Complete and utter disappointment. Jalen Brunson had a terrific, clutch performance as he's done time and time again for the Knicks. But what stands out to me is the incompetance from the Cavaliers bench, specifically from coaching. I've tweeted this multiple times, but how James Harden was...

I can't express enough how terrible Kenny Atkinson's coaching has been in this fourth quarter. Jalen Brunson is targeting James Harden, and they haven't done anything to stop it. What in the world are we doing.

Max Strus in for Jarrett Allen. With all due respect, get Harden out of this game.

This is an absolute failure of a coaching job by Kenny Atkinson. It's clear as day what the Knicks are doing to win this game switching Harden onto Brunson and it's just been ALLOWED to happen. I don't understand what we're seeing that Atkinson can't.

James Harden does get an offensive foul call and that's five on Brunson.

Cavaliers fall apart and now we're in overtime. Cleveland kept allowing Harden to get switched onto Brunson, and they pay for it as he scores 15 of his 36 points in the fourth quarter. Disappointing.

Harden once again gets switched onto Brunson and he gets into the lane with ease.

I have to wonder if the team is being honest with themselves in the huddle. Knicks clearly are targeting Harden and did almost nothing to stop it. Harden has 15 points shooting 5-for-15 from the floor, at what point do they decide it's time to put Strus in this game for him.

Cavaliers need to stop with this iso ball. Share the wealth.

Evan Mobley with a HUGE triple to stop the bleeding. Love it.

ESPN commercial for Game 2 just said "Cavs eye another upset"...

Cavaliers need to keep attacking. The offense has slowed down significantly when they built up the lead in an effort to takeaway clock, but they're at their best when the offense is moving. ATTACK!

Knicks making a big effort to switch James Harden onto Jalen Brunson, and it's paid off as they open up a 18-1 run in the last 4:22 to bring the Cavs lead to just five with 3:30 remaining.

A lowscoring first quarter ends with the Knicks leading the #Cavs, 23-16. The Cavaliers had an excellent start, jumping out to a 10-4 lead with 8:44 left in the quarter, but the Knicks reserves checked in and immediatley flipped the gam in New York's favor building up a seven-point...

Wildly, that was Jordan Clarkson's first three-pointer of the postseason.

As Mike Breen just said, both teams are unable to get anything to go from range with a combined 2-for-19 from deep. Yikes.

Flashbacks to 2023... Mitchell Robinson checks into the game and is immediatley making things happen, going +9 in just four minutes that has made the 6-point Cleveland lead into a 7-point deficit.

Dean Wade is back in the starting lineup with James Harden, Donovan Mitchell, Evan Mobley and Jarrett Allen joining him.

14 games. 36 hours of rest. The Cavs are battle-tested — but the Knicks are fresh. The Eastern Conference Finals start Tuesday. Here's the full breakdown:

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No recap for Game 7 unfortunately (procrastinating my school work) but planning on publishing a ECF preview for Tuesday morning in preparation for Game 1. Subscribe for FREE to cavswire.substack.com to get it straight to your inbox! GO CAVS!

CAVS IN THE CONFERENCE FINALS. REJOICE.

Cavs win Game 6, 125-94. Donovan Mitchell — 26 PTS, 7 REB, 8 AST, 1 STL, 1 BLK on 10-for-22 FG and 2-for-6 3PT and 4-for-6 FT Evan Mobley — 21 PTS, 12 REB, 6 AST, 2 STL, 2 BLK on 7-for-10 FG and 1-for-4 3PT and 6-for-11 FT

#Cavs are headed to their first Eastern Conference Finals since 2018 and the first time since 1992 without LeBron James. A well-rounded offensive game from Cleveland, with four Cavaliers getting 20+ points in the game.

After nine seasons, Donovan Mitchell is FINALLY going to his first conference finals. DESERVED!

Donovan Mitchell purposefully fouls, is out for the reaminder for the game with six. Atkinson goes for a completely new lineup with Nae'Qwan Tomlin, Jaylon Tyson, Thomas Bryant, Craig Porter Jr. and Keon Ellis now out there.

Donovan Mitchell and Evan Mobley still out there, joined by Merrill, Wade and Schroeder with under five minutes remaining.

Donovan Mitchell still fighting and crashing to the floor, and Kenny Atkinson decides to take a timeout likely to put in some of the reserves.

Cade Cunningham getting an applause from the remaining Pistons fans as he heads to the bench, likely his final minutes of the season.

Max Strus not happy with the takedown by Ausar Thompson on that rebound attempt, gets right in his face and needs to be separated. Strus gets called for a technical, while Thompson gets a personal.

With a 30+ point lead and six minutes left, interested to see when exactly Kenny Atkinson opts to take out some starters in preparation for New York on Tuesday.

Jarrett Allen playoffs redemption...beautiful

Up thirty, Kenny Atkinson finally uses that challenge on the called out-of-bounds call on Dennis Schroeder.

Marcus Sasser breaks a 6:18 three-point drought for Detroit.

Evan Mobley now has a double-double with 18 points, 10 rebounds, five assists and a game-high +36 in 32 minutes tonight.

You know it's good when the broadcast shows Koby Altman.

James Harden hasn't shot great, but his impact is definetley showing in this Game 7. He's got just nine points on 2-for-8 shooting, but has four rebounds, six assists on just ONE turnover and is +29 in 32 minutes for the Cavaliers, only trailing Evan Mobley's +34.

More "Let's Go Cavs" chants with Mobley at the line.

Cade Cunningham is a game-low -28 plus/minus in his 32 minutes. He's got 12 points on 5-for-14 shooting and 0-for-5 from deep, three rebounds, five assists and three turnovers.

To add on to the Pistons struggles, Ausar Thompson picked up a technical foul after the buzzer.

#Cavs continue to build on its lead, finishing the fourth with a 97 - 73 lead. Donovan Mitchell was sitting out with now five fouls, but came alive in the second half of the quarter scoring 15 of his 26 points in eight minutes. A big proponent behind the 35-26 difference in the quarter has...

Those 25 bus loads of Cavs fans have really paid off. "LETS GO CAVS" chants echoing through Little Caesars Arena.

After sitting out a significant stretch in the third, Donovan Mitchell has been doing Donovan Mitchell things, scoring seven straight as the Cavaliers get a 10-0 swing in their favor.

Coco Jone hyping up Donovan Mitchell after picking up the free throws on the fastbreak. Cleveland royalty.

Cool stat from Prime Vision. Donovan Mitchell has ran 1.8 miles in this game, despite sitting out a significant strech with those four fouls.

Duncan Robinson really moves in this Pistons offense like he's Stephen Curry. Constant movement. He's made three triples in a row, trying to keep them in this game.

Cavaliers up 17, but the EFFORT is still there. The biggest reason behind the loss on Friday was undoubtedly the lack of effort, but it's showed up in Detroit.

That's a playoff career-high 23 points for Jarrett Allen on that dunk. GAME 7 J.A.

Game 7 Jarrett Allen is BACK.

JARRETT ALLEN BACK TO THE LINE! Allen misses the free throw, and gets his own rebound and is BACK to the line. Two quick fouls on Stewart sends him to the bench.