This past Monday night, as described a few entries down from here, the Miami Heat unleashed a 27-0 spurt on the New York Knicks, en route to a 101-83 victory in south Florida.

Tonight, the teams went up to the Big Apple for a rematch. Not only did the Knicks avenge the earlier loss, beating the Heat 116-96; the hosts used a streaky performance of their own in doing so.

Specifically, New York's Jamal Crawford (a former Michigan Wolverine) made 16 straight field-goal attempts (three short of the team record, but highly impressive, nonetheless), went 8-of-10 on three-point attempts for the night overall, and ended up with 52 points (article). As I've excerpted from the play-by-play sheet, Crawford's 16-field goal sequence was as follows (broken up into sets of four for ease of viewing, with three-pointers highlighted in red):

Jamal Crawford makes three point jumper
Jamal Crawford makes driving layup
Jamal Crawford makes 19-foot jumper
Jamal Crawford makes layup

Jamal Crawford makes 27-foot three point jumper
Jamal Crawford makes 23-foot three point jumper
Jamal Crawford makes 23-foot three point jumper
Jamal Crawford makes 27-foot three point jumper

Jamal Crawford makes running jumper
Jamal Crawford makes 12-foot two point shot
Jamal Crawford makes 25-foot three point jumper
Jamal Crawford makes 26-foot three point jumper

Jamal Crawford makes 27-foot three point jumper
Jamal Crawford makes 21-foot jumper
Jamal Crawford makes 13-foot two point shot
Jamal Crawford makes driving layup

As can be seen, these were plenty challenging shots! For whatever reason, spectacular nights of shooting from behind the three-point arc are not as rare as some might imagine. Just last year, the Bulls' Ben Gordon went a perfect 9-of-9 on treys, tying the previous NBA record of most three-point attempts without a miss, accomplished by Latrell Sprewell in 2003.