Jalen Brunson and Josh Hart guided the Knicks through some tight moments en route to a key 111-105 Game 2 win over the Heat on Tuesday night at MSG.
By the end, there was exhaustion everywhere you looked at Madison Square Garden — on the basketball floor, on the benches, in the stands, both courtside and all the way up in the nosebleeds. When one final 30-foot heave from Miami’s Duncan Robinson clanged away harmlessly, the final buzzer sounded almost like a sigh of relief, a spokesman for everyone.
got what it came for in the opener Sunday, and because he now will have three more days to rest his balky ankle back to health. The Heat led for most of the first 42 minutes of Game 2, and had reduced the Garden to a deathly dust bin of despair. But then Brunson knocked down a 3-pointer at the same time Isaiah Hartenstein was getting barreled over by Bam Adebayo. Hartenstein made the free throw to slice the lead to two. The Garden perked up again. And it seemed to fuel Brunson and his wingman, Hart. Starting with that 3, Brunson and Hart combined to score 20 of the Knicks’ final 24 points. Brunson finished with 30, shooting 6-for-10 from 3 and making nine of his final 13 shots.
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