Jimmy Butler helps Heat knock off Knicks | Inquirer Sports

Jimmy Butler helps Heat knock off Knicks

/ 10:17 AM February 08, 2021

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Austin Rivers #8 and Elfrid Payton #6 of the New York Knicks defends against Jimmy Butler #22 of the Miami Heat at Madison Square Garden on February 07, 2021 in New York City. Mike Stobe/Getty Images/AFP

Jimmy Butler scored eight points in the fourth quarter and hit the tiebreaking jumper with 4:18 left Sunday afternoon as the visiting Miami Heat held off the New York Knicks in a 109-103 win.

Butler (17 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists) just missed a triple-double while Bam Adebayo (24 points and 11 rebounds) also had a double-double for the Heat, which has won two straight for just the second time this season.

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Kendrick Nunn and Tyler Herro each scored 16 points while Kelly Olynyk (15 points) and Duncan Robinson (12 points) each got into double digits.

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Julius Randle had 26 points and 13 rebounds for the Knicks, whose two-game winning streak was snapped. Reggie Bullock hit seven 3-pointers on his way to 21 points while Alec Burks had 13 points off the bench.

Bullock drained a trio of 3-pointers as the Knicks opened the game on a 15-5 run.

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The Heat responded with a 16-3 run — Bullock hit another 3-pointer for New York’s only points — in which Nunn hit two 3-pointers, including the tie-breaking trey that gave Miami a 21-18 lead.

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