NBA : James bests Wade

LeBron James ended a mini-scoring slump with 29 points and the Cleveland Cavaliers did a better job containing Miami’s Dwyane Wade on Friday night in a 103-79 victory in Cleveland, snapping the Heat’s five-game winning streak.

James had averaged just 17.7 points – almost nine under his average – in the past four games. But going head-to-head against his good friend Wade brought out the best in James, who scored 16 points after halftime and added seven rebounds and six assists.

Wade finished with 27 points, but he never got a chance to take over the way he did a week ago when he outscored Cleveland 24-23 in the fourth quarter and had 41 points in Miami’s 92-89 win.

Magic 106, Spurs 104: At Orlando, Fla., Dwight Howard leaped high to dunk a long inbounds lob from Hedo Turkoglu with 0.2 seconds left, giving Orlando a victory over San Antonio.

Howard had 30 points and Jameer Nelson scored a season-high 31 for the Magic. Rookie J.J. Redick had a season-high 16.

Raptors 96, Lakers 92: At Toronto, Chris Bosh had 29 points and 11 rebounds, Kobe Bryant missed a potential tying 3-pointer in the final seconds and Toronto won its season-high fifth straight, defeating Los Angeles.

Bryant scored 25 points.

Clippers 90, 76ers 89: At Philadelphia, Sam Cassell scored 22 points and Cuttino Mobley had 17 to lead Los Angeles to a victory over Philadelphia, the Clippers’ first win in Philadelphia in 11 years.

Nuggets 102, Pacers 95: At Indianapolis, Carmelo Anthony celebrated his late addition to the Western Conference All-Star team by scoring 34 points, and Denver beat Indiana to snap a three-game losing streak.

Indiana was called for five technical fouls in the second half and both coach Rick Carlisle and point guard Darrell Armstrong were ejected.

Nets 92, Celtics 78: At Boston, Vince Carter scored 21 points, Jason Kidd had 13 points and nine assists, and New Jersey spoiled the return of Paul Pierce with a victory over Boston, extending the Celtics’ franchise-record losing streak to 17.

Trail Blazers 108, Bobcats 100 (OT): At Charlotte, N.C., Zach Randolph had 40 points and Jarrett Jack added 12 of his 20 points in overtime to lead Portland to a win over Charlotte.

Adam Morrison scored just 7 points on 3-of-12 shooting for the Bobcats while Brandon Roy scored 15 for the Blazers.

Grizzlies 105, Timberwolves 97 (OT): At Memphis, Tenn., Rudy Gay scored 19 points, including seven in overtime, to lead Memphis to a victory over Minnesota.

Mark Blount led Minnesota with 25 points, while Kevin Garnett scored 20.

Hawks 120, Suns 111: At Phoenix, former Sun Joe Johnson scored 17 of his 32 points in the fourth quarter to lead Atlanta to a victory over a Phoenix team sorely missing ace playmaker Steve Nash, who is out with inflammation in his right shoulder.

Mavericks 95, Rockets 74: At Dallas, Josh Howard, chosen as a Western Conference All-Star earlier in the day, had 22 points and seven rebounds to lead Dallas to a team-record 17th straight home victory with a win over the Houston.

Warriors 123, Bulls 121 (OT): At Oakland, Calif., Monta Ellis hit the go-ahead jumper with 43 seconds remaining in overtime, leading Golden State to a victory over Chicago.

Al Harrington scored 24 points for the Warriors before fouling out in the extra period.