LeBron James had 41 points and 10 rebounds and the Cleveland Cavaliers held off a fourth-quarter Trail Blazers rally to win, 106-94, last night in Portland, Ore.
Shaquille O’Neal had 11 points and 11 rebounds for the Cavaliers, who won their sixth straight against the Blazers.
James was 8-for-8 from the floor for 20 points in the first quarter alone. He finished 13-of-19 from the field and made 12-of-14 free-throw attempts.
Brandon Roy scored 34 points for the Blazers, who trailed by as many as 17 points in the second half but rallied late, closing to 76-74 on two consecutive 3-pointers from Martell Webster and Andre Miller’s layup.
Portland didn’t get any closer until Roy’s 3-pointer with 6:55 left tied it at 87.
Hornets 115, Wizards 110 - Chris Paul scored eight of his 26 points in the final three minutes to lead visiting New Orleans past Washington for its sixth straight win.
Peja Stojakovic scored 20 points, and Paul added 14 assists for the Hornets, who have won three straight away from home to improve their record to 5-13.
Antawn Jamison tied his season-high with 32 points, and Foye had 23 starting in place of the suspended Gilbert Arenas.
Wizard reserve guard DeShawn Stevenson took to the court during pregame warmups with the words “AGENT” and “ZERO” - Arenas’ nickname - written in red capital letters on tape wrapped just above his ankles to honor his teammate. The club isn’t showing that kind of love, removing all Arenas-related merchandise from the arena and editing him out of the pregame video.
Heat 94, Clippers 84 - Chris Kaman had 22 points and 14 rebounds, Baron Davis had 11 points and 14 assists, and revitalized Los Angeles surged to its sixth straight home victory by beating Miami.
Eric Gordon scored 17 points and Rasual Butler added 13 for the Clippers. Dwyane Wade scored 24 points for the Heat, who have lost five of seven to drop within one game of .500.
Spurs 97, Nets 85 - Manu Ginobili scored 21 points to lead host San Antonio over New Jersey.
The Spurs received strong support from their reserves, who combined for 59 points, with Ian Mahinmi posting career bests in points (15) and rebounds (9) in his first appearance of the season.
Brook Lopez scored 28 points and Yi Jianlian added 16 for the Nets, who lost for the 34th time in 37 games.
Lakers 95, Bucks 77 - Los Angeles held visiting Milwaukee to just eight first-quarter points to cruise to an easy victory, with Kobe Bryant only scoring 12 points on 4-of-21 shooting.
Shannon Brown came off the bench to lead the Lakers with 19 points, while reserve Jordan Famar added 17. Andrew Bynum put up 17 points and pulled down 18 rebounds, while Lamar Odom had 17 boards.
Hakim Warrick led the Bucks with 14 points.
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