Heat Dominate Flailing Knicks
When a team passes as little as the Knicks do, they had better be making their shots. Isiah Thomas's team struggled in Miami, mostly due to poor team play, which has been their issue all of this year and last year.
Almost every posession consisted of one pass on the perimeter, followed by a drive, and a missed pullup jumper. Steve Francis was the only one attacking the rim, and the team's leading scorer, Quentin Richardson with 17 points, got most of them by hitting tough jumpers that should never have been taken.
Furthermore, when your Small Forward has a team leading 9 rebounds, there are issues. The frontline was beat by Miami's front 2, which included Dwight Howard's 14 rebounds to earn POTG.
Dwyane Wade set a season low with 19 points in his 30 minutes. He has been playing a limited role due to the depth at the shooting guard situation. (Although coaches and front office workers hinted that this may not be true near in the future, most likely spurred by Salim Stoudamire's 4/11 night, including 1/6 threes).
"Salim is not happy here," noted assistant coach Jimmy Page. "He says he wants to leave and that is an option we are pursuing right now."
Meanwhile, it seems like nothing can help the Knicks who currently sit at 2-10. The teams next meet up January 22, with another meeting on the 26th in the same week. The Heat next play the Atlanta Hawks.
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New York's Shot Chart
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Francis with one of the Knicks' few highlights
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Howard with a solid inside dunk
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I'm having soem issues right now with fatigue fixes, so once I get that sorted out I'll post the next game. I'll post the Atlanta game before that though.