James, Love Lead Cavs To Win Over Suns, NBA Scores

Tyronn Lue is three games into his tenure as a head coach -- and on his way to the All-Star Game. An interesting week in Cleveland took another odd turn.

LeBron James scored 21 points before sitting out -- and dancing -- in the fourth quarter, Kevin Love added 21 points and 11 rebounds, and the Cavaliers stormed away in the second half for a 115-93 victory over the Phoenix Suns on Wednesday night.

Sluggish for the first 24 minutes, the Cavs opened the second half with a 12-0 run and sent Phoenix to its 17th loss in 19 games.

Cleveland improved to 2-1 under Lue, who took over last week when David Blatt was surprisingly fired halfway through his second season despite an NBA Finals appearance last season and an overall 83-40 record. The Cavs' second win under Lue means he and the Cavs' coaching staff will represent the Eastern Conference on Feb. 14 in Toronto.

Like everything else that has come his way, Lue took it in stride.

"It's a tribute to coach Blatt and the players and the hard work the assistant coaches put in to get us to this point," Lue said. "I know my coaches are excited, and I know it's going to be a surreal moment."

And while it's clearly a unique situation, Love shrugged it off as nothing special.

"He's won 66 percent of his games so far, right?" Love joked. "I don't think it'll be his last time coaching the All-Star Game."

Wednesday, January 27 Scoreboard
    
Cleveland 115, Phoenix 93

Boston 111, Denver 103
    
Detroit 110, Philadelphia 97

Los Angeles 85, Atlanta 83

Oklahoma City 126, Minnesota 123
    
San Antonio 130, Houston 99

Utah 102, Charlotte 73
     
Golden State 127, Dallas 107

Thursday, January 28 Schedule (All Times Central)

Atlanta at Indiana, 6 p.m.

Denver at Washington, 6 p.m.

New York at Toronto, 7 p.m.

Milwaukee at Memphis, 7 p.m.

Sacramento at New Orleans, 7 p.m.

Chicago at Los Angeles, 9:30 p.m.