and won 91–86. The Knicks and Heat would eventually split the regular season series 2–2. The Knicks improved in the lockout-shortened 2011-12 NBA season, in part due to the acquisition of point guard Jeremy Lin. The Knicks-Heat game scheduled prior to the All-Star break (the last game for both teams before the break) was billed as giving the rivalry new life, with the average price of resold seats going for $600 and courtside seats going for $8,000. However, the Heat beat the Knicks 102–88 in Miami, and eventually swept the season series 3–0 which squashed any semblance of re-igniting a rivalry. Miami with their acquisitions were far and away the better team, they had won 10 more games than New York to finish the season as the #2 seed, while the Knicks clawed in as the 7th seed, avoiding missing the playoffs by 1 game. The two teams eventually met in the 2012 NBA playoffs, their first playoff meeting since 2000 to which the Heat won in 5 games without much challenge. On November 2, 2012, The Knicks' opener against the Brooklyn Nets at the Barclays Center was postponed due to the effects of Hurricane Sandy and the damage it caused to New York and New Jersey, such as flooding and leaving millions without power. Thus, the Knicks' first game and home opener of the season ended up being against the Heat. The Knicks beat the Heat 104–84 with Carmelo Anthony scoring 30 points and the Knicks' bench shooting nineteen 3-pointers. Knicks won the next meeting in Miami without Carmelo Anthony, Iman Shumpert, or Amar'e Stoudamire. Knicks won the season series 3–1 and were the only team in the regular season to beat the Heat 3 times. However it proved meaningless as the Heat went on to be only the third team since 1970 to win over 80% of their games, on their way to a second consecutive NBA Championship. Playoffs 2012 Eastern Conference first round Towards the end of the 2011–2012 season, with the Heat in the second seed and the Knicks in the seventh seed, anticipation for the first playoff match in 12 years started to build. Knicks fans started chanting "Beat the Heat" at Madison Square Garden during the second-to-last game of the regular season. Carmelo Anthony acknowledged "The fans know what they want, know what they want to see. Hopefully, they get to see that." Likewise,