NBA 2002-03Regular season

Final

Miami Heat65–72New York Knicks

Miami Heat at New York Knicks

Date: Monday 20 January 2003
Arena: Madison Square Garden (IV)18,704 fans
Season: NBA 2002-03Regular season
Meeting: 88th 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	38:41	6–12	0–0	1–2	4	9	13	1	2	0	4	4	13	-5
Travis Best	26:24	2–8	0–1	0–0	0	2	2	6	0	0	3	1	4	-4
Vladimir Stepania	23:56	4–8	0–0	0–0	5	7	12	0	1	0	0	2	8	-5
Mike James	22:01	3–9	1–5	0–0	1	1	2	2	0	0	2	3	7	-3
Rasual Butler	15:20	0–5	0–1	0–2	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	-5
Eddie Jones	—	5–13	3–7	6–6	1	5	6	7	1	0	4	3	19	-2
Brian Grant	—	3–11	0–0	2–5	4	9	13	2	1	0	1	6	8	-4
Caron Butler	—	3–11	0–0	0–2	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	5	6	-7
Team totals	126:22	26–77	4–14	9–17	16	34	50	18	5	0	16	24	65	—

New York Knicks

New York Knicks box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Latrell Sprewell	45:30	8–19	3–5	5–6	0	3	3	6	1	1	2	3	24	+13
Othella Harrington	33:35	1–4	0–0	2–4	1	6	7	0	0	0	0	3	4	+8
Kurt Thomas	29:40	6–10	0–0	3–4	2	6	8	1	2	0	3	4	15	+10
Clarence Weatherspoon	24:14	0–3	0–0	0–0	2	8	10	0	1	1	0	3	0	+4
Shandon Anderson	20:44	5–10	0–0	0–0	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	2	10	+2
Michael Doleac	7:18	0–2	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	-6
Travis Knight	0:48	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2
Howard Eisley	—	3–7	2–4	0–0	1	2	3	6	1	0	2	1	8	+13
Charlie Ward	—	2–5	1–2	2–2	0	3	3	2	1	0	1	2	7	-6
Allan Houston	—	1–7	0–1	2–3	0	3	3	0	0	0	2	3	4	-1
Team totals	161:49	26–67	6–12	14–19	6	34	40	15	6	2	12	22	72	—

This season

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

13 Dec 2002New York Knicks 97–92 Miami Heat
22 Dec 2002Miami Heat 92–84 New York Knicks
20 Jan 200365–72 this game
29 Jan 2003New York Knicks 80–82 Miami Heat

Records going in

Miami Heat: 14–26
New York Knicks: 15–23

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

22 Dec 2002Miami Heat 92–84 New York Knicks
29 Jan 2003New York Knicks 80–82 Miami Heat

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.