The New York Knicks will finish out their season with four games, the last two coming against the Cleveland Cavaliers.

If fans didn't have their share of fireworks from the game action, center Enes Kanter is sure to provide them this time around, as the Turkish international still has a sour taste in his mouth from the last time the two teams met in Madison Square Garden.

Kanter and Cavs star LeBron James got into a heated exchange during game action, but the back-and-forth continued with James having some say to reporters after the game.

“I’ve been thinking about those two games that whole season,” said Kanter, according to ESPN's Ian Begley.

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Kanter has missed the last two games with back spasms and a wrist injury, but is fully expecting to take part in the Knicks' last four games of the season.

“It doesn't matter if we have one or two games left, 10 games left or whatever, you still want to go out there and fight with your teammates and battle with your teammates,” said Kanter. “It would be really selfish to think about opting in our opting out or thinking about my contract and not playing, giving up on my teammates and my team, it would be really selfish. For me, the Knicks are still paying me, I'm still part of this team. If I'm still healthy I'm just going to go out there and fight.”

The 6-foot-11 center will have his fair share of work to do against a Cavs team that is fighting to keep the third seed in the East, making this end-of-season back-to-back matchups all the more interesting, despite the Knicks being out of playoff contention.