Cleveland Cavaliers @ New York Knicks — May 22, 2026

NBA·Eastern conference finals Madison Square Garden, New York City·May 22, 2026
Cleveland Cavaliers CLE 60-38, 27-23 Away
93
Final
109
New York Knicks NYK 63-31, 36-11 Home
1 2 3 4 T
CLE 27 22 21 23 93
NYK 24 29 32 24 109
New York Knicks lead 2-0
Leaders
Points
D.
D. Mitchell G CLE
26 PTS
J.
J. Hart G NYK
26 PTS
Rebounds
J.
J. Allen C CLE
10 REB
K.
K. Towns F NYK
13 REB
Assists
D.
D. Wade FC CLE
3 AST
J.
J. Brunson G NYK
14 AST
Box Scores
Cavaliers
Knicks
MIN — Minutes · PTS — Points · FG — Field Goals · 3PT — 3-Point Field Goals · FT — Free Throws · REB — Rebounds · AST — Assists · STL — Steals · BLK — Blocks · TO — Turnovers · PF — Personal Fouls · +/- — Plus-Minus
Team Statistics
Cavaliers
Knicks
38.8% Field Goals 51.8%
25.7% 3-Point FG 36.1%
68.8% Free Throws 57.1%
42 Rebounds 40
13 OFF 5
29 DEF 35
15 Assists 32
4 Steals 5
5 Blocks 5
8 Turnovers 6
20 Fouls 22
6 Biggest Lead 19
10:15 Time in Lead 32:22
10 Max Pts in Row 18
Four Factors
44.4% eFG% 59.4%
7.8% TOV% 6.2%
27.1% ORB% 14.7%
27.5% FT Rate 9.4%
Play-by-Play
Q4 23 - 24 93 - 109
2PT N. Tomlin
93 - 109 0:43
91 - 109 1:21
J. Brunson 2PT
91 - 107 1:43
M. Bridges 2PT
FT J. Harden
91 - 105 2:15
2PT J. Harden
90 - 105 2:15
FT D. Mitchell
88 - 105 2:46
FT D. Mitchell
87 - 105 2:46
86 - 105 2:55
J. Brunson FT
86 - 104 2:55
J. Brunson FT
86 - 103 3:18
J. Brunson 2PT
86 - 101 4:02
J. Brunson FT
86 - 100 4:02
J. Brunson FT
FT D. Mitchell
86 - 99 4:16
85 - 99 4:47
J. Hart 2PT
85 - 97 5:25
J. Brunson 2PT
3PT J. Harden
85 - 95 5:52
82 - 95 6:12
M. Bridges 3PT
2PT D. Schröder
82 - 92 6:34
80 - 92 6:52
O. Anunoby 2PT
80 - 90 7:27
M. Bridges 2PT
2PT D. Mitchell
80 - 88 7:51
78 - 88 8:39
O. Anunoby 3PT
2PT J. Tyson
78 - 85 8:59
FT J. Tyson
76 - 85 9:19
FT J. Tyson
75 - 85 9:19
FT S. Merrill
74 - 85 10:03
FT D. Mitchell
73 - 85 11:23
FT D. Mitchell
72 - 85 11:23
FT D. Mitchell
71 - 85 11:23
Q3 21 - 32 70 - 85
2PT D. Mitchell
70 - 85 0:17
68 - 85 0:34
J. Clarkson 2PT
FT S. Merrill
68 - 83 0:48
67 - 83 1:00
M. Robinson 2PT
FT M. Strus
67 - 81 1:22
FT M. Strus
66 - 81 1:22
65 - 81 1:28
J. Clarkson 2PT
2PT D. Mitchell
65 - 79 1:40
63 - 79 1:47
K. Towns 3PT
3PT D. Mitchell
63 - 76 2:17
2PT D. Mitchell
60 - 76 2:53
58 - 76 3:08
K. Towns 2PT
58 - 74 3:57
J. Hart 3PT
2PT J. Allen
58 - 71 4:33
3PT M. Strus
56 - 71 5:05
53 - 71 5:35
J. Hart 3PT
53 - 68 5:46
J. Hart FT
53 - 67 6:46
J. Hart 3PT
53 - 64 7:23
J. Brunson 2PT
53 - 62 8:28
M. Bridges 2PT
53 - 60 8:53
J. Brunson 2PT
53 - 58 9:49
J. Hart 2PT
53 - 56 10:09
J. Brunson 3PT
2PT D. Mitchell
53 - 53 10:37
2PT J. Allen
51 - 53 11:43
Q2 22 - 29 49 - 53
2PT J. Allen
49 - 53 0:12
47 - 53 0:31
J. Hart 3PT
2PT J. Harden
47 - 50 1:07
45 - 50 1:31
O. Anunoby 3PT
45 - 47 1:59
J. Hart 2PT
3PT J. Harden
45 - 45 2:22
FT D. Mitchell
42 - 45 2:56
FT D. Mitchell
41 - 45 2:56
40 - 45 3:27
J. Hart 3PT
40 - 42 4:00
O. Anunoby FT
40 - 41 4:00
O. Anunoby FT
FT E. Mobley
40 - 40 4:18
FT E. Mobley
39 - 40 4:18
FT J. Harden
38 - 40 4:59
FT J. Harden
37 - 40 4:59
36 - 40 5:10
O. Anunoby 2PT
36 - 38 5:36
M. Robinson 2PT
2PT J. Harden
36 - 36 5:59
34 - 36 6:16
M. Bridges 2PT
FT J. Allen
34 - 34 6:30
33 - 34 7:27
M. Bridges 2PT
33 - 32 7:52
K. Towns FT
2PT D. Schröder
33 - 31 9:04
31 - 31 10:20
K. Towns 2PT
2PT E. Mobley
31 - 29 10:40
29 - 29 10:54
K. Towns 3PT
2PT D. Mitchell
29 - 26 11:09
27 - 26 11:21
M. McBride 2PT
Q1 27 - 24 27 - 24
3PT D. Mitchell
27 - 24 0:01
2PT S. Merrill
24 - 24 1:10
22 - 24 2:09
M. McBride 3PT
2PT E. Mobley
22 - 21 2:45
20 - 21 3:08
M. Bridges 2PT
20 - 19 3:40
K. Towns 2PT
20 - 17 4:06
K. Towns 2PT
3PT D. Wade
20 - 15 4:26
17 - 15 5:00
M. Bridges 2PT
17 - 13 5:26
J. Hart 2PT
2PT E. Mobley
17 - 11 6:42
FT J. Allen
15 - 11 7:16
FT J. Allen
14 - 11 7:16
13 - 11 7:48
O. Anunoby 2PT
13 - 9 8:12
M. Bridges 2PT
3PT J. Harden
13 - 7 8:40
2PT J. Allen
10 - 7 9:11
8 - 7 9:22
J. Hart 2PT
3PT E. Mobley
8 - 5 9:44
2PT J. Allen
5 - 5 10:24
3PT E. Mobley
3 - 5 11:04
0 - 5 11:25
K. Towns 3PT
0 - 2 11:43
J. Brunson 2PT
Score Lines
Lead Tracker
Lead Changes: 4 Biggest Lead: NYK +19 Times Tied: 9
Head-to-Head
Knicks leads 3-0
Final/OT
CLE Cavaliers
163235183
104
NYK Knicks
2323233214
115
Knicks lead 1-0
Final
CLE Cavaliers
38203828
124
NYK Knicks
23372442
126
Final
CLE Cavaliers
23273724
111
NYK Knicks
33322232
119
Madison Square Garden
New York City, US · 19,812 capacity
League
NBA
Season
NBA 25/26
Round
Eastern conference finals
Date
May 22, 2026
Time
12:00 am
Duration
48 min