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NBA · Thursday 25 December · Madison Square Garden
New York Knicks – Cleveland Cavaliers 126:124: NBA, 25/12/2025
Key facts
Form, table position, scoring and head-to-head in one place
Form: up to the last 5 matches in all competitions, most recent on the left (W = win, D = draw, L = loss). Averages come from the league table; where there is none, from these recent matches.
Form · last 5
League position
Points per game · season
Head to head · 5
wins – draws – wins
Match report
The match in a few sentences: score, scorers, table impact
The text is generated automatically from the match data and updates with it.
NBA: New York Knicks – Cleveland Cavaliers 126:124 (25 December). New York Knicks won. Venue: Madison Square Garden.
By quarter: 23:38, 37:20, 24:38, 42:28. Cleveland Cavaliers led after the first quarter (23:38), but their opponents came back to win.
Top scorers: Jalen Brunson (New York Knicks) — 34; Donovan Mitchell (Cleveland Cavaliers) — 34; Jordan Clarkson (New York Knicks) — 25.
Table now: New York Knicks — 5th (5–4); Cleveland Cavaliers — 7th (5–5).
Head to head (5): New York Knicks — 5 wins, Cleveland Cavaliers — 0.
Score by quarter
Points in each quarter
| Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Σ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Knicks | 23 | 37 | 24 | 42 | 126 |
| Cleveland Cavaliers | 38 | 20 | 38 | 28 | 124 |
Game leaders
Top performers in this game
Points
- 134
- 234
- 325
Rebounds
- 114
- 2Mitchell Robinson13
New York Knicks17 min
- 39
Assists
- 1Darius Garland10
Cleveland Cavaliers36 min
- 2T. Kolek9
New York Knicks25 min
- 36
Box score
Every player's stats in this game
Min = minutes, Pts = points, Reb = rebounds, Ast = assists, 3P = three-pointers (made/attempted), FT = free throws, FG = field goals, FG% = field-goal percentage, Stl = steals, Blk = blocks, TO = turnovers. Greyed out = bench players.
New York Knicks
| Player | Min | Pts | Reb | Ast | 3P | FT | FG | FG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11Jalen Brunson | 39 | 34 | 1 | 4 | 6/12 | 8/10 | 10/25 | 40% |
| 25Mikal Bridges | 36 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 2/4 | 0/0 | 5/10 | 50% |
| 8Ogugua Anunoby | 33 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1/4 | 1/1 | 3/7 | 43% |
| 32Karl-Anthony Towns | 27 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 0/2 | 1/2 | 5/13 | 38% |
| 3Josh Hart | 26 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 2/5 | 3/3 | 5/9 | 56% |
| 0Jordan Clarkson | 29 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 5/10 | 2/2 | 9/17 | 53% |
| T. Kolek | 25 | 16 | 3 | 9 | 4/5 | 2/2 | 5/9 | 56% |
| 23Mitchell Robinson | 17 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 0/0 | 0/2 | 0/1 | 0% |
| 55Ariel Hukporti | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | – |
| 12Mohamed Diawara | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 2/3 | 67% |
Cleveland Cavaliers
| Player | Min | Pts | Reb | Ast | 3P | FT | FG | FG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10Darius Garland | 36 | 20 | 1 | 10 | 3/4 | 3/4 | 7/14 | 50% |
| 45Donovan Mitchell | 33 | 34 | 7 | 6 | 4/9 | 6/6 | 12/25 | 48% |
| 32Dean Wade | 30 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1/3 | 1/1 | 2/4 | 50% |
| 5Sam Merrill | 29 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2/8 | 1/2 | 4/11 | 36% |
| 31Jarrett Allen | 23 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 3/4 | 75% |
| 12De'Andre Hunter | 27 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 2/3 | 5/6 | 3/7 | 43% |
| 4Evan Mobley | 25 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 0/1 | 2/2 | 6/8 | 75% |
| 24Jaylon Tyson | 20 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 2/4 | 0/0 | 7/11 | 64% |
| 2Lonzo Ball | 14 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0% |
| 3Thomas Bryant | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 100% |
Team stats
Both teams' numbers side by side
- 43Rebounds45
- 28Assists30
- 21Three-pointers made15
- 44Three-point attempts34
- 17Free throws made19
- 22Free-throw attempts23
- 44Field goals made45
- 94Field-goal attempts86
Teams in the table
Both teams' positions in the league table
Full table on the competition page. Form: recent matches, most recent on the right.
| # | Team | P | W | L | % | +/− | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 56% | +51 | W | |
| 7 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 50% | +29 | LL |
Form
Team leaders
Each team's best players this season
Points per game
Rebounds per game
Assists per game
Recent matches
Both teams' recent results in all competitions
Head to head
Previous meetings between the two teams
Only matches in our data source (usually recent seasons).
New York Knicks 5 : 0 Cleveland Cavaliers