Cleveland Cavaliers vs. New York Knicks

May 21, 2026

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	3	4	T
CLE	27	22	21	23	93
NYK	24	29	32	24	109

Game Recap

The Knicks defeated the Cavaliers, 109-93, to take a 2-0 series lead in the Eastern Conference Finals.

Player Stats

CAVALIERS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
4Evan MobleySF	36	5-8	2-3	2-4	6	3	0	2	1	0	-5	14
32Dean WadePF	20	1-3	1-3	0-0	3	3	0	0	2	2	-10	3
31Jarrett AllenC	28	5-10	0-0	3-6	10	0	1	2	0	1	-20	13
1James HardenSG	31	6-15	3-7	3-3	6	2	2	0	0	2	-22	18
45Donovan MitchellPG	38	8-18	2-7	8-9	4	1	0	1	1	5	-8	26
2Max Strus	25	1-7	1-4	2-2	4	3	1	0	3	6	-17	5
5Sam Merrill	23	1-8	0-7	2-4	0	0	0	0	1	2	-8	4
8Dennis Schroder	17	2-5	0-1	0-2	4	3	0	0	0	1	0	4
20Jaylon Tyson	10	1-4	0-3	2-2	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	4
9Craig Porter Jr.	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+2	0
24Tyrese Proctor	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+2	0
14Keon Ellis	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+2	0
3Thomas Bryant	1	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	+2	0
35Nae'Qwan Tomlin	1	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	+2	2
22Larry Nance Jr.	— did not play —												— did not play —
TOTAL	-	31-8038.8%	9-3525.7%	22-3268.8%	42	15	4	5	8	20	-	93

KNICKS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
8OG AnunobySF	31	5-8	2-4	2-2	4	3	1	3	0	3	+22	14
3Josh HartPF	33	10-21	5-11	1-2	4	7	2	0	1	5	+18	26
32Karl-Anthony TownsC	35	7-12	3-5	1-2	13	1	0	0	0	3	+18	18
25Mikal BridgesSG	39	9-12	1-1	0-0	3	3	1	0	0	1	+20	19
11Jalen BrunsonPG	40	7-16	1-7	4-4	3	14	0	0	3	1	+18	19
23Mitchell Robinson	12	2-2	0-0	0-4	4	0	0	1	1	1	-1	4
44Landry Shamet	14	0-1	0-0	0-0	4	0	1	0	0	4	-5	0
2Miles McBride	14	2-9	1-6	0-0	4	3	0	0	0	2	-3	5
5Jose Alvarado	7	0-1	0-1	0-0	1	1	0	1	0	0	-2	0
00Jordan Clarkson	7	2-2	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	2	-1	4
13Tyler Kolek	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2	0
4Pacome Dadiet	1	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2	0
51Mohamed Diawara	— did not play —												— did not play —
55Ariel Hukporti	— did not play —												— did not play —
20Jeremy Sochan	— did not play —												— did not play —
TOTAL	-	44-8551.8%	13-3636.1%	8-1457.1%	40	32	5	5	6	22	-	109

Play-by-Play

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1st quarterCLENYK

(11:57) Jump Ball Towns vs. Allen: Tip to Hart
+2 (11:43) Brunson 3' Driving Floating Jump Shot (2 PTS)
02
(11:39) Wade Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T1)
(11:39) Bridges STEAL (1 STL)
+3 (11:25) Towns 27' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Anunoby 1 AST)
05
+3 (11:04) Mobley 25' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Wade 1 AST)
35
(10:47) Wade P.FOUL (P1.T1) (S.Wright)
(10:36) MISS Hart 3PT Jump Shot
(10:33) Mobley REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(10:26) MISS Mobley 6' Driving Hook Shot
(10:25) Allen REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
+2 (10:24) Allen Tip Layup Shot (2 PTS)
55
(9:58) MISS Anunoby 3PT Jump Shot
(9:57) KNICKS Rebound
(9:57) KNICKS Turnover: Shot Clock (T#1)
+3 (9:44) Mobley 25' 3PT Jump Shot (6 PTS) (Harden 1 AST)
85
+2 (9:22) Hart 1' Driving Reverse Layup (2 PTS) (Towns 1 AST)
87
+2 (9:11) Allen 2' Layup (4 PTS) (Mitchell 1 AST)
107
(8:56) MISS Brunson 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(8:54) Allen REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
+3 (8:40) Harden 26' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot (3 PTS)
137
(8:26) MISS Hart 3PT Jump Shot
(8:25) KNICKS Rebound
+2 (8:12) Bridges 12' Pullup Jump Shot (2 PTS) (Hart 1 AST)
139
(7:54) MISS Harden 25' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot
(7:54) Anunoby BLOCK (1 BLK)
(7:51) Towns REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (7:48) Anunoby 1' Running Layup (2 PTS) (Brunson 1 AST)
1311
(7:37) MISS Mitchell 1' Driving Finger Roll Layup
(7:36) Allen REBOUND (Off:2 Def:1)
(7:35) MISS Allen 3' Putback Layup
(7:35) Anunoby BLOCK (2 BLK)
(7:34) Hart REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(7:34) Hart Step Out of Bounds Turnover (P1.T2)
(7:18) MISS Mitchell 5' Driving Floating Jump Shot
(7:17) Allen REBOUND (Off:3 Def:1)
(7:16) Anunoby S.FOUL (P1.T1) (Z.Zarba)
+1 (7:16) Allen Free Throw 1 of 2 (5 PTS)
1411
+1 (7:16) Allen Free Throw 2 of 2 (6 PTS)
1511
(7:01) MISS Hart 4' Turnaround Fadeaway Shot
(7:00) Harden REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (6:42) Mobley Driving Reverse Layup (8 PTS)
1711
(6:17) MISS Hart 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(6:16) Allen REBOUND (Off:3 Def:2)
(6:12) KNICKS Timeout: Regular (Full 1 Short 0)
(5:59) MISS Allen 3' Driving Layup
(5:59) Anunoby BLOCK (3 BLK)
(5:56) Wade REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
(5:51) MISS Merrill 3PT Jump Shot
(5:48) Towns REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+2 (5:26) Hart 9' Fadeaway Jumper (4 PTS) (Brunson 2 AST)
1713
(5:06) Wade Lost Ball Turnover (P2.T2)
(5:06) Anunoby STEAL (1 STL)
+2 (5:00) Bridges 2' Running Layup (4 PTS) (Anunoby 2 AST)
1715
(4:47) MISS Merrill 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(4:44) Towns REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
(4:33) MISS Bridges 2' Driving Finger Roll Layup
(4:32) Allen REBOUND (Off:3 Def:3)
+3 (4:26) Wade 24' 3PT Running Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Strus 1 AST)
2015
+2 (4:06) Towns 1' Driving Layup (5 PTS) (Bridges 1 AST)
2017
(3:53) MISS Allen 3' Driving Hook Shot
(3:51) Towns REBOUND (Off:0 Def:4)
+2 (3:40) Towns 2' Driving Layup (7 PTS)
2019
(3:39) Cavaliers Timeout: Regular (Reg.1 Short 0)
(3:25) Merrill Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T3)
(3:25) Shamet STEAL (1 STL)
(3:24) Merrill P.FOUL (P1.T2) (S.Wright)
+2 (3:08) Bridges 2' Driving Floating Bank Jump Shot (6 PTS) (McBride 1 AST)
2021
+2 (2:45) Mobley 1' Driving Reverse Dunk Shot (10 PTS) (Schroder 1 AST)
2221
(2:36) Merrill S.FOUL (P2.T3) (Z.Zarba)
(2:36) MISS Robinson Free Throw 1 of 2
(2:36) KNICKS Rebound
(2:36) MISS Robinson Free Throw 2 of 2
(2:33) Mitchell REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(2:21) MISS Schroder 9' Driving Floating Bank Jump Shot
(2:18) Bridges REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+3 (2:09) McBride 24' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Bridges 2 AST)
2224
(1:59) MISS Mitchell 25' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(1:56) Shamet REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(1:43) MISS Brunson 26' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(1:42) Cavaliers Rebound
(1:26) MISS Mobley 17' Pullup Jump Shot
(1:23) Shamet REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(1:17) Brunson Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T3)
(1:17) Strus STEAL (1 STL)
+2 (1:10) Merrill 2' Running Reverse Layup (2 PTS) (Schroder 2 AST)
2424
(0:48) Mitchell P.FOUL (P1.T4) (J.Williams)
(0:34) MISS Shamet 6' Floating Jump Shot
(0:33) KNICKS Rebound
(0:33) Strus L.B.FOUL (P1.PN) (S.Wright)
(0:33) MISS Robinson Free Throw 1 of 2
(0:33) KNICKS Rebound
(0:33) MISS Robinson Free Throw 2 of 2
(0:31) Strus REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(0:14) MISS Merrill 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(0:11) Mobley REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
+3 (0:00) Mitchell 27' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot (3 PTS)
2724
(0:00) KNICKS Heave
(0:00) KNICKS Rebound

2nd quarter

3rd quarter

4th quarter

Team Stats

CLE

NYK

93Points109

31-80(38.8%)Field Goal(%)44-85(51.8%)

9-35(25.7%)3-Point(%)13-36(36.1%)

22-32(68.8%)Free Throw(%)8-14(57.1%)

42(13)Rebounds(Offensive)40(5)

15Assists32

4Steals5

5Blocks5

8Turnovers6

20Fouls22

40Pts In The Paint58

8Fast Break Pts13

11Pts Off Turnovers13

19Bench Pts13

6Largest Lead19

Game Details

Thursday, May 21, 2026 · 8:00 PM

Madison Square Garden · Manhattan, NY

attendance: 19,812 (95.3%)

tv: ESPN