🏆 2026 NBA PLAYOFFS · EASTERN CONFERENCE FINALS
🧹 SWEEP COMPLETE 🧹
New York Knicks def. Cleveland Cavaliers 4–0
The Knicks are going to the NBA Finals. Four games. No mercy. Cleveland never had a chance.
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E C F · F I N A L
The Series
Game 1 · MSG · 5/19
115 – 104 
Brunson drops 38. Cavs blow a 22-point lead and get stunned in OT.
Game 2 · MSG · 5/21
109 – 93 Hart drops a playoff career-high 26. Cavs shoot 39% FG and 26% from 3.
Game 3 · Rocket Arena · 5/23
121 – 108 Brunson 30, Bridges 22. Cleveland never held the lead — not once.
Game 4 · Rocket Arena · 5/25 🧹
130 – 93 KAT drops 19 & 14 boards. Cleveland commits 22 turnovers and gets erased by 37. Sweep complete. 🧹
Cleveland's Series in 3 Stats
71%
CLE Free Throws
68/96 across 4 games (70%, 69%, 63%, 82%) — couldn't even make the easy ones consistently
29%
CLE 3-Point %
48/166 from deep (32%, 26%, 29%, 28%) — couldn't find the range in a single game all series
66
CLE Turnovers
16.5 per game — including 22 in the clincher, gifting the Knicks possessions all series