New York Knicks @ Miami Heat
Sunday, March 2, 2025 at 6:00 PM ET
Kaseya Center, Miami, FL | Game ID: 22400869
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT1 Final
MIA 27 35 25 18 7 112NYK 22 23 36 24 11 116
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Knicks overcame a 19-point deficit to beat the Heat 116-112 in overtime
MIAMI -- — Jalen Brunson scored 31 points and the New York Knicks overcame a 19-point deficit to beat the Miami Heat 116-112 in overtime Sunday night.
OG Anunoby added 23 points and Karl Anthony Towns had 19 points and 16 rebounds for the Knicks. They have won three straight.
Brunson’s 3-pointer with 2:27 remaining in overtime put New York ahead for good at 111-110 and began a 7-0 spurt.
Miami narrowed it to 114-112 on Alec Burks ' 3-pointer with 27 seconds left, but Anunoby had a dunk with 17 seconds to go to put it away.
Bam Adebayo led Miami with 30 points. Tyler Herro had 22, and rookie Kel’el Ware had 12 points and career-high six blocks.
Takeaways Knicks: trailed by 17 at halftime and again by the same margin midway through third before ending the quarter on a 17-5. New York erased an 11-point deficit early in the fourth and took its first lead at 101-100 on Miles McBride’s jumper with 2:58 remaining in the fourth.
Heat: Andrew Wiggins missed his second straight game because of a sprained right ankle. Jaime Jaquez Jr ., who replaced Wiggins against Indiana on Friday and sprained his ankle, also didn’t play.
Key moment Down four with a minute remaining in the fourth, the Knicks scored four straight and forced overtime on Anunoby’s tip-in and Brunson’s jumper.
Key stat The Knicks were outscored by 20 in the paint at halftime and ended up with a 58-56 advantage through overtime.
Up next The Knicks host Golden State on Tuesday night. The the Heat host Washington on Monday night.
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
MIAAB A. Burks
BA B. Adebayo
DM D. Mitchell
DR D. Robinson
HH H. Highsmith
KA K. Anderson
KW K. Ware
TH T. Herro
TR T. Rozier
NYKCP C. Payne
JB J. Brunson
JH J. Hart
KT K. Towns
LS L. Shamet
MB M. Bridges
MM M. McBride
MR M. Robinson
OA O. Anunoby
MIA/NYK the team itself, not a player
-- the feed named nobody
What
What happened
the codes in the Events column
M2 / M3 made 2 / made 3
X2 / X3 missed 2 / missed 3
FT / X1 free throw made / missed
AST assist
OR / DR offensive / defensive rebound
STL steal
BLK block
TO turnover
FL foul
OF offensive foul — ends the possession
VIOL violation
JUMP jump ball
TM timeout
IR instant replay
HE heave at the buzzer, filed to the team
Where
Where a shot came from
the middle field of M3.LW.25
RM at the rim inside 4 ft
RC right corner
RW right wing
SO straight on
LW left wing
LC left corner
M3.LW.25 made 3, left wing, 25 ft
X2.RM.01 missed 2, at the rim, 1 ft
When
When it happened
the Offset column
one number per event, in the Events order:
whole seconds from the start of the
possession to that event
Events FL X3.RC.23 OR M2.RM.01
Offset 0 18 22 24
the foul opens the possession at 0s;
the putback ends it at 24s, which is
the possession's own Dur