Miami Heat Vs New York Knicks

Miami Heat

May 8, 1997 79 - 88 Final

New York Knicks

Winner

Prediction

45%

55% Based on Proballers' advanced basketball
statistics analysis

Teams

Season standings and results

Record of 8/9 Ranked 6

Last 5 games All competitions

Date	Opponent	Result
5/29/97	@ Chicago Bulls	L 100-87
5/26/97	vs Chicago Bulls	W 87-80
5/24/97	vs Chicago Bulls	L 74-98
5/23/97	@ Chicago Bulls	L 75-68
5/21/97	@ Chicago Bulls	L 84-77

Vs

Record of 6/4 Ranked 3

Last 5 games All competitions

Date	Opponent	Result
5/18/97	@ Miami Heat	L 101-90
5/17/97	vs Miami Heat	L 90-95
5/15/97	@ Miami Heat	L 96-81
5/13/97	vs Miami Heat	W 89-76
5/11/97	vs Miami Heat	W 77-73

85 Wins

Vs

Teams Matchup History
in All Competitions

88 Wins

4/28/12

100 - 67

Greatest win

119 - 87

11/21/93

4/2/24

109 - 99

Latest win

107 - 116

10/30/24

95.0

Average score

95.2

Vs

Season Averages Per Game NBA Playoffs

85.9

Pts

91.2

41.3

Reb

39.5

17.2

Ast

21.1

6.7

Stl

8.7

5.1

Blk

3.5

Miami Heat

New York Knicks

Best in the league

PACE Number of possessions

88.36 88.87 100.83

AST/TO Assists per turnover

1.8 6.5 16.8

TS% True shooting %

51.2 54.8 56.6

Players

Advanced stats

PER

Ed Pinckney 23.9 75.2 Walter McCarty

Alonzo Mourning 14.7 19.9 Patrick Ewing

Tim Hardaway 14.5 16.2 Larry Johnson

USG%

Mark Strickland 32.9 32.5 Walter McCarty

Alonzo Mourning 27.3 29.0 Patrick Ewing

Tim Hardaway 26.1 25.4 John Starks

TS%

Ed Pinckney 66.7 100.0 Walter McCarty

Keith Askins 60.6 66.2 Larry Johnson

Voshon Lenard 56.6 61.5 Scott Brooks

AST/TO

Ed Pinckney 33.3 54.8 Charlie Ward

Dan Majerle 21.1 24.8 Chris Childs

Tim Hardaway 17.4 16.8 John Wallace

3 PTS attempts rate

Dan Majerle 63.2 41.4 John Starks

Voshon Lenard 58.7 39.1 Allan Houston

Keith Askins 52.2 33.3 Charlie Ward

FT attemps rate

Alonzo Mourning 71.1 50.0 Scott Brooks

P.J. Brown 51.5 49.4 Larry Johnson

Isaac Austin 38.3 48.6 Buck Williams