The miami heat vs knicks match player stats from Sunday, October 26, 2025, tip-off at 6:00 PM ET at Kaseya Center in Miami, provided one of the early season’s most compelling storylines, with Norman Powell scoring 29 points and Bam Adebayo adding 19 points and 13 rebounds to hand the New York Knicks their first defeat and deny them what would have been the franchise’s second 3-0 start in 26 years.
Miami won 115-107 in a result that turned on a remarkable third-quarter stretch: with the Knicks within 82-81 on an OG Anunoby three-pointer that seemed to have shifted momentum entirely, the Heat immediately responded with a 23-6 scoring run over the next seven minutes to build an 18-point lead that proved impossible to fully erase.
The game had been Miami’s first home contest following the NBA’s decision to place guard Terry Rozier on leave amid federal charges relating to a gambling scheme, a backdrop that added an unusual atmosphere to an already charged opening-week rivalry fixture at a sold-out Kaseya Center.
Jalen Brunson remained his team’s most dangerous individual with 37 points, five rebounds and seven assists, and Mikal Bridges added 20 points on efficient shooting, but the Knicks shot only 38.8% from the field as a team and failed to match Miami’s physicality on both ends.
The free-throw disparity told a significant story: New York had benefited from 61 free throw attempts across their first two victories, with those trips to the line largely driving their wins over Cleveland and Boston, but Miami flipped that advantage entirely in the home opener, getting to the line 31 times compared to the Knicks’ 21 attempts.
Karl-Anthony Towns was present but not dominant, finishing with 15 points and 18 rebounds in a night that reflected the kind of peripheral effectiveness that was not enough against a Miami team playing with genuine urgency after an opening-night loss to Orlando.
Powell’s 29 points came on a combination of perimeter shooting, attacking the foul line, and the kind of secondary-option aggression that gave the Heat a scoring valve beyond Adebayo on a night when the supporting cast performed their roles without requiring heroics.
Scoring by Quarter
| Quarter | Knicks | Heat |
|---|---|---|
| Q1 | 27 | 24 |
| Q2 | 27 | 33 |
| Q3 | 27 | 35 |
| Q4 | 26 | 23 |
| Total | 107 | 115 |
Miami Heat Player Stats
| Player | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norman Powell | 29 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Bam Adebayo | 19 | 13 | — | — | — | — |
| Jaime Jaquez Jr. | 17 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Simone Fontecchio | 14 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Andrew Wiggins | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Davion Mitchell | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dru Smith | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Nikola Jovic | — | — | — | — | — | — |
New York Knicks Player Stats
| Player | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jalen Brunson | 37 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | — |
| Mikal Bridges | 20 | — | — | — | — | 7-11 |
| Karl-Anthony Towns | 15 | 18 | — | — | — | — |
| OG Anunoby | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Josh Hart | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jordan Clarkson | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tyler Kolek | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Guerschon Yabusele | — | — | — | — | — | — |
- Miami scored 382 total points through three games, the most by any Heat team through three games since the 2019-20 season
- The Heat’s 23-6 third-quarter run beginning at 82-81 was the game’s defining sequence
- New York’s 38.8% field goal percentage was significantly below their season-opening form
- Brunson’s 37 points in defeat confirmed his standing as one of the East’s most reliable individual performers
- The miami heat vs knicks match player stats show a free-throw discrepancy of 31-21 in Miami’s favour as the game’s most telling team statistic
- Towns recorded 18 rebounds but his peripheral offensive presence was insufficient against Miami’s defensive attention
- Miami won their home opener having previously scored 116 points in each of their three victories over New York the prior season