Last Night's Action: Is It a Moral Victory?
- Cavaliers 100, Knicks 91: Is finishing within nine points of the Cavaliers a moral victory. What about holding LeBron James to 33 after he scored 53 in his final trip in the building last year. To answer the first question, not when the team trailed by 23 at the half. As for the second, James shot 12-for-17, had eight rebounds and nine assists, so he was hardly in check. Larry Hughes had 18 (Larry Hughes!) and David Lee led the Knicks with 21. The Knicks, now 1-5, have Milwaukee on the road on Saturday.
- 76ers 97, Nets 94: Give the Nets some credit. Playing short-handed without Keyon Dooling, Chris Douglas-Roberts, Devin Harris and three others, the Nets kept this one close. They also lost Courtney Lee in the third quarter. Unfortunately for them, the game still counts as a loss, and they're now 0-6. That's the worst start in franchise history.
- Devils 2, Islanders 1:Yann Danis made 23 saves against his former mates. Brian Rolston had the power-play winner and Cory Murphy also scored for New Jersey, which has won four straight.
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