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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Knicks | 28 | 23 | 36 | 20 | 107 |
 Cavaliers | 19 | 34 | 25 | 20 | 98 |
NYKTeam statsCLE| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NYK | 42-8648.8% | 16-3941.0% | 7-1070.0% | 47 | 32 | 9 |
| CLE | 39-8744.8% | 17-4438.6% | 3-837.5% | 39 | 31 | 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 Knicks107| 45 | 13 | 5-12 | 3-6 | 0-0 | +16 | +5.7 | ||||||||
| 39 | 28 | 11-22 | 6-14 | 0-0 | +9 | +7.8 | ||||||||
| 23 | 8 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | −3 | +4.6 | |||||||
| 22 | 14 | 6-8 | 1-1 | 0 | 1-3 | +12 | +5.0 | |||||||
| 1 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −1.0 | |
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| 47 | 16 | 6-15 | 4-9, Ties his career high | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +11 | −4.8 | ||||
| 30 | 20 | 8-15 | 1-6 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −8 | −2.0 | |||||
| 21 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | +17 | +1.2 | |||||||
| 11 | 8 | 2-6 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −7 | −0.1 | |||
| Team | 107 | 42-8648.8% | 16-3941.0% | 47 | 32 | 9 | 13 | 7-1070.0% | 10 | 8 | 9 | |||
Bench 44 points on 16 for 36 shooting
Did not play: Julius Randle and OG Anunoby (injury/illness); Charlie Brown Jr. (coach’s decision).
Cleveland Cavaliers98| 40 | 19 | 7-14 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 0 | −6 | +2.7 | |||||||
| 36 | 18 | 8-13 | 0-0 | 2-4 | −5 | +4.2 | ||||||||
| 34 | 17 | 7-13 | 3-8 | 0-1 | −4 | +4.4 | ||||||||
| 30 | 6 | 2-9 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −10 | −7.8 | ||||||
| 28 | 13 | 6-11 | 0-1 | 1-3 | 0 | −6 | +3.4 | |||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 29 | 21 | 7-13 | 7-13 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +5.0 | |||||
| 20 | 0 | 0-4 | 0-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | −5.7 | |||||
| 16 | 0 | 0-6 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | −8.5 | ||||||
| 8 | 4 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | +1.5 | ||||
| Team | 98 | 39-8744.8% | 17-4438.6% | 39 | 31 | 10 | 11 | 3-837.5% | 10 | 7 | 5 | |||
Bench 25 points on 9 for 27 shooting
Did not play: Sharife Cooper and Damian Jones (coach’s decision); Ty Jerome (injury/illness).
Knicks107Cavaliers98ClickTap 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.
Donte DiVincenzo scored 28 points (18 on 6 3-pointers), and the New York Knicks went on a 21-6 run in the third quarter to beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 107-98.
It was tied at 64 when DiVincenzo’s reverse layup put the Knicks ahead for good with 5:39 left in the third quarter. He scored 11 points as they pulled away to an 85-70 lead with 51 seconds left in the quarter.
The Cavaliers got within 101-98 on Evan Mobley’s tip dunk with 1:59 to play, but Josh Hart answered with a step-back 3-pointer, and the Cavaliers got no closer.
During clutch time, the Knicks outscored the Cavaliers 5-2.
Bojan Bogdanovic scored 20 points (10 in the second quarter) off the bench.
For the Cavaliers, Sam Merrill scored 21 points with 7 3-pointers off the bench.
The Knicks shot 48.8% from the field and 41.0% from 3 to the Cavaliers’ 44.8% and 38.6%. The Knicks outscored the Cavaliers 24-6 in 5 minutes with Hart, DiVincenzo, Achiuwa, McBride and Sims 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).
100 points from the field on 86 shots: 6.7 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 | 14-20 | 70.0% | 66% |
| In the paint | 7-16 | 43.8% | 44% |
| Mid-range | 5-11 | 45.5% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 6-15 | 40.0% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 10-24 | 41.7% | 36% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isaac Okoro | 38 | 6 | 2-6 | −4 |
| Max Strus | 10 | 0 | 0-3 | −3 |
| Darius Garland | 9 | 9 | 3-4 | +6 |
| Sam Merrill | 6 | 3 | 1-2 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 10 | 10 | 5-8 | +7 |
The tracking credits him with 28 points on 74 possessions. He usually scores about 20 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georges Niang | 18 | 10 | 4-5 | +4 |
| Dean Wade | 18 | 2 | 1-2 | −4 |
| Max Strus | 6 | 0 | 0-2 | −2 |
| Isaac Okoro | 5 | 0 | 0-2 | −2 |
| Everyone else | 10 | 8 | 3-4 | +5 |
The tracking credits him with 20 points on 56 possessions. He usually scores about 18 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darius Garland | 48 | 12 | 4-8 | 0 |
| Craig Porter Jr. | 10 | 2 | 1-2 | −1 |
| Max Strus | 7 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Isaac Okoro | 6 | 2 | 1-1 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 15 | 4 | 2-5 | 0 |
The tracking credits him with 20 points on 87 possessions. He usually scores about 22 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
Hart 3PT Step Back Jump Shot (13 PTS) (Bogdanovic 3 AST)
Q4 1:36
18.6%
24→6
Bogdanovic 24' 3PT Jump Shot (17 PTS) (McBride 5 AST)
Q4 6:38
16.9%
34→17
Strus 25' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Mobley 5 AST)
Q3 7:36
13.8%
29→43
Merrill 25' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (18 PTS) (Okoro 4 AST)
Q4 6:55
13.2%
21→34
Garland 25' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (19 PTS)
Q4 4:40
13.2%
21→34
