New York Knicks 105, Cleveland Cavaliers 124 — Recap

April 2, 2025 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): New York Knicks 105, Cleveland Cavaliers 124. Scoring by quarter: Q1 NYK 34-28 CLE; Q2 NYK 26-25 CLE; Q3 NYK 25-38 CLE; Q4 NYK 20-33 CLE.

Top performers (box score): Donovan Mitchell (CLE) 27 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 threes on 10-of-18 shooting; Karl-Anthony Towns (NYK) 25 points, 13 rebounds, 1 assists, 1 threes on 9-of-16 shooting; OG Anunoby (NYK) 23 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists, 5 threes on 9-of-17 shooting; Jarrett Allen (CLE) 21 points, 8 rebounds, null assists on 10-of-11 shooting; Josh Hart (NYK) 19 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 threes on 8-of-19 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · CLE

Donovan Mitchell

27 PTS, 6 REB, 5 AST, 3 3PM · 10-18 FG

Scoring · NYK

Karl-Anthony Towns

25 PTS, 13 REB, 1 AST, 1 3PM · 9-16 FG

Scoring · NYK

OG Anunoby

23 PTS, 6 REB, 6 AST, 5 3PM · 9-17 FG

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	34	26	25	20		105
CLE	28	25	38	33		124

🧮 How They Scored

NYKCLE

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

52.5%Effective FG%59.9%

12.9%Turnover %11.8%

30.0%Offensive rebound %39.5%

0.212Free-throw rate0.154

Box Score

New York Knicks

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Josh Hart G	37	19	5	4	2	—	3	8-19	3-9	—	-14
Mikal Bridges F	36	8	2	3	1	—	2	3-6	0-1	2-2	-18
Karl-Anthony Towns C	34	25	13	1	—	—	7	9-16	1-3	6-7	-9
OG Anunoby F	34	23	6	6	—	—	1	9-17	5-8	—	-14
Landry Shamet G	26	5	2	—	—	—	—	2-7	1-5	—	-11
Precious Achiuwa F	21	13	6	1	1	2	—	5-9	—	3-4	-10
Tyler Kolek G	15	1	—	3	1	—	—	0-4	0-3	1-2	-4
MarJon Beauchamp F	2	4	1	—	—	—	—	1-2	0-1	2-2	—

Cleveland Cavaliers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jarrett Allen C	32	21	8	—	1	1	2	10-11	—	1-2	+10
Darius Garland G	32	17	4	6	1	—	1	8-15	1-4	—	+10
Donovan Mitchell G	30	27	6	5	1	3	2	10-18	3-7	4-4	+20
Evan Mobley F-C	30	13	4	4	1	1	2	4-11	1-4	4-4	+20
De'Andre Hunter F	26	16	2	—	1	—	—	6-11	2-5	2-2	+18
Isaac Okoro F-G	23	11	6	2	2	—	1	5-10	1-6	—	+13
Max Strus G	23	8	5	2	—	—	3	3-5	2-4	—	+1
Sam Merrill G	23	5	4	3	—	—	1	2-4	1-3	—	+8
Craig Porter G	6	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1-2	-3
Javonte Green G-F	5	—	—	—	1	—	—	0-3	0-2	—	-2
Nae'Qwan Tomlin F	2	2	3	—	—	—	—	1-3	—	—	—
Jaylon Tyson G-F	2	—	1	1	—	—	1	—	—	—	—
Luke Travers F	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Karl-Anthony Towns	Bench	34	25	65.5	31.3	-11.1	12.1
OG Anunoby	Bench	34	23	67.6	22.2	-16.8	14.3
Josh Hart	Bench	37	19	50.0	25.6	-17.6	8.7
Precious Achiuwa	Bench	21	13	60.4	20.8	-15.8	19.1
Mikal Bridges	Bench	36	8	58.1	11.1	-22.5	3.6
Landry Shamet	Bench	26	5	35.7	11.5	-16.7	0.6
MarJon Beauchamp	Bench	2	4	69.4	42.9	+14.3	38.9
Tyler Kolek	Bench	15	1	10.2	13.5	-9.4	-2.4
Mitchell Robinson	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	30	27	68.3	30.6	+27.1	20.8
Jarrett Allen	Bench	32	21	88.4	18.9	+13.8	16.0
Darius Garland	Bench	32	17	56.7	21.6	+13.8	11.3
De'Andre Hunter	Bench	26	16	67.3	19.0	+26.1	12.5
Evan Mobley	Bench	30	13	50.9	20.8	+27.1	6.9
Isaac Okoro	Bench	23	11	55.0	18.6	+23.2	15.6
Max Strus	Bench	23	8	80.0	14.5	+4.7	9.3
Sam Merrill	Bench	23	5	62.5	8.9	+9.9	8.2
Nae'Qwan Tomlin	Bench	2	2	33.3	33.3	-14.3	11.1
Craig Porter	Bench	6	1	56.8	5.3	-27.1	0.0
Javonte Green	Bench	5	—	0.0	23.1	-18.2	-15.4
Jaylon Tyson	Bench	2	—	0.0	11.1	-14.3	11.1
Luke Travers	Bench	2	—	0.0	0.0	-14.3	-11.1