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 one point, Arenas scored 18 of 20 Wizards points.

Arenas was so intent on winning, he arrived at the arena four hours before tipoff, hoisting three-pointers until he made 250, and an assortment of other shots until he made 150 of those.

There was a scary moment with 2{ minutes left in the game, though, when Wizards guard Jarvis Hayes went down to the floor after a collision with Cleveland's Shannon Brown. Play was stopped for about 10 minutes while Hayes was taken away on a stretcher; the Wizards later said he bruised his back and banged his head in the fall and was at a hospital for precautionary tests.

Elsewhere in the NBA it was: Denver 117, Toronto 109; Miami 93, Atlanta 88 (OT); Detroit 104, Houston 92; Portland 86, New Jersey 68; Orlando 97, Charlotte 83; Boston 122, New York 118; New Orleans 99, Minnesota 96; Dallas 89, Memphis 84; Indiana 102, Milwaukee 100; Utah 120, Phoenix 117 (OT); Golden State 107, Seattle 95; and Los Angeles Clippers 103, 76ers 97 (OT).

At Washington, the Wizards also ended a three-game losing streak with the win.

Players from both teams have acknowledged that they're building a bit of a rivalry, and if so, it's been rather one-sided. Cleveland eliminated Washington in the first round of last season's playoffs, then beat the Wizards again in a 2006-07 opener.

In that Nov. 1 game at Cleveland, Arenas was limited to seven points, part of the reason he's been averaging 18.3 on the road, where the Wizards are 0-4. He entered Saturday averaging 34.5 at home, and increased that while tying an NBA season high with seven three-pointers.

Overall, he was 14-of-22 from the field for his 22nd career 40-point game _ and third this season, which is one more than the rest of the NBA combined.

It was quite a reversal for Arenas, whose four-game, under-30-points stretch was his longest since March 2005.

``Couldn't find a shot,'' Arenas said. ``Couldn't feel it.''

Looked that way at the start Saturday, too: He finished the first quarter with three points. But he had 15 in the second quarter, then 17 in the third, when Washington outscored Cleveland 31-16.

His total output was only two points shy of his career high on a night that he arranged for the sellout crowd of 20,173 to receive white T-shirts with his last name and number _ zero _ on the back, and his nickname, ``Agent Zero'' on the front.

The Cavaliers were without the injured Larry Hughes, who used to play for Washington and has given Arenas fits in the past when guarding him.

``I don't think Larry could have stopped that, either,'' Arenas said. ``He could have tried, but I don't think he could have stopped that performance.''

Said James: ``The way he was in his comfort zone tonight, it didn't matter who was on him.''

James shot 8-for-20 from the field and appeared to grow frustrated with some of the officiating, at one point walking away with palms up. Cavaliers coach Mike Brown drew a technical for arguing a call.

``I thought LeBron was getting hit all night, and maybe the refs thought it was something different,'' Mike Brown said.

Arenas did a bit of everything, including a stutter-step and a bit of a push on James, who tumbled to the floor as the Wizards' point guard hit a jumper to make it 95-76 just 1{ minutes into the fourth quarter.

Washington, wearing its new gold-and-black alternate uniforms, didn't commit a single turnover while taking a 62-58 halftime lead. And the Wizards held a 41-37 edge on the boards _ the first time all season Cleveland has been outrebounded.

Nuggets 117, Raptors 109

At Denver, Carmelo Anthony scored 34 points _ his sixth straight game of 30 or more _ and the Nuggets won at home for the first time this season while handing Toronto its fifth straight loss.

T.J. Ford scored 26 points and had a career-high 18 assists for the Raptors. Chris Bosh had 31 points and nine rebounds.

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Heat 93, Hawks 88 (OT)

At Atlanta, Dwyane Wade scored 37 points, Jason Williams hit the go-ahead basket on a three-pointer from the corner with 1:31 left in overtime and Miami broke a three-game losing streak.

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Pistons 104, Rockets 92

At Auburn Hills, Mich., Richard Hamilton scored 30 points and Chauncey Billups added 23 as Detroit won its second straight to get back to .500 after its worst start in six years.

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Trail Blazers 86, Nets 68

At East Rutherford, N.J., Zach Randolph had 20 points and 16 rebounds as Portland snapped a four-game losing streak.

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Magic 97, Bobcats 83

At Orlando, Fla., Dwight Howard posted his second 20-20 game this season with 24 points and 21 rebounds, and the Magic beat Charlotte.

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Celtics 122, Knicks 118

At New York, Paul Pierce scored 39 points and Boston withstood a late charge to beat the Knicks for its third straight victory.

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Hornets 99, Timberwolves 96

At Minneapolis, Peja Stojakovic made a three-pointer with 0.6 seconds to play to lift New Orleans over Minnesota.

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Mavericks 89, Grizzlies 84

At Dallas, Dirk Nowitzki had 24 points and 13 rebounds, and the Mavericks extended their winning streak to five games by beating Memphis in the second meeting between the teams in 24 hours.

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Pacers 102, Bucks 100

At Milwaukee, Jermaine O'Neal had 20 points, 12 rebounds and eight blocked shots, and Indiana rallied from a 17-point deficit to beat the Bucks.

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Jazz 120, Suns 117 (OT)

At Salt Lake City, Deron Williams had 25 points and 14 assists, and Utah matched the best start in franchise history at 9-1.

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Warriors 107, SuperSonics 95

At Oakland, Calif., Monta Ellis scored a career-high 31 points, matched his career high with seven assists and also grabbed seven rebounds, leading Golden State to its sixth straight home victory.

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Clippers 103, 76ers 97 (OT)

At Los Angeles, Elton Brand scored 32 points and reserve Corey Maggette added 21, rallying the Clippers to an overtime victory over Philadelphia.