CLEVELAND - LeBron James shot miserably. His passes were errant. He didnt look good doing much other than tossing powder in the air.His homecoming was horrendous.I didnt press, James said, dismissing nerves as a factor. I didnt do much.James struggled from the start in his first game with Cleveland in four years, and the New York Knicks ruined the megastars emotional return home with a 95-90 victory over the Cavaliers on Thursday night.James, who returned to the Cavs and his native Ohio this summer after winning two NBA titles in Miami, finished with 17 points on 5-of-15 shooting. He also committed eight turnovers and never looked comfortable on a night when the entire city — and a star-studded crowd — celebrated his comeback.It was a special night, he said. Im glad it was great, but Im also glad its over.Carmelo Anthony scored 25 points and buried a baseline jump shot with James in his face with 25 seconds left to give the Knicks a 92-87 lead.Kyrie Irving scored 22 and Kevin Love added 19 points and 14 rebounds for the Cavs, who have some work to before they can start thinking about winning any titles.Iman Shumpert and Jason Smith had 12 points apiece for the Knicks, who were embarrassed at home on Wednesday by Chicago but then returned the favour on a monumental night for Cleveland.It was pretty incredible, New York forward Amare Stoudemire said, describing the atmosphere. I havent seen anything like that before. The city was on fire. It was great to kind of spoil the excitement — great for us.James was greeted with a thunderous ovation before the game by more than 20,000 fans, who had been counting down the days until the opener since he announced he was coming back home in a touching essay on July 11. There were thousands more packing the streets outside Quicken Loans Arena as an entire region came together to welcome him.This was more than a game for Cleveland. It was a homecoming, an event and a city-wide block party rolled into one.The Knicks wrecked it, giving rookie coach Derek Fisher his first win.Youve got to give them credit, Irving said. They made tough shots.New York, booed at times by the Madison Square Garden crowd a night earlier, built a seven-point lead in the third quarter and was up 86-77 on Anthonys bucket with 3:07 remaining.With James unable to find his shot, Irving kept Cleveland close and his jumper brought the Cavs within 88-85 with 1:43 left. But J.R. Smith hit a jump shot, and after James made a driving layup, Anthony knocked down his baseline jumper with his good friend guarding him to put away the Cavs.James started poorly, shooting just 1 of 9 from the field in the first half. He also had a miscommunication with Irving, who broke to the basket just as James was firing him a pass and the ball flew into the first row of seats next to film director and super Knicks fan Spike Lee.I was throwing passes where I thought some of my teammates were, said James, who sat out Clevelands final preseason game and welcomed a new baby girl last week. Those things will come.Clevelands best moments came before the game.Afraid to miss a single moment, the sold-out crowd, which included pop star Justin Bieber, Browns players Johnny Manziel and Joe Haden, and R&B artist Usher, stood as soon as James emerged from the tunnel.As tip-off approached, a new Nike commercial in which James huddles his teammates together and the entire city joins them, was shown on the Qs gargantuan new scoreboard. The crowd reacted throughout the poignant piece and James watched along with crowd from the bench, nodding his head in appreciation when it ended.Hes home, but he didnt come back just to reunite with friends and family. James wants to win a title for this title-starved town, which hasnt celebrated a pro sports championship since 1964.The journey has started. It wont be easy.It was one game, James said, and weve got to learn from it.TIP-INSKnicks: New Yorks bench outscored Clevelands 41-12. ... C Andrea Bargnani remains sidelined with a strained right hamstring. New York was also without starting PG Jose Calderon, who has a strained right calf and is expected to be out at least two weeks. Calderon underwent an MRI in New York.Cavaliers: The Cavs are nearing agreements on contract extensions for centres Anderson Varejao and Tristan Thompson. Both are in the final seasons of their deals, and the club could have both locked up in coming days. Friday at midnight is the deadline for the team to finalize a deal for Thompson.MELLOW MELOThe Cavaliers have some obvious issues to address, but Anthony is confident James and Co. will be get things fixed.Everybody expects it to automatically work, Anthony said. Its going to take some time. It took time in Miami for him. Hell figure it out. Theyll figure it out. I dont see anything that they wont figure out. UP NEXTKnicks: Hosts Charlotte on Sunday.Cavaliers: Visits Chicago on Friday. Hirving Lozano Jersey . Consider it received. Attacking on offence early and often, the Penguins topped the Columbus Blue Jackets 3-1 on Saturday night as Jussi Jokinen scored the go-ahead goal in the third period to help give Pittsburgh a 3-2 lead in the Eastern Conference playoff series. 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MALMO, Sweden -- Anthony Mantha scored on a penalty shot and Griffin Reinhart had a goal and an assist as Canada beat Switzerland 4-1 on Thursday to reach the semifinals of the world junior hockey championship. Canada will face Finland, who posted a 5-3 comeback win over the Czech Republic, in a semifinal on Saturday at Malmo Arena. Curtis Lazar and defenceman Derrick Pouliot also scored for Canada, which is 20-0-0 and has a 130-34 goal advantage all-time against the Swiss at the world juniors. This one was not as easy as previous meetings with the hard-working and team-play oriented Swiss, despite the boost from a pro-Canadian crowd of 2,580 at the Isstadion. The boisterous fans spent much of the game chanting goalie Zach Fucales name. The Canadian squad had to battle the trap throughout the game but managed to score the first goal for the first time in five tournament games. Laughton brought the puck to the net and Reinhart scored on Canadas third whack at the puck from a scramble in the crease. The Swiss were caught on a line change and Samuel Kreiss bought down Mantha on a breakaway to draw a penalty shot 9:04 into the second frame. The big winger deked to the backhand to beat Marvin Nyffeler for his fifth goal of the tournament.dddddddddddd Mantha had a shot at a sixth goal when he went in alone late in the period, but was stopped by Nyffeler. Canada was ready to head to the intermission with a two-goal lead, but Mirco Muller lifted a shot from the point that may have gone off Sam Reinharts knee up into the air for Nico Dunner to tip past Fucale with one second left in the period. The goal stood up to review for a high stick. The teams were each short a man at 4:11 of the third when Griffin Reinhart was stopped on a breakaway only to have Lazar follow in and stuff the puck in. Lazar has a goal in each of Canadas last three games. A Swiss power play had just ended when Pouliot skated into the zone and beat Nyffeler with a high wrist shot at 13:49 to seal the win. Canada is assured of finishing in the top four of the tournament for a 16th year in a row, although they lost their semifinal and finished out of the medals a year ago in Ufa, Russia. Notes: Charles Hudon played regular shifts after skipping practice on Wednesday with a sore shoulder. ... Switzerland was without forward Flavio Schmutz. ' ' '