The Knicks opened their 2025-26 regular season schedule at Madison Square Garden last night a few hours before this article went to press. But prior to print, the Knicks confirmed that starting center Mitch Robinson and guard/forward Josh Hart — one of the NBA’s best reserves — would not be available to face the Cleveland Cavaliers, the favorites to win the Eastern Conference championship, due to injuries.

Hart has been out with lumbar (back) spasms since taking a hard fall on October 2 against the Philadelphia 76ers in a preseason game in Abu Dhabi. Robinson sat for what the Knicks call left ankle management.

Robinson, who was a force for the Knicks last postseason, has had two major surgeries on his left ankle. The first, in December 2023, put him down for 50 games and the second, in M

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