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NEW ORLEANS - LeBron James refused let his sore left knee sideline him more than one game and returned to the starting lineup Friday night against the Pelicans.Stressing that he passed all the necessary tests during pregame warm-ups, James added, I dont like to miss any games. ... but more than anything I hate not being out there for my teammates.Kyrie Irving also was in the lineup in New Orleans despite injuring his left knee a night earlier in Oklahoma City. With James sitting out the entire game against the Thunder and Irving out for part of it, Cleveland had its eight-game winning streak snapped in a 103-94 loss.James said his knee began hurting in the second half of Clevelands victory over Toronto on Tuesday night, but he could not recall if the injury occurred on a specific play, even after reviewing game video.Cavaliers coach David Blatt said the fact that James could not figure out when the injury occurred left the club pretty confident its not an injury of a serious nature.James said the swelling worsened before he decided to sit out Thursday nights game in Oklahoma City.I didnt feel like I could give my game to my teammates like Im capable of doing, James said. If Im out, theres a real reason why Im out.James, who turns 30 on Dec. 30, said he isnt terribly interested in reducing his minutes or sitting out periodically simply for purposes of rest as long as he still feels capable of playing through pain,Ive got so much love for the game I try to give everything I can to it where I can. So when Im done and I cant play the game no more, Ill wish I got those games back, James said. But I do got to be smart sometimes rounding 30 in a couple days, so well see.Blatt also wavered when asked about the prospect of reducing playing time for James, noting that his 38 minutes per game so far this season is already more than a minute below his career average.I think were doing pretty good in that area. Obviously wed like to see him on the court for as many valuable minutes as possible each game, and where and when its possible to give him more rest, we will, Blatt said. But right now I just want to see him get healthy as quickly as possible. Thats the major thing.Irving was helped off the court Thursday night after knocking knees with Oklahoma Citys Russell Westbrook, but returned to the game.I hurt a little bit this morning, said Irving, who before the game spent several minutes sitting on the floor in front of his locker, wearing inflatable compression casts designed to improve blood circulation in ones legs.Obviously you never know what can happen in a day or so, but for me, even regardless of it hurting or not, I was going to try to give it a go, Irving said.Irving added that losing the night before had little to do with his or James motivation to return in New Orleans. They just wanted to play.We dont want to think too deeply about being worried if one person doesnt play or not. Thats just part of the game, Irving said. But as competitors, we obviously want to play for our teammates and be out there. Its not a sense of urgency or anything like that. We want to play. 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Some teams got significantly better, some teams divested themselves of talent and some teams had quiet afternoons, keeping the status quo.LAS VEGAS, Nev. - The Super Bowl looks like a tossup in this gambling city, where more than $100 million will likely be riding on the game by kickoff.A flurry of early money on the New England Patriots moved the game to pick em at most major Las Vegas books Sunday night after the Seattle Seahawks opened by as much as 2.5-point favourites.Oddsmakers say they dont expect the line to fluctuate much over the next few weeks, with heavy betting anticipated on both sides.Youre not going to see this one bounce around like you did last year, said Jimmy Vaccaro of the South Point sports book. Last year the whole world was in love with Denver early and there was a crush at the (betting) window. But this game is going to stay right around Seattle a 1-point favourite or pick em the entire way.Some books opened Seattle a favourite while Tom Brady and the Patriots were still piling on points in the rain late in the third quarter of a blowout win over the Indianapolis Colts. The line quickly got knocked down, though, as money came in on New England, including a $10,000 bet at the South Point.All smart guys looking to take a position early, Vaccaro said of the early money. The line really went down quick.At the Westgate Las Vegas Superbook, the opening line favouring the Seahawks by 2.5 points moved quickly even before the Patriots-Colts game was over. Shortly after the game was over, the line was already at pick em.Everyone remembers what they saw last, oddsmaker Jeff Sherman said.The movement wasnt quite as dramatic as it was last year, when the Seahawks were also favoured by 2.5 points at most books in the opening lines only to see the betting public go so heaavily on the Broncos that Denver was favoured by 2.dddddddddddd points at game time.Seattle ended up winning the game 43-8 and bookmakers had a big day, winning nearly $20 million on record legal betting of $119.4 million.The over/under for the game ranged from between 49 and 49.5 points at most books. Like point spread wagers, bettors can lay $110 to win $100 on whether the total number of points will exceed or be less than that number.This has been a banner football betting season so far for sports books in Nevada, the only place where full legalized betting is allowed in the country.Records have been set every month, and Sherman said he believes this years Super Bowl will set another betting record because the line is narrow and the teams are popular.I definitely think it can be a record, he said. You have the defending Super Bowl champs who are as public a team as anyone. And New England is the same thing, theyve been there for years.For Sherman, setting the lines in the games may have been the easiest part. He and his fellow oddsmakers at the Westgate plan to spend Tuesday and Wednesday putting together more than 300 so-called prop bets on everything from which team will win the coin flip to whether one of New Englands offensive linemen will score a touchdown.Wynn sports book director Johnny Avello said he plans to offer a wide variety of props, too, which could help drive a betting record.I dont see any reason why it cant be broken, Avello said. The only thing that would slow it down is that people are tired of the Seahawks and I dont think that will be the case.___AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and www.twitter.com/AP_NFL ' ' '