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Mon, Feb 12, 2207
Lakers 90, Cavaliers 99
Sasha Pavlovic scored 13 points in the fourth quarter, picking up the slack for LeBron James, and the Cleveland Cavaliers shut down Kobe Bryant in the final minutes for a 99-90 win over the Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday.
Pavlovic, suddenly a major cog in Cleveland's offense, finished with 21 points, Zydrunas Ilgauskas 17 and Anderson Varejao 12 - 11 in the fourth - as the Cavaliers improved to 20-7 at home with their second straight solid effort.
James had 18 points, eight rebounds and five assists, but he deferred to Pavlovic and others down the stretch, and Cleveland's supporting cast came through. James was outscored 25-7 by Bryant in the second half, but the All-Star forward got to crown the Cavs' win with a soaring dunk in the final seconds.
Bryant scored 36 points to lead the Lakers, who went 3-5 on an eight-game swing through the bitterly cold East. Bryant scored Los Angeles' first 14 points in the final period, but with Larry Hughes guarding him, he didn't score again in the final 3:39 after making two free throws to tie it 81-all.
Vladimir Radmanovic scored 12 points and Lamar Odom 11 for the Lakers, whose bench was outscored 46-15.
Varejao made two free throws for the Cavs - the NBA's worst team from the line - with 3:20 to go and James followed by making a pair for his first points of the second half to make it 85-81 with 2:59 left.
The Lakers, who led by three points entering the fourth, got within 86-85 on Smush Parker's jumper before James drove and passed to Varejao, who sunk a 17-footer to put the Cavaliers ahead by three.
On the Lakers' next trip, Hughes slapped the ball out of Bryant's hands and it was picked up by Pavlovic, who raced to the other end and was fouled by Parker while making a layup. Pavlovic, who came in averaging 14 points in his last six games, completed the three-point play to put the Cavs ahead 91-85.
With the Cavs paying extra attention to Bryant, none of the other Lakers stepped up and when Varejao scored on a layup with 47 seconds left the Cavaliers were up 93-87 and on their way to a second straight impressive victory after beating Miami on Friday.
Bryant made seven free throws and outscored James 11-0 in the third period when the Lakers overcame an 11-point halftime deficit to take a 67-64 lead. Cleveland went 4-of-25 (16 percent) from the field in the quarter with James missing all five of his attempts.
Hughes hit a 3-pointer and rookie Daniel Gibson, who challenged Shaquille O'Neal on a drive to the basket Friday, made a three-point play as the Cavaliers outscored the Lakers 9-1 to take a 52-41 lead at halftime.
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