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New York Knicks vs. Cleveland Cavaliers

December 25, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Knicks beat the Cavaliers 126-124 on 2025-12-25 at home. The Knicks started Karl-Anthony Towns, OG Anunoby, Josh Hart, Mikal Bridges, and Jalen Brunson. The Cavaliers started Donovan Mitchell, Jarrett Allen, Darius Garland, Dean Wade, and Sam Merrill. Donovan Mitchell (Cavaliers) scored 13 points (4/8) in his matchups, with OG Anunoby as his primary defender. Jalen Brunson (Knicks) scored 9 points (4/11) 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 126

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jalen Brunson GS	39:13	34	1	4	2	0	3	1	10-25	6-12	8-10	-17
Mikal Bridges GS	36:10	12	3	4	2	1	2	1	5-10	2-4	0-0	+9
OG Anunoby GS	33:05	8	2	2	0	1	1	1	3-7	1-4	1-1	-3
Karl-Anthony Towns GS	27:23	11	14	1	2	0	2	4	5-13	0-2	1-2	+7
Josh Hart GS	26:25	15	5	3	0	0	1	2	5-9	2-5	3-3	-19
Jordan Clarkson	28:46	25	1	2	3	0	0	3	9-17	5-10	2-2	+13
Tyler Kolek	24:41	16	3	9	0	1	2	2	5-9	4-5	2-2	+24
Mitchell Robinson	16:37	0	13	2	0	1	1	2	0-1	0-0	0-2	0
Ariel Hukporti	4:00	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-5
Mohamed Diawara	3:40	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	2-3	1-2	0-0	+1
Totals		126	43	28	9	4	13	17	44-94	21-44	17-22

Did not play: Pacôme Dadiet (DNP - Coach's Decision), Tosan Evbuomwan (DNP - Coach's Decision), Guerschon Yabusele (DNP - Coach's Decision)

CLE

Cleveland Cavaliers 124

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Darius Garland GS	36:00	20	1	10	0	4	2	7-14	3-4	3-4	0
Donovan Mitchell GS	32:51	34	7	6	4	1	3	12-25	4-9	6-6	+2
Dean Wade GS	29:28	6	4	2	0	0	2	2-4	1-3	1-1	-2
Sam Merrill GS	29:15	11	5	1	2	1	2	4-11	2-8	1-2	+3
Jarrett Allen GS	23:07	7	8	2	0	2	3	3-4	0-0	1-2	-3
De'Andre Hunter	27:06	13	3	2	0	0	1	3-7	2-3	5-6	-7
Evan Mobley	25:19	14	9	3	0	2	4	6-8	0-1	2-2	+4
Jaylon Tyson	20:05	16	6	1	1	2	4	7-11	2-4	0-0	-1
Lonzo Ball	13:39	0	1	3	0	1	1	0-1	0-1	0-0	+2
Thomas Bryant	3:10	3	1	0	0	1	0	1-1	1-1	0-0	-8
Totals		124	45	30	7	14	22	45-86	15-34	19-23

Did not play: Craig Porter Jr. (DNP - Coach's Decision), Tyrese Proctor (DNP - Coach's Decision), Nae'Qwan Tomlin (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

NYK

New York Knicks

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Karl-Anthony Towns · OG Anunoby · Josh Hart · Mikal Bridges · Jalen Brunson Starter 8.2 min
Jordan Clarkson · Karl-Anthony Towns · OG Anunoby · Mikal Bridges · Tyler Kolek 7.5 min
OG Anunoby · Josh Hart · Mikal Bridges · Jalen Brunson · Mitchell Robinson 5.5 min
Jordan Clarkson · Mikal Bridges · Jalen Brunson · Mitchell Robinson · Tyler Kolek 4.8 min
Karl-Anthony Towns · OG Anunoby · Mikal Bridges · Jalen Brunson · Tyler Kolek 3.0 min

CLE

Cleveland Cavaliers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Donovan Mitchell · Jarrett Allen · Darius Garland · Dean Wade · Sam Merrill Starter 14.1 min
Lonzo Ball · Donovan Mitchell · De'Andre Hunter · Evan Mobley · Jaylon Tyson 5.4 min
Lonzo Ball · De'Andre Hunter · Darius Garland · Evan Mobley · Jaylon Tyson 4.9 min
De'Andre Hunter · Darius Garland · Dean Wade · Sam Merrill · Evan Mobley 4.0 min
Donovan Mitchell · Jarrett Allen · Darius Garland · Sam Merrill · Evan Mobley 3.6 min

Who guarded whom

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

Knicks defense

Donovan Mitchell 13 pts (4/8) in 70 possessions

Guarded by: OG Anunoby (38 %, 0 pts) · Mikal Bridges (20 %, 0 pts) · Jalen Brunson (14 %, 7 pts)
Darius Garland 12 pts (4/12) in 79 possessions

Guarded by: Mikal Bridges (34 %, 5 pts) · Jordan Clarkson (18 %, 3 pts) · Jalen Brunson (11 %, 3 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Jalen Brunson	Sam Merrill: 25 poss., 7 pts (2/3) · Lonzo Ball: 14 poss., 6 pts (2/3)
Mikal Bridges	Darius Garland: 27 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Donovan Mitchell: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
OG Anunoby	Donovan Mitchell: 27 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · De'Andre Hunter: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Karl-Anthony Towns	Jarrett Allen: 15 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Evan Mobley: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/5)
Jordan Clarkson	Darius Garland: 15 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · De'Andre Hunter: 14 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Josh Hart	Jarrett Allen: 12 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Darius Garland: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tyler Kolek	Jaylon Tyson: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Sam Merrill: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Mitchell Robinson	Jarrett Allen: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Evan Mobley: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Ariel Hukporti	Evan Mobley: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · De'Andre Hunter: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Mohamed Diawara	Evan Mobley: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Darius Garland: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Cavaliers defense

Jalen Brunson 9 pts (4/11) in 73 possessions

Guarded by: Sam Merrill (22 %, 0 pts) · Dean Wade (20 %, 2 pts) · Lonzo Ball (15 %, 0 pts)
Karl-Anthony Towns 17 pts (6/9) in 54 possessions

Guarded by: Jarrett Allen (31 %, 2 pts) · Evan Mobley (23 %, 6 pts) · Dean Wade (16 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Darius Garland	Mikal Bridges: 25 poss., 3 pts (1/4) · Jordan Clarkson: 9 poss., 5 pts (2/4)
Donovan Mitchell	OG Anunoby: 23 poss., 7 pts (3/6) · Mikal Bridges: 22 poss., 11 pts (5/11)
Dean Wade	Jalen Brunson: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Karl-Anthony Towns: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Sam Merrill	Jalen Brunson: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Mikal Bridges: 9 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
De'Andre Hunter	Jordan Clarkson: 15 poss., 9 pts (2/4) · Josh Hart: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Evan Mobley	Karl-Anthony Towns: 12 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · OG Anunoby: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jarrett Allen	Karl-Anthony Towns: 17 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Mitchell Robinson: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jaylon Tyson	Jordan Clarkson: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Tyler Kolek: 10 poss., 4 pts (2/4)
Lonzo Ball	Jalen Brunson: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Tyler Kolek: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Thomas Bryant	Karl-Anthony Towns: 5 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Tyler Kolek: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)