To say that the Cleveland Cavaliers came up short in their Game 3 performance against the New York Knicks on Friday would be a complete understatement. The Cavs were not only blown out, 99-79, but they ended up being completely destroyed en route to an atrocious NBA record this season.

79 points. Thereā€™s no typo there. Thatā€™s really Clevelandā€™s final score in their Game 3 shellacking at the hands of the Knicks. Unfortunately for the Cavs, they have now set a league-wide record for the least points scored in ANY game this year ā€” both in the playoffs and the regular season:

The fact that the Cavs didnā€™t even surpass the 80-point mark this season is horrendous. However, for them to reach this low in a crucial playoff game is even more troubling. Cleveland had a tremendous opportunity in their hands to try and retake home-court advantage with a Game 3 win in Madison Square Garden, and they failed miserably.

Donovan Mitchell and Co. will need to dust themselves off quickly with Game 4 coming in just a couple of days. These two teams do it all over again on Sunday in New York, and another loss for the Cavs would put them in a deep 3-1 hole against the Knicks. The Cavs obviously canā€™t afford to lose that one, so it goes without saying that they will need to play much better than they did tonight. Fridayā€™s collective performance is the type that you want to flush down the toilet as soon as humanly possible.