Cavaliers Over Come First Half Deficit Beat Sixers 91-88

LeBron James missed a triple-double by one rebound, and one assist, the Cleveland Cavaliers came back from a first half deficit, and their three game losing streak is a thing of the past as they defeated the Philadelphia 76ers Sunday night 91-88. The loss for Philadelphia put them back at .500 and they are now the seventh seed in the NBA Eastern Conference Playoff race.

Philadelphia was the aggressor in the first half, they came out and held a 27-22 lead at the end of the first quarter. The Sixers held serve in the second quarter, and walked into the locker room at the half leading the Cavaliers 48-43. But Cleveland came alive in the third quarter, taking their first lead of the second half with 7:26 remaining in the period, as Devin Brown hit a 26 foot trey. The Cavaliers would lead for most of the rest of the quarter, but were deadlocked with Philadelphia at 68-68 at the end of the period. The Sixers would hold the lead in the fourth until LBJ drained a? bucket with 7:00 remaining and putting the Cavs up 77-76. Philadelphia went back on top but two Delonte West treys in a little over a minute tied the game at 88-88 with 1:13 remaining. LBJ would hit what would turn out to be the game winning basket with 19 seconds left as he hit a four foot running jumper to put Cleveland up 90-88.

LBJ scored 26 points, grabbed 9 boards, 9 assists, 3 steals, 1 block in the Cleveland victory. Delonte West had his best game by far in a Cleveland uniform, as he recorded a double-double, 18 points, 11 assists, 6 blocks, 3 rebounds, 2 steals, Zydrunas Ilgauskas scored 14 points, 5 rebounds, 3 blocks, 1 assist. Joe Smith came off the bench and scored 13 points, 8 rebounds, in the win.

Andre Iguodala led Philly with 19 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 block, 1 steal, Louis Williams scored 17 points coming off the bench, 2 steals, 2 assists, 2 rebounds. Former Cavalier Andre Miller had 16 points, 9 assists, 5 steals, 4 rebounds, 1 block, Samuel Dalembert scored 11 points, 9 boards, 5 blocks. Thaddeus Young scored 10 points, 3 rebounds, 1 block. Cleveland is now 41-33, Philadelphia is 37-37.