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How Miami Heat’s Twitter Reacted to the Win Against the New York Knicks Wednesday Night

Jimmy Butler and Tyler Herro led the way for the Miami Heat in their win against New York Knicks.

Jayden Armant

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The Miami Heat’s win against the Detroit Pistons didn’t impress their fanbase, but a gritty Wednesday night victory against the New York Knicks did. The Heat have won seven of their last 10 games after starting 1-4 coming out of the All-Star break.

Jimmy Butler had another superstar performance with 35 points, nine assists, and four steals. He is averaging 26.3 points on 60.5 percent shooting since the All-Star break.

This game felt like the playoffs with the traded shots and high intensity between the players. Heat fans flooded social media with a camera shot of Butler mocking Julius Randle, who had one of his worst games of the season Wednesday. Coming off a career-high 57-point performance, Randle finished with just 15 points, four turnovers and five fouls.

The Heat’s backcourt was solid in the wake of recent judgment. Gabe Vincent had a strong first half en route to his 19-point performance. Kyle Lowry, the target of criticism from Heat fans this season, continued to play well off the bench. He is averaging 10 points on 58 percent shooting from 3-point range on the second unit. Tyler Herro again had a potent fourth quarter after struggling for most of the game. He had 14 in the fourth, including all four of his shots from downtown.

The Heat improved to 6-1 since the All-Star break when shooting at least 40 percent from the arc. They are back in action against the Brooklyn Nets (39-33) in a battle for the No. 6 seed.

Jayden Armant is a contributor to Inside the Heat. He is a student at Howard University. He can be reached at jayden.armant@bison.howard.edu or follow him on Twitter @jaydenarmant.

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