The Heat and Knicks met in the playoffs for the first time in 12 years on Saturday but the renewed rivalry wasn’t exactly a nod to those epic games of the late 90s. Miami’s 100-67 victory fell two points shy of tying the Heat’s postseason record for margin of victory. Meanwhile, the loss tied a postseason record for fewest points scored in the playoffs by Knicks.
FAST FACTS
LeBron scored a game-high 32 points and became just the Heat’s sixth player in team history to score at least 500 postseason points.
LeBron went 10 of 14 from the field giving him his a shooting percentage of .714, the best shooting percentage of his career in a postseason game.
Udonis Haslem had seven of his eight rebounds in the third quarter. It was Haslem first start in a postseason game since May 3, 2009 against Atlanta.
Mario Chalmers has scored 30 points in his last two playoff games.
The Knicks have lost 11 consecutive postseason games. Put another way, New York has won a game in the playoffs 4,025 days.
IT WAS OVER WHEN…
The Heat closed the first half with a 24-2 run. The Knicks scored one field goal in the final 6:32 of the half. The run then expanded to 32-2 to begin the third quarter.
OF NOTE Knicks guard Iman Shumpart tore a ligament in his knee in the third quarter.
QUOTEABLE
“I thought we played well.”
--Mike Woodson, coach of the New York Knicks
NEXT GAME
Game 2 at 7 p.m. on Monday at AmericanAirlines Arena
wow joe nobody wants to comment on your blog, better step up your game
Posted by: XXXJOSEXXX | Sunday, April 29, 2012 at 03:26 PM
Don't give any life. Take them out in 4.... No hard feelings, but we have work to do.....
Posted by: black the trucker | Sunday, April 29, 2012 at 05:48 PM
Oh Spidey, come out and play.
I know you are in here somewhere.
If my team got smacked down by 33, I would have the inclination to hide also.
Did SPO make the right adjustments on Saturday, or did he stay with a set line-up?
Did our bench do what they were asked to do?
Did LBJ play like he was the best player on the court, when it mattered, in the playoffs?
Did D Wade start the game playing feerlessly, attacking the rim?
A$$-WHOOPIN!
Got a couple more for you Knick fans, can you hang around for another 3 games?
Amare's defense is on the same level as Bosh's, but he seldom gets the critique about it as CB does?
Game 2 tonight, Spidey. Any predictions?
Posted by: greg gembe | Monday, April 30, 2012 at 08:21 AM
Got to feel a bit of empathy for DRose (NOT Bulls fans). I think he approaches the game the right way, carries himself the right way, and has, just a little bit of game.
....that being said....
Most of us lived through the Zo era, and how his injury effected us for years. Can't remember getting a lot of sympathy from the rest of the league, or the media during that time. I believe that was a just cause for them to start diggin in Riles' legacy, yeah, like that would work. Bulls will get by the Sixers, I'm giving them 50/50 chance in the second round vs C's or Hawks (is Rondo stupid or what), but THEY AIN'T COMIN' OUT OF THE EAST - AGAIN!!!
Heat all day!!
Haters, time to come out and take your medicine.
Spidey, did the Heat cause Rose's injury? Is that how they cHEAT? You never did answer that question.
Wasn't Carmelo voted the Eastern Conference player of the month for April? Damn, does LBJ's defense get any credit for him shooting/scoring so pitifully? 'There's a kind of hush...all over the world, tonight' Isn't that a Carpenters hit?
Posted by: greg gembe | Monday, April 30, 2012 at 10:22 AM
Tons of great balling going on with these playoffs.
Series not over...these Knicks won't go quietly.
Wish Bosh would smack someone & stop thinking so damn much !
Posted by: RP | Monday, April 30, 2012 at 10:37 AM
greg, WTF are you talking about? Have you lost whatever brain you had?
Posted by: Spiderman | Monday, April 30, 2012 at 02:12 PM
Let me try to ask in the easiest possible way. Ready?
Why do you call the Heat organization cHeat? Are you inferring, as your word play states, that you think the Heat have cheated somewhere along the way?
Posted by: greg gembe | Monday, April 30, 2012 at 02:25 PM
Ive never called The Heat organization a cheat, Im assuming someone stole my blog name. Im a Heat fan since the days of Bimbo Coles.
Posted by: Spiderman | Monday, April 30, 2012 at 02:43 PM
Admitting to being wrong...
Spidey, it was birdman that was calling the Heat 'cHeat'. I apologize for suggesting it was you, and emphathize with you for being a Heat fan prior to Riley turning your organization around.
I guess it was birdman that we haven't heard from for a while, (and probably won't while the Heat keep rollin')
Posted by: greg gembe | Monday, April 30, 2012 at 03:07 PM
I agree with the first blogger. Ira shittin all over Joe. LOL
Posted by: Spiderman | Monday, April 30, 2012 at 03:48 PM
Game two, show no mercy, take it to this team.... First, shut them down.... look crisp out there.... We gonna show time in the Garden... step on them in this one.. 007...
Posted by: black the trucker | Monday, April 30, 2012 at 05:07 PM