2026 NBA Playoffs<\/a>, presented by Google, with the NBA.com live blog, featuring all of the meaningful moments, performances, observations, news, notes and highlights from Monday\u2019s action.<\/p>\nTonight, the New York Knicks and Cleveland Cavaliers tip off Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals (8 ET, ESPN), with the Knicks looking to sweep and advance to their first NBA Finals since 1999.<\/p>\n
What we know about Monday\u2019s game:<\/p>\n
The Knicks have won 10 straight Playoff games, earning a positive point differential of +225.<\/p>\n
This is the largest cumulative margin of victory over 10 games in NBA history, regular season or Playoffs.<\/p>\n
The Cavaliers are 23-24 all-time in elimination games; the Knicks are 45-42.
\nNo team has ever overcome a 3-0 deficit in the NBA Playoffs, with the 2023 Boston Celtics the last team to force a Game 7.<\/p>\n
MAY 25, 2026 \/ 6:00 ET<\/p>\n
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Evan Mobley and the Cleveland Cavaliers look to keep their season alive tonight against the New York Knicks in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals.<\/p>\n
New York:<\/p>\n
PG Jalen Brunson<\/p>\n
Brunson\u2019s skill and savvy are consistently impressive. No one carries more craft into the paint \u2014 every step, every movement is precise and poised. At 6\u20192\u201d, he shows up every night while running the third-highest usage rate in the Playoffs (min. 250 minutes).<\/p>\n
SG Josh Hart<\/p>\n
Hart is making 1.5 of his 4.8 3PA (30.2%) in his Playoffs run \u2014\u00a0below his career average of 34.1%, but good enough to keep opposing defenses largely honest.<\/p>\n
SF Mikal Bridges<\/p>\n
Watch Bridges in transition in Game 4. \u201cHis feel is unbelievable,\u201d\u00a0Coach Mike Brown said of the Villanova product\u2019s knack for getting loose in the open floor. \u201cHe\u2019s doing that on his own. He\u2019s picking and choosing when to go.\u201d<\/p>\n
PF OG Anunoby<\/p>\n
Anunoby is shooting 58.9\/50.9\/83.6 from the field in the Playoffs, knocking down 2.5 of his 4.8 3PA per game.<\/p>\n
C Karl-Anthony Towns<\/p>\n
The Big KAT has turned into a playmaker. New York is 9-0 when he dishes out five or more assists during this Playoffs.<\/p>\n
Cleveland:<\/p>\n
PG James Harden<\/p>\n
Will The Beard rise up? Harden has averaged 21.5 ppg, 6.4 reb and 5.4 ast over 25 career elimination games.<\/p>\n
SG Donovan Mitchell<\/p>\n
Mitchell went back to the locker room in Game 3, although he later returned. He\u2019s lacked some of his trademark explosiveness in this series, choosing his spots more than normal. The Cavs may need a heroic performance from Spida.<\/p>\n
SF Dean Wade<\/p>\n
Wade has defended Brunson well in this series, holding him to 9 pts on 4-of-9 shooting while not committing a shooting foul against the Knicks\u2019 point guard.<\/p>\n
PF Evan Mobley<\/p>\n
Can Mobley be the best player in this series for a game? He led the Cavaliers in scoring in Game 3 with 24 pts; his Game 4 against Detroit, where he had five blocks and three steals, was a defensive gem. But the Cavs are better offensively with him off the floor in this Playoffs, although their defense suffers. His inability to dominate smaller defenders is limiting for Cleveland.<\/p>\n
C Jarrett Allen<\/p>\n
Allen is a team-low -44 in this series \u2014 one point better than Donovan Mitchell. The team has been close to statistically identical with him on or off the floor.<\/p>\n
MAY 25, 2026 \/ 5:30 ET<\/p>\n
Monday\u2019s injury report<\/p>\n
No players are listed on this evening\u2019s injury report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jalen Brunson and the New York Knicks can advance to the 2026 NBA Finals by defeating the Cleveland…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":459777,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[214220,214219,85,46,92135,214218,105],"class_list":["post-459776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-2026-eastern-conference-finals","tag-game-4","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-jalen-brunson","tag-nba-com-live-blog-for-knicks-cavaliers","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459776","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=459776"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459776\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/459777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=459776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=459776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=459776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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