LeBron delivers overtime
MILWAUKEE—LeBron James made a go-ahead 3-pointer with 24 seconds left in overtime as the Cleveland Cavaliers held on for a 114-108 victory over Milwaukee on Tues- day night to avenge a late November loss.
Milwaukee took a 108107 lead on a tip-in by Giannis Antetokounmpo with 1:12 left. Cleveland’s Kyrie Irving missed a 3-pointer from the left corner on the next possession but Jabari Parker’s lay-in attempt at the other end curled out.
James was fouled on the rebound by Antetok- ounmpo, his sixth. James then hit the deep 3-pointer to put Cleveland up 110-108.
Parker was fouled on a layup attempt on the ensuing possession but missed both free throws. Irving hit a pair of free throws with 15.7 seconds left to make it 112-108.
James had 34 points and Irving 28 for Cleveland, which had lost at Milwaukee 118-101 on Nov. 29. Parker had 30 points and Antetokounmpo added 25. The two teams meet again Wednesday night in Cleveland.
Kings 126, Trailblazers 121
In Sacramento, DeMarcus Cousins returned from a brief ejection and finished with a seasonhigh 55 points, capping a wild day for the hot-tempered big man as Sacramento beat Portland.
Hours after he was fined by the Kings for his profanity-laced tirade against a newspaper columnist last week, Cousins pulled down 13 rebounds and made two huge 3-pointers and scored 17 points in the fourth quarter.
It appeared Cousins’ night was over before the game had ended. In the final minute, he put the Kings back in front when he drove the lane for a layup and was fouled by Mason Plumlee.