New York Knicks 105, Cleveland Cavaliers 142 — Recap

February 21, 2025 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): New York Knicks 105, Cleveland Cavaliers 142. Scoring by quarter: Q1 NYK 29-41 CLE; Q2 NYK 21-36 CLE; Q3 NYK 29-33 CLE; Q4 NYK 26-32 CLE.

Top performers (box score): Donovan Mitchell (CLE) 27 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists, 5 threes on 10-of-15 shooting; Jalen Brunson (NYK) 26 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 threes on 10-of-17 shooting; Karl-Anthony Towns (NYK) 23 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 threes on 10-of-15 shooting; Evan Mobley (CLE) 21 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 threes on 9-of-11 shooting; Ty Jerome (CLE) 19 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 threes on 7-of-11 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · CLE

Donovan Mitchell

27 PTS, 3 REB, 5 AST, 5 3PM · 10-15 FG

Scoring · NYK

Jalen Brunson

26 PTS, 4 REB, 4 AST, 2 3PM · 10-17 FG

Scoring · NYK

Karl-Anthony Towns

23 PTS, 7 REB, 4 AST, 1 3PM · 10-15 FG

Season highs

Max Strus · Season-high 8 assists

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

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
NYK	29	21	29	26		105
CLE	41	36	33	32		142

🧮 How They Scored

NYKCLE

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

55.8%Effective FG%72.0%

16.3%Turnover %12.5%

22.0%Offensive rebound %34.4%

0.156Free-throw rate0.165

Box Score

New York Knicks

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Karl-Anthony Towns C	29	23	7	4	1	1	4	10-15	1-3	2-3	-21
Mikal Bridges F	29	14	1	5	1	—	1	6-13	2-5	—	-22
Jalen Brunson G	28	26	4	4	1	—	3	10-17	2-4	4-4	-17
Precious Achiuwa F	28	7	10	1	—	—	1	3-10	—	1-2	-25
OG Anunoby F	27	5	—	—	1	—	2	2-6	1-3	—	-23
Miles McBride G	21	5	3	—	—	—	1	2-5	1-3	—	-20
Ariel Hukporti C	19	4	2	3	1	1	2	2-2	—	0-2	-16
Landry Shamet G	19	2	2	—	—	—	1	1-2	0-1	—	-15
Pacome Dadiet F	12	7	1	—	2	—	1	3-7	1-3	0-1	-6

Cleveland Cavaliers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Donovan Mitchell G	26	27	3	5	1	1	1	10-15	5-7	2-3	+22
Evan Mobley F-C	25	21	8	4	3	1	2	9-11	1-1	2-2	+23
Darius Garland G	25	9	4	5	1	—	1	2-12	1-6	4-6	+25
Max Strus G	21	5	2	8	1	—	2	2-4	1-3	—	+21
Jarrett Allen C	20	10	3	—	—	—	—	5-6	—	—	+20
Ty Jerome G	19	19	3	2	2	—	1	7-11	3-4	2-3	+15
De'Andre Hunter F	19	16	—	1	—	—	1	6-7	4-4	—	+13
Isaac Okoro F-G	18	6	5	1	—	—	1	3-6	0-2	—	+10
Sam Merrill G	17	5	4	4	3	—	—	2-4	1-3	—	+13
Dean Wade F	15	2	2	2	—	—	1	1-2	0-1	—	+11
Craig Porter G	12	13	6	3	—	—	2	5-6	3-3	—	+6
Nae'Qwan Tomlin F	7	5	3	—	—	—	1	2-4	0-2	1-1	+2
Jaylon Tyson G-F	7	4	—	3	1	—	1	2-3	0-1	—	+2

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jalen Brunson	Bench	28	26	69.3	31.4	-27.9	15.7
Karl-Anthony Towns	Bench	29	23	70.5	29.0	-31.1	14.3
Mikal Bridges	Bench	29	14	53.8	19.2	-36.4	8.2
Precious Achiuwa	Bench	28	7	32.2	17.4	-41.7	4.3
Pacome Dadiet	Bench	12	7	47.0	30.8	-24.0	6.3
OG Anunoby	Bench	27	5	41.7	12.3	-39.0	-0.6
Miles McBride	Bench	21	5	50.0	12.2	-42.0	3.6
Ariel Hukporti	Bench	19	4	69.4	11.1	-33.8	2.4
Landry Shamet	Bench	19	2	50.0	7.1	-37.5	0.9
Tyler Kolek	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Donovan Mitchell	Bench	26	27	82.7	27.9	+40.5	18.2
Evan Mobley	Bench	25	21	88.4	23.3	+41.1	19.8
Ty Jerome	Bench	19	19	77.1	27.7	+35.7	16.3
De'Andre Hunter	Bench	19	16	114.3	16.3	+23.9	11.3
Craig Porter	Bench	12	13	108.3	27.6	+24.0	26.0
Jarrett Allen	Bench	20	10	83.3	13.0	+46.5	13.7
Darius Garland	Bench	25	9	30.7	25.8	+43.0	4.9
Isaac Okoro	Bench	18	6	50.0	16.3	+29.5	8.0
Max Strus	Bench	21	5	62.5	12.2	+44.7	10.9
Sam Merrill	Bench	17	5	62.5	10.0	+43.0	13.7
Nae'Qwan Tomlin	Bench	7	5	56.3	26.3	+6.7	11.7
Jaylon Tyson	Bench	7	4	66.7	21.1	+6.7	20.0
Dean Wade	Bench	15	2	50.0	8.3	+42.0	2.4