Kyrie Irving has no beef with John Wall over his All-Star comments

Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James (23) shoots over Washington Wizards center Marcin Gortat, left, during the first half of an NBA basketball game Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2016, in Washington. Remember back to only about 8 months ago when there was a huge debate over who the best young point guard in the league was, Steph Curry or Kyrie Irving?

James discussed Irving’s All-Star chances and his overall importance, per the Associated Press: “At the end of the day, it doesn’t matter how many games, he’s an All-Star player”. “He’s much more than just an all-star”.

“Good challenge for us”, Blatt said.

They could rise quickly up what has been a pretty even conference this year if they get on a good streak of wins though, and a second win over the conference leaders would be a great way to start.

NEW YORK – Jonas Valanciunas collected a season-high 22 points and grabbed 11 rebounds as Toronto pulled away in the second half en route to a victory over Brooklyn.

Last postseason, Washington appeared headed towards a collision course with Cleveland in the Eastern Conference Finals … until John Wall busted up his wrist against Atlanta. “But it sure didn’t look like that tonight”. Despite playing from behind or tied from the 10:14 mark of the opening quarter, the Raptors played the Cavs tight for the first half before letting the game get away from them following the break.

His fourth-quarter performance certainly caught the attention of his teammates, who see how much Irving is improving in the weeks since he returned.

Ish Smith had 21 points and 11 assists as Philadelphia earned its third victory in six games since its 1-30 start. While power dunks out of the open court and perfectly executed pick and rolls may suggest otherwise, King James seldom blows by or goes through defenders in the way that we’ve become accustomed to seeing. “I thought we scored enough to win the game….” LeBron, the game-high scorer, finished with 34 points (with 26 of those coming in the second and third quarters), continuing to go on the sort of scoring spurts that are hard for other teams to come back against. Reigning MVP and NBA Champion Stephen Curry is doing ungodly things to other teams. The franchise point guard dominated the Cavs with 35 points, 10 assists, and 5 steals. “That wasn’t an easy game”. This time, however, it looks like Kyrie Irving, Kevin Love and Iman Shumpert are back.

“Sometimes desperation leads to wondrous thinking”, Blatt said.

First off, I think it’s important to note that from the tone, it seems pretty clear that this was a amusing, awkward gym-locker-room moment and not a creepy, after-school-special moment.

Carmelo Anthony scored 25 points and the Knicks shot 56 percent to snap a streak of eight consecutive losses to the Miami Heat, beating their rivals 98-90 Wednesday night.

Raptors: Lowry, who has three straight double-doubles, was called for a technical foul late in the game….

Smith converted 10 of his 16 shots from the field and five of his 10 triples, while Irving made 14 of his 22 shots in surpassing his previous single-game high for points on the season. Kris Humphries missed the game with a knee injury.