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New York Knicks vs. Cleveland Cavaliers

October 22, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Knicks beat the Cavaliers 119-111 on 2025-10-22 at home. The Knicks started Karl-Anthony Towns, OG Anunoby, Mikal Bridges, Jalen Brunson, and Ariel Hukporti. The Cavaliers started Donovan Mitchell, Jarrett Allen, Sam Merrill, Evan Mobley, and Jaylon Tyson. Donovan Mitchell (Cavaliers) scored 9 points (3/6) in his matchups, with OG Anunoby as his primary defender. Jalen Brunson (Knicks) scored 11 points (3/9) in his matchups, with Sam Merrill as his primary defender.

Box score

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

NYK

New York Knicks 119

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
OG Anunoby GS	37:30	24	14	2	3	1	4	0	9-17	4-9	2-4	+10
Jalen Brunson GS	34:23	23	4	5	0	0	2	3	5-18	1-9	12-13	+6
Mikal Bridges GS	33:12	16	5	6	3	2	0	3	6-11	1-3	3-3	+1
Karl-Anthony Towns GS	31:00	19	11	2	0	0	3	4	5-12	1-4	8-9	+2
Ariel Hukporti GS	17:45	2	5	2	0	1	1	3	1-2	0-0	0-0	-4
Miles McBride	25:52	15	2	1	1	0	2	4	4-7	4-6	3-4	+17
Landry Shamet	13:49	9	2	1	1	0	1	1	2-4	2-3	3-3	-5
Tyler Kolek	13:37	7	1	2	0	0	0	2	3-6	1-3	0-0	+2
Jordan Clarkson	13:09	4	1	1	0	0	0	2	2-7	0-2	0-0	+4
Guerschon Yabusele	12:02	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0-2	0-1	0-0	+4
Trey Jemison III	7:41	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+3
Totals		119	48	22	8	4	13	23	37-86	14-40	31-36

Did not play: Pacôme Dadiet (DNP - Coach's Decision), Mohamed Diawara (DNP - Coach's Decision)

CLE

Cleveland Cavaliers 111

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Evan Mobley GS	35:56	22	8	3	3	1	3	3	8-18	4-8	2-5	0
Donovan Mitchell GS	35:53	31	2	5	2	1	3	2	12-25	2-9	5-5	-14
Sam Merrill GS	28:22	19	3	1	0	0	1	6	6-11	5-10	2-2	-1
Jarrett Allen GS	28:13	4	4	1	2	0	1	0	1-4	0-0	2-4	-4
Jaylon Tyson GS	20:13	5	2	1	0	1	2	4	2-4	1-3	0-0	-6
Dean Wade	28:07	10	2	0	1	1	0	4	3-3	3-3	1-2	0
Lonzo Ball	23:29	3	4	6	0	0	4	0	1-7	1-7	0-0	-3
Larry Nance Jr.	16:59	10	6	1	0	0	1	3	4-7	2-2	0-0	-2
Tyrese Proctor	16:06	5	1	2	0	0	0	2	2-5	1-3	0-0	-1
Craig Porter Jr.	6:43	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	1-2	0-1	0-0	-9
Totals		111	32	21	8	4	15	25	40-86	19-46	12-18

Did not play: Thomas Bryant (DNP - Coach's Decision), Nae'Qwan Tomlin (DNP - Coach's Decision), Luke Travers (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

NYK

New York Knicks

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Karl-Anthony Towns · OG Anunoby · Mikal Bridges · Jalen Brunson · Ariel Hukporti Starter 8.9 min
Karl-Anthony Towns · OG Anunoby · Mikal Bridges · Jalen Brunson · Miles McBride 6.6 min
Jordan Clarkson · Karl-Anthony Towns · Guerschon Yabusele · OG Anunoby · Tyler Kolek 4.8 min
Jordan Clarkson · Karl-Anthony Towns · OG Anunoby · Miles McBride · Tyler Kolek 4.5 min
Mikal Bridges · Jalen Brunson · Landry Shamet · Miles McBride · Ariel Hukporti 2.8 min

CLE

Cleveland Cavaliers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Donovan Mitchell · Jarrett Allen · Sam Merrill · Evan Mobley · Jaylon Tyson Starter 6.5 min
Donovan Mitchell · Jarrett Allen · Dean Wade · Sam Merrill · Evan Mobley 7.3 min
Lonzo Ball · Donovan Mitchell · Dean Wade · Sam Merrill · Evan Mobley 4.0 min
Larry Nance Jr. · Donovan Mitchell · Evan Mobley · Jaylon Tyson · Tyrese Proctor 3.5 min
Lonzo Ball · Dean Wade · Sam Merrill · Evan Mobley · Jaylon Tyson 3.5 min

Who guarded whom

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

Knicks defense

Donovan Mitchell 9 pts (3/6) in 74 possessions

Guarded by: OG Anunoby (26 %, 0 pts) · Mikal Bridges (25 %, 3 pts) · Miles McBride (15 %, 0 pts)
Evan Mobley 28 pts (10/21) in 80 possessions

Guarded by: Karl-Anthony Towns (34 %, 6 pts) · OG Anunoby (15 %, 8 pts) · Mikal Bridges (13 %, 7 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
OG Anunoby	Donovan Mitchell: 19 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Evan Mobley: 12 poss., 8 pts (3/3)
Jalen Brunson	Dean Wade: 22 poss., 3 pts (0/4) · Sam Merrill: 18 poss., 5 pts (0/2)
Mikal Bridges	Donovan Mitchell: 19 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Sam Merrill: 15 poss., 4 pts (1/1)
Karl-Anthony Towns	Evan Mobley: 27 poss., 6 pts (1/4) · Jarrett Allen: 21 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Miles McBride	Lonzo Ball: 17 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Donovan Mitchell: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ariel Hukporti	Jarrett Allen: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Evan Mobley: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Landry Shamet	Lonzo Ball: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Tyrese Proctor: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Guerschon Yabusele	Dean Wade: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Evan Mobley: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Tyler Kolek	Tyrese Proctor: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jaylon Tyson: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Jordan Clarkson	Jaylon Tyson: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Tyrese Proctor: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Trey Jemison III	Jarrett Allen: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Larry Nance Jr.: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Cavaliers defense

Jalen Brunson 11 pts (3/9) in 68 possessions

Guarded by: Sam Merrill (37 %, 6 pts) · Dean Wade (16 %, 0 pts) · Donovan Mitchell (10 %, 2 pts)
Karl-Anthony Towns 9 pts (3/8) in 63 possessions

Guarded by: Jarrett Allen (37 %, 1 pts) · Evan Mobley (25 %, 2 pts) · Larry Nance Jr. (12 %, 6 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Donovan Mitchell	Mikal Bridges: 27 poss., 18 pts (7/11) · OG Anunoby: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Evan Mobley	OG Anunoby: 20 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Karl-Anthony Towns: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/4)
Sam Merrill	Jalen Brunson: 25 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · Mikal Bridges: 9 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Dean Wade	Jalen Brunson: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · OG Anunoby: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jarrett Allen	Karl-Anthony Towns: 23 poss., 1 pts (0/0) · Ariel Hukporti: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Lonzo Ball	Miles McBride: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Landry Shamet: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Jaylon Tyson	OG Anunoby: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jordan Clarkson: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Larry Nance Jr.	Karl-Anthony Towns: 8 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · OG Anunoby: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tyrese Proctor	Tyler Kolek: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Jordan Clarkson: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Craig Porter Jr.	Miles McBride: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jalen Brunson: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)