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Cavs down Rockets 122-115
HOUSTON -- With back-to-back road losses at Detroit and Orlando the Cleveland Cavaliers were in danger of going 0-3 on their road trip.

LeBron James wasn't about to let that happen.

Houston held the lead at halftime, but James controlled the second half on his way to 37 points, 7 rebounds, and 7 assists in the Cavs 122-115 win over the Rockets.

"We've got some great possibilities and it's a process," said James, "We can never get too high or too low."

Kyrie Irving added 28 points, 9 assists and Kevin Love had a double-double with 18 points and 15 rebounds.

The Rockets, who now sit 5th in Western Conference, were led by MVP candidate James Harden's 22 points and 8 assists.

Eric Gordon had 21 points and assists. Gordon has moved into the starting line-up with the addition of Lou Williams who was acquired in trade with the Lakers.

Williams struggled in the game shooting just 3-16 and 1-8 from 3-point range.

"They definitely have a lot of weapons," said Trevor Ariza, who guarded James most of the night. "They're the defending world champs for a reason."

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Cavaliers: Host the Detroit Pistons on Tuesday.

Cleveland Cavaliers (51-14) at Houston Rockets (39-28)
Mar 12, 2017 1 2 3 4 Final Cleveland 30 27 27 38 122 Houston 32 26 21 36 115 Top Performers Cleveland Cavaliers LeBron James - 31 pts, 7 reb, 7 ast Kevin Love - 18 pts, 15 reb Houston Rockets James Harden - 22 pts, 8 ast Eric Gordon - 21 pts, 7 ast	Team Stats Comparison CLE HOU FG Made-Att 44-85 45-95 3PT Made-Att 16-38 15-39 FT Made-Att 18-26 10-15 Rebounds 45 47 Assists 28 31 Turnovers 6 7 Steals 4 6 Blocks 3 0
Cleveland Cavaliers STARTERS MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS LeBron James, SF 41 16-21 1-1 4-7 7 7 0 0 0 37 Kevin Love, PF 32 6-12 2-3 4-5 15 1 0 0 0 18 Tristan Thompson, C 29 1-2 0-0 0-2 9 0 1 0 0 2 J.R. Smith, SG 28 3-9 3-8 1-2 2 3 0 0 0 10 Kyrie Irving, PG 35 9-16 4-7 6-6 4 9 1 2 5 28 BENCH MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Iman Shumpert, SG 22 5-12 3-8 1-2 1 4 2 0 1 14 Channing Frye, C 15 2-4 2-3 2-2 2 0 0 1 0 8 Kyle Korver, SG 20 1-7 1-7 0-0 2 3 0 0 0 3 Richard Jefferson, SF 10 1-2 0-1 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 2 Derrick Williams, PF 8 0-0 0-0 0-0 3 0 0 0 0 0 DeAndre Liggins, SG D N P Jordan McRae, SG D N P Chris Andersen, C D N P
Houston Rockets STARTERS MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Trevor Ariza, SF 32 4-7 3-4 2-3 8 5 0 0 1 13 Ryan Anderson, PF 30 5-6 1-1 2-2 5 1 0 0 0 13 Clint Capela, C 30 7-10 0-0 3-6 7 2 2 0 1 17 Eric Gordon, SG 29 8-15 4-10 1-2 4 7 0 0 1 21 James Harden, PG 36 9-18 4-10 0-0 4 8 1 0 3 22 BENCH MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Lou Williams, SG 24 3-16 1-8 2-2 6 3 0 0 1 9 Sam Dekker, SF 16 3-10 1-5 0-0 3 2 0 0 0 7 Patrick Beverly, PG 10 3-5 1-1 0-0 1 2 2 0 0 7 Nene, C 15 3-7 0-0 0-0 4 0 1 0 0 6 Montrezl Harrell, PF 17 0-1 0-0 0-0 4 0 0 0 0 0 Tyler Ennis, PG 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 0 0 0 Kyle Wiltjer, PF D N P Chinanu Oniaki, C D N P

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Matchup Preview | March 14, 2017
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Detroit Pistons (27-39, 12-20 Away)		Cleveland Cavaliers (51-14, 31-2 Home)
Stats Comparison 100.8 Points Per Game 110.9 104.1 PPG Allowed 103.5 .452 Field Goal % .484 .327 3-Point % .348 .762 Free Throw % .778 49.8 Rebounds 51.4 6.2 Steals 6.5 6.7 Blocks 3.4 13.6 Turnovers 8.6 Projected Starters Reggie Jackson Point Guard Kyrie Irving Kentavious Caldwell-Pope Shooting Guard J.R. Smith Marcus Morris Small Forward LeBron James Tobias Harris Power Forward Kevin Love Andre Drummond Center Tristan Thompson Game Notes Cleveland holds a 2-1 record against Detroit this season.

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Jackson, Drummond help Detroit topple Cavs again
CLEVELAND -- The Detroit Pistons sit 3 games behind the Boston Celtics for the 8th seed in the Eastern Conference Playoffs.

Cavaliers fan have their fingers crossed that Detroit doesn't make up the deficit.

Detroit knocked off the Cavs 109-103 giving them their second win over the defending champs in 6 days. The loss is just the third home defeat for the Cavaliers this season.

Pistons guard Reggie Jackson picked up where he left off from his 40 point performance in the previous meeting leading Detroit with 33.

Andre Drummond continued to torment Cleveland in the paint racking up 23 points, 16 rebounds and 3 blocks including a swat of a Kyrie Irving layup that would have brought the Cavs within 2 in the final minute.

Kyrie Irving led the Cavaliers, who have split the season series with Detroit after taking the first two games, with 29 points.

Lebron James scored 25 with 12 assists and Kevin Love added 23 points, but the Cavs bench combined to score just 10 points.

"We played hard and fought down the stretch and got tired," Tyronn Lue said. "I thought LeBron got tired and Kyrie got tired. What we took advantage of in the first half, we weren't able to get those things in the second half because our guys got tired."

James lamented the fact that Detroit got 10 offensive rebounds to just four by the Cavaliers.

"They did a good job of crashing the glass," he said. "Obviously, if we got some of those we would have given ourselves a better chance to get the win, but we didn't."

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Cavaliers: Host Utah on Thursday. Cleveland is 15-6 against the Jazz at Quicken Loans Arena.

Detroit Pistons (28-39) at Cleveland Cavaliers (51-15)
Mar 14, 2017 1 2 3 4 Final Detroit 23 19 29 38 109 Cleveland 26 17 26 34 103 Top Performers Detroit Pistons Reggie Jackson - 33 pts, 9 ast, 2 stl Andre Drummond - 23 pts, 16 reb, 2 stl, 3 blk Cleveland Cavaliers Kyrie Irving - 29 pts, 6 ast LeBron James - 25 pts, 6 reb, 12 ast	Team Stats Comparison DET CLE FG Made-Att 44-90 33-72 3PT Made-Att 9-23 13-31 FT Made-Att 12-13 24-30 Rebounds 49 37 Assists 20 24 Turnovers 8 11 Steals 9 4 Blocks 6 4
Detroit Pistons STARTERS MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Marcus Morris, SF 26 3-6 1-3 1-1 4 0 0 0 0 8 Tobias Harris, PF 31 4-14 1-3 2-2 5 3 0 0 2 11 Andre Drummond, C 31 11-15 0-0 1-2 16 0 2 3 0 23 Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, SG 37 7-16 2-6 0-0 5 3 1 0 0 16 Reggie Jackson, PG 39 14-27 5-10 0-0 4 9 2 0 5 33 BENCH MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Ish Smith, PG 21 3-4 0-0 4-4 4 0 2 0 0 10 Boban Marjanovic, C 10 1-2 0-0 2-2 1 0 1 2 0 4 Aron Baynes, C 10 0-2 0-0 2-2 2 1 1 0 0 2 Stanley Johnson, SF 20 1-3 0-1 0-0 5 3 0 1 0 2 Jon Leuer, PF 15 0-1 0-0 0-0 3 1 0 0 1 0 Darrun Hilliard, SG D N P Henry Ellenson, PF D N P Beno Udrih, PG D N P
Cleveland Cavaliers STARTERS MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS LeBron James, SF 39 5-9 1-2 14-16 6 12 1 0 0 25 Kevin Love, PF 37 8-14 3-5 4-4 3 1 0 0 1 23 Tristan Thompson, C 31 2-3 0-0 1-2 11 2 0 1 3 5 J.R. Smith, SG 32 4-6 3-4 0-0 6 3 1 0 0 11 Kyrie Irving, PG 38 10-24 5-11 4-6 3 6 0 0 3 29 BENCH MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Kyle Korver, SF 14 1-3 1-3 1-2 0 0 0 1 0 4 Iman Shumpert, SG 18 2-5 0-1 0-0 3 0 0 0 3 4 Channing Frye, C 15 1-5 0-4 0-0 2 0 2 2 1 2 Richard Jefferson, SF 8 0-2 0-1 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Derrick Williams, PF 8 0-1 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 0 0 0 DeAndre Liggins, SG D N P Jordan McRae, SG D N P Chris Andersen, C D N P

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Matchup Preview | March 16, 2017
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Utah Jazz (35-33, 10-22 Away)		Cleveland Cavaliers (51-15, 31-3 Home)
Stats Comparison 102.1 Points Per Game 110.8 103.3 PPG Allowed 103.5 .447 Field Goal % .484 .384 3-Point % .349 .810 Free Throw % .779 48.3 Rebounds 51.2 6.1 Steals 6.5 6.5 Blocks 3.4 13.9 Turnovers 8.7 Projected Starters George Hill Point Guard Kyrie Irving Rodney Hood Shooting Guard J.R. Smith Gordon Hayward Small Forward LeBron James Derrick Favors Power Forward Kevin Love Rudy Gobert Center Tristan Thompson Game Notes Utah won the first meeting this season 111-106.

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Love scores 33 as Cavs beat Jazz 118-105
CLEVELAND -- With all the attention that LeBron James and Kyrie Irving draw, the third member of the Cleveland Cavaliers 'Big 3' can sometimes go overlooked.

Against the Utah Jazz on Thursday night, Love took a starring role.

With the Jazz putting on a 4th quarter run, Cleveland turned to their power forward for an answer.

"I went to Kev and was like, `You got this?' and he said, `Yeah," Irving said.

He certainly did.

Love responded with three consecutive three pointers and finished with 33 points as the Cavs walked away with 118-105 win.

Gordon Hayward paced the Jazz with 30 points, 9 assists and 3 steals for the Jazz.

Utah's record now stands at 35-34 placing them 0.5 game behind the Denver Nuggets for the final playoff spot in the West.

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Cavaliers: Visit the Los Angeles Clippers on Saturday in the opener of a four-game road trip.

Utah Jazz (35-34) at Cleveland Cavaliers (52-15)
Mar 16, 2017 1 2 3 4 Final Utah 26 23 27 29 105 Cleveland 25 30 30 33 118 Top Performers Utah Jazz Gordon Hayward - 30 pts, 9 ast, 3 stl Rodney Hood - 15 pts, 3 reb Cleveland Cavaliers Kevin Love - 33 pts, 9 reb, 2 blk LeBron James - 19 pts, 7 reb, 11 ast	Team Stats Comparison UTH CLE FG Made-Att 42-86 43-81 3PT Made-Att 11-30 12-31 FT Made-Att 10-12 20-24 Rebounds 36 42 Assists 34 28 Turnovers 11 9 Steals 5 8 Blocks 3 5
Utah Jazz STARTERS MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Gordon Hayward, SF 35 11-22 4-7 4-4 5 9 3 0 4 30 Derrick Favors, PF 32 3-6 0-0 0-0 4 2 0 1 3 6 Rudy Gobert, C 33 3-4 0-0 1-1 11 2 0 1 1 7 Rodney Hood, SG 31 7-11 0-2 1-2 1 3 0 0 0 15 George Hill, PG 32 2-11 1-6 2-2 2 5 1 0 2 7 BENCH MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Alec Burks, SG 15 4-7 2-3 2-3 1 2 0 0 0 12 Joe Johnson, SF 16 4-8 1-2 0-0 0 2 0 1 0 9 Trey Lyles, PF 15 3-5 2-4 0-0 3 1 0 0 0 8 Boris Diaw, PF 14 3-4 0-0 0-0 5 1 0 0 0 6 Dante Exum, PG 17 2-8 1-6 0-0 4 7 1 0 1 5 Shelvin Mack, PG D N P Joe Ingles, SF D N P Jeff Withey, C D N P
Cleveland Cavaliers STARTERS MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS LeBron James, SF 35 7-12 0-1 5-7 7 11 2 0 4 19 Kevin Love, PF 36 12-17 3-5 6-6 9 3 1 2 1 33 Tristan Thompson, C 27 3-3 0-0 0-0 5 0 2 1 0 6 J.R. Smith, SG 30 6-13 3-9 0-0 4 2 0 1 0 15 Kyrie Irving, PG 34 8-18 4-6 7-7 2 7 1 0 3 27 BENCH MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Iman Shumpert, SG 23 2-5 1-2 2-2 5 4 1 0 0 7 Derrick Williams, PF 10 3-4 0-1 0-0 4 0 0 1 0 6 Kyle Korver, SG 18 1-7 1-6 0-0 3 1 0 0 1 3 Richard Jefferson, SF 13 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Channing Frye, C 14 0-1 0-1 0-0 3 0 1 0 0 0 DeAndre Liggins, SG D N P Jordan McRae, SG D N P Chris Andersen, C D N P

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Matchup Preview | March 18, 2017
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Cleveland Cavaliers (52-15, 20-12 Away)		Los Angeles Clippers (36-33, 16-16 Home)
Stats Comparison 110.9 Points Per Game 105.5 103.6 PPG Allowed 103.3 .485 Field Goal % .472 .350 3-Point % .369 .779 Free Throw % .780 51.1 Rebounds 49.8 6.5 Steals 7.4 3.4 Blocks 6.3 8.7 Turnovers 14.4 Projected Starters Kyrie Irving Point Guard Chris Paul J.R. Smith Shooting Guard J.J. Redick LeBron James Small Forward Luc Mbah a Moute Kevin Love Power Forward Blake Griffin Tristan Thompson Center DeAndre Jordan Game Notes Cleveland won the first meeting this season 109-102.

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CP3, Clippers hold off Cavs charge
LOS ANGELES -- The Cleveland Cavaliers gave the Los Angeles a tense test at home before the Clippers rose up on defense for what they deemed their biggest win of the season.

Chris Paul had 16 points and 14 assists, as the Clippers beat Cleveland 120-116 on Saturday night, avenging their previous loss to the Cavs this season.

"Coming into this building, they're never going to make many mistakes," said Cavaliers star LeBron James, who had 25 points. Doc definitely puts those guys in the right position every single possession to be successful for their team."

Blake Griffin led the Clippers with 23 points and J.J. Redick added 20.

Kyrie Irving led all scorers with 28 points but shot just 1 of 7 from three point range.

"They did a good job of taking us out of our sets, but we also had some really good looks that didn't go down for us," James said.

"Chris has carried us a lot this year because of his two-way play," Rivers said. "He's working his butt off on Kyrie Irving, who is a great player. That's not easy to do, and he was still aggressive defensively. So, Chris was great at both ends."

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Cavaliers: At the Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday.

Cleveland Cavaliers (52-16) at Los Angeles Clippers (37-33)
Mar 18, 2017 1 2 3 4 Final Cleveland 25 21 31 39 116 Los Angeles 27 25 32 36 120 Top Performers Cleveland Cavaliers Kyrie Irving - 28 pts, 6 ast Kevin Love - 14 pts, 16 reb, 3 blk Los Angeles Clippers Blake Griffin - 23 pts, 8 reb, 6 ast Chris Paul - 16 pts, 14 ast	Team Stats Comparison CLE LAC FG Made-Att 43-86 45-101 3PT Made-Att 6-26 9-37 FT Made-Att 24-25 21-25 Rebounds 50 47 Assists 22 27 Turnovers 15 7 Steals 3 12 Blocks 4 5
Cleveland Cavaliers STARTERS MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS LeBron James, SF 41 12-21 0-2 1-1 5 6 2 1 6 25 Kevin Love, PF 34 6-13 0-3 2-2 16 5 1 3 0 14 Tristan Thompson, C 25 2-3 0-0 0-0 5 0 0 0 0 4 J.R. Smith, SG 30 6-8 1-1 3-4 2 0 0 0 2 16 Kyrie Irving, PG 35 9-23 1-7 9-9 4 6 0 0 3 28 BENCH MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Iman Shumpert, SG 22 6-10 2-5 5-5 3 2 0 0 1 19 Kyle Korver, SG 23 1-4 1-4 2-2 1 3 0 0 3 5 Channing Frye, C 16 1-2 1-2 2-2 6 0 0 0 0 5 Richard Jefferson, SF 8 0-1 0-1 0-0 6 0 0 0 0 0 Derrick Williams, PF 6 0-1 0-1 0-0 2 0 0 0 0 0 DeAndre Liggins, SG D N P Jordan McRae, SG D N P Chris Andersen, C D N P
Los Angeles Clippers STARTERS MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Luc Mbah a Moute, PF 26 5-15 3-11 1-1 2 0 0 0 0 14 Blake Griffin, PF 36 9-16 0-0 5-6 8 6 1 1 2 23 DeAndre Jordan, C 33 4-5 0-0 0-0 12 0 4 2 0 8 J.J. Redick, SG 27 8-15 1-7 3-3 3 0 1 0 0 20 Chris Paul, PG 31 5-13 2-6 4-4 5 14 1 0 4 16 BENCH MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Jamal Crawford, SG 26 4-11 1-4 5-7 3 1 1 1 0 14 Austin Rivers, PG 16 3-7 1-3 2-2 1 1 1 0 0 9 Wesley Johnson, SF 15 3-7 0-2 0-0 5 0 1 0 0 6 Raymond Felton, PG 15 2-7 1-4 0-0 2 5 1 0 0 5 Marreese Speights, PF 15 2-5 0-0 1-2 6 0 1 1 1 5 Bryce Johnson, SF D N P Paul Pierce, SF D N P Brandon Bass, PF D N P

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Matchup Preview | March 19, 2017
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Cleveland Cavaliers (52-16, 20-13 Away)		Los Angeles Lakers (28-41, 17-15 Home)
Stats Comparison 111.0 Points Per Game 97.9 103.8 PPG Allowed 100.4 .485 Field Goal % .418 .348 3-Point % .358 .782 Free Throw % .787 51.1 Rebounds 51.0 6.5 Steals 7.8 3.4 Blocks 6.5 8.8 Turnovers 14.6 Projected Starters Kyrie Irving Point Guard D'Angelo Russell J.R. Smith Shooting Guard Nick Young LeBron James Small Forward Luol Deng Kevin Love Power Forward Julius Randle Tristan Thompson Center Timofey Mozgov Game Notes Cleveland defeated the Lakers 106-84 in the first meeting this season.