But the Cavaliers answered on an inbound pass to James, who cashed in with his bucket with 1.9 seconds left.
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LeBron James had 25 points and 13 rebounds, extending his personal run of dominance against the Charlotte Hornets by leading the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 95-90 victory on Friday night (Saturday, Manila time). The victory makes James 21-0 against this franchise since Jordan bought the team in 2010 and ended the Hornets’ four-game winning streak. He played in all but two of those. The Cavaliers improved to 12-4.
Lakers coach Byron Scott said the Warriors are the best team he’s seen in a while and star guard Kobe Bryant said stranger things have happened than a team playing as poorly as the Lakers beating one as dominant as the Warriors.
Exactly two weeks after squandering a chance to hand defending champion Golden State its first loss of the season, the Nets blew another lead, this time against the top team in the East. It’s the latest in a series of frustrating close calls for the Nets. “They’re ready to get home and play the Xbox and play videos games and it’s the weekend so I’m ready to get home and do that too”.
In addition, Richard Jefferson also added 13 points and Tristan Thompson pulled down 12 rebounds for the Cavaliers.
However, head coach David Blatt relied on his starters Lebron, J.R. Smith and reserves Thompson, Jefferson and Matthew Dellavedova to steal the game against the Hornets.
“We have to hold each other more accountable, we have to play better”, James said.
LOS ANGELES – Blake Griffin and J.J. Redick each scored 20 points before sitting out the fourth quarter, and Los Angeles routed undermanned New Orleans. We just didn’t take advantage of them.
Lopez had 22 points, Johnson added 17 points and Thaddeus Young had 16 points and 12 rebounds for the Nets (3-13).
He responded with three straight three-pointers, giving the Cavaliers a two-point lead.
They didn’t have the talent to match up with LeBron, who isolated on the last play and put up a clean floater with one second left to ice the game.
Hornets: Charlotte was 8 of 25 from 3-point range and committed 16 turnovers.
Draymond Green had 14 points, 10 rebounds, and 10 assists in his third career triple-double, two this season.
Victor Oladipo had 17 points, nine assists and six rebounds.
The Cavs got a big lift from veteran center Anderson Varejao, who finished with nine second-half points.
The 7-2, 225-pound Abdul-Jabbar – yes, players have gotten much heavier since he retired in 1989 – played 20 seasons, won a league-record six MVP awards, was a 19-time All-Star and captured six titles with the Bucks and Lakers. The Sixers have dropped 27 in a row dating to last season for the longest losing streak in major USA professional sports history, passing the NFL’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers from 1976 to “77”.
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Bradley Beal scored 20 points for Washington, which lost its fourth straight despite allowing its fewest points of the season. Conversations about the Warriors’ all-time greatness, particularly as it relates to the 72-win Chicago Bulls of 1995-96, have emerged.
