Cavaliers too hot for Kings

King on fire: LeBron secured the triple-double as of 1:15 remaining in the third quarter, when he rebounded a James Anderson 3-point attempt.

The critics will say he hasn’t played much this year and the Cavs want him to stay healthy, but he was already the MVP of the All-Star Game in 2014 and deserves to be in it again. The adjustment period Cleveland is undertaking to adapt to Tyronn Lue’s new offensive system has had some road bumps but you wouldn’t tell it from their performance against the Kings.

LeBron James had his first triple-double of the season during a 120-100 win over the Kings on Monday, scoring 21 points with 10 rebounds, 10 assists, one block, two steals and one 3-pointer in 31 minutes.

This wasn’t the case against the Kings though, as Cleveland did what they needed to do against a lottery-bound team and that’s play at a high level for the entire four quarters.

The Cavs got Kevin Love back after he missed one game with a quad contusion.

Since LeBron James returned to Cleveland, Tyreke Evans had never missed a game against the Cavaliers.

The last eight games for the Sacramento Kings have been bad. That showed on Monday Night, as the Cavs added to the Kings misery, who have now lost eight of their last nine ballgames.

Kemba Walker added 23 points, Marvin Williams also had a double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds, and Spencer Hawes scored 14 points for the Hornets, who trailed by as many as 19 points in the second quarter. “I know it’s very hard to play in one of the biggest games of your life and come out on the wrong side of it and then have to automatically answer questions”, James said.

J.J. Redick weighed in with 23 points, including the tying three-pointer late in regulation time to lead Los Angeles Clippers to a 98-92 overtime victory over the Philadelphia 76ers. Today, I think, was a good day for us.

Kyrie Irving matched his season high with 32 points and tied his career high with 12 assists.

Kyrie Irving led the way with a game-high 32 points, while J.R. Smith contributed 22 points.

“Health-wise, he’s great”, Lue said. “I don’t have any control over what other people are thinking or saying”, Karl told reporters before Sunday’s 128-119 loss at Boston.

The Pelicans shot 1-11 from three-point range in the first half, the Cavaliers made 8 of 16.

The Nets had wasted a 16-point lead before pulling out the dramatic victory.

The Cavs feasted on an opponent that entered ranked last in the National Basketball Association in points allowed (108.9).

On Sacramento’s side, losers of eight out of their past nine, Rajon Rondo took a not-so-subtle shot at coach George Karl’s tactics as a reason for the Kings’ demise.

“Usually in shootarounds, you try to go bigs and smalls, get shots up, pick-and-rolls, guards getting a feel for the ball, taking shots, bigs working on jump hooks and rolling to the basket”, Lue said. Like I said, his body position a lot of times is not great but his giving the effort every single night on the defensive end and that’s what I’m more pleased of than anything.