Cavaliers dominate, but endure injuries

Dajuan Wagner, Lucious Harris and DeSagana Diop were hurt against the Nets.
CLEVELAND (AP) -- Jeff McInnis scored 22 points, Drew Gooden had 15 rebounds and LeBron James had 10 points, seven rebounds and five assists to lead the Cleveland Cavaliers to an 88-69 exhibition win over the New Jersey Nets on Monday night.
McInnis scored 14 points and James got all 10 of his during the third quarter when the Cavaliers' starting unit dominated, pulled away and spent the fourth watching from the bench.
Gooden had his third straight double-digit rebounding game for Cleveland, which is counting on him for boards following Carlos Boozer's departure as a free agent.
Rodney Buford and Travis Best had nine points each for New Jersey, which shot just 36 percent and was outrebounded 48-32.
Ailing Nets
The Nets were again without All-Star guard Jason Kidd and center Alonzo Mourning. Kidd is recovering from off-season surgery on his left knee, and Mourning hasn't played during the preseason as he comes back after a kidney transplant.
Leading by 14 points at the half, Cleveland opened the third quarter with a 14-5 spurt to a 55-32 lead. James made a steal and breakaway reverse dunk before McInnis drained a 3-pointer to make it 55-32.
James added a spectacular windmill dunk from the right side in the period, which ended with the Cavaliers ahead, 71-46.
But Cleveland's only home exhibition game at Gund Arena might have been costly. Guards Dajuan Wagner, Lucious Harris and center DeSagana Diop were hurt.
Wagner sprained his right ankle in the second quarter and didn't return to the bench after halftime. Neither did Harris, who bruised his right big toe in the second quarter.
Diop played just five minutes before going out because of a sprained finger sustained Thursday against Memphis.
Wagner, expected to provide the Cavaliers with scoring off the bench, was hurt in the final minute of the first half when he drove hard to the basket. He rolled his ankle as he got knocked to the floor.
X-rays were negative and Wagner left the arena with his foot immobilized in a walking boot.
"It got real fat as soon as I took the tape off," said Wagner, whose NBA career has been slowed by injury. "Hopefully it's going to be all right."