Cleveland
Cavaliers
111
–
119
FINAL
New York
Knicks
Date
Wednesday, October 22, 2025
Arena
Attendance
N/A
| Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLE | 23 | 27 | 37 | 24 | 111 |
| NYK | 33 | 32 | 22 | 32 | 119 |
Game MVPs
Box score star vs. the player whose impact transcended the stat sheet
Key Contributor
Karl-Anthony Towns
NYK
19
PTS
11
REB
2
AST
+2
+/−
Key Contributions
Contested Shots5
Opp FG% When Defending46.2%
Pts Allowed / Poss0.35
Impact Composite41.8
Hustle: 7.5Defense: 33.8Impact: 0.5
Double-Doubleonly 19 pts allowed on 54.1 possessions
Box Score MVP
OG Anunoby
NYK
24
PTS
14
REB
2
AST
+10
+/−
Game Performance
FG9-17 (52.9%)
3PT4-9
FT2-4
TS%64.0%
eFG%64.7%
STL3
BLK1
TOV4
ORTG121
DRTG104
NET+18
Double-Double4-9 from 33 steals3 deflections+10 plus/minusonly 18 pts allowed on 65.3 possessions
Box Score
| CLE | MIN | PTS | REB | OREB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | FG | FG% | 3PT | 3P% | FT | FT% | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donovan Mitchell | 35:53 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 12-25 | 48% | 2-9 | 22% | 5-5 | 100% | -14 |
| Lonzo Ball | 23:29 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1-7 | 14% | 1-7 | 14% | 0-0 | 0% | -3 |
| Larry Nance Jr. | 16:59 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4-7 | 57% | 2-2 | 100% | 0-0 | 0% | -2 |
| Sam Merrill | 28:22 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6-11 | 55% | 5-10 | 50% | 2-2 | 100% | -1 |
| Craig Porter Jr. | 6:43 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1-2 | 50% | 0-1 | 0% | 0-0 | 0% | -9 |
| BENCH | ||||||||||||||||
| Evan Mobley | 35:56 | 22 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8-18 | 44% | 4-8 | 50% | 2-5 | 40% | 0 |
| Dean Wade | 28:07 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3-3 | 100% | 3-3 | 100% | 1-2 | 50% | 0 |
| Jaylon Tyson | 20:13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2-4 | 50% | 1-3 | 33% | 0-0 | 0% | -6 |
| Tyrese Proctor | 16:06 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2-5 | 40% | 1-3 | 33% | 0-0 | 0% | -1 |
| Jarrett Allen | 28:13 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1-4 | 25% | 0-0 | 0% | 2-4 | 50% | -4 |
| TOTAL | — | 111 | 32 | 4 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 25 | 40-86 | 47% | 19-46 | 41% | 12-18 | 67% | — |
Thomas Bryant —
Luke Travers —
Nae'Qwan Tomlin —
| NYK | MIN | PTS | REB | OREB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | FG | FG% | 3PT | 3P% | FT | FT% | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Landry Shamet | 13:49 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2-4 | 50% | 2-3 | 67% | 3-3 | 100% | -5 |
| Karl-Anthony Towns | 30:60 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5-12 | 42% | 1-4 | 25% | 8-9 | 89% | +2 |
| Trey Jemison III | 7:41 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0% | 0-0 | 0% | 0-0 | 0% | +3 |
| Jordan Clarkson | 13:09 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2-7 | 29% | 0-2 | 0% | 0-0 | 0% | +4 |
| OG Anunoby | 37:30 | 24 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 9-17 | 53% | 4-9 | 44% | 2-4 | 50% | +10 |
| BENCH | ||||||||||||||||
| Jalen Brunson | 34:23 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5-18 | 28% | 1-9 | 11% | 12-13 | 92% | +6 |
| Ariel Hukporti | 17:45 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1-2 | 50% | 0-0 | 0% | 0-0 | 0% | -4 |
| Mikal Bridges | 33:12 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6-11 | 55% | 1-3 | 33% | 3-3 | 100% | +1 |
| Guerschon Yabusele | 12:02 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0-2 | 0% | 0-1 | 0% | 0-0 | 0% | +4 |
| Miles McBride | 25:52 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4-7 | 57% | 4-6 | 67% | 3-4 | 75% | +17 |
| Tyler Kolek | 13:37 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3-6 | 50% | 1-3 | 33% | 0-0 | 0% | +2 |
| TOTAL | — | 119 | 48 | 9 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 23 | 37-86 | 43% | 14-40 | 35% | 31-36 | 86% | — |
Pacôme Dadiet —
Mohamed Diawara —
Shot Chart & Zone Quality
Every shot plotted with zone efficiency vs league average
Team
View
Player
CLE40/86 (47%)
Paint
16/32 (50%)
Mid
9/15 (60%)
3PT
19/46 (41%)
ATB3 42%RA 53%Paint 46%Corner 3 38%Mid 63%
NYK37/86 (43%)
Paint
21/41 (51%)
Mid
6/12 (50%)
3PT
14/41 (34%)
RA 53%ATB3 25%Corner 3 54%Paint 40%Mid 67%
Made
Missed
Hot (+5% vs avg)
Cold (-5% vs avg)
Matchup Breakdown
Matchup Matrix
Defense:
View:
Primary Matchup
Karl-Anthony Towns
defended Evan Mobley
5.4 min • 8 pts • 33%
Best Defender
OG Anunoby
held Donovan Mitchell
4.2 min • 0 pts • 0%
Got Cooked
OG Anunoby
vs Evan Mobley
2.0 min • 6 pts • 100%
| NYK Defense | Craig Porter Jr. | Dean Wade | Donovan Mitchell | Evan Mobley | Jarrett Allen | Jaylon Tyson | Larry Nance Jr. | Lonzo Ball | Sam Merrill | Tyrese Proctor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OG Anunoby | — | 1.7m 2pts 50% | 4.2m 0pts 0% | 2.0m 6pts 100% | — | 1.4m 5pts 100% | 1.9m 4pts 50% | — | 1.6m 1pts 0% | — |
| Jalen Brunson | — | 4.1m 3pts 0% | 1.4m 0pts 0% | 1.2m 4pts 100% | — | 2.0m 6pts 33% | — | 1.0m 0pts 0% | 2.7m 5pts 25% | — |
| Mikal Bridges | — | 1.3m 0pts 0% | 2.9m 3pts 100% | 1.4m 5pts 40% | — | — | 1.2m 0pts 0% | 1.8m 0pts 0% | 2.9m 6pts 100% | — |
| Karl-Anthony Towns | — | — | — | 5.4m 8pts 33% | 4.0m 2pts 25% | — | 1.5m 9pts 100% | — | — | — |
| Miles McBride | 1.1m 2pts 0% | — | 2.0m 0pts 0% | — | — | — | — | 3.2m 6pts 67% | 1.2m 0pts 0% | — |
| Ariel Hukporti | — | — | — | 2.2m 0pts 0% | 3.3m 2pts 100% | — | — | — | — | — |
| Landry Shamet | — | — | 1.4m 3pts 100% | — | — | — | — | 1.1m 3pts 100% | 1.1m 0pts 0% | — |
| Tyler Kolek | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3.4m 0pts 0% |
| Jordan Clarkson | — | — | — | — | — | 1.8m 2pts 50% | — | — | — | 1.4m 0pts 0% |
| Guerschon Yabusele | — | 1.1m 0pts 0% | — | — | 1.2m 0pts 0% | — | — | — | — | — |
| Other | — | 2.7m 7pts 50% | 2.6m 3pts 50% | 2.1m 3pts 50% | 2.9m 7pts 50% | 3.3m 5pts 50% | 3.2m 2pts 33% | — | 1.6m 2pts 50% | — |
Game Flow
Game Flow
Score margin over time — positive = NYK leads, negative = CLE leads
NYK Largest Lead
17
Q2 11:01
CLE Largest Lead
5
Q1 2:32
Key Scoring Runs (8+)
CLE 8-0 run
Q1 1:16 – Q1 2:32
+1 → -5
NYK 9-0 run
Q1 3:23 – Q1 4:54
-3 → +4
NYK 12-0 run
Q1 3:23 – Q1 5:39
-3 → +7
CLE 8-0 run
Q2 5:26 – Q2 6:42
+9 → +3