NEW YORK — The difference wasn’t Donovan Mitchell. It was Julius Randle.
Behind a 36-point, 13-rebound effort from Randle, the Knicks avoided a fourth-quarter collapse Tuesday and toppled the Cavaliers, 105-103, snapping their four-game losing streak.
Randle was one of the late-game heroes with a go-ahead 3-pointer with two minutes remaining, and Isaiah Hartenstein stopped a game-tying bucket by contesting Mitchell at the rim in the final seconds.