Overview
- Miami won 115-107 behind Norman Powell’s 29 points, with Bam Adebayo adding 19 points and 13 rebounds.
- A 23-6 surge late in the third and early in the fourth built an 18-point lead before Andrew Wiggins’ clutch three halted a late Knicks push.
- The Heat controlled tempo with a 31-10 fastbreak advantage and went 31-22 at the foul line compared with New York’s 21 attempts.
- Jalen Brunson scored 37 for the Knicks, who shot 15-for-54 from three and produced 21 bench points while missing Miles McBride and managing Mitchell Robinson’s workload.
- Miami again opened with Bam Adebayo and Kel’el Ware before trending smaller, and its 382 points through three games are the most to start a season in franchise history.