National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
New York 102, Miami 90
When: 8:00 PM ET, Tuesday, April 2, 2013
Where: American Airlines Arena, Miami, Florida
Officials: #47 Bennie Adams, #24 Mike Callahan, #20 Leroy Richardson
Attendance: 20300

Knicks 102, Heat 90: Carmelo Anthony matched a career high with 50 points on 18-of-26 shooting as New York snapped Miami's home winning streak at 17 games.

J.R. Smith added 14 points and Raymond Felton contributed 10 points and nine assists for the Knicks, who extended the NBA's longest active winning streak to nine games and claimed the season series from the Heat. New York (.644) moved ahead of Indiana (.640) in the race for the No. 2 seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs.

Chris Bosh scored 23 points and Mike Miller added 18 for Miami, which was without LeBron James (hamstring), Dwyane Wade (ankle) and Mario Chalmers (ankle). The Heat lost for only the second time in 31 games and the first time at home since Jan. 4 against Chicago.

Miami used a blistering second quarter to take a 58-50 lead into halftime, but Anthony scored 15 points in the third quarter to help the Knicks claim a 78-76 advantage entering the fourth.

New York led 90-88 with less than five minutes left when Anthony took over once again. He hit a mid-range jumper and buried a 3-pointer on consecutive possessions to push it to 95-88 and the Knicks eased away from there.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Miami's home winning streak fell one game shy of the franchise record of 18 straight from Jan. 23-April 5, 2005. … Anthony recorded his sixth 40-point game of the season and the 27th of his career. … New York C Tyson Chandler returned after missing 10 games with a bulging disc. He had one point, two rebounds and two blocks in 24 minutes.

Top Game Performances
 
New York   Miami
Carmelo Anthony 50 Scoring Chris Bosh 23
Raymond Felton 9 Assists Chris Bosh 4
Kenyon Martin 6 Rebounds Shane Battier 8
Carmelo Anthony 7 Free Throws Made Chris Bosh 10
Jason Kidd 2 Steals Ray Allen 2
Tyson Chandler 2 Blocks Mike Miller 2
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
New York 102 52.1 14-27 14-20 17 24 3 8 14
Miami 90 50.0 8-20 22-27 18 32 3 7 20
Upcoming Games
  • Miami will play their next game on the road against Charlotte. The Heat have a W/L % of .000 after a win and .000 after a loss.
  • New York will play their next game on the road against Atlanta. The Knicks have a W/L % of .000 after a win and .000 after a loss.