On Friday night, during their 90-84 victory over the rebuilt but not fully reinvented New York Knicks, the Cleveland Cavaliers needed only LeBron James.
And that's good.
Because for much of this victory, he's all they had.
Yes, Mo Williams pitched in 20 points, including a big-time bucket after shaking off Langston Galloway down the stretch. And yes, the Cavaliers received solid, if unimpressive, contributions from Matthew Dellavedova (nine points, four rebounds), Timofey Mozgov (11 points, seven rebounds) and Tristan Thompson (10 rebounds).
But there was nothing spectacular about this win, Cleveland's eighth in a row, aside from James. He finished with 31 points on 12-of-21 shooting, six assists, two steals, one block, a game-high plus-17 and one smooth two-handed alley-oop finish:
A lion's share of James' heroics took place in the fourth quarter. The Cavaliers entered the final frame trailing by six, their jumpers caroming off every possible part of the rim, their second in command, Kevin Love, struggling to remain more than invisible on the offensive end.
James was able t ...
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