Eastern Conference Contenders, New York Knicks and Miami Heat just dueled it out once again.
The much anticipated game for Jeremy Lin to prove his game against the 3 headed monster lead by Lebron James, Dwayne Wade and Cris Bosh turned into a walk in the park for the Heat as they rolled to a 102-88 win.
Starting from the tip-off, Lin was shackled by sticky defense from Mario Chalmers and Norris Cole which resulted to a 8 points and 8 turnovers stats. Lin who was averaging around 23.9 points and 9.2 assists on hist last 11 games for the knicks was obviously forced to commit some bad shots and turnovers.
Chris Bosh scored 25 points, Dwyane Wade added 22 and LeBron James finished with 20 points, nine rebounds and eight assists for Miami, which will go into the All-Star break with the NBA’s best record (27-7).
Carmelo Anthony scored 19 points and grabbed 7 rebounds but had 5 swatted shots mainly by Joel Athony, Amare Stoudemire scored 13 , JR Smith 14 and Steve Novak with 12 on 4-5 shooting from the 3point area.
Amare Stoudemire has been averaging a season low 17.6 points and 8.1 rebounds after returning from inactive list.
Watch here the Game Highlights