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 Rookie guard Devin Booker scored 16 points for the Suns, who have
lost their last 12 road games and 16 of their last 18 overall.
The Cavs scored the first 12 points of the third quarter to blow the
game open.
The Suns committed turnovers on four of their first five possessions
in the quarter and went scoreless for the first three minutes of the
second half, allowing the Cavs to open a 17-point lead.
Cleveland stretched the lead to 28 and were never threatened.
Guards J.R. Smith and Kyrie Irving each had two steals in the third
quarter and the Suns committed nine turnovers in the quarter --
nearly as many as they had in the first half (10).
Smith scored 18 points and center Timofey Mozgov had 10 off the
bench. Irving finished with eight points, three assists and three
turnovers.
Forward P.J. Tucker had 13 points and seven rebounds for the Suns.
Forward Markieff Morris scored 13 points off the bench.
The win capped an emotional day for James, who earlier fired back at
critics who have labeled him a coach killer.
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"I think it does (stink) that people want to throw my name in dirt
for no particular reason, because of speculation or whatever the
case may be," James said.
"But you can't worry about it too much. I got 14 guys here. I got a
fan base here and a fan base all over the world that loves what I do
and they respect what I do and I can't worry about a select group of
people that want to use their negative energy to take away my
positive energy.
"I can't allow that to happen."
(Editing by Amlan Chakraborty)
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