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Cavs center Jarrett Allen’s joke about the Knicks was funny until he became the punchline —…

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Updated: Oct. 24, 2025, 5:01 a.m.

|Published: Oct. 24, 2025, 5:00 a.m.

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Cleveland Cavaliers' Jarrett Allen (31) fights for control of the ball with New York Knicks' Ariel Hukporti (55) during the first half of an NBA basketball game Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025, at Madison Square Garden in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)AP

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Cavs center Jarrett Allen wore a microphone and a wry smile on Wednesday. He’d concocted a clever joke, and he wanted to deliver it.

So, before tipoff of Wednesday’s 119-111 loss to the Knicks, Allen leaned back to tell a Cleveland staffer.

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