Well, the Cavaliers played a good first half. And then everything fell apart in the 2nd half. Some outstanding defense from Tyson Chandler, some great 3-point shooting from Steve Novak, and a nice distribution of scoring among all their players helped the Knicks run away with this one.
Really just a sad display of poor defense, poor effort on the defensive glass, and a lack of effort down the stretch from the Cavaliers. Not much more to say on a frustrating night like this. Something tells me Byron Scott is going to have a few things to say to his team in the locker room tonight.
Cleveland
| Starters | Pos | Min | FG | 3Pt | FT | +/- | Off | Reb | Ast | TO | Stl | BS | BA | PF | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| K. Irving | G | 33:51 | 8-18 | 2-7 | 4-4 | -19 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 22 |
| A. Parker | G | 18:09 | 4-4 | 1-1 | 0-2 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| S. Erden | C | 8:47 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-2 | -7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| A. Jamison | F | 38:01 | 9-20 | 2-4 | 3-7 | -17 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 23 |
| O. Casspi | F | 20:04 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 2-2 | -6 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| Bench | Min | FG | 3Pt | FT | +/- | Off | Reb | Ast | TO | Stl | BS | BA | PF | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 38-82 | 9-20 | 18-27 | 15 | 43 | 21 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 31 | 103 | ||
| Percentages | .463 | .450 | .667 | Team Rebounds: 9 | ||||||||||
| D. Gibson | 29:51 | 3-7 | 3-5 | 4-4 | -10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 |
| T. Thompson | 29:27 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 1-2 | -5 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| A. Gee | 27:56 | 1-9 | 0-2 | 4-4 | -11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| R. Sessions | 17:24 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -5 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| L. Harangody | 9:59 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| S. Samuels | 6:31 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | +2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| M. Harris | DNP – Coach’s Decision | |||||||||||||
| R. Hollins | DNP – Coach’s Decision | |||||||||||||
New York
| Starters | Pos | Min | FG | 3Pt | FT | +/- | Off | Reb | Ast | TO | Stl | BS | BA | PF | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. Lin | G | 33:22 | 6-12 | 0-2 | 7-9 | +13 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 19 |
| L. Fields | G | 19:54 | 1-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| T. Chandler | C | 31:19 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 5-10 | +5 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 |
| C. Anthony | F | 34:02 | 9-16 | 1-3 | 3-5 | +12 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 22 |
| A. Stoudemire | F | 27:49 | 4-11 | 0-0 | 6-7 | -1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 14 |
| Bench | Min | FG | 3Pt | FT | +/- | Off | Reb | Ast | TO | Stl | BS | BA | PF | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 43-85 | 6-20 | 28-42 | 14 | 42 | 30 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 120 | ||
| Percentages | .506 | .300 | .667 | Team Rebounds: 15 | ||||||||||
| I. Shumpert | 21:51 | 5-10 | 0-1 | 2-3 | +14 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| J.R. Smith | 20:08 | 4-8 | 0-4 | 3-6 | +15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| J. Jeffries | 19:37 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 2-2 | +14 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| S. Novak | 17:20 | 6-9 | 5-8 | 0-0 | +13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17 |
| B. Davis | 14:38 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | +4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| M. Bibby | DNP – Coach’s Decision | |||||||||||||
| T. Douglas | DNP – Coach’s Decision | |||||||||||||
| J. Harrellson | DNP – Coach’s Decision | |||||||||||||
