Cavaliers rout Portland

LeBron James' 25-point night was punctuated by a spectacular dunk.
CLEVELAND (AP) -- The wins are coming so regularly at Gund Arena for the Cavaliers that LeBron James has become a bit nostalgic.
As nostalgic as a 19-year-old can be, that is.
"I feel like I'm back in high school again," James said. "Every time I get out there I feel like we're going to win."
James scored 12 of his 25 points in less than three minutes of the third quarter and Ira Newble added a season-high 18 as the Cleveland Cavaliers won their ninth straight at home, 112-88 over the Portland Trail Blazers on Wednesday night.
With the Cavs leading by 21, James sat the final 6:10 and missed another chance at his first career triple-double. He finished with 11 rebounds and seven assists.
"As long as we keep getting wins, I could care less," James said.
Ahead of last year's pace
Jeff McInnis added 18 points, Drew Gooden 15 and rookie Anderson Varejao 12 for the Cavaliers, who got their 14th victory of the season more than one month earlier than they did last year.
Cleveland (14-8) didn't get win No. 14 until Jan. 20, one day before they swapped Darius Miles to Portland for McInnis -- a trade that gave the Cavs a key missing piece and transformed them into playoff contenders.
The Cavaliers are 34-19 since McInnis' arrival.
"Really?" McInnis said when told of the turnaround he has helped orchestrate. "This is as much fun as I've had in a long time. At one point last season, I wasn't sure I wanted to play anymore -- things were that bad in Portland."
Cleveland's home winning streak is the club's longest at the Gund, which opened in 1994. The Cavs last won nine in a row at home in 1993 when they reeled off 12 straight from Jan. 16 to March 16 at Richfield Coliseum.
"We're feeding off the crowd, and feeding off ourselves," said James, who is averaging 30 points, 7.6 rebounds and 6.1 assists at home. "We feel that no one can come in here and beat us."
Ex-Cav scores 21
Miles paced the Blazers by matching his season-high with 21 points. He got his first start this season in his return to Cleveland, replacing Shareef Abdur-Rahim, whom the Blazers said has a hyperextended right elbow.
Portland coach Maurice Cheeks made no mention of the injury before the game, fueling speculation the forward is on the trading block.
Cheeks said Abdur-Rahim told him shortly before the opening tip that he couldn't play.
"It was news to me," Cheeks said. "I had him on the lineup card, but he had hurt his elbow in Utah [Sunday night] and he couldn't go."
Rahim said he would have been ineffective.
"I could go out there and run around, but I couldn't play," he said. "I couldn't lift my arm."