Cleveland Cavaliers @ New York Knicks — Dec 25, 2025

NBA Madison Square Garden, New York City·December 25, 2025
Cleveland Cavaliers CLE 17-15, 6-7 Away
124
Final
126
New York Knicks NYK 21-9, 15-2 Home
1 2 3 4 T
CLE 38 20 38 28 124
NYK 23 37 24 42 126
Leaders
Points
D.
D. Mitchell G CLE
34 PTS
J.
J. Brunson G NYK
34 PTS
Rebounds
E.
E. Mobley F CLE
9 REB
K.
K. Towns F NYK
14 REB
Assists
D.
D. Garland G CLE
10 AST
T.
T. Kolek G NYK
9 AST
Box Scores
Cavaliers
Knicks
MIN — Minutes · PTS — Points · FG — Field Goals · 3PT — 3-Point Field Goals · FT — Free Throws · REB — Rebounds · AST — Assists · STL — Steals · BLK — Blocks · TO — Turnovers · PF — Personal Fouls · +/- — Plus-Minus
Team Statistics
Cavaliers
Knicks
52.3% Field Goals 46.8%
44.1% 3-Point FG 47.7%
82.6% Free Throws 77.3%
45 Rebounds 43
9 OFF 12
36 DEF 31
30 Assists 28
7 Steals 9
0 Blocks 4
14 Turnovers 13
22 Fouls 17
17 Biggest Lead 6
35:25 Time in Lead 8:19
13 Max Pts in Row 18
Four Factors
61% eFG% 58%
12.7% TOV% 11.1%
22.5% ORB% 25%
22.1% FT Rate 18.1%
Play-by-Play
Q4 28 - 42 124 - 126
124 - 126 0:02
K. Towns FT
3PT D. Mitchell
124 - 125 0:03
121 - 125 0:13
O. Anunoby 2PT
2PT D. Mitchell
121 - 123 0:22
119 - 123 0:28
K. Towns 2PT
119 - 121 1:05
J. Brunson 3PT
2PT D. Garland
119 - 118 1:14
117 - 118 1:29
M. Bridges 2PT
117 - 116 2:27
T. Kolek 3PT
2PT E. Mobley
117 - 113 2:36
FT D. Mitchell
115 - 113 3:07
FT D. Mitchell
114 - 113 3:07
113 - 113 3:48
J. Brunson 3PT
2PT D. Mitchell
113 - 110 3:59
111 - 110 4:09
J. Brunson 2PT
111 - 108 4:31
T. Kolek 2PT
111 - 106 5:10
J. Clarkson 3PT
2PT D. Mitchell
111 - 103 5:29
109 - 103 5:54
T. Kolek 3PT
109 - 100 6:37
J. Brunson 3PT
2PT J. Allen
109 - 97 7:03
107 - 97 7:15
J. Brunson FT
107 - 96 7:15
J. Brunson FT
107 - 95 7:43
J. Hart FT
107 - 94 7:43
J. Hart FT
107 - 93 8:00
J. Hart 2PT
2PT J. Tyson
107 - 91 8:11
FT E. Mobley
105 - 91 8:34
FT E. Mobley
104 - 91 8:34
103 - 91 9:26
T. Kolek 3PT
103 - 88 10:08
J. Clarkson 2PT
FT D. Mitchell
103 - 86 10:26
FT D. Mitchell
102 - 86 10:26
FT D. Mitchell
101 - 86 10:44
FT D. Mitchell
100 - 86 10:44
99 - 86 10:55
J. Clarkson 2PT
3PT D. Wade
99 - 84 11:33
Q3 38 - 24 96 - 84
2PT D. Hunter
96 - 84 0:11
94 - 84 0:34
J. Clarkson 2PT
94 - 82 1:01
T. Kolek FT
94 - 81 1:01
T. Kolek FT
2PT J. Tyson
94 - 80 1:18
92 - 80 1:27
J. Brunson FT
92 - 79 1:27
J. Brunson FT
3PT J. Tyson
92 - 78 1:45
89 - 78 2:50
T. Kolek 3PT
3PT D. Mitchell
89 - 75 3:07
86 - 75 3:15
J. Brunson FT
86 - 74 3:15
J. Brunson FT
2PT J. Tyson
86 - 73 3:30
2PT J. Tyson
84 - 73 4:19
2PT J. Tyson
82 - 73 4:44
80 - 73 5:10
J. Clarkson FT
80 - 72 5:10
J. Clarkson FT
2PT D. Garland
80 - 71 5:19
2PT J. Allen
78 - 71 5:46
2PT S. Merrill
76 - 71 6:13
FT D. Wade
74 - 71 6:52
2PT D. Wade
73 - 71 6:52
71 - 71 7:34
J. Hart 3PT
71 - 68 8:07
K. Towns 2PT
2PT S. Merrill
71 - 66 8:30
FT S. Merrill
69 - 66 8:32
68 - 66 8:45
M. Bridges 3PT
2PT D. Mitchell
68 - 63 9:41
3PT S. Merrill
66 - 63 10:07
3PT D. Garland
63 - 63 10:48
60 - 63 11:00
J. Brunson 3PT
2PT D. Mitchell
60 - 60 11:41
Q2 20 - 37 58 - 60
58 - 60 0:33
J. Hart 3PT
2PT E. Mobley
58 - 57 0:37
2PT E. Mobley
56 - 57 1:41
54 - 57 1:53
J. Brunson FT
54 - 56 1:53
J. Brunson 3PT
2PT E. Mobley
54 - 53 2:16
2PT E. Mobley
52 - 53 2:55
3PT D. Garland
50 - 53 4:11
47 - 53 4:23
J. Clarkson 3PT
FT D. Garland
47 - 50 4:51
46 - 50 5:04
J. Hart 2PT
46 - 48 5:04
J. Hart FT
3PT D. Hunter
46 - 47 5:22
FT D. Hunter
43 - 47 5:49
FT D. Hunter
42 - 47 5:49
41 - 47 5:59
K. Towns 2PT
41 - 45 6:29
K. Towns 2PT
41 - 43 6:55
M. Bridges 2PT
41 - 41 7:16
M. Bridges 3PT
41 - 38 8:14
J. Clarkson 2PT
41 - 36 8:32
K. Towns 2PT
41 - 34 9:00
O. Anunoby 3PT
41 - 31 10:21
M. Bridges 2PT
3PT T. Bryant
41 - 29 10:35
38 - 29 11:28
J. Clarkson 3PT
38 - 26 11:43
J. Clarkson 3PT
Q1 38 - 23 38 - 23
3PT D. Hunter
38 - 23 0:03
35 - 23 0:24
J. Brunson 2PT
2PT D. Mitchell
35 - 21 1:02
FT D. Hunter
33 - 21 1:28
FT D. Hunter
32 - 21 1:28
31 - 21 1:36
J. Brunson 2PT
3PT D. Garland
31 - 19 2:02
3PT J. Tyson
28 - 19 2:35
25 - 19 2:49
J. Brunson 2PT
2PT D. Garland
25 - 17 3:04
23 - 17 3:15
M. Diawara 3PT
2PT E. Mobley
23 - 14 3:29
21 - 14 3:38
J. Clarkson 3PT
FT D. Hunter
21 - 11 4:00
20 - 11 4:17
M. Diawara 2PT
20 - 9 4:31
J. Brunson FT
20 - 8 4:31
J. Brunson 3PT
FT D. Garland
20 - 5 4:45
FT D. Garland
19 - 5 4:45
18 - 5 6:12
J. Hart 2PT
2PT D. Mitchell
18 - 3 6:42
3PT S. Merrill
16 - 3 7:12
2PT D. Garland
13 - 3 7:36
3PT D. Mitchell
11 - 3 8:02
3PT D. Mitchell
8 - 3 8:45
5 - 3 8:54
O. Anunoby FT
5 - 2 8:54
O. Anunoby 2PT
2PT J. Allen
5 - 0 9:17
2PT D. Mitchell
3 - 0 10:15
FT J. Allen
1 - 0 10:51
Score Lines
Lead Tracker
Lead Changes: 7 Biggest Lead: CLE +17 Times Tied: 5
Head-to-Head
Cavaliers leads 2-1
Final
CLE Cavaliers
23273724
111
NYK Knicks
33322232
119
Final
CLE Cavaliers
24262830
108
NYK Knicks
39232416
102
Final
CLE Cavaliers
22232936
110
NYK Knicks
18342626
104
Highlights
Cavaliers 124 - 126 Knicks
December 25, 2025
Cavaliers 124 - 126 Knicks
December 25, 2025
Cavaliers 124 - 126 Knicks
December 25, 2025
Cavaliers 124 - 126 Knicks
December 25, 2025
Madison Square Garden
New York City, US · 19,812 capacity
League
NBA
Season
NBA 25/26
Date
December 25, 2025
Time
5:00 pm
Duration
48 min