NBA

Cleveland 104, at New York 115

Tuesday, May 19, 2026 · Final · OT · Conference Finals Game 1 (NYK leads 1-0)

Conference Finals Game 1 (NYK leads 1-0) 1 2 3 4 5 PTS

Cleveland Cavaliers

60-40 · L4 · #8 (1430 ELO -15)

16 32 35 18 3 104

New York Knicks

70-32 · W2 · #1 (1822 ELO +15)

23 23 23 32 14 115

Madison Square Garden · New York, NY

Attendance: 19,812

Officials: James Capers Jr., J.B. DeRosa, Scott Foster

Jalen Brunson Leads Knicks to Playoff Comeback Win Over Cavaliers

NEW YORK (Interstat) — Jalen Brunson scored 38 points and sparked a historic fourth-quarter comeback from a 22-point deficit as the New York Knicks defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers 115-104 in overtime Tuesday night in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals at Madison Square Garden. Brunson relentlessly attacked the Cavaliers defense in the final eight minutes of regulation, scoring 18 of his points in the fourth quarter alone. He tied the score at 101-all on a basket with 19 seconds remaining in regulation, then the Knicks opened overtime with a 9-0 run to seize control before a delirious crowd of… Read more...

Top Statlines

Jalen Brunson NYK 46m 38p 5r 6a
Donovan Mitchell CLE 41m 29p 5r 3a 1b
Karl-Anthony Towns NYK 40m 13p 13r 5a 1b

Forecasting

ELO Probability NYK 80.8%

Spread NYK -6

Projected Score NYK 118 CLE 105

Money Line NYK -255/CLE +205

Over/Under 214 (Over)