I was really looking forward to watching the Heat @ Knicks game tonight on NBA League Pass, considering the Heat are the only reason I bought it, to watch them when they're on the road. Well I sit down, turn on my TV, and what do I see, the game is blacked out! Every other NBA game on League Pass works fine and is coming through, except for the Heat game. So I called DirecTV and they tell me the game is blacked out because the regional "MSG" channel in New York holds the rights to broadcast it, therefore everyone EXCEPT for South Floridians will be able to watch the Heat @ Knicks game! This is absurd! So everyone can watch the game, except for the Heat fans in South Florida. There is a local UPN station in Miami that shows all the Heat games, but Dade and Broward county receives that UPN33 station, everyone else in Florida has to rely on either the Sunshine Network on NBA League Pass. So it looks like I won't be able to provide a post game recap tonight and i'll have to get my information from the official recap posted on the Heat website and the highlights on my local news tonight. When the recap is posted on HEAT.com, I will make sure to post here about it immediately.
The Knicks defeated the Heat 102-73, their 4th straight win in a row. http://www.nba.com/games/20031230/MIANYK/recap.html <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">NEW YORK, Dec. 30 (Ticker) -- In their last home game, the New York Knicks were embarrassed by a former player. Upon their return, the Madison Square Garden crowd witnessed a totally different team. Red-hot Keith Van Horn scored 22 points as the Knicks rolled to a spirited 102-73 victory over the Miami Heat, their season-high fourth straight win. A week ago, the Knicks lost to Minnesota and Latrell Sprewell, who scored 31 points and trash-talked owner James Dolan in his return to the Garden. But New York went on the road and won three straight games. Showing a newfound confidence, the Knicks have won their last three games by at least 20 points. They had not won by that many in any game before the streak. Shandon Anderson added 21 points and Kurt Thomas chipped in 14 before fouling out in the fourth quarter for New York. New York native Lamar Odom scored 19 points and Caron Butler contributed 10 for the Heat, who lost to the Knicks for the second time in four days. New York held a 15-12 lead in the first quarter before going on a 17-2 run that built the advantage to 32-14 with 9:47 left in the first half. </div>
