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New York Knicks vs. Cleveland Cavaliers

November 11, 2026 · 2026-27 season

The Cavaliers beat the Knicks 115-107 on 2026-11-11 on the road against the Knicks. The Knicks started Karl-Anthony Towns, OG Anunoby, Josh Hart, Mikal Bridges, and Jalen Brunson. The Cavaliers started James Harden, Donovan Mitchell, Jarrett Allen, Evan Mobley, and Peyton Watson. Donovan Mitchell (Cavaliers) scored 7 points (3/9) in his matchups, with Landry Shamet as his primary defender. Jalen Brunson (Knicks) scored 16 points (4/14) in his matchups, with Peyton Watson as his primary defender.

Box score

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

NYK
New York Knicks
New York Knicks 107

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Jalen Brunson GS 34:48 27 3 5 1 1 2 3 12-23 3-8 0-0 -20
Karl-Anthony Towns GS 34:20 21 11 8 0 1 2 3 7-11 2-5 5-5 +3
OG Anunoby GS 34:03 14 6 2 2 1 3 1 3-9 2-6 6-6 -2
Josh Hart GS 25:39 6 4 3 0 0 0 4 3-8 0-3 0-0 -3
Mikal Bridges GS 17:11 2 1 2 0 0 2 1 1-3 0-0 0-0 -2
Landry Shamet 28:44 12 2 4 0 0 1 1 5-8 2-4 0-0 +7
Miles McBride 27:25 19 2 2 1 0 0 2 7-13 5-10 0-0 -18
Andre Drummond 13:39 0 5 3 0 1 1 3 0-2 0-0 0-0 -9
Tyler Kolek 13:08 4 1 4 1 0 0 3 2-3 0-1 0-0 +12
Mohamed Diawara 11:03 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-3 0-2 0-0 -8
Totals 107 35 33 5 4 11 21 41-83 14-39 11-11

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

CLE
Cleveland Cavaliers
Cleveland Cavaliers 115

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Donovan Mitchell GS 35:53 23 7 6 2 1 4 2 8-15 2-7 5-5 +15
James Harden GS 33:26 32 2 4 2 0 2 1 9-14 5-7 9-11 +8
Evan Mobley GS 32:31 10 5 3 0 1 0 2 4-8 0-2 2-4 +5
Jarrett Allen GS 32:28 11 14 3 1 1 0 2 4-7 0-0 3-3 +9
Peyton Watson GS 30:04 7 5 4 0 4 0 4 2-12 2-5 1-2 0
Jaylon Tyson 23:19 3 0 1 0 1 1 1 1-5 1-5 0-0 +6
Tyrese Proctor 22:49 15 3 1 0 0 1 2 6-12 3-8 0-0 -4
Meleek Thomas 22:08 14 4 1 2 0 1 2 6-11 2-4 0-0 +10
Mario Hezonja 7:22 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0-1 0-0 0-0 -9
Totals 115 40 23 8 9 9 18 40-85 15-38 20-25

Did not play: Thomas Bryant (DNP - Coach's Decision), Riley Minix (DNP - Coach's Decision), Norchad Omier (DNP - Coach's Decision), Craig Porter Jr. (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

NYK
New York Knicks
New York Knicks

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

CLE
Cleveland Cavaliers
Cleveland Cavaliers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Who guarded whom

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

Knicks defense

Defender Guarded most
Jalen Brunson Peyton Watson: 17 poss., 14 pts (6/7) · Tyrese Proctor: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Karl-Anthony Towns Jarrett Allen: 21 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · Evan Mobley: 17 poss., 9 pts (4/7)
OG Anunoby James Harden: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Jaylon Tyson: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Landry Shamet Donovan Mitchell: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Meleek Thomas: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Miles McBride Meleek Thomas: 10 poss., 5 pts (2/4) · Donovan Mitchell: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Josh Hart Evan Mobley: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Donovan Mitchell: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Mikal Bridges Donovan Mitchell: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Peyton Watson: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tyler Kolek Tyrese Proctor: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Peyton Watson: 5 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Andre Drummond Jarrett Allen: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Jaylon Tyson: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Mohamed Diawara Mario Hezonja: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · James Harden: 3 poss., 2 pts (1/1)

Cavaliers defense

Defender Guarded most
Donovan Mitchell Landry Shamet: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Josh Hart: 12 poss., 7 pts (2/5)
James Harden Josh Hart: 12 poss., 8 pts (3/5) · Jalen Brunson: 10 poss., 6 pts (0/3)
Evan Mobley Karl-Anthony Towns: 19 poss., 1 pts (0/1) · OG Anunoby: 16 poss., 4 pts (2/4)
Jarrett Allen Karl-Anthony Towns: 21 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Andre Drummond: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Peyton Watson Jalen Brunson: 19 poss., 3 pts (1/4) · Josh Hart: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jaylon Tyson OG Anunoby: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Miles McBride: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tyrese Proctor Landry Shamet: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Tyler Kolek: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Meleek Thomas Miles McBride: 10 poss., 7 pts (3/4) · Jalen Brunson: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Mario Hezonja Mohamed Diawara: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · OG Anunoby: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)