Next Tuesday night, on national television, the New York Knicks will travel to Miami to take on the Heat.
If they win their next three games — which is no easy task and includes at San Antonio Sunday — the Heat will be at 30-consecutive wins when New York faces them. Just three games off the all-time record of the 1972 Lakers.
And Mike Woodson said wants the Knicks to be the team that knocks them off, reports the New York Post.
The Knicks have won five in a row themselves with their offense scoring at a higher rate than any team in the NBA for that stretch (115.4 points per 100 possessions) and the defense being good. Plus, the Knicks have played the Heat tough this season.
Woodson has to think bigger picture, he has to focus on getting guys like Tyson Chandler (out Wednesday) and the rest of an older roster healthy for a playoff run. In an East where it is the Heat then everyone else, the Knicks could be the team that breaks out of the pack and gets to the conference finals.
But first, they’d like to wipe out that little streak the Heat are on.