Cleveland Cavaliers News

CLEVELAND (AP) _ LeBron James invited a buddy who has even more money than he does to watch him play. Billions and billions more. Philanthropist and businessman Warren Buffett, wearing a black T-shirt with ``Witness'' glittering on the front, sat courtside as a guest of James on Sunday night for the Cleveland Cavaliers' game against the Denver Nuggets. Though an unlikely pair, Cleveland's all-star forward and Buffet are friends and ...

Cavaliers guard Larry Hughes will miss Cleveland's next two games and maybe two more with a high ankle sprain, a tricky injury the club is making sure is 100 percent healed before he plays again. Hughes injured his right ankle last week against Portland while fighting for a loose ball on the floor. The Cavaliers have taken a conservative approach in rehab with Hughes, who missed 46 games last season ...

Gilbert Arenas was fired up, and he broke the Cleveland Cavaliers' five-game winning streak almost single-handedly. Arenas came out of a recent personal slump by scoring 45 points _ 25 more than Cleveland superstar LeBron James _ to lead the Washington Wizards past the Cavaliers 111-99 Saturday night. ``When Gil gets it going,'' teammate DeShawn Stevenson said, ``you've got to sit back and relax and let the show go.'' At ...

Cavaliers guard Larry Hughes is expected to miss Cleveland's next two games _ and possibly more _ after spraining his right ankle in the club's win against Portland on Wednesday. Hughes, who was sidelined for 45 games last season with a broken finger that required two surgeries, got hurt while scrambling for a loose ball in the second quarter. Hughes got his leg tangled under Blazers forward Martell Webster, who ...

Joe Johnson made a 20-foot jumper with 1.7 seconds left in overtime to give the Atlanta Hawks a 90-88 pre-season victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Saturday night. Cavaliers forward LeBron James had a chance to win it in regulation, but his shot in the lane fell short. He claimed he was fouled, but there was no whistle. James led all scorers with 21 points, seven rebounds and six assists in a game played at Nationwide Arena. Johnson ...

Jorge Garbajosa scored 16 points, Fred Jones and Andrea Bargnani each had 13, and the Toronto Raptors beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 103-81 Wednesday night to remain unbeaten in the preseason. Toronto (4-0) rallied in the third quarter to take charge and then pulled away from the Cavaliers (2-3), who played with LeBron James watching from the bench. T.J. Ford had 11 points and five assists, and Kris Humphries added 10 points for the Raptors, who again played with ...

Drew Gooden scored 21 points, LeBron James nearly had a triple-double in 30 minutes and the Cleveland Cavaliers pulled away late in the first half for a 93-67 exhibition win over Maccabi Tel Aviv on Tuesday night. Gooden, who missed the two previous games with a strained leg muscle, finished 9-of-11 from the field as the Cavaliers had an easy time with one of Europe's top hoop squads. Gooden is 17-of-21 in the two games he has ...

Antonio Daniels scored 15 points and the Washington Wizards ended the game on a 37-18 run to beat LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers 93-89 in a pre-season game Saturday night. It was the first meeting between the teams since last season's Eastern Conference playoffs, won by the Cavaliers in six games. The Cavaliers led 71-56 with 55.9 seconds left in the third quarter before the Wizards took control. They scored the final four points of the period ...

Larry Hughes and Zydrunas Ilgauskas each scored 14 points and Damon Jones added 12 to help the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 91-82 pre-season victory over the Boston Celtics on Friday night. Sasha Pavlovic added 10 points for Cleveland (1-1), which never trailed after taking the lead with 4:45 left in the second quarter. Anderson Varejao had six points and 11 rebounds. Wally Szczerbiak led the Celtics (1-2) with 21 points, 13 in the first quarter. He finished 7-of-8 ...

LeBron James watched most of Cleveland's exhibition opener, while Paul Pierce scored 17 points to lead the Boston Celtics to a 109-93 victory over the Cavaliers on Tuesday night. James played just 17 minutes, scoring six points with two rebounds and three assists before being pulled by coach Mike Brown. He spent the third and fourth quarters on the bench, joking with teammates and jumping out of his seat when ...

The fans came out to see their hometown hero dunk. They finally got their wish with 36 seconds left in the fourth quarter when LeBron James took flight, threw down a vicious dunk, jumped over a cameraman and ran right out of James A. Rhodes Arena. It was one of the highlights of the Cleveland Cavaliers' Wine and Gold Scrimmage at the University of Akron on Saturday. James had 15 points and five rebounds to help the ...

LeBron James palmed a basketball in each hand and spread his arms out for the photographer. Smile. Picture. At the next photo station, he balanced a ball on his left shoulder. Smile. Picture. Without prompting, James then paused at the appropriate times during a slow, 360-degree spin so the camera could capture every angle of his powerful physique. Smile. Picture. Smile. Picture. Next. James has this stuff down cold. Entering ...