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Cleveland Cavaliers vs. New York Knicks

February 24, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Cavaliers beat the Knicks 109-94 on 2026-02-24 at home. The Cavaliers started James Harden, Donovan Mitchell, Jarrett Allen, Dean Wade, and Evan Mobley. The Knicks started Karl-Anthony Towns, OG Anunoby, Josh Hart, Mikal Bridges, and Jalen Brunson. Jalen Brunson (Knicks) scored 30 points (11/19) in his matchups, with Dean Wade as his primary defender. Donovan Mitchell (Cavaliers) scored 12 points (4/12) in his matchups, with Mikal Bridges as his primary defender.

Box score

In orange, the game high in points, rebounds and assists.

CLE

Cleveland Cavaliers 109

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
James Harden GS	32:12	20	2	4	0	0	3	3	8-18	4-7	0-0	+10
Donovan Mitchell GS	31:21	23	5	4	3	0	3	1	5-18	2-8	11-14	+21
Jarrett Allen GS	28:49	19	10	1	1	2	1	2	7-8	0-0	5-7	+11
Dean Wade GS	24:40	11	8	3	3	2	0	2	4-9	3-5	0-0	+22
Evan Mobley GS	24:28	12	7	1	1	0	1	2	4-7	1-1	3-6	+5
Jaylon Tyson	26:56	12	8	2	1	1	1	4	5-10	1-4	1-1	+13
Dennis Schröder	21:18	3	2	5	2	0	1	0	1-6	1-3	0-0	+7
Sam Merrill	20:58	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0-4	0-4	0-0	+13
Keon Ellis	15:50	4	0	1	0	1	0	2	2-3	0-1	0-0	-7
Craig Porter Jr.	2:42	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	-4
Thomas Bryant	2:42	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1-2	1-2	2-2	-4
Tyrese Proctor	2:42	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-4
Nae'Qwan Tomlin	2:42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	-4
Darius Brown	2:40	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	-4
Totals		109	45	23	11	6	11	18	37-87	13-35	22-30

Did not play: Larry Nance Jr. (DNP - Coach's Decision)

NYK

New York Knicks 94

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jalen Brunson GS	36:00	20	1	4	0	1	2	4	6-19	3-7	5-7	-20
OG Anunoby GS	34:16	5	3	2	0	1	1	2	2-9	1-6	0-0	-12
Mikal Bridges GS	31:41	18	4	2	3	1	1	5	6-17	1-3	5-6	-11
Karl-Anthony Towns GS	29:03	14	7	2	1	2	5	2	5-5	1-1	3-4	-9
Josh Hart GS	26:13	10	4	5	1	0	3	2	4-11	2-8	0-0	-4
Jose Alvarado	21:52	5	4	3	1	1	1	2	2-5	1-4	0-0	0
Landry Shamet	20:11	2	2	1	1	0	3	2	1-5	0-3	0-0	-22
Mitchell Robinson	19:16	11	16	1	0	2	0	2	5-6	0-0	1-4	-4
Mohamed Diawara	7:30	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2-5	1-4	0-0	-4
Jeremy Sochan	4:43	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	+1
Tyler Kolek	2:42	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	2-3	0-1	0-0	+4
Ariel Hukporti	2:42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+4
Dillon Jones	2:42	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	+4
Jordan Clarkson	1:09	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-2
Totals		94	44	23	7	8	16	22	35-86	10-37	14-21

Did not play: Trey Jemison III (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

CLE

Cleveland Cavaliers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

James Harden · Donovan Mitchell · Jarrett Allen · Dean Wade · Evan Mobley Starter 10.2 min
Dennis Schröder · Donovan Mitchell · Dean Wade · Sam Merrill · Jaylon Tyson 6.5 min
James Harden · Donovan Mitchell · Jarrett Allen · Dean Wade · Sam Merrill 4.0 min
James Harden · Dennis Schröder · Jarrett Allen · Sam Merrill · Jaylon Tyson 3.8 min
Dennis Schröder · Donovan Mitchell · Evan Mobley · Keon Ellis · Jaylon Tyson 3.3 min

NYK

New York Knicks

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Karl-Anthony Towns · OG Anunoby · Josh Hart · Mikal Bridges · Jalen Brunson Starter 16.8 min
Karl-Anthony Towns · OG Anunoby · Josh Hart · Landry Shamet · Jose Alvarado 6.0 min
OG Anunoby · Mikal Bridges · Jalen Brunson · Mitchell Robinson · Jose Alvarado 5.1 min
Karl-Anthony Towns · Josh Hart · Mikal Bridges · Mitchell Robinson · Jose Alvarado 3.2 min
Jalen Brunson · Mitchell Robinson · Landry Shamet · Jose Alvarado · Mohamed Diawara 2.9 min

Who guarded whom

Based on stats.nba.com matchup data. Points and shooting are always the offensive player's.

Cavaliers defense

Jalen Brunson 30 pts (11/19) in 68 possessions

Guarded by: Dean Wade (37 %, 3 pts) · Sam Merrill (14 %, 0 pts) · Keon Ellis (11 %, 4 pts)
Karl-Anthony Towns 7 pts (3/9) in 60 possessions

Guarded by: Jarrett Allen (41 %, 6 pts) · Evan Mobley (21 %, 1 pts) · Jaylon Tyson (15 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
James Harden	Josh Hart: 19 poss., 7 pts (3/3) · Mikal Bridges: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/4)
Donovan Mitchell	OG Anunoby: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Mikal Bridges: 18 poss., 7 pts (1/3)
Jarrett Allen	Karl-Anthony Towns: 25 poss., 6 pts (3/3) · Mitchell Robinson: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Evan Mobley	OG Anunoby: 13 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Karl-Anthony Towns: 12 poss., 1 pts (0/3)
Jaylon Tyson	Karl-Anthony Towns: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jose Alvarado: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Dean Wade	Jalen Brunson: 25 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Josh Hart: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Dennis Schröder	Jose Alvarado: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Jalen Brunson: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Sam Merrill	Jalen Brunson: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Landry Shamet: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Keon Ellis	Jalen Brunson: 7 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Jose Alvarado: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Darius Brown II	Tyler Kolek: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Mohamed Diawara: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tyrese Proctor	Jeremy Sochan: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Dillon Jones: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Craig Porter Jr.	Mohamed Diawara: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Tyler Kolek: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Thomas Bryant	Ariel Hukporti: 2 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Mohamed Diawara: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Nae'Qwan Tomlin	Jeremy Sochan: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Dillon Jones: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/1)

Knicks defense

Donovan Mitchell 12 pts (4/12) in 61 possessions

Guarded by: Mikal Bridges (31 %, 2 pts) · OG Anunoby (27 %, 0 pts) · Jose Alvarado (11 %, 3 pts)
James Harden 12 pts (5/11) in 67 possessions

Guarded by: OG Anunoby (34 %, 0 pts) · Mikal Bridges (16 %, 4 pts) · Josh Hart (15 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Jalen Brunson	Dean Wade: 20 poss., 3 pts (1/5) · Dennis Schröder: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/3)
OG Anunoby	James Harden: 23 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Donovan Mitchell: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Mikal Bridges	Donovan Mitchell: 19 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · James Harden: 11 poss., 4 pts (2/4)
Karl-Anthony Towns	Evan Mobley: 20 poss., 1 pts (0/0) · Jarrett Allen: 15 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Josh Hart	Evan Mobley: 13 poss., 7 pts (3/4) · Jarrett Allen: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Jose Alvarado	Dennis Schröder: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jaylon Tyson: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Mitchell Robinson	Jarrett Allen: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Jaylon Tyson: 5 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Landry Shamet	Sam Merrill: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Keon Ellis: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Mohamed Diawara	Jaylon Tyson: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Sam Merrill: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jeremy Sochan	Tyrese Proctor: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · James Harden: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Dillon Jones	Craig Porter Jr.: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Nae'Qwan Tomlin: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ariel Hukporti	Thomas Bryant: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Nae'Qwan Tomlin: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tyler Kolek	Darius Brown II: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Craig Porter Jr.: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jordan Clarkson	Sam Merrill: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jaylon Tyson: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0)