Cavaliers 110-104 Knicks (Oct. 28, 2024) Game Recap

NEW YORK – Darius Garland scored a season-high 34 points, 15 in the fourth quarter, and the Cleveland Cavaliers improved to 4-0 by defeating the New York Knicks 110-104 on Monday night.

Donovan Mitchell added 25 points, Evan Mobley had 17 and Jarrett Allen finished the game with 15 points and 15 rebounds for the Cavaliers. That gave the Cavaliers their best start since they began defending their NBA title in 2016, when they started 6-0.

Jalen Brunson had 21 points and seven assists for the Knicks (1-2), who led by 13 points in the second half. Mikal Bridges scored 19 points, Josh Hart had 16 points and 13 rebounds and OG Anunoby scored 15 points. Karl-Anthony Towns fouled out with 13 points and 10 boards.

Takeaways

Cavaliers: Coach Kenny Atkinson warned that the schedule would become more difficult after the start of Toronto-Detroit-Washington, but his team handled the first test quite well, even if it came nowhere near the 128 points it scored in that one averaged three games.

Knicks: The Knicks should have enough talent to overcome losses from Brunson, who went to the locker room in the third quarter after apparently hurting his ankle on a shot, but he was able to do so on a night where he was only 8 was too 24, couldn't make it.

Key moment

The shot of the game didn't count. After the Knicks missed their final shot of the first quarter, Mobley grabbed the rebound and passed to Mitchell, who took one dribble after the buzzer and casually fired a one-handed shot from about 85 feet.

Key statistics

Garland made three of his five 3-pointers in the fourth quarter. Midway through the quarter, one erased the Knicks' last lead, and later he hit back-to-back shots to create an eight-point lead.

Next

The Cavaliers welcome back LeBron James and his Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday. New York begins a four-game road trip on Wednesday in Miami.

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