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The first seven games of Karl-Anthony Towns, point center, had worked better than anyone could’ve anticipated. The Knicks offense exploded. Towns was a pivotal part of an attack with a 130.5 offensive rating in that span, averaging eight assists. Advertisement But that was against the Hawks and 76ers, teams who didn’t really have an answer for Towns. James Harden and …

Being able to bounce back from terrible losses has allowed the Cleveland Cavaliers to advance to the Eastern Conference Finals for the first time in eight years. They’ll need to do so again after they inexplicably blew a 22-point fourth-quarter lead and lost in overtime to the New York Knicks, 115-104, in Game 1. “We lost, we f****** blew it,” …

Don’t waste youth with the young. There’s a natural reaction in the playoffs to shorten your rotation — you want to play your best players the most when it matters most. Mazzulla started trimming his lineups towards the end of the regular season from 10ish to 8ish in anticipation of the postseason. Advertisement But not until late into the Celtics’ …

He worked his magic! A Voodoo King delivered a clutch assist ahead of the Knicks’ wild Tuesday night comeback win, conducting a spiritual cleanse to quell fears from fans that Mayor Zohran Mamdani would bring his “Curse of the Mambino” to Madison Square Garden. Advertisement Michael Washington, 46, who goes by the name Tata Tilk, arrived outside the world’s most …

A few notes from the Knicks’ remarkable Game 1 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Tuesday… HARD TO BELIEVE The Knicks were down by 22 points with 7:50 to go in the fourth quarter. That’s when Jalen Brunson went to work on James Harden. Advertisement Brunson scored 15 points in the final seven minutes, hitting seven of his last eight …

The Knicks won Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals in the most inconceivable of fashions, so it’s no surprise their fans were on a high. But in their exultation outside Madison Square Garden on Tuesday night, the Knicks faithful might’ve gotten a little too ahead of themselves. Advertisement The area outside the Garden is always a party after a …

The Cleveland Cavaliers just had a total meltdown in Madison Square Garden. They did a whole lot of great things before the final seven minutes. That will make it hard to grade, so bear with me here. All grades are based on our usual expectations for each player. Advertisement Donovan Mitchell 29 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 6 steals, 1 …

Do Cavaliers fans have Dave Portnoy to blame for their team’s implosion in the fourth quarter as the Knicks defeated Cleveland in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals? Cleveland held an extensive lead when the Barstool Sports founder seemed to tempt fate, posting a sarcastic message on X, telling Knicks fans to “keep your head up.” Advertisement “As somebody …

I’m speechless. Wordless. The Knicks closed Game 1 of the conference finals against Cleveland on a 44-11 run, turning a 21-point deficit with less than eight minutes left in the fourth quarter into a 115-104 overtime win, the biggest postseason comeback in franchise history. I’ve seen more than 200 Knick playoff games. I’ve never seen one more dramatic. The game …

NEW YORK — As exultant fans leaked slowly back out into an unseasonably warm night in the city, the New York Knicks players huddled briefly near midcourt and embraced each other. Just minutes earlier, this building had been dazed, silent. That was before Jalen Brunson carried his teammates and this city to an improbable comeback in Game 1 of the Eastern …

The Cleveland Cavaliers fumbled a prime opportunity to steal Game 1 on the road. They crumbled at the end, blowing a 22-point lead in history fashion. Let’s go over today’s winners and losers. LOSER – Big Jim Harden James Harden just had perhaps the worst individual defensive performance in NBA Playoff history. Seriously, it was historically bad. Harden was targeted …

The New York Knicks mounted their biggest play-off comeback by overcoming a 22-point fourth-quarter deficit to stun the Cleveland Cavaliers 115-104 in game one of the NBA Eastern Conference finals. The Knicks trailed 93-71 with less than eight minutes remaining at Madison Square Garden, but outscored the Cavaliers 30-8 to tie the game at 101-101 before surging to victory in …

Cleveland Cavaliers (52-30, fourth in the Eastern Conference) vs. New York Knicks (53-29, third in the Eastern Conference) New York; Thursday, 8 p.m. EDT LINE: Knicks -6.5; over/under is 214.5 EASTERN CONFERENCE FINALS: Knicks lead series 1-0 Advertisement BOTTOM LINE: The New York Knicks host the Cleveland Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference finals with a 1-0 lead in the series. …

NEW YORK — History rarely repeats itself. It can rhyme, though. The New York Knicks were up by 17 points with 6:26 to go in Game 1 of the 2025 Eastern Conference finals, before Aaron Nesmith became engulfed in flames and the walls of Madison Square Garden began to come tumbling down. They were down by 22 with 7:49 to …

This will be remembered as one of the epic comebacks in the storied history of the New York Knicks. This will also be remembered as one of the epic collapses in a too-long history of collapses by the Cleveland Cavaliers. Advertisement Cleveland took command of Game 1 in the second and third quarters, stretching their lead out to 22 on …

Madison Square Garden was deflated. The Knicks, down by 22 in the fourth quarter, appeared headed at rapid speed to take a series-defining loss in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals for a second straight season on Tuesday night. And then something happened that had never happened before. Per Nate Duncan, teams down 20 in the final seven minutes …

It was a quarter to remember for Landry Shamet and the Knicks. Down 22 points to the Cavaliers with less than eight minutes to go in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals, Shamet helped New York orchestrate their largest comeback victory in franchise playoff history. Advertisement While Jalen Brunson exploded for 15 points to lead the comeback, Shamet’s defense …

It might be a while before James Harden lives that one down. There were many factors behind the Cleveland Cavaliers’ 22-point collapse in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals, but one stood out in the immediate aftermath of a 115-104 New York Knicks win. Advertisement That would be Harden, who is no stranger to playoff clunkers in his lengthy …

NEW YORK (AP) — James Harden could not stop Jalen Brunson down the stretch and did not have enough offensively to make up for it. The Cleveland Cavaliers blew a 22-point lead to lose Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals to the New York Knicks in overtime on Tuesday night, and Harden’s struggles at each end of the court …

The Cleveland Cavaliers would probably like that one back. With fewer than eight minutes left in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals Tuesday night, Cleveland led the New York Knicks by the score of 93-71. Victory is supposed to be assured in that case, especially when you are the underdog in hostile territory. Advertisement And yet … here we …

If the NBA had screenwriters, not even they could come up with a start this good to the conference finals. Victor Wembanyama has 41 points and 24 rebounds. San Antonio goes into Oklahoma City and beats the defending champion Thunder. New York trails by 22 points with about eight minutes left in regulation, then beats Cleveland. Both games go to …

Just when you think the Cleveland Cavaliers have finally put things together, they find a new way to disappoint you. After pushing their lead to 22 points at the start of the fourth quarter, they collapsed over the final eight minutes, as they allowed the New York Knicks to close the fourth on a 30-8 run to send the game …

Jason Kidd’s run with the Dallas Mavericks is over. The Mavericks announced on Tuesday night that they have mutually parted ways with their head coach after five seasons. Kidd has spent the past five seasons with the Mavericks. He took over ahead of the 2021-22 campaign after longtime head coach Rick Carlisle left for the Indiana Pacers. Kidd oversaw the …

The New York Knicks host the Cleveland Cavaliers tonight at MSG, in Game One of the Eastern Conference Finals. (ECF for the second straight season? What a time to root the orange and blue.) Both sides should be at full strength, with the Knicks coming off a nine-day rest and all healed up. Fun fact: New York has a 12-2 …

The Dallas Mavericks announced on Tuesday evening that the organization and coach Jason Kidd have “mutually agreed to part ways”. According to ESPN’s Shams Charania, Kidd had four years and well over $40 million left on his contract after being extended twice in both 2024 and 2025. Kidd and former general manager Nico Harrison came to the organization as a …