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NEW YORK -- LeBron James had little to say about his choice of hotels and even less about Phil Jacksons choice of words.James and his teammates made their statement loudly on the court.James scored 25 points, Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love also surpassed 20, and the Cleveland Cavaliers crushed the New York Knicks 126-94 on Wednesday night.It was the first meeting since James was angered when Jackson referred to his friends and business partners as a posse last month in an ESPN interview. James refused to answer questions about the Knicks president, who watched the game from his usual seat a few rows back of center court.Im motivated for the love of the game, Im motivated by the process, Im motivated knowing that my kids are watching me tonight on national television, James said. So I dont need much more.The Cavs, who didnt stay together in New York after James and some other players opted against staying in the teams Donald Trump-branded hotel, won their second straight after a three-game skid.Irving led Cleveland with 28 points and Love scored 21, 16 in the first quarter, in Clevelands eighth straight victory over New York.Were going to go through skids, were not the perfect team, Irving said. But we also know what we have as a team when we collectively come together and its a beautiful thing.Brandon Jennings scored 16 points for the Knicks, who had their four-game winning streak snapped and lost for the just the third time in 10 games. He started for Derrick Rose, who missed his first game of the season with lower back pain.The Cavs made 22 3-pointers in 40 attempts.They played unbelievable and made all those shots, Knicks forward Kristaps Porzingis said. Its really hard to stop a team like that.James and Love outscored Porzingis and Carmelo Anthony 46-20.Tristan Thompson grabbed 20 rebounds for the Cavs. They played without guard J.R. Smith, who returned to Cleveland for additional testing after hyperextending his left knee Monday in Toronto.Love and Irving made consecutive 3-pointers to kick off a 20-4 spurt that extended a one-point lead to 34-17 and the Knicks never really recovered. They trimmed it to nine late in the first half, but James had a ferocious dunk during the Cavs run of six straight points, and another burst to open the second half pushed it to 71-48 on Irvings 3-pointer.TIP-INSCavaliers: It was a rough first quarter for former Knicks guard Iman Shumpert, who missed a layup and a breakaway dunk, when he appeared to hurt his hand after hitting it on the rim. ... Irving came in averaging 28.4 points in five games at MSG, his highest in any arena.Knicks: Anthony was presented with his USA Basketball Olympic championship ring before the game. He shared USA Basketball Male Athlete of the Year award earlier Wednesday with Kevin Durant after winning his record third gold medal in Rio. ... Former Knicks coach Jeff Van Gundy, working the game for ESPN, got a big ovation when shown on the overhead video screen.LEBRONS LODGINGJames said the decision not to stay at the Trump SoHo was a personal preference and not a political statement. 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Ben Creagh and Benji Marshall will be farewelled by St George Illawarra, but NRL fans appear to have seen the last of Manly skipper Jamie Lyon.Creagh and Marshall have been selected for one final outing in the Red V in this weekends last round of the season before parting ways with the club.Retiring former club skipper Creagh has struggled with a knee injury this year, but has been named to take on Newcastle at Jubilee Oval on Saturday.As expected, playmaker Marshall has been granted a recall despite being dropped last week.Those who wont receive send-offs from their club include Lyon and South Sydney five-eighth Luke Keary.Lyon hoped to pull on the Sea Eagles jersey one last time before retiring, but was not named to take on Penrith due to a hamstring injury.Also for Manly, Dylan Walker has made an unexpected return from a shoulder problem that was expected to sideline him for the rest of the year.Departing Rabbitohs playmaker Keary hasnt overcome a torn hamstring so wont play a final game for the club before moving to Sydney Roosters.While Canterbury veteran Sam Perrett will also sit out this week, and is racing the clock to make a recovery from a neck injury before he hanggs up the boots at seasons end.ddddddddddddNorth Queensland prop Matt Scott (finger) will miss his sides high-stakes Queensland derby with Gold Coast, and veteran forward Ben Hannant goes into the side.Wests Tigers have received a boost before their crunch clash with Canberra, with Chris Lawrence named to return from a shin injury.Jeremy Latimore and Moses Leota have been named on Penriths extended bench to cover the loss of Reagan Campbell-Gillard (back).Sydney Roosters will miss Boyd Cordner (knee) and Sio Siua Taukeiaho (knee) for their clash with Brisbane, with Ryan Matterson and Isaac Liu to start in the back row.Broncos hooker Andrew McCullough has been named but is under a fitness cloud after rolling his ankle.With Manu Vatuvei (sternum) and Solomone Kata (suspension) missing, the Warriors have been forced into a back-line reshuffle, with Tuimoala Lolohea shifted to fullback and Jonathan Wright and Ken Maumalo on the wings.The Storm have named Matt White and Christian Welch on an extended bench to cover suspended prop Nelson Asofa-Solomona. 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