James, who returned to the Cavs and his native Ohio this summer after winning two NBA titles in Miami, finished with 17 points on 5-of-15 shooting. He also committed eight turnovers and never looked comfortable on a night when the entire city — and a star-studded crowd — celebrated his comeback.

“It was a special night,” he said. “I'm glad it was great, but I'm also glad it's over.”

Carmelo Anthony scored 25 points and buried a baseline jump shot with James in his face with 25 seconds left to give the Knicks a 92-87 lead.

Kyrie Irving scored 22 and Kevin Love added 19 points and 14 rebounds for the Cavs, who have some work to before they can start thinking about winning any titles.

Iman Shumpert and Jason Smith had 12 points apiece for the Knicks, who were embarrassed at home on Wednesday by Chicago but then returned the favor on a monumental night for Cleveland.

“It was pretty incredible,” New York forward Amare Stoudemire said, describing the atmosphere. “I haven't seen anything like that before. The city was on fire. It was great to kind of spoil the excitement — great for us.”

James was greeted with a thunderous ovation before the game by more than 20,000 fans, who had been counting down the days until the opener since he announced he was coming back home in a touching essay on July 11. There were thousands more packing the streets outside Quicken Loans Arena as an entire region came together to welcome him.

This was more than a game for Cleveland. It was a homecoming, an event and a city-wide block party rolled into one.

The Knicks wrecked it, giving rookie coach Derek Fisher his first win.

“You've got to give them credit,” Irving said. “They made tough shots.”

New York, booed at times by the Madison Square Garden crowd a night earlier, built a seven-point lead in the third quarter and was up 86-77 on Anthony's bucket with 3:07 remaining.

With James unable to find his shot, Irving kept Cleveland close and his jumper brought the Cavs within 88-85 with 1:43 left. But J.R. Smith hit a jump shot, and after James made a driving layup, Anthony knocked down his baseline jumper with his good friend guarding him to put away the Cavs.

James started poorly, shooting just 1 of 9 from the field in the first half. He also had a miscommunication with Irving, who broke to the basket just as James was firing him a pass and the ball flew into the first row of seats next to film director and super Knicks fan Spike Lee.

The Cavaliers visit Chicago on Friday and the Knicks are at home to Charlotte on Sunday.“I was throwing passes where I thought some of my teammates were,” said James, who sat out Cleveland's final preseason game and welcomed a new baby girl last week. “Those things will come.”

In other games Thursday, the Clippers edged the Thunder 93-90, the Mavericks had a 120-102 win over the Jazz, the Wizards beat the Magic 105-98 and the Timberwolves beat the Pistons 97-91.

At Los Angeles, Blake Griffin scored 23 points, making two free throws with five seconds left, and Chris Paul added 22 to help the Clippers beat Oklahoma City in their season opener to usher in a new era under owner Steve Ballmer.

Ballmer paid a record US$2 billion to buy the team after 33-year owner Donald Sterling was banned for life by the NBA for racist remarks. The Thunder sent the Clippers packing in the second round of the playoffs last spring, shortly after the Sterling scandal erupted.

Already without injured Kevin Durant, the Thunder lost Russell Westbrook to a hand injury in the second quarter. Perry Jones scored a career-high 32 points, making 9 of 11 free throws.

At Dallas, Dirk Nowitzki scored 21 points and Tyson Chandler, the center and emotional leader when the Mavericks beat Miami for the title three years ago, had 13 points and six rebounds in his first home game since leaving in free agency not long after celebrating the crown.

美國俄亥俄州克里夫蘭市 - 詹姆斯出手草草收場。他的通行證是錯誤的。他看上去並不好做的比在空氣中折騰粉多等。

他的回歸是可怕的。

“我沒按，”詹姆斯說，解僱神經的一個因素。“我沒有做太多。”

詹姆斯從一開始就在他與騎士的第一場比賽在四年內掙扎，而紐約尼克斯隊毀了巨星的情緒回家了95-90戰勝騎士隊在週四晚上。

詹姆斯，這個夏天打贏兩場NBA總冠軍邁阿密後誰回到了騎士和他的家鄉俄亥俄州，17分，5-的-15拍攝完成。他還承諾8次失誤，從不看著舒服就一個晚上，當整個城市 - 和一個星光熠熠的人群 - 慶祝他的復出。

“這是一個特殊的夜晚，”他說。“我很高興這是偉大的，但我也很高興一切都結束了。”

卡梅羅 - 安東尼拿下了25分，被埋的基準跳投，詹姆斯在他的臉上25秒時給尼克斯92-87領先。

凱里 - 歐文拿下了22和凱文 - 樂福得到19分和14個籃板，騎士隊，誰還有一些工作才可以開始考慮贏得任何冠軍。

伊曼 - 香珀特和傑森史密斯得到每人12分尼克斯，誰是不好意思在家裡週三芝加哥，但隨後返回的青睞，在一個巨大的晚上克利夫蘭。

“這是非常令人難以置信，”紐約前鋒斯塔德邁爾說，描述大氣。“我還沒有見過這樣的事情。城市是著火了。這是偉大的種溺愛的興奮 - 偉大的我們“

詹姆斯是由2萬多名球迷，誰曾掰著指頭數日子，直到揭幕戰，因為他已經宣布即將回家的感人文章7月11日在街道外面有數以千計的包裝迎接本場比賽之前，雷鳴般的歡呼速貸球館作為整個地區走到了一起歡迎他。

這不僅僅是一場比賽的克利夫蘭。這是一個衣錦還鄉，一個事件和一個城市範圍內的街區聚會集於一身。

尼克斯破壞它，讓菜鳥教練德里克 - 費舍爾他的第一場勝利。

“你得給他們貸款，”歐文說。“他們做艱難的投籃。”

紐約，噓聲有時在麥迪遜花園廣場的人群一晚上早些時候，建立了7分的領先優勢在第三季度上漲了86-77關於安東尼的桶3:07剩餘。

與詹姆斯無法找到他的射門，歐文保持密切的克利夫蘭和他的跳投帶來的騎士隊在88-85與1:43左。不過，JR史密斯命中跳投，之後詹姆斯做了一個突破上籃，安東尼撞倒他的好朋友他的底線跳投守著他收起了騎士隊。

尼克斯抑制詹姆斯回家的喜悅

由湯姆·威瑟斯，美聯社
2014年11月1日，上午01時02 TWN

詹姆斯開始不佳，從外地上半場命中率僅有1 9。他還與歐文，誰打破了籃下，就像詹姆斯被解僱了他一通，球飛進了第一排座位旁邊的導演和超級尼克斯球迷斯派克·李一個誤傳。

“我被扔通行證，我想我的一些隊友，”詹姆斯，誰缺席了騎士隊的最後一場季前賽，並在上週迎來了新的女嬰說。“這些東西會來的。”

騎士隊前往芝加哥上週五和尼克斯在主場以夏洛特星期天。

在其他比賽日，快船險勝雷霆93-90，小牛有120-102擊敗爵士隊，奇才隊擊敗魔術105-98和森林狼擊敗活塞97-91。

在洛杉磯，布雷克 - 格里芬拿下了23分，使得兩罰全中五個秒時，和克里斯 - 保羅得到22，幫助快船擊敗雷霆在他們的賽季揭幕戰中下老闆史蒂夫·鮑爾默一個新的時代。

鮑爾默支付了創紀錄的2美元十億收購球隊後，33年的老闆唐納德 - 斯特林被終身禁賽的NBA的種族主義言論。雷霆送快船打包在季后賽第二輪的最後一個春天，英鎊醜聞爆發後不久。

已經沒有受傷的凱文 - 杜蘭特，雷霆失去了拉塞爾 - 威斯布魯克手部受傷在第二季度。佩里 - 瓊斯拿下了職業生涯最高的32分，使得9月11日的罰球。

在達拉斯，諾維茨基砍下21分和泰森 - 錢德勒，中央和精神領袖，當小牛擊敗熱火的冠軍，三年前，得到13分和6個籃板，在他的第一個主場比賽，因為慶祝後不久離開自由球員冠。