Lakers cool LeBron's Cavaliers

Published: Tuesday | February 10, 2009



Phoenix Suns' Amare Stoudemire (left) and Detroit Pistons' Rasheed Wallace fight for position for a rebound in the second half of an NBA basketball game on Sunday. The Suns beat the Pistons 107-97. - AP

CLEVELAND (AP):

Lamar Odom scored a season-high 28 points, Kobe Bryant added 19 and the streak-breaking Los Angeles Lakers handed the Cleveland Cavaliers their first loss at home this season, 101-91, on Sunday.

The Cavaliers came in 23-0 at Quicken Loans Arena, but were stopped by the Lakers, who ended Boston's 19-game winning streak on Christmas Day and halted a 12-game run by the Celtics earlier this week.

Lebron James finished with 16 points on just 5-of-20 shooting for Cleveland, which hadn't lost at home since game five against Washington in the first round of last season's playoffs.

Pau Gasol added 18 points with 12 rebounds for Los Angeles. The Lakers' trip started rockily with center Andruw Bynum injuring his knee against the Grizzlies, but it couldn't have ended any better.

Zydrunas Ilgauskas scored 22 to lead Cleveland. Mo Williams, whose All-Star snub had infuriated the Cavs, scored 19 and James finished with 12 assists and eight rebounds. It was James' first game since his apparent historic triple-double at Madison Square Garden was downgraded when the league took away one of his 10 rebounds.

Spurs 105 Celtics 99

At Boston, Roger Mason pulled up and leaned into a 3-pointer with 20.4 seconds left, and Tim Duncan scored 23 points with 13 rebounds to lead San Antonio past Boston.

Kevin Garnett scored 26 points with 12 rebounds, Paul Pierce had 19 and eight and Rajon Rondo had 16 assists for the Celtics.

Matt Bonner scored a season-high 23 points and Manu Ginobli had 19 as a reserve for the Spurs.

Trail Blazers 109 Knicks 108

At Portland, Oregon, Brandon Roy scored at the final buzzer to give Portland a victory over New York.

Travis Outlaw made a jumper with 31.9 seconds left to pull Portland within one at 108-107, and Al Harrington missed a layup on the other end for New York. The Trail Blazers called a timeout with 4.3 seconds left before Roy took an inbound pass from Rudy Fernandez and drove for the winning layup.

Roy finished with 19 points and eight assists, while Outlaw led the Blazers with 23 points. Greg Oden had 17 points and 12 rebounds for his 15th double-double of the season, and added a career-high six blocked shots.

David Lee led the Knicks with 29 points and 11 rebounds.

Magic 101 Nets 84

At Orlando, Florida, Dwight Howard had 30 points and 16 rebounds to lift Orlando to a victory over New Jersey, which played without Vince Carter.

Mickael Pietrus added 17 points, and Hedo Turkoglu scored 15 for Magic.

Devin Harris had 28 points and 12 assists, and Brook Lopez added 19 points and 12 rebounds for the Nets.

Carter missed the game with a hyperextended right elbow.

Other results: Thunder 116 Kings 113; Suns 107 Pistons 97; Warriors 116 Jazz 96; Hornets 101 Timberwolves 97; Wizards 119 Pacers 117; Heat 96 Bobcats 92.