Knicks coach David Fizdale knows all too well about sitting on the home bench at American Airlines Arena.
A number of Heat players such as Dwyane Wade — who he won championships with in Miami as an assistant — embraced Fizdale before the game.
All of the good will shared with David Fizdale before the game went out of the window when Fizdale’s new team took on his old one.
The New York Knicks fell to the Miami Heat 110-87 on Wednesday night at American Airlines Arena as they dropped their fourth consecutive game.
Damyean Dotson led the Knicks off the bench with a career-high 20 points, 10 rebounds, one steal and one block in 32 minutes.
Trey Burke and Tim Hardaway Jr. combined to shoot 5-for-20 from the field on Wednesday night.
The Miami Heat used a furious third quarter shooting performance to sink the Knicks to a 1-4 mark.
Miami scored 45 points in a third quarter that began with the Knicks trailing by only two points coming out of the half.
Erik Spoelstra’s Heat outscored the Knicks 45-20 in the third quarter in a embarrassing period for David Fizdale’s team.
New York was outscored 75-38 over the second and third quarters as Miami swarmed them with shutdown defense and prolific offense as they bounced back from a disappointing 113-112 loss in their home opener vs the Charlotte Hornets on Saturday.
Hassan Whiteside dominated with 22 points, 14 rebounds and three blocks in 27 minutes on Wednesday night.
They didn’t quite make Whiteside look like Hakeem Olajuwon, but a diet Shaquille O’Neal is probably a better assessment as they allowed lob dunk after lob dunk to the Heat big man.
Miami shot 49 percent from the field and hit 13 of their 29 3-pointers on the night as six Heat players finished the game in double figures.
The Knicks went on to shoot 36 percent from the field and 36 percent from beyond the arc.
It was the New York Knicks worst shooting performance through the first five games this season as they came in shooting 43 percent as a team, 25th in the NBA.
David Fizdale appeared to send a message with Trey Burke (17 minutes) and Enes Kanter (20 minutes) seeing their minutes cut into.
That may have been due to the score, but given that both of those players were mostly MIA on the night, it wouldn’t be a surprise if Fizdale did that as a statement to the players following a humbling defeat.
The New York Knicks better eat their vegetables before Friday night as they’ll be playing host to the Golden State Warriors at Madison Square Garden.
What are your thoughts on the Knicks dropping their fourth straight game? Leave your comments below!
Nets coach Kenny Atkinson wanted to see an inspired defensive performance after his team looked listless on that end on Saturday night.
He got that and then some as the Brooklyn Nets continued their three-game road trip on Wednesday night.
The Brooklyn Nets picked up a 102-86 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Wednesday night at Quicken Loans Arena for their first road win of the season.
Their first win in Cleveland since April 3rd, 2013 as they snapped a 10-game skid at Quicken Loans Arena.
D’Angelo Russell led the Nets in scoring with 18 points to go along with eight assists in 27 minutes of action.
It was a balanced scoring night for Russell and the Nets as six Nets reached double figures on the night, including each player in the starting lineup.
A tied game at the half, the Brooklyn Nets used a third quarter surge to soar past the winless Cleveland Cavaliers, who fell to 0-4 on the season.
Jared Dudley hit three 3-pointers in the third period and the Nets as a team hit six in the period as they outscored Cleveland 38-17.
Brooklyn’s shooting from beyond the arc (14-for-34 3 PT) and bounce back performance on defense led them on the night as they won their first road game of the season.
The Brooklyn Nets held the Cleveland Cavaliers to 38 percent shooting with the leading scorer on the Cavaliers being a three-way tie with 14 points.
Rondae Hollis-Jefferson, who made his season debut on Wednesday night, struggled from the field shooting as he shot 3-for-10 from the field. He finished with eight points and eight rebounds with a steal in 21 minutes.
Atkinson didn’t mince words with his displeasure over the Nets defense in their last game vs the Indiana Pacers on Saturday. Atkinson wasn’t willing to use playing the second night of a back-to-back on the road or being shorthanded as an excuse.
The Brooklyn Nets allowed the Indiana to shoot 55 percent from the field and hit 16 of their 24 3-pointers in a 132-112 loss last Saturday as Victor Oladipo led the way with 25 points.
Tonight, there was much more activity on the defensive side of the ball, albeit vs a Cavaliers team coming in 18th in the NBA in scoring and minus you know who.
No matter, Kenny Atkinson will love the second half his team put together as they prepare to finish their three-game road trip.
The Brooklyn Nets will visit the Smoothie King Center to take on the New Orleans Pelicans on Friday night.
What are your thoughts on Brooklyn’s road win in Cleveland tonight? Leave your comments below!
“Have you ever seen the crowd goin’ Apes**t? Rah!”After tallying up at the box office Bey and a Jay raked in $253.5 million from their latest On The Run II tour
The trek kicked off on June 6 in Cardiff, Wales and raced through 48 stadiums across Europe and North America before wrapping on Oct. 4 in Seattle. A two-night sojourn at London Stadium brought in $11 million and sold more than 125,000 tickets, while a two-night stay at Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium earned $14.1 million billboard reports.
The On The Run II marks the sequel to Beyoncé and JAY-Z’s 2014 On the Run Tour. The first voyage earned $109.6 million from 21 shows, and Billboard crowned it the Top R&B/Hip-Hop tour of the year.
The tour also doubled more in terms of overall gross and ticket sales (980,000 vs. 2,177,000). This just shows that music’s biggest power couple only continues to grow in popularity.
Deshaun Watson and the Houston Texans look to make it five wins in a row as they host the visiting Miami Dolphins at NRG Stadium on Thursday night.
The Miami Dolphins are ailing at key positions such as quarterback, but have surprisingly seen stellar play at that position.
J.J. Watt — who is tied for second in the NFL with seven sacks — and the Houston Texans defense is causing havoc and look to make the Fish their latest prey.
The Texans are leading the AFC South race and look to extend what is tied for the third longest winning streak in the NFL right now.
Before then, we’ll take a look at the headlines heading into this AFC primetime battle.
Let’s take a look.
With The Hits Mounting On Watson, Texans Have Much To Worry About
The Houston Texans did something in Week 7 that they haven’t been able to do in quite some time: Run the football.
The Texans pounded out 167 rushing yards on 34 rushing attempts in a 20-7 Week 7 win over the Jacksonville Jaguars.
Still, there’s a problem for the Texans that’s hard to ignore and that’s the amount of punishment Deshaun Watson has taken in just seven games this season.
Deshaun Watson has been sacked 26 times this season, the most of any quarterback in the NFL and he seems to be hurried or hit on close to half of his dropbacks. That’s not a good sign for Houston, who desperately needed to be able to protect their quarterback coming off an ACL injury.
Unless Deshaun Watson is made out of iron, the likelihood he’ll be able to continue to take this type of licking for the rest of the season seems unlikely.
Thursday night would appear to be a bruise-less night on the surface as Miami is 29th in the NFL in sacks.
If it’s not, and Watson and the Texans offense falters once again because of the porous offensive line, prepare for the Texans to try to make a trade before next Wednesday’s trade deadline (I mean, they should be doing that regardless).
Old Friend Brock Osweiler Returns To Houston
Texans fans still want to know what in the blue hell the Texans front office was thinking when they gave Brock Osweiler a four-year/$74 million contract back in the 2014 offseason.
After a disastrous partnership that ended after just one season, there are Houston Texans looking to embarrass Osweiler, who is starting for the third consecutive week in place of Ryan Tannehill.
For what it’s worth, Brock Osweiler is coming off two solid performances in a row as he’s thrown for 619 passing yards, five touchdowns and two interceptions while completing 67 percent of his passes.
The key to the game for the Dolphins will be establishing a respectable rushing attack vs a Texans defense allowing the second fewest rushing yards per carry at 3.4.
With wide receiver Albert Wilson placed on IR this week and Kenny Stills out with a groin injury, it’ll be tough having much of any success vs Houston’s pass defense if they are one dimensional.
Miami has had success when they run the ball as they have been fairly balanced as an offense. Look for Adam Gase to not try to expose his backup quarterback early vs a Texans defense that has 19 sacks this season.
A Product Of Poor Competition?
The Houston Texans are 4-0 over their past four games, but if you’ve been paying attention to their schedule you’ll find their opponents to track records as well as win-loss records to be underwhelming.
The combined record of the teams the Texans have defeated this season is 10-18 with a +/- differential of -103.
The Miami Dolphins are 4-3, but over the course of the last four weeks they are 1-3 with their lone win being a 31-28 overtime win over the and currently have a +/- differential of -26.
All signs would point to Houston walking away with a relatively decisive victory on Thursday night. One has to question, though, just how good the Texans are not only on offense but on defense as well.
What are your thoughts on Thursday’s primetime tilt in Houston? Leave your comments below!
In the art for Cardi’s newly released single “Money”, the “I like it” rapper can be seen posing almost nude in a golden room, rocking a pair of lavish Christian Cowan and Giuseppe Zanotti heels, and a pair of Cowan’s jewel-encrusted gloves on both arms.
In a video from August with British Vogue’s editor-in-chief Edward Enniful, Rihanna picked up the very same gloves and said, “these are the most ghetto shit I’ve ever seen in my life.” The comments came while the two fashion icons picked over a selection of clothing for Rihanna’s cover September issue cover shoot.
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