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New York Knicks vs. Miami Heat

December 21, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Knicks beat the Heat 132-125 on 2025-12-21 at home. The Knicks started Karl-Anthony Towns, OG Anunoby, Josh Hart, Mikal Bridges, and Jalen Brunson. The Heat started Andrew Wiggins, Norman Powell, Bam Adebayo, Davion Mitchell, and Kel'el Ware. Norman Powell (Heat) scored 18 points (6/11) in his matchups, with Mikal Bridges as his primary defender. Jalen Brunson (Knicks) scored 18 points (5/7) in his matchups, with Davion Mitchell as his primary defender.

Box score

In orange, the game high in points, rebounds and assists.

NYK

New York Knicks 132

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Mikal Bridges GS	40:08	24	2	4	0	0	2	1	9-14	6-7	0-0	-2
Jalen Brunson GS	38:11	47	3	8	0	0	0	5	15-26	6-13	11-11	+10
OG Anunoby GS	33:32	18	2	3	1	2	4	4	6-12	2-6	4-5	+3
Josh Hart GS	33:17	13	10	5	2	0	0	3	5-10	3-5	0-0	+4
Karl-Anthony Towns GS	28:47	2	6	2	2	0	3	4	1-5	0-0	0-2	-1
Mitchell Robinson	22:22	9	7	2	2	1	0	3	3-4	0-0	3-3	+6
Tyler Kolek	22:12	6	4	3	0	0	1	2	3-6	0-2	0-0	+16
Jordan Clarkson	17:52	10	2	1	0	0	2	2	4-5	2-3	0-0	-2
Mohamed Diawara	3:39	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1-3	1-2	0-0	+1
Totals		132	36	28	7	3	12	25	47-85	20-38	18-21

Did not play: Tosan Evbuomwan (DNP - Coach's Decision), Ariel Hukporti (DNP - Coach's Decision), Guerschon Yabusele (DNP - Coach's Decision)

MIA

Miami Heat 125

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Norman Powell GS	35:11	22	4	3	3	0	1	2	7-17	4-8	4-5	+3
Kel'el Ware GS	34:31	28	19	0	1	0	1	2	11-15	5-7	1-2	-6
Bam Adebayo GS	33:34	14	9	0	0	0	3	3	4-11	0-3	6-7	-5
Davion Mitchell GS	31:04	13	2	8	0	0	3	3	5-8	3-4	0-0	-7
Andrew Wiggins GS	24:27	7	5	4	0	1	1	0	2-8	2-3	1-2	-5
Jaime Jaquez Jr.	33:38	23	0	5	0	0	1	0	9-15	1-3	4-6	-2
Dru Smith	17:50	9	0	3	1	0	0	0	2-4	1-1	4-4	-3
Simone Fontecchio	17:21	7	4	3	0	0	1	2	1-6	1-4	4-7	-4
Kasparas Jakučionis	12:24	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	0-3	0-2	2-2	-6
Totals		125	45	26	5	1	11	14	41-87	17-35	26-35

Did not play: Myron Gardner (DNP - Coach's Decision), Vladislav Goldin (DNP - Coach's Decision), Tyler Herro (DND - Injury/Illness), Keshad Johnson (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

NYK

New York Knicks

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Karl-Anthony Towns · OG Anunoby · Josh Hart · Mikal Bridges · Jalen Brunson Starter 16.0 min
Jordan Clarkson · Karl-Anthony Towns · OG Anunoby · Mikal Bridges · Tyler Kolek 6.7 min
Josh Hart · Mikal Bridges · Jalen Brunson · Mitchell Robinson · Tyler Kolek 6.1 min
Jordan Clarkson · Josh Hart · Mikal Bridges · Jalen Brunson · Mitchell Robinson 4.2 min
OG Anunoby · Josh Hart · Jalen Brunson · Mitchell Robinson · Tyler Kolek 3.0 min

MIA

Miami Heat

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Andrew Wiggins · Norman Powell · Bam Adebayo · Davion Mitchell · Kel'el Ware Starter 12.7 min
Andrew Wiggins · Norman Powell · Davion Mitchell · Jaime Jaquez Jr. · Kel'el Ware 7.6 min
Bam Adebayo · Dru Smith · Jaime Jaquez Jr. · Simone Fontecchio · Kasparas Jakučionis 7.0 min
Norman Powell · Bam Adebayo · Davion Mitchell · Jaime Jaquez Jr. · Kel'el Ware 6.6 min
Norman Powell · Bam Adebayo · Dru Smith · Jaime Jaquez Jr. · Simone Fontecchio 3.6 min

Who guarded whom

Based on stats.nba.com matchup data. Points and shooting are always the offensive player's.

Knicks defense

Norman Powell 18 pts (6/11) in 68 possessions

Guarded by: Mikal Bridges (55 %, 5 pts) · Tyler Kolek (13 %, 2 pts) · Josh Hart (11 %, 0 pts)
Bam Adebayo 13 pts (5/7) in 63 possessions

Guarded by: Karl-Anthony Towns (35 %, 2 pts) · OG Anunoby (18 %, 2 pts) · Josh Hart (16 %, 3 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Jalen Brunson	Davion Mitchell: 40 poss., 18 pts (5/9) · Dru Smith: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Mikal Bridges	Norman Powell: 38 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Jaime Jaquez Jr.: 13 poss., 8 pts (3/4)
Josh Hart	Kel'el Ware: 21 poss., 5 pts (2/5) · Jaime Jaquez Jr.: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
OG Anunoby	Jaime Jaquez Jr.: 14 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Andrew Wiggins: 12 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Karl-Anthony Towns	Bam Adebayo: 22 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Kel'el Ware: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Mitchell Robinson	Kel'el Ware: 25 poss., 2 pts (0/0) · Bam Adebayo: 10 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Tyler Kolek	Dru Smith: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Norman Powell: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Jordan Clarkson	Simone Fontecchio: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jaime Jaquez Jr.: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Mohamed Diawara	Simone Fontecchio: 3 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Jaime Jaquez Jr.: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Heat defense

Jalen Brunson 18 pts (5/7) in 76 possessions

Guarded by: Davion Mitchell (48 %, 5 pts) · Dru Smith (18 %, 2 pts) · Andrew Wiggins (9 %, 0 pts)
Karl-Anthony Towns 18 pts (8/16) in 52 possessions

Guarded by: Kel'el Ware (40 %, 10 pts) · Bam Adebayo (28 %, 2 pts) · Jaime Jaquez Jr. (14 %, 4 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Jaime Jaquez Jr.	Josh Hart: 21 poss., 6 pts (3/4) · OG Anunoby: 18 poss., 4 pts (2/3)
Norman Powell	Mikal Bridges: 40 poss., 11 pts (4/8) · Tyler Kolek: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Kel'el Ware	Mitchell Robinson: 21 poss., 5 pts (2/5) · Karl-Anthony Towns: 21 poss., 10 pts (4/5)
Bam Adebayo	OG Anunoby: 21 poss., 2 pts (0/3) · Karl-Anthony Towns: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/5)
Davion Mitchell	Jalen Brunson: 37 poss., 5 pts (2/4) · Mikal Bridges: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Andrew Wiggins	Josh Hart: 15 poss., 6 pts (2/6) · Mikal Bridges: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Dru Smith	Jalen Brunson: 13 poss., 2 pts (0/0) · Tyler Kolek: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Simone Fontecchio	Jordan Clarkson: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Mikal Bridges: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Kasparas Jakučionis	Jordan Clarkson: 11 poss., 2 pts (0/0) · Tyler Kolek: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)