All in all, it was a good win on a day when the Eastern Conference landscape shifted dramatically.

And make no mistake, the shockwaves created in Cleveland reverberated throughout the conference.

Just how good the new-look Cavs will be during the playoffs will be determined, but there’s no doubt the Raptors will remain in the hunt for first and perhaps home court for the balance of the Eastern post-season run.

The Knicks, lottery-bound once again, were predictably ill-equipped to match up with the Raptors, who would win 113-88 Thursday at the Air Canada Centre.

All 12 players in uniform saw the floor for the Raptors, whose well-balanced offence featured no player reaching 20 points.

By standing pat in terms of no rotation part being moved, the Raptors have basically said they like their team. And for most of Thursday night against visiting New York, there was plenty to like, especially from the second unit and the energy it would provide.

Teams tighten rotations in the playoffs, but the Raptors’ unit is playing with so much cohesion and chemistry that it’s hard to see any being able to match up.

There’s a generational player in LeBron James with the Cavs, an offensive superstar in Boston with Kyrie Irving, but there’s no better well-rounded team than the Raptors.

Tim Hardaway Jr., one of the few healthy pieces capable of taking games over for the Knicks, made his first three-point shot two minutes into the third quarter, a straight-away jumper that brought New York to within 10 points.

There was clearly a talent disparity between the Knicks and Raptors in the injury of absence of Kristaps Porzingas, but credit New York for putting up a fight and competing.

Whether it was head coach Jeff Hornacek getting teed up in the first half or the Knicks goading the Raptors into taking a technical in the third quarter, New York was going to make the home side work for every basket and force Toronto to defend.

There weren’t as many missed defensive assignments, but just enough that led to open looks for New York or easy layups.

After a rare Toronto three-ball, the defensive intensity began to improve.

On a fast-break opportunity, DeMar DeRozan appeared to be fouled when he missed a short jumper. He was teed up when he complained.

It was DeRozan’s ninth missed shot on 11 attempts.

Simply put, the Raptors were too casual to the point of being cocky.

Instead of creating separation, they allowed the Knicks to stay close, which in the NBA means a three or four-possession game.

Toronto went mainly with its bench in the final two minutes to end the quarter with DeRozan the lone starter on the floor.

At the same time, the Raptors threw another body on Michael Beasley when they went with Pascal Siakam.

Siakam plays with a motor and he’s long.

His offence was going this night, Siakam drilling an open corner three.

Fittingly, the period ended on a three when C.J. Miles provided the Raptors with an 82-66 advantage heading into the final quarter.

There were a lot of missed shots by both teams, quick shots that had no chance of dropping, contested shots and just plain bad shots deep in the shot clock.

The Raptors were too prone into heaving three-point shots rather than work the ball down low and take advantage of their size advantage.

Whether it was poor execution, sloppy ball handling or simply taking the undermanned Knicks for granted, the Raptors allowed New York to stay within single digits.

Most of New York’s points were being produced on the perimeter where the Raptors weren’t closing out quickly, some on deep heaves that quite frankly shouldn’t have been attempted.

Kyle Lowry and DeRozan weren’t making shots, but New York missed far more, allowing Toronto to play with a lead.

In the opening half, Toronto led by as many as 13 points.

Head coach was mixing and matching, going small, big, trying to play more uptempo and in the half court Toronto occasionally ran some nice sequences with crisp passes to cutters who would finish at the rim.

New York was using the screen game to try to free up shooters.

In Beasley, no screens are necessary, a gunslinger who is always open, or at least that’s his attitude and approach when the ball is in his hands.

Beasley has been given more rope in New York and he has had moments when he takes over games with his offence.

With 2:11 to go in the first half, the Raptors were leading 46-39.

OG Anunoby took four shots, all from three-point range. He made one and was off on several of his attempts.

New York was shooting only 37.5%, the Raptors slightly better at 42.5%, but a lot of shots near the basket weren’t falling, an inability to finish that kept the game from turning one-sided.

New York was 3-of-15 from distance.

With so many shots hitting iron, the game turned into a crawl.

At intermission, the Raptors were up, 52-41.

fzicarelli@postmedia.com