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James scores 34 as point guard, leads Cavaliers over Bulls

By The Associated Press diana past Minnesota. and Rondae Hollis-Jeffer-
CLEVELAND (AP) — LeBron Darren Collison had 15 son 18.
James scored 34 points in points and 16 assists, Bo- TRAIL BLAZERS 103, PELI-
a rare start at point guard jan Bogdanovic scored 19 CANS 93
and the Cleveland Cava- points and Domantas Sa- PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — CJ
liers, using another early bonis had 15 points and 11 McCollum scored 23 points
season lineup, awakened rebounds for the Pacers, and Portland extended its
after a sluggish first half who shot 67 percent from NBA-record winning streak
and beat the Chicago Bulls the floor. in home openers to 17
119-112 on Tuesday night. Karl-Anthony Towns had 28 games with a 103-93 vic-
Although he often handles points and seven rebounds tory over New Orleans.
the ball and runs Cleve- for the Timberwolves, who Damian Lillard and Evan
land’s offense, James had came out flat after a thrill- Turner each added 13
not officially been listed ing last-second win at points for Portland, which
as a guard since 2012 with Oklahoma City on Sunday. is off to a 3-1 start for the
Miami. He added 13 as- Minnesota was missing for- first time since the 2011-12
sists, including a no-look, ward Jimmy Butler, who sat season.
behind-the-back dish to out with an upper respira- DeMarcus Cousins had 39
Jae Crowder for a 3-point- tory infection. Shabazz Mu- points and 13 rebounds for
er during Cleveland’s 15-3 hammad took Butler’s spot his fourth straight double-
spurt in the third quarter. in the starting lineup, and double to start the sea-
Kevin Love had 20 points he contributed to Minneso- son. The Pelicans were hurt
and 12 rebounds, and ta’s slow start, going 1-for-5 when Anthony Davis de-
Dwyane Wade, who asked from the floor and missing parted with a left knee in-
Cavs coach Tyronn Lue to two free throws in the first jury in the first quarter.
take him out of the starting quarter. CLIPPERS 102, JAZZ 84
lineup, came off the bench MAGIC 125, NETS 121 LOS ANGELES (AP) — Blake
and added 11 points. ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Griffin scored 22 points,
Justin Holiday scored 25 Aaron Gordon scored a Patrick Beverley added 19
and rookie Lauri Mark- Cleveland Cavaliers’ LeBron James, right, drives past Chicago career-high 41 points, in- and unbeaten Los Ange-
kanen 19 for Chicago, Bulls’ Paul Zipser, from Germany, in the first half of an NBA bas- cluding the go-ahead les beat Utah.All five start-
which made a season-high ketball game, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2017, in Cleveland. 3-pointer with 35 seconds ers for the Clippers (3-0)
17 3-pointers. The 7-foot Associated Press remaining, and grabbed finished in double figures.
Markkanen became the and 13 rebounds. from the field. The Knicks 12 rebounds to lead Orlan- Austin Rivers had 16 points,
first player in NBA history to After dropping their first two scored the first basket of do over Brooklyn. Danilo Gallinari 14 and De-
make 10 3-pointers in his games to open the season, the night, but never led Evan Fournier added 28 Andre Jordan added 11
first three career games. the Celtics have won two again. They shot just 42 per- points in game that went points and 18 rebounds.
CELTICS 110, KNICKS 89 straight. The Knicks remain cent and went 1 of 12 from back and forth late in the Rookie Donovan Mitchell
BOSTON (AP) — Jaylen winless through their first the 3-point line. fourth quarter. He finished led the Jazz (2-2) with 19
Brown scored 23 points, three games. PACERS 130, TIMBER- the scoring with two free points, with Rudy Gobert
Jayson Tatum added 22 Enes Kanter led New York WOLVES 107 throws with 15.5 seconds to adding 12 points and sev-
and Boston beat New York. with 16 points and 19 re- MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Victor play. en bounds. Thabo Sefolo-
Kyrie Irving added 20 points bounds. But he got most Oladipo scored 28 points D’Angelo Russell scored 27 sha finished with 11 points
and seven assists. Al Hor- of them in a first half in as and Cory Joseph added points for the Nets, while and 12 rebounds off the
ford finished with 13 points his team struggled mightily 21 to lead hot-shooting In- DeMarre Carroll had 19 bench.q
Cavaliers’ Dwyane Wade sidelined with a bruised knee

NEW YORK (AP) — Cleve- Coach Tyronn Lue said he scored 34 points with 13 as-
land Cavaliers forward Dw- didn’t know Wade had sists as the Cavs improved
yane Wade has a bruised banged knees during the to 3-1. James also tweaked
left knee and won’t play game, saying it was just a his right ankle.
Wednesday night against freak accident and that Nets guard D’Angelo Rus-
the Brooklyn Nets. the knee had swelled up sell was out with a right
Wade came off the bench on the flight to New York. knee sprain. Coach Ken-
and scored 11 points in Earlier this week, Wade ny Atkinson said the injury
19 minutes in Tuesday’s asked Lue to take him out wasn’t serious and that the
win over the Bulls. It was of the starting lineup be- team was being cautious
Wade’s first game with cause he thought it would with its 22-year-old leading
Cleveland’s second unit, benefit the team. Lue has scorer.q
and the 35-year-old add- been juggling his lineups
ed four assists and three and rotations while trying
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