Mitchell Robinson scored 13 points, added 18 rebounds and three blocks to help send the Knicks to the Eastern Conference semifinals.
CLEVELAND — The Cavaliers’ season was hanging by a thread and the Knicks were giving them chances to stay alive. Missed shot after missed shot in a fourth quarter in which they hit only 21.1 percent of their field-goal attempts.
The pre-series favorite had no answer for the 7-footer Wednesday night, or for the entire five games of the matchup for that matter. “What you mean? We good. We straight, too! What you talking about?” he asked a reporter when it was brought up that the Cavaliers started two legit bigs.
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