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The 3-pointer was the only one of the game for Garland, who
finished with 13 points and 12 assists as the surging Cavaliers
won for the seventh time in eight games. Kevin Love had 20
points and 11 rebounds off the bench and hit four 3-pointers
while scoring 14 points during a 26-7 third-quarter run for
Cleveland.
Evan Mobley had 15 points and 12 rebounds while Isaac Okoro (14
points) and Dean Wade (13 points) also scored in double figures.
RJ Barrett scored 24 points for the Knicks, who have lost four
of five. Julius Randle had 18 points but missed a turnaround
desperation 3-pointer from near half-court at the buzzer. Obi
Toppin added 13 points off the bench while fellow reserve
Quentin Grimes had 12 points.
Neither team led by more than seven until the Cavaliers'
third-quarter run, which ended with Love hitting a pair of free
throws to put Cleveland up 76-62 with 2:48 left.
The Cavaliers opened the fourth on a 10-2 run to take their
biggest lead at 86-71 before the Knicks responded. Barrett had
seven points in a 13-1 run, a span in which Cleveland was
0-for-7 with a pair of turnovers.
Wade snapped the slump by draining a 3-pointer to extend the
lead to 90-84, but Grimes answered with a 3-pointer and Garland
missed a jumper before Barrett's layup pulled New York within
90-89 with 3:14 left.
Mobley hit a free throw with 2:50 left before Randle tied the
game with a driving layup 22 seconds later. The Cavaliers
committed a shot-clock violation on their next trip, after which
Randle missed an 18-footer. Mobley then grabbed his own rebound
and dished to Garland for the go-ahead 3-pointer.
The teams traded empty trips before Barrett hit a pair of free
throws with 40.2 seconds left. Rajon Rondo missed a 3-pointer
with 17.1 seconds left, but Barrett missed a long 3-pointer with
five seconds remaining. Mobley hit one of two free throws to set
up the final sequence, when Randle was the only Knick who could
get open before he hoisted the shot with Lamar Stevens' hand in
his face.
--Field Level Media
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