Dellavedova had 12 points, nine assists and five rebounds for Cleveland, and guard/forward James Jones contributed 12 points. The Cavs has a lot of health issues, which will keep NY in the game, but Lebron James is the best player on the planet (although Stephen Curry might think otherwise), and he will lead the Cavs to victory. “There’s been over 1900 guys that have been in this league, so I guess it’s a cool thing”. James finished just a rebound short of his first triple double of the season.
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The two-time champion is playing this season with a bad back that has plagued him since the preseason but is still performing very well.
Needing 21 points against the Philadelphia 76ers to reach the milestone, he scored 22 while collecting 11 assists and nine rebounds in Cleveland’s 107-100 victory.
“To be the youngest player in the history of the game to score 25,000 points – particularly when he is every bit the unselfish passer as he is a scorer – is just a testament to his greatness”, he said.
Also, LeBron James became the youngest player to reach 25,000 career points. Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers held the previous mark at 31 years, 351 days.
James’ biggest feat may have been giving 18,094 76ers fans a reason to cheer, and he was rewarded with a standing ovation.
Turns out, Prince James still reigns best as a basketball King. There really is not even that much of a strategy to it other than make him take as tough of a shot as possible.
James, however, scored three points and assisted on a pair of field goals in a 10-2 Cleveland rush at the end of the half, cutting Philadelphia’s advantage to 54-49. “I’ve been able to play for two great organizations”.
When Irving was healthy last season, he led the team, along with James, in touches per game.
Nik Stauskas added 15 and Nerlens Noel 14 for Philadelphia.
After the Cavs got off to a rocky start last season, James took it upon himself to take the ball out of Irving’s hands and man the point guard position in hopes of steadying the ship.
In Minneapolis, Damian Lillard had 34 points and seven assists as Portland edged the hosts after the Timberwolves honored fallen coach Flip Saunders with an emotional pre-game tribute.
Williams scored 13 points in the half for Cleveland.
J.R. Smith left with two fouls early in the first quarter, but sat the rest of the night with what the team called a right knee contusion.
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Robert Covington did not exactly ease back into action. “I know everyone is kind of waiting around to see how well he can play games”. James has had the most career success against Boston (29.5 points per game) and the least amount of scoring success against the Clippers, averaging “only” 24.2 points per game.
