CLEVELAND — The Knicks still own the Cavs. 

After a summer of plotting revenge against their playoff conquerors, the Cavaliers trotted out a depleted roster for a feeble payback attempt and had their candy snatched by the Knicks in a 109–91 Halloween stroll at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. 

Jalen Brunson, RJ Barrett, Immanuel Quickley and Julius Randle combined for 72 points in a game that turned, according to the Knicks, with a third-quarter timeout and an old-fashioned Tom Thibodeau timeout chat. 

“We started the third quarter terrible, really lackadaisical and then we picked it up,” Brunson said. “Thibs got on us and we just turned it around.” 

The Knicks (2-2) had five players score in double digits and led for the final 39 minutes, with Randle grabbing 10 boards to notch his fourth straight double-double to start the campaign. 

Donovan Mitchell returned to face his hometown squad and tried to keep the Cavs (1-3) afloat while dropping 26 points on 11 of 20 shooting. 

But, as former Knicks GM Scott Perry said recently to explain why the Knicks didn’t trade for the athletic guard, Mitchell wasn’t that “singular force.”

The Knicks blew open the game in the third quarter and the Cavs turned back into pumpkins while going six straight minutes without a field goal. 

Just before that game-breaking stretch, Randle knew the Thibodeau energetic lecture was coming.

The Knicks had just let the lead get cut to four and were coasting defensively. 

“I’m used to it by now,” Randle said. “I kind of know where his mind is at, what he’s expecting out of us. It was just kind of a wake-up call to get us going and we responded.” 

Mitchell’s status was supposedly up in the air until close to game time, with the team listing him as questionable because of a sore hamstring.

But he looked perfectly healthy and athletic over his 26 minutes. He just didn’t have any help. 

It’s unclear yet if that’ll be different for the rematch Wednesday at MSG, with Caris LeVert, Darius Garland and Jarrett Allen all missing Tuesday’s game with nagging injuries. 

“It’s tough. We’re missing a bunch of guys,” Mitchell said. “At the end of the day, you want a win. But you can’t dwell on this one. It sucks but we have another one [Wednesday].” 

On Tuesday, the Knicks — who shot 44.2 percent overall and 38.2 percent from beyond the arc — dominated on the road. 

The Cavs had been vocal the previous two days about returning favors to the Knicks after getting hammered by Thibodeau’s squad in last season’s playoffs.

Isaac Okoro, the team’s starting small forward, said the defeat stuck with him until the Knicks were eliminated by Miami. Max Strus, a newcomer, said he adopted Cleveland’s beef with the Knicks. 

“Whatever we have against the Knicks, I’m in debt to that here,” said Strus. 

Strus added nothing Tuesday while missing 7 of his 9 attempts. Okoro finished with 11 points in 24 minutes. They scared nobody. 

The Knicks, conversely, were fully healthy and, like the Cavs, were operating on two days’ rest.

They took advantage and handled their business without reciprocating Cleveland’s verbal chest bumping. 

“Yeah, you always see it. We don’t really care. That’s for them,” Josh Hart said. “If they want to have that chip on their shoulder that’s good for them. We don’t really care.”