One day after the 2025-26 NBA season kicked off with a pair of contests, Wednesday's schedule is loaded with a dozen games, including a matchup between two of last season's top teams in the Eastern Conference at Madison Square Garden as the New York Knicks host the Cleveland Cavaliers .
Cleveland finished atop the East in 2024-25 with a 64-18 record but lost to the Indiana Pacers in the conference semifinals in five games. The Knicks, who went 51-31 last campaign to finish third in the conference and were defeated by the Pacers in the conference finals, are beginning the Mike Brown era. A two-time NBA Coach of the Year who had two stints with the Cavaliers, Brown was hired in July to replace Tom Thibodeau, who was relieved of his head-coaching duties a month earlier.
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