The Heat remained without its leading duo of Bam Adebayo and Tyler Herro despite both traveling to New York for Friday’s contest. Adebayo missed his fifth straight game because of a left big toe sprain and Herro has yet to play this season after undergoing left ankle surgery in September.

Karl-Anthony Towns dropped 31 at half, leading the New York Knicks to a 140-132 victory over the Miami Heat at home in NBA Cup group play as Jalen Brunson sat out with an ankle sprain.

Karl-Anthony Towns scored 39 points and Landry Shamet added a career-high 36 points off the bench as the New York Knicks beat the Miami Heat 140-130 in an NBA Cup game on Friday night.

Norman Powell led the Heat with 27 points and five assists, Andrew Wiggins scored 17 points, nine rebounds and six assists and Kel'el Ware added 15 points and 13 rebounds. Powell is the first player to record at least 20 points in eight out of their first nine games with the Heat.

Group play in the 2025 NBA Cup resumes Friday night in New York, as the Miami Heat visit the New York Knicks in a matchup of Eastern Conference playoff contenders.

Miami Heat NBA Cup game for one of their first national broadcasts, they probably imagined it would be an All-Star duel between Tyler Herro and Jalen Brunson.

The Miami Heat face the New York Knicks on Friday, Nov. 14, 2025 (11/14/25) in an NBA Cup in-season tournament group play matchup at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

The Knicks will be without star Jalen Brunson due to a Grade 1 ankle sprain and will miss Friday's game, and potentially Monday as well. However, Miami will need to be on their toes in falling to an undermanned team just recently, as Davion Mitchell would even say that New York could be “more dangerous” without Brunson and explains why that may be.