New York Knicks Game Report: It's Raining Knicks in New York City

Get your umbrellas out, because here comes the reign.

It was a rainy day in New York City last night. The forecast was spot on. This was no drizzle. It was the kind of precipitation that left everyone, including this English writer on holiday, unable to look up at the sights to see. Hoping for some shelter in the Garden at M.S.G, I was actually in store for more downpour.

It was cold and wet outside but the New York Knicks were hot and on fire last night to a sell-out crowd that turned into a blowout last night in the world's most famous arena.

Madison Square Garden won't see this kind of excitement all week.

The Cavs and their rookie of the year candidate Kyrie Irving almost blew out the Knicks themselves. Irving's 22 points and seven assists weren't enough as the Knicks extinguished Cleveland 120-103.

Jeremy Lin notched 19 points and 13 assists, pacing a balanced Knick attack. Carmelo Anthony had 22, Amar'e Stoudemire had 14, and Tyson Chandler chipped in 13 to go along with his stellar defensive play.

Still, the Knicks were more than their big guns as their six-shooters and bench weapons were smoking last night.

Rookie Iman Shumpert, Landry Fields, Baron Davis, and J.R. Smith, roared with excitement as their flashy plays brought the house down and brought the big-name starters to their feet.

Despite the linsanity, the night belonged to Super-Nova Steve Novak and his shower of three-pointers (17 points, five three's).

"I got the ball in some good spots and they found me and I knocked them down....To hear your name chanted at Madison Square Garden, there's nothing like it. It's unbelievable," Novak said in a postgame interview.

No one put it better than Knick coach Mike D'Antoni,  "The way Novak played, he was ridiculous." 

After trailing by 12 at the half, the Knicks rebounded in the third, outscoring the Cavalier's 33-19, who wasted a great night from Antawn Jamison (23 points and 10 rebounds).

At the end of the night it was the Knicks who ruled the box-score with six players in double figures.

Amar'e Stoudemire calls this unit 'The Knicks Tape' and you can expect it to be playing even more hits at an arena near you.

Now doesn't that sound good?