Ian Begley: “It’s going to be a loud environment; we know that their fans are incredible fans, crazy fans. But we know that we can do it. We came into an incredible arena like this (DET in G7) & took over the game. We just have to do it again” – Jarret Allen to @CassidyHubbarth on CLE @ NYK for Game 1 of ECF on Tuesday. Knicks have home-court advantage. ECF games will be played every other day. Long Island’s Kenny Atkinson, Westchester native/Mets fan Donovan Mitchell and Cavs have won 3 of 4. Knicks have won 7 straight. Two of the Knick connections in series: ex Knick associate head coach Johnny Bryant is Cavs’ associate HC. Atkinson was a driving force behind Jeremy Lin’s rise in NY.

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