CLEVELAND — Three days removed from their 102-93 loss in Game 4, the Cleveland Cavaliers will look to keep their season alive when they host the New York Knicks for Game 5 of the first round of the 2023 NBA Playoffs.
What follows is everything you need to know about the Cavs' Game 5 matchup which Cleveland enters facing a 3-1 deficit in the best-of-seven series.
- Date: Wednesday, April 26, 2023
- Time: 7:00 p.m. ET
- Location: Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland, Ohio
- TV channel: Bally Sports Ohio, NBA TV
- Streaming: Bally Sports app
- Radio: WTAM 1100, Cavaliers Audioverse
- Betting line: Cavs -5.5
- Over-under point total: 202.5
- Series odds: Knicks -550, Cavs +400
Series schedule:
- Game 1: Saturday, April 15: Knicks 101, Cavaliers 97
- Game 2: Tuesday, April 18: Cavaliers 107, Knicks 90
- Game 3: Friday, April 21: Knicks 99, Cavaliers 79
- Game 4: Sunday, April 23: Knicks 102, Cavaliers 93
- Game 5: Wednesday, April 26 at Cleveland at 7 p.m. ET on NBA TV
- Game 6 (if necessary): Friday, April 28 at New York (time TBD)
- Game 7 (if necessary): Sunday, April 30 at Cleveland (time TBD)
Preview
What was expected to be one of the most competitive series' of the first round has been anything but that, with the Knicks taking a commanding 3-1 series lead following a pair of wins at Madison Square Garden. With that, the series shifts back to Cleveland for Game 5, in which the Cavs will look to avoid elimination and extend the series to a sixth game in New York on Friday.
Plenty has gone wrong for the Cavs, including a subpar showing by superstar Donovan Mitchell in Game 4, with the 4-time All-Star scoring just 11 points. All things considered, Cleveland will need a stronger outing from not just Mitchell, but the rest of its rotation if it's going to keep its season alive past Wednesday.