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Chicago Bulls' Joakim Noah passes the ball past Cleveland Cavaliers' Delonte West and Cleveland Cavaliers' Zydrunas Ilgauskas in the third quarter.

LeBron James scored 33 points in his only visit to Madison Square Garden this season, leading the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 100-91 victory over the New York Knicks on Friday night.

CLEVELAND a ' Luol Deng scored 15 points and helped stop LeBron James on a drive in the final seconds as the Chicago Bulls ended Cleveland's three-game winning streak with an 86-85 win over the Cavaliers on Thursday night.

It's a clever thing to say. At first glance, it even seems plausible. But it's not.

LeBron James put up 27 points, eight rebounds and six assists and got plenty of help from Cleveland's supporting cast, as the Cavaliers used a big second half en route to a 102-90 win over Washington.

Delonte West hadn't played a second of basketball in the preseason, let alone in the young regular season.

Leon Powe , Delonte West Game Notes * The Cavaliers will finish their first road trip of the season tonight against the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Charlotte Bobcats When: 7:30 PM Where: TV/Radio: FSOHIO HD, WTAM 1100 Lineups Bobcats: Cavaliers: Injuries Bobcats: Raja Bell , Flip Murray Cavaliers: Leon Powe Game Notes * Coming into tonighta TMs game, the Cavaliers have never lost a home game against the Bobcats and are riding a six-game overall winning streak against ...

Delonte West's turbulent offseason has finally brought him back to the floor. Cleveland's troubled guard made his season debut Saturday night, ending more than a month of drama that included personal problems, legal issues, an unexcused absence and the team's blessing for West to leave them in training camp so he could get better.

Everyone considers the Cleveland Cavaliers one of the five NBA teams that could win the title.A The reasoning is simple.A LeBron James is the best player.A But, after consecutive losses to the Celtics and Raptors, bandwagon members are jumping .A I must ask, why were people high on this team initially? LeBron is stupendous.A Hea s the ideal ...

Shaquille O'Neal, the out-of-shape 37-year-old, tried guarding him, to laughable avail.

CLEVELAND: After starting the game with a bare-knuckled right hook squarely to the jaw of the Boston Celtics, the Cavaliers needed a strong third quarter to have a chance to win Tuesday night's season opener at Quicken Loans Arena.

Another year for Cleveland's sports fans. As the Browns crawl their way to another disappointing season, and Indians rebuild , Tuesday can't come soon enough for Cleveland.

PITTSBURGH: If there were any doubt that the Cavaliers' starters would click on the court this season, LeBron James and company dispelled that notion Tuesday night during an exhibition game in the Petersen Events Center at the University of Pittsburgh.

Tuesday the countdown clock to the start of the NBA regular season hit one week and like clockwork, the Cavaliers seem to be rounding into health.

Eddie House scored 21 points as Boston rested two-thirds of its Big Three in a 96-82 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers in a preseason game Wednesday night.

Mo Williams had 16 points and 11 assists in his return to Cleveland's lineup and led the Cavaliers to a 96-66 preseason victory over the Dallas Mavericks on Tuesday night.

It was hard to ply much out of the Cavaliers' trip to Texas this weekend, with the core of the team either sick or taking it easy.

One thing that Cavaliers forward J.J. Hickson won't have to worry about is a sophomore slump.

Mike Miller scored a game-best 24 points and Randy Foye added 21, both off the bench, as Washington downed depleted Cleveland, 109-104, in preseason action.