James’ 32 help Cavs to 12th straight win
February 10, 2010
CLEVELAND (AP)—LeBron James(notes) scored 32 points to lead the Cleveland Cavaliersto their 12th straight win Tuesday night, a 104-97 victory over the New JerseyNets.
The win gives Cleveland the longest winning streak in the NBA this season.The Cavaliers (42-11) also have the best record in the league.
New Jersey (4-47) has the NBA’s worst record and has lost seven straight.The Nets played without point guard Devin Harris(notes), who has a sprained leftshoulder. Courtney Lee(notes) led the Nets with 24 points.
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James, who was named the Eastern Conference’s player of the week for thefifth time this season Monday, was 13-of-21 from the field with 11 assists andthree rebounds.
Jawad Willams scored a career-high 17 points while Anderson Varejao(notes) added 15for Cleveland.
The Nets built an eight-point lead in the first quarter thanks primarily to11 points by Jarvis Hayes(notes), who hit three 3-pointers. Cleveland scored the lastseven points of the quarter and went ahead for good early in the second period.
The Cavaliers’ spurt was capped when with a highlight reel play at both endsof the court. It began when Shaquille O’Neal(notes) blocked Brook Lopez’s(notes) shot at thebasket. The 7-foot-1, 325-pound center grabbed the ball and dribbled up thefloor before finding James on the wing. James made a perfect alley-oop pass toVarejao, who finished the play with a dunk, bringing the crowd to its feet.O’Neal then gave Varejao a resounding chest bump and the Nets called timeout.
James converted his own dunk off a lob pass from Daniel Gibson(notes) momentslater.
The Cavaliers led by six points at halftime and stretched the margin to 10on two occasions. The Nets cut the lead to four late in the period, but theCavaliers put the game away with away with a 13-2 run to start the fourthquarter. Jawad Williams(notes) hit two 3-pointers while James added a 3-pointer and afast break dunk, which built the lead to 91-74.
Lopez scored 23 points and Hayes added 19 for the Nets.
The Cavaliers are a league-best 23-3 at home, winning 10 straight and 21 of22. The Nets have lost 15 straight on the road and are 1-27 away from home.
Cleveland hosts Orlando on Thursday night in a rematch of last season’sEastern Conference Finals, which the Magic won in six games.
NOTES: Cleveland is 3-0 against New Jersey this season and has won sevenstraight in the series. … Cleveland played without guard Delonte West(notes) (brokenleft finger) for the ninth straight game. … Varejao and Zydrunas Ilgauskas(notes)were hit with technical fouls for arguing with an official. … Nets swingmanChris Douglas-Roberts(notes), who averages 12.2 points, didn’t play Tuesday night. Heleft Saturday’s game with back spasms … The Nets are hopeful Harris, who isaveraging 15.8 points and 6.3 assists, can return Wednesday against Milwaukee.
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