James, Ilgauskas lead Cleveland past Golden State

CLEVELAND(AP) LeBron James sure does look comfortable in Cleveland right now.James
scored 23 points, Zydrunas Ilgauskas added a season-high 21, and the
Cavaliers matched their best home start in franchise history with a
112-97 victory over the Golden State Warriors on Friday night.Cleveland
(13-3) has won 12 of 13 and is a league-best 9-0 at home, equaling its
top home start, first set in 1976-77 and repeated in 1991-92."They
have everything they need in that starting lineup and they're starting
to put all the pieces together,'' Golden State guard Stephen Jackson
said after the Warriors became the victim of another Cavaliers' blowout.The
Cavaliers have won four straight by an average of 20 points, allowing
coach Mike Brown to rest James, who has averaged 26 minutes in
Cleveland's last three.James, the league's leading scorer with a
27.5 average, was removed from the game at the end of the third
quarter, playing 31 minutes. He was 9-of-13 from the floor, had seven
rebounds and eight assists.James matched a career low in minutes
played with 17 and had a season-low 14 points in Cleveland's 117-82 win
over Oklahoma City on Wednesday night."We're playing great
basketball right now,'' James said. "We're flowing the same way every
game. We have the confidence flowing.''The Warriors (5-11) have
lost five straight, including the first four on their current road
trip. Golden State is 2-7 away from home and ends its trip in New York
on Saturday night."We aren't passing the ball,'' Jackson said.
"When you share the ball, good things happen. When everybody is out
there for (themselves), you don't win like that.''Mo Williams and Daniel Gibson each scored 16 points for Cleveland.C.J. Watson led Golden State with 17 points. Jamal Crawford added 15.Cleveland,
which hadn't trailed in winning its previous three games, found the
Warriors more difficult to deal with, at least in the early stages.
Golden State ran off to a 15-4 lead, made 13 of 25 shots in the first
quarter and was ahead for most of the half."They play a funky
style of basketball that we're not quite used to,'' Brown said. "It
gave us a ton of problems. In the third quarter we locked them down
defensively.''The Cavaliers took over late in the second quarter
and never looked back. James, who scored seven points in the first
period, re-entered the game midway through the second with the
Cavaliers trailing 41-40. He scored nine points and assisted on two
other baskets, helping Cleveland build a 58-52 halftime lead."They had their way with us in the second half,'' Golden State coach Don Nelson said.The
Cavaliers continued to roll in the third quarter, building a 71-57
lead. The Cavaliers led by 26 points on two occasions in the third
period. Their biggest lead was 28 in the fourth.Notes: The
Cavaliers play at Milwaukee on Saturday night. ... Forwards Ben Wallace
and Wally Szczerbiak both had nine rebounds for Cleveland. ... Crawford
and F Ronny Turiaf were assessed technical fouls for Golden State. ...
Crawford returns to New York on Saturday after being traded to the
Warriors for Al Harrington last week.