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FINAL

New York Knicks 121, Cleveland Cavaliers 108 — Recap

May 23, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (playoffs): New York Knicks 121, Cleveland Cavaliers 108. Scoring by quarter: Q1 NYK 37-27 CLE; Q2 NYK 23-27 CLE; Q3 NYK 31-28 CLE; Q4 NYK 30-26 CLE.

Top performers (box score): Jalen Brunson (NYK) 30 points, 3 rebounds, 6 assists on 10-of-19 shooting; Evan Mobley (CLE) 24 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 threes on 10-of-18 shooting; Donovan Mitchell (CLE) 23 points, 1 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 threes on 9-of-21 shooting; Mikal Bridges (NYK) 22 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists on 11-of-15 shooting; OG Anunoby (NYK) 21 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 threes on 6-of-10 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · NYK

Jalen Brunson

30 PTS, 3 REB, 6 AST · 10-19 FG

Scoring · CLE

Evan Mobley

24 PTS, 6 REB, 2 AST, 1 3PM · 10-18 FG

Scoring · CLE

Donovan Mitchell

23 PTS, 1 REB, 4 AST, 3 3PM · 9-21 FG

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

📊 Game Flow

NYK 17 largest lead Q4 5:30 (NYK 110, CLE 93) · 9-0 run, Q2 10:54–Q2 9:41

CLE 0 largest lead Never led · 10-0 run, Q1 4:05–Q1 2:44

Swings 0 lead changes Tied 2 times

Ahead for good: Jalen Brunson makes running layup (Q2 4:04, NYK 52, CLE 50).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
NYK	37	23	31	30		121
CLE	27	27	28	26		108

🧮 How They Scored

NYKCLE

42Points in the paint50

17Fast-break points4

10Second-chance points14

19Points off turnovers19

23Bench points25

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

63.0%Effective FG%57.1%

13.6%Turnover %15.5%

24.2%Offensive rebound %23.7%

0.351Free-throw rate0.226

Box Score

New York Knicks

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jalen Brunson G	41	30	3	6	1	0	4	10-19	0-4	10-12	+15
Mikal Bridges F	39	22	6	2	3	2	2	11-15	0-1	0-0	+19
Karl-Anthony Towns C	36	13	8	7	3	1	0	4-9	1-3	4-4	+23
Josh Hart G	35	12	9	5	4	0	4	5-12	2-7	0-0	+3
OG Anunoby F	31	21	7	4	0	0	1	6-10	3-4	6-6	+11
Landry Shamet G	28	14	1	3	0	0	2	4-5	4-5	2-3	+5
Miles McBride G	14	5	0	0	0	1	0	1-3	1-2	2-2	+1
Mitchell Robinson C	9	2	3	0	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	-4
Jose Alvarado G	4	2	0	0	0	0	1	1-3	0-2	0-0	-3
Jordan Clarkson G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-5

Cleveland Cavaliers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
James Harden G	41	19	5	5	1	0	6	8-15	1-7	2-3	-8
Donovan Mitchell G	38	23	1	4	3	0	5	9-21	3-10	2-6	-22
Evan Mobley F-C	36	24	6	2	0	1	5	10-18	1-6	3-4	-21
Jarrett Allen C	36	17	7	0	0	0	0	7-9	0-0	3-4	-14
Max Strus G	31	13	7	6	1	0	0	4-12	4-11	1-1	-3
Sam Merrill G	23	6	3	1	1	0	0	2-5	2-4	0-0	-1
Dean Wade F	17	0	2	1	1	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-1
Jaylon Tyson G-F	9	3	3	1	0	0	1	1-2	0-1	1-1	+3
Dennis Schroder G	9	3	0	2	0	0	0	1-1	1-1	0-0	+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	Starter	41	30	61.8	30.9	+17.6	12.4
Mikal Bridges	Starter	39	22	73.3	19.1	+21.9	15.9
OG Anunoby	Starter	31	21	83.1	19.4	+16.4	18.3
Karl-Anthony Towns	Starter	36	13	60.4	13.9	+30.1	12.8
Josh Hart	Starter	35	12	50.0	20.8	+7.3	12.1
Landry Shamet	Bench	28	14	110.8	13.3	+15.9	9.6
Miles McBride	Bench	14	5	64.4	14.3	+18.1	2.8
Mitchell Robinson	Bench	09	2	100.0	4.8	-21.1	5.0
Jose Alvarado	Bench	04	2	33.3	50.0	-37.5	-17.4
Jordan Clarkson	Bench	03	0	0.0	0.0	-106.7	0.0
Jeremy Sochan	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Pacome Dadiet	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Tyler Kolek	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	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

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Evan Mobley	Starter	36	24	60.7	31.6	-30.5	11.4
Donovan Mitchell	Starter	38	23	48.6	33.7	-28.2	3.8
James Harden	Starter	41	19	58.2	22.9	-10.9	7.7
Jarrett Allen	Starter	36	17	79.0	13.4	-20.9	11.0
Dean Wade	Starter	17	0	0.0	2.5	-6.3	2.5
Max Strus	Bench	31	13	52.3	16.2	-10.2	9.2
Sam Merrill	Bench	23	6	60.0	8.6	-4.5	4.3
Dennis Schroder	Bench	09	3	150.0	5.0	+4.6	12.5
Jaylon Tyson	Bench	09	3	61.5	15.0	+23.5	11.4
Thomas Bryant	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Larry Nance Jr.	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Keon Ellis	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Craig Porter	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Nae'Qwan Tomlin	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Tyrese Proctor	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

⚔️ Season Series & What's Next

2025-26 season series NYK 5 – 1 CLE

Last 28 meetings · since 2020-21 NYK 16 – 12 CLE

Previous meetingsOpen the recap

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