New York played a solid game today, beating Cleveland 113-90. Cleveland players and fans were expecting the game to be a bit closer, but everything went well for New York today. "It was really frustrating," said Cleveland star Martin. "I thought we were going to be ready for this game, but we just couldn't do anything against them." Coach Bob seemed perplexed early on, but made a few adjustments late in the game that were too little, too late in this game but may help his side out next time these two teams meet.

New York was led by Crawford (19 points, 5 boards, 1 assists, 3 blocks), Powell (10 points, 11 boards, 2 assists, a steal, a block), Gorman (16 points). Cleveland was led by Martin (24 points, 7 boards, 0 assists), Damian (15 points), Tatum (14 points, 2 blocks).

New York have been victorious in the past 14 games and jump to 36-9 and 20-6 at home. They hold at #1 in the Atlantic and remain at #2 overall in the Eastern Conference. Cleveland fall to 17-29 with the defeat. They remain at #4 in the Central and stay at #11 overall in the Eastern Conference.

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