Nine years to reach the conference finals. Four games to get swept out of it. Donovan Mitchell’s best season ended in the worst way. The full player review is live. cavswire.substack.com/p/donovan-mi...

With the NBA Finals kicking off tonight between the Knicks and the Spurs, I thought there was never a better time to talk about what makes Wemby the perfect superstar with not just his on the court talent, but the way he carries himself off. drewchristmann.substack.com/p/the-whole-...

Cleveland survived Game 7 in Toronto. Came back from 0-2 against Detroit. Then the Knicks swept them by a combined 77 points. The season is over. The hard questions begin now. cavswire.substack.com/p/clevelands...

With the brutal 130-93 loss in Game 4, Cleveland's season is officially over after getting swept in the Eastern Conference Finals. Mitchell deserves better. Whether Cleveland can give it to him is the question of the offseason. cavswire.substack.com/p/script-alr...

A tough way to end the season, with no positive future for this franchise in the short term in sight. My thoughts on the series sweep will be published tomorrow afternoon at cavswire.substack.com.

Ball is up in Rocket Arena! No live tweets tonight. Finals week is approaching for my school and with that comes a lot of homework I've been procrastinating. GO CAVS!

The Knicks scored 37 in the first quarter and never looked back. Cleveland's defense had no answers, Harden had six more turnovers and the crowd was leaving Rocket Arena before the final buzzer. cavswire.substack.com/p/the-season...

Knicks 121, Cavaliers 108 — Final Evan Mobley — 24 PTS, 6 REB, 2 AST, 1 BLK on 10-for-18 FG and 1-for-6 3PT and 3-for-4 FT Donovan Mitchell — 23 PTS, 1 REB, 4 AST, 3 STL on 9-for-21 FG and 3-for-10 3PT and 2-for-6 FT

#Cavs fall in 121 - 108 to New York and fall to 0-3 in the ECF. Based on history alone, this series is over and with the team unable to muster any sort of energy here in Game 3 it's hard to argue that Cleveland will be able to do it. The Cavaliers were better offensively, but couldn't hit...

Josh Hart picks up a flagrant foul after review.

Did anyone else's game just buffer or was that just me?

Landry Shamet has hit three straight triples for the Knicks to put New York back up 105-91.

#Cavs trail the Knicks with just one quarter to go at 91-82. Cavs shot the ball better this quarter, matching the total from the first half going 4-for-11 from deep. Turnovers however became a problem as the total has grown to 15, with six in the third.

Despite a bad team defense tonight, James Harden has done a good job on Jalen Brunson tonight.

The bank is open for Sam Merrill as he's hit his first three since Game 1.

Feels like the Cavs have no drive. The two Game 7 series' in a row surely play into that, but there needs to be more from this team if they want to compete.

Max Strus seemingly read my post in between possessions, hits a corner three for his second of the game and first since the beginning of this game.

He's right there for the steal which leads to a Donovan Mitchell layup.

After making his first, Max Strus has gone cold from deep missing his last five from range.

#Cavs again come within one shot of tying up this game before the Knicks shut the door on that opportunity with a 4-point swing, all via Mikal Bridges. Poor shooting, careless passes and not getting back on defense really making it difficult to get any sort of momentum here in Game 3.

Karl Anthony-Towns playmaking ability continues to show up in these playoffs. That assist to Mikal Bridges was his fifth of the game with no turnovers.

Donovan Mitchell with an early triple after Evan Mobley's opening shot.

Barely been three minutes and Josh Hart has already forced three deflections.

Evan Mobley opens up the scoring for the half with a rare made three-pointer.

Halftime: Knicks 60, Cavaliers 54 James Harden — 14 PTS, 4 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL on 6-for-11 FG and 1-for-5 3PT and 1-for-2 FT Jarrett Allen — 12 PTS, 4 REB on 5-for-5 FG and 2-for-2 FT Donovan Mitchell — 12 PTS, 1 AST, 1 STL on 5-for-7 FG and 1-for-3 3PT and 1-for-4 FT

#Cavs down at half 60 - 54. Cleveland shot it efficiently on the floor at 22-for-40 (54.5%), but couldn't find anything from deep going 4-for-18 (22.2%). Alongside that, the Cavs defense has left a lot to be desired. Too many fastbreak opportunities — many after made Cavs buckets — that has...

Free throws continue to miss at the line as Donovan Mitchell misses a pair.

A lot of these threes have been great looks. Have to think that the #Cavs shooters get things going at somepoint.

Donovan Mitchell is back to the bench with huge ice packs on his knees.

Yikes. Donovan Mitchell is in the locker room.

That was a great defensive possession by James Harden after Jalen Brunson called for the switch onto him. Forced him to fumble with the ball on the arc before ultimately blocking his layup ahead of that Cavs timeout. ...Maybe Kenny Atkinson was onto something?

Why is the broadcast only referring to Taylor Swift as Travis Kelce's girlfriend? 😭

Jaylon Tyson coming back to like woukd do wonders for the #Cavs not only in this game, but the series as a whole.

Lots of plus-defenders out there alongside James Harden with Max Strus, Jaylon Tyson, Dean Wade and Jarrett Allen.

Three turnovers for the Cavaliers in the first four minutes of the quarter.

Two fouls already for Karl Anthony-Towns in the second quarter after coming out looking fantastic for the Knicks in the first with 11-points on 3-for-4 shooting. Towns has been known for getting into foul trouble throughout his career.

Jaylon Tyson with another early entry in Game 3.

#Cavs started out this game a bit slow, picked it back up after taking a timeout but the Knicks have not slowed down as they lead the game 37-27. Karl Anthony-Towns (13), Mikal Bridges (6), OG Announby (6) lead the way for New York and have been doing it at hyper efficiency shooting...

Max Strus hit's the teams first three-pointer, and the Knicks once again push the pace and Brunson has free throws on the other end. GET BACK!

Knicks have started off this game shooting very well at 10-for-13 from the floor, and a 9-2 run in the last 2:15 has grew the New York lead to ten at 29-19 with 3:29 remaining.

New York challenges the goaltending call and loses, will be without their challenge for the remainder of the game. Something to remember.

#Cavs make two buckets on one side of the floor and the Knicks hustle out for transition opportunities and get free throws on both. As Richard Jefferson said: “Unacceptable”.

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The Cavaliers dared Josh Hart to shoot the ball and he made them play and was unable to muster up a response of it’s own. My full recap on Game 2:

The Cavaliers couldn't shoot their way out of Madison Square Garden. Cleveland went 9-for-35 from deep in a 109-93 Game 2 loss, falling into an 0-2 series hole against New York. More on the loss: cavswire.substack.com/p/cavaliers-...

Knicks 109, Cavaliers 93 — Final Donovan Mitchell — 26 PTS, 4 REB, 1 AST, 1 BLK on 8-for-18 FG and 2-for-7 3PT and 8-for-9 FT James Harden — 18 PTS, 6 REB, 2 AST, 2 STL on 6-for-15 FG and 3-for-7 3PT and 3-for-3 FT Evan Mobley — 14 PTS, 6 REB, 3 AST, 2 BLK on 5-for-8 FG, 2-for-3 3PT and 2-for-4 FT

"Knicks in four" chants ringing out through MSG as they win this game 109-93.

Cavaliers now bringing in the reserves, down 18 with 1:15 remaining.

Those two free throws have given the Knicks their largest lead of the game with under three minutes left. Expecting Atkinson to put in the reserves soon.

Max Strus picks up his fifth foul of the night and Josh Hart heads to the line with the Knicks in the bonus.