To start the season, the Cleveland Cavaliers hosted the New York Knicks in what was the most hyped up first game of any season, ever. It was the return of the King to Cleveland when LeBron James played his first game in a Cavs uniform in over 4 season. On that night, the Knicks came away with a victory. In this game, the Cavs got some revenge over the Knicks in MSG.
Kyrie Irving led the way for the Cavs and scored a season-high 37 points with 3 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals, including a layup with 10 seconds left after a timeout that he looked like he didn’t want to take, and the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the New York Knicks 90-87 for their season-high fifth straight victory.
Irving carried the Cavs most of the game before LeBron James had 5 straight points late that helped Cleveland pull out the victory. James finished with 19 points and 12 assists with 5 rebounds. Kevin Love had 11 points and 11 rebounds for the Cavs as well.
Carmelo Anthony had a horrible night scoring 9 points and 10 rebounds. Tim Hardaway Jr. had 20 points with 3 rebounds off the bench to lead the Knicks and Amare Stoudemire had 18 points and 9 rebounds starting at center. Quincy Acy had a career high 15 points with 6 rebounds.
Anthony ended a 4-for-19 night by missing a 3-pointer in the last seconds as the Knicks dropped their sixth straight and fell to 4-16 on the season, one of the worst starts in New York Knicks franchise history.
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