Tonight the Miami Heat took on the New York Knicks in game 2 of the NBA Playoffs. The Heat handled the Knicks in game one, and expected them to play a little better in game 2. They played better, but it still wasn't good enough to take down the Heat. The Heat won the game 104-94 to take a 2-0 lead over the Knicks in the series. Let's see how the big 3 played in this game, along with the rest of the Heat, as well as the Knicks.
Dwyane Wade scored 25 points, Chris Bosh added 21, LeBron James finished with 19 points, nine assists and seven rebounds for the Heat, who lead the Eastern Conference first-round series 2-0,sending the Knicks to an NBA-record-tying 12th straight postseason loss.Consecutive baskets by James midway through the third quarter, the second of those good enough for him to merit it worthy of a chest-bump and long look at the Knicks bench, put Miami up 67-56 then its biggest lead. Four minutes later, the Knicks were within four, a dunk by Chandler making it 72-68 with 1:37 left in the period.Miami's margin was back to nine after a flurry ended the quarter. James drove right and got just about every Knick to shift with him, leaving Battier all alone for a 3-pointer, and James' three-point play as the shot clock was running down had him laughing and the Heat up 78-69 going into the fourth. The Knicks would never get any closer to the Heat from here on in.
Carmelo Anthony scored 30 points on 12-for-26 shooting for New York, which got 18 points from Amare Stoudemire and 13 apiece from Tyson Chandler and J.R. Smith. The only other team to lose 12 straight playoff games is the Memphis Grizzlies, who dropped their first dozen postseason contests from 2004 through 2006.Baron Davis, who sat most of the first half and has been battling back issues, finished with 12 points for the Knicks.Anthony opened with an 11-shot quarter — the last time someone took more in the first 12 minutes of a playoff game was May 15, 2006, when Richard Hamilton got 12 shots off for Detroit against Cleveland. Anthony missed all seven of the jumpers he took in Game 1 when guarded by James, then got his first one to fall on the game's first possession Monday.By halftime, Anthony was up to 21 points on 9-for-18 shooting, the Knicks needing all that and more. Now unlike in game 1 of this series, the game wasn't over at halftime, and the Knicks still had a chance to possibly win this game. The game heated up from here, but the Knicks heat couldn't beat the Miami Heat. New York's last postseason win came April 29, 2001. The Knicks get another chance to snap the drought Thursday when they host Game 3.
I am excited to see what happens in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference and will be keeping you up to date after every Heat game throughout the Playoffs.
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