Nets Hold Off King James, Cavs
"That never happened. I don't know where that rumor started, I don't know where it came from"
Richard Jefferson scored 24 points, and the New Jersey Nets overcame LeBron James' 42 points to hold off the Cleveland Cavaliers 104-99 on Wednesday night and snap a six-game losing streak.
Bostjan Nachbar added 21 points and Devin Harris had 19, including three buckets in the last four-plus minutes after Cleveland had cut a 19-point lead to one.
James moved into second place on Cleveland's career scoring list, and added 11 rebounds and seven assists. But the short-handed Cavaliers got little else from their starting lineup and had a two-game winning streak snapped. Read more