New York Knicks vs Cleveland Cavaliers: player stats

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New York Knicks

Cleveland Cavaliers

Rocket Arena · Cleveland, OH

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NYK

Game leaders

CLE

Points
New York Knicks: Jalen Brunson31 PTS12-25 FG, 3-7 3P, 4-5 FT
Cleveland Cavaliers: Donovan Mitchell37 PTS13-22 FG, 5-13 3P, 6-11 FT
Rebounds
New York Knicks: Karl-Anthony Towns13 REB5 OREB, 8 DREB
Cleveland Cavaliers: Evan Mobley9 REB3 OREB, 6 DREB
Assists
New York Knicks: Jalen Brunson9 AST31 PTS, 1 TOV
Cleveland Cavaliers: Evan Mobley5 AST12 PTS, 3 TOV

The New York Knicks won 109-97 against the Cleveland Cavaliers on November 7, 2026 at Rocket Arena. Donovan Mitchell scored 37 for the Cleveland Cavaliers, while Jalen Brunson had 31 for the New York Knicks.

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How it happened

FinalNew York beats Cleveland 109-97. The Knicks outrebound the Cavaliers 49-40 and get 31 points and nine assists from Jalen Brunson, despite 37 from Donovan Mitchell.
Q4 2:52Jalen Brunson pulls up from 15 feet and reaches 30 points, giving the Knicks a 104-92 lead with 2:52 left. He has 30 on 12-of-24 shooting, with six rebounds and eight assists.
Q4 4:18Donovan Mitchell hits an 11-foot driving floater to reach 30 points, and he has 31 on 11-of-20 shooting with four rebounds and four assists. New York leads Cleveland 102-89 with 4:18 left.
Q3New York leads Cleveland 88-70 after three quarters, led by Jalen Brunson's 26 points. The Knicks have 39 rebounds to the Cavaliers' 29 and have turned it over just six times.
HalftimeNew York leads Cleveland 63-53 at halftime after outscoring the Cavaliers 37-26 in the second quarter. The Knicks have committed three turnovers to Cleveland's eight, and Jalen Brunson has 20 points.
Q1Cleveland leads New York 27-26 after one quarter. The Cavaliers hit 5 of 12 threes to the Knicks' 3 of 10, and Karl-Anthony Towns has 14 points for New York.

New York Knicks box score
New York Knicks
Jalen BrunsonG	34:18	31	6	9	12-25	3-7	4-5	0	0	1	0	+13
Karl-Anthony TownsC	33:58	29	13	3	11-21	2-4	5-5	2	0	0	2	+2
OG AnunobyF	33:51	15	6	2	4-13	3-9	4-4	1	1	2	3	-4
Mikal BridgesF	31:25	9	6	4	4-13	1-7	0-0	0	2	0	0	+5
Landry ShametG	28:55	9	1	1	3-8	3-8	0-0	1	0	1	3	+6
Miles McBrideG	15:50	5	0	0	2-4	1-3	0-0	0	0	0	0	+14
Jordan ClarksonG	14:31	9	2	0	4-5	1-1	0-0	0	0	0	2	+4
Mohamed DiawaraF	14:09	2	3	3	1-4	0-3	0-0	0	0	0	2	+16
Andre DrummondC	14:02	0	8	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	2	1	1	0	+10
Tyler KolekG	13:42	0	4	5	0-2	0-2	0-0	1	0	2	4	-1
Dalton KnechtF	5:19	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	2	-5
Team	240	109	49	27	41-96	14-44	13-14	7	4	7	18

DNP: Pacome Dadiet, Jose Alvarado, James Wiseman

Cleveland Cavaliers box score
Cleveland Cavaliers
Donovan MitchellG	37:24	37	4	4	13-22	5-13	6-11	2	1	5	4	-3
James HardenG	34:21	7	2	5	2-9	1-4	2-2	0	2	2	1	-15
Evan MobleyF-C	32:54	12	9	5	5-11	1-5	1-2	0	0	3	3	+7
Peyton WatsonG	29:28	12	6	3	5-11	1-5	1-2	1	2	0	2	-11
Meleek ThomasG	24:08	9	4	0	3-10	3-8	0-0	0	0	1	0	-11
Tyrese ProctorG	22:35	7	3	3	2-5	2-4	1-2	0	0	0	1	-16
Mario HezonjaF	18:32	0	5	1	0-6	0-5	0-0	0	0	0	1	-1
Craig PorterG	15:25	0	1	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	1	+1
Thomas BryantC	15:06	5	3	1	2-4	1-3	0-0	0	0	0	5	-19
Riley MinixF	10:07	8	3	0	3-4	2-3	0-0	0	0	0	0	+8
Team	240	97	40	23	35-82	16-50	11-19	3	5	11	18

DNP: Norchad Omier

Team stats

Team stats: New York Knicks and Cleveland Cavaliers
NYK	Stat	CLE
42.7%(better)41-96	Field-goal percentage	42.7%35-82
31.8%14-44	Three-point percentage	32.0%(better)16-50
92.9%(better)13-14	Free-throw percentage	57.9%11-19
49(better)	Rebounds	40
16(better)	Offensive rebounds	10
33(better)	Defensive rebounds	30
27(better)	Assists	23
7(better)	Steals	3
4	Blocks	5(better)
7(better)	Turnovers	11
18	Personal fouls	18
16	Bench points	20(better)

Team advanced
NYK	Stat	CLE
92.3	Pace	92.3
118.1(better)	Off. rating	105.1
105.1(better)	Def. rating	118.1
13.0(better)	Net rating	-13.0
53.3	TS%	53.7(better)
50.0	eFG%	52.4(better)
6.4(better)	TOV%	10.9
34.8(better)	OREB%	23.3
0.146	FT rate	0.232(better)
45.8	3PA rate	61.0(better)

Recap

Jalen Brunson scored 31 points and Karl-Anthony Towns added 29 and 13 rebounds as the New York Knicks beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 109-97 on Saturday, November 7.

Brunson made 12 of 25 shots and had nine assists with one turnover. New York took control in the second quarter, outscoring Cleveland 37-26 after trailing 36-30 early in the period.

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