After Jalen Brunson suffered a right ankle injury in a game that the Knicks trailed by 16 points with under 1:54 left, questions were asked of head coach Mike Brown's decision not to pull his starters sooner.

In the short term, the Knicks will have to battle against the Heat in an important game for the NBA Cup standings. Karl-Anthony Towns will likely be the person the offense runs through the most as he knocked down 20 points by the early part of the second quarter.

Group play in the 2025 NBA Cup resumes Friday night in New York, as the Miami Heat visit the New York Knicks in a matchup of Eastern Conference playoff contenders.

New York Knicks host the Miami Heat at Madison Square Garden in New York. This NBA game is scheduled to start at 7 p.m. EST and will be broadcast on Prime Video. Fans looking to watch this game can do so on Prime Video,

The Knicks have also seen a jump in the percentage of their 3-point attempts that have come off the catch, from 70% last season to 74% this season. That’s a good thing, given that league-wide, catch-and-shoot 3-pointers are worth about 12 more points per 100 attempts than off-the-dribble 3-pointers.

Another two game set sits in front of the Miami Heat, beginning on Friday night in Madison Square Garden to face the New York Knicks. That team on the other sid

Tyler Herro and Bam Adebayo both took flight with the Miami Heat on Thursday to New York, but remain sidelined.