Love Scores 40, Including 34 in 1st, James Has Triple-Double

Irving’s big quarter came two nights after Love scored an NBA-record 34 in the first against Portland.

Kevin Love scored 34 points in the first quarter vs. the Blazers, hitting 8 of 10 from deep.

Leonard is averaging 24.8 points per game this season, and is quickly becoming one of the best two-way players in the National Basketball Association.

Damian Lillard had 40 points, 11 assists and seven rebounds for Portland. It’s the second most points ever scored in a quarter, just short of Klay Thompson’s 37 points he scored in the third quarter last season against the Sacramento Kings.

Love scored 27 points, Kyrie Irving added 25 and the Cavaliers led by as many as 45 points in a 128-90 rout of the Dallas Mavericks on November 25.

The Cavaliers went out and put up 81 on the Blazers on 59 percent shooting, hitting 16 3-pointers in the first two frames.

“Every game that we start out, the first play of the game’s for Kevin”, Lue said.

Kawhi Leonard scored 30 points and the San Antonio Spurs ripped host Charlotte 119-114, improving to 12-3 overall and 8-0 on the road.

Wilson Chandler finished with a season-high 30 points and 11 rebounds. He is now excelling and is averaging 21 ppg and 10 rbg.

Thaddeus Young led the Pacers with 24 points and had seven rebounds.

Dwight Howard had 23 points and 20 rebounds and Paul Millsap added 18 points and 11 rebounds as Atlanta handed IN its third straight loss. And Anthony Davis poured in 45 points as New Orleans topped Minny.

The Cleveland Cavaliers were reportedly searching for a backup point guard but it appears that the search is finally over. Dallas is one of nine teams against which James is averaging at least 28 points. Evan Turner had 17 points off the bench.

Sean Kilpatrick scored 23 points for the Nets.

Only on a squad as loaded as the current Cavaliers could another future Hall of Famer, LeBron James, post a game like he did on Wednesday night and somehow not be the lead story.

Tyler Johnson had 17 points for Miami. He added another 6 during the game for 40 total.

Love’s struggles to fit in with the team were most prominent in his first season with the team in 2014-2015 under then-head coach David Blatt. JaMychal Green generated 10 points and 11 rebounds.

Harrison Barnes had 22 to lead the Mavericks (2-12). He said the idea was hatched 10 years ago, but it took time before the cleat could be developed.

Porzingis’ 3-pointer from the corner gave NY a 111-109 lead before Michael Kidd-Gilchrist tied it on a backdoor layup.

After the team’s first 13 games, Love has gotten off to his best start as a Cavalier.

Zach LaVine scored 26 for the Timberwolves.

Dirk Nowitzki scored 15 points and Andrew Bogut grabbed 11 rebounds for the Mavericks. If the Cavs can do what they did past year but with a more efficient Kevin Love, there may not be a team that can beat them, and that includes the Warriors.

Ersan Ilyasova had 22 points and 12 rebounds for Philadelphia.

James has only played in two of the four meetings against Dallas since returning to Cleveland – both victories in which he notched 27 points.