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CLEVELAND (AP)—LeBron James danced all over the Chicago Bulls.

Joakim Noah didn’t like being his partner.

James scored 23 points, added 11 assists and busted out several smooth hip-hop dance moves in the second half that annoyed and angered Noah as the Cleveland Cavaliers won for the 11th time in 13 games, beating the Bulls 101-87 on Friday night.

James enjoyed every minute of the win. After Jamario Moon’s alley-oop dunk put the Cavs ahead 84-65 in the fourth, James, who was on the bench resting at the time, bounced out of his chair and hopped onto the floor. He continued to rock out during the timeout, mugging for the crowd and dancing along with teammate Danny Green to House of Pain’s anthemic rap hit “Jump Around.”

When he was back in the game a few minutes later, James did another shoulder shake after being fouled and when he went to the line, Bulls center Joakim Noah yelled something toward him from Chicago’s bench. James walked in Noah’s direction and was slapped with a technical foul.

Noah felt James took his dancing too far.

“When you’re losing the way you’re losing and guys are rubbing it in your face, dancing and all that,” Noah said. “I have a lot of respect for LeBron. It’s just a frustrating situation.”

James insisted he wasn’t trying to show up the Bulls. He was just having fun.

“It’s nothing against the Bulls and it’s nothing against Joakim or none of those guys,” he said. “It’s nothing about showboating on a team. I’ve seen it happen all last year. I think he was more frustrated about the way he played as an individual. He didn’t help his team win.”

Noah was reluctant to criticize James and was more upset with his performance and the Bulls’ latest loss.

“It stinks to lose, man,” Noah said. “That’s the toughest thing, we can’t compete for 48 minutes. We’ve got to find a way to win games because this losing thing is not a good look, man, it’s just not. It’s not what anybody in this locker room expected. This losing thing is really frustrating.”

Cleveland was just 4 of 14 from the free-throw line and the Cavs were careless as costly turnovers allowed the Bulls to stay close and eventually take a 54-52 lead on Rose’s turnaround jumper in the third.

That’s when James decided it was time take over, fueling a 21-4 burst by doing a little bit of everything.

He scored eight points, handed out three assists and went diving on the floor for a loose ball, sliding and banging into a cameraman who was kneeling by the scorer’s table. James’ hustle inspired the Cavs, who finally flexed their muscles on defense, stopped throwing the ball away and outscored the Bulls 24-7 over the final 8:03 to take a 15-point lead into the fourth.

“His energy was great,” Cavs coach Mike Brown said. “When he came to the sideline for a timeout, I told the coaches to step aside and said, ‘Bron, you take over the huddle.”’

After making eight turnovers in the second quarter, the Cavs had a flawless final 24 minutes

Cleveland has won six in a row at home. … James would love to play with Rose some day. “Especially on an Olympics team,” he said. “He’s a great point guard and a great player. I love watching Derrick play. All he’s going to do is get better and hopefully in the 2012 Olympics he can be part of the team and we’ll have some fun.” … The Cavs are 5-0 against Western Conference teams, the only Eastern team with a perfect mark vs. the West. Cleveland has won 13 straight against Western teams

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Back to back losses to the Grizzlies and Rockets. If this were the Lakers you haters would be going nuts. Queen James & Co. are FAR from being a contender this year.

Orlando and Boston are the class of the East anyways. No matter.

Lebron needs to come and play in Los Angeles......for the Clippers. :D

Would be one hellova team.

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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP)—LeBron James got Cleveland back into the game with a flurry of 3-pointers. Then Mo Williams one-upped him with an even more important shot for the Cavaliers.

James scored a season-high 44 points and Williams connected from halfcourt in the fourth quarter to help the Cavs close out a 102-89 win against the Oklahoma City Thunder on Sunday night.

The Cavs played from behind for all but a few seconds in the first half, but James still put on a show on the way to his third 40-point outing of the season.

After he stole the ball and stumbled through a foul to convert a layup, James stopped along the baseline to snag a french fry from a boy seated in the front row wearing a Kevin Durant jersey and munch on it.

“There wasn’t nobody sitting there,” James said, explaining that he hadn’t taken the fry from the Durant fan. “The french fries had their own seat.”

He dunked with his left hand early on and had a right-handed jam off Anderson Varejao’s alley-oop pass in the first quarter, too.

Then, as he scored the Cavs’ final 12 points of the first half, he broke out a two-handed reverse slam and a right-handed power dunk.

The Thunder were up 75-68 with a minute and half left in the third quarter before James scored seven straight points to tie it. He answered Durant’s free throw with a 26-foot 3-pointer that gave the Cavs the lead heading into the fourth.

“It’s tough to guard a guy who’s that quick, that strong, that’s making shots that deep,” Green said. “He’s one of the top players in the NBA. He turned it on when his team needed it the most.”

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King James finishes the night with 44 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists, 4 steals, and 1 block against young NBA superstar Kevin Durant. King James for the season is averaging 28.4 points per game (3rd in the league) on 50.8% shooting from the field. He's shooting 34.7% from 3 point land. His 8.1 assists per game place him 6th in the league and the most for any non-PG, and his 6.9 rebounds per game are more than any other SF in the league outside of Loul Deng. Despite Cleveland's struggles this season, King James is still the best player on the planet.

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James had 34 points, 16 rebounds and 10 assists for his second triple-double of the season, but it was his defense in the fourth quarter and overtime against rookie Tyreke Evans(notes) that proved to be the difference. The Kings shot just 8-for-27 after the third quarter, missing all seven shots in overtime.

Evans finished with 28 points, but made only one of eight shots in the fourth and overtime as the Cavaliers put James on him in a sign of respect.

“It was just me taking the challenge,” James said. “He was definitely trying to get where he wanted to get on the court. I was just trying to use my length and experience and use my mindset defensively to try to hold him scoreless as possible.”

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King James triple double last night was the 26th of his career. It was also the 12th time he had done it on the road. To put it in perspective, of the players with more career triple doubles than King James, only Larry Bird has more on the road with 35. King James and the Cavs will now prepare for the Christmas Day showdown vs. Kobe & The Lakers live from Staples. I cant wait!!!

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