{"id":762,"date":"2026-05-20T07:04:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T07:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=762"},"modified":"2026-05-20T07:04:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T07:04:07","slug":"jalen-brunson-leads-knicks-back-from-22-down-in-fourth-quarter-to-steal-game-1-from-cavaliers-in-ot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=762","title":{"rendered":"Jalen Brunson leads Knicks back from 22 down in fourth quarter to steal Game 1 from Cavaliers in OT"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<div>\n<p><span>NEW YORK \u2014 Jalen Brunson sparked one of the Knicks\u2019 greatest postseason comebacks, a rally from a 22-point deficit in the fourth quarter, and finished with 38 points as New York beat the Cavaliers, 115-104, in overtime in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals Tuesday night.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=760\">Tuesday\u2019s 11 high school sports takeaways, brought to you by the number 500<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>After a record-setting run through the first two rounds, the Knicks were going nowhere for 40 minutes against the Cavs, trailing 93-71 with 7:52 to play. But Brunson relentlessly attacked James Harden to spark an 18-1 run that made it a ballgame, and he tied it at 101-all on a basket with 19 seconds remaining in regulation.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<blockquote>\n<p>BRUNSON SHINED IN NEW YORK&#8217;S 22-POINT COMEBACK WIN!<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfc0 38 PTS (17 in Q4\/OT)<br \/>\ud83c\udfc0 5 REB<br \/>\ud83c\udfc0 6 AST<br \/>\ud83c\udfc0 3 STL<\/p>\n<p>KNICKS TAKE A 1-0 SERIES LEAD IN THE EASTERN CONFERENCE FINALS \ud83c\udf7f pic.twitter.com\/e7JFHK20B3<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NBA (@NBA) May 20, 2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span>The Knicks then opened overtime with a 9-0 run as a delirious crowd in Madison Square Garden danced and screamed in the aisles. The Knicks moved within three wins of their first NBA Finals appearance since 1999.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Mikal Bridges added 18 points and three Knicks scored 13, including OG Anunoby, who came on late after struggling most of the way in his return after missing two games with a strained right hamstring.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><span>Get Starting Point<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span>A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><label>Enter Email<\/label><\/p>\n<div><button>Sign Up<\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<blockquote>\n<p>SHAMET EXTENDS NEW YORK&#8217;S LEAD\ud83c\udfaf<\/p>\n<p>6-POINT LEAD IN GAME 1 WITH UNDER 2 MINUTES TO PLAY IN OT ON ESPN! pic.twitter.com\/uSUHXKm418<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NBA (@NBA) May 20, 2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>Donovan Mitchell scored 29 points for the Cavaliers, who seemed well on their way to a third straight road win before their late collapse. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe played great basketball tonight for three quarters. Unfortunately, the fourth quarter \u2014 they dominated us in the fourth quarter,\u201d Cavs coach Kenny Atkinson said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=758\">As legislation around college sports falls apart in Congress, player leaders call for something bigger: collective bargaining<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>The Knicks, who won their eighth straight game, will host Game 2 on Thursday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Knicks had outscored Atlanta and Philadelphia by a combined 194 points, the largest margin ever through a team\u2019s first 10 postseason games. But after not playing since May 10, when they finished their second-round sweep of the 76ers, the Knicks misfired most of the night, looking like the rust hurt more than the rest helped.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>They were 4 for 23 on 3-pointers through three quarters, and then had a horrible start the fourth. But a year after coughing up a 14-point lead in the final minutes of regulation and losing to Indiana in OT in Game 1 of the conference finals on their home court, the Knicks found their offense just in time.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<blockquote>\n<p>NEW YORK WENT ON A 30-8 TO FORCE OT \ud83d\udca8<\/p>\n<p>SHAMET TIES IT.<br \/>HARDEN FOR THE LEAD.<br \/>BRUNSON TIES IT AGAIN. https:\/\/t.co\/ksw9IBlypq pic.twitter.com\/Dj0oW01DX7<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NBA (@NBA) May 20, 2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>The only bigger fourth-quarter playoff comeback in the last 30 years was when the Clippers rallied from 24 down to beat Memphis in Game 1 in 2012.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Knicks came from 20 points behind three times last year in the postseason. Those were their largest comebacks on record since 1969-70, when they won their first of two NBA titles. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Evan Mobley had 15 points and 14 rebounds for Cleveland. Harden also scored 15 points, but was just 1 for 8 on 3-pointers and had more turnovers (six) than field goals (five).<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=756\">Aroldis Chapman stands alone in 10th among baseball\u2019s all-time save leaders<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trailing 93-71 with 7:52 to play, Brunson sparked the comeback, sending the MSG crowd into a frenzy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":761,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-762","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Jalen Brunson leads Knicks back from 22 down in fourth quarter to steal Game 1 from Cavaliers in OT - 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