LeBron James scored 29 points in a losing effort.

LeBron James scored 29 points in a losing effort.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Ruben Patterson and Zach Randolph each had 16 points and seven rebounds and the Portland Trail Blazers edged the depleted Cleveland Cavaliers 89-87 Sunday night.
LeBron James had 29 points, 13 rebounds and seven assists for the Cavaliers, who lost their fourth straight.
The Blazers, who have won three straight for just the second time this season, led by as many as 11 points in the second half, but the Cavaliers cut their deficit to 83-81 on Alan Henderson's layup. James followed with a 3-pointer to give Cleveland an 84-83 lead with 3:10 to go.
Juan Dixon answered with a 3 to put Portland back in front before Cleveland's Zydrunas Ilgauskas tied it with a jumper. With 47.7 seconds left, Henderson fouled Randolph, who made both his shots to give the Blazers an 88-86 lead.
Eric Snow missed one of two free throws to make it 88-87 with 37.1 seconds to go. After both sides missed long jumpers, Ilgauskas fouled out and Patterson made just one of his foul shots.
Last chance
James took the ball down the court, and Snow was off with his long jumper as time wound down.
The Cavaliers have been hurt by the loss of Larry Hughes, who is expected to miss eight weeks after having surgery on his broken right middle finger. Cleveland is 2-5 without him, including a 115-106 loss Saturday at Phoenix. James had 46 points, eight assists and seven rebounds against the Suns.
The Cavaliers also were without forward Drew Gooden, who left the game against the Suns with a strained right thigh. The team said Gooden was day-to-day.
The loss of Gooden, who has had six double-doubles in his last 10 games, put an added burden on James, who had 22 points by the end of the first half.
The Cavaliers trailed by as many as seven points in the half, but James kept making sure the game didn't get out of hand -- his rim-shaking dunk made tied it at 43.
After the Blazers led 51-46 at the break, the Cavaliers came out with a 13-2 run capped by Damon Jones' 3-pointer to take a 59-53 advantage.
The Blazers came back to take a 77-67 lead on Theo Ratliff's dunk.
Portland was coming off a 113-108 victory over the Orlando Magic on Friday night, and 113-103 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers two nights earlier.