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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Knicks | 42 | 37 | 26 | 25 | 130 |
 Cavaliers | 47 | 25 | 30 | 14 | 116 |
NYKTeam statsCLE| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NYK | 49-9352.7% | 17-3647.2% | 15-2462.5% | 48 | 24 | 7 |
| CLE | 44-8651.2% | 17-3745.9% | 11-1384.6% | 33 | 33 | 10 |
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 Knicks130| 38 | 48, Career high (his best before, 44) | 18-32 | 7-12, Career high (his best before, 6) | 5-8 | 0 | 0 | +3 | +15.9 | ||||||
| 36 | 14 | 4-9 | 3-8 | 0 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | +0.4 | ||||||
| 30 | 14 | 6-17 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +10 | −7.8 | |||||
| 22 | 10 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 2-3 | −1 | +11.9 | ||||||||
| 19 | 12 | 5-7 | 2-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | +3.1 | |||||
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| 30 | 14 | 5-16 | 2-6 | 2-3 | 0 | +18 | −4.3 | |||||||
| 29 | 11 | 4-4 | 1-1 | 0 | 2-3 | 0 | 0 | +18 | +2.3 | |||||
| 26 | 5 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 1-4 | +15 | +5.6 | |||||||
| 10 | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +11 | −0.5 | ||
| Team | 130 | 49-9352.7% | 17-3647.2% | 48 | 24 | 7 | 12 | 15-2462.5% | 16 | 6 | 5 | |||
Bench 32 points on 12 for 23 shooting
Did not play: Jericho Sims, Trevor Keels and Evan Fournier (coach’s decision).
Cleveland Cavaliers116| 41 | 14 | 6-8 | 0-0 | 0 | 2-3 | 0 | 0 | −6 | +3.9 | |||||
| 40 | 42 | 16-23 | 6-9 | 4-5 | 0 | 0 | −8 | +10.6 | ||||||
| 38 | 20 | 8-19 | 2-4 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −10 | −1.3 | |||||
| 37 | 15 | 5-12 | 4-7 | 1-1 | 0 | −12 | +1.3 | |||||||
| 24 | 2 | 1-6 | 0-3 | 0-0 | −8 | −5.5 | ||||||||
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| 21 | 14 | 4-9 | 4-8 | 2-2 | 0 | +2 | +1.7 | |||||||
| 13 | 5 | 2-4 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | +0.3 | |||
| 10 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −7 | −0.6 | |||||
| 9 | 2 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −8 | −2.1 | |||
| 7 | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −8 | −0.9 | |||
| Team | 116 | 44-8651.2% | 17-3745.9% | 33 | 33 | 10 | 21 | 11-1384.6% | 3 | 2 | 9 | |||
Bench 23 points on 8 for 18 shooting
Did not play: Danny Green and Mamadi Diakite (coach’s decision).
Knicks130Cavaliers116ClickTap 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.
Jalen Brunson scored a career-high 48 points (21 in the first quarter), and the New York Knicks beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 130-116.
The Knicks took control with a 24-9 run in the second quarter and led by as many as 15.
The Cavaliers got within 107-104 on Dean Wade’s reverse layup with 10:05 to play, but Josh Hart answered with a 3-pointer, and the Cavaliers got no closer.
The Knicks had 7 players in double-digit scoring.
For the Cavaliers, Donovan Mitchell scored 42 points (23 in the first quarter) on 16 for 23 shooting, and Darius Garland added 20 points and 9 assists.
The Knicks grabbed 16 offensive rebounds to the Cavaliers’ 3. The Cavaliers forced 10 turnovers, about 5 fewer than usual for this many possessions. The Knicks outscored the Cavaliers 27-14 in 9 minutes with Hartenstein, Hart, Barrett, Quickley and McBride 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).
115 points from the field on 93 shots: 12.7 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 20-29 | 69.0% | 67% |
| In the paint | 7-18 | 38.9% | 44% |
| Mid-range | 5-10 | 50.0% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 5-11 | 45.5% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 12-25 | 48.0% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lamar Stevens | 19 | 13 | 5-7 | +6 |
| Caris LeVert | 16 | 12 | 4-6 | +6 |
| Donovan Mitchell | 9 | 19 | 7-9 | +16 |
| Evan Mobley | 8 | 9 | 4-6 | +6 |
| Everyone else | 21 | 0 | 0-8 | −7 |
The tracking credits him with 53 points on 72 possessions. He usually scores about 26 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caris LeVert | 27 | 6 | 3-5 | −2 |
| Donovan Mitchell | 9 | 3 | 1-4 | 0 |
| Dean Wade | 8 | 5 | 2-3 | +3 |
| Cedi Osman | 5 | 0 | 0-2 | −2 |
| Everyone else | 8 | 2 | 1-6 | 0 |
The tracking credits him with 16 points on 58 possessions. He usually scores about 17 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darius Garland | 32 | 6 | 2-3 | 0 |
| Donovan Mitchell | 15 | 4 | 1-2 | +1 |
| Ricky Rubio | 7 | 4 | 1-1 | +3 |
| Evan Mobley | 6 | 0 | 0-1 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 15 | 0 | 0-4 | −3 |
The tracking credits him with 14 points on 74 possessions. He usually scores about 13 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
Grimes 24' 3PT Jump Shot (12 PTS) (Brunson 7 AST)
Q3 5:39
12.2%
46→34
Mitchell 25' 3PT Jump Shot (33 PTS) (Mobley 3 AST)
Q3 5:17
12.2%
34→46
LeVert 25' 3PT Jump Shot (9 PTS) (Garland 9 AST)
Q3 10:23
12.0%
35→47
Brunson 26' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (36 PTS)
Q3 10:35
12.0%
47→35
Osman 3PT Jump Shot (14 PTS) (Mobley 4 AST)
Q3 1:46
11.7%
26→37
