The New York Knicks couldn’t beat a top team in the league again, as a slow second half saw their double-digit lead squandered as they fell to the Cleveland

The Knicks saw a 34-point second-half swing doom them in their 124-105 loss to the Cavaliers in Cleveland. The loss broke a streak of 71 consecutive wins when they were up by 15-plus points in a game.

Despite going ahead by 15 points in the first half and holding a lead at intermission, the Knickerbockers ran out of petrol and lost the second half by 26 points on their way to a 124-105 result. Tonight’s tilt started brilliantly.