Knicks takeaways from Game 4 win over Cavaliers, including Jalen Brunson and RJ Barrett leading the way

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Apr 23, 2023; New York, New York, USA; New York Knicks guard Jalen Brunson (11) celebrates after making a three point basket during game four of the 2023 NBA playoffs against the Cleveland Cavaliers at Madison Square Garden. / Wendell Cruz-USA TODAY Sports

The Knicks are one win away from advancing thanks to Sunday’s 102-93 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 4.

Here are some key takeaways…

-With Quentin Grimes ruled out due to a right shoulder contusion, Josh Hart joined the starting lineup alongside Jalen Brunson, RJ Barrett, Julius Randle and Mitchell Robinson.

– Feeding off the energy from a raucous crowd, Barrett was ultra-aggressive at the start of the game, driving to the rim again and again. After scoring on the Knicks’ first possession with his left hand, Barrett scored six of the Knicks’ first 15 points to give New York an early five-point lead.

Brunson, meanwhile, was lethal in the mid-range. The point guard scored 11 points in the first quarter to lead all players, and finished the first half with 16 points.

– The Knicks led by nine points at the break, and they flat out worked harder than the Cavs in the first two quarters, pulling in 11 offensive rebounds and outrebounding Cleveland 34-22 overall. The Knicks second unit of Immanuel Quickley, Miles McBride, Isaiah Hartenstein, and Obi Toppin gave Tom Thibodeau some terrific minutes to start the second quarter, with Toppin splashing a three following a Hartenstein offensive rebound.

When the starters checked back in with around seven minutes left in the half, the Knicks pushed their lead up to 12 on a terrific and-one tap-in by Robinson. A Brunson second-chance three then put the Knicks up by 15, sending the Garden crowd into a frenzy.

– The Cavs immediately cut a nine-point deficit at halftime to four, scoring six quick points out of the gates in the third. Darius Garland, a non-factor in the first half, took over early in the third, scoring eight points to help Cleveland tie the game at 59-all with eight minutes to go in the quarter. Then, with under six minutes to go, Garland threw a lob to Jarrett Allen to give the Cavs their first lead of…

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Publish date : 2023-04-23 19:39:30

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