
LeBron James scored 40 points — 34 in the second half — and made a crucial block on former teammate Carlos Boozer in the final seconds Friday night to give the Cleveland Cavaliers a 99-94 victory over Utah, ending a five-game winning streak by the Jazz. James, playing as he did while leading the Cavs to their first NBA finals last season, did it all. Complete Story...

Allen Iverson scored a season-high 37 points and J.R. Smith added 29 to help the Denver Nuggets beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 122-100 on Monday night.

Zydrunas Ilgauskas scored 25 points, LeBron James added 22 and the Cleveland Cavaliers rallied to beat the Los Angeles Clippers 103-95 on Sunday night.

Deron Williams made a layup with 1.3 seconds remaining, and the Utah Jazz overcame LeBron James' triple-double and tying 3-pointer in a 103-101 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Wednesday.

LeBron James had 24 points, 14 rebounds and nine assists, and Damon Jones' 3-pointer with 2:30 to play put the Cleveland Cavaliers ahead to stay in a 108-104 victory over Golden State on Tuesday night.

No Amare Stoudemire, no problem for the Phoenix Suns. Steve Nash scored 30 points and had 10 assists and the Suns — playing without the injured Stoudemire — rallied from a 12-point second-quarter deficit and beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 103-92 on Sunday night.

Steve Nash scored 30 points and had 10 assists and the Phoenix Suns — playing without Amare Stoudemire — rallied from a 12-point second-quarter deficit and beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 103-92 on Sunday night.

LeBron James scored 45 points and Daniel Gibson made four 3-pointers in just over two minutes in the fourth quarter to rally the Cleveland Cavaliers past the New York Knicks, 110-106 on Friday night.

The Dallas Mavericks began anew. LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers wish they could start over. Jason Terry scored 24 points, Dirk Nowitzki added 15 and the Mavericks, whose NBA title pursuit last season ended with a stunning first-round exit against Golden State, opened 2007-08 with a 92-74 victory over the Cavaliers on Wednesday night.
Sasha Pavlovic agreed to a three-year contract with the Cleveland Cavaliers on Tuesday, ending his lengthy holdout. Pavlovic's agent, Marc Cornstein, confirmed the deal but declined to discuss financial terms.
Sasha Pavlovic agreed to a three-year contract with the Cleveland Cavaliers on Tuesday, ending his lengthy holdout.

LeBron James stood in the middle of the court at halftime, an advertisement as big as any for next year's Olympics.

LeBron James looms large in Shanghai. He hovers over a basket in billboards around the city leading to Wednesday's NBA exhibition game between his Cleveland Cavaliers and the Orlando Magic and another game Saturday in the former Portuguese territory of Macau.

Manu Ginobili's three free throws in the last 10.4 seconds sealed a 75-72 victory against the Cleveland Cavaliers that gives the San Antonio Spurs a 3-0 lead in the NBA finals.

The NBA Finals have arrived in Cleveland for the first time in franchise history. Game Three will be played there tonight.

LeBron James scored a career playoff-high 48 points — including his team's final 25 points, and 29 of its last 30 — to lift the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 109-107 double-overtime victory over the Detroit Pistons Thursday night and within a win of the NBA finals for the first time in franchise history.

LeBron James' shot was back, and New Jersey's Big Three was missing. That combination has the Cleveland Cavaliers on the verge of their first Eastern Conference finals in 15 years.

A terrific regular season was a little more than three minutes from a horrendous end. The largest crowd the Dallas Mavericks have ever had was witnessing one of the biggest upsets in NBA playoff history, with a blown 21-point lead to cap it.

Dirk Nowitzki and LeBron James struggled. Fortunately for Nowitzki, the rest of the Dallas Mavericks outplayed James' teammates. Nowitzki scored 23 points and Jason Terry added 21 to help the Mavericks beat the Cleveland Cavaliers for the second time this month, 98-90 Wednesday night.

LeBron James came through with 24 points, a season-high 17 rebounds and some stunning dunks to help the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Utah Jazz 82-73 Saturday night for their eighth straight win.

Apparently fear is what makes the Cleveland Cavaliers play so well without LeBron James. Sasha Pavlovic scored a career-high 25 points and Larry Hughes added 25 to lead Cleveland to a season-high sixth straight victory, 124-100 over the Sacramento Kings on Tuesday night.

LeBron James scored 26 points — his lowest total in 11 games — but the Cleveland Cavaliers won their fifth straight, 99-88 over Indiana on Sunday night, the wilting Pacers' ninth straight loss.


