F LeBron James buried a 3-pointer with 16.6 seconds left to cement the Cavaliers' 101-95 win over the Sacramento Kings on Wednesday. James finished with 32 points, 11 rebounds, nine assists and seven turnovers. James scored the last five points, with a driving skyhook before the dagger 3-pointer.

F LeBron James finished with 23 points, seven rebounds and six assists as the Cavaliers won their 12th straight game, a 113-91 victory over the Chicago Bulls on Monday.

BOSTON -- Kyrie Irving scored five of his 19 points in the final 1:53 to help stop a Phoenix comeback and allow the Boston Celtics to escape with a 116-111 victory over the Suns on Saturday.Phoenix had cut a late eight-point deficit down to two before Irving calmly drained a 3-pointer with 1:53 left to start a crazy finish that saw the home team hold on for the win, despite 38 points from Devin Booker.Booker, who scored 70 the last time he played at TD Garden, 51 in the second half, fouled out Saturday after hitting a 3-pointer to bring his team to within three with 17.6 seconds left.The win was the 10th in the last 11 home games for the Celtics, who are 20-2 in their last 22 games overall.T.J. Warren scored 19 points and veteran big man Tyson Chandler delivered a season-high 18 rebounds and 14 points in the loss for Phoenix.Mavericks 108, Clippers 82DALLAS -- J. J. Barea came off the bench to collect 21 points and 10 assists and spark a second-quarter rally to help lead Dallas to an easy... [More]

F LeBron James scored 15 of his game-high 34 points in the fourth quarter of the Cavaliers' 116-111 victory against the Grizzlies on Saturday. James scored the Cavs' final 13 points in a game that was dangerously close for comfort against a Grizzlies team that has now lost 11 consecutive games. "I've been in a lot of big games, regular season and postseason, in the Finals where you have to come through for your teammates and I just tried to be as close as possible late in the game," said James, who contributed 12 assists in 39 minutes.

F LeBron James of the Cavaliers has been named the NBA's Eastern Conference Player of the Month for October-November. James averaged 28 points, 8.5 assists and 8.2 rebounds in 22 games while shooting 58.3 percent from the floor. James highlighted his strong start with a franchise-record 57 points at the Wizards on Nov. 3 and led the Cavaliers to 10 straight wins closing the month.

ATLANTA -- Cleveland's defense wasn't what it had been during most of its winning streak, but a season-best 18 3-pointers in 39 attempts were enough to carry the Cavaliers past the Atlanta Hawks 121-114 on Thursday for their 10th consecutive victory.Kevin Love had 25 points and 16 rebounds, and LeBron James had 24 points and 12 assists as Cleveland held on despite a scare from Atlanta.The Hawks, down by 12 points late in the third quarter, closed to 113-112 on two free throws by Ersan Ilyasova, but James hit a 3-pointer with just under two minutes left to help the Cavaliers regain control.Dennis Schroder had 27 points and Ilyasova 22 for Atlanta.Celtics 108, 76ers 97BOSTON -- Kyrie Irving scored 36 points to power Boston over undermanned but feisty Philadelphia.Irving and Marcus Morris keyed a 17-7 fourth-quarter run that broke the game open and gave the Celtics a ninth win in their last 10 home games. It was also the seventh straight TD Garden victory for Boston over the 76ers.The Celtics'... [More]

F LeBron James scored 24 points on 11 shots, hit 3 of 6 3-pointer and sished out 12 assists in Thursday's victory over the Hawks. He also switched over to cover Atlanta point guard Dennis Schroder, who was just 3 of 7 in the second half with James hounding him. "LeBron did an unbelievable job. One of the best I've seen all year," Cavaliers coach Tyronn Lue said. "That was big time for us, for him to guard Schroder. He got some big stops." James passed Alex English, who had 10,659 field goals, for 10th on the career list.

SF Lebron James led the way with 31 points in Wednesday's 115-107 victory at Charlotte. James fought some foul trouble in the third quarter, but once he returned, he was again the dominant player on the floor. He finished 12 of 24 from the field and 4 of 7 from 3-point range. He also had eight assists and six rebounds. James is 44-6 against teams from Charlotte (the Bobcats and the Hornets) during his 15-year career.

F LeBron James was ejected for the first time in 1,082 career games in Tuesday's 108-97 victory over Miami. James was tossed with 1:59 left in the third quarter for arguing a non-call with referee Kane Fitzgerald. "I got fouled and I showed my frustrations to the ref and he sent me to the locker room," said James, who finished with 21 points, 12 rebounds, six assists and five steals.

F LeBron James collected 30 points, 13 rebounds and six assists Monday as Cleveland beat Philadelphia 113-91, the Cavs' eighth consecutive victory. James poured in 15 points in the first six minutes of the game and 22 in the first half as the Cavs built a 53-45 lead. "My teammates always say set the tone early," he said. "It starts with me and then trickles down to everybody else."

OAKLAND, Calif. -- Bogdan Bogdanovic hit a driving banker over Draymond Green with 12.6 seconds remaining Monday night to break a tie and lift the Sacramento Kings to a 110-106 victory over the Golden State Warriors.Golden State, which was playing without Stephen Curry (bruised right hand) and Kevin Durant (sprained left ankle), led 106-102 before the Kings scored the game's last eight points over the final 3:08.Sacramento earned its first win in its past nine visits to Oracle Arena and snapped a nine-game road losing streak dating back to the first week of the season.Willie Cauley-Stein had 19 points and eight rebounds to lead the Kings. Klay Thompson paced the Warriors with 21 points.Pistons 118, Celtics 108BOSTON -- Detroit ended Boston's eight-game home winning streak in a battle of the teams with the two top records in the Eastern Conference.Tobias Harris scored 31 points and Andre Drummond posted 26 points, a season-high 22 rebounds and six assists as the Pistons went on a late 13-3... [More]

BOSTON -- The Detroit Pistons ended the Boston Celtics' eight-game home winning streak with a 118-108 victory Monday night in a battle of the teams with the two top records in the Eastern Conference.Tobias Harris scored 31 points and Andre Drummond posted 26 points, a season-high 22 rebounds and six assists as the Pistons went on a late 13-3 run to put the game away.It was the first meeting of the teams since the Celtics sent Avery Bradley to Detroit along with a second-round pick in exchange for Marcus Morris during the offseason. Bradley, welcomed back by the TD Garden crowd, and Morris both scored 13 points, Bradley adding five assists.Detroit guard Reggie Jackson, who played his college ball at Boston College, had 20 points and seven assists in the win.Cavaliers 113, 76ers 91PHILADELPHIA -- LeBron James collected 30 points, 13 rebounds and six assists as Cleveland beat Philadelphia to win its eighth straight.Dwyane Wade added 15 points off the bench for the Cavs, who owned a 57-30 advantage... [More]

F LeBron James changed shoes at halftime on Friday night. Then, he turned the game in the Cleveland Cavaliers' favor in the second half.James notched another triple-double and was all over the court during the Charlotte Hornets' final possession, and the Cavs hung on to beat the Hornets 100-99.James finished with 27 points, 16 rebounds and 13 assists for his 57th regular-season triple-double and second this season. He was already in double-digit points, rebounds, and assists before the fourth quarter started, but scored just six points on 3-of-8 shooting at halftime.Then he switched out of a yellow pair of his Nike signature shoe and into a black pair."I just wasn't playing well," James said. "So, I'm a little weird sometimes. I wasn't playing well, up to my standards."He fixed that, and then some.James equaled his game average in assists in the first quarter,James, who has a lucrative professional relationship with Nike, said he played a small role in the design of the company's new, all black Cavs jerseys the team wore Friday night.

F LeBron James scored 23 points in the fourth quarter, including an 18-point run on his own, and the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Brooklyn Nets 119-109 on Wednesday night.James, who left the game early in the third quarter to get stitches for a facial laceration, finished with 33 points, six rebounds and five assists. He was injured when Tyler Zeller's noggin caught James in the mouth, sending him for stitches.How many?"Enough to close the wound," James said.The Cavs led 100-99 with 4:25 remaining when James stepped to the line for free throws that sparked his 18 consecutive points.When James was finished -- on a 3-pointer with 55.6 seconds to go -- the Cavs led 118-107 and it was all over."You've got to let it come to you," James said. "It's times when you wish you can do it and sometimes when the ball just doesn't go in. But I put a lot of work into my craft and I believe that every shot I take is going to go in. But without my teammates setting screens and defending, getting the rebounds, cutting, and things of that nature, then none of that is even possible for me, so, they get the most credit."James actually missed a dunk in the first quarter, in rare and embarrassing fashion. He intercepted a pass from Caris LeVert and was en route to a breakaway slam, but after whipping the ball around the air, clanged it off the rim with 3:49 left in the period.James became the 26th player in NBA history with 1,500 career 3-pointers. He needed two to reach the milestone Wednesday.

F LeBron James supplied 18 points and eight rebounds while playing just 27 minutes in a blowout win at Detroit on Monday. "I just wanted to keep the pedal down," James said. "We haven't had a win like this in a very long time. We come out sometimes in the third quarter and have a slow start and teams get back into it. But today, we just kept it going. That's a pretty big step for us."

HOUSTON -- James Harden produced a triple-double as the Houston Rockets held on for a 117-113 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Thursday.Harden tallied a game-high 35 points with 11 rebounds and 13 assists, feeding Clint Capela for an alley-oop dunk after forward P.J. Tucker dug out a loose ball on the floor late in the game. Harden snagged the pass from the seated Tucker, tossed the ball at the rim, and Capela finished through a foul for a four-point lead with 1:10 to play.LeBron James led Cleveland with 33 points and seven assists, though he committed nine turnovers. Jeff Green scored 27 points on 11-of-15 shooting off the Cavaliers' bench.Eric Gordon scored 20 points for Houston, and Capela added 19 points and 13 boards.Nuggets 102, Thunder 94DENVER -- Emmanuel Mudiay scored a season-high 21 points, Paul Millsap had 17 points, seven assists and tied a career high with six blocks, and Denver beat Oklahoma City.Nikola Jokic contributed 15 points and 11 rebounds, and Will Barton and... [More]

F LeBron James started a firestorm in New York with his comments on the Knicks' selection of first-rounder Frank Ntilikina one pick ahead of the Dallas Mavericks' impressive rookie, Dennis Smith Jr.On Monday, James helped the Cleveland Cavaliers storm back against New York.James had 23 points and came one rebound short of a triple-double as the Cavaliers rallied from a 23-point deficit to defeat the Knicks 104-101 at Madison Square Garden."It is never (just) another game in the Garden," James said after Cleveland's biggest come-from-behind win in more than a decade. "This is the best basketball arena in the world to play in. I am happy to be a part of this and their crowd is great; their fans are amazing. To be an opposing guy, it is a treat."James hit a step-back, 27-foot 3-pointer to put the Cavs up by three with 1:23 left in the game, the final dagger in an 8-0 Cleveland run to complete a rousing comeback. He finished with 12 assists and nine rebounds. He added three blocks for Cleveland, which has won four of six after dropping four straight.

F LeBron James scored 19 points and grabbed 11 rebounds Saturday. It was his eighth double-double of the season.

SF LeBron James recorded 33 points, seven assists and nine of the team's 19 turnovers in Thursday's 117-113 loss at Houston.

F LeBron James stuffed the stat sheet with 30 points, nine assists and eight rebounds in 37 minutes Tuesday as the Cavaliers beat the Bucks. James, in his 15th season, tied Michael Jordan with 1,072 career games. Jordan played 15 years.