Game completed

Cleveland Cavaliers17-15124atNew York Knicks21-9126

Thu, Dec 25, 12:00 PM ESTMadison Square Garden, New York, NYABC · ESPN · ESPN2 · Disney+ · Disney Channel · Disney XD

The box score

Final numbers

Line score	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	T
CLE	38	20	38	28	124
NYK	23	37	24	42	126

Cleveland Cavaliers

124

Player	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Sam MerrillSF	29	11	5	1	2	1	4-11	2-8	1-2	+3
Dean WadePF	29	6	4	2	0	0	2-4	1-3	1-1	-2
Jarrett AllenC	23	7	8	2	0	2	3-4	0-0	1-2	-3
Darius GarlandSG	36	20	1	10	0	4	7-14	3-4	3-4	0
Donovan MitchellPG	33	34	7	6	4	1	12-25	4-9	6-6	+2
Lonzo Ball	14	0	1	3	0	1	0-1	0-1	0-0	+2
Evan Mobley	25	14	9	3	0	2	6-8	0-1	2-2	+4
De'Andre Hunter	27	13	3	2	0	0	3-7	2-3	5-6	-7
Jaylon Tyson	20	16	6	1	1	2	7-11	2-4	0-0	-1
Thomas Bryant	3	3	1	0	0	1	1-1	1-1	0-0	-8
Team		124	51	30	7	14	45-86	15-34	19-23

DNP: Craig Porter Jr., Tyrese Proctor, Nae'Qwan Tomlin, Chris Livingston (gleague twoway), Larry Nance Jr. (injury), Max Strus (injury), Luke Travers (gleague twoway)

New York Knicks

126

Player	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
OG AnunobySF	33	8	2	2	0	1	1	3-7	1-4	1-1	-3
Josh HartPF	26	15	5	3	0	0	1	5-9	2-5	3-3	-19
Karl-Anthony TownsC	27	11	14	1	2	0	2	5-13	0-2	1-2	+7
Mikal BridgesSG	36	12	3	4	2	1	2	5-10	2-4	0-0	+9
Jalen BrunsonPG	39	34	1	4	2	0	3	10-25	6-12	8-10	-17
Mitchell Robinson	17	0	13	2	0	1	1	0-1	0-0	0-2	0
Jordan Clarkson	29	25	1	2	3	0	0	9-17	5-10	2-2	+13
Mohamed Diawara	4	5	1	1	0	0	0	2-3	1-2	0-0	+1
Ariel Hukporti	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	-5
Tyler Kolek	25	16	3	9	0	1	2	5-9	4-5	2-2	+24
Team		126	51	28	9	4	13	44-94	21-44	17-22

DNP: Pacôme Dadiet, Tosan Evbuomwan, Guerschon Yabusele, Trey Jemison III (gleague twoway), Miles McBride (injury), Kevin McCullar Jr. (gleague twoway), Landry Shamet (injury)

Lead tracker

How the game flowed

Biggest lead · NYK: 6
Biggest lead · CLE: 17
Times tied: 5
Lead changes: 9
Longest run · NYK: 18

How they entered this matchup

Pregame context

Travel tax: NYK3 in 4: CLENational TV

NYK is carrying the heavier travel load at 1,017 mi from its previous stop.
CLE is playing into a 3 in 4 schedule window, which matters even before the ball goes up.
CLE is in game 1 of 3 on the road with 0 mi already logged before tip.
National TV puts extra weight on a matchup that already has real schedule context.

The numbers

Rest · travel · body clock

Schedule spot	CLE	NYK
Record	17-15	21-9
Days rest	1 day	1 day
Hours rest	40.5h	40h
Rest swing	+0.5h	-0.5h
Travel in	404 mi	1,017 mi
Zone change	0h	+1h
Body clock	0h	0h
Local tip	afternoon	afternoon
Segment	Road trip · 1 of 3	Homestand · 1 of 1
Miles before tip	0 mi	0 mi
Schedule alerts	3 in 4	—

How each side got here

Travel and map

CLE

404 mi

Cleveland, OHNew York, NY

CLE came from Cleveland, OH with 404 mi of travel and 0h of time-zone change.

Cleveland, OH to New York, NY

NYK

1,017 mi

Minneapolis, MNNew York, NY

NYK came from Minneapolis, MN with 1,017 mi of travel and +1h of time-zone change.

Minneapolis, MN to New York, NY

Where this game sits in the run

Trip context

CLE

Road trip

CLE is on game 1 of 3 on the road, with 0 mi already behind it.

Game in segment1 of 3

Miles before tip0 mi

Segment miles2,009 mi

NYK

Homestand

NYK is in game 1 of 1 on this homestand.

Game in segment1 of 1

Miles before tip0 mi

Segment miles0 mi

Where it aired

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