If something, the season's first two video games had gone too effectively. Too straightforward. Too breezy. The Knicks took care of the Cavaliers and the Celtics, their two chief tormentors a 12 months in the past, and so they gained going away.
The Cavs have been lacking guys. The Celtics have been lacking guys. The Knicks have been lacking guys. No person was seeking to take something remotely definitive away from these video games, however the Knicks did reply the bell in each of them, they did win each video games simply on the finish in entrance of 100% capability.
They weren't going to go 82-0.
They didn't even make it to 3-0. The Warmth blew open the sport in the course of the seven minutes Jalen Brunson rested within the third and fourth quarters, then managed to carry off a spirited Knicks rally earlier than ending off a 115-107 win in entrance of their very own delighted plenty at their residence opener at Miami's Kaseya Heart.
