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NBA: Cleveland 106, Golden State 104 (OT)

OAKLAND, Calif., Jan. 21 (UPI) -- LeBron James scored 32 points Saturday night and the Cleveland Cavaliers were able to grab a 106-104 overtime victory from the Golden State Warriors.

Cleveland got 15 points from Larry Hughes and 14 points and 11 rebounds from Zydrunas Ilgauskas in breaking a three-game losing streak. The Warriors were led by recent acquisitions Stephen Jackson, who scored 29 points, and Al Harrington who had 14 points and 12 rebounds.

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Both teams missed chances to take control of the game late.

James missed two free throws with the score tied at 96-96. The game went into overtime after Aleksandar Pavlovic and James both missed jump shots for Cleveland.

A James lay-up, however, delivered the Cavaliers their biggest lead of the night at 103-98 with 3:40 to go in the extra period. Golden State's Sarunas Jasikevicius made a three-point shot with 8.2 seconds to go to cut the deficit to two.

James turned the ball over and David Wesley missed two free throws but Golden State missed on a chance to tie the score again.

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