Cavs crush New York
LeBron James leads Cleveland to to 32-point bashing of New York Knicks
NEW YORK—LeBron James scored 25 points, Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love also surpassed 20, and the Cleveland Cavaliers crushed the New York Knicks 126-94 on Wednesday.
James had nothing to say Wednesday morning about Knicks President Phil Jackson and not much more about his decision to not stay with the team in a Donald Trumpbranded hotel, but he and the Cavs made a loud statement at Madison Square Garden.
It was their second straight win after a three-game skid, and they handed the Knicks their worst loss of the season. Irving led Cleveland with 28 points, and Love scored 21, 16 in the first quarter.
Brandon Jennings scored 16 points for the Knicks. He started for Derrick Rose, who missed his first game of the season with lower back pain.
It was the first meeting since James was angered when Jackson referred to his friends and business partners as a “posse” last month in an ESPN interview. James refused to answer questions at the Cavs' shootaround about Jackson, who watched the game from his usual seat a few rows back of center court.
New York had its fourgame winning streak snapped and lost for just the third time in 10 games.
WARRIORS 115, CLIPPERS 98
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Klay Thompson scored 24 points, Draymond Green added 22 points and the Warriors routed the Clippers for their seventh straight win over Los Angeles.
Stephen Curry had 19 points for Golden State, and Kevin Durant, who came in averaging a team- best 27 points, was held to 16 on 5-of-17 shooting.
Curry failed to make a 3-pointer for just the sec- ond time this season, going 0 of 8. The Warriors were 7 of 30 from long range. (AP)