NBA 2002-03Regular season

Final

Miami Heat92–84New York Knicks

Miami Heat at New York Knicks

Date: Sunday 22 December 2002
Arena: Madison Square Garden (IV)19,763 fans
Season: NBA 2002-03Regular season
Meeting: 87th meetingof 179 played

Miami Heat

Miami Heat box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Malik Allen	38:37	8–17	0–0	1–1	2	2	4	0	0	0	2	2	17	+14
Travis Best	28:00	5–7	0–0	3–4	0	4	4	5	0	0	3	4	13	+2
Mike James	23:33	7–10	0–1	3–4	0	3	3	1	1	0	0	5	17	+10
Vladimir Stepania	22:32	0–2	0–0	1–2	2	8	10	0	0	0	2	2	1	+6
Eddie Jones	—	9–20	0–5	4–6	1	4	5	2	0	1	1	2	22	-3
Brian Grant	—	4–8	0–0	3–4	4	6	10	7	2	0	0	1	11	-4
Caron Butler	—	3–7	0–0	5–6	0	4	4	2	1	0	1	3	11	+10
Anthony Carter	—	0–2	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	+5
Team totals	112:42	36–73	0–6	20–27	9	32	41	18	5	1	9	19	92	—

New York Knicks

New York Knicks box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Kurt Thomas	38:43	8–15	0–0	0–0	0	9	9	3	0	0	2	5	16	-2
Latrell Sprewell	38:12	5–14	1–5	3–4	0	2	2	7	0	0	1	3	14	-14
Clarence Weatherspoon	25:17	4–9	0–0	1–2	4	9	13	1	1	2	1	3	9	-1
Shandon Anderson	23:05	1–6	0–3	0–0	1	1	2	1	0	0	2	2	2	-8
Othella Harrington	18:42	3–6	0–0	1–1	1	2	3	0	0	0	1	2	7	-3
Michael Doleac	13:18	1–5	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	-10
Howard Eisley	—	5–9	4–6	5–5	1	1	2	5	0	0	1	1	19	+1
Allan Houston	—	6–14	1–3	2–2	0	2	2	2	1	0	3	3	15	+4
Charlie Ward	—	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	-7
Team totals	157:17	33–79	6–17	12–14	7	27	34	20	2	2	13	21	84	—

This season

New York Knicks 2, Miami Heat 2 in NBA 2002-03.

13 Dec 2002New York Knicks 97–92 Miami Heat
22 Dec 200292–84 this game
20 Jan 2003Miami Heat 65–72 New York Knicks
29 Jan 2003New York Knicks 80–82 Miami Heat

Records going in

Miami Heat: 8–18
New York Knicks: 8–15

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: New York Knicks 92, Miami Heat 87.

13 Dec 2002New York Knicks 97–92 Miami Heat
20 Jan 2003Miami Heat 65–72 New York Knicks

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.