Game Preview: Knicks at Cavaliers, April 2, 2025

Photo by Brian Kolin/NBAE via Getty ImagesIt’s impossible to talk about the 2024-25 Knicks without bringing up their record against the consensus top three teams, also known as the Thunder, Cavaliers, and Celtics, and rightfully so. Despite entering the season prematurely crowned as potential contenders, they’re currently 0-7 against those teams and have been blown out on national television on multiple occasions in those games.

That has led to many fans and analysts dumbfounded at times. Because as their record suggests, this Knicks team, despite their flaws and shortcomings, has been a good, dare I even say great, team against the other 26 teams. They’ve swept the season series against the…