LeBron leads Cavs past Heat; Mavs fall

Posted January 21, 2008 10:00 pm

Associated Press

MIAMI -- LeBron James scored 28 points and added five assists assists, lifting the Cleveland Cavaliers past the Heat 97-90 Monday night -- his first win in nine career trips to Miami and enough to send the 2006 NBA champions to their 14th straight loss, the second-worst slide in franchise history.

Dwyane Wade scored 42 points for the Heat, who are 8-32 overall -- 2Ãƒ‚ˆ½ games better than Minnesota in the battle for the league's worst record. The Heat started 0-17 in their expansion 1988-89 season, and with defending NBA champion San Antonio coming in Thursday, it's not getting easy anytime soon for Miami.

Wade hit a 3-pointer with 30.8 seconds left -- he scored a franchise-record 18 straight Miami points down the stretch -- to get the Heat within 92-88, before James sealed it with two free throws 4.8 seconds later.

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