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Cavs top Central Division outright

First Posted 08:28:00 03/19/2010

CLEVELAND ? LeBron James had 32 points, nine rebounds and nine assists as the Cleveland Cavaliers clinched consecutive outright Central Division championships and the third in team history, beating Indiana 99-94 on Wednesday night.
Cleveland (54-15) is the first team this season to clinch its division.
After Cleveland?s 18-point lead was cut to one, James had six points, two blocks, two steals and an assist in the final 4 minutes, including a dunk behind his head after catching an alley-oop pass from Anderson Varejao.

Mavericks 113, Bulls 106

At Dallas, Caron Butler scored 27 points, Dirk Nowitzki had 26, and J.J. Barea scored 10 straight when things tightened up in the fourth quarter for Dallas.

Bobcats 100, Thunder 92

At Charlotte, Stephen Jackson scored 18 of his 20 points in the second half as the Bobcats rallied to beat Oklahoma City to give Michael Jordan a victory in his first game as Bobcats majority owner.

Magic 110, Spurs 84

At Orlando, Vince Carter had 24 points and eight assists as the Orlando Magic smothered San Antonio star Tim Duncan.

Celtics 109, Knicks 97

At Boston, Paul Pierce scored 29 points, Kevin Garnett had 22 and Boston cruised to its third straight lopsided victory at home.

Jazz 122, Timberwolves 100

At Salt Lake City, Carlos Boozer had 19 points and 11 rebounds as Utah kept pace in the Western Conference.

76ers 108, Nets 97

At Philadelphia, Andre Iguodala scored 20 points, Jrue Holiday added 19 points, seven rebounds and seven assists to help Philadelphia snap a five-game losing streak.
Chris Douglas-Roberts led New Jersey with 23 points. At 7-61, the Nets are in danger of breaking the 1972-73 76ers? record for fewest victories (9-73).

Clippers 101, Bucks 93

At Los Angeles, Chris Kaman had 20 points and seven rebounds, and Drew Gooden added 16 points and 11 rebounds as Los Angeles snapped an eight-game losing streak.
Brandon Jennings had 21 points for Milwaukee. The Bucks had won six straight games and 12 of their previous 13./AP


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