Knicks-Cavaliers matchup isn't a shock, but how we got here is surprising

This is the unpredictable matchup everyone saw coming.The New York Knicks versus the Cleveland Cavaliers. A million and one people called it. And at the same time, no one did.From the beginning of the NBA season, these two squads seemed destined for a meeting in the Eastern Conference finals. One team was coming off a 64-win campaign. The other had just fired its coach because a conference finals appearance in 2025 could not satiate the organization’s grander ambitions. The Cavs and Knicks were on a march toward each other, the former entering this season as the Vegas favorites to win the East and the latter ranked just barely behind.Advertisement