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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Knicks | 20 | 37 | 27 | 26 | 110 |
 Cavaliers | 20 | 17 | 34 | 27 | 98 |
NYKTeam statsCLE| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NYK | 43-8550.6% | 12-2744.4% | 12-1392.3% | 39 | 30 | 15 |
| CLE | 37-9439.4% | 6-2425.0% | 18-2864.3% | 48 | 15 | 14 |
Point at or clickTap a player to see his shots, then his whole game from there. ClickTap a number under REB, AST, STL, BLK, TO or PF to see those plays.
New York Knicks110| 42 | 19 | 7-16 | 3-7 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +14 | +3.8 | ||||||
| 37 | 16 | 7-16 | 2-5 | 0-0 | +1 | +2.6 | ||||||||
| 21 | 12 | 5-10 | 0-1 | 2-2 | −3 | +2.4 | ||||||||
| 18 | 6 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | −2 | +2.4 | ||||||
| 11 | 2 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | −5.0 | |||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 33 | 11 | 4-8 | 1-2 | 2-3 | 0 | 0 | +4 | −3.7 | ||||||
| 30 | 15 | 6-10 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +23 | −1.5 | |||||
| 28 | 23, Career high (his best before, 18) | 9-14 | 4-7, Ties his career high | 1-1 | 0 | +11 | +4.1 | |||||||
| 19 | 6 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +17 | +2.0 | ||||
| Team | 110 | 43-8550.6% | 12-2744.4% | 39 | 30 | 15 | 22 | 12-1392.3% | 8 | 10 | 3 | |||
Bench 55 points on 21 for 36 shooting
Did not play: Tim Hardaway Jr. (injury/illness); Courtney Lee (dnd_coach).
Cleveland Cavaliers98| 39 | 18 | 7-18 | 2-8 | 2-5 | 0 | 0 | +1 | −4.4 | ||||||
| 11 | 10 | 4-9 | 0-2 | 0 | 2-3 | 0 | +5 | +0.5 | ||||||
| 11 | 4 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +5 | +2.9 | |||||
| 11 | 2 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +5 | −0.2 | |||||
| 9 | 4 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +5 | +1.3 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 37 | 21, Career high (his best before, 9) | 6-19 | 4-10, Career high (his best before, 2) | 5-7 | 0 | −17 | −4.1 | |||||||
| 33 | 4 | 1-7 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | −7 | −6.1 | ||||||
| 30 | 10 | 5-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −24 | −0.7 | ||||||
| 27 | 20, Career high (his best before, 15) | 7-9 | 0-0 | 0 | 6-9 | 0 | −5 | +5.6 | ||||||
| 15 | 3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | +3 | −1.2 | ||||||
| 6 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −10 | −1.9 | ||
| 6 | 0 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −10 | −4.6 | |||
| 6 | 2 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −11 | −2.4 | |||
| Team | 98 | 37-9439.4% | 6-2425.0% | 48 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 18-2864.3% | 17 | 9 | 3 | |||
Bench 60 points on 21 for 56 shooting
Knicks110Cavaliers98ClickTap a team’s number to see the plays behind it.
PS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. The game’s highs are in blue, hot shooting in gold, cold in gray. ClickTap a column’s heading to sort by it.
Luke Kornet scored a career-high 23 points (10 in the fourth quarter), and the New York Knicks beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 110-98.
The Knicks took control with a 25-7 run bridging the second and third quarters and led by as many as 22.
For the Cavaliers, John Holland scored a career-high 21 points (12 on 4 3-pointers) but shot 6 for 19 off the bench, and Ante Zizic added a career-high 20 points on 7 for 9 shooting off the bench.
The Knicks shot 50.6% from the field and 44.4% from 3 to the Cavaliers’ 39.4% and 25.0%. The Knicks outscored the Cavaliers 21-10 in 5 minutes with Jack, O'Quinn, Burke, Ntilikina and Hicks on the floor together.
New York KnicksCleveland CavaliersPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes.
The five plays that moved the chance to win most, in order.
Each play from the side of the team that made it: its chance to win before and after, and the change in percentage points. On the court, each shot is the shooter’s face (gray when he missed), bigger the more it moved the chance. Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
98 points from the field on 85 shots: 9.3 more than the league scores from the same zones.
Point at a shooter to see his shots light up; click for his shots alone.
| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 20-28 | 71.4% | 63% |
| In the paint | 5-13 | 38.5% | 40% |
| Mid-range | 6-17 | 35.3% | 40% |
| Corner 3 | 1-4 | 25.0% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 11-23 | 47.8% | 36% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ante Zizic | 13 | 3 | 1-3 | +1 |
| Tristan Thompson | 10 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Kendrick Perkins | 7 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Larry Nance Jr. | 6 | 5 | 2-3 | +4 |
| Everyone else | 19 | 16 | 6-9 | +12 |
The tracking credits him with 24 points on 54 possessions. He usually scores about 10 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| London Perrantes | 39 | 4 | 2-3 | −8 |
| Ante Zizic | 8 | 6 | 2-5 | +3 |
| Tristan Thompson | 8 | 2 | 0-2 | 0 |
| Jose Calderon | 7 | 3 | 1-3 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 26 | 2 | 1-3 | −6 |
The tracking credits him with 17 points on 87 possessions. He usually scores about 27 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Holland | 42 | 2 | 1-3 | −4 |
| Cedi Osman | 11 | 2 | 1-3 | +1 |
| George Hill | 7 | 0 | 0-3 | −1 |
| Tristan Thompson | 4 | 6 | 2-2 | +5 |
| Everyone else | 12 | 4 | 2-4 | +2 |
The tracking credits him with 14 points on 76 possessions. He usually scores about 10 on that many.
What the players each one guarded scored, against what they usually score on as many possessions.
Possessions, and parts of possessions when defenders switched, from the NBA’s matchup tracking. The line under a defender’s name: his share of the scorer’s possessions. Usual: what the scorer averaged a possession against every defender in the regular season, eased toward the league’s rate when he has few possessions.
CLE win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
NYK
50/50
CLE
Highest Leverage Moments
Kornet 26' 3PT Jump Shot (8 PTS) (Burke 3 AST)
Q2 8:54
11.6%
49→37
Thompson 12' Floating Jump Shot (6 PTS) (Osman 5 AST)
Q4 10:25
10.4%
14→24
O'Quinn 26' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Ntilikina 3 AST)
Q2 6:48
9.6%
43→34
Holland 25' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Clarkson 1 AST)
Q2 8:24
9.0%
40→49
G. Hill 1' Layup (4 PTS) (James 2 AST)
Q1 11:05
9.0%
49→58
