Knicks 121-108 – The New York Knicks beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 121-108 in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals on Saturday night, taking a 3-0 series lead. Jalen Brunson scored 30 points with six assists, while Mikal Bridges had 22 points and OG Anunoby 21 as New York mo
Saturday night in the Eastern Conference Finals felt like the kind of night teams remember for the rest of their lives. The New York Knicks finished it by beating the Cleveland Cavaliers 121-108 in Game 3. turning the series into something unforgiving for Cleveland and something familiar in the best way for New York.
The win gave the Knicks a 3-0 series lead. No NBA team has ever failed to convert that advantage into a series win. and teams holding it are now 163-0 all-time in seven-game playoff series. For New York. the victory also carried a second kind of weight: it extended their 10th consecutive postseason win. tying them to NBA playoff history in the rare company they’ve been carving out all spring.
Only the 2017 Golden State Warriors, the 1999 San Antonio Spurs, the 2001 and 1989 Los Angeles Lakers have produced longer playoff winning streaks. With the Game 3 result. the Knicks became just the seventh team in league history to win at least 10 straight postseason games. matching the 2024 Boston Celtics. who also won 10 in a row during their championship run.
Jalen Brunson did the heavy lifting offensively, scoring 30 points and dishing out six assists. Mikal Bridges added 22 points, while OG Anunoby scored 21. Karl-Anthony Towns finished with 13 points, eight rebounds, and seven assists, narrowly missing a triple-double. Landry Shamet. meanwhile. sparked the late separation off the bench with 14 points. including three fourth-quarter 3-pointers in a 99-second stretch that stretched New York’s lead to 105-94.
The Knicks’ shot-making backed up the scoreboard. They went 43-for-77 from the field, hit 11-for-28 from 3-point range, and made 24-for-27 from the foul line. Four of the five starters shot better than 50 percent from the floor as New York continued one of the most efficient offensive playoff runs in NBA history. Entering Saturday. the Knicks already led all playoff teams in field goal percentage. 2-point percentage. and 3-point percentage. and those numbers improved again after Game 3.
New York controlled the pace early. They started on a 9-1 run and finished the first quarter ahead 37-27 after making 12 of 17 shots. Cleveland managed to tie it at 50 in the second quarter. but the Knicks answered with a 10-1 run to take a 60-54 halftime lead. Brunson then scored six points during an 8-1 third-quarter run that pushed the advantage to 83-70.
Cleveland’s leaders were still productive, but the timing and the misses made the difference. Donovan Mitchell scored 23 points for the Cavaliers, Evan Mobley had 24, and James Harden contributed 21. From deep. Cleveland went cold again—shooting 12-for-41 beyond the arc and falling to 30 percent from 3-point range in the series. The Cavaliers, now 8-9 this postseason, managed only four fast-break points in Game 3.
The contrast between what New York did and what Cleveland couldn’t sustain sets up the next step plainly. The Cavaliers face elimination in Game 4 on Monday night at Rocket Arena, while the Knicks move one win away from their first NBA Finals appearance since 1999.
In the NBA’s postseason math. Game 3 didn’t just add another win to the Knicks’ streak—it kept building the kind of cushion that historically turns series into inevitability. New York extended their 10th straight postseason victory. took a 3-0 lead that has never flipped. and produced an efficient offensive showing that made every Cleveland comeback moment feel temporary.
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