As the Heat worry about an ankle, the Knicks found a pair of willing Harts.
With hobbled Heat star Jimmy Butler watching from the bench, Tom Thibodeau’s crew grinded out a 111-105 Game 2 victory at the Garden on Tuesday night, knotting the second-round series in a way the ’90s Knicks would appreciate.
The Knicks (45.1 percent) and Heat (44.7 percent) shot about the same from the field. The Heat tallied one more assist. The Knicks shot a bit better from beyond the arc, and the Heat scored a few more points in the paint.
The difference — and the difference-making sequence — arose from a relentless Knicks effort on the boards. The Knicks outrebounded Miami by 16, the biggest few coming during a crucial possession when Isaiah Hartenstein would not allow the Knicks to play defense until Josh Hart could sink a 3.
