NBA · Tue, May 26, 2026
New York Knicks at Cleveland Cavaliers
Final score: New York Knicks 130 – 93 Cleveland Cavaliers. 43 positive-EV NotaSportsGuru picks tracked for this game across match lines and player props, with the lines we played and the outcomes that followed.
Match line picks
The model’s positive-EV picks on totals, spreads and moneylines for this game.
| Market | Pick | Line | Odds | EV | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spread | home | 1.5 | 1.95 | +23.3% | LOSS |
| Game Total | over | 216.5 | 1.87 | +19.4% | WIN |
| Spread | home | 2.5 | 1.89 | +4.2% | LOSS |
Player prop picks
Every player prop the model rated positive expected value for this game, with the recommended side, the line and the actual stat.
| Player | Team | Stat | Pick | Line | Odds | EV | Actual | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karl-Anthony Towns | New York Knicks | Points | over | 17.5 | 1.99 | +76.1% | 19 | WIN |
| Miles McBride | New York Knicks | Points | over | 5.5 | 2.02 | +72.9% | 11 | WIN |
| Dean Wade | Cleveland Cavaliers | Points | over | 3.5 | 2.00 | +65.0% | 0 | LOSS |
| Mitchell Robinson | New York Knicks | Points | over | 3.5 | 1.85 | +63.2% | 8 | WIN |
| Karl-Anthony Towns | New York Knicks | Assists | under | 4.5 | 1.99 | +58.0% | 3 | WIN |
| Donovan Mitchell | Cleveland Cavaliers | Points | under | 26.5 | 1.95 | +53.7% | 31 | LOSS |
| Sam Merrill | Cleveland Cavaliers | Points | under | 8.5 | 1.93 | +51.1% | 5 | WIN |
| Max Strus | Cleveland Cavaliers | Assists | over | 2.5 | 2.49 | +48.1% | 2 | LOSS |
| James Harden | Cleveland Cavaliers | Points | over | 18.5 | 1.96 | +48.1% | 12 | LOSS |
| Josh Hart | New York Knicks | Rebounds | over | 7.5 | 2.09 | +44.7% | 11 | WIN |
| James Harden | Cleveland Cavaliers | Assists | over | 6.5 | 2.01 | +43.2% | 2 | LOSS |
| Josh Hart | New York Knicks | Assists | over | 4.5 | 2.12 | +41.3% | 6 | WIN |
| Jarrett Allen | Cleveland Cavaliers | Assists | over | 1.5 | 2.25 | +37.6% | 1 | LOSS |
| Mikal Bridges | New York Knicks | Points | over | 14.5 | 1.89 | +37.6% | 15 | WIN |
| OG Anunoby | New York Knicks | Points | over | 15.5 | 1.95 | +29.7% | 17 | WIN |
| Jalen Brunson | New York Knicks | Points | under | 26.5 | 1.92 | +28.6% | 15 | WIN |
| Max Strus | Cleveland Cavaliers | Assists | over | 1.5 | 1.58 | +28.4% | 2 | WIN |
| Mikal Bridges | New York Knicks | Assists | over | 2.5 | 1.78 | +27.5% | 5 | WIN |
| Mikal Bridges | New York Knicks | Points | over | 15.5 | 1.97 | +25.8% | 15 | LOSS |
| Jarrett Allen | Cleveland Cavaliers | Rebounds | over | 7.5 | 1.76 | +25.2% | 3 | LOSS |
| James Harden | Cleveland Cavaliers | Rebounds | over | 4.5 | 1.84 | +23.8% | 4 | LOSS |
| Donovan Mitchell | Cleveland Cavaliers | Assists | over | 4.5 | 2.26 | +19.8% | 1 | LOSS |
| Dean Wade | Cleveland Cavaliers | Rebounds | over | 3.5 | 2.11 | +19.3% | 1 | LOSS |
| Evan Mobley | Cleveland Cavaliers | Points | over | 16.5 | 1.92 | +17.8% | 15 | LOSS |
| Sam Merrill | Cleveland Cavaliers | Rebounds | over | 1.5 | 1.85 | +16.7% | 1 | LOSS |
| Donovan Mitchell | Cleveland Cavaliers | Assists | over | 3.5 | 1.61 | +14.5% | 1 | LOSS |
| Jarrett Allen | Cleveland Cavaliers | Points | over | 12.5 | 1.98 | +13.2% | 6 | LOSS |
| Dean Wade | Cleveland Cavaliers | Assists | over | 0.5 | 1.47 | +12.1% | 1 | WIN |
| Josh Hart | New York Knicks | Points | over | 12.5 | 1.89 | +11.5% | 6 | LOSS |
| Evan Mobley | Cleveland Cavaliers | Assists | under | 3.5 | 1.86 | +11.4% | 4 | LOSS |
| OG Anunoby | New York Knicks | Rebounds | under | 5.5 | 1.69 | +8.4% | 7 | LOSS |
| Landry Shamet | New York Knicks | Points | under | 5.5 | 2.09 | +7.0% | 16 | LOSS |
| OG Anunoby | New York Knicks | Assists | over | 1.5 | 1.56 | +5.9% | 4 | WIN |
| Max Strus | Cleveland Cavaliers | Rebounds | under | 4.5 | 1.81 | +4.7% | 2 | WIN |
| Sam Merrill | Cleveland Cavaliers | Assists | over | 1.5 | 2.40 | +4.3% | 1 | LOSS |
| Jalen Brunson | New York Knicks | Assists | under | 7.5 | 1.67 | +2.7% | 5 | WIN |
| Mikal Bridges | New York Knicks | Rebounds | under | 3.5 | 1.78 | +2.4% | 3 | WIN |
| Max Strus | Cleveland Cavaliers | Points | under | 9.5 | 1.89 | +1.2% | 5 | WIN |
| Jalen Brunson | New York Knicks | Rebounds | under | 3.5 | 1.62 | +0.9% | 2 | WIN |
| Karl-Anthony Towns | New York Knicks | Rebounds | under | 12.5 | 1.75 | +0.8% | 14 | LOSS |
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