Monday, February 28, 2011

Heat fall to new-look Knicks, 91-86



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Carmelo Anthony and the New York Knicks, 1. Miami Heat, 0.

The Heat lost at home to the new-look Knicks on Sunday, 91-86, in a game that once again will raise questions about Miami's ability to beat the more talented teams.

Dwyane Wade scored just 12 points, Chris Bosh faded as the game wore on and LeBron James missed a pair of potentially game-altering shots with seconds remaining in the game. Making all those type of performances worse was that the loss came to a New York team still figuring out how to play together after the big Carmelo Anthony trade reshaped the Knicks' roster.

Anthony scored 29 points in the game and Chauncey Billups and Amar'e Stoudemire added 16 a piece. Perhaps no points were bigger than when Billups scored off a long three to give New York the lead with less than two minutes remaining in the game.

That shot put Miami in a hole, and one it could not crawl out of. James tried to hit a layup, but was brilliantly blocked by Stoudemire. On the following possession, James bricked off a three-point attempt, essentially ending the first meeting between the Heat and the new-look Knicks.

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