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Cleveland Cavaliers vs. New York Knicks

November 7, 2026 · 2026-27 season

The Knicks beat the Cavaliers 109-97 on 2026-11-07 on the road against the Cavaliers. The Cavaliers started James Harden, Donovan Mitchell, Evan Mobley, Peyton Watson, and Meleek Thomas. The Knicks started Karl-Anthony Towns, OG Anunoby, Mikal Bridges, Jalen Brunson, and Landry Shamet. Jalen Brunson (Knicks) scored 13 points (5/13) in his matchups, with Meleek Thomas as his primary defender. Donovan Mitchell (Cavaliers) scored 15 points (5/10) in his matchups, with Landry Shamet as his primary defender.

Box score

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

CLE

Cleveland Cavaliers 97

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Donovan Mitchell GS	37:24	37	4	4	2	1	5	4	13-22	5-13	6-11	-3
James Harden GS	34:21	7	2	5	0	2	2	1	2-9	1-4	2-2	-15
Evan Mobley GS	32:54	12	9	5	0	0	3	3	5-11	1-5	1-2	+7
Peyton Watson GS	29:28	12	6	3	1	2	0	2	5-11	1-5	1-2	-11
Meleek Thomas GS	24:08	9	4	0	0	0	1	0	3-10	3-8	0-0	-11
Tyrese Proctor	22:35	7	3	3	0	0	0	1	2-5	2-4	1-2	-16
Mario Hezonja	18:32	0	5	1	0	0	0	1	0-6	0-5	0-0	-1
Craig Porter Jr.	15:25	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	+1
Thomas Bryant	15:06	5	3	1	0	0	0	5	2-4	1-3	0-0	-19
Riley Minix	10:07	8	3	0	0	0	0	0	3-4	2-3	0-0	+8
Totals		97	40	23	3	5	11	18	35-82	16-50	11-19

Did not play: Norchad Omier (DNP - Coach's Decision)

NYK

New York Knicks 109

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jalen Brunson GS	34:18	31	6	9	0	0	1	0	12-25	3-7	4-5	+13
Karl-Anthony Towns GS	33:58	29	13	3	2	0	0	2	11-21	2-4	5-5	+2
OG Anunoby GS	33:51	15	6	2	1	1	2	3	4-13	3-9	4-4	-4
Mikal Bridges GS	31:25	9	6	4	0	2	0	0	4-13	1-7	0-0	+5
Landry Shamet GS	28:55	9	1	1	1	0	1	3	3-8	3-8	0-0	+6
Miles McBride	15:50	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2-4	1-3	0-0	+14
Jordan Clarkson	14:31	9	2	0	0	0	0	2	4-5	1-1	0-0	+4
Mohamed Diawara	14:09	2	3	3	0	0	0	2	1-4	0-3	0-0	+16
Andre Drummond	14:02	0	8	0	2	1	1	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	+10
Tyler Kolek	13:42	0	4	5	1	0	2	4	0-2	0-2	0-0	-1
Dalton Knecht	5:19	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	-5
Totals		109	49	27	7	4	7	18	41-96	14-44	13-14

Did not play: Jose Alvarado (DNP - Coach's Decision), Pacôme Dadiet (DNP - Coach's Decision), James Wiseman (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

CLE

Cleveland Cavaliers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

James Harden · Donovan Mitchell · Evan Mobley · Peyton Watson · Meleek Thomas Starter 17.5 min
Mario Hezonja · Donovan Mitchell · Thomas Bryant · Craig Porter Jr. · Tyrese Proctor 7.7 min
Mario Hezonja · Donovan Mitchell · Evan Mobley · Craig Porter Jr. · Riley Minix 6.0 min
James Harden · Evan Mobley · Peyton Watson · Tyrese Proctor · Meleek Thomas 4.3 min
James Harden · Thomas Bryant · Peyton Watson · Tyrese Proctor · Meleek Thomas 2.3 min

NYK

New York Knicks

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Karl-Anthony Towns · OG Anunoby · Mikal Bridges · Jalen Brunson · Landry Shamet Starter 11.7 min
Andre Drummond · Jordan Clarkson · Mikal Bridges · Jalen Brunson · Mohamed Diawara 7.2 min
Karl-Anthony Towns · OG Anunoby · Mikal Bridges · Jalen Brunson · Miles McBride 6.1 min
Andre Drummond · Jalen Brunson · Landry Shamet · Miles McBride · Mohamed Diawara 4.3 min
Jordan Clarkson · Karl-Anthony Towns · OG Anunoby · Landry Shamet · Tyler Kolek 3.8 min

Who guarded whom

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

Cavaliers defense

Jalen Brunson 13 pts (5/13) in 60 possessions

Guarded by: Meleek Thomas (32 %, 0 pts) · Tyrese Proctor (17 %, 3 pts) · Peyton Watson (13 %, 7 pts)
Karl-Anthony Towns 14 pts (5/13) in 60 possessions

Guarded by: Evan Mobley (50 %, 10 pts) · Thomas Bryant (20 %, 0 pts) · Donovan Mitchell (7 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Donovan Mitchell	Landry Shamet: 28 poss., 9 pts (3/7) · OG Anunoby: 13 poss., 7 pts (3/4)
James Harden	Mikal Bridges: 25 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Jalen Brunson: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Evan Mobley	Karl-Anthony Towns: 30 poss., 10 pts (4/6) · Andre Drummond: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/3)
Peyton Watson	OG Anunoby: 14 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Jalen Brunson: 8 poss., 7 pts (3/3)
Meleek Thomas	Jalen Brunson: 19 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · OG Anunoby: 7 poss., 6 pts (2/3)
Tyrese Proctor	Jalen Brunson: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Miles McBride: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Mario Hezonja	OG Anunoby: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Mohamed Diawara: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Craig Porter Jr.	Tyler Kolek: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Landry Shamet: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Thomas Bryant	Karl-Anthony Towns: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Andre Drummond: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Riley Minix	Jordan Clarkson: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Dalton Knecht: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Knicks defense

Donovan Mitchell 15 pts (5/10) in 63 possessions

Guarded by: Landry Shamet (28 %, 3 pts) · Mikal Bridges (23 %, 0 pts) · OG Anunoby (16 %, 5 pts)
James Harden 16 pts (6/16) in 58 possessions

Guarded by: OG Anunoby (26 %, 6 pts) · Jalen Brunson (22 %, 7 pts) · Mikal Bridges (19 %, 3 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Jalen Brunson	Peyton Watson: 24 poss., 8 pts (3/4) · James Harden: 13 poss., 7 pts (3/8)
Karl-Anthony Towns	Evan Mobley: 32 poss., 13 pts (5/11) · Thomas Bryant: 7 poss., 14 pts (6/6)
OG Anunoby	James Harden: 15 poss., 6 pts (2/4) · Donovan Mitchell: 10 poss., 5 pts (1/3)
Mikal Bridges	Donovan Mitchell: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · James Harden: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Landry Shamet	Donovan Mitchell: 18 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Meleek Thomas: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Miles McBride	Tyrese Proctor: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Meleek Thomas: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Andre Drummond	Thomas Bryant: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Evan Mobley: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jordan Clarkson	Donovan Mitchell: 5 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Tyrese Proctor: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Mohamed Diawara	Mario Hezonja: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · James Harden: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Tyler Kolek	Tyrese Proctor: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Craig Porter Jr.: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Dalton Knecht	Donovan Mitchell: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Craig Porter Jr.: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)