Knicks spoil King James' emotional homecoming

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Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James  LeBron James returned to Cleveland after four years but the New York Knicks spoiled a highly anticipated, emotionally charged homecoming for the superstar. Carmelo Anthony scored 25 points, including a key jumper with 25 seconds left, and the visiting Knicks surprised the Cleveland Cavaliers, 95-90 on Thursday night. James celebrated his first game back in a Cavaliers uniform in front of 20,000 cheering fans at sold-out Quicken Loans Arena since bolting to Miami in 2010, where he helped the Heat to back-to-back titles in four seasons. The four-time league most valuable player struggled throughout, however, finishing with 17 points on 5-of-15 shooting and committed a whopping eight turnovers in the setback. Iman Shumpert and Jason Smith had 12 points apiece for the Knicks, who gave Derek Fisher his first NBA coaching win, a night after getting bashed by the Chicago Bulls 104-80 in their season-opener. Kyrie Irving scored 22 points while Kevin Love added 19 with 14 rebounds in his Cleveland debut. Elsewhere: LA Clippers 93, Oklahoma City Thunder 90: Blake Griffin scored 23 points, including a pair of free throws with five seconds left, Chris Paul added 22, and the Clippers held off the banged-up Thunder in their season-opner to give Steve Ballmer his first win as new owner. Perry Jones poured in a career-high 32 points for the visiting Thunder (0-2), who already without reigning league MVP Kevin Durant (foot surgery), lost All-Star guard Russell Westbrook to a small fracture on his right hand in the second quarter. - Dallas Mavericks 120, Utah Jazz 102: German juggernaut Dirk Nowitzki and Chandler Parsons scored 21 points apiece, as the Mavericks (1-1) drummed the Jazz in their season home-opener. Derrick Favors had 17 points and 11 rebounds for the Jazz (0-2), who trailed by 25 at halftime. - Washington Wizards 105, Orlando Magic 98: John Wall had 30 points, 12 assists, and the key layup with 28 seconds left, as the visiting Wizards held off the winless Magic. Polish-native Marcin Gortat collected 20 points and 12 rebounds for Washington (1-1), which had its 16-point lead cut to two in the final minute before Wall delivered. Nik Vucevic topped Orlando (0-2) with 23 points and 12 rebounds while Ben Gordon netted 22. - Minnesota Timberwolves 97, Detroit Pistons 91: Thaddeus Young scored 19 points, Montenegrin Nikola Pekovic had 17 with 10 rebounds, while Spaniard Ricky Rubio collected 11 points, eight assists and seven boards, as the T-Wolves (1-1) trimmed the visiting Pistons. Caron Butler scored 24 points for Detroit, which fell to 0-2 under first-year coach Stan Van Gundy.