Cavs win first game post-LeBron

CLEVELAND

LeBron’s former team has already done something his new, super team in sunny Miami couldn’t: Beat Boston.

Playing its first game in seven years without LeBron James, the Cleveland Cavaliers stunned the Celtics 95-87 in their season opener Wednesday night, a win that at least for one night gave local fans reason to believe that life will be OK minus the two-time MVP.

J.J. Hickson scored 21 points, Daniel Gibson added 16 — all in the second half — and the Cavaliers made several big, clutch plays to hold off the Celtics, who defeated James and the Miami Heat on Tuesday night.

Read the story in Thursday’s Vindicator.