Josh Hart Lights It up From Long Range as Knicks Rip Cavaliers for 2-0 Series Lead
- On Thursday, the New York Knicks defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers 109-93 in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference finals, with Josh Hart scoring a playoff career-high 26 points.
- The Knicks now hold a 2-0 series lead and are two wins from their first NBA Finals appearance since 1999, while the Cavaliers face a 2-0 deficit for the second straight round.
- New York seized control with an 18-0 run early in the third quarter that built a 71-53 lead, while Cleveland struggled from the free-throw line, missing 10 attempts and finishing at 68.8%.
- Jalen Brunson anchored the Knicks' offense with 19 points and 14 assists, while Donovan Mitchell led the Cavaliers with 25 points despite a slow first-half start that triggered injury questions.
- Saturday's Game 3 takes place in Cleveland at 3 p.m. on ABC, with the Knicks carrying the NBA's longest postseason winning streak since the Boston Celtics' 2024 championship run.
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The Cavs Created The Conditions For A Josh Hart Game
What is Josh Hart? If you had never watched his tenure with the New York Knicks and had to reconstruct the player from box scores, season averages, and the sauced utterances of people milling around outside Madison Square Garden, it would be a puzzling task. OK, so he's 6-foot-5, but teams can guard him with centers, or with no one at all, and he doesn't score much anyway. Fans are yelling the words "hard-nosed," "hustle," "intangibles," and so …
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