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The Miami Heat (10-5, T-1st Southeast) head to the Big Apple on Friday following a day off for Turkey, to visit the New York Knicks (8-6, 3rd Atlantic). Miami defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers 129-96 on Wednesday night. Kyle Lowry scored 28 points to lead the Heat to their second consecutive victory. New York was defeated by the Minnesota Timberwolves 117-100 on Monday, which snapped a three-game winning streak for the Knicks. R.J. Hampton and Tyler Herro are out for Miami, while Kevin Love, Bam Adebayo and Dru Smith are questionable. New York does not have any players on its injury report.
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The Miami Heat have the 10th best defensive efficiency at 108.7 and their pace of play is 23rd at 99.4. This has helped to result in Miami scoring an average of 111.5 points per game which is only 21st and allowing an average of only 108.1 points per game which is 6th lowest. Miami is shooting a respectable 46.8% overall which is 19th and 39.0% from 3-point territory which is fourth highest. The Heat’s defense is holding opponents to a field goal shooting percentage of 47.1% and a three-point shooting percentage of 38.2%.
Injuries have played their part as well in Miami's lower scoring, as leading scorer Tyler Herro (22.9 ppg) is out and Bam Adebayo, who is questionable for Friday and missed Wednesday’s game, is second in scoring at 22.8 points per game. Jimmy Butler has creeped up to third in scoring a t 20.5 points per game. Kyle Lowry averages a team best 4.6 assists per game. Adebayo cleans the boards the best with an average of 10.2 rebounds per game and is also the swat leader with an average of 1.1 block shots per game. Butler averages 1.4 steals per game to lead Miami. The Heat average 26.1 assists and 12.4 turnovers for a 2.1 assist to turnover ratio.
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