Miami Heat 125, New York Knicks 132 — Recap

December 21, 2025 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Miami Heat 125, New York Knicks 132. Scoring by quarter: Q1 MIA 37-30 NYK; Q2 MIA 25-36 NYK; Q3 MIA 37-39 NYK; Q4 MIA 26-27 NYK.

Top performers (box score): Jalen Brunson (NYK) 47 points, 3 rebounds, 8 assists, 6 threes on 15-of-26 shooting; Kel'el Ware (MIA) 28 points, 19 rebounds, 0 assists, 5 threes on 11-of-15 shooting; Mikal Bridges (NYK) 24 points, 2 rebounds, 4 assists, 6 threes on 9-of-14 shooting; Jaime Jaquez Jr. (MIA) 23 points, 0 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 threes on 9-of-15 shooting; Norman Powell (MIA) 22 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 4 threes on 7-of-17 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · NYK

Jalen Brunson

47 PTS, 3 REB, 8 AST, 6 3PM · 15-26 FG

Scoring · MIA

Kel'el Ware

28 PTS, 19 REB, 0 AST, 5 3PM · 11-15 FG

Scoring · NYK

Mikal Bridges

24 PTS, 2 REB, 4 AST, 6 3PM · 9-14 FG

Season highs

Jalen Brunson · Season-high 47 pointsKel'el Ware · Season-high 28 points

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
MIA	37	25	37	26		125
NYK	30	36	39	27		132

🧮 How They Scored

MIANYK

46Points in the paint46

10Fast-break points15

24Second-chance points7

16Points off turnovers12

41Bench points28

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

56.9%Effective FG%67.1%

9.7%Turnover %11.3%

27.3%Offensive rebound %10.8%

0.402Free-throw rate0.247

Box Score

Miami Heat

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kel'el Ware C	35	28	19	0	1	0	1	11-15	5-7	1-2	-6
Norman Powell F-G	35	22	4	3	3	0	1	7-17	4-8	4-5	+3
Jaime Jaquez Jr. G	34	23	0	5	0	0	1	9-15	1-3	4-6	-2
Bam Adebayo C-F	34	14	9	0	0	0	3	4-11	0-3	6-7	-5
Davion Mitchell G	31	13	2	8	0	0	3	5-8	3-4	0-0	-7
Andrew Wiggins F-G	24	7	5	4	0	1	1	2-8	2-3	1-2	-5
Dru Smith G	18	9	0	3	1	0	0	2-4	1-1	4-4	-3
Simone Fontecchio F	17	7	4	3	0	0	1	1-6	1-4	4-7	-4
Kasparas Jakučionis G	12	2	2	0	0	0	0	0-3	0-2	2-2	-6

New York Knicks

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Mikal Bridges F	40	24	2	4	0	0	2	9-14	6-7	0-0	-2
Jalen Brunson G	38	47	3	8	0	0	0	15-26	6-13	11-11	+10
OG Anunoby F	34	18	2	3	1	2	4	6-12	2-6	4-5	+3
Josh Hart G	33	13	10	5	2	0	0	5-10	3-5	0-0	+4
Karl-Anthony Towns C	29	2	6	2	2	0	3	1-5	0-0	0-2	-1
Mitchell Robinson C	22	9	7	2	2	1	0	3-4	0-0	3-3	+6
Tyler Kolek G	22	6	4	3	0	0	1	3-6	0-2	0-0	+16
Jordan Clarkson G	18	10	2	1	0	0	2	4-5	2-3	0-0	-2
Mohamed Diawara F	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1-3	1-2	0-0	+1

🔬 Advanced Stats

Miami HeatTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Kel'el Ware	Starter	35	28	88.2	20.7	-6.7	22.3
Norman Powell	Starter	35	22	57.3	22.7	+0.8	11.5
Bam Adebayo	Starter	34	14	49.7	20.0	-10.6	4.9
Davion Mitchell	Starter	31	13	81.3	14.5	-10.9	8.9
Andrew Wiggins	Starter	24	7	39.4	16.7	-10.0	6.6
Jaime Jaquez Jr.	Bench	34	23	65.2	21.8	-6.3	9.9
Dru Smith	Bench	18	9	78.1	13.0	-7.3	12.9
Simone Fontecchio	Bench	17	7	38.5	22.7	-13.0	2.6
Kasparas Jakučionis	Bench	12	2	25.8	11.4	-28.5	-1.4
Tyler Herro	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Keshad Johnson	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Myron Gardner	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Vladislav Goldin	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

New York KnicksTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jalen Brunson	Starter	38	47	76.2	34.5	+12.2	20.0
Mikal Bridges	Starter	40	24	85.7	18.8	+0.6	11.3
OG Anunoby	Starter	34	18	63.4	23.7	+7.9	5.9
Josh Hart	Starter	33	13	65.0	13.7	+5.8	12.5
Karl-Anthony Towns	Starter	29	2	17.0	14.8	-3.7	-1.2
Jordan Clarkson	Bench	18	10	100.0	16.7	+1.6	7.8
Mitchell Robinson	Bench	22	9	84.6	9.1	+14.4	13.4
Tyler Kolek	Bench	22	6	50.0	13.7	+34.0	8.6
Mohamed Diawara	Bench	4	3	50.0	33.3	+12.5	0.0
Guerschon Yabusele	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Ariel Hukporti	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0