The Cleveland Cavaliers play against the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden
The Cleveland Cavaliers are spending $10,034,047 per win while the New York Knicks are spending $13,105,225 per win
Game Time: 6:00 PM EST on Sunday December 4, 2022
Broadcast Info
National TV: N/A
Home TV: MSG
Away TV: Bally Sports Ohio
Home Radio: ESPN NY 98.7
Away Radio: WTAM/WMMS/WNZN
When the game is underway, you can follow it here!
What’s the buzz on Twitter?

@basketballtalk
Donovan Mitchell is not looking back on summer, says now is happiest he’s been in league nba.nbcsports.com/2022/12/05/don… – 9:33 AM


@IanBegley
“You’re trying to stretch it a little bit until there’s more clarity to it & once there is & you have more information, now you’ve got to make the decision. So that’s what we did.”
Tom Thibodeau went to a 9-man rotation vs CLE & liked what he saw in win: sny.tv/articles/knick… – 8:55 AM

@StevePopper
Knicks notebook: NBA emphasis on tightening calls provides MSG traveling show; Cam Reddish out of the rotation again newsday.com/sports/basketb… via @Newsday – 8:30 AM

@JeffEisenband
Prime virtual signage placement last week for @FaZeClan x @NYIslanders Esports Night coming up Dec. 6.
The first FaZe House took up residents in Plainview, New York in 2014. Eight years later, they have their own night on Long Island. 🎮🏒🥅 @IslesGT https://t.co/JtXan4oEuF pic.twitter.com/uNQ0smV10q – 8:12 AM


@StevePopper
Knicks hold Donovan Mitchell in check, defeat Cavaliers and save face (and jobs?) newsday.com/sports/basketb… – 7:26 AM

@SBondyNYDN
Donovan Mitchell:
“What’s done is done, and I’m happy as hell to be where I’m at. At the end of the day, this decision was made and I don’t think I’ve been happier since I’ve been in the league.”
More here:
nydailynews.com/sports/basketb… – 11:48 PM

@statmuse
Jerami Grant is putting up more PPG than
Zach Lavine
Darius Garland
Jimmy Butler
Brandon Ingram
Karl-Anthony Towns
Averaging a career high in points and threes. pic.twitter.com/Et8EnYBsXY – 11:17 PM


@StevePopper
Knicks notebook: traveling show?; Reddish out of rotation newsday.com/sports/basketb… – 11:17 PM

@StevePopper
Knicks hold Mitchell in check, defeat Cavaliers
Jalen Brunson scores 23 points for Knicks, who do a better job against Donovan Mitchell after allowing him to score 38 points in the teams’ earlier meeting. newsday.com/sports/basketb… – 10:57 PM

@SBondyNYDN
Knicks’ defense comes up big against Donovan Mitchell in ‘must-win’ nydailynews.com/sports/basketb… – 10:33 PM

@FredKatz
Tom Thibodeau said Cam Reddish didn’t play tonight because Thibs wanted to get to a nine-man rotation & Reddish was odd man out. When asked if it was because of Reddish’s defensive performance vs Dallas, he said “I don’t want to put anything on one guy. I don’t believe in that.” – 10:31 PM

@IanBegley
Tom Thibodeau said Knicks playing 2nd game of back-to-back tonight factored in to Derrick Rose’s DNP. He said Cam Reddish’s DNP was a coach’s decision. Thibodeau didn’t commit to anything about his rotation moving forward but made it clear that he likes 9-man rotation right now. – 10:05 PM


@RealDCunningham
The #Cavs put forth a pretty strong defensive effort tonight in New York but lost due to some abysmal shooting. Despite happening twice in a week’s time, this feels like an outlier. That, plus too much traveling and quick peek ahead to Tuesday. thelandondemand.com/news/2022/dec/… – 9:53 PM

@SBondyNYDN
Tonight represented the first healthy DNPs of the season for Cam Reddish and Derrick Rose. The Knicks did not make them available to the media. – 9:39 PM

@TimBontemps
Donovan Mitchell on if there was any extra excitement or anticipation for him to play at MSG tonight after the on-again, off-again trade discussions with the Knicks this summer before he was traded to Cleveland: pic.twitter.com/PgSaeQGIY1 – 9:35 PM


@nyknicks
Whole Team Effort 💪
1️⃣1️⃣ 23 PTS | 4 REB
3️⃣0️⃣ 18 PTS | 9 REB
9️⃣ 15 PTS | 8 REB pic.twitter.com/afXKKpF4Ye – 9:30 PM

@TimBontemps
Donovan Mitchell said he had more people at MSG tonight’s game than any since his rookie year, though he didn’t say how many. Said it was nice to have so many people – including Mets star Francisco Lindor, who he said texted him just before the game he’d be here – supporting him. – 9:16 PM

@dallasmavs
A rainy day in New York ☔️🥶👌
@GermaniaIns1896 | #PhotoOfTheWeek pic.twitter.com/0zVnAGWyMO – 9:16 PM


@WorldWideWob
Radio Roulette PRIMETIME is LIVE @UnderdogFantasy
-Absolutely wild NBA Witching Hour
-Anthony Davis’ historic tear
-Celtics dismantle KD & Kyrie (again)
-Kings beaming
-We need to talk about the Bulls
-Knicks save Thibs
-Alvarado career night
Join us!
📺 https://t.co/qTfUJ94DQe pic.twitter.com/jsPkjVhRQh – 9:09 PM



@TheSteinLine
Anthony Davis posts the NBA’s fifth 50-point game this season:
Joel Embiid 59
Anthony Davis 55
Devin Booker 51
Darius Garland 51
Stephen Curry 50
More NBA from me: marcstein.Substack.com – 8:57 PM



@johnhollinger
Trying to watch 2nd half of Nets-Celtics but my DVR keeps showing a Knicks-Heat playoff game from 1997. – 8:39 PM

@IanBegley
Knicks hold CLE to 35% shooting in 92-81 win, snap 5-game home losing skid. NYK limited Cavs’ 2nd-chance shots & bothered Donovan Mitchell & Darius Garland enough to limit them to a combined 13-for-41 shooting night. Nice rebound win for NYK after blowout loss to DAL on Saturday – 8:30 PM

@Tsaltas46
The upcoming road trip of the Sacramento Kings
12/07 @ MIL
12/09 @ CLE
12/11 @ NYK
12/13 @ PHI
12/14 @ DET
Tough schedule ahead of. It was important for the Kings to protect their home court right before this East road trip. #SacramentoProud #BeamTeam – 8:29 PM

@TimBontemps
Strong effort from the Knicks tonight, who came into today’s game ranked 25th in the league in defense and held the Cavaliers to 81 points – and snapped a five-game home losing streak. A much-needed win for the Knicks. – 8:26 PM



@anthonyVslater
Kings sweep a back-to-back against the Clippers and Bulls. Three straight wins, 13-9 record, gearing up for a challenging six-game road trip that’ll test this early season momentum: at Bucks, Cavaliers, Knicks, Sixers, Raptors, Pistons. – 8:24 PM

@RealDCunningham
#Cavs couldn’t get out of their own way tonight against the Knicks. This 92-81 loss feels much different than the loss in Toronto on Monday where the team just missed a bunch of shots. That was good process and a bad result. Don’t think the offense process was great tonight. – 8:24 PM


@SeanGrandePBP
Celtics shoot 43%, their 4th worst night of the year…
…and they go to an NBA best 19-5 with a 103-92 win in Brooklyn.
34-10 for Jaylen Brown
29-11 for Jayson Tatum
13-8-7 and +16 for Malcolm Brogdon
EAST
BOSTON 19-5 —
Milwaukee 16-6 2
Cleveland 15-9 4 – 8:22 PM

@jovanbuha
Final: Lakers 130, Wizards 119
Anthony Davis scored a season-high 55 points, adding 17 rebounds and 3 blocks. The Lakers improve to 10-12 and 2-0 on this six-game road trip. Russell Westbrook had a season-high 15 assists. LeBron James had 29 points.
Up next: at CLE on Tuesday. – 8:22 PM


@cavs
🚫 by @Evan Mobley
🪣 by @Donovan Mitchell
#LetEmKnow pic.twitter.com/TJb0uKYpEs – 8:18 PM

@StevePopper
Knicks lead down to 6 — and, oh jeez, another travel as Love is about to attempt a 3. That’s the 11th – tying the record for the most in the NBA this season with 3:08 left. – 8:13 PM


@cavs
Deep in The Garden.
📺 #CavsKnicks on @BallySportsCLE pic.twitter.com/uIEOnLRb6n – 8:10 PM

@RealDCunningham
The Knicks have allowed at least 100 points in every game this season.
The #Cavs have 74 points with 4:57 left in regulation.
Not great. – 8:07 PM

@RealDCunningham
That was almost the greatest play of Isaac Okoro’s career. – 7:54 PM


@IanBegley
A few rotation notes: Cam Reddish played just seven minutes vs. DAL on Saturday and hasn’t played yet for NYK tonight vs. CLE. Also, Obi Toppin has played just 7 minutes so far vs. CLE. Knicks are up 8 on Cleveland through three quarters. – 7:49 PM


@cavs
Throw the hammer, Don 🔨🤯
@Donovan Mitchell | #LetEmKnow pic.twitter.com/gGYvzak7Ki – 7:35 PM


@YaronWeitzman
Mike Breen, talking about Donovan Mitchell: “Anyone from Westchester County will tell you that Elmsford is not upstate.”
Clyde Frazier: “If they’re past Harlem they upstate.” – 7:33 PM


@StevePopper
Knicks, who have been at their worst in the 3rd quarter all season, come out of the locker room with a 13-4 start and Cavs call time down 12. – 7:26 PM


@StevePopper
For all the “If the Knicks lose this Thibs is gone” replies I get (and he may be because blame falls somewhere always here), here’s a fun exercise: Tell me the teams that you’d rather have the Knicks roster. So is it 2 time coach of the year or the roster? – 7:17 PM


@cavs
24-9 run to end the half!
@firstenergycorp | #LetEmKnow pic.twitter.com/aJFaZheoLr – 7:10 PM



@TommyBeer
RJ Barrett 1–for-8 in the first half.
RJ Barrett played a game-high 20 mins in the first half.
Hard to justify Barrett playing 20 mins and Cam Reddish being benched the entire first half – 7:06 PM

@RealDCunningham
Good half for the #Cavs defensively. Started to shoot the ball better in the second quarter. Garland leads them with 10pts, Mobley has six and Mitchell has five. Jalen Brunson has 15 for New York. Knicks lead 46-43. – 7:05 PM

@StevePopper
It’s 46-43 Knicks at the half after being up 18. I know it’s a game of runs, but when a 15-point lead yesterday turned into a 32-point deficit you might think intensity wouldn’t lag. Or maybe Cavs just started to make shots. – 7:03 PM


@ChrisFedor
#Cavs have forced 11 Knicks turnovers already. Their active defense is helping revive a sleepy offense. – 6:58 PM

@TommyBeer
The good news for the Knicks: They have a huge double-digit lead in the first half at home.
The bad news for the Knicks: They have a huge double-digit lead in the first half at home. – 6:57 PM

@RealDCunningham
Yeah, I’m really not sure what Caris LeVert got a tech for there. – 6:55 PM

@nyknicks
JB getting to his spot and going right to work 💼 pic.twitter.com/T2QBAMrN7h – 6:55 PM

@cavs
Another game, another coast-to-coast highlight from @Evan Mobley.
📺 #CavsKnicks on @BallySportsCLE pic.twitter.com/wIeVAo9jJp – 6:54 PM

@StevePopper
Knicks game ops lets loose with a bing bong — which one player said today, “It’s played out.” – 6:53 PM

@kelseyyrusso
The #Cavs are being out-rebounded 10-29 by the Knicks with about 5 minutes left in the half. – 6:52 PM

@TimBontemps
The Cavs have hit a couple of buckets here in the second, but started out the game 6-for-32 from the field.
Knicks up 39-25 midway through the second. – 6:52 PM

@nyknicks
Special Delivery 📦
@Miles McBride x @Obi Toppin pic.twitter.com/XJKhuKsSG2 – 6:45 PM



@StevePopper
Derrick Rose is available if needed – but on a back-to-back resting if not needed. – 6:38 PM

@nyknicks
👀 @Immanuel Quickley getting real crafty out there pic.twitter.com/ugIfjsGYKk – 6:37 PM

@RealDCunningham
#Cavs trail the Knicks 23-16 after the first quarter. Pretty ugly basketball. Cavs shot 26.1% from the floor and 2-of-11 from 3-point land. – 6:37 PM

@IanBegley
Worth noting on Derrick Rose: Knicks are on the second game of a back-to-back tonight vs Cavs. Rose is available if needed. – 6:35 PM

@StevePopper
Donovan Mitchell is 1-for-6 for 3 points and no assists in the 1st quarter — after putting 15 and 5 in the 1st quarter last time he played the Knicks. Grimes has assignment this time – and only bucket was on a switch. – 6:35 PM

@RealDCunningham
Kevin Love just threw a 75-foot underhand pass after a made basket. – 6:33 PM


@IanBegley
Miles McBride and Immanuel Quickley are the first Knicks off the bench tonight. Usually, that’s a spot for Derrick Rose. – 6:23 PM

@StevePopper
Um, first off the bench — Deuce McBride in spot usually belonging to Derrick Rose. – 6:23 PM

@SBondyNYDN
A rotation change for Thibodeau and the Knicks:
Miles McBride enters the game ahead of Derrick Rose. – 6:23 PM


@StevePopper
Leaving Donovan Mitchell wide open in the corner is not a long-term strategy for success – and he swishes one to tie the game early. The talk about switching not taking hold there as Julius, RJ and Mitch discuss options while he shoots. – 6:19 PM


@ChrisFedor
#Cavs Donovan Mitchell’s first shot attempt at MSG is an airballed 3-pointer from the left wing. – 6:14 PM

@StevePopper
Thibodeau talked pregame about the turnovers yesterday — and the Knicks commit a traveling violation on the first possession. – 6:12 PM


@StevePopper
Not as enthusiastic as it was for Luka Doncic yesterday but a pretty good hand for near-Knick and local product Donovan Mitchell in pregame intros. – 6:07 PM

@SerenaWinters
Kicks for Knicks 😏
LETS GOOOOO!!!!
@CavsJMike @MrCavalier34
@BallySportsCLE pic.twitter.com/Rp3T8SH8SF – 6:06 PM



@RealDCunningham
#Cavs list their starting lineup as Garland, Mitchell, Stevens, Diakite, and Mobley.
This is the 13th different starting lineup for the Cavs in 24 games. They’ve had just three lineups that have started multiple games together. – 5:57 PM



@cavs
Warming up The Garden.
📺 #CavsKnicks at 6PM ET on @BallySportsCLE pic.twitter.com/eHldUoTaTr – 5:02 PM

@ChrisFedor
#Cavs will be starting Mamadi Diakite in place of injured Dean Wade who has been starting for injured Jarrett Allen, sources tell @clevelanddotcom – 4:58 PM



@AdamJWexler
Browns get their 2nd non-offensive TD today. #Texans go QB sneak on 2nd/10 from their own 1. Kyle Allen dives forward for a yard & fumbles, Denzel Ward scoops it up for a 4yd TD return. Cleveland up 14-5. – 3:00 PM

@AdamJWexler
#Texans offense sputtered the last 2 games with their inability to run the football cited often as the cause.
Today: 13 carries, 65 yards (5 ypc). Yet the offense still can’t produce. 1-8 on 3rd down. 5 1st half punts. 3 points. Houston trails Cleveland, 7-5 at the half. – 2:38 PM

@cavs
On top of a career-high 22.5 PPG for the season!
@keybank | #LetEmKnow – 2:30 PM


@AdamJWexler
#Texans last 2 home games, opening drive for Houston:
vs WAS: 2 plays, INT for TD
Today vs CLE: 1 play, INT – 1:07 PM

@kelseyyrusso
#Cavs say that Dean Wade will be out approx. 3-4 weeks with a left shoulder injury. He had imaging done yesterday to confirm an AC joint sprain. – 12:09 PM

@davidaldridgedc
Cavs announce F Dean Wade will miss 3-4 weeks with a left AC joint shoulder sprain. The fourth-year forward has been a solid floor-spacer (.411 on threes) in his 24 mpg for Cleveland this season. – 12:02 PM

@wojespn
Cavaliers forward Dean Wade is expected to be out 3-to-4 weeks with a left shoulder injury, team says. – 12:00 PM

@SerenaWinters
Cavs announce that Dean Wade will be out approx. 3-4 weeks with a left shoulder injury (AC joint sprain). – 12:00 PM

@RealDCunningham
#Cavs say that Dean Wade will be sidelined approximately 3-to-4 weeks with an AC joint sprain in his left shoulder. – 11:57 AM


@BasketNews_com
Isaiah Hartenstein forgets to dribble the ball 😅
🎥 @NBATV pic.twitter.com/RHcn6sSCQV – 11:27 AM

@nyknicks
Matchup with the Cavs.
⏰: 6PM
📺: @MSGNetworks pic.twitter.com/OcPBzSmGZK – 10:30 AM


@alanhahn
That loss to the Mavs should set off alarm bells in the organization. Nothing is more unacceptable than this fact: The #Knicks are allowing 120.9 ppg at MSG this season. That is the highest scoring average by opponents in ANY arena in the entire league. Anyone take that personal? – 10:15 AM


@cavs
Game Day in The Garden!
🕕 6:00PM ET
📺 @BallySportsCLE
📻 @wtam1100, @wmms, @Power891
@RocketMortgage | #LetEmKnow pic.twitter.com/agIQrAqFfP – 10:02 AM


@hoopshype
Jalen Brunson on Jason Kidd: ‘The first thing he told me when I met him when he became head coach, he says ‘what do you want to achieve?’ and I told him I wanted to contribute as best I can, yada, yada, yada, and he said, ‘no, we got to get you paid.’ He did that.’ pic.twitter.com/RGesKYF4Nj – 9:30 AM

@TommyBeer
The Knicks have allowed 186 wide-open 3PTs this season, more than any team in the league.
The NBA’s tracking data goes back to 2013. Per that data, no team has ever allowed more than 626 wide-open 3PTs in a full season.
NY is on pace to shatter that mark.
tommybeer.substack.com/p/clock-tickin… – 9:06 AM

@RealDCunningham
The Cleveland Cavaliers are 3-point favorites tonight in New York against the Knicks. – 8:26 AM