Chicago Bulls vs Cleveland Cavaliers Match Player Stats On Oct 24, 2017

The Sports Xchange
Oct 24, 2017

CLEVELAND -- LeBron James scored 34 points and piled up 13 assists while serving as the Cleveland Cavaliers' point guard in a 119-112 win over the Chicago Bulls Tuesday night.

Kevin Love added 20 points and 12 rebounds for Cleveland, which snapped a five-game losing streak to Chicago.

Justin Holiday paced Chicago with 25 points. Rookie Lauri Markkanen scored 17 of his 19 points in the first half and finished with five 3-pointers. Markkanen is the first rookie in league history to make 10 treys in his first three games.

James usually handles the ball for the Cavs and is their assists leader on the season, but he played the point because Derrick Rose (sprained left ankle) was out and coach Tyronn Lue sought a bigger lineup.

Reserve Jeff Green scored 16 points and Dwyane Wade came off the bench to score 11. It was Wade's 12th game off the bench in 15 seasons, covering 919 games. He asked to move to the bench after struggling in three games as a starter with Cleveland.

Kay Felder scored 13 points for the Bulls, all in the first half. Felder was traded along with Richard Jefferson by the Cavs to Atlanta on Oct. 14. Both players were waived by the Hawks, and Felder was claimed by the Bulls.

Chicago led by as many as 14 in the first quarter. When the Cavs took their first lead at 8:50 of the third quarter, it snapped a string of 75 game minutes without a lead.

The Bulls shot 17 of 33 (51.5 percent) from 3-point range. The Cavs answered with 16 3-pointers on 38 attempts (42.1 percent).

NOTES: Cavs coach Tyronn Lue made huge changes to his starting lineup, inserting not only G J.R. Smith for G Dwyane Wade, but returning C Tristan Thompson to the first five and sliding Kevin Love back to power forward. The Smith-Wade swap was announced Monday, but Smith missed the shootaround Tuesday with a sore back and his status was somewhat in question. Also on Monday, Lue said G Jose Calderon would start at point guard for the injured Derrick Rose (sprained left ankle), but the coach changed his mind Tuesday and went with a bigger lineup that included Thompson guarding 7-footer Robin Lopez. ... F/G LeBron James tied Zydrunas Ilgauskas (771 games) for the most games in Cavs' history. ... Chicago G Kris Dunn (dislocated finger) worked out Monday, and he may return Thursday against the Hawks, Bulls coach Fred Hoiberg said.