Let's start with the one local who was in action last night.

That was the Knicks.

Of course, without Jalen Brunson and OG Anobie. They rallied to cut into a fourth quarter deficit down in Miami. They did have a chance late, but couldn't get a couple of shots to go down. Good back tip. McBride has it. Shot clock turned off. Nick's down two. McBride on the drive. Lefty lay up off the glass. no good. Towns the rebound. Shot blocked

the game, gets it back, puts it up.

No good. Towns the rebound. Shot blocked the game, gets it back, puts it up. No good. Reband off the backboard. It's over. That's Mike Breen on MSG 115-113 in favor of the heat as the next fall to 0 and 4 on the road this season. Mike Brown did have a timeout in his back pocket there. Could have used it to set up the final possession he decided against using it.

Tough shot probably by Deuce initially, but he got it up on the glass,

and we had a number's advantage because they weren't matched up,

and they were still trying to figure out who to go to.

So that situation, I would do all over again.

Just go play.

And you had the looks there for Carl Anthony Towns and Deuce McBride.

They could not get them to go down.

They did finish with 20 plus points apiece, as did McHale Bridges.

You had 14 apiece off the bench for Josh Hart and Jordan Clarkson.

But the Knicks finished 9 of 36 from three-point range.

While Miami had six guys in double figures

they made 14 threes and shot 40% from deep so a tough close loss yes the nicks were short-handed

here was heart on the effort and the performance i don't think we played played bad at now was this

you know we had a couple of open hooks you know for i think dudes had an open look at the top jac

he had an open look at the top. Jayce had an open look at the corner.

Late to get a ball. You know, I think that's right, a couple tough shots. So one of those nights, but the longer they go without a road victory, similar to what the Rangers dealt with on home ice, it will continue to be a storyline a little bit. Yeah, I mean, this was a frustrating one. I mean, obviously, without O. G. Anomi and Jalen Brunson, things are different, but you could really tell at the, in crunch time of this game, you know, not having that leader with the ball in his hands is a critical thing. Now, Deuce McBride got him back in the game. There's no, I mean, they started off that fourth quarter. They were miserable defensively.

And he was great.

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