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FINAL

Cleveland Cavaliers 115, New York Knicks 107 — Recap

November 11, 2026 · Recap published November 11, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Recap

The Cleveland Cavaliers defeated the New York Knicks 115-107, overcoming a pregame SportsFBI model lean that favored New York at 70 percent. James Harden led the charge for Cleveland with 32 points, shooting 9-of-14 from the field and draining five threes, while adding four assists and two rebounds. Donovan Mitchell contributed 23 points, seven rebounds, and six assists on 8-of-15 shooting to help maintain the offensive momentum established early in the matchup.

Cleveland set the tone immediately in the opening quarter by outscoring New York 33-23. The Knicks fought back in the second period, trimming the deficit by winning the quarter 30-26 to send the game into halftime. Both offenses traded blows evenly in the third quarter, matching each other point-for-point with 23 points apiece, keeping the pressure high as the game entered the final period.

In the fourth quarter, the Cavaliers outpaced the Knicks 33-31 to secure the eight-point victory. Jalen Brunson paced New York with 27 points, five assists, three rebounds, and three threes on 12-of-23 shooting. Karl-Anthony Towns posted a double-double with 21 points, 11 rebounds, and eight assists, and Miles McBride added 19 points with five threes, but the Knicks could not overcome Cleveland's wire-to-wire offensive execution.

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How the Prediction Fared

⚡ Model Missed

SportsFBI's model, locked before tip-off, favored the New York Knicks (70% confidence). It gave a 16% chance of a 20+ point margin; the game was decided by 8 points.

💵 Betting Result FanDuel closing line

Spread · NYK -4.5 CLE covered Won by 8

Total · 221.5 Over 222 combined

Moneyline CLE +166 · NYK -198 NYK favored

Line movementOpening line → close

Spread (NYK) -4.5-4.5 No move

Total 221.5221.5 No move

Moneyline (NYK) -178-198 -20

Standouts

Top Scorer · CLE

James Harden

32 PTS, 2 REB, 4 AST, 5 3PM · 9-14 FG

Scoring · NYK

Jalen Brunson

27 PTS, 3 REB, 5 AST, 3 3PM · 12-23 FG

Scoring · CLE

Donovan Mitchell

23 PTS, 7 REB, 6 AST, 2 3PM · 8-15 FG

Season highs

James Harden · Season-high 32 pointsJarrett Allen · Season-high 14 reboundsKarl-Anthony Towns · Season-high 8 assistsJames Harden · Season-high 5 threes

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

📊 Game Flow

CLE 12 largest lead Q1 1:51 (CLE 30, NYK 18) · 7-0 run, Q3 10:11–Q3 9:10

NYK 2 largest lead Q1 11:41 (CLE 0, NYK 2) · 11-0 run, Q3 8:52–Q3 5:07

Swings 3 lead changes Tied 6 times

Ahead for good: James Harden makes 27-foot three pointer (Q4 4:22, CLE 104, NYK 101).

Clutch timeEvery score of the final five minutes

Q4 3:26 Jalen Brunson makes 3-foot two point shotNYK · CLE 104, NYK 103
Q4 2:59 Evan Mobley makes 6-foot driving floating jump shot (James Harden assists)CLE · CLE 106, NYK 103
Q4 2:18 Jarrett Allen makes free throw 1 of 2CLE · CLE 107, NYK 103
Q4 2:18 Jarrett Allen makes free throw 2 of 2CLE · CLE 108, NYK 103
Q4 1:41 Jarrett Allen makes 1-foot driving dunk (Donovan Mitchell assists)CLE · CLE 110, NYK 103
Q4 1:33 OG Anunoby makes free throw 1 of 2NYK · CLE 110, NYK 104
Q4 1:33 OG Anunoby makes free throw 2 of 2NYK · CLE 110, NYK 105
Q4 0:29 Jarrett Allen makes running dunk (James Harden assists)CLE · CLE 112, NYK 105
Q4 0:29 Jarrett Allen makes free throw 1 of 1CLE · CLE 113, NYK 105
Q4 0:22 Jalen Brunson makes 2-foot two point shotNYK · CLE 113, NYK 107
Q4 0:21 James Harden makes free throw 1 of 2CLE · CLE 114, NYK 107
Q4 0:21 James Harden makes free throw 2 of 2CLE · CLE 115, NYK 107

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
CLE	33	26	23	33		115
NYK	23	30	23	31		107

🧮 How They Scored

CLENYK

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

55.9%Effective FG%57.8%

8.6%Turnover %11.1%

28.9%Offensive rebound %19.4%

0.294Free-throw rate0.133

Box Score

Cleveland Cavaliers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Donovan Mitchell G	36	23	7	6	2	1	4	8-15	2-7	5-5	+15
James Harden G	33	32	2	4	2	0	2	9-14	5-7	9-11	+8
Evan Mobley F-C	33	10	5	3	0	1	0	4-8	0-2	2-4	+5
Jarrett Allen C	33	11	14	3	1	1	0	4-7	0-0	3-3	+9
Peyton Watson G	30	7	5	4	0	4	0	2-12	2-5	1-2	0
Jaylon Tyson G-F	23	3	0	1	0	1	1	1-5	1-5	0-0	+6
Tyrese Proctor G	23	15	3	1	0	0	1	6-12	3-8	0-0	-4
Meleek Thomas G	22	14	4	1	2	0	1	6-11	2-4	0-0	+10
Mario Hezonja F	7	0	0	0	1	1	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	-9

New York Knicks

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jalen Brunson G	35	27	3	5	2	1	2	12-23	3-8	0-0	-20
Karl-Anthony Towns C	34	21	11	8	0	1	2	7-11	2-5	5-5	+3
OG Anunoby F	34	14	6	2	2	1	3	3-9	2-6	6-6	-2
Landry Shamet G	29	12	2	4	0	0	1	5-8	2-4	0-0	+7
Miles McBride G	27	19	2	2	0	0	0	7-13	5-10	0-0	-18
Josh Hart G	26	6	4	3	0	0	0	3-8	0-3	0-0	-3
Mikal Bridges F	17	2	1	2	0	0	2	1-3	0-0	0-0	-2
Andre Drummond C	14	0	4	3	0	1	1	0-2	0-0	0-0	-9
Tyler Kolek G	13	4	1	4	1	0	0	2-3	0-1	0-0	+12
Mohamed Diawara F	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	1-3	0-2	0-0	-8

🎟️ Player Props Results Consensus lines

Player	Prop	Line	Actual	Result
James Harden CLE	Points	15.5	32	Over
	Rebounds	4.5	2	Under
	Assists	5.5	4	Under
	3-pointers	2.5	5	Over
	Reb + Ast	10.5	6	Under
	Pts + Reb + Ast	26.5	38	Over
Jalen Brunson NYK	Points	25.5	27	Over
	Rebounds	3.5	3	Under
	Assists	6.5	5	Under
	3-pointers	2.5	3	Over
	Reb + Ast	9.5	8	Under
	Pts + Reb + Ast	35.5	35	Under
Donovan Mitchell CLE	Points	23.5	23	Under
	Rebounds	4.5	7	Over
	Assists	4.5	6	Over
	3-pointers	2.5	2	Under
	Reb + Ast	9.5	13	Over
	Pts + Reb + Ast	33.5	36	Over
Karl-Anthony Towns NYK	Points	20.5	21	Over
	Rebounds	12.5	11	Under
	Assists	2.5	8	Over
	3-pointers	1.5	2	Over
	Pts + Reb	32.5	32	Under
	Reb + Ast	15.5	19	Over
	Pts + Reb + Ast	35.5	40	Over
Miles McBride NYK	Points	5.5	19	Over
	3-pointers	1.5	5	Over
OG Anunoby NYK	Points	17.5	14	Under
	Rebounds	5.5	6	Over
	Assists	2.5	2	Under
	3-pointers	2.5	2	Under
	Reb + Ast	7.5	8	Over
	Pts + Reb + Ast	24.5	22	Under