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Cleveland Cavaliers 93, New York Knicks 109 — Recap

May 21, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (playoffs): Cleveland Cavaliers 93, New York Knicks 109. Scoring by quarter: Q1 CLE 27-24 NYK; Q2 CLE 22-29 NYK; Q3 CLE 21-32 NYK; Q4 CLE 23-24 NYK.

Top performers (box score): Josh Hart (NYK) 26 points, 4 rebounds, 7 assists, 5 threes on 10-of-21 shooting; Donovan Mitchell (CLE) 26 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists, 2 threes on 8-of-18 shooting; Mikal Bridges (NYK) 19 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 threes on 9-of-12 shooting; Jalen Brunson (NYK) 19 points, 3 rebounds, 14 assists, 1 threes on 7-of-16 shooting; Karl-Anthony Towns (NYK) 18 points, 13 rebounds, 1 assists, 3 threes on 7-of-12 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · CLE

Donovan Mitchell

26 PTS, 4 REB, 1 AST, 2 3PM · 8-18 FG

Scoring · NYK

Josh Hart

26 PTS, 4 REB, 7 AST, 5 3PM · 10-21 FG

Scoring · NYK

Mikal Bridges

19 PTS, 3 REB, 3 AST, 1 3PM · 9-12 FG

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

📊 Game Flow

CLE 6 largest lead Q1 8:40 (CLE 13, NYK 7) · 10-0 run, Q3 0:16–Q4 8:59

NYK 19 largest lead Q4 2:55 (CLE 86, NYK 105) · 14-0 run, Q3 10:09–Q3 6:46

Swings 6 lead changes Tied 9 times

Ahead for good: Jalen Brunson makes 27-foot three pointer (Josh Hart assists) (Q3 10:09, CLE 53, NYK 56).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
CLE	27	22	21	23		93
NYK	24	29	32	24		109

🧮 How They Scored

CLENYK

40Points in the paint58

8Fast-break points13

17Second-chance points12

11Points off turnovers13

19Bench points13

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

44.4%Effective FG%59.4%

7.8%Turnover %6.2%

27.1%Offensive rebound %14.7%

0.400Free-throw rate0.165

Box Score

Cleveland Cavaliers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Donovan Mitchell G	39	26	4	1	0	1	1	8-18	2-7	8-9	-8
Evan Mobley F-C	37	14	6	3	0	2	1	5-8	2-3	2-4	-5
James Harden G	32	18	6	2	2	0	0	6-15	3-7	3-3	-22
Jarrett Allen C	29	13	10	0	1	2	0	5-10	0-0	3-6	-20
Max Strus G	26	5	4	3	1	0	3	1-7	1-4	2-2	-17
Sam Merrill G	23	4	0	0	0	0	1	1-8	0-7	2-4	-8
Dean Wade F	21	3	3	3	0	0	2	1-3	1-3	0-0	-10
Dennis Schroder G	18	4	4	3	0	0	0	2-5	0-1	0-2	0
Jaylon Tyson G-F	10	4	3	0	0	0	0	1-4	0-3	2-2	0
Nae'Qwan Tomlin F	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	+2
Thomas Bryant C	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	+2
Keon Ellis G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+2
Craig Porter G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+2
Tyrese Proctor G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+2

New York Knicks

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Mikal Bridges F	40	19	3	3	1	0	0	9-12	1-1	0-0	+20
Jalen Brunson G	40	19	3	14	0	0	3	7-16	1-7	4-4	+18
Karl-Anthony Towns C	36	18	13	1	0	0	0	7-12	3-5	1-2	+18
Josh Hart G	33	26	4	7	2	0	1	10-21	5-11	1-2	+18
OG Anunoby F	32	14	4	3	1	3	0	5-8	2-4	2-2	+22
Landry Shamet G	15	0	4	0	1	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	-5
Miles McBride G	14	5	4	3	0	0	0	2-9	1-6	0-0	-3
Mitchell Robinson C	13	4	4	0	0	1	1	2-2	0-0	0-4	-1
Jose Alvarado G	8	0	1	1	0	1	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-2
Jordan Clarkson G	7	4	0	0	0	0	1	2-2	0-0	0-0	-1
Pacome Dadiet F	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-2
Tyler Kolek G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-2

🔬 Advanced Stats

Cleveland CavaliersTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Donovan Mitchell	Starter	39	26	59.2	27.4	-11.0	10.7
James Harden	Starter	32	18	55.1	22.5	-33.9	12.8
Evan Mobley	Starter	37	14	71.7	13.8	-7.1	13.8
Jarrett Allen	Starter	29	13	51.4	20.3	-32.2	11.2
Dean Wade	Starter	21	3	50.0	10.4	-22.7	3.2
Max Strus	Bench	26	5	31.7	19.6	-36.8	-2.8
Dennis Schroder	Bench	18	4	34.0	15.4	0.0	8.1
Sam Merrill	Bench	23	4	20.5	20.4	-23.5	-9.7
Jaylon Tyson	Bench	10	4	41.0	21.7	0.0	10.4
Nae'Qwan Tomlin	Bench	01	2	100.0	33.3	+100.0	500.0
Thomas Bryant	Bench	01	0	0.0	33.3	+100.0	0.0
Larry Nance Jr.	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Keon Ellis	Bench	01	0	0.0	0.0	+100.0	0.0
Craig Porter	Bench	01	0	0.0	0.0	+100.0	0.0
Tyrese Proctor	Bench	01	0	0.0	0.0	+100.0	0.0

New York KnicksTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Josh Hart	Starter	33	26	59.4	31.9	+27.4	16.5
Mikal Bridges	Starter	40	19	79.2	14.0	+29.6	15.1
Jalen Brunson	Starter	40	19	53.5	24.1	+24.0	14.4
Karl-Anthony Towns	Starter	36	18	69.9	16.7	+28.4	16.5
OG Anunoby	Starter	32	14	78.8	13.2	+35.5	13.3
Miles McBride	Bench	14	5	27.8	26.5	-11.5	3.8
Jordan Clarkson	Bench	07	4	100.0	21.4	+11.8	3.3
Mitchell Robinson	Bench	13	4	53.2	18.5	0.0	6.0
Landry Shamet	Bench	15	0	0.0	2.9	-17.2	0.0
Jose Alvarado	Bench	08	0	0.0	6.3	-8.6	12.5
Jeremy Sochan	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Pacome Dadiet	Bench	01	0	0.0	50.0	-100.0	-200.0
Tyler Kolek	Bench	01	0	0.0	0.0	-100.0	0.0
Ariel Hukporti	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Mohamed Diawara	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

⚔️ Season Series & What's Next

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