Final

New York Knicks48-28105atCleveland Cavaliers61-15124 winner

Wed, Apr 2, 7:00 PM EDTRocket Arena, Cleveland, OHESPN · FDSNOH/RESN/WUAB 43 · MSG

The box score

Line score	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	T
NYK	34	26	25	20	105
CLE	28	25	38	33	124

New York Knicks

105

Player	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Josh HartF	37	19	5	4	2	0	3	8-19	3-9	0-0	-14
OG AnunobyF	34	23	6	6	0	0	1	9-17	5-8	0-0	-14
Karl-Anthony TownsC	34	25	13	1	0	0	7	9-16	1-3	6-7	-9
Mikal BridgesG	36	8	2	3	1	0	2	3-6	0-1	2-2	-18
Delon WrightG	33	7	3	6	1	0	1	3-9	1-5	0-0	-15
Landry Shamet	26	5	2	0	0	0	0	2-7	1-5	0-0	-11
Precious Achiuwa	21	13	6	1	1	2	0	5-9	0-0	3-4	-10
Tyler Kolek	15	1	0	3	1	0	0	0-4	0-3	1-2	-4
Anton Watson	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	0
MarJon Beauchamp	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	1-2	0-1	2-2	0
Team		105	39	24	7	2	14	40-90	11-36	14-17

DNP: Mitchell Robinson (injury/illness), P.J. Tucker (coach's decision)

Cleveland Cavaliers

124

Player	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Max StrusF	23	8	5	2	0	0	3	3-5	2-4	0-0	+1
Evan MobleyF	30	13	4	4	1	1	2	4-11	1-4	4-4	+20
Jarrett AllenC	32	21	8	0	1	1	2	10-11	0-0	1-2	+10
Donovan MitchellG	30	27	6	5	1	3	2	10-18	3-7	4-4	+20
Darius GarlandG	32	17	4	6	1	0	1	8-15	1-4	0-0	+10
De'Andre Hunter	26	16	2	0	1	0	0	6-11	2-5	2-2	+18
Sam Merrill	23	5	4	3	0	0	1	2-4	1-3	0-0	+8
Isaac Okoro	23	11	6	2	2	0	1	5-10	1-6	0-0	+13
Javonte Green	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0-3	0-2	0-0	-2
Craig Porter Jr.	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	1-2	-3
Jaylon Tyson	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0
Nae'Qwan Tomlin	2	2	3	0	0	0	0	1-3	0-0	0-0	0
Emoni Bates	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	1-3	1-2	0-0	0
Luke Travers	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0
Team		124	44	23	8	5	13	50-94	12-37	12-14

DNP: Tristan Thompson (coach's decision)

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Lead tracker

Biggest lead · CLE: 21
Biggest lead · NYK: 15
Times tied: 2
Lead changes: 2
Longest run · NYK: 10

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How they entered this matchup

Rest edge: CLETravel tax: NYK3 in 4: NYKNational TV

CLE has the rest edge with 75.5h between tipoffs, 52h more than NYK.
NYK is carrying the heavier travel load at 404 mi from its previous stop.
NYK is playing into a 3 in 4 schedule window, which matters even before the ball goes up.
NYK is in game 1 of 2 on the road with 0 mi already logged before tip.
National TV puts extra weight on a matchup that already has real schedule context.

Reading the setup…

Rest, travel, and body clock

Schedule spot	NYK	CLE
Record	48-28	61-15
Days rest	B2B	2 days edge
Hours rest	23.5h	75.5h
Rest swing	-52h	+52h
Travel in	404 mi	0 mi edge
Zone change	0h	0h
Body clock	0h	0h
Local tip	evening	evening
Segment	Road trip · 1 of 2	Homestand · 2 of 2
Miles before tip	0 mi	0 mi
Schedule alerts	B2B3 in 4	—
Fatigue Index	6	0 edge

marks the side with the edge in that row.

NYK carries the heavier fatigue load tonight — 6 vs. CLE's 0.

How each side got here404 mi vs 0 mi

How each side got here

NYK

404 mi

New York, NYCleveland, OH

NYK came from New York, NY with 404 mi of travel and 0h of time-zone change.

New York, NY to Cleveland, OH

CLE

0 mi

Cleveland, OHNo travel

CLE stayed in Cleveland, OH between games, so travel is not a real factor in this setup.

Stayed in Cleveland, OH

Where this game sitsroad 1 of 2 vs homestand 2 of 2

Where this game sits in the run

NYK

Road trip

NYK is on game 1 of 2 on the road, with 0 mi already behind it.

Game in segment1 of 2

Miles before tip0 mi

Segment miles959 mi

CLE

Homestand

CLE is in game 2 of 2 on this homestand.

Game in segment2 of 2

Miles before tip0 mi

Segment miles0 mi

Where it aired

National: ESPN
Local TV: CLEFDSNOH/RESN/WUAB 43NYKMSGin-market
League Pass: Full replay + condensed game
Radio: CLE100.7 WMMSNYK880 ESPN New YorkSiriusXM

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