CLEVELAND (AP) -- THE ROAD TO THE POSTSEASON FOR THE INCONSISTENT CAVALIERS IS NOT EXACTLY AN EASY RIDE.

CLEVELAND (AP) -- The road to the postseason for the inconsistent Cavaliers is not exactly an easy ride.
After the All-Star break, Cleveland plays 15 road games, including two at league-leading Detroit and matchups against two other top playoff teams, the Miami Heat and Dallas Mavericks.
Going into the break, the Cavaliers are 31-21 -- the same record the young team had last year before self-destructing in the second half of the season and missing the playoffs by one game.
But this time around, the squad's road record is a much-improved 12-14. The Cavs, who sit behind Detroit in the Central Division, won only 13 games on the road all of last season.
Still, Cleveland struggles away from the comfort of Quicken Loans Arena, where the team is 19-7, and that has coach Mike Brown worried.
"We're not a good road team, and so any way we can win on the road, we'll take it," he said after his team toughed out a 113-109 double-OT win Wednesday night in Boston.
The Cavs play at Detroit on Feb. 26 and April 12, at Miami on March 12, and at Dallas on March 14. All are expected to be No. 1 or No. 2 seeds in the playoffs.
Those last two games will complete a four-game trip that starts at Toronto on March 8 and continues at Orlando on March 10.
Another four-game trip starts at New York on April 5 and continues to New Jersey on April 8, to Oklahoma City on April 10 and to Detroit on April 12.
"We're getting a little better but we have to figure out how to concentrate on the road and not miss free throws and get careless with the ball," Brown said.
"Those little things, we have to do a better job on focusing and trying to do things the right way to get wins or to close out teams," he said. "It's just going to take time."
LeBron James won't have much time to rest up during the break. He's the team's only representative on the All-Star team and will participate in tonight's Skills Challenge in Houston.
He said he should be ready to play despite banging his knee against teammate Eric Snow's head late in the game Wednesday. The collision caused James to fall to the floor in pain.
The knee "is all right. I really banged it on E. Snow's head," James said. "It stiffened up there, but then I got it heated up and it loosened up. It might be a little sore."
The challenge contest tests dribbling, passing and shooting skills on a timed course.
James said he has not practiced specifically for the competition, where he will face defending champ and reigning MVP Steve Nash of the Phoenix Suns, Dwyane Wade of the Miami Heat and rookie Chris Paul of the New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets.
"I want to win anything I'm in. I'm a competitor so I am going to take it seriously," James said.