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Artest returns to Indiana in a defeat
by AP
Updated: 2006-03-18 11:36

At Cleveland, LeBron James scored 27 points to lead Cleveland past Portland.

Drew Gooden added a season-high 23 points and 14 rebounds for the Cavaliers, who snapped a three-game losing streak and handed Portland its ninth consecutive road loss. The Trail Blazers have lost three in a row and 17 of their last 20 overall.

Sebastian Telfair, a reserve, scored 24 points to lead Portland, which is last in the league in scoring and didn't even make its 88.4 average. Knicks 105, Pistons 103=

At New York, Jamal Crawford scored 15 of his 18 points in the fourth quarter, including the tiebreaking jumper with 2.2 seconds left, and New York rallied to beat Detroit.

Eddy Curry added 16 points and 11 rebounds and Steve Francis scored 15 points for the Knicks, who were decked out in green for the first time ever to celebrate St. Patrick's Day. They looked nothing like the team that has one of the NBA's worst records in Larry Brown's first season as coach after two seasons with the Pistons.

Chauncey Billups scored 24 points for the Pistons, who lost All-Stars Rasheed Wallace and Richard Hamilton to ejections in the third quarter and their magic number to clinch the Central Division title remained at two.


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