Tuesday, October 21, 2014
Associated Press
COLUMBUS
Ohio State held its homecoming over the weekend when it named its king and queen.
But the real homecoming for basketball fans was Monday night when The King came back to Columbus with the Cleveland Cavaliers.
LeBron James received a thunderous ovation during the pregame introductions from the sellout crowd of 19,049 in Value City Arena on the OSU campus and the Cavaliers went on to defeat the Chicago Bulls 107-98.
The two Eastern Conference rivals did and it was the dueling guards who stole the spotlight from James.
Kyrie Irving led the Cavaliers with 20 of his 28 points coming in the second half while Derrick Rose continues to show he’s well on his way back from a torn medial meniscus in his right knee that caused him to miss last season’s playoffs.
He had 30 points in 24 minutes of play and said he liked the challenge of playing the Cavaliers.
“I’m used to playing with very good people and very good talent,” Rose said. “That’s all they’ve got on that team, is talent. You know when you play against them; you know you’ve got to come out here and ball.”