![]() ![]() James, though, responded by making three straight outside jumpers, the last one at the horn to give Cleveland a 74-71 lead entering the fourth. He hit two three-pointers and went 5-for-5 from the field in the period as Milwaukee opened a 69-66 lead with 2:20 left. The Cavs led by six points at half and quickly pushed their lead to 11 as Williams hit a three-pointer and made two free throws to open the third quarter.īut Ridnour got hot. LeBron is going to get his numbers - 16 for 24 - that’s a pretty easy night for him. ![]() The better players right now are putting up big numbers on us. My only real complaint would be that we’re still not aggressive enough on someone like that. "He had 41 and he made it look easy," Skiles said. Without Redd, Skiles and the Bucks had no answer at either end for James. Redd tried to practice on Tuesday, but "was noticeably limping," coach Scott Skiles said. He missed his fourth straight game with a sprained right ankle. Jefferson scored 19 and Luke Ridnour 17 - 14 in the third - to pace the Bucks, who were again without leading scorer Michael Redd. "But we have to continue to get better for the long term." "We’ll take the win," said a tired James, who got a massage in the locker room afterward. Zydrunas Ilgauskas added 15 points and Anderson Varejao had 13 - 8 on 4-of-4 shooting in the fourth quarter - with 10 rebounds for Cleveland, which didn’t put Milwaukee away until the final four minutes. Moments later, he dropped a 20-foot jumper and then drove through the lane for a finger roll to give the Cavs an 11-point lead. With Cleveland leading by five in the fourth, James poked away a pass intended for Richard Jefferson, streaked to the other end and lifted off one step inside the foul line before smashing the ball through the hoop. "We needed all 42 minutes, 46 seconds of him on the floor." "LeBron is LeBron," said Cavs coach Mike Brown, who would prefer to keep his superstar under 40 minutes. The All-Star forward, who twice topped out at 41 points in wins over Chicago last week, scored 12 in the fourth quarter and didn’t come out in the second half for the Cavaliers, who committed just one turnover - a 24-second violation - after halftime. It was the third time in four games that James has scored exactly 41. James matched a season-high with 41 points in a season-best 43 minutes and Mo Willams scored 16 against his former team, leading the Cavaliers to their fifth straight win, 99-93 over the Milwaukee Bucks on Tuesday night. ![]()
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