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Julius Randle scored 16 of his 19 points in the first half and grabbed 10 rebounds in his first appearance in more than two weeks, and Jalen Brunson bounced back from early foul trouble to net 21 of his 27 points after halftime for a taut 101-97 victory over the Cavaliers in Game 1 of the Knicks’ first-round playoff series at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. “Obviously those are our guys, and we rely on them heavily on both sides of the ball,” midseason acquisition Josh Hart said after the game. “For [Randle], his first game back, I’m not sure what he did on the offensive side, but he was rebounding the ball, contesting shots. “Him and obviously [Brunson] just controlling the tempo, getting us into our sets, doing those kinds of things that sometimes don’t show up in the box score. Having them both back, and us being at full strength, it feels good.”