James, Williams lead Cavs over Knicks for 8th in a row

Jamal Crawford added a season-high 37 points, making all 10 of his free throws, and DeAndre Jordan had 10 points and 16 rebounds for the Clippers, who were without injured starters Chris Paul and J.J. Redick.

Helping James was veteran playmaker Mo Williams who tallied 20 points, two rebounds, and three assists.

DALLAS – Kobe Bryant returned to the Los Angeles lineup and Metta World Peace saw a decent amount of action, but these Lakers don’t resemble anything like the teams these two old-timers once led to two championships.

Cavaliers: Wrap up three-game trip at Detroit on Tuesday.

Cavaliers: Jefferson was questionable before the game with a right ankle injury, but scored 14 points in 39 minutes.

The Knicks are a five-point underdog in this game and the Over/Under (O/U) is set at 203 points. The Cavaliers rarely make costly errors handling the ball. “It was nearly a one-to-one ratio of assists to turnovers and that’s not good for our team”. Defensively, the Cavaliers yield 95.5 points against the opposing teams.

James and Williams did damage at the free-throw line. The Cavs fell too far behind in the double overtime game, needing a nice little rally in the fourth quarter to force the extra period, and LeBron James struggled with Jerryd Bayless guarding him in the second overtime, holding him scoreless in the final 3:15 of the game. And while the Knicks’ record might not be anything to brag about, it’s a step forward after last year’s 17-win season.

The total has gone UNDER in 5 of New York’s last 6 games.

The total has gone OVER in 11 of Cleveland’s last 15 games when playing on the road against NY.

Anthony scored 26 points and Porzingis added 11 points on 11 shots.

The Bucks squandered an 11-point lead over the final six-plus minutes of the fourth quarter.

Center Nikola Vucevic had 19 points and 13 rebounds for Orlando.

Suns 105, Nuggets 81 – Eric Bledsoe scored 30 points, and host Phoenix cruised over Denver. The Cavs are 7-1 and will travel to Madison Square Garden to face the NY Knicks in a game it is 6.5-point favorites. The Cavaliers defeated the Knicks 90-84.

Cleveland is among the top-ranked teams based on its average field goal percentage of 46.5% (ranked fifth). But, James, who had played brilliantly in the fourth quarter and overtime, missed a fallaway 18-footer at the buzzer, sending the game to a second overtime.

George has 25 or more points in six straight games. Here’s what does matter: Love is finding a rhythm after a few rough games and finished with 24 points and 14 rebounds, and LeBron appears not ready to hand over the title of “best player in the NBA” quite yet. NY is ranked 11th, with an A/TO of 1.51 this season. The game would head to double overtime tied at 96. When it was that close it didn’t matter that it was a near miss to the Cleveland Cavaliers, the defending Eastern Conference champions.