Heat 85-77 Knicks (25 Jan, 2004) Play-by-Play

Miami Heat

18-26, 6-19 away

	1	2	3	4	T
MIA	25	21	17	22	85
NY	20	25	19	13	77

New York Knicks

20-26, 12-12 home

Allan Houston made 12 ft Jumper. Assisted by Stephon Marbury.
Kurt Thomas made Slam Dunk. Assisted by Allan Houston.
Stephon Marbury missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
Keith Van Horn missed Layup.
Dikembe Mutombo made Slam Dunk. Assisted by Stephon Marbury.
Keith Van Horn missed 8 ft Hook Shot.
Allan Houston made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Stephon Marbury.
Stephon Marbury missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
Kurt Thomas missed 6 ft Jumper.
Stephon Marbury made 10 ft Two Point Shot.
Keith Van Horn missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
Keith Van Horn missed 6 ft Jumper.
Stephon Marbury missed 20 ft Jumper.
Anfernee Hardaway missed 18 ft Jumper.
Stephon Marbury made Layup. Assisted by Michael Doleac.
Allan Houston missed 16 ft Jumper.
Allan Houston missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
Anfernee Hardaway made 14 ft Jumper.
Michael Doleac missed 4 ft Jumper.
Kurt Thomas made 14 ft Jumper. Assisted by Stephon Marbury.
Anfernee Hardaway missed 21 ft Jumper.
Frank Williams missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Anfernee Hardaway made Two Point Shot.
Keith Van Horn missed 9 ft Jumper.
Anfernee Hardaway made 10 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Frank Williams.
Michael Doleac made 4 ft Hook Shot. Assisted by Anfernee Hardaway.
Keith Van Horn missed Layup.
Keith Van Horn made Layup.
Michael Doleac made 16 ft Jumper. Assisted by Frank Williams.
Frank Williams made 12 ft Jumper.
Michael Doleac made Layup. Assisted by Frank Williams.
Anfernee Hardaway made 19 ft Jumper. Assisted by Michael Doleac.
Anfernee Hardaway missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
Michael Doleac made Layup. Assisted by Anfernee Hardaway.
Michael Doleac missed Layup.
Michael Doleac missed Jumper.
Allan Houston missed 16 ft Jumper.
Anfernee Hardaway missed 7 ft Jumper. Blocked by Malik Allen.
Anfernee Hardaway made Jumper.
Allan Houston missed 23 ft Jumper.
Michael Doleac made 9 ft Jumper. Assisted by Allan Houston.
Stephon Marbury missed 17 ft Jumper.
Dikembe Mutombo made 6 ft Hook Shot.
Stephon Marbury missed 22 ft Jumper.
Allan Houston missed 21 ft Jumper.
Kurt Thomas missed Jumper.
Dikembe Mutombo missed Layup.
Allan Houston made 9 ft Two Point Shot.
Keith Van Horn made 22 ft Jumper. Assisted by Kurt Thomas.
Dikembe Mutombo made 14 ft Jumper. Assisted by Allan Houston.
Stephon Marbury missed 8 ft Jumper.
Keith Van Horn made 12 ft Two Point Shot.
Stephon Marbury missed Layup. Blocked by Malik Allen.
Keith Van Horn missed 7 ft Jumper.
Keith Van Horn missed 7 ft Jumper.
Anfernee Hardaway made 21 ft Jumper. Assisted by Keith Van Horn.
Frank Williams made 8 ft Two Point Shot.
Anfernee Hardaway missed 19 ft Jumper.
Kurt Thomas missed Jumper.
Michael Doleac missed 16 ft Jumper.
Anfernee Hardaway missed Layup. Blocked by Malik Allen.
Anfernee Hardaway made 16 ft Jumper. Assisted by Stephon Marbury.
Michael Doleac made 17 ft Jumper. Assisted by Stephon Marbury.
Anfernee Hardaway made 18 ft Jumper. Assisted by Stephon Marbury.
Frank Williams missed Layup. Blocked by Malik Allen.
Anfernee Hardaway missed 26 ft Three Point Jumper.
Michael Doleac made 19 ft Jumper. Assisted by Stephon Marbury.
Frank Williams missed 13 ft Jumper.
Michael Doleac missed 5 ft Jumper.
Kurt Thomas made Layup. Assisted by Anfernee Hardaway.
Kurt Thomas missed 20 ft Jumper.
Stephon Marbury missed 19 ft Jumper.
Anfernee Hardaway missed 26 ft Three Point Jumper.
Stephon Marbury missed 26 ft Three Point Jumper.
Anfernee Hardaway missed 16 ft Jumper.
Lamar Odom made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Caron Butler.
Caron Butler made 15 ft Jumper. Assisted by Lamar Odom.
Caron Butler made 17 ft Jumper. Assisted by Lamar Odom.
Lamar Odom made 12 ft Two Point Shot.
Brian Grant missed 16 ft Jumper.
Rafer Alston missed 26 ft Three Point Jumper.
Eddie Jones made 24 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Rafer Alston.
Rafer Alston made 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
Caron Butler made 16 ft Two Point Shot.
Eddie Jones made Two Point Shot.
Lamar Odom made 24 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Rafer Alston.
Rafer Alston missed 16 ft Jumper.
Caron Butler missed 32 ft Three Point Jumper.
ZhiZhi Wang missed 4 ft Jumper. Blocked by Michael Doleac.
Udonis Haslem missed Layup.
ZhiZhi Wang missed Layup.
Eddie Jones made 6 ft Two Point Shot.
Eddie Jones missed 13 ft Jumper.
Lamar Odom missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
Lamar Odom made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Eddie Jones.
ZhiZhi Wang missed Layup.
Eddie Jones missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
Eddie Jones missed 14 ft Jumper.
Rafer Alston missed 8 ft Jumper.
Caron Butler made Layup. Assisted by Eddie Jones.
Rafer Alston made 24 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Lamar Odom.
Eddie Jones missed 15 ft Jumper.
Eddie Jones made 24 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Caron Butler.
Caron Butler missed 59 ft Three Point Jumper.
Brian Grant made 19 ft Jumper. Assisted by Eddie Jones.
Lamar Odom made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Eddie Jones.
Caron Butler missed 18 ft Jumper.
Rafer Alston missed 28 ft Three Point Jumper.
Rafer Alston missed 3 ft Jumper.
Caron Butler missed 16 ft Jumper.
Caron Butler made 17 ft Jumper. Assisted by Lamar Odom.
Brian Grant missed 14 ft Jumper.
Lamar Odom missed 27 ft Three Point Jumper.
Eddie Jones made 15 ft Jumper. Assisted by Malik Allen.
Eddie Jones made 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
Malik Allen missed 16 ft Jumper.
Lamar Odom made Layup. Assisted by Rafer Alston.
Caron Butler missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
Lamar Odom missed Jumper.
Malik Allen made 17 ft Jumper. Assisted by Rafer Alston.
Udonis Haslem missed 9 ft Two Point Shot.
Lamar Odom missed 5 ft Jumper.
Malik Allen missed 9 ft Jumper.
Malik Allen made 19 ft Jumper. Assisted by Lamar Odom.
Eddie Jones made 24 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Rafer Alston.
Eddie Jones missed 18 ft Jumper.
Malik Allen made 11 ft Two Point Shot.
Caron Butler made Layup. Assisted by Eddie Jones.
Eddie Jones missed 17 ft Jumper.
Eddie Jones made 26 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Rafer Alston.
Rafer Alston missed 26 ft Three Point Jumper.
Brian Grant missed 17 ft Jumper.
Eddie Jones missed 6 ft Jumper.
Caron Butler missed Layup. Blocked by Anfernee Hardaway.
Eddie Jones made Jumper. Assisted by Rafer Alston.
Lamar Odom made 16 ft Jumper.
Eddie Jones missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
Brian Grant made 17 ft Jumper. Assisted by Eddie Jones.

HEAT

KNICKS

TIME		MIA	NY
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter.	0	0
12:00	Jumpball. Brian Grant vs. Dikembe Mutombo. Allan Houston gains possession.	0	0
11:44	Allan Houston made 12 ft Jumper. Assisted by Stephon Marbury.	0	2
11:19	Lamar Odom made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Caron Butler.	3	2
11:06	Kurt Thomas made Slam Dunk. Assisted by Allan Houston.	3	4
10:44	Caron Butler made 15 ft Jumper. Assisted by Lamar Odom.	5	4
10:37	Stephon Marbury missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.	5	4
10:34	Lamar Odom Defensive Rebound.	5	4
10:11	Caron Butler made 17 ft Jumper. Assisted by Lamar Odom.	7	4
9:49	Brian Grant Personal Foul	7	4
9:48	Eddie Jones Shooting Foul	7	4
9:48	Allan Houston made Free Throw 1 of 2.	7	5
9:48	Allan Houston made Free Throw 2 of 2.	7	6
9:37	Lamar Odom made 12 ft Two Point Shot.	9	6
9:22	Keith Van Horn missed Layup.	9	6
9:19	Keith Van Horn Offensive Rebound.	9	6
9:11	Dikembe Mutombo made Slam Dunk. Assisted by Stephon Marbury.	9	8
8:56	Allan Houston Personal Foul	9	8
8:51	Brian Grant missed 16 ft Jumper.	9	8
8:49	Keith Van Horn Defensive Rebound.	9	8
8:36	Lamar Odom Illegal Defense Foul	9	8
8:36	Allan Houston made Technical Free Throw.	9	9
8:30	Keith Van Horn missed 8 ft Hook Shot.	9	9
8:29	Eddie Jones Defensive Rebound.	9	9
8:15	Rafer Alston missed 26 ft Three Point Jumper.	9	9
8:12	Keith Van Horn Defensive Rebound.	9	9
8:04	Allan Houston made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Stephon Marbury.	9	12
7:43	Eddie Jones made 24 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Rafer Alston.	12	12
7:26	Stephon Marbury missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.	12	12
7:24	Lamar Odom Defensive Rebound.	12	12
7:16	Rafer Alston made 25 ft Three Point Jumper.	15	12
6:54	Kurt Thomas missed 6 ft Jumper.	15	12
6:52	Brian Grant Defensive Rebound.	15	12
6:41	Caron Butler made 16 ft Two Point Shot.	17	12
6:20	Keith Van Horn Lost Ball. Stolen by Rafer Alston.	17	12
6:18	Rafer Alston Bad Pass	17	12
6:18	New York Full Timeout.	17	12
6:03	Stephon Marbury made 10 ft Two Point Shot.	17	14
5:41	Kurt Thomas Shooting Foul	17	14
5:41	Brian Grant missed Free Throw 1 of 2.	17	14
5:41	Miami Offensive Rebound.	17	14
5:41	Brian Grant made Free Throw 2 of 2.	18	14
5:18	Keith Van Horn missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.	18	14
5:16	Lamar Odom Defensive Rebound.	18	14
5:05	Eddie Jones made Two Point Shot.	20	14
4:48	Allan Houston Bad Pass	20	14
4:48	ZhiZhi Wang enters the game for Brian Grant.	20	14
4:48	Michael Doleac enters the game for Dikembe Mutombo.	20	14
4:37	Lamar Odom made 24 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Rafer Alston.	23	14
4:16	Keith Van Horn missed 6 ft Jumper.	23	14
4:15	New York Defensive Rebound.	23	14
4:00	Anfernee Hardaway enters the game for Keith Van Horn.	23	14
3:47	Eddie Jones Personal Foul	23	14
3:47	Udonis Haslem enters the game for Eddie Jones.	23	14
3:43	Stephon Marbury missed 20 ft Jumper.	23	14
3:41	Lamar Odom Defensive Rebound.	23	14
3:33	Rafer Alston missed 16 ft Jumper.	23	14
3:31	Michael Doleac Defensive Rebound.	23	14
3:21	Anfernee Hardaway missed 18 ft Jumper.	23	14
3:19	Michael Doleac Offensive Rebound.	23	14
3:17	Stephon Marbury made Layup. Assisted by Michael Doleac.	23	16
2:58	Miami Full Timeout.	23	16
2:49	Caron Butler missed 32 ft Three Point Jumper.	23	16
2:48	Miami Offensive Rebound.	23	16
2:48	24 second	23	16
2:36	Allan Houston missed 16 ft Jumper.	23	16
2:35	Lamar Odom Defensive Rebound.	23	16
2:31	Rafer Alston Bad Pass. Stolen by Michael Doleac.	23	16
2:20	Anfernee Hardaway Bad Pass	23	16
2:04	ZhiZhi Wang missed 4 ft Jumper. Blocked by Michael Doleac.	23	16
2:01	Udonis Haslem Offensive Rebound.	23	16
2:00	Udonis Haslem missed Layup.	23	16
2:00	Michael Doleac Defensive Rebound.	23	16
1:54	Allan Houston missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.	23	16
1:54	Michael Doleac Offensive Rebound.	23	16
1:47	Anfernee Hardaway made 14 ft Jumper.	23	18
1:29	Stephon Marbury Shooting Foul	23	18
1:29	Frank Williams enters the game for Allan Houston.	23	18
1:29	Caron Butler made Free Throw 1 of 2.	24	18
1:29	Caron Butler made Free Throw 2 of 2.	25	18
1:12	Michael Doleac missed 4 ft Jumper.	25	18
1:10	Anfernee Hardaway Offensive Rebound.	25	18
1:06	ZhiZhi Wang Personal Foul	25	18
59.3	Kurt Thomas made 14 ft Jumper. Assisted by Stephon Marbury.	25	20
38.9	ZhiZhi Wang missed Layup.	25	20
37.8	Anfernee Hardaway Defensive Rebound.	25	20
27.9	Anfernee Hardaway missed 21 ft Jumper.	25	20
26.4	Udonis Haslem Defensive Rebound.	25	20
1.9	Frank Williams missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.	25	20
0.0	Caron Butler Defensive Rebound.	25	20
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter.	25	20

Regular Season Series

NY leads 2-1

Knicks
100
Heat
80

Game 1

28/12

Heat
73
Knicks
102

Game 2

31/12

Heat
85
Knicks
77

Game 3

25/1

Knicks
76
Heat
64

Game 4

7/2

Madison Square Garden

12:30 AM, 25 January 2004

New York, NY

Attendance: 19,763

Referees:
Monty McCutchen
Ron Olesiak
Ed Malloy

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Boston	22	6	.786	-	W1
New York	18	10	.643	4	W3
Brooklyn	11	17	.393	11	L1
Philadelphia	9	17	.346	12	L1
Toronto	7	22	.241	15.5	L7

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