Cleveland ? New York Knicks coach Larry Brown was to be hospitalized overnight after becoming ill in the third quarter of Thursday night’s game against the Cavaliers.

The 65-year-old Brown, whose had health issues in recent years, was taken from Quicken Loans Arena on a stretcher following New York’s 91-87 loss. He appeared alert and was sitting upright with oxygen tubes in his nose as he was wheeled out to an emergency vehicle.

Brown didn’t say anything while being taken to an undisclosed hospital. Knicks spokesman Jonathan Supranowitz said Brown was examined by Cavaliers team doctors and a Knicks physician. Brown’s vital signs were “stable,” but because his symptoms came on quickly, doctors felt it was best that he go to the hospital.