NEW YORK (AP) — Ricky Rubio scored a career-high 37 to help the Cleveland Cavaliers outlast the New York Knicks 126-109 on Sunday night.

Cleveland has won 4 in a row to improve to 7-4. Evan Mobley added 26 factors, Jarrett Allen had 18, and Darius Garland 16.

“Within the games, we have received, we have won the scrap” Cavs coach JB Bickerstaff stated. “We win the competitors. The soiled work. The gritty part of it. We do not always need to be fairly and we have shown it. … What’s most essential to us is creating that id.”

Rubio’s earlier career-high

was 34 with Utah against San Antonio in 2018.

“When the ball goes in it looks like you are working the right performs,” Rubio said. “But it’s not about scoring. It is about (taking) the best path, (going) the best (way) each time.”

New York has lost three of 4 to fall to 6-4. Julius Randle led the Knicks with 19, and Derek Rose, who began at level guard, had with 15. Evan Fournier also had 15.

“I really feel like there are moments we will not get stops,” stated Randle, when asked if there was a typical denominator within the latest stretch of losses. “It is got to be higher.”

Down 57-56 at halftime, Cleveland outscored the Knicks 33-18 within the third quarter to enter the fourth with an 89-75 advantage.

Cleveland announced late within the third quarter that guard Collin Sexton would miss the rest of the sport due to left knee harm. He had eight points and 4 assists in 12 1/2 minutes. Bickerstaff didn’t have an update on Sexton’s situation when he spoke with reporters after the sport.

Cavaliers: Cleveland’s backcourt of the future could also be set with the duo of Sexton and Garland. And the Cavaliers might need an entrance court duo in Allen and Mobley, the third general chosen within the 2021 draft. “The longer he’s on the ground, extra good issues occur as a result of he’s that sort of participant,” Bickerstaff said about Mobley earlier than the sport.

Knicks: Throughout his pregame availability, New York coach Tom Thibodeau stated starting point guard Kemba Walker wouldn’t play due to undisclosed harm and that ” the medical folks really helpful rest.”