LeBron tears open sleeves on too-tight jersey

“I’m just out of rhythm”, he said. I know he’s happy about that and just having the opportunity to go out and play again and play for that franchise. “I couldn’t do nothing to my face.” – but since he found his groove soon after tearing at his top (and led the Cavs to a come-from-behind win), perhaps there’s something to his whole “sleeves suck” argument. James is too big for sleeves, while Curry’s game is completely predicated on shooting.

“If the fans love them, I love them”. “That’s all it’s about”.

The Cavs were wearing the black, body-hugging uniforms for the first time.

“They were interesting”, Dellavedova said. “I see more daylight”.

Not long after ESPN finished its intro to the nationally televised game, the Cavs trailed by 15. Evan Fournier made a basket for Orlando before a three-point play by Harden pushed the lead to 117-112.

Carmelo Anthony and his friends had a better time with the NY Knicks. Anthony, now 12-12 in head-to-head matchups with James, joked that he misses former teammates Iman Shumpert and J.R. Smith, who were traded by the Knicks to Cleveland last season.

Anthony and the Knicks were in control of the game in the first half. He has never been a prolific 3-point shooter but made three in the third quarter on Friday and has now hit four of his last seven after the tough start to the season.

“Tonight, we were in a position, at the end, to get a road win”.

Cavs forward Kevin Love had 12 points and 14 rebounds, center Timofey Mozgov scored 13 points and guard Mo Williams added 16 points and eight assists.

James, who scored 18 points in the third quarter, reached his latest milestone with a dunk late in the second quarter to become the 20th player in National Basketball Association history – and fifth active – to record 9,000 field goals.

“I love the jerseys”.

But James opened up Thursday on his Uninterrupted video series, and he pointed out that he also removed his arm sleeve (which he wears often but not every game).

“Obviously, we have a few work to do in a lot of areas, but we’ll always take the win”, Williams said. Blatt asked. “Would that be OK?”

For that, they could thank the helter-skelter Knicks, who somehow went 2-1 against them last season. NY shot. 619 from the field (13-for-21) in taking a 32-18 lead after the first period, but was woeful from that point. “So like I said, I had to take it out on something”. One of his first-round defeats came against James and the Heat in 2012.

“It’s just one out of 82”, Hoiberg said with a grin.

He capped a 12-4 spurt with a three-pointer – just his second this season – to give Cleveland an 87-79 lead with 4:01 remaining.