‘King’ courts 30,000

Lebron James finished with 18 points in Cleveland’s 148124 home loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder on Saturday and remains seven shy of becoming the seventh player in NBA history to reach the 30,000-point plateau. His next chance is Tuesday when the Cavs visit San Antonio. working and he’s trying to find minutes for everybody. I think he’s doing a great job in that regard, as far as getting everybody in the game. Maybe not Channing, we’d like to get Channing out there a little more but it’s a numbers thing right now.

“It’s tough. There’s a numbers thing right now. Definitely I’ve been a part of that, too. It’s a long season. We’re riding a bad wave right now, but hopefully we’ll find some things that will start working again. Guys are getting healthier but we need to get back in sync. There’s no answers right now.”

A demanding schedule and injuries have prevented the Cavs from practicing much, but they held their third workout this week. It was needed.

Lue, though, decided not to show his players film of the debacle against Oklahoma City. “Just move on,” he said. Lue can’t be absolved from blame, but players aren’t faulting him for the team’s many issues, some of which could be addressed before the Feb. 8 trade deadline.

Following Saturday’s head-scratching loss, James said he “would hope not” when asked if he thought Lue would be fired.

Dwyane Wade dismissed any outside noise condemning the only Cleveland coach to win a championship since 1964.

“You’ve just got to look at yourself in the mirror and say ‘What can I do better?’ ” Korver said. “You can’t point the finger. You can’t get mad at a guy for not doing what you thought he should’ve done. You just can’t point fingers. It’s really simple but it really is true. … We’re all grown-ups. When you’re a mature grown-up you just look yourself in the mirror.”