LeBron’s 34-13-10 winner for Cavaliers

PHOENIX (AP) — LeBron James had won in every building in the NBA, except the US Airways Center in Phoenix.

He put an emphatic end to that drought on Thursday night.

The Cleveland phenomenon had his third straight triple-double — 34 points, 13 assists, 10 rebounds — and the Cavaliers pulled away over the final seven minutes to beat the sinking Suns 119-111 on Thursday night.

“To get three in a row, I hope everybody and anybody out there is talking about him,” Cleveland coach Mike Brown said, “and talking about him for MVP because he deserves it.”

The game turned on one remarkable play.

Phoenix was down 97-95 and had the ball for what looked to be a breakaway layup, but Jason Richardson decided to go for a 360-degree spin dunk. James raced from far behind and soared to block the attempt.

Sasha Pavlovic’s third 3-pointer of the quarter made it 100-95 with 8:33 left.

Richardson complained vehemently he was fouled on the play and drew a technical. Williams’ subsequent free throw made it 101-95 with 8:32 to go. Television replays clearly showed James hit Richardson’s wrist on the play.

“Clearly a foul, I don’t care how you look at it,” Richardson said. “It’s still a foul and that’s bad and that’s a guy going up like that, especially trying to do something to get the fans going, to get hammered like that and there’s no call at all, that’s terrible.”

Foul or not, it was a remarkable athletic play.

Brown said the play “ignited our bench, it ignited our guys on the floor.”

Suns coach Alvin Gentry indicated that trying a 360-degree dunk in that situation was a mistake.

“You always think that someone gets fouled, but it was a great play anyway,” Gentry said. “I thought there was contact but with him [James] chasing you, you just better get the ball and get it in the basket.”

Mo Williams, who scored a career-high 44 the first time the teams met this season, added 30 for Cleveland.