CLEVELAND — It apparently wasn’t enough that the Knicks, all of them one through nine, left the best part of themselves back at the Ritz-Carlton, a couple of blocks away.
The Knicks better be able to get to theirs by the time this best-of-seven series resumes at Madison Square Garden, where a certain percentage of the locals will surely be well-oiled by the time the ball tips at 8:30 p.m. Friday night.Because a repeat of Tuesday would be an ugly proposition.“They just played better,” Jalen Brunson said. “We’ve got to get together the next couple of days and get ready to go Friday. They were desperate. We’ve got to be better.