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FINAL

New York Knicks 130, Cleveland Cavaliers 93 — Recap

May 25, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (playoffs): New York Knicks 130, Cleveland Cavaliers 93. Scoring by quarter: Q1 NYK 38-26 CLE; Q2 NYK 30-23 CLE; Q3 NYK 30-22 CLE; Q4 NYK 32-22 CLE.

Top performers (box score): Donovan Mitchell (CLE) 31 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists, 5 threes on 9-of-18 shooting; Karl-Anthony Towns (NYK) 19 points, 14 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 threes on 8-of-11 shooting; OG Anunoby (NYK) 17 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 threes on 6-of-13 shooting; Landry Shamet (NYK) 16 points, 0 rebounds, 2 assists, 4 threes on 5-of-6 shooting; Evan Mobley (CLE) 15 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 threes on 7-of-15 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · CLE

Donovan Mitchell

31 PTS, 4 REB, 1 AST, 5 3PM · 9-18 FG

Scoring · NYK

Karl-Anthony Towns

19 PTS, 14 REB, 3 AST, 3 3PM · 8-11 FG

Scoring · NYK

OG Anunoby

17 PTS, 7 REB, 4 AST, 1 3PM · 6-13 FG

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

📊 Game Flow

NYK 45 largest lead Q4 4:03 (NYK 123, CLE 78) · 20-0 run, Q1 1:59–Q2 9:20

CLE 6 largest lead Q1 10:22 (NYK 2, CLE 8) · 7-0 run, Q2 5:43–Q2 4:25

Swings 5 lead changes Tied 2 times

Ahead for good: Karl-Anthony Towns makes 25-foot three point jumper (OG Anunoby assists) (Q1 5:24, NYK 19, CLE 17).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
NYK	38	30	30	32		130
CLE	26	23	22	22		93

🧮 How They Scored

NYKCLE

50Points in the paint36

33Fast-break points9

32Second-chance points5

34Points off turnovers18

58Bench points24

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

58.7%Effective FG%48.7%

10.9%Turnover %20.2%

42.6%Offensive rebound %13.0%

0.204Free-throw rate0.286

Box Score

New York Knicks

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jalen Brunson G	31	15	2	5	0	0	0	6-14	2-5	1-2	+16
Mikal Bridges F	30	15	3	5	0	0	2	4-16	1-8	6-6	+10
OG Anunoby F	27	17	7	4	2	0	1	6-13	1-5	4-4	+14
Karl-Anthony Towns C	26	19	14	3	2	2	2	8-11	3-3	0-0	+25
Josh Hart G	23	6	11	6	2	0	2	2-5	1-3	1-2	+20
Landry Shamet G	19	16	0	2	1	0	0	5-6	4-4	2-2	+28
Mitchell Robinson C	18	8	10	0	1	0	2	4-6	0-0	0-2	+14
Miles McBride G	17	11	2	2	3	0	0	4-6	3-5	0-0	+25
Jose Alvarado G	10	4	0	2	2	0	2	2-3	0-1	0-0	+21
Tyler Kolek G	8	8	1	1	0	0	0	3-7	2-3	0-0	+2
Jordan Clarkson G	8	3	1	0	0	0	1	1-6	1-4	0-0	+4
Ariel Hukporti C	8	2	5	1	1	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	+2
Mohamed Diawara F	8	0	3	2	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	+2
Pacome Dadiet F	7	6	1	0	1	0	0	2-4	1-2	1-2	+2

Cleveland Cavaliers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Evan Mobley F-C	33	15	7	4	1	0	3	7-15	1-4	0-1	-30
James Harden G	33	12	4	2	1	1	5	2-8	0-6	8-9	-19
Donovan Mitchell G	31	31	4	1	1	0	4	9-18	5-9	8-10	-23
Jarrett Allen C	25	6	3	1	2	2	1	3-5	0-0	0-0	-22
Max Strus G	22	5	2	2	0	0	2	2-6	1-4	0-0	-9
Sam Merrill G	18	5	1	1	0	0	1	2-4	1-2	0-0	-13
Keon Ellis G	16	5	2	1	1	0	0	1-3	1-3	2-2	-20
Jaylon Tyson G-F	16	2	3	2	1	0	2	1-6	0-4	0-0	-21
Dean Wade F	12	0	1	1	2	1	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-14
Thomas Bryant C	9	10	3	0	0	0	0	4-7	2-5	0-0	-4
Craig Porter G	9	0	1	3	0	0	3	0-0	0-0	0-0	-4
Tyrese Proctor G	9	0	1	2	0	0	1	0-2	0-2	0-0	-4
Nae'Qwan Tomlin F	7	2	1	1	0	0	0	1-2	0-0	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
Karl-Anthony Towns	Starter	26	19	86.4	19.4	+44.6	25.0
OG Anunoby	Starter	27	17	57.6	22.5	+21.8	14.7
Mikal Bridges	Starter	30	15	40.2	27.3	+15.6	5.8
Jalen Brunson	Starter	31	15	50.4	18.8	+24.6	9.7
Josh Hart	Starter	23	6	51.0	12.5	+38.5	13.0
Landry Shamet	Bench	19	16	116.3	14.0	+67.9	21.0
Miles McBride	Bench	17	11	91.7	14.6	+80.8	19.9
Mitchell Robinson	Bench	18	8	58.1	20.0	+36.8	13.7
Tyler Kolek	Bench	08	8	57.1	31.8	+17.3	16.2
Pacome Dadiet	Bench	07	6	61.5	27.8	+20.4	12.5
Jose Alvarado	Bench	10	4	66.7	18.5	+95.5	10.1
Jordan Clarkson	Bench	08	3	25.0	30.4	+27.2	-10.0
Ariel Hukporti	Bench	08	2	100.0	4.5	+17.3	20.6
Jeremy Sochan	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Mohamed Diawara	Bench	08	0	0.0	4.5	+17.3	8.8

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Donovan Mitchell	Starter	31	31	69.2	36.1	-30.3	14.3
Evan Mobley	Starter	33	15	48.6	23.1	-36.3	8.4
James Harden	Starter	33	12	50.2	23.0	-25.4	4.1
Jarrett Allen	Starter	25	6	60.0	10.3	-39.3	8.8
Max Strus	Starter	22	5	41.7	16.3	-21.7	0.0
Thomas Bryant	Bench	09	10	71.4	35.0	-27.2	28.6
Sam Merrill	Bench	18	5	62.5	12.2	-38.7	0.7
Keon Ellis	Bench	16	5	64.4	11.4	-58.8	8.8
Jaylon Tyson	Bench	16	2	16.7	21.6	-68.1	-2.3
Nae'Qwan Tomlin	Bench	07	2	50.0	11.8	-20.4	4.2
Larry Nance Jr.	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Dean Wade	Bench	12	0	0.0	3.4	-56.0	5.7
Craig Porter	Bench	09	0	0.0	15.0	-27.2	0.0
Tyrese Proctor	Bench	09	0	0.0	15.0	-27.2	-2.9

⚔️ Season Series & What's Next

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