The New York Knicks got their 2025-26 season started off on the right foot on Wednesday night, taking down the Cleveland Cavaliers 119-111 in a season opener between two Eastern Conference contenders. Both teams came into the game shorthanded, but the Knicks staved off a second-half push from the Cavs and pulled away with a late spurt of their own.

This was certainly an impressive win for the Knicks, who are hungry coming off of a heartbreaking loss in the Eastern Conference Finals against the Indiana Pacers last season. However, new head coach Mike Brown thinks they can get even better .

“We got a lot of room to grow, and that's what is exciting,” Brown said, via James L. Edwards III of The Athletic.

After finishing as the No. 3 seed in the East last season and upsetting the Bo

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