{"id":660246,"date":"2026-05-23T10:08:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T10:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/660246\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T10:08:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T10:08:10","slug":"cavs-vs-knicks-game-3-how-to-watch-odds-and-injury-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/660246\/","title":{"rendered":"Cavs vs. Knicks Game 3: How to watch, odds, and injury report"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Cleveland Cavaliers<\/a> have been here before. They were down 0-2 against the Detroit Pistons<\/a> after two uninspiring performances on the road. Then, they rallied back to take the series after playing up to their skill level for four of the final five games.<\/p>\n

Cleveland will need to do that again if they want to punch their ticket to the NBA Finals. However, coming back against the New York Knicks<\/a> will be a much more difficult task.<\/p>\n

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The Cavs had a golden opportunity to take control of the series in Game 1, but couldn\u2019t close out a 22-point advantage and lost in overtime. Game 2 didn\u2019t feature the same kind of collapse, but once again a rough six-minute stretch is what cost them. New York<\/a> scored 18 unanswered points in the third quarter to put the game out of reach.<\/p>\n

Poor outside shooting has done the Cavs in throughout the series. They\u2019ve connected on just 29.4% (25-85) of their triples this series, despite getting clean looks. If they\u2019re going to fight their way back, this will need to change.<\/p>\n

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Who:\u00a0Cleveland Cavaliers<\/a> (0-2) vs. New York Knicks<\/a> (2-0)<\/p>\n

Where: Rocket Arena \u2013 Cleveland<\/a>, OH<\/p>\n

When: Sat., May 23 at 8 PM<\/p>\n

TV: ABC<\/p>\n

Point spread: Cavs -2.5<\/p>\n

Cavs injury report: None<\/p>\n

Knicks injury report: None<\/p>\n

Cavs expected starting lineup: James Harden<\/a>, Donovan Mitchell<\/a>, Max Strus, Evan Mobley<\/a>, Jarrett Allen<\/a><\/p>\n

Knicks expected starting lineup: Jalen Brunson<\/a>, Mikal Bridges<\/a>, OG Anunoby<\/a>, Josh Hart<\/a>, Karl-Anthony Towns<\/a><\/p>\n

Previous matchup: The Cavaliers dropped Game 2 due to poor shooting<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a look at both teams\u2019 regular-season impact stats via Cleaning the Glass<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Offensive Rating<\/p>\n

Defensive Rating<\/p>\n

Net Rating<\/p>\n

Cavs<\/p>\n

118.9 (8th)<\/p>\n

115 (15th)<\/p>\n

+3.9 (9th)<\/p>\n

Knicks<\/p>\n

120.2 (4th)<\/p>\n

114.2 (10th)<\/p>\n

+6 (6th)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Cleveland Cavaliers have been here before. They were down 0-2 against the Detroit Pistons after two uninspiring…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":660247,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[852,8174,4576,13054,51299,36783,6418,27495,61628,36782,288994,27497,36784,62394,355,283854,2005,361,19560,99],"class_list":["post-660246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-cleveland","tag-cleveland-cavaliers","tag-detroit-pistons","tag-donovan-mitchell","tag-evan-mobley","tag-jalen-brunson","tag-james-harden","tag-jarrett-allen","tag-josh-hart","tag-karl-anthony-towns","tag-knicks-injury-report","tag-max-strus","tag-mikal-bridges","tag-miles-mcbride","tag-nba","tag-nba-eastern-conference-finals","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-knicks","tag-og-anunoby","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/660246","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=660246"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/660246\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/660247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=660246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=660246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=660246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}