76ers storm back to stun Cavs in home opener

The Philadelphia 76ers erased a 29-point deficit to stun the Cleveland Cavaliers 114-106 on Thursday in NBA superstar LeBron James' first home game since landing in Philly as a free agent. Tyrese Maxey scored 32 points and Joel Embiid added 24, including a jump shot with 6:54 left to play that gave the Sixers their first lead of the night, one they wouldn't relinquish. Former Celtics star Jaylen Brown, the Sixers' other big off-season acquisition, scored 21 points and pulled down eight rebounds and four-time NBA champion James added 17 points, 10 rebounds and five assists to help the 76ers author their biggest comeback of the play-by-play era that started in 1996. Cleveland, disappointed not to land hometown hero James after he announced he was leaving the Los Angeles Lakers after eight seasons, appeared to be on a mission to show him what he missed. James won one of his four championships with Cleveland, and Cavs coach Kenny Atkinson admitted before the game that James's decision to pursue a fifth crown with the 76ers left him "just depressed, honestly" for the first couple of days after the move was announced. But he had reason to be pleased with the Cavaliers' start to their first game...