Cleveland Cavaliers @ New York Knicks — May 20, 2026

NBA·Eastern conference finals Madison Square Garden, New York City·May 20, 2026
Cleveland Cavaliers CLE 60-37, 27-22 Away
104
Final/OT
115
New York Knicks NYK 62-31, 35-11 Home
1 2 3 4 OT T
CLE 16 32 35 18 3 104
NYK 23 23 23 32 14 115
New York Knicks lead 1-0
Leaders
Points
D.
D. Mitchell G CLE
29 PTS
J.
J. Brunson G NYK
38 PTS
Rebounds
E.
E. Mobley F CLE
14 REB
K.
K. Towns F NYK
13 REB
Assists
D.
D. Schröder G CLE
5 AST
J.
J. Brunson G NYK
6 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
40% Field Goals 47.7%
32% 3-Point FG 31.3%
69.6% Free Throws 65.6%
38 Rebounds 47
11 OFF 9
27 DEF 38
23 Assists 20
11 Steals 10
6 Blocks 2
19 Turnovers 17
29 Fouls 26
22 Biggest Lead 11
31:09 Time in Lead 19:36
10 Max Pts in Row 12
Four Factors
48.9% eFG% 53.4%
16% TOV% 14.3%
22.4% ORB% 25%
17.8% FT Rate 23.9%
Play-by-Play
Q5 3 - 14 104 - 115
104 - 115 0:30
O. Anunoby FT
104 - 114 0:30
O. Anunoby FT
104 - 113 0:40
O. Anunoby FT
104 - 112 0:40
O. Anunoby FT
104 - 111 1:19
O. Anunoby FT
3PT M. Strus
104 - 110 1:45
101 - 110 1:49
L. Shamet 3PT
101 - 107 2:56
O. Anunoby 2PT
101 - 105 4:03
J. Brunson 2PT
101 - 103 4:45
O. Anunoby FT
101 - 102 4:45
O. Anunoby FT
Q4 18 - 32 101 - 101
101 - 101 0:20
J. Brunson 2PT
2PT J. Harden
101 - 99 0:32
99 - 99 0:45
L. Shamet 3PT
99 - 96 1:14
M. Bridges 3PT
2PT J. Allen
99 - 93 1:51
97 - 93 2:38
M. Bridges 3PT
97 - 90 2:54
O. Anunoby FT
3PT E. Mobley
97 - 89 3:09
94 - 89 3:30
J. Brunson 3PT
94 - 86 4:03
J. Brunson 2PT
94 - 84 4:47
J. Brunson 2PT
94 - 82 5:24
J. Brunson 2PT
FT J. Harden
94 - 80 5:36
93 - 80 5:44
J. Brunson 2PT
93 - 78 6:25
K. Towns 2PT
93 - 76 6:58
L. Shamet 3PT
93 - 73 7:39
J. Brunson 2PT
FT J. Harden
93 - 71 7:52
3PT D. Mitchell
92 - 71 8:19
FT D. Wade
89 - 71 8:39
3PT D. Wade
88 - 71 8:39
85 - 71 9:17
K. Towns 2PT
FT J. Harden
85 - 69 11:09
FT J. Harden
84 - 69 11:09
Q3 35 - 23 83 - 69
83 - 69 0:12
J. Brunson FT
83 - 68 0:57
J. Brunson FT
2PT D. Mitchell
83 - 67 1:09
81 - 67 1:21
M. Robinson FT
FT M. Strus
81 - 66 1:28
FT M. Strus
80 - 66 1:28
79 - 66 1:52
J. Brunson 2PT
2PT D. Mitchell
79 - 64 2:10
77 - 64 3:02
M. Robinson FT
3PT S. Merrill
77 - 63 3:05
74 - 63 3:18
J. Brunson FT
74 - 62 3:18
J. Brunson FT
2PT E. Mobley
74 - 61 3:26
72 - 61 3:44
M. Bridges FT
72 - 60 3:44
M. Bridges FT
2PT J. Harden
72 - 59 3:55
2PT J. Allen
70 - 59 4:34
68 - 59 4:52
J. Brunson FT
2PT J. Allen
68 - 58 5:03
66 - 58 5:25
K. Towns 2PT
3PT S. Merrill
66 - 56 5:38
63 - 56 5:57
M. Bridges 2PT
2PT E. Mobley
63 - 54 7:08
2PT D. Mitchell
61 - 54 7:24
59 - 54 7:43
J. Hart 3PT
2PT D. Mitchell
59 - 51 8:05
FT J. Allen
57 - 51 8:19
3PT D. Wade
56 - 51 8:59
53 - 51 9:07
K. Towns 2PT
3PT E. Mobley
53 - 49 9:30
50 - 49 10:53
K. Towns 3PT
2PT D. Mitchell
50 - 46 11:25
Q2 32 - 23 48 - 46
3PT D. Mitchell
48 - 46 0:03
45 - 46 0:17
J. Brunson 2PT
FT J. Allen
45 - 44 0:32
3PT M. Strus
44 - 44 1:08
41 - 44 1:26
J. Hart FT
41 - 43 1:26
J. Hart FT
FT D. Mitchell
41 - 42 2:01
3PT D. Mitchell
40 - 42 2:01
37 - 42 2:12
M. Bridges 2PT
37 - 40 3:16
J. Hart 2PT
FT J. Allen
37 - 38 3:32
FT J. Allen
36 - 38 3:32
3PT J. Harden
35 - 38 4:26
3PT S. Merrill
32 - 38 4:50
FT K. Ellis
29 - 38 5:10
FT K. Ellis
28 - 38 5:10
27 - 38 5:24
O. Anunoby 3PT
27 - 35 6:12
J. Brunson 2PT
2PT J. Harden
27 - 33 6:49
25 - 33 7:56
J. Alvarado 2PT
3PT D. Wade
25 - 31 8:15
22 - 31 8:55
J. Hart 2PT
2PT E. Mobley
22 - 29 9:05
20 - 29 9:25
J. Hart 2PT
20 - 27 9:52
K. Towns 2PT
2PT E. Mobley
20 - 25 10:06
18 - 25 10:23
J. Alvarado 2PT
2PT D. Mitchell
18 - 23 11:17
Q1 16 - 23 16 - 23
16 - 23 0:34
J. Clarkson 3PT
FT S. Merrill
16 - 20 0:48
2PT S. Merrill
15 - 20 0:48
13 - 20 2:44
M. Robinson 2PT
13 - 18 3:11
J. Brunson 2PT
13 - 16 3:33
M. Bridges 2PT
13 - 14 3:46
J. Brunson 2PT
13 - 12 4:18
M. Bridges 2PT
13 - 10 4:33
J. Brunson FT
13 - 9 4:33
J. Brunson FT
3PT D. Schröder
13 - 8 4:53
10 - 8 5:38
J. Hart 2PT
10 - 6 6:01
J. Brunson 2PT
2PT D. Mitchell
10 - 4 8:08
8 - 4 8:22
J. Brunson 2PT
2PT D. Mitchell
8 - 2 8:44
3PT D. Mitchell
6 - 2 9:24
3 - 2 10:01
M. Bridges 2PT
FT E. Mobley
3 - 0 10:41
2PT J. Harden
2 - 0 11:10
Score Lines
Lead Tracker
Lead Changes: 3 Biggest Lead: CLE +22 Times Tied: 3
Head-to-Head
Knicks leads 2-0
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 20, 2026
Time
12:00 am
Duration
53 min