Rested LeBron revs up Cavs

Cleveland coach David Blatt said before Tuesday's game his team needed to win, not just make a statement.

The Cavaliers did both.

LeBron James had 33 points and 10 rebounds as Cleveland rallied from an 18-point first-half deficit to beat the Portland Trail Blazers 105-100, snapping a three-game losing streak.

James, who sat out Saturday's game in Miami to rest, scored 14 points in the fourth quarter, including a 3-pointer and a three-point play down the stretch. He shot 14 for 24 from the field.

The Cavaliers were outplayed in a rocky first half until the final minutes of the second quarter, when they cut the deficit to 56-47.

"You don't get frustrated," James said.

"You see the things you did well. You see the things you didn't do so well. Obviously, when you're down 18 you aren't doing too many things that well."

Kevin Love added 18 points and a second-half lineup adjustment by Blatt sparked the comeback. Once the tone of the game switched, the Cavaliers took advantage.

"Momentum is a huge thing in sports," James said. "If you're able to get a little momentum and able to ride that wave, you can do some special things. We caught a good wave tonight."

Damian Lillard scored 33 points to lead Portland, which blew a late lead on Monday in Milwaukee and appeared to run out of gas as Cleveland came back in the second half.

C.J. McCollum added 24 points for the Trail Blazers.

Love, who missed the morning shoot-around because he was ill, was 8 of 10 from the foul line. Matthew Dellavedova added 17 points.

Blatt benched center Timofey Mozgov at halftime and went with a lineup of James, Love and guards Dellavedova, J.R. Smith and Jared Cunningham - a combination that got Cleveland back in the game.

Portland coach Terry Stotts got right to the point in assessing the defeat.

"I don't know what you learn from nights like this except it stinks to lose close games," he said.

The Cavaliers took the lead briefly late in the third quarter and went ahead for good on Cunningham's fast-break basket with 1:58 remaining in the period.

Cleveland extended the lead to 11 points in the fourth, but a four-point play, sparked when Dellavedova was called for a flagrant foul for throwing Mason Plumlee to the floor while battling for a rebound, cut the lead to 93-90.

James and Dellavedova hit 3-pointers and Cleveland hung on.

Lillard was 14 of 27 from the field with four 3-pointers.