New York Knicks vs. Cleveland Cavaliers

May 23, 2026

FINAL

3-0New YorkKnicks

121

0-3ClevelandCavaliers

108

Box Score

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

Game Recap

The Knicks defeated the Cavaliers 121-108 in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals to take a 3-0 series lead.

Player Stats

KNICKS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
3Josh HartSF	34	5-12	2-7	0-0	9	5	4	0	4	2	+3	12
8OG AnunobyPF	30	6-10	3-4	6-6	7	4	0	0	1	2	+11	21
32Karl-Anthony TownsC	36	4-9	1-3	4-4	8	7	3	1	0	4	+23	13
25Mikal BridgesSG	39	11-15	0-1	0-0	6	2	3	2	2	0	+19	22
11Jalen BrunsonPG	41	10-19	0-4	10-12	3	6	1	0	4	2	+15	30
2Miles McBride	14	1-3	1-2	2-2	0	0	0	1	0	2	+1	5
44Landry Shamet	27	4-5	4-5	2-3	1	3	0	0	2	3	+5	14
23Mitchell Robinson	9	1-1	0-0	0-0	3	0	0	0	0	3	-4	2
5Jose Alvarado	4	1-3	0-2	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	1	-3	2
00Jordan Clarkson	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-5	0
4Pacome Dadiet	— did not play —												— did not play —
51Mohamed Diawara	— did not play —												— did not play —
55Ariel Hukporti	— did not play —												— did not play —
13Tyler Kolek	— did not play —												— did not play —
20Jeremy Sochan	— did not play —												— did not play —
TOTAL	-	43-7755.8%	11-2839.3%	24-2788.9%	37	27	11	4	14	19	-	121

CAVALIERS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
32Dean WadeSF	16	0-1	0-1	0-0	2	1	1	0	0	1	-1	0
4Evan MobleyPF	35	10-18	1-6	3-4	6	2	0	1	5	2	-21	24
31Jarrett AllenC	35	7-9	0-0	3-4	7	0	0	0	0	2	-14	17
45Donovan MitchellSG	38	9-21	3-10	2-6	1	4	3	0	5	4	-22	23
1James HardenPG	40	8-15	1-7	2-3	5	5	1	0	6	2	-8	19
5Sam Merrill	23	2-5	2-4	0-0	3	1	1	0	0	4	-1	6
2Max Strus	31	4-12	4-11	1-1	7	6	1	0	0	5	-3	13
8Dennis Schroder	9	1-1	1-1	0-0	0	2	0	0	0	1	+2	3
20Jaylon Tyson	8	1-2	0-1	1-1	3	1	0	0	1	1	+3	3
3Thomas Bryant	— did not play —												— did not play —
14Keon Ellis	— did not play —												— did not play —
22Larry Nance Jr.	— did not play —												— did not play —
9Craig Porter Jr.	— did not play —												— did not play —
24Tyrese Proctor	— did not play —												— did not play —
35Nae'Qwan Tomlin	— did not play —												— did not play —
TOTAL	-	42-8450.0%	12-4129.3%	12-1963.2%	34	22	7	1	17	22	-	108

Play-by-Play

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1st quarterNYKCLE

(11:55) Jump Ball Allen vs. Towns: Tip to Harden
(11:36) MISS Mobley 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(11:34) Anunoby REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+3 (11:26) Towns 26' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Bridges 1 AST)
30
(11:14) Harden Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T1)
(11:14) Bridges STEAL (1 STL)
+2 (10:54) Bridges 3' Driving Layup (2 PTS)
50
(10:46) Anunoby S.FOUL (P1.T1) (T.Ford)
(10:46) MISS Mitchell Free Throw 1 of 2
(10:46) CAVALIERS Rebound
+1 (10:46) Mitchell Free Throw 2 of 2 (1 PTS)
51
+2 (10:31) Brunson 3' Driving Layup (2 PTS) (Towns 1 AST)
71
(10:13) MISS Mobley 6' Turnaround Hook Shot
(10:09) Hart REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (10:06) Bridges 1' Running Layup (4 PTS) (Hart 1 AST)
91
(10:06) CAVALIERS Timeout: Regular (Full 1 Short 0)
+2 (9:41) Mitchell 22' Step Back Jump Shot (3 PTS)
93
(9:26) MISS Brunson 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(9:24) Harden REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (9:15) Allen Layup (2 PTS) (Harden 1 AST)
95
(8:56) Hart Traveling Turnover (P1.T1)
+2 (8:43) Allen 1' Cutting Dunk Shot (4 PTS) (Mobley 1 AST)
97
(8:33) Mitchell P.FOUL (P1.T1) (G.Petraitis)
(8:22) Mobley S.FOUL (P1.T2) (T.Brothers)
+1 (8:22) Brunson Free Throw 1 of 2 (3 PTS)
107
(8:22) MISS Brunson Free Throw 2 of 2
(8:20) Harden REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(8:12) MISS Harden 2' Driving Floating Jump Shot
(8:12) Towns BLOCK (1 BLK)
(8:09) Mobley REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
+2 (8:08) Mobley 1' Putback Dunk (2 PTS)
109
(7:58) MISS Brunson 29' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(7:54) Bridges REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
+2 (7:44) Anunoby 16' Step Back Jump Shot (2 PTS)
129
(7:33) MISS Mitchell 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(7:30) Towns REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (7:22) Bridges 19' Pullup Jump Shot (6 PTS) (Brunson 1 AST)
149
+2 (7:05) Mobley 11' Turnaround Hook Shot (4 PTS)
1411
+2 (6:46) Anunoby 13' Step Back Jump Shot (4 PTS)
1611
+2 (6:33) Mitchell 2' Driving Layup (5 PTS)
1613
(6:18) Allen S.FOUL (P1.T3) (T.Brothers)
+1 (6:18) Towns Free Throw 1 of 2 (4 PTS)
1713
+1 (6:18) Towns Free Throw 2 of 2 (5 PTS)
1813
+2 (6:01) Harden 10' Step Back Jump Shot (2 PTS)
1815
(5:57) Merrill S.FOUL (P1.T4) (G.Petraitis)
+1 (5:57) Towns Free Throw 1 of 2 (6 PTS)
1915
+1 (5:57) Towns Free Throw 2 of 2 (7 PTS)
2015
+2 (5:44) Harden Driving Finger Roll Layup (4 PTS)
2017
(5:40) Wade S.FOUL (P1.PN) (T.Ford)
+1 (5:40) Anunoby Free Throw 1 of 2 (5 PTS)
2117
+1 (5:40) Anunoby Free Throw 2 of 2 (6 PTS)
2217
(5:25) MISS Harden 25' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot
(5:23) Strus REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
(5:21) MISS Merrill 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(5:17) Hart REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(4:59) MISS Brunson 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(4:59) CAVALIERS Rebound
+2 (4:51) Allen 1' Driving Layup (6 PTS) (Wade 1 AST)
2219
(4:51) Towns Violation:Defensive Goaltending (G.Petraitis)
(4:51) Knicks Timeout: Regular (Reg.1 Short 0)
+2 (4:24) Towns 11' Turnaround Fadeaway (9 PTS)
2419
(4:12) MISS Mobley 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(4:09) Strus REBOUND (Off:2 Def:0)
(4:05) Mitchell Out of Bounds - Bad Pass Turnover Turnover (P1.T2)
+2 (3:46) Towns 2' Driving Floating Bank Jump Shot (11 PTS) (Brunson 2 AST)
2619
(3:36) MISS Mobley 4' Driving Layup
(3:36) McBride BLOCK (1 BLK)
(3:36) Bridges REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
+3 (3:29) Shamet 3PT Running Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Bridges 2 AST)
2919
(3:29) CAVALIERS Timeout: Regular (Full 2 Short 0)
+3 (3:13) Strus 27' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Mitchell 1 AST)
2922
(3:05) Strus S.FOUL (P1.PN) (T.Brothers)
+1 (3:05) Brunson Free Throw 1 of 2 (4 PTS)
3022
+1 (3:05) Brunson Free Throw 2 of 2 (5 PTS)
3122
+2 (2:44) Mitchell 14' Step Back Jump Shot (7 PTS)
3124
+3 (2:18) McBride 25' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Shamet 1 AST)
3424
(1:51) MISS Strus 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(1:49) Brunson REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(1:43) MISS Towns 26' 3PT Running Jump Shot
(1:40) Strus REBOUND (Off:2 Def:1)
(1:33) McBride P.FOUL (P1.T2) (T.Ford)
(1:21) MISS Strus 24' 3PT Jump Shot
(1:21) Knicks Rebound
(1:13) Brunson OFF.Foul (P1) (G.Petraitis)
(1:13) Brunson Offensive Foul Turnover (P1.T2)
+3 (0:49) Schroder 25' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Strus 1 AST)
3427
+3 (0:37) Hart 26' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Shamet 2 AST)
3727
(0:29) Mobley OFF.Foul (P2) (T.Ford)
(0:29) Mobley Offensive Foul Turnover (P1.T3)
(0:04) MISS McBride 9' Fadeaway Jumper
(0:04) Towns REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
(0:04) Knicks Turnover: Shot Clock (T#3)
(0:00) MISS Merrill 8' Driving Floating Jump Shot
(0:00) CAVALIERS Rebound

2nd quarter

3rd quarter

4th quarter

Team Stats

NYK

CLE

121Points108

43-77(55.8%)Field Goal(%)42-84(50.0%)

11-28(39.3%)3-Point(%)12-41(29.3%)

24-27(88.9%)Free Throw(%)12-19(63.2%)

37(8)Rebounds(Offensive)34(9)

27Assists22

11Steals7

4Blocks1

14Turnovers17

19Fouls22

42Pts In The Paint50

17Fast Break Pts4

19Pts Off Turnovers19

23Bench Pts25

17Largest Lead0

Game Details

Saturday, May 23, 2026 · 8:00 PM

Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse · Cleveland, OH

attendance: 19,432 (100%)

tv: ABC