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New York Knicks\u2019 Jalen Brunson (11) moves around the Cleveland Cavaliers defense during the first half of Game 1 in the Eastern Conference finals NBA basketball playoffs series Tuesday, May 19, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo\/Seth Wenig)<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n

NEW YORK \u2014 Jalen Brunson sparked one of the NBA\u2019s greatest postseason comebacks, a rally from a 22-point deficit in the fourth quarter, and finished with 38 points as New York beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 115-104 in overtime on Tuesday night in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals.<\/p>

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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<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n

Before that, Brunson said the message for the Knicks was just to finish strong so they would have momentum for Game 2, even if they lost the opener.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust keep fighting,\u201d he said. \u201cKeep chipping away. We\u2019re not going to get it back in one possession.\u201d<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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<\/a> with a strained right hamstring.<\/p>\n

Donovan Mitchell scored 29 points for the Cavaliers, who seemed well on their way to a third straight road win before their late collapse. The Knicks outscored them 44-11 after their 93-71 lead.<\/p>\n

\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.<\/p>

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The Knicks won their eighth straight game and will host Game 2 on Thursday.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

They were 4 for 23 on 3-pointers through three quarters and then had a horrible start to 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.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut it was our defense that has always been special in these playoffs and that has carried us in this playoffs, that showed up in the fourth quarter and in overtime,\u201d Karl-Anthony Towns said. \u201cIt allowed us to be sitting here with a win against a really great team.\u201d<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat can\u2019t happen. But it did,\u201d Mitchell said. \u201cWe play in two days. We can\u2019t sit here and let it kill our momentum, kill what we\u2019ve been doing. It\u2019s not a good loss.\u201d<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Evan Mobley had 15 points and 14 rebounds for the Cavs. Harden also scored 15 points, but was just 1 for 8 on 3-pointers and had more turnovers (six) than field goals (five).<\/p>

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