NEW YORK — LeBron 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.

James had nothing to say Wednesday morning about Knicks President Phil Jackson and not much more about his decision to not stay with the team in a Donald Trump-branded hotel, but he and the Cavs made a loud statement at Madison Square Garden.

It was their second straight win after a three-game skid, and they did it easily in handing the Knicks their worst loss of the season. Irving led Cleveland with 28 points and Love scored 21, 16 in the first quarter.

Brandon Jennings scored 16 points for the Knicks, who had their four-game winning streak snapped. He started for Derrick Rose, who missed his first game of the season with lower back pain.

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.

HORNETS 87, PISTONS 77: Kemba Walker scored 14 of his 25 points in the fourth quarter, Nic Batum posted his third straight double-double and Charlotte won at home.

Batum had 14 points and 14 rebounds for the Hornets, who won despite being held to 38 points in the first half.

Marvin Williams returned to Charlotte’s lineup after missing the last six games with a hyperextended knee and finished with 12 points and five rebounds.

ROCKETS 134, LAKERS 95: Eric Gordon made a career-high eight 3-pointers and scored 26 points to help host Houston cruise past Los Angeles.

James Harden added 25 points in three quarters for the Rockets. They scored a season high and extended their winning streak to four games.

HAWKS 103, HEAT 95: Dwight Howard had 23 points and 17 rebounds, Paul Millsap added 21 points and host Atlanta snapped a seven-game losing streak.

Dennis Schroder had 17 points for the Hawks, who had gone 14 days without a victory.

Tyler Johnson scored a career-high 27 points for the Heat.

NETS 116, NUGGETS 111: Brook Lopez scored 24 points, Sean Kilpatrick had 22 and host Brooklyn held off Denver.

Brooklyn led by as many as 29 points midway through the third quarter, but Denver closed to 103-99 on Kenneth Faried’s layup with 4:31 left.

But Bojan Bogdanovic and Kilpatrick each made two foul shots in the final 13 seconds to help secure the win for the Nets.

BUCKS 115, TRAIL BLAZERS 107: Giannis Antetokounmpo got his second triple-double of the season to lead Milwaukee to a win at home.

Antetokounmpo had 15 points, 12 rebounds and 11 assists for his seventh career double-double, second most in team history.

NOTES

WARRIORS: Golden State players and coaches pledged $75,000 to help relief efforts for the deadly Oakland warehouse fire that happened only a few miles from their home arena.

Separately, the franchise already donated $50,000 to the Oakland Fire Relief fund.