LeBron James scored 33 points in his only visit to Madison Square Garden this season, leading the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 100-91 win against the Knicks on Friday night.

James has long been rumored — even expected — to want to play for the Knicks in 2010, and he clearly already feels at home in the Garden. He added nine assists and eight rebounds but fell just shy of passing Kobe Bryant as the active scoring leader at the Garden. James improved his average to 30.4 points, with Bryant averaging 30.5 in 11 visits, according to STATS LLC.

James said he has no timetable for deciding what he will do next summer, and he won’t even consider his options yet. Not now, not with Cleveland again a legitimate contender to win it all this season.

One night after managing just 42 second-half points in an ugly home loss to Chicago, the Cavaliers rang up 40 in the first quarter, 19 from James.