Mavs spoil Leonard’s return
J. J. Barea scored 14 of his 16 points in the second half and the Mavericks spoiled the season debut of San Antonio star Kawhi Leonard, beating the visiting Spurs 95- 89 on Tuesday night.
Leonard, who scored 13 points in 16 minutes, missed the first 27 games because of right quadriceps tendinopathy, a condition that causes pain andweakness in the knee.
“I understand the situation that I’m in and we’re thinking about down the road,” said Leonard, who went to the locker room late in the third quarter as his minutes restriction was up.
LeBron James had 25 points and tied a career- high with 17 assists, and the Cavaliers defeated the visiting Hawks 123- 114. James was 11for- 13 from the field and had seven rebounds. Cleveland won for the 15th time in 16 games. The Cavaliers hit a season- high 20 three- pointers, including nine in the first quarter and had a seasonhigh 35 assists. † Pelicans guard Tony Allen broke his left fibula and is expected to miss three to four weeks.
MLB Yanks trade Headley
The Yankees traded third baseman Chase Headley, pitcher Bryan Mitchell and $ 500,000 to the Padres in exchange for Jabari Blash, a 28- year- old outfielderwho has hit .200 in 99 career games.
Also, BrianCashman confirmed he will return as the general manager of the Yankees for the foreseeable future, saying an expected new deal has been agreed upon.
† Newly signed Angels two- way star Shohei Ohtani had a platelet- rich plasma injection in his right pitching elbow in October, according to multiple reports.
† NBC Sports California has cut ties with Oakland Athletics pre- and postgame analyst Jose Canseco after Canseco tweeted his thoughts regarding the number of sexual harassment cases in the news.
HOCKEY Wolves edge IceHogs
Paul Thompson scored the game- winning goal with less than two seconds left and the Wolves edged the host Rockford IceHogs 2- 1.
Goaltender Max Lagace made 34 saves in his first game with the Wolves ( 8- 124- 1) since being returned on loan by the Golden Knights on Sunday.