{"id":593128,"date":"2026-02-09T19:41:26","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T19:41:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/593128\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T19:41:26","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T19:41:26","slug":"harden-makes-debut-scores-23-in-cavs-win-over-kings-news-sports-jobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/593128\/","title":{"rendered":"Harden makes debut, scores 23 in Cavs\u2019 win over Kings | News, Sports, Jobs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SACRAMENTO, Calif. \u2014 James Harden scored 23 points in his Cavaliers debut and Donovan Mitchell had 35, including a free throw that sealed the win with 35 seconds remaining, in Cleveland\u2019s 132-126 victory over Sacramento on Saturday night that sent the Kings to their 12th straight loss.<\/p>\n<p>Harden was acquired by Cleveland from the Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday for Darius Garland and a second-round draft pick. He shot 7 for 13, including 5 for 8 from 3-point range, and had eight assists.<\/p>\n<p>Jarrett Allen had 29 points and 10 rebounds for the Cavaliers, who won for the eighth time in nine games.<\/p>\n<p>Nique Clifford scored 30 points to lead Sacramento, which hasn\u2019t won since beating Washington at home on Jan. 16. Russell Westbrook added 21 points and nine assists for the Kings, who have lost six straight at home.<\/p>\n<p>The Cavaliers went into halftime leading 57-55, but the Kings took the lead in the third quarter at 96-93. Mitchell scored 29 points of his points in the second half for the Cavaliers.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tribtoday.com\/sports\/local-sports\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">    <\/p>\n<p>                    <a style=\"color:#2a2a2a;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tribtoday.com\/sports\/local-sports\/2026\/02\/high-school-scoreboard-feb-7-2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>BOYS BASKETBALL<\/p>\n<p>Howland 57, Youngstown East 45 \u2014 Ta-Shawn Fambro led a balanced Howland offense with 12 points. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>                    <a style=\"color:#2a2a2a;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tribtoday.com\/sports\/local-sports\/2026\/02\/harden-makes-debut-scores-23-in-cavs-win-over-kings\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>SACRAMENTO, Calif. \u2014 James Harden scored 23 points in his Cavaliers debut and Donovan Mitchell had 35, including &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>                    <a style=\"color:#2a2a2a;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tribtoday.com\/sports\/local-sports\/2026\/02\/seahawks-defense-puts-on-masterclass-stifling-patriots-to-win-super-bowl-lx\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>                    <a style=\"color:#2a2a2a;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tribtoday.com\/sports\/local-sports\/2026\/02\/no-2-michigan-routs-ohio-state-82-61\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>COLUMBUS \u2014 Aday Mara scored a career-high 24 points, Morez Johnson Jr. and Yaxel Lendeborg had double-doubles and &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>                    <a style=\"color:#2a2a2a;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tribtoday.com\/sports\/local-sports\/2026\/02\/rmu-blunts-ysus-2nd-half-surge-as-penguins-fall\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>                    <a style=\"color:#2a2a2a;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tribtoday.com\/sports\/local-sports\/2026\/02\/ysu-shows-fight-but-drops-heartbreaker-to-green-bay\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SACRAMENTO, Calif. \u2014 James Harden scored 23 points in his Cavaliers debut and Donovan Mitchell had 35, including&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":593129,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3792],"tags":[7,79478,4056,4251,6,986,477,4055,79479],"class_list":{"0":"post-593128","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sacramento-kings","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-harden-makes-debut","10":"tag-kings","11":"tag-local-sports","12":"tag-nba","13":"tag-sacramento","14":"tag-sacramento-kings","15":"tag-sacramentokings","16":"tag-scores-23-in-cavs"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116042379514922975","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=593128"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593128\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/593129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=593128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=593128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=593128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}