LeBron logs milestones; Rivers beats dad’s team
BOSTON—Austin Rivers had been looking forward to this game since he was drafted 10th overall by the New Orleans Hornets. Doc Rivers had been dreading it almost as long.
The Hornets rookie visited Boston on Wednesday night to face his father’s team, just the fourth father to coach against his son in an NBA game.
“It’s something I really did not look forward to,” Doc Rivers said before the Hornets’ 90-78 victory. “You’re trying to win a game and you’re trying to win a game that your son is playing in. You raise your kid; you want them to do well. It’s strange.”
The Rivers are the fourth father-son pair to face each other in an NBA game.
Miami’s LeBron James became the youngest player in NBA history to score 20,000 points and also surpassed 5,000 assists to lead the Heat to a 92-75 victory over the Golden State Warriors.
James finished with 25 points, 10 assists and seven rebounds to eclipse both marks before halftime as he helped Miami go ahead by 34 points in the third quarter and allowed coach Erik Spoelstra to rest his starters for the fourth.
Tony Parker had 17 points and 11 assists for San Antonio and Tim Duncan scored 19 to help the Spurs beat the Memphis Grizzlies, 103-82, and extend their home winning streak to 13 games.
In other games, it was Oklahoma City 117, Denver 97; Atlanta 109, Brooklyn 95; Dallas 105, Houston 100; Orlando 97, Indiana 86; Cleveland 93, Portland 88; and Sacramento 95, Washington 94. AP
