Cavaliers vs. Knicks (May 21, 2026)

Odds

CLE

NYK

+6.5

-114

-6.5

+107

o214.5

-108

u214.5

-107

+199

Money

-206

Money

o214.5

Open

-6.5

Open

J. Hart Over 24.5 PTS+REB+AST -104 J. Hart Over 12.5 Points -106

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CLE

Season Leaders

NYK

27.9

D. Mitchell

PPG

26.0

J. Brunson

9.0

E. Mobley

RPG

11.9

K. Towns

7.7

J. Harden

APG

6.8

J. Brunson

CLE

Team Stats

NYK

119.5

Offensive Rating

116.5

115.4

Defensive Rating

110.1

+4.1

Net Rating

+6.3

36.0

3P%

37.3

14.3

3PM

14.2

13.5

Stocks

12

2025-26 Eastern Standings

	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons - z	60	22	.732
2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors - x	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks - x	46	36	.561	14.0
7	76ers - x	45	37	.549	15.0
8	Magic - x	45	37	.549	15.0
9	Hornets	44	38	.537	16.0
10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
11	Bucks - e	32	50	.390	28.0
12	Bulls - e	31	51	.378	29.0
13	Nets - e	20	62	.244	40.0
14	Pacers - e	19	63	.232	41.0
15	Wizards - e	17	65	.207	43.0

CLE

Last 5

NYK

Tue, May 19

Tue, May 19

Sun, May 17

Sun, May 10

Fri, May 15

Fri, May 8

Wed, May 13

Wed, May 6

Mon, May 11

Mon, May 4

Game Info

May 21, 2026

ESPN

Madison Square Garden

New York, New York

Team Leaders

PPG

27.9

D. Mitchell

RPG

9.0

E. Mobley

APG

7.7

J. Harden

+/-

+6.5

O. Sarr

Season

Career vs NYK

Regular Season	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
James Harden J. Harden	26	26	33.8	20.5	4.8	7.7	0.8	0.5	6.3	13.5	46.6	3.1	7.1	43.5	4.8	5.8	84.0	63.9	0.5	4.3	3.2	2.1
Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	70	70	33.5	27.9	4.5	5.7	1.5	0.3	9.7	20.0	48.3	3.2	8.8	36.4	5.3	6.1	86.5	61.3	0.7	3.8	2.8	2.3
Evan Mobley E. Mobley	65	63	31.9	18.2	9.0	3.6	0.7	1.7	7.2	13.2	54.6	1.0	3.2	29.7	2.8	4.6	60.6	59.6	2.4	6.6	1.9	2.4
Jarrett Allen J. Allen	56	56	27.1	15.4	8.5	1.8	1.0	0.8	6.0	9.4	63.8	0.0	0.2	10.0	3.3	4.7	70.9	66.9	2.6	5.9	1.3	1.7
Jaylon Tyson J. Tyson	66	42	26.9	13.2	5.1	2.2	0.8	0.4	5.0	10.2	49.3	2.0	4.5	44.6	1.2	1.6	73.8	60.8	1.8	3.3	1.5	2.5
Sam Merrill S. Merrill	52	38	26.5	12.8	2.6	2.4	0.6	0.1	4.3	9.3	46.1	3.0	7.2	42.1	1.1	1.3	85.5	64.4	0.5	2.0	0.8	2.4
Keon Ellis K. Ellis	29	6	24.8	8.3	2.8	1.6	1.3	0.8	3.0	6.0	49.1	1.3	3.7	35.5	1.1	1.3	81.6	62.9	0.8	2.0	0.7	2.2
Max Strus M. Strus	12	5	24.0	11.2	5.4	2.0	0.3	0.0	3.9	8.8	44.3	2.8	6.8	40.2	0.6	0.8	77.8	60.9	0.8	4.7	0.8	2.8
Dean Wade D. Wade	59	38	22.3	5.8	4.2	1.5	0.7	0.4	2.1	4.7	43.9	1.2	3.3	36.2	0.5	0.6	71.1	58.0	0.9	3.3	0.3	1.5
Dennis Schröder D. Schröder	30	3	21.4	8.2	2.3	4.3	0.8	0.2	2.8	6.9	40.1	0.6	2.1	29.0	2.1	2.4	86.1	51.5	0.4	1.9	1.5	1.4
Craig Porter Jr. C. Porter Jr.	64	3	17.9	4.5	3.4	3.2	0.9	0.6	1.8	4.0	45.0	0.5	1.5	35.5	0.4	0.6	60.0	52.4	1.3	2.1	0.9	1.1
Nae'Qwan Tomlin N. Tomlin	64	3	15.7	5.8	2.9	0.8	0.6	0.5	2.3	4.9	47.8	0.4	1.8	23.5	0.7	1.0	77.0	54.9	1.3	1.6	0.5	2.0
Larry Nance Jr. L. Nance Jr.	35	3	12.8	3.7	2.7	1.0	0.6	0.2	1.5	3.5	41.9	0.6	1.8	33.3	0.2	0.4	46.2	50.5	0.8	1.8	0.6	1.6
Thomas Bryant T. Bryant	60	1	12.2	6.2	3.4	0.6	0.3	0.4	2.3	4.5	50.6	0.8	2.2	35.9	0.9	1.1	80.3	62.5	1.0	2.4	0.5	1.3
Tyrese Proctor T. Proctor	50	1	10.9	5.4	1.3	1.5	0.5	0.0	1.9	4.5	41.3	0.9	2.6	35.1	0.8	0.9	88.9	55.6	0.2	1.1	0.8	1.2
Olivier Sarr O. Sarr	4	0	9.8	3.5	2.8	1.3	0.5	0.8	1.3	1.8	71.4	0.5	0.8	66.7	0.5	1.3	40.0	76.1	0.5	2.3	0.5	2.3
Tristan Enaruna T. Enaruna	9	0	9.4	4.1	1.6	0.8	0.6	0.0	1.6	3.1	50.0	0.3	1.1	30.0	0.7	0.9	75.0	58.7	0.8	0.8	0.3	0.3
Riley Minix R. Minix	6	0	8.3	4.3	0.7	0.7	0.2	0.2	1.7	2.8	58.8	0.5	1.5	33.3	0.5	0.5	100.0	71.0	0.2	0.5	0.5	0.7

Regular Season	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
James Harden J. Harden	35	30	35.0	26.2	6.1	7.9	1.6	0.5	7.8	17.0	45.8	3.1	8.1	38.4	7.5	8.6	88.0	63.2	1.0	5.2	3.2	2.3
Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	22	22	33.7	25.7	4.5	5.4	1.5	0.6	9.4	19.9	47.0	3.5	9.0	38.2	3.5	4.0	86.5	59.2	0.9	3.6	2.8	2.9
Evan Mobley E. Mobley	16	15	33.1	15.1	8.7	3.6	0.9	1.4	5.9	11.1	53.7	0.7	1.9	35.5	2.6	3.9	66.1	59.2	2.4	6.3	1.9	2.3
Dennis Schröder D. Schröder	32	15	27.9	12.6	2.4	5.1	1.0	0.1	4.7	11.2	41.7	0.9	3.2	29.4	2.3	2.9	80.4	50.6	0.3	2.1	1.9	1.6
Jarrett Allen J. Allen	24	20	26.4	10.6	8.3	1.3	0.7	0.8	4.3	7.0	60.9	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.0	3.0	69.0	63.7	2.4	5.8	1.4	1.9
Larry Nance Jr. L. Nance Jr.	22	7	25.5	7.5	7.0	1.9	1.0	0.6	3.1	6.0	52.7	0.5	1.6	31.4	0.7	1.0	71.4	58.5	2.1	4.9	1.2	2.4
Max Strus M. Strus	13	6	24.4	7.7	2.0	2.6	0.5	0.3	2.7	6.8	39.8	1.8	5.2	35.8	0.5	0.5	85.7	54.9	0.2	1.8	1.6	1.8
Sam Merrill S. Merrill	11	3	20.4	8.1	2.6	2.1	0.8	0.1	2.8	6.4	44.3	2.2	5.4	40.7	0.3	0.4	75.0	62.0	0.7	1.9	0.7	1.7
Keon Ellis K. Ellis	7	1	19.8	5.4	1.9	0.9	0.9	0.6	2.0	4.1	48.3	1.1	2.7	42.1	0.3	0.3	100.0	63.6	0.4	1.4	0.3	2.6
Dean Wade D. Wade	18	8	18.9	4.6	2.6	0.9	0.7	0.3	1.6	3.8	40.6	1.2	2.9	41.5	0.3	0.5	55.6	56.9	0.6	2.0	0.4	1.9
Jaylon Tyson J. Tyson	6	1	16.4	7.3	3.7	1.5	0.7	0.3	3.2	6.2	51.4	0.8	2.5	33.3	0.2	0.2	100.0	58.8	0.8	2.8	1.3	2.5
Thomas Bryant T. Bryant	13	5	14.4	7.5	4.4	0.6	0.2	0.5	2.9	4.8	61.3	0.6	1.3	47.1	1.1	1.2	87.5	71.0	1.4	3.0	0.5	1.2
Craig Porter Jr. C. Porter Jr.	8	0	11.3	5.6	2.3	1.1	0.6	0.1	2.3	3.8	60.0	0.4	0.6	60.0	0.8	0.9	85.7	68.0	1.0	1.3	0.9	1.4
Tyrese Proctor T. Proctor	2	0	9.4	2.5	0.5	1.5	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.5	40.0	0.5	1.5	33.3	0.0	0.0	0	50.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	1.0
Nae'Qwan Tomlin N. Tomlin	3	0	4.1	2.3	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.7	37.5	0.0	0.7	0.0	0.3	0.3	100.0	41.5	1.0	1.0	0.3	0.7

Team Leaders

PPG

26.0

J. Brunson

RPG

11.9

K. Towns

APG

6.8

J. Brunson

+/-

+6.1

OG Anunoby

Season

Career vs CLE

Regular Season	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	74	74	35.0	26.0	3.3	6.8	0.8	0.1	9.3	19.9	46.7	2.6	7.1	36.9	4.8	5.7	84.1	58.0	0.4	2.9	2.4	2.3
OG Anunoby OG Anunoby	67	67	33.2	16.7	5.2	2.2	1.6	0.7	5.8	12.0	48.4	2.3	6.1	38.6	2.7	3.3	82.8	62.0	1.3	4.0	1.8	2.4
Mikal Bridges M. Bridges	82	82	32.8	14.4	3.8	3.7	1.3	0.8	5.8	11.7	49.0	1.9	5.1	37.1	1.0	1.2	82.7	58.7	1.0	2.8	1.0	2.0
Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	75	75	31.0	20.1	11.9	3.0	0.9	0.5	6.9	13.8	50.1	1.5	4.1	36.8	4.8	5.5	85.8	61.9	3.1	8.7	2.5	3.4
Josh Hart J. Hart	66	52	30.2	12.0	7.4	4.8	1.1	0.3	4.6	9.0	50.8	1.5	3.7	41.3	1.4	1.9	72.0	61.2	1.4	6.0	1.9	2.5
Miles McBride M. McBride	41	15	26.3	12.0	2.4	2.6	0.9	0.2	4.2	9.9	42.3	2.7	6.6	41.3	0.9	1.1	78.7	57.8	0.6	1.9	0.8	1.7
Landry Shamet L. Shamet	51	12	23.0	9.3	1.8	1.4	0.6	0.2	3.1	7.1	43.7	2.0	5.2	39.2	1.1	1.5	71.1	59.8	0.5	1.4	0.6	1.5
Mitchell Robinson M. Robinson	60	16	19.6	5.7	8.8	0.9	0.9	1.2	2.5	3.4	72.3	0.0	0.0	0	0.7	1.7	40.8	67.6	4.2	4.6	0.7	2.1
Jordan Clarkson J. Clarkson	72	1	17.8	8.6	1.8	1.3	0.4	0.1	3.3	7.3	45.1	1.0	3.0	32.7	1.1	1.3	83.0	54.8	0.9	0.9	0.9	1.7
Jose Alvarado J. Alvarado	28	3	16.9	6.6	2.0	3.8	1.0	0.1	2.5	6.0	41.4	1.1	3.4	33.0	0.5	0.8	68.2	52.0	0.4	1.7	1.1	1.8
Tyler Kolek T. Kolek	62	1	11.7	4.4	1.6	2.7	0.4	0.1	1.7	4.0	43.5	0.7	1.8	38.6	0.2	0.3	70.0	53.3	0.3	1.3	0.9	1.0
Ariel Hukporti A. Hukporti	54	5	9.2	2.2	2.9	0.5	0.2	0.5	0.8	1.5	56.3	0.0	0.1	25.0	0.5	0.6	78.8	61.9	1.0	1.9	0.6	1.2
Mohamed Diawara M. Diawara	69	7	9.2	3.6	1.4	0.8	0.2	0.1	1.3	3.1	42.3	0.7	1.9	36.9	0.3	0.3	75.0	55.0	0.2	1.1	0.4	0.7
Kevin McCullar Jr. K. McCullar Jr.	21	0	7.4	2.4	1.3	1.0	0.4	0.0	1.0	2.2	42.6	0.4	1.1	33.3	0.1	0.2	40.0	50.8	0.5	0.8	0.6	1.0
Jeremy Sochan J. Sochan	16	0	6.9	2.8	2.1	0.8	0.4	0.1	1.1	1.9	56.7	0.1	0.6	20.0	0.5	0.6	80.0	64.0	0.7	1.4	0.2	0.8
Trey Jemison III T. Jemison III	13	0	6.3	1.0	1.4	0.4	0.1	0.2	0.5	0.8	60.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.1	0.1	100.0	62.3	0.6	0.8	0.8	0.8
Dillon Jones D. Jones	7	0	5.6	1.3	1.0	0.6	0.4	0.0	0.3	1.3	22.2	0.1	0.7	20.0	0.6	0.6	100.0	41.8	0.3	0.7	0.0	0.9
Pacôme Dadiet P. Dadiet	29	0	4.7	1.7	0.9	0.4	0.1	0.0	0.6	1.7	33.3	0.2	1.1	21.9	0.3	0.4	81.8	45.4	0.1	0.8	0.1	0.3

Regular Season	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
Mikal Bridges M. Bridges	21	20	35.1	17.1	4.1	3.6	1.3	0.7	6.4	12.9	49.8	1.6	4.5	35.8	2.6	3.0	87.3	60.1	1.2	2.9	1.4	2.3
Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	17	17	33.2	20.8	9.6	2.6	0.7	1.1	8.2	13.9	58.6	1.4	3.3	41.1	3.1	3.7	84.1	66.9	2.0	7.6	2.9	3.2
Josh Hart J. Hart	18	12	30.4	9.3	7.1	3.2	0.9	0.6	3.4	8.6	39.4	1.2	4.3	27.3	1.4	1.6	89.3	50.2	0.9	6.2	1.7	2.2
OG Anunoby OG Anunoby	27	23	30.1	13.2	4.5	2.0	0.9	0.5	5.2	10.7	48.4	1.9	4.8	40.0	0.9	1.4	63.2	58.2	0.9	3.6	1.3	2.3
Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	21	17	30.1	18.6	2.8	4.5	0.6	0.1	6.6	14.9	44.4	1.7	4.3	38.5	3.7	4.7	78.6	54.8	0.4	2.4	1.6	2.0
Jordan Clarkson J. Clarkson	18	6	27.2	16.1	3.4	2.4	0.8	0.1	5.7	13.6	42.0	2.3	6.3	36.8	2.3	2.6	89.4	54.6	0.7	2.7	1.8	1.6
Jose Alvarado J. Alvarado	8	1	24.0	7.8	2.5	3.5	1.3	0.1	3.0	5.5	54.5	1.8	2.8	63.6	0.0	0.0	0	70.5	0.3	2.3	0.9	2.1
Mitchell Robinson M. Robinson	19	11	23.9	6.5	8.0	0.7	1.1	1.8	2.6	4.0	65.8	0.0	0.0	0	1.3	2.3	54.5	65.0	3.9	4.1	0.7	2.9
Landry Shamet L. Shamet	20	8	23.1	8.8	3.1	1.5	0.5	0.2	3.1	8.0	38.4	2.1	5.7	36.3	0.6	0.8	75.0	52.7	0.5	2.6	0.4	1.8
Jeremy Sochan J. Sochan	7	3	22.1	6.9	4.7	2.0	0.1	0.3	2.9	8.0	35.7	0.4	2.7	15.8	0.7	1.1	62.5	40.3	2.0	2.7	1.0	1.7
Trey Jemison III T. Jemison III	4	1	18.1	2.3	4.0	1.0	0.8	1.5	1.0	3.0	33.3	0.0	0.0	0	0.3	0.8	33.3	33.8	1.3	2.8	0.3	1.0
Miles McBride M. McBride	11	0	17.6	6.6	1.0	1.5	0.4	0.0	2.4	5.4	44.1	1.4	3.5	39.5	0.5	1.0	54.5	57.2	0.2	0.8	0.5	1.6
Tyler Kolek T. Kolek	4	0	14.0	7.0	1.0	4.0	0.3	0.3	2.5	5.5	45.5	1.3	3.0	41.7	0.8	1.0	75.0	58.9	0.0	1.0	0.5	1.3
Pacôme Dadiet P. Dadiet	1	0	12.0	7.0	1.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	3.0	7.0	42.9	1.0	3.0	33.3	0.0	1.0	0.0	47.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0
Ariel Hukporti A. Hukporti	5	1	11.1	1.2	1.8	1.0	0.2	0.6	0.6	1.0	60.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.4	0.0	51.0	0.4	1.4	1.0	1.6
Mohamed Diawara M. Diawara	2	0	5.6	5.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	2.0	4.0	50.0	1.0	3.0	33.3	0.0	0.0	0	62.5	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.5
Dillon Jones D. Jones	1	0	2.7	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.0

New York takes 1-0 lead into game 2 against Cleveland

The Associated Press

May 20, 2026

Cleveland Cavaliers (52-30, fourth in the Eastern Conference) vs. New York Knicks (53-29, third in the Eastern Conference)

New York; Thursday, 8 p.m. EDT

LINE: Knicks -6.5; over/under is 214.5

EASTERN CONFERENCE FINALS: Knicks lead series 1-0

BOTTOM LINE: The New York Knicks host the Cleveland Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference finals with a 1-0 lead in the series. The Knicks won the last matchup 115-104 in overtime on Wednesday, led by 38 points from Jalen Brunson. Donovan Mitchell led the Cavaliers with 29.

The Knicks are 35-17 against Eastern Conference opponents. New York is 9-4 in games decided by 3 points or fewer.

The Cavaliers are 33-19 in conference games. Cleveland ranks seventh in the Eastern Conference shooting 36.0% from 3-point range.

The Knicks' 14.2 made 3-pointers per game this season are the same per game average that the Cavaliers give up. The Cavaliers average 14.3 made 3-pointers per game this season, 0.4 more makes per game than the Knicks give up.

TOP PERFORMERS: Karl-Anthony Towns is averaging 20.1 points and 11.9 rebounds for the Knicks. Brunson is averaging 28.4 points over the last 10 games.

Mitchell is scoring 27.9 points per game and averaging 4.5 rebounds for the Cavaliers. Max Strus is averaging 2.2 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Knicks: 8-2, averaging 120.6 points, 44.9 rebounds, 26.0 assists, 8.8 steals and 4.2 blocks per game while shooting 51.7% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 101.2 points per game.

Cavaliers: 5-5, averaging 109.0 points, 42.7 rebounds, 22.8 assists, 8.0 steals and 5.7 blocks per game while shooting 45.0% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 108.1 points.

INJURIES: Knicks: None listed.

Cavaliers: None listed.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

Cavaliers CLE

Knicks NYK

Odds

Season Leaders

Team Stats

2025-26 Eastern Standings

Last 5

Game Info

New York takes 1-0 lead into game 2 against Cleveland