Cleveland 115, New York 109: (Beating the "New" New York Knicks)

The Cavaliers beat the New York Knicks in Cleveland for the second time this season.

The short-handed Cavaliers beat the New York Knicks 115-109, one day after the trade deadline.

The New York Knicks lost in OT in December against these Cavaliers, but on Friday night the Knicks had a complete roster shake-up. Carmelo Anthony was in a Knick uniform and so was Chauncey Billups, who came over to New York in a blockbuster trade with Denver.

Anthony scored 27 points in his Knick debut which won against Central Division foe, Milwaukee Bucks. For an encore with Cleveland, Anthony and the Knicks did all but impress the nation with a disastrous night.

Carmelo ended with 27 points and eight rebounds but did miss a key free-throw late in the game that could have cut the lead within two. Anthony later said that he banged up his elbow and that was bothering him late in the game.

Amare Stoudemire lead the Knicks with 31 points and Chauncey Billups (the apparent throw-in) scored 20 of his 26 points in the fourth quarter.

Billups did all he could in trying to avoid the 10th straight loss in Cleveland, however, that streak did not end.

Cleveland played with a sense of passion tonight. Every player was very much into the game, and it was great to finally see some emotion out of these players.

The Cavaliers were once again alive, thanks to the trades GM Chris Grant pulled out of his hat. With Baron Davis, Semih Erdan and Luke Harangody coming to town you could feel that the players felt like this was a new start.

Antawn Jamison scored 28 points and JJ Hickson had a monster game, scoring 24 points and grabbing 15 rebounds.

Newly acquired Baron Davis liked what he saw in JJ, "JJ is ballin super underrated, Look forward to working with him and see him become a BEAST!" he tweeted.

Ramon Sessions also continued his strong play, scoring 22 points and had four assists as well.

With the new players coming to town, the vibe of the city felt great and so did Baron Davis.

Via his twitter page, "Loving the energy I'm seeing," he wrote.

The Knicks, who were down as many as 12 points, got within two points with about 50 seconds remaining. Mr. Big Shot lived up to his nickname. His layup got the Knicks within striking distance.

But Boobie Gibson hit the biggest shot of the evening. His three-pointer couldn't have come at a more perfect time. With 30 seconds Boobie pulled up for three and went "deep in the Q" as the crowd went nuts.

The Cavaliers have won 2 of 3 and will look to continue this momentum they have on Sunday against Philly. The Cavaliers will look for that game to be the debut of Baron, Semih and Luke as the new look Cavaliers will try to start a winning streak.