The Miami Heat are headed to the Eastern Conference Finals after defeating the New York Knicks 96-92 in Game 6 of their second-round series. It was a closely contested battle that the Knicks led early on, but after the Knicks failed to get a shot up on a potential game-tying possession with under a minute remaining, the Heat pulled away and sealed the game at the foul line.
Brunson followed up his 48-minute masterpiece from two nights earlier with 41 points in 45 minutes, but the Knicks received little production from Julius Randle and RJ Barrett in a crushing, season-ending 96-92 loss to the Heat in Game 6 of their Eastern Conference semifinal series at Kaseya Center.
“You’ve got to give the Heat a lot of credit. They didn’t play like an eight seed, at all,” Brunson said. “For me, we did a lot of great things this season. We obviously want the team to keep playing, to have the opportunity.
“It stings a little bit, definitely a learning experience. But if you don’t win, you lose.”
Aside from Brunson, who finished 14-for-22 from the field, the other four Knicks starters shot a combined 15.6 percent (5-for-32).
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