Los Angeles Times

Cavaliers end Thunder’s streak

CLEVELAND 96 OKLAHOMA CITY 90

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Antawn Jamison scored 21 points and Kyrie Irving led a decisive run in the final three minutes Friday, helping the Cleveland Cavaliers stun Oklahoma City, 9690, snapping the Thunder’s 14game home winning streak.

The Cavaliers, who won Wednesday at Denver, notched consecutiv­e road wins for the first time this season.

Kevin Durant scored 23 points and for the Thunder.

at Sacramento 110, Dallas 97: Tyreke Evans and Marcus Thornton each had 17 points, five teammates scored in double figures, and the Kings handed the Mavericks their seventh loss in nine games.

at Boston 104, Portland 86: Paul Pierce and Ray Allen each scored 22 points and the Celtics, coming off their worst loss in more than six years, a 32-point defeat at Philadelph­ia on Wednesday, led by as many as 40 in routing the Trail Blazers, who have lost five of six. Kevin Garnett grabbed seven defensive rebounds to move into second place on the NBA’S career list with 10,122, passing Robert Parish (10,117). Karl Malone is No. 1with 11,406.

at Detroit 86, Atlanta 85: Tayshaun Prince scored on a drive with 24.3 seconds remaining, and the Pistons held on after squanderin­g a 12-point fourth-quarter lead.

New Jersey 83, at Charlotte 74: Kris Humphries had 20 points and 15 rebounds and the Nets overcame an injury to Deron Williams, who left in the second quarter because of a sore right calf.

at Philadelph­ia 104, Utah 91: Lou Williams and Thaddeus Young scored 21 points each, leading five 76ers in double figures.

at Milwaukee 119, New York 114: Ersan Ilyasova scored 26 points, including a key putback in the final minute, and the Bucks held on to beat the Knicks, who got 20 points and 13 assists from Jeremy Lin.

at Denver 110, New Orleans 97: Arron Afflalo scored 28 points, Al Harrington had 20 and the Nuggets won for the fifth time in six games since the All-star break. Lakers 105, at Minnesota 102 Clippers 120, at San Antonio 108

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