NBA playoff dispatches: Love’s impact felt in Heat’s Game 1 win over Knicks

Ric Bucher

FOX Sports NBA Analyst

Yaron Weitzman

FOX Sports NBA Writer

NEW YORK — Kevin Love only played 16 minutes Sunday afternoon in Madison Square Garden. His nine-point, nine-rebound, four-assists output was nice, but not the sort of line that jumps off the page. 

And yet, after the game both Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra and point guard Kyle Lowry singled out Love as being the catalyst for their massive third-quarter run…