New York Knicks vs Miami Heat Game 1 Full Highlights | 2023 ECSF | FreeDawkins

Basketball is ubiquitous. It is everywhere and everything to this fan base. From 155th at Rucker Park, well, they all know that a familiar rival is back in town. The Miami Heat, Vincent with the middie, got it. Jimmy Butler doing it at both ends, gets the steal defensively. Vincent pulls the three and knocks down five consecutive points to start the game for Miami, still on a heater. Adebayo moving his feet well and hard with a nice reverse for the bucket. Brunson working against Strews. Got into the paint and made it count. Into the corner, Strews, one more to Love for three. And Kevin Love has been a seamless fit for Miami since joining them on the buyout market. Halfway down and out, comes out to Barrett and his floater is good. Vincent mismatched against Barrett, got to his spot. Jimmy Butler is here to score in the ballgame. Vincent says, I'll do it for you. Knocks down his second three ball. He's got eight. Here's Hart. A rare fast break and Hart gets the layup. George, these two teams played a rather pedestrian pace and an easy one inside by Butler. Barrett, up high, Robinson! A burst of speed by Hart and that's New York's first lead of the afternoon. Here's Barrett getting to his strong hand. R.J. Barrett made a shot adjustment after game two of the Cleveland series and it's really paying dividends. Harrett scores it again and the loose ball comes back out to Barrett. Barrett's got to a good start. He's got eight. Lowry has Hartenstein on him and catches in the three. Brunson has Strews on him. Here's Barrett. Well, he moved his shooting pocket, adjusted it a little bit to his left and man, he's really shooting well since. Sprays it out to Toppin. Hart inside. Toppin! And now New York can get the final one. Hart thinking quick. Hartenstein with the follow. Here's Adebayo coming off that triple-double against the Bucs and knocks down the field goal from inside. Here's Duncan Robinson off the BAM screen. One more to the corner. Martin for three. Got it. Grimes from downtown. Barrett inside for the layup. Still flowing. Lowry sneaks the screen. Adebayo one more. Nice feed inside. Heywood Highsmith with the reverse. Six on the shot clock. Brunson with the floater. Got it. Man, big body bends move right there. Stop it, Mark. They've relied so heavily on this guy for shot making and play making. Good execution there. This guy here was the most outstanding player of the Final Four and he's got a very impressive resume. And you see what Miami wants to do. They're going to say, all right, let's screen for Jimmy. Let's get him close to the bucket. We need to get our offense starting to hum a little bit. Oh, jelly at the rim by Caleb Martin. Wow. That is a heck of a move. New York up by 11. Quickly touched the paint and knocks it home. Butler out top. Vinson for three. Whistle foul. Count it. Gabe Vinson from deep in the corner. Here's Brunson. Steps through and his float game is pure right now. Here's Lowry. Got Barrett in the air. Floater hopped by Robinson. Butler at the end of the shot clock fouled by Brunson. Brunson out top. Pulls up on Lowry. It's just middle of the floor isolation. Out to Bam on the baseline. Butler with the rebound. Up and in over Robinson that time. That's a big time finish. Here's Lowry with a little bit of pace. Martin on the move. Lays it up and in. A rare transition bucket for the Heat. Quickly on the drive. Got it. And that's what you open up. Lowry out front. Open for three. Kyle Lowry laces it and he makes it a five-point game. Barrett up high and Robinson with another finish. At a pile. That's his office and he knocks home the mid-range. Toppin has been on top of the world in that first half and continuing that trend early here in the second. One more. One more to Vincent. Back to Strews. Gonna try the three. Got it. That's a good looking three. So you want to sort of balance that aggression and great shot taking. Speaking of great shot taking, RJ Barrett knocks down the mid-range. Vincent bounce pass to Love. Got Robinson up and count it. Kevin Love will go to the free throw line trying to complete the three-point play. One more Strews for the tie. Got it. And we're knotted at 61. Time out, New York. Says Strews gets an easy bucket. What an outlet. Just tremendous pass. The Knicks have gone ice cold from three. Can Obie get one? Yes, sir. Butler running the baseline. Love from outside. Got it. Brunson from deep left it short. And there's another one of those patented outlets. Butler slams it home and Miami leads by four. Brunson rattles home. Looking for the call. Jalen Brunson. Heart goes under the screen. Butler fires on the baseline. Got it. Laces the jumper to make it a six-point lead. Robinson battling but Love comes away. Another outlet. Another catch. Another touchdown slam by Jimmy Buckets. And the largest lead of the game for Miami. Barrett out to top and for three. Brunson out top. He's shown great dominion and sovereignty over the offense all afternoon. And there's another illustration. Come on now. The patience. Zeller sets the screen. Butler turns the corner. One more to Vincent. Toppin tried to get there and Vincent said too late. 12 on the shot clock for Kyle Lowry. Open look from deep. Got it. This guy is just so tough. Brunson on the blow by. Got the floater to go. Looked like Kyle Lowry was peeking a little bit to see if there was a screen coming. All right and off the turnover. Miami gives it right back. Toppin launches. Knocks it home. The lead is down to five. Lowry with a long two. Laces it. Robinson inside to add a bio for the slam. Incredible patience. Just great patience by Duncan Robinson. Quickly banks it home. Barrett with the floater. Look at this. 5 for 12 after they went 20 for 24. Make it 6 for 13. Great execution. But this is the story of the turnaround of this game. Hard on the drive and that's going to be goaltending against Adebayo. Brunson inside. Got the floater. Man he is so great. And another crucial possession with four and a half to go for Miami. Vincent pulls. Contact but he drills it. Barrett on the move. Adebayo spins. Wheels. Got it with the left hand. Here's Lowry. 7 on the shot clock. They got to get to work. Tough baseline. Got it. Come on. Kyle Lowry the veteran. His R.J. attack. They call for a switch. Lowry picks him up. He goes right at Lowry who peeled him clean. Kyle Lowry with great hands. And the offensive rebound sticked back by Hart. With 28 to go. Brunson with the floater. And the Miami Heat led by Jimmy Butler's 25 points will take game one. Let's go. So obvious.