Conference finals · Game 1

Cleveland Cavaliers104atNew York Knicks115 winner

Tue, May 19, 8:00 PM EDTMadison Square Garden, New York, NYESPN

Conference finals · Game 1

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NYK leads 1-0

Best of 7 · First to 4 wins · Series score after this game

Series results

Game 1 · CLE 104 at NYK 115 This game

The box score

Final numbers

Line score	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	T
CLE	16	32	35	18	3	104
NYK	23	23	23	32	14	115

Cleveland Cavaliers

104

Player	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Evan MobleySF	40	15	14	3	0	3	3	6-16	2-8	1-2	-6
Dean WadePF	29	10	5	3	0	0	0	3-5	3-5	1-1	+1
Jarrett AllenC	35	10	7	3	1	1	1	3-6	0-0	4-8	-10
James HardenSG	42	15	4	3	1	1	6	5-16	1-8	4-6	-6
Donovan MitchellPG	41	29	5	3	6	1	4	12-23	4-11	1-1	-13
Max Strus	25	8	2	1	1	0	3	2-6	2-6	2-2	-11
Sam Merrill	28	12	1	2	1	0	0	4-9	3-8	1-1	-17
Dennis Schröder	18	3	0	5	1	0	0	1-9	1-4	0-0	+1
Keon Ellis	5	2	0	0	0	0	2	0-0	0-0	2-2	+6
Team		104	55	23	11	6	19	36-90	16-50	16-23

DNP: Thomas Bryant, Larry Nance Jr., Craig Porter Jr., Tyrese Proctor, Nae'Qwan Tomlin, Jaylon Tyson

New York Knicks

115

Player	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
OG AnunobySF	34	13	5	2	1	0	1	2-9	1-6	8-10	+15
Josh HartPF	31	13	7	4	1	0	2	5-11	1-5	2-2	-23
Karl-Anthony TownsC	40	13	13	5	1	1	7	6-14	1-5	0-0	+13
Mikal BridgesSG	42	18	5	1	2	0	3	7-11	2-4	2-2	+12
Jalen BrunsonPG	46	38	5	6	3	0	3	15-29	1-6	7-10	+15
Miles McBride	17	0	2	1	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	+5
Mitchell Robinson	14	4	6	1	2	0	0	1-3	0-0	2-8	-8
Jordan Clarkson	16	3	2	0	0	1	1	1-3	1-1	0-0	+2
Jose Alvarado	7	4	1	0	0	0	0	2-3	0-1	0-0	-1
Landry Shamet	17	9	1	0	0	0	0	3-4	3-3	0-0	+25
Team		115	65	20	10	2	17	42-88	10-32	21-32

DNP: Pacôme Dadiet, Mohamed Diawara, Ariel Hukporti, Tyler Kolek, Jeremy Sochan

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Lead tracker

Biggest lead · NYK: 11
Biggest lead · CLE: 22
Times tied: 3
Lead changes: 5
Longest run · NYK: 12

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How they entered this matchup

Rest edge: NYKTravel tax: CLENational TV

NYK has the rest edge with 220.5h between tipoffs, 172.5h more than CLE.
CLE is carrying the heavier travel load at 481 mi from its previous stop.
CLE is in game 2 of 3 on the road with 91 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	CLE	NYK
Days rest	1 day	8 days edge
Hours rest	48h	220.5h
Rest swing	-172.5h	+172.5h
Travel in	481 mi	85 mi edge
Zone change	0h	0h
Body clock	0h	0h
Local tip	evening	evening
Segment	Road trip · 2 of 3	Homestand · 1 of 2
Miles before tip	91 mi	0 mi
Schedule alerts	—	—
Fatigue Index	2	0 edge

marks the side with the edge in that row.

CLE carries the heavier fatigue load tonight — 2 vs. NYK's 0.

How each side got here481 mi vs 85 mi

How each side got here

CLE

481 mi

Detroit, MINew York, NY

CLE came from Detroit, MI with 481 mi of travel and 0h of time-zone change.

Detroit, MI to New York, NY

NYK

85 mi

Philadelphia, PANew York, NY

NYK came from Philadelphia, PA with 85 mi of travel and 0h of time-zone change.

Philadelphia, PA to New York, NY

Where this game sitsroad 2 of 3 vs homestand 1 of 2

Where this game sits in the run

CLE

Road trip

CLE is on game 2 of 3 on the road, with 91 mi already behind it.

Game in segment2 of 3

Miles before tip91 mi

Segment miles572 mi

NYK

Homestand

NYK is in game 1 of 2 on this homestand.

Game in segment1 of 2

Miles before tip0 mi

Segment miles0 mi

Where it aired

National: ESPN
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Radio: CLE100.7 WMMS / S: La Mega 1300NYK880 ESPN New YorkESPN RadioSiriusXM

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