LeBron’s 41 points lead Cavs

James also matched his most playing time of 43 minutes against the Bucks.

CLEVELAND — LeBron James supplied the Cleveland Cavaliers with a double dose of 40.

James matched a season-high with 41 points in a season-best 43 minutes and Mo Williams scored 16 against his former team, leading the Cavaliers to their fifth straight win, 99-93 over the Milwaukee Bucks on Tuesday night.

It was the third time in four games that James has scored exactly 41.

“I’m not doing it on purpose,” he said.

The All-Star forward, who twice topped out at 41 points in wins over Chicago last week, scored 12 in the fourth quarter and didn’t come out in the second half for the Cavaliers, who committed just one turnover — a 24-second violation — after halftime.

“LeBron is LeBron,” said Cavs coach Mike Brown, who would prefer to keep his star under 40 minutes. “We needed all 42 minutes, 46 seconds of him on the floor.”

With Cleveland leading by five in the fourth, James poked away a pass intended for Richard Jefferson, streaked to the other end and lifted off one step inside the foul line before smashing the ball through the hoop. Moments later, he dropped a 20-foot jumper and then drove through the lane for a finger roll to give the Cavs an 11-point lead.

Zydrunas Ilgauskas added 15 points and Anderson Varejao had 13 — 8 on 4-of-4 shooting in the fourth quarter — with 10 rebounds for Cleveland, which didn’t put Milwaukee away until the final four minutes.

“We’ll take the win,” said a tired James, who got a massage in the locker room afterward. “But we have to continue to get better for the long term.”

Jefferson scored 19 and Luke Ridnour 17 — 14 in the third — to pace the Bucks, who were again without leading scorer Michael Redd. He missed his fourth straight game with a sprained right ankle.

Redd tried to practice Tuesday, but “was noticeably limping,” coach Scott Skiles said. “It was clear he wasn’t ready.”

Without Redd, Skiles and the Bucks had no answer at either end for James.

“He had 41 and he made it look easy,” Skiles said. “We tried switching a little bit. My only real complaint would be that we’re still not aggressive enough on someone like that. The better players right now are putting up big numbers on us. LeBron is going to get his numbers — 16 for 24 — that’s a pretty easy night for him.”