Gabe Vincent scored 20 points for the visiting Heat, who became the sixth No. 8 seed to beat a No. 1 when they toppled Milwaukee in the first round and continue to look nothing like a team that needed to win a play-in game just to get the final post-season berth in the East.
They averaged 124 points in that series behind Butler's 37.6 per game, but they pulled this one out with old-fashioned defence and rebounding that has always worked so well before for them at this time of year.
Jimmy Butler and Gabe Vincent come up big to help lead Miami to a 1-0 series lead!<br><br>Butler 25 PTS, 11 REB, 4 AST, 2 STL<br>Vincent: 20 PTS, 5 AST, 5 3PM<br><br>Game 2: Tuesday, 7:30 PM ET, TNT <a href="https://t.co/3uM8gsIBx8">pic.twitter.com/3uM8gsIBx8</a> Kyle Lowry scored 18 points for Miami, while Bam Adebayo had 16.
Canada's RJ Barrett scored 26 points and Jalen Brunson had 25 for the fifth-seeded Knicks, who are in the second round of the playoffs for the first time since 2013.