MIAMI — Another day, one other ankle sprain.
Immanuel Quickley grew to become the newest participant on this sequence to endure the dreaded foot flip, limping off the court docket within the fourth quarter of Saturday’s 106-85 Game 3 loss to the Heat.
The backup guard didn’t present a lot swelling within the locker room afterward, however the speedy aftermath had Quickley on the court docket in agony.
“It hurt a lot,” he mentioned.
Quickley was uncertain of his standing for Monday’s Game 4.
“No idea,” he mentioned. “We’ll see.”
With about six minutes remaining and the Knicks trailing by 19, Quickley poked possession away from Heat middle Bam Adebayo within the paint. Adebayo dove for the free ball and undercut the legs of Quickley, who was fortunate to keep away from a knee damage.
The Knicks referred to as a timeout and Quickley limped to the locker room, the place he remained till the sport was over.
“We’ll know more [on Sunday],” coach Tom Thibodeau mentioned.
After rising as a Sixth Man of the Year candidate, Quickley has been a disappointment within the playoffs whereas capturing simply 34.8% general and 24.3% from past the arc. His struggles continued Saturday whereas lacking 8 of his 12 makes an attempt.
“I don’t know if [Miami] did anything different,” Quickley mentioned. “Go back and look at the film, see where we can get better offensively. See what we did good, see what we need to work on. I thought I got some good looks. But like I said, go into the film room and get better.”
New York’s bench was outscored by Miami’s, 32-25.
“Defensively we got to be better,” Quickley mentioned. “I know they jumped on us early, got off to a 9-0 run. Duncan Robinson got a 3 right off the bat [for Miami]. They were getting offensive rebounds. Just got to be better from the jump.”
DUSTUP
A small scuffle broke out within the closing seconds of the third quarter. Julius Randle and Cody Zeller have been tied up combating for a rebound, which turned heated when Zeller added a shove on the finish.
Isaiah Hartenstein darted onto the scene to push Zeller. Caleb Martin shoved Hartenstein. It wasn’t a Nineteen Nineties Heat-Knicks battle however it nonetheless resulted in three technical fouls (two on the Heat, one on the Knicks).
“I’m gonna protect my teammate, no matter what,” Hartenstein mentioned. “I saw [Zeller] push Julius to the ground and no matter who it is, I’m always going to protect my teammate. That’s what I thought was necessary at that time.”
Randle, who had been mixing it up with Zeller on earlier possessions, referred to as the scenario “irrelevant.” After the gamers have been separated, Jimmy Butler started dancing on the court docket.
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