Knicks on brink of elimination as Heat take home Game 4 - ESPN

MIAMI — As the New York Knicks stand on the brink of elimination after a 109-101 loss to the Miami Heat in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference semifinals Monday night, All-Star forward Julius Randle voiced his thoughts about his team's collective mindset that shows just how far New York's confidence has fallen over the last week.

«Maybe they want it more,» Randle said. «I don't know. That's been who we are all year and we got to find a way to step up and make those plays, keep the season alive.»

Randle's answer came after he was asked why the Heat continue to have success beating the Knicks on hustle plays this series. Again in Game 4, the Heat outrebounded the Knicks 44-35, including seven offensive boards in the fourth quarter alone.

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Throughout the first four games of this series, the Heat have been the more aggressive, more physical group. So how does Randle think the Knicks can get their edge back?

«Look within,» he said. «That's all I can say, look within, and how bad do you want it?»

In the span of a week, the Knicks have gone from a group full of belief to a group that can't find any answers against a veteran Heat team that wasn't shaken by the stage of Madison Square Garden in Games 1 and 2.

«I think that we found the value in the grind of a regular season,» Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. «In the grind and the struggle. I've said that repeatedly. We found a beauty in that struggle, but without that struggle where we didn't have to find different solutions to win and