Cavs continue perfect home run
Associated Press
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CLEVELAND — At least LeBron James has an All-Star coach.
Disappointed that teammate Mo Williams was not named a reserve for next month's All-Star game in Phoenix, James learned following Cleveland's 112-95 win over the Los Angeles Clippers last night that Cavaliers coach Mike Brown will coach the Eastern Conference squad on Feb. 15.
"How'd that happen?" James said.
He was then informed that the honor goes to the coach of the team with the highest winning percentage on Feb. 1. And although Cleveland (.800) trails Boston (.813), Brown got the nod over Celtics coach Doc Rivers, who is ineligible because he coached in last season's game in New Orleans.
"OK, so they had no choice but to give it to him," James said sarcastically. "They had no choice. I'll leave it at that."
Zydrunas Ilgauskas had 20 points with 11 rebounds in his first game in one month because of a broken left ankle and James added 25 points and Williams 23 as the Cavaliers improved to 22-0 at home this season.
CELTICS 86, PISTONS 78
Kevin Garnett scored 22 and Paul Pierce had 20 to lead visiting Boston to its second 10-game winning streak of the season. Detroit's Allen Iverson scored 19 points, moving past Charles Barkley into 16th place on the NBA's career scoring list with 23,759 points.
76ERS 104, WIZARDS 94
Willie Green and Andre Iguodala each scored 20 points, and Royal Ivey hit a 3-pointer with 48 seconds left in the third for a 71-68 lead and host Philadelphia never trailed again.
BUCKS 96, RAPTORS 85
Charlie Villanueva had 26 points and 13 rebounds, and Richard Jefferson added 17 points as visiting Milwaukee held off Toronto to end a two-game skid.
PACERS 114, HEAT 103
Mike Dunleavy scored 30 points and Danny Granger added 19 as Indiana won its seventh straight home game, while ending Miami's three-game winning streak.
HAWKS 105, NETS 88
Joe Johnson scored 29 points, Mike Bibby added 20 and host Atlanta took the lead for good, 63-61, midway through the third quarter to beat New Jersey for the first time in four tries this season.
LAKERS 132, TIMBERWOLVES 119
Andrew Bynum bulled his way inside to 27 points and 15 rebounds, Kobe Bryant scored 30 and Los Angeles started a six-game road trip with a rout of Minnesota.
NUGGETS 110, BOBCATS 99
Carmelo Anthony scored 19 points in his first game after missing the last 10 with a broken right hand, and Nene had 22 points and 12 rebounds to lead host Denver over Charlotte.
JAZZ 110, THUNDER 90
Deron Williams had 24 points and 12 assists, Mehmet Okur added 20 points, and host Utah capitalized on 24 turnovers to end a four-game losing streak with a rout of Oklahoma City.
WARRIORS 91, HORNETS 87
Corey Maggette scored 19 points and Jamal Crawford added 17, including a 19-foot jumper with 15.4 seconds for a 87-82 lead as visiting Golden State held off New Orleans.
BULLS 109, KINGS 88
Ben Gordon and Luol Deng each scored 20 points and Chicago built a 34-22 lead after one quarter and never was threatened in beating Sacramento to win at Arco Arena for the first time in 12 years.