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(SportsNetwork. Air Max Plus Tn White .com) - The Cleveland Cavaliers hope to have the NBAs best player back in the lineup Friday against the New Orleans Pelicans. LeBron James did not play in Thursdays 103-94 loss to Oklahoma City because of a sore left knee and is expected back in the lineup tonight. James is fourth in the NBA in scoring with 24.8 points per game. Thunder stars Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant scored 26 and 19 points, respectively, while the Cavaliers were led by Kyrie Irvings 20 points. Irving was probable prior to the game with a knee sprain. Kevin Love recorded 18 points and grabbed 16 rebounds for Cleveland, which shot just 36.5 percent and made only 9-of-28 3-pointers. We have a lot of guys on this team that can step up. Shooting as poorly as we did, and still climbing and fighting back against a very good team in the Western Conference and league overall, it showed us a lot, Love said. Obviously were not too happy with a loss, but there are a lot of things that we can see in that fourth quarter that showed a lot of character about our team. Love has posted a double-double in six of his last seven games. Tristan Thompson had 14 points and 13 rebounds, and Dion Waiters scored 14 points. The Cavs, who are 6-4 on the road, had won a season-best eight in a row. After visiting the Pelicans in the Big Easy, the Cavs will play five in a row at home. Cleveland was winning by an average of 14.5 points during the eight-game winning streak and is unbeaten in the last 11 games when scoring 100 or more points. It is 12-1 when reaching 100 points this season. New Orleans will play three in a row at home and suffered a 112-107 loss at Dallas on Wednesday. Anthony Davis posted 31 points and 11 rebounds, Jrue Holiday ended with 30 points and 10 assists, and Ryan Anderson scored 13 points for the Pelicans, who shot 45.5 percent for the game and lost for the sixth time in nine tries. Davis sustained a jammed toe in the loss, but its nothing serious. He was fine, said Pelicans coach Monty Williams. He didnt want to come out and I wasnt wanting to take him out, either. Im never going to put him in harms way. Unless I see that look in his eyes, and Ive been around him long enough to know when I should take him out. He jammed his toe. He said he couldnt feel his toenail or something like that. But I think he was OK. New Orleans outrebounded Dallas 45-29 and held the Mavericks to five offensive boards. The Pelicans had 16 rebounds on the offensive end. The Pelicans will also host Golden State and Utah on the homestand and are 6-2 at Smoothie King Center this season. Cleveland defeated New Orleans by a 118-111 score on Nov. 10 at Quicken Loans Arena and was led by James, who had 32 points, 11 rebounds and nine assists. Irving also scored 32 points and Anderson paced the Pelicans with that same amount. Anderson made 8-of-12 3-pointers. Vapormax Plus Discount . Meeks has agreed to a $19.5 million, three-year deal with Detroit, a person familiar with the situation said Tuesday night. The person, who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because free agents cant sign contracts until the leagues moratorium ends July 10, also said Cartier Martin had agreed to a one-year contract with the rebuilding franchise. Air Max Plus Store . - Mark Sanchez found out the New York Jets had acquired Tim Tebow on a conference call with team management.Newark, NJ (SportsNetwork.com) - Keith Kinkaid made 26 saves to backstop the New Jersey Devils to a 3-1 win over visiting the Florida Panthers on Saturday night. Kinkaid was bidding for his first NHL shutout, but allowed a goal to Brandon Pirri with 1:29 remaining. Tough one to give up, Kinkaid said. I thought there was a little contact and I couldnt get over. Im just happy we got the win. Steve Bernier had scored an empty-net goal a minute earlier to seal the Devils third win in four games. Jaromir Jagr and Mike Cammalleri had first-period goals for New Jersey, which registered just one shot in the second and two in the third. Roberto Luongo stopped 11 shots as the Panthers suffered their sixth loss in seven games. Air Max Plus Tn Cheap. We got to do a better job of being ready right off the hop, said Florida forward Shawn Thornton. Jagr gave the Devils a 1-0 lead 9:40 into the game. The goal was the 715th of his career, leaving him two behind Phil Esposito for fifth all-time. Cammalleri made it 2-0 on a power play with 5:23 remaining in the first period. Bernier sent a no-look, backhand pass between his legs to the right circle for Cammalleri, who scored from one knee on a one-timer. Game Notes The Devils have won seven straight home games against the Panthers, including playoffs ... Florida was 0-for-2 on the power play. ' ' '