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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Cavaliers | 24 | 25 | 22 | 24 | 95 |
 Knicks | 22 | 28 | 13 | 26 | 89 |
CLETeam statsNYK| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLE | 32-7443.2% | 12-3237.5% | 19-2095.0% | 46 | 22 | 18 |
| NYK | 32-9234.8% | 5-3016.7% | 20-3066.7% | 50 | 18 | 13 |
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Cleveland Cavaliers95| 37 | 30 | 9-22 | 6-15 | 6-6 | +3 | −0.1 | ||||||||
| 35 | 14 | 6-12 | 0-0 | 2-3 | +8 | +2.0 | ||||||||
| 35 | 9 | 3-9 | 0-5 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | +3 | −9.6 | ||||||
| 31 | 2 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −8.1 | ||||||
| 28 | 5 | 1-6 | 1-3 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +7 | −3.7 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 31 | 19 | 6-14 | 3-4 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | +10 | +0.2 | ||||||
| 20 | 6 | 2-3 | 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | +0.2 | |||
| 13 | 6 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −0.5 | |||||
| 11 | 4 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0.0 | ||||
| Team | 95 | 32-7443.2% | 12-3237.5% | 46 | 22 | 18 | 27 | 19-2095.0% | 6 | 7 | 5 | |||
Bench 35 points on 12 for 22 shooting
Did not play: Emoni Bates, Damian Jones, Sam Merrill and Isaiah Mobley (coach’s decision).
New York Knicks89| 39 | 24 | 8-23 | 0-2 | 8-9 | 0 | 0 | −6 | −5.7 | ||||||
| 35 | 6 | 3-15 | 0-6 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | −13.5 | ||||||
| 32 | 6 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 4-8 | 0 | −1 | +1.2 | ||||||
| 29 | 11 | 5-14 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | −4.1 | ||||||
| 22 | 5 | 2-7 | 1-6 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −9 | −4.7 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 30 | 16 | 5-10 | 3-7 | 0 | 3-5 | 0 | +1 | −2.4 | ||||||
| 28 | 18 | 7-16 | 0-3 | 0 | 0 | 4-6 | 0 | −1 | +2.8 | |||||
| 16 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | −5 | −0.9 | |||||||
| 9 | 3 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0.3 | |||
| Team | 89 | 32-9234.8% | 5-3016.7% | 50 | 18 | 13 | 16 | 20-3066.7% | 16 | 10 | 3 | |||
Bench 37 points on 13 for 30 shooting
Did not play: DaQuan Jeffries, Ryan Arcidiacono, Dylan Windler, Jericho Sims and Evan Fournier (coach’s decision); RJ Barrett (injury/illness).
Cavaliers95Knicks89ClickTap 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.
The Cleveland Cavaliers went on a 14-5 run that bridged the second and third quarters to beat the New York Knicks 95-89.
The Knicks led 50-46 with 59 seconds left in the second quarter. Evan Mobley’s layup put the Cavaliers ahead for good with 9:28 left in the third quarter. He scored 7 points during the run, and they led 60-55 with 5:29 left in the quarter and by as many as 9 in the fourth quarter.
The Knicks got within 79-77 on Mitchell Robinson’s free throw with 2:48 to play, but Donovan Mitchell answered with a pull-up 3-pointer, and the Knicks got no closer.
During clutch time, the Cavaliers outscored the Knicks 8-3. Mitchell scored 5 of the Cavaliers’ 8 on 2 for 4 shooting. Early in the fourth quarter, Isaiah Hartenstein had 2 of his 3 steals, and the Knicks scored 4 points off them.
Mitchell scored 30 points with 6 3-pointers, and Mobley added 14 points and 8 rebounds.
For the Knicks, Jalen Brunson scored 24 points but shot 8 for 23. Donte DiVincenzo scored 16 points (10 in the second quarter) off the bench.
The Cavaliers shot 43.2% from the field and 37.5% from 3 to the Knicks’ 34.8% and 16.7%. Isaac Okoro fouled out.
Cleveland CavaliersNew York KnicksPS, 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).
76 points from the field on 74 shots: 5.6 fewer than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 14-21 | 66.7% | 66% |
| In the paint | 4-14 | 28.6% | 44% |
| Mid-range | 2-7 | 28.6% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 3-11 | 27.3% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 9-21 | 42.9% | 36% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donte DiVincenzo | 23 | 8 | 2-7 | −2 |
| Quentin Grimes | 20 | 0 | 0-4 | −9 |
| Julius Randle | 6 | 10 | 4-8 | +7 |
| Immanuel Quickley | 6 | 5 | 2-3 | +2 |
| Everyone else | 18 | 12 | 4-6 | +4 |
The tracking credits him with 35 points on 73 possessions. He usually scores about 31 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donte DiVincenzo | 19 | 7 | 3-5 | +3 |
| Immanuel Quickley | 18 | 0 | 0-4 | −4 |
| Jalen Brunson | 6 | 9 | 2-3 | +8 |
| Julius Randle | 5 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 17 | 5 | 2-5 | +1 |
The tracking credits him with 21 points on 64 possessions. He usually scores about 14 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mitchell Robinson | 35 | 10 | 4-8 | +1 |
| Isaiah Hartenstein | 14 | 0 | 0-1 | −3 |
| Julius Randle | 9 | 2 | 1-2 | 0 |
| Jalen Brunson | 4 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 8 | 8 | 4-4 | +6 |
The tracking credits him with 20 points on 69 possessions. He usually scores about 18 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.
NYK win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
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Highest Leverage Moments
Wade 24' 3PT Jump Shot (6 PTS) (Strus 4 AST)
Q4 9:10
15.7%
29→14
Hart 1' Running Dunk (11 PTS) (Quickley 4 AST)
Q4 8:34
13.2%
14→27
Mitchell 25' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (26 PTS)
Q4 2:36
13.2%
34→21
Brunson 16' Turnaround Fadeaway (18 PTS)
Q4 4:03
12.0%
22→34
DiVincenzo 3PT Jump Shot (7 PTS) (Quickley 2 AST)
Q2 11:07
11.1%
47→58
