Heat And Knicks Final Injury Reports And Starting Lineups
On Tuesday evening, the New York Knicks are hosting the Miami Heat at Madison Square Garden in New York City for Game 2 of their second-round playoff series.
For the game, both teams have finalized their injury reports and starting lineups.
The Heat have ruled out Tyler Herro, Jimmy Butler and Victor Oladipo.
Haywood Highsmith and Cody Zeller are both available.
Meanwhile, the Knicks will be without Jericho Sims, while Julius Randle and Jalen Brunson have both been upgraded to available.
Via Knicks PR: "Jalen Brunson and Julius Randle are both available to play in Game 2."
NBA's official injury report
The starting lineups for both teams have been relayed by Underdog NBA.
Via Underdog NBA: "Lineup alert: Heat will start Vincent, Strus, Martin, Love, Adebayo on Tuesday."
Via Underdog NBA: "Lineup alert: Knicks will start Brunson, Hart, Barrett, Randle, Robinson on Tuesday."
The Heat won Game 1 by a score of 108-101, so the Knicks will want to avoid falling into an 0-2 hole before they go to Miami for Games 3 and 4 on Saturday and Monday.
Despite being the eighth seed in the Eastern Conference, the Heat are one of the best teams in the league and beat the Milwaukee Bucks (who were the first seed) in the first round.
As for the Knicks, they beat the Cleveland Cavaliers in the first round, which was their first time winning a playoff series since 2013.
Whoever wins the series will advance to the Eastern Conference Finals and face off against either the Boston Celtics or the Philadelphia 76ers.
