Knicks to open Mike Brown era in heavyweight battle vs. Cavaliers
NY Post
The first test is the toughest competition in the conference.
The Knicks, fresh off their first conference finals in a quarter-century, open next season at home against the Cavaliers, the NBA announced Tuesday.
The contest is Oct. 22 at 7 p.m. and was announced as part of NBA’s opening week on ESPN.
It’ll also represent the first meaningful game of Mike Brown’s tenure in New York.
The Knicks also face the Cavaliers on Christmas at MSG — as the only East teams playing on the holiday — with the league clearly identifying them as the cream of an otherwise weak and injury-diminished conference.
The Cavs won 64 games last season — including all four head-to-heads with the Knicks — and return its star core of Donovan Mitchell, Evan Mobley and Darius Garland.
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Wednesday was another positive day at Yankees camp. For the first time since March 6, 2025 — an outing in which he knew “something wasn’t right,” which began a weeks-long saga that ended on the operating table for Tommy John surgery — Gerrit Cole was back on a mound and facing hitters in game action.