The Cavaliers throttled the Knicks Friday night, though they also dealt with Jarrett Allen leaving the game. Here's how the game unfolded.

The Knicks dropped to 0-6 against the three teams with a better record than them — and for the fourth time, did so in humbling fashion.

The Cavs welcome Dean Wade back from injury and host the New York Knicks, who hold the East's No. 3 seed, at the newly renamed Rocket Arena on Friday.

CLEVELAND — The Knicks arrived and left Cleveland with the same problem: Their defense is atrocious against the NBA’s best. Tom Thibodeau’s group was massacred Friday night by Kenny Atkinson’s high-octane Cavaliers, who made the Knicks look jayvee in a 142-105 laugher.

The New York Knicks have done everything except beat the NBA’s elite this season. And after this weekend, it feels like they never will. After the Eastern Conference-leading Cleveland Cavaliers thumped New York by 37 points Friday night,