Knicks vs Cavaliers Prediction, Projected Score & Pick

New York Knicks at Cleveland Cavaliers · Sat, Nov 7, 2026

HoopVantage's Nov 7, 2026 prediction: New York Knicks over the Cavaliers by 2.6 points, a 59% win probability, with a projected final of Knicks 115, Cavaliers 112 (total 226.6).

The model projects New York Knicks to win by 2.6 points (59% win probability), projected score CLE 112, NYK 115, total 226.6 (80% range 203–250). The largest driver is rest, travel & altitude (1.7 points toward NYK).

Matchup

New York Knicks rank 3 of 30 in the HoopVantage power rating (+4.5 points against an average opponent, about 51 projected wins in 2026-27); Cleveland Cavaliers rank 7 (+3.0, about 49 wins). On a neutral floor that gap is worth 1.5 points to New York Knicks; home court, rest, travel and the projected rotations move it to the 2.6-point margin above. A 59% win probability means New York Knicks should win about 6 of 10 games like this one, so the other side winning is a normal outcome, not an upset of the model.

What drives the projection

• Home court: +0.6 (CLE margin)
• Player box-score production: +0.3 (CLE margin)
• Player on-court impact: −1.2 (CLE margin)
• Team efficiency (opponent-adjusted): −0.7 (CLE margin)
• Rest, travel & altitude: −1.7 (CLE margin)

Rest and travel

NYK: 2 day(s) of rest, 404 miles of travel. CLE: second night of a back-to-back, third game in four nights.

Projected minutes

NYK: OG Anunoby 36, Jalen Brunson 32, Josh Hart 31, Mikal Bridges 28, Karl-Anthony Towns 28, Landry Shamet 21, Miles McBride 17, Tyler Kolek 12, Andre Drummond 11.

CLE: Evan Mobley 33, Donovan Mitchell 32, James Harden 31, Peyton Watson 27, Jarrett Allen 26, Mario Hezonja 23, Sam Merrill 20, Jaylon Tyson 18, Tyrese Proctor 8.

Four factors

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Projections are statistical estimates for entertainment and analysis only. Nothing here guarantees any result.