Observations and different notes of curiosity from Thursday night time’s 106-104 loss to the New York Knicks:
– Yes, that is redundant.
– It is also actuality.
– Kyle Lowry performed Tuesday night time’s first half in Cleveland with no level, rebound or help.
– He then performed Thursday’s first half with no level, rebound or help.
– This time lacking all 5 of his first-half pictures, 4 of them 3-point makes an attempt.
– As the Knicks additionally hunted him (after they weren’t searching Tyler Herro) on protection.
– Lowry was minus 20 at halftime.
– At a stage the Heat trailed by three.
– At halftime, the Knicks’ Jalen Brunson had as many factors, rebounds and assists as Lowry.
– And he didn’t play, sidelined by sickness.
– Lowry’s first factors, on a 3-pointer, got here with 2:44 left within the third interval.
– After an 0-for-6 begin from the sector.
– He exited for good with 1:41 left within the third interval.
– It’s a tricky spot for Erik Spoelstra.
– With the Heat this season already sitting Ducan Robinson’s cash.
– And Dewayne Dedmon’s (extra on that later).
– It’s virtually as if Lowry is making Gabe Vincent indispensable.
– With Vincent once more having his moments.
– The Heat once more opened with Bam Adebayo, Caleb Martin, Jimmy Butler, Herro and Lowry.
– With the looks, Adebayo tied Goran Dragic for tenth on the Heat’s all-time video games listing.
– Victor Oladipo was an lively scratch, on account of an ankle sprain.
– With Orlando Robinson out on account of a fractured thumb, Udonis Haslem performed because the Heat’s first massive man off the bench.
– Ahead of Dedmon
– Which says lots about the place Dedmon stands.
– Or doesn’t.
– Haslem entered within the Heat’s first substitution together with Max Strus.
– Typically, that’s when Oladipo would have entered.
– Haywood Highsmith performed because the Heat’s third reserve.
– And once more had his moments.
– Vincent then made it 9 deep.
– Butler’s first steal moved him previous Reggie Theus for 93rd on the NBA all-time listing.
– Butler tied Shaquille O’Neal for 17 on the Heat all-time listing of double-digit video games in factors.
– Herro’s second help moved him previous Josh Richardson for seventeenth on the Heat all-time listing.
– Vincent’s third 3-pointer try moved him previous Dion Waiters for twenty fourth on Heat all-time listing.
– Adebayo’s fifth free throw was the 1,three hundredth of his profession.
– Spoelstra famous the uncommonness of getting not confronted the Heat this season till Thursday.
– “There’s no doubt about it,” he mentioned, “it’s a little bit unique that we’re this far along in the season, we haven’t even played ‘em yet, and we’ll play them four times in the next five weeks.”
– Still, he mentioned the legacy of Heat-Knicks endures.
– “This history,” Spoelstra mentioned, “it’s not specifically relevant now, but I think you inherit all of the things that we’ve experienced as an organization. Ultimately, it’s just good competition. We’re both right there, basically in a similar spot in the very competitive Eastern Conference.”
– Of the scheduling that didn’t have the groups assembly this season till Thursday, Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau mentioned, “It’s a quirk. Those things happen.”
– Of this present rendition of the Knicks, Spoelstra mentioned, “You respect how they play, how physical they are, and how much emotion and passion they play with in this environment, this building.”
– Knicks guard Jalen Brunson on the Heat, “Obviously they have great personnel, a culture that they talk about all the time.”
– Thibodeau mentioned among the many prime causes the Heat entered with 17 wins of their earlier 25 was the staff’s return to well being.
– On assembly up once more with Butler, his participant in Chicago and Minnesota, Thibodeau mentioned, “Jimmy’s Jimmy. He’s the ultimate competitor, and I think that transcends anything. He’s going to find a way to win.”
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