ESPN Box Score

East Finals – Game 1 • NY leads series 1-0

1 2 3 4 OT T
CLE 16 32 35 18 3 104
NY 23 23 23 32 14 115
FGM-A FG% 3PM-A 3P% FTM-A FT% REB AST STL BLK TOV PF
CLE 36-90 40% 16-50 32% 16-23 70% 38 23 11 6 21 29
NY 42-88 48% Oct-32 31% 21-32 66% 47 20 10 2 19 26
Cleveland Cavaliers
Starters MIN PTS FG 3PT FT REB AST TO STL BLK OREB DREB PF +/-
Dean Wade#32 29 10 3/5 3/5 1/1 5 3 0 0 0 2 3 0 1
Jarrett Allen#31 35 10 3/6 0-0 4/8 7 3 1 1 1 6 1 3 -10
Evan Mobley#4 40 15 6/16 2/8 1/2 14 3 3 0 3 1 13 2 -6
James Harden#1 42 15 5/16 1/8 4/6 4 3 6 1 1 1 3 5 -6
Donovan Mitchell#45 41 29 12/23 4/11 1/1 5 3 4 6 1 0 5 5 -13
Bench MIN PTS FG 3PT FT REB AST TO STL BLK OREB DREB PF +/-
Dennis Schroder#8 18 3 1/9 1/4 0-0 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 3 1
Max Strus#2 25 8 2/6 2/6 2/2 2 1 3 1 0 1 1 5 -11
Sam Merrill#5 28 12 4/9 3/8 1/1 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 5 -17
Keon Ellis#14 5 2 0-0 0-0 2/2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 6
Larry Nance Jr.#22 DNP
Nae'Qwan Tomlin#35 DNP
Thomas Bryant#3 DNP
Jaylon Tyson#20 DNP
Craig Porter Jr.#9 DNP
Tyrese Proctor#24 DNP
Team 104 36-90 16-50 16-23 38 23 19 11 6 11 27 29
40% 32% 70%
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New York Knicks
Starters MIN PTS FG 3PT FT REB AST TO STL BLK OREB DREB PF +/-
OG Anunoby#8 34 13 2/9 1/6 8/10 5 2 1 1 0 0 5 3 15
Karl-Anthony Towns#32 40 13 6/14 1/5 0-0 13 5 7 1 1 4 9 4 13
Josh Hart#3 31 13 5/11 1/5 2/2 7 4 2 1 0 0 7 3 -23
Mikal Bridges#25 42 18 7/11 2/4 2/2 5 1 3 2 0 0 5 3 12
Jalen Brunson#11 46 38 15-29 1/6 7/10 5 6 3 3 0 0 5 5 15
Bench MIN PTS FG 3PT FT REB AST TO STL BLK OREB DREB PF +/-
Mitchell Robinson#23 14 4 1/3 0-0 2/8 6 1 0 2 0 4 2 1 -8
Jordan Clarkson#00 16 3 1/3 1/1 0-0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 2
Landry Shamet#44 17 9 3/4 3/3 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 25
Jose Alvarado#5 7 4 2/3 0-1 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1
Miles McBride#2 17 0 0-1 0-1 0-0 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 5 5
Jeremy Sochan#20 DNP
Pacome Dadiet#4 DNP
Mohamed Diawara#51 DNP
Ariel Hukporti#55 DNP
Tyler Kolek#13 DNP
Team 115 42-88 10/1 21-32 47 20 17 10 2 9 38 26
48% 31% 66%

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33 comments

  1. EVERYONES BETTER THAN JALEN BRUNSON TIL IT’S TIME TO BE BETTER THAN JALEN BRUNSON

  5. Yeah, Brunson is the best Knick since Ewing. When he’s on, he’s ELECTRIC

  6. This has an argument to be the biggest choke in a playoff game ever. Up 22 with 8 minutes left and losing is unheard of.

  7. ONE GAME OF EVERY SERIES IS A GOVERNMENT MANDATED CHOKE FOR THE CAVS. HOW DOES KENNY ATKINSON NOT CALL A TIMEOUT ONLY AFTER A 18-1 RUN DESPITE HAVING 4 TIMEOUTS REMAINING???

  8. I know you can’t completely buy the 0.1% probability shit on ESPN, but the Knicks were completely dead with eight minutes left in the fourth, down 22.

    Incredible combination of taking over the game by Brunson and absolute bedshitting by Harden and Atkinson

  9. That’s one of the worst postseason chokes I’ve personally ever seen. And I’ve seen a lot of playoff Harden.

    I went from thinking this would be a long series after the third quarter to now thinking it’ll be a gentlemen’s sweep.

    Knicks in 5.

  10. The knicks know what its like to get walked down. The were on the other side of this. Credit to them they did it right back respect brunson. The greatest 48 hours of basketball in a long time.

  12. What an apocalyptic collapse from the Cavs.

    Up 93-71 with 7:52 remaining in the 4th only to get shellacked in OT.

  14. 22 points down with 7 minutes to go. Utterly baffled by what I’ve just seen.

    I can’t believe there are real life people that do not rate Brunson bro

  16. How many points in the 4th and OT did Harden give up holy shit

    That’s a really really really bad loss

  18. Atkinson did a great job of making facial expressions that made it seem like he wanted to win this game

  19. Attacked relentlessly on the defensive end. Missed everything. More turnovers than field goals.

    You’ve just witnessed an average James Harden playoff game

  20. This was the worst misuse of timeouts by I coach that I have ever seen

    And I’ve been watching basketball for over 40 years.

  21. Coach they are on a massive run, do something!

    Kenny: nah let’s see how this plays out

  23. Dont let Atkinson on the plane. That was the worst coaching job I can remember.

    Imagine having one of the 5 worst defensice players IN THE ENTIRE LEAGUE and not going at him even once on that run. Unbelievably moronic. Brunson has to be targeted if you want to beat these guys. Hes going to kill you on one end, use him on the other.

    The lack of a TO in the 25 point run is fucking crazy. AND HE ENDED REGULATION WITH ONE.

    Sometimes you gotta wonder how these guys get and keep their jobs with performances like that.

  24. Watching your team get decimated in the fourth because you want to save…4 (four) timeouts?? Some of the most boneheaded coaching I’ve seen.

  25. **Cavs made the mistake of going up by 20 against the Knicks in the Playoffs**

  26. 44-11 Knicks run in the final 7 minutes of regulation plus overtime. Holy fuck what an incredible comeback

  27. Glad we still get to see a vintage James Harden playoff performance in year 17.

  28. Kenny Atkinson waited until it was 18-1 to call a timeout.

    Mike Brown benched Hart for Shamet who hit multiple clutch 3s during the comeback.

  29. Genuinely embarrassing lmao, has to be the most deflating loss I’ve ever seen. 22 points with 8min is insane.

    Also, why did the Cavs keep rushing shots despite being comfortably up? Like wtf man

  32. Like, imagine a marching band, right? A marching band, and it’s got like 200 people. Now imagine a chainsaw. Now imagine on each one of the edges of that chainsaw, has a DICK of one of those fucking people in that marching band. A chainsaw with 200 FUCKING DICKS on it. Every single one of those FUCKING dicks represents the glimmer of hope I had going into the 4th quarter. Now imagine every single one of those FUCKING dicks ejaculating at the exact same moment that’s the FUCKING taste in my mouth right now. FUCK this game.

  33. That’s what you get for making me watch Hack-A-Mitchell in the 3rd mfing quarter

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