James, 'Z' team up for win

Sixers' All-Star Chris Webber missed his fifth straight game in Philadelphia's 108-95 loss.
CLEVELAND (AP) -- LeBron James had 25 points and 11 assists, and Zydrunas Ilgauskas, mostly forgotten in Cleveland's offense, scored a season-high 18 to lead the Cavaliers to a 108-95 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on Saturday night.
Ilgauskas added 15 rebounds -- 12 offensive to tie a team record -- as the Cavs, playing their fourth game in five nights, bounced back from a loss at Indianapolis on Friday by winning their sixth straight at home.
Wasn't involved
The 7-foot-3 Ilgauskas came in averaging nine points per game -- six below his career average -- and the center hasn't been as involved in Cleveland's new offensive schemes as much as he or Cavs coach Mike Brown would like.
"My fault," Brown said before the game.
Ilgauskas scored just two points and took only two shots in the loss to the Pacers. He and Brown met in the coach's office about 90 minutes before tipoff and whatever they discussed worked.
The Cavaliers did more to get Ilgauskas the ball in good scoring spots and he responded by scoring 12 points in the first half. He had his 18 by the end of the third quarter, when Cleveland opened an 82-70 lead.
Allen Iverson scored 31 points on just 10-of-28 shooting to lead Philadelphia. Andre Iguodala added 17 and Willie Green 13 for the Sixers.
Trailing by 13 early in the fourth, Philadelphia pulled within 94-86 on two free throws by Samuel Dalembert with 5:24 left. But Ilgauskas came back in off the bench, and although he didn't score, his return sparked the Cavs.
Trio works in concert
Eric Snow hit a jump shot, Drew Gooden scored in the lane and James completed a three-point play to put the Cavaliers, wearing orange throwback uniforms from the 1980s, up 101-86 with 3:04 remaining.
The Cavs outrebounded Philadelphia 49-36.
Cleveland trailed by nine points after one, and the Cavaliers began the second quarter with a lineup featuring Ilgauskas and Anderson Varejao but not James. Without their superstar, the Cavs rallied and opened the period with a 13-2 run, taking their first lead on Sasha Pavlovic's three-point play.
Later, Ilgauskas scored six points and Damon Jones drained a 3-pointer during a 10-0 burst that put Cleveland up 46-36.
In the final minute of the half, James gave the sellout crowd what they came to see when he grabbed an alley-oop pass from Jones, and rising to almost eye level with the rim, rifled his dunk through.
Notes
Archie Griffin, Ohio State's two-time Heisman Trophy winner, sat courtside and joined the crowd in spelling out 'O-H-I-O' during "Hang On Sloopy."
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