their winning streak when they host the Heat in a battle of longtime rivals.

Mitchell Robinson's injury overshadowed the Knicks' third straight win Saturday, when the third-year center suffered a broken right foot in the first quarter of a 102-96 victory over the host Milwaukee Bucks. The visiting Heat suffered a sixth straight loss Friday, when Miami fell to the Charlotte Hornets, 110-105.

Robinson was playing in just his fourth game since returning from a 15-game absence due to a broken right hand. The 7-footer was injured after he crashed to the floor while battling for a rebound with the Bucks' Brook Lopez. Robinson immediately grabbed his foot in pain and needed help getting off the floor.

"It sucks, man," said Knicks guard Derrick Rose, who returned Saturday after missing the previous 10 games while battling the coronavirus. "But for someone like him, seeing how hard he worked to get back, for this to happen, it just sucks."

The injury to Robinson will likely have short- and long-term impacts upon the Knicks' already short-handed rotation. With All-Star power forward Julius Randle (thigh) out Saturday, Robinson was slated for a bigger role before he went down. Nerlens Noel replaced Robinson and pulled down 11 rebounds while playing 31:28, the most he's played off the bench this season.

Even before Robinson got hurt, the Knicks were linked to four-time NBA rebounding champion Andre Drummond, who was bought out Friday by the Cleveland Cavaliers. But Drummond is expected to sign with the Los Angeles Lakers. Other potential veteran options for New York include the Oklahoma City Thunder's Al Horford.

Whomever replaces Robinson will be tasked with trying to help the Knicks complete a surprising surge into the playoffs. New York (24-22), which hasn't made the postseason since the spring of 2013, has already won three more games than it did last season and will enter Monday as one of the Eastern Conference's top six seeds.

The Heat will likely have some help Monday as Miami -- which won 11 of 12 before beginning its current skid -- tries to snap the losing streak that has left it on the outside looking in on a guaranteed playoff spot.

Guard Victor Oladipo, who was acquired from the Houston Rockets Thursday, is expected to step into the lineup for the Heat, who will enter Monday in eighth place in the East. The seventh- through 10th-place teams in each conference will participate in a play-in tournament to determine the final two playoff berths.

But with Oladipo joining a core that includes All-Stars Jimmy Butler and Bam Adebayo, the Heat feel well-positioned to make another playoff run. Miami reached the NBA Finals as the fifth seed in the East last summer.

"I'd watch out for us," Heat president Pat Riley said Thursday nigh

--Field Level Media

(STATS / cbssports.com)
 

mafra

Legend
Screw MIA. They made Finals only bc of weird bubble nonsense.

We are the 4th seed... up 2 on loss side of MIA. We are 0-2 vs Heat, so they win season series tiebreaker. Ergo, this is a huge game folks. Win and we move 3 up with 25 left (our last 9 games come May are a grind!!!!).
 

Kiyaman

Legend
Wsup Rady .. Thanks for the Game-Thread .... We better listen to Pat Riley, "I'd watch out for us".
Wow! The Heats on a 6 game losing streak! It would be nice if we make it 7 games tonight.
The game we really need MitchRob to put STOPPERS on Bam Adebayo from controlling the paint.
I've never been a fan of Noel, but we need him to step-up big-time now.
MitchRob is out for the remainder of the regular season .. and Thibs/Woodson/Payton did nothing all season to prepare our 6.9 rookie Obi Toppin for 18 min of playing-time in the midseason.
 

Kiyaman

Legend
Good first-half fight .. 43 - 36 Knicks at Half-Time
The starting lineup offense is still worrisome, but good for us we have bench scorers in Quickley, Rose, Burks, and coming soon Obi Toppin.

One thing I’m starting to love is that even when we look like Shaat, we manage to make the other team looks just as bad...maybe even worse depending on the team lol
 

Kiyaman

Legend
Knicks 54 - Heats 61 .. 4 min remain in 3rd Qtr.
The starters defense aint working when the Heats are scoring on every possession in 4 to 5 minutes .. WSUP Knicks !!!
 

mafra

Legend
NYK 9-17 from FT line and shooting 5-25 from downtown. There was a play MiA shooter steps a foot out of bounds, plants and shoots and no call.

MIa had 36 at half but 39 in 4th.

Guess who wants this game more?

Randle has 13, Rose and IQ with 10.... we can?t score. Gonna be a tough loss.
 

mafra

Legend
Knicks just allowed 3 offensive rebounds on the same possession, the final coming with 4 NYK around 1 MIa player... and they get rebound and drain a 3....

Good news is I bet MIa
 

mafra

Legend
I think our starters made 18 of their 45 shots... 8 assists to 12 turnovers.

We had control of the game then Butler took Randle to the woodshed.
 

Kiyaman

Legend
Well, Thibs is still 5 steps behind coach Spo !!!

The Miami Heat took total control of the 2nd half of the game .. our starters offense/defense in the 2nd half were Kaput .. Payton RJ and Randle gave us dribble-dribble-turnover performance from last season, pitiful .. Bullock didnt have any hustle to do anything well tonight.
Thibs let the starters (RJ Bullock Randle) play all of the 3rd quarter, that lead to a Heats 39-21 3rd Qtr. which gave the Heats a 11 pt lead to start the 4th quarter.
Rose messed-up the 4th qtr. by not letting Quickley run the point once in the game to upset Thibs 2-3 zone throughout the entire game.
Thibs substitution was off .... Noel & Randle should've been tandem, and Gibson & Obi should've been tandem in the 2nd half.
 
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