The Miami Heat (33-13) snapped the New York Knicks' (19-28) four-game winning streak on Saturday night behind 30 points from LeBron James and 22 from Dwyane Wade in a 106-91 victory.
In total, five Heat players finished in double figures on a night when Miami shot 54 percent from the field and 35 percent from three, as the Knicks' 22nd-ranked defense was no match for a motivated Miami team that was looking to bounce back strong from a loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder.
"We just wanted to get back to our identity. It was encouraging to see Miami Heat activity," head coach Erik Spoelstra said, according to Bleacher Report's Ethan Skolnick.
Carmelo Anthony led the Knicks with 26 points but was bottled up during a first half in which the Heat outscored the Knicks by seven.
Offense certainly wasn't the problem for the Knicks, though, as they shot 49 percent from the field and 42 percent from three. New York was outscored by nine points over the game's final 12 minutes and by eight in the second half.
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