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The New York Knicks are higher than the Miami Warmth.

You might have thought that just lately. Knick die-hards will insist New York might’ve/ought to’ve/would’ve received the 2023 playoff matchup between the 2, if not for accidents/refs/Pat Riley’s ritual blood magic. And final 12 months the Knicks completed second within the East whereas Miami dropped all the way in which to eighth, a play-in desperado – albeit one whose 46 wins weren’t out of sight from New York’s 50. I haven’t thought that thought in lots of, many moons.

You need to return 25 years to the final time the Knicks weren’t simply forward of the Warmth, however demonstrably superior, to the extent that new child kids come into the world understanding it. Final night time’s 116-107 Knick win in Miami would have stood out even in recent times, because the Warmth have been one in all their bugaboos within the Thibodeau period. It will have stood out as Karl-Anthony Cities’ signature recreation as a Knick (4 video games in). It will have stood out for the guests’ second-half dominance. And for all these causes, it did. (It will not have stood out for one more Josh Hart stir-fry particular, the place he threw in a number of every little thing, if solely as a result of that’s sorta Hart’s factor. That doesn’t imply it needs to be missed. What a participant.)

Non-Dominican Knicks shot 30% within the first half. However with Cities scoring 24 of their 52 factors on the break, the deficit was solely six. And KAT wasn’t settling for threes, if that’s even a factor you possibly can accuse a profession 40%-shooter from deep of doing. For the primary time since Patrick Ewing, the Knicks had the largest and baddest dude on the ground in South Seaside.