Knicks Win 119-111 Over Cavaliers

The New York Knicks opened the season with a 119-111 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers at Madison Square Garden, in what marked the start of the Cavaliers' Mike Brown era. New York controlled roughly 40 of the 48 minutes and pulled away after a late Cavs surge, capped by a decisive 14-0 run early in the fourth quarter. Jalen Brunson scored 23 points (5-for-18 FG, 12-for-13 FT), OG Anunoby had 24 points and 14 rebounds, Karl-Anthony Towns added 19 points and 11 rebounds, and five Knicks finished between 15 and 24 points. Cleveland rallied from a 17-point deficit behind Donovan Mitchell’s 31 points (21 in the third) but could not complete the comeback. Both teams were shorthanded: the Knicks were without Josh Hart and Mitchell Robinson, and the Cavaliers were missing Darius Garland, Max Strus and De’Andre Hunter.