Trailing by just a point at the break, it looked like the second half of Sunday’s matchup in New York would be another white-knuckle road affair for the Wine and Gold.
Instead, the young Cavaliers – led by a scorching Ricky Rubio – erupted after intermission, blowing past the Knicks for their fourth straight win, a convincing 126-109 decision at Madison Square Garden.
Cleveland went a jaw-dropping 13-of-17 from long-range in the second stanza – with Rubio drilling six of those bombs on seven second-half attempts – part of his game- and career-high 37-point explosion, going 8-of-9 from three-point range and 13-of-19 from the floor overall, adding a game-high 10 assists in 31 minutes of work off the bench.