Cleveland Cavaliers @ New York Knicks — May 22, 2026

NBA·Eastern conference finals Madison Square Garden, New York City·May 22, 2026
Cleveland Cavaliers CLE 60-38, 27-23 Away
93
Final
109
New York Knicks NYK 63-31, 36-11 Home
1 2 3 4 T
CLE 27 22 21 23 93
NYK 24 29 32 24 109
Leaders
Points
D.
D. Mitchell G CLE
26 PTS
J.
J. Hart G NYK
26 PTS
Rebounds
J.
J. Allen C CLE
10 REB
K.
K. Towns F NYK
13 REB
Assists
D.
D. Wade FC CLE
3 AST
J.
J. Brunson G NYK
14 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
38.8% Field Goals 51.8%
25.7% 3-Point FG 36.1%
68.8% Free Throws 57.1%
42 Rebounds 40
13 OFF 5
29 DEF 35
15 Assists 32
4 Steals 5
5 Blocks 5
8 Turnovers 6
20 Fouls 22
6 Biggest Lead 19
10:15 Time in Lead 32:22
10 Max Pts in Row 18
Four Factors
44.4% eFG% 59.4%
7.8% TOV% 6.2%
27.1% ORB% 14.7%
27.5% FT Rate 9.4%
Play-by-Play
Q4 23 - 24 93 - 109
2PT N. Tomlin
93 - 109 0:43
91 - 109 1:21
J. Brunson 2PT
91 - 107 1:43
M. Bridges 2PT
FT J. Harden
91 - 105 2:15
2PT J. Harden
90 - 105 2:15
FT D. Mitchell
88 - 105 2:46
FT D. Mitchell
87 - 105 2:46
86 - 105 2:55
J. Brunson FT
86 - 104 2:55
J. Brunson FT
86 - 103 3:18
J. Brunson 2PT
86 - 101 4:02
J. Brunson FT
86 - 100 4:02
J. Brunson FT
FT D. Mitchell
86 - 99 4:16
85 - 99 4:47
J. Hart 2PT
85 - 97 5:25
J. Brunson 2PT
3PT J. Harden
85 - 95 5:52
82 - 95 6:12
M. Bridges 3PT
2PT D. Schröder
82 - 92 6:34
80 - 92 6:52
O. Anunoby 2PT
80 - 90 7:27
M. Bridges 2PT
2PT D. Mitchell
80 - 88 7:51
78 - 88 8:39
O. Anunoby 3PT
2PT J. Tyson
78 - 85 8:59
FT J. Tyson
76 - 85 9:19
FT J. Tyson
75 - 85 9:19
FT S. Merrill
74 - 85 10:03
FT D. Mitchell
73 - 85 11:23
FT D. Mitchell
72 - 85 11:23
FT D. Mitchell
71 - 85 11:23
Q3 21 - 32 70 - 85
2PT D. Mitchell
70 - 85 0:17
68 - 85 0:34
J. Clarkson 2PT
FT S. Merrill
68 - 83 0:48
67 - 83 1:00
M. Robinson 2PT
FT M. Strus
67 - 81 1:22
FT M. Strus
66 - 81 1:22
65 - 81 1:28
J. Clarkson 2PT
2PT D. Mitchell
65 - 79 1:40
63 - 79 1:47
K. Towns 3PT
3PT D. Mitchell
63 - 76 2:17
2PT D. Mitchell
60 - 76 2:53
58 - 76 3:08
K. Towns 2PT
58 - 74 3:57
J. Hart 3PT
2PT J. Allen
58 - 71 4:33
3PT M. Strus
56 - 71 5:05
53 - 71 5:35
J. Hart 3PT
53 - 68 5:46
J. Hart FT
53 - 67 6:46
J. Hart 3PT
53 - 64 7:23
J. Brunson 2PT
53 - 62 8:28
M. Bridges 2PT
53 - 60 8:53
J. Brunson 2PT
53 - 58 9:49
J. Hart 2PT
53 - 56 10:09
J. Brunson 3PT
2PT D. Mitchell
53 - 53 10:37
2PT J. Allen
51 - 53 11:43
Q2 22 - 29 49 - 53
2PT J. Allen
49 - 53 0:12
47 - 53 0:31
J. Hart 3PT
2PT J. Harden
47 - 50 1:07
45 - 50 1:31
O. Anunoby 3PT
45 - 47 1:59
J. Hart 2PT
3PT J. Harden
45 - 45 2:22
FT D. Mitchell
42 - 45 2:56
FT D. Mitchell
41 - 45 2:56
40 - 45 3:27
J. Hart 3PT
40 - 42 4:00
O. Anunoby FT
40 - 41 4:00
O. Anunoby FT
FT E. Mobley
40 - 40 4:18
FT E. Mobley
39 - 40 4:18
FT J. Harden
38 - 40 4:59
FT J. Harden
37 - 40 4:59
36 - 40 5:10
O. Anunoby 2PT
36 - 38 5:36
M. Robinson 2PT
2PT J. Harden
36 - 36 5:59
34 - 36 6:16
M. Bridges 2PT
FT J. Allen
34 - 34 6:30
33 - 34 7:27
M. Bridges 2PT
33 - 32 7:52
K. Towns FT
2PT D. Schröder
33 - 31 9:04
31 - 31 10:20
K. Towns 2PT
2PT E. Mobley
31 - 29 10:40
29 - 29 10:54
K. Towns 3PT
2PT D. Mitchell
29 - 26 11:09
27 - 26 11:21
M. McBride 2PT
Q1 27 - 24 27 - 24
3PT D. Mitchell
27 - 24 0:01
2PT S. Merrill
24 - 24 1:10
22 - 24 2:09
M. McBride 3PT
2PT E. Mobley
22 - 21 2:45
20 - 21 3:08
M. Bridges 2PT
20 - 19 3:40
K. Towns 2PT
20 - 17 4:06
K. Towns 2PT
3PT D. Wade
20 - 15 4:26
17 - 15 5:00
M. Bridges 2PT
17 - 13 5:26
J. Hart 2PT
2PT E. Mobley
17 - 11 6:42
FT J. Allen
15 - 11 7:16
FT J. Allen
14 - 11 7:16
13 - 11 7:48
O. Anunoby 2PT
13 - 9 8:12
M. Bridges 2PT
3PT J. Harden
13 - 7 8:40
2PT J. Allen
10 - 7 9:11
8 - 7 9:22
J. Hart 2PT
3PT E. Mobley
8 - 5 9:44
2PT J. Allen
5 - 5 10:24
3PT E. Mobley
3 - 5 11:04
0 - 5 11:25
K. Towns 3PT
0 - 2 11:43
J. Brunson 2PT
Score Lines
Lead Tracker
Lead Changes: 4 Biggest Lead: NYK +19 Times Tied: 9
Head-to-Head
Knicks leads 3-2
Final/OT
CLE Cavaliers
163235180
101
NYK Knicks
232323322
101
Final
CLE Cavaliers
38203828
124
NYK Knicks
23372442
126
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
Madison Square Garden
New York City, US · 19,812 capacity
League
NBA
Season
NBA 25/26
Round
Eastern conference finals
Date
May 22, 2026
Time
12:00 am
Duration
48 min