Who won New York Knicks vs Cleveland Cavaliers?

The Cleveland Cavaliers beat the New York Knicks 124-105 on April 2, 2025.

Karl-Anthony Towns scored 25 for the New York Knicks with 13 rebounds; Donovan Mitchell scored 27 for the Cleveland Cavaliers.

New York Knicks at Cleveland Cavaliers

2024-25 · Regular season Wed, Apr 2, 2025 · 7:00 pm EDT · All results that day · New York Knicks vs Cleveland Cavaliers head-to-head · New York Knicks schedule · Cleveland Cavaliers schedule

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Cleveland Cavaliers

124

Venue: Rocket Arena

Schedule source: whynba · Observed Oct 9, 2026, 06:29 UTC.

Game recap

The Cleveland Cavaliers beat the New York Knicks 124-105 at home on Wednesday, April 2, 2025 at Rocket Arena. Donovan Mitchell had 27 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists for the Cleveland Cavaliers. Karl-Anthony Towns had 25 points, 13 rebounds and 1 assist for the New York Knicks.

The Cleveland Cavaliers trailed 60-53 at halftime and came back to win. Their best stretch was the third quarter, won 38-25. Double-digit figures in two categories: Karl-Anthony Towns (double-double, New York Knicks). Bench points: New York Knicks 23, Cleveland Cavaliers 38. Jarrett Allen had 21 points, 8 rebounds and 0 assists in support for the winners.

Written by the whynba data desk from the licensed final box score and period scores.

Score source: whynba · Retrieved Oct 9, 2026, 06:29:18 UTC. Source update time is unavailable.

Quick answers

Who won New York Knicks vs Cleveland Cavaliers?: The Cleveland Cavaliers beat the New York Knicks 124-105 on April 2, 2025.
Who led the scoring?: Karl-Anthony Towns scored 25 for the New York Knicks with 13 rebounds; Donovan Mitchell scored 27 for the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Box score

Score by quarter
Team	q1	q2	q3	q4	Final
New York Knicks	34	26	25	20	105
Cleveland Cavaliers	28	25	38	33	124

Game leaders

New York Knicks

Points: 25 Karl-Anthony Towns
Rebounds: 13 Karl-Anthony Towns
Assists: 6 OG Anunoby

Cleveland Cavaliers

Points: 27 Donovan Mitchell
Rebounds: 8 Jarrett Allen
Assists: 6 Darius Garland

Karl-Anthony Towns double-double (25 PTS, 13 REB)

New York Knicks
Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3P	FT	PF	+/−
Josh Hart starter	36:44	19	5	4	2	0	3	8-19	3-9	0-0	1	-14
Mikal Bridges starter	35:49	8	2	3	1	0	2	3-6	0-1	2-2	3	-18
OG Anunoby starter	33:52	23	6	6	0	0	1	9-17	5-8	0-0	4	-14
Karl-Anthony Towns starter	33:32	25	13	1	0	0	7	9-16	1-3	6-7	5	-9
Delon Wright starter	33:06	7	3	6	1	0	1	3-9	1-5	0-0	2	-15
Landry Shamet bench	26:15	5	2	0	0	0	0	2-7	1-5	0-0	1	-11
Precious Achiuwa bench	21:26	13	6	1	1	2	0	5-9	0-0	3-4	1	-10
Tyler Kolek bench	14:54	1	0	3	1	0	0	0-4	0-3	1-2	1	-4
Anton Watson bench	2:11	0	1	0	1	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	1	+0
MarJon Beauchamp bench	2:11	4	1	0	0	0	0	1-2	0-1	2-2	0	+0

Not available: Ariel Hukporti, Jalen Brunson, Cameron Payne, Miles McBride, Mitchell Robinson, Kevin McCullar Jr.

Cleveland Cavaliers
Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3P	FT	PF	+/−
Jarrett Allen starter	32:20	21	8	0	1	1	2	10-11	0-0	1-2	3	+10
Darius Garland starter	32:20	17	4	6	1	0	1	8-15	1-4	0-0	3	+10
Evan Mobley starter	30:11	13	4	4	1	1	2	4-11	1-4	4-4	4	+20
Donovan Mitchell starter	30:11	27	6	5	1	3	2	10-18	3-7	4-4	3	+20
Max Strus starter	23:19	8	5	2	0	0	3	3-5	2-4	0-0	0	+1
De'Andre Hunter bench	25:34	16	2	0	1	0	0	6-11	2-5	2-2	1	+18
Isaac Okoro bench	23:21	11	6	2	2	0	1	5-10	1-6	0-0	0	+13
Sam Merrill bench	22:32	5	4	3	0	0	1	2-4	1-3	0-0	1	+8
Craig Porter bench	6:13	1	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	1-2	0	-3
Javonte Green bench	5:15	0	0	0	1	0	0	0-3	0-2	0-0	1	-2
Luke Travers bench	2:11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	+0
Jaylon Tyson bench	2:11	0	1	1	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	+0
NaeQwan Tomlin bench	2:11	2	3	0	0	0	0	1-3	0-0	0-0	1	+0
Emoni Bates bench	2:11	3	1	0	0	0	0	1-3	1-2	0-0	0	+0

Not available: Ty Jerome, Dean Wade

Team statistics
New York Knicks	Stat	Cleveland Cavaliers
14/17 (82%)	Free throws	12/14 (85%)
29/54 (53%)	2 pointers	38/57 (66%)
11/36 (30%)	3 pointers	12/37 (32%)
40/90 (44%)	Field goals	50/94 (53%)
39	Rebounds	44
24	Defensive rebounds	29
15	Offensive rebounds	15
24	Assists	23
14	Turnovers	13
7	Steals	8
2	Blocks	5
19	Fouls	18
10	Max points in a row	9
25:53	Time spent in lead	20:45
15	Biggest lead	21

Scoring margin by minute (above the line: Cleveland Cavaliers ahead)

Largest margin: 19 points.

Game flow

Lead changes: 2
Times tied: 2
Largest lead · New York Knicks: 15 Q2 4:30
Largest lead · Cleveland Cavaliers: 21 Q4 2:25
Longest run: 10-0 New York Knicks · Q1 9:38 to Q1 8:03

Scoring plays

Q1 · 27 scoring plays

Scoring plays · Q1
Time left	Team	Play	New York Knicks	Cleveland Cavaliers
11:01	Cleveland Cavaliers	Donovan Mitchell Free throw	0	1
11:01	Cleveland Cavaliers	Donovan Mitchell Free throw	0	2
10:19	New York Knicks	Karl-Anthony Towns 2-pt field goal	2	2
10:07	Cleveland Cavaliers	Jarrett Allen 2-pt field goal	2	4
9:38	New York Knicks	Josh Hart 3-pt field goal	5	4
9:04	New York Knicks	Josh Hart 2-pt field goal	7	4
8:29	New York Knicks	OG Anunoby 3-pt field goal	10	4
8:03	New York Knicks	Josh Hart 2-pt field goal	12	4
7:53	Cleveland Cavaliers	Max Strus 3-pt field goal	12	7
7:37	New York Knicks	Karl-Anthony Towns 3-pt field goal	15	7
7:19	Cleveland Cavaliers	Donovan Mitchell 3-pt field goal	15	10
6:43	New York Knicks	OG Anunoby 3-pt field goal	18	10
6:26	New York Knicks	Delon Wright 2-pt field goal	20	10
6:16	Cleveland Cavaliers	Darius Garland 2-pt field goal	20	12
5:56	New York Knicks	Delon Wright 3-pt field goal	23	12
5:38	Cleveland Cavaliers	Darius Garland 3-pt field goal	23	15
5:15	New York Knicks	Karl-Anthony Towns 2-pt field goal	25	15
4:07	Cleveland Cavaliers	De'Andre Hunter 3-pt field goal	25	18
3:46	New York Knicks	Mikal Bridges 2-pt field goal	27	18
2:51	Cleveland Cavaliers	De'Andre Hunter 3-pt field goal	27	21
2:33	New York Knicks	Landry Shamet 2-pt field goal	29	21
1:43	New York Knicks	Josh Hart 3-pt field goal	32	21
1:31	Cleveland Cavaliers	Donovan Mitchell 2-pt field goal	32	23
1:06	New York Knicks	Precious Achiuwa 2-pt field goal	34	23
0:50	Cleveland Cavaliers	Sam Merrill 3-pt field goal	34	26
0:29	Cleveland Cavaliers	Donovan Mitchell Free throw	34	27
0:29	Cleveland Cavaliers	Donovan Mitchell Free throw	34	28

Q2 · 24 scoring plays

Scoring plays · Q2
Time left	Team	Play	New York Knicks	Cleveland Cavaliers
11:45	New York Knicks	OG Anunoby 3-pt field goal	37	28
11:32	Cleveland Cavaliers	Isaac Okoro 3-pt field goal	37	31
11:05	New York Knicks	OG Anunoby 2-pt field goal	39	31
10:34	Cleveland Cavaliers	Sam Merrill 2-pt field goal	39	33
10:12	New York Knicks	Precious Achiuwa 2-pt field goal	41	33
9:49	New York Knicks	Precious Achiuwa 2-pt field goal	43	33
8:54	New York Knicks	Landry Shamet 3-pt field goal	46	33
8:42	Cleveland Cavaliers	Isaac Okoro 2-pt field goal	46	35
8:24	New York Knicks	OG Anunoby 3-pt field goal	49	35
8:00	Cleveland Cavaliers	Evan Mobley 2-pt field goal	49	37
7:34	Cleveland Cavaliers	Evan Mobley 2-pt field goal	49	39
6:21	New York Knicks	Josh Hart 2-pt field goal	51	39
5:31	Cleveland Cavaliers	Darius Garland 2-pt field goal	51	41
5:03	New York Knicks	OG Anunoby 2-pt field goal	53	41
4:30	New York Knicks	OG Anunoby 3-pt field goal	56	41
4:18	Cleveland Cavaliers	Jarrett Allen 2-pt field goal	56	43
3:58	New York Knicks	Delon Wright 2-pt field goal	58	43
3:25	Cleveland Cavaliers	Jarrett Allen 2-pt field goal	58	45
2:53	Cleveland Cavaliers	De'Andre Hunter Free throw	58	46
2:53	Cleveland Cavaliers	De'Andre Hunter Free throw	58	47
2:17	Cleveland Cavaliers	Jarrett Allen 2-pt field goal	58	49
1:49	Cleveland Cavaliers	De'Andre Hunter 2-pt field goal	58	51
1:22	New York Knicks	Mikal Bridges 2-pt field goal	60	51
0:34	Cleveland Cavaliers	Donovan Mitchell 2-pt field goal	60	53

Q3 · 34 scoring plays

Scoring plays · Q3
Time left	Team	Play	New York Knicks	Cleveland Cavaliers
11:25	New York Knicks	Karl-Anthony Towns Free throw	61	53
11:25	New York Knicks	Karl-Anthony Towns Free throw	62	53
11:18	Cleveland Cavaliers	Evan Mobley Free throw	62	54
11:18	Cleveland Cavaliers	Evan Mobley Free throw	62	55
10:57	Cleveland Cavaliers	Max Strus 3-pt field goal	62	58
10:20	Cleveland Cavaliers	Donovan Mitchell 2-pt field goal	62	60
9:53	New York Knicks	Karl-Anthony Towns 2-pt field goal	64	60
9:36	New York Knicks	Mikal Bridges 2-pt field goal	66	60
9:16	Cleveland Cavaliers	Jarrett Allen 2-pt field goal	66	62
8:47	Cleveland Cavaliers	Jarrett Allen 2-pt field goal	66	64
8:36	New York Knicks	Karl-Anthony Towns 2-pt field goal	68	64
8:16	Cleveland Cavaliers	Darius Garland 2-pt field goal	68	66
7:45	Cleveland Cavaliers	Donovan Mitchell 3-pt field goal	68	69
7:06	Cleveland Cavaliers	Evan Mobley 2-pt field goal	68	71
6:34	Cleveland Cavaliers	Donovan Mitchell 2-pt field goal	68	73
6:11	New York Knicks	Josh Hart 2-pt field goal	70	73
6:03	Cleveland Cavaliers	Donovan Mitchell 2-pt field goal	70	75
5:33	New York Knicks	Karl-Anthony Towns 2-pt field goal	72	75
5:17	Cleveland Cavaliers	Jarrett Allen 2-pt field goal	72	77
4:38	Cleveland Cavaliers	Isaac Okoro 2-pt field goal	72	79
4:07	New York Knicks	OG Anunoby 2-pt field goal	74	79
4:00	Cleveland Cavaliers	Darius Garland 2-pt field goal	74	81
3:43	New York Knicks	Precious Achiuwa Free throw	75	81
3:43	New York Knicks	Precious Achiuwa Free throw	76	81
3:21	New York Knicks	Josh Hart 2-pt field goal	78	81
3:04	New York Knicks	Precious Achiuwa 2-pt field goal	80	81
2:45	Cleveland Cavaliers	De'Andre Hunter 2-pt field goal	80	83
2:15	New York Knicks	Josh Hart 3-pt field goal	83	83
2:04	Cleveland Cavaliers	Darius Garland 2-pt field goal	83	85
1:21	Cleveland Cavaliers	Isaac Okoro 2-pt field goal	83	87
1:00	Cleveland Cavaliers	Isaac Okoro 2-pt field goal	83	89
0:27	Cleveland Cavaliers	De'Andre Hunter 2-pt field goal	83	91
0:03	New York Knicks	Mikal Bridges Free throw	84	91
0:03	New York Knicks	Mikal Bridges Free throw	85	91

Q4 · 31 scoring plays

Scoring plays · Q4
Time left	Team	Play	New York Knicks	Cleveland Cavaliers
11:48	Cleveland Cavaliers	Evan Mobley 3-pt field goal	85	94
11:14	Cleveland Cavaliers	Donovan Mitchell 2-pt field goal	85	96
10:15	Cleveland Cavaliers	Evan Mobley Free throw	85	97
10:15	Cleveland Cavaliers	Evan Mobley Free throw	85	98
9:53	New York Knicks	Precious Achiuwa Free throw	86	98
9:12	New York Knicks	Precious Achiuwa 2-pt field goal	88	98
8:27	Cleveland Cavaliers	Max Strus 2-pt field goal	88	100
8:15	New York Knicks	Karl-Anthony Towns 2-pt field goal	90	100
7:39	Cleveland Cavaliers	Donovan Mitchell 3-pt field goal	90	103
6:16	Cleveland Cavaliers	Jarrett Allen 2-pt field goal	90	105
5:46	Cleveland Cavaliers	Darius Garland 2-pt field goal	90	107
5:38	New York Knicks	Tyler Kolek Free throw	91	107
4:57	Cleveland Cavaliers	Jarrett Allen 2-pt field goal	91	109
4:33	New York Knicks	Karl-Anthony Towns 2-pt field goal	93	109
4:06	Cleveland Cavaliers	De'Andre Hunter 2-pt field goal	93	111
3:55	New York Knicks	Karl-Anthony Towns 2-pt field goal	95	111
3:42	Cleveland Cavaliers	Jarrett Allen Free throw	95	112
3:28	New York Knicks	OG Anunoby 2-pt field goal	97	112
3:14	Cleveland Cavaliers	Darius Garland 2-pt field goal	97	114
2:56	Cleveland Cavaliers	Jarrett Allen 2-pt field goal	97	116
2:25	Cleveland Cavaliers	Donovan Mitchell 2-pt field goal	97	118
2:11	New York Knicks	Karl-Anthony Towns Free throw	98	118
2:11	New York Knicks	Karl-Anthony Towns Free throw	99	118
1:55	New York Knicks	Karl-Anthony Towns Free throw	100	118
1:55	New York Knicks	Karl-Anthony Towns Free throw	101	118
1:54	Cleveland Cavaliers	Craig Porter Free throw	101	119
1:44	New York Knicks	MarJon Beauchamp 2-pt field goal	103	119
0:39	Cleveland Cavaliers	NaeQwan Tomlin 2-pt field goal	103	121
0:17	Cleveland Cavaliers	Emoni Bates 3-pt field goal	103	124
0:04	New York Knicks	MarJon Beauchamp Free throw	104	124
0:04	New York Knicks	MarJon Beauchamp Free throw	105	124

2024-25 season series

After this game: Cleveland Cavaliers 3-0. Final series: Cleveland Cavaliers 4-0.

Oct 28: Cleveland Cavaliers 110 at New York Knicks 104
Feb 21: New York Knicks 105 at Cleveland Cavaliers 142
Apr 2: New York Knicks 105 at Cleveland Cavaliers 124 (this game)
Apr 11: Cleveland Cavaliers 108 at New York Knicks 102

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