Heat vs Knicks: head-to-head
42 meetings since 2015-16
Miami Heat23wins
New York Knicks19Rivalry analysis
Since the 2015-16 season, the Heat and the Knicks have met 42 times, regular season and playoffs combined. The Heat lead the series 23-19, close to an even split.
Over the last 6 meetings, the Heat won 2 and the Knicks won 4. The most recent game, on December 21, 2025, ended Knicks 132-125.
The home team won 26 of the 42 games (62%). These matchups averaged 211.3 total points, with a typical winning margin of 10.6 points; 10 of them were decided by five points or fewer.
Season-series sweeps: Knicks in 2024-25, Heat in 2020-21, Heat in 2018-19. They have also met 6 times in the playoffs (2022-23), with the Heat winning 4 and the Knicks 2. Their next meeting is scheduled for November 27, 2026 in New York.
Next meetings
| Nov 27, 2026 | Heat @ Knicks | 7:00 PM EST | NYK 82% |
| Dec 12, 2026 | Knicks @ Heat | 8:30 PM EST | |
| Jan 14, 2027 | Heat @ Knicks | 7:30 PM EST |
Probability from today's Elo ratings (home court included); the frozen pre-game figure appears on the game page 7 days before tip-off.
Biggest wins
| Heat | NYK 87 – 110 MIA · 2018-10-24 |
| Knicks | MIA 86 – 115 NYK · 2017-11-29 |
2025-26 MIA 2 – 2 NYK
| 2025-12-21 | MIA 125 – 132 NYK | Final |
| 2025-11-17 | NYK 113 – 115 MIA | Final |
| 2025-11-14 | MIA 132 – 140 NYK | Final |
| 2025-10-26 | NYK 107 – 115 MIA | Final |
2024-25 MIA 0 – 3 NYK
| 2025-03-17 | MIA 95 – 116 NYK | Final |
| 2025-03-02 | NYK 116 – 112 MIA | Final/OT |
| 2024-10-30 | NYK 116 – 107 MIA | Final |
2023-24 MIA 1 – 2 NYK
| 2024-04-02 | NYK 99 – 109 MIA | Final |
| 2024-01-27 | MIA 109 – 125 NYK | Final |
| 2023-11-24 | MIA 98 – 100 NYK | Final |
2022-23 MIA 5 – 5 NYK
| 2023-05-12 · playoffs | NYK 92 – 96 MIA | Final |
| 2023-05-10 · playoffs | MIA 103 – 112 NYK | Final |
| 2023-05-08 · playoffs | NYK 101 – 109 MIA | Final |
| 2023-05-06 · playoffs | NYK 86 – 105 MIA | Final |
| 2023-05-02 · playoffs | MIA 105 – 111 NYK | Final |
| 2023-04-30 · playoffs | MIA 108 – 101 NYK | Final |
| 2023-03-29 | MIA 92 – 101 NYK | Final |
| 2023-03-22 | NYK 120 – 127 MIA | Final |
| 2023-03-03 | NYK 122 – 120 MIA | Final |
| 2023-02-02 | MIA 104 – 106 NYK | Final |
2021-22 MIA 2 – 1 NYK
| 2022-03-25 | NYK 111 – 103 MIA | Final |
| 2022-02-25 | MIA 115 – 100 NYK | Final |
| 2022-01-26 | NYK 96 – 110 MIA | Final |
2020-21 MIA 3 – 0 NYK
| 2021-03-29 | MIA 98 – 88 NYK | Final |
| 2021-02-09 | NYK 96 – 98 MIA | Final |
| 2021-02-07 | MIA 109 – 103 NYK | Final |
2019-20 MIA 1 – 1 NYK
| 2020-01-12 | MIA 121 – 124 NYK | Final |
| 2019-12-20 | NYK 114 – 129 MIA | Final |
2018-19 MIA 3 – 0 NYK
| 2019-03-30 | MIA 100 – 92 NYK | Final |
| 2019-01-27 | MIA 106 – 97 NYK | Final |
| 2018-10-24 | NYK 87 – 110 MIA | Final |
2017-18 MIA 2 – 2 NYK
| 2018-04-06 | MIA 98 – 122 NYK | Final |
| 2018-03-21 | NYK 98 – 119 MIA | Final |
| 2018-01-05 | NYK 103 – 107 MIA | Final |
| 2017-11-29 | MIA 86 – 115 NYK | Final |
2016-17 MIA 1 – 2 NYK
| 2017-03-31 | NYK 98 – 94 MIA | Final |
| 2017-03-29 | MIA 105 – 88 NYK | Final |
| 2016-12-06 | NYK 114 – 103 MIA | Final |
2015-16 MIA 3 – 1 NYK
| 2016-02-28 | MIA 98 – 81 NYK | Final |
| 2016-01-06 | NYK 98 – 90 MIA | Final |
| 2015-11-27 | MIA 97 – 78 NYK | Final |
| 2015-11-23 | NYK 78 – 95 MIA | Final |
Results from BALLDONTLIE. Our database starts with the 2015-16 season, so this is not an all-time franchise record.