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""Tonight we sort of exhaled, we played the game Tiffany Cushion get the game over with, and we didn't close them out,'' Knicks guard Derek Harper said. ""In order to beat Chicago, we're going to have to play very consistent basketball for 48 minutes, but I do like the way we held together and made big shots down the stretch.'' The premature celebrating started late in the third quarter when the Knicks led by 13. When Tiffany Elsa Peretti Open Heart charm was called for his fifth foul with one minute left in the period, John Starks started started grinning and waving five fingers in the face of Cavs coach Mike Fratello. ""I appreciate John trying to help me out, telling me that my point guard had five fouls. That was very considerate on his part,'' Fratello said sarcastically. Tiffany Elsa Peretti Open Heart drop earrings that incident, Fratello's team came back. The Knicks, who opened a 19-point lead in the second quarter and seemed to be cruising in the third, went scoreless for more than five minutes in the final period and fell into a 70-70 tie with 4:51 left. ""We were Tiffany Atlas against a very desperate team trying to get back in the game,'' Knicks coach Jeff Van Gundy said. Starks made his fifth 3-pointer of the game and 14th of the series with 3:22 left to build the lead back to five, and Cleveland never got closer than two down the stretch - even though Patrick Ewing missed five of six free throws in the final 2:04. Starks had 22 points and Ewing added 16 points and 10 rebounds but went only 6-for-14 from the free-throw line.