Cleveland Cavaliers visit New York Knicks. Cavaliers have not played a regular-season game yet, while Knicks are 0-1 and have gone W-L-W-W-L in their last 5.
The model leans toward Knicks: about 80% to win, with a projected score of Cleveland Cavaliers 110, New York Knicks 118. A win for Cavaliers would count as a real upset. These are model estimates built from past results, not guarantees.
The teams have met 11 times in our recent records. Knicks lead 6-5, and the average margin has been 0.4 points in favor of Knicks.
On the injury report, Khalifa Diop (CLE), Nae'Qwan Tomlin (CLE), and Ernest Udeh, Jr. (CLE) are listed as out.