MIAMI — Maybe this is why the Kaseya Center always feels like a walk-in freezer.

Black curtains trap the humid South Beach air outside while frigid gusts whip through the arena bowl, a chill that seems to seep into visiting teams. And for the second straight trip to Miami, the Knicks froze.

They lost their first game of the season on these same floors back on Oct. 26, a night they blamed on open threes refusing to fall. Monday’s problems went well beyond the arc — but the shooting slump was familiar — in a 115–113 loss to the Heat.

New York opened the night 6-of-30 from deep across the first 45 minutes before Miles McBride finally cracked through, drilling back-to-back threes to pull the Knicks within four with under two minutes left. It echoed their 15-of-54 brickfest in the October

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