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Spurs wreck Durant’s Warriors debut
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SAN Antonio’s Kawhi Leonard scored a career-high 35 points as the Spurs emphatically spoiled Kevin Durant’s long-awaited Golden State debut on Tuesday with a 129-100 rout that sent Warriors fans for the exits early on the team’s opening night in Oakland, California.
Cleveland, which defeated the Warriors in last year’s National Basketball Association finals, looked more assured in its opening game, sweeping past New York on a night the Cavaliers raised last season’s championship banner.
Durant had 27 points and 10 rebounds, but little looked in sync for MVP Stephen Curry and the reigning Western Conference champions in a forgettable first game — and quite a different one after the Warriors dominated at home and came out of the blocks last season with a record 24-0 start.
Leonard scored 31 points by the end of the third, LaMarcus Aldridge added 26 points and 14 rebounds for the Spurs.
Curry, last season’s first unanimous MVP, scored 26 points but was just 3 for 10 from 3-point range.
“I’m sure we’ll be motivated for our next game,” Warriors coach Steve Kerr said. “I think our guys were embarrassed tonight. I know I was.”
Cleveland’s LeBron James had his 43rd career triple-double to power the Cavaliers past visiting New York 117-88.
James scored 19 points and added 11 rebounds and 14 assists in front of a raucous home crowd that was on its feet from the pregame ceremony until late in the game, celebrating the city’s first championship in 52 years.
Kyrie Irving scored 29 points, including 19 in the third quarter when Cleveland went on a 20-4 run that rapidly ended the Knicks’ hopes of an upset.
Carmelo Anthony led New York with 19 points.
Portland extended its run of winning home openers to 16 straight seasons as Damian Lillard scored 39 points to lead the Trail Blazers to a 113-104 victory over the Utah Jazz.
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