With the New York Knicks' season on the line, Jalen Brunson delivered. Brunson played the entire game, and dropped 38 points to down the Miami Heat 112-103 in Game 5.
Randle gave the Knicks momentum entering the half, and both Jalen Brunson and RJ Barrett capitalized on that in the third quarter. Brunson dropped 10That helped the Knicks break open a 13-point lead with five minutes to play in the quarter. New York continued to put on the pressure, though a late 3-pointer by the Heat cut New York's lead to 10 entering the fourth.
The Knicks maintained that 10-point lead early in the quarter, but Miami finally got hot from beyond the arc. The Heat hit three consecutive 3-pointers to cut the Knicks' lead to just 4 points with 7 minutes to play. With roughly 5 minutes to play, Heat coach Eric Spoelstra changed up his strategy. He had Heat players foul Knicks center Mitchell Robinson to send him to the free-throw line. Robinson, who shot 48% at the line this season, hit 3 of his 4 attempts before being taken out of the game.
Though the strategy backfired, the Heat didn't flinch. Duncan Robinson seemingly couldn't miss from beyond the arc, and kept the Heat in the game in the final minutes. With Miami trailing by 6 points with 1:31 to play, Knicks guard Quentin Grimes may have pulled off the play of the night. After getting tangled up on defense and falling to the ground, Grimes — who was hobbling —recovered enough to steal the ball from Butler.This story will be updated.
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