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Knicks 101, Cavs 97

It wasn’t supposed to end like this.

Not with a Knicks win, in Cleveland, in that moment, on that stage.

That’s the opposite of a neat and tidy narrative. And the NBA, boy…do they love their narratives.

Ever since the Mitchell-to-New York trade fell apart and Elmsford’s favorite son ended up in the furthest possible place from the Big Ap…