James jump starts Cavs to rout of Raptors

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03/04/2007 - Cleveland, OH (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - LeBron James scored 36 points on 10-of-20 shooting, as the Cleveland Cavaliers opened a brief two-game homestand with a 120-98 victory over the Toronto Raptors.

Larry Hughes scored 27 points for Cleveland, which has won two of its last three games. Anderson Varejao notched 14 points and 11 boards, and Shannon Brown also netted 14. Donyell Marshall added 12 points and nine boards for Cleveland, which will also host Houston on Monday and owns a 22-8 record at Quicken Loans Arena this season.

Chris Bosh scored 25 points for the Atlantic Division-leading Raptors, who have dropped three of their last four games. Juan Dixon scored 24 points in the loss for Toronto, which is 12-19 on the road this season.

Trailing by two four minutes into the game, Cleveland went on a 14-4 run, capped by a pair of Hughes buckets, and led 30-23 heading into the second quarter.

The Cavs added three to their lead in the second, down the stretch in which James exploded for 17 straight Cleveland points, and Brown's three-pointer at the buzzer ended the period. James' single-handed dominance and the trey by Brown put the Cavs ahead by double digits, 62-52, at halftime.

Cleveland kept with its theme of closing strong, finishing the third quarter on a 12-2 spurt, snapped by a pair of Bosh free throws with five ticks left for a 93-74 lead heading into the fourth.

Game Notes

Cleveland guard Daniel Gibson will miss two weeks with a sprained left big toe, and Toronto's Anthony Parker sat out with a strained left hip flexor and Andrea Bargnani (personal) remained sidelined...Saturday's showdown between Toronto and Cleveland was the fourth and final meeting of the regular season. The Cavs ended 3-1 in the 2006-07 series, and have won seven of eight and nine of the last 11 matchups...Toronto has lost five straight after winning its last two at Cleveland.

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NCAA Football betting lines (home team in CAPS)
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Date Favorite Opponent Point Spread
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Sept 21 GEORGIA TECH Virginia 17
Sept 22 NEVADA Northwestern 6.5
Sept 23 MICHIGAN Wisconsin 14
Sept 23 Minnesota PURDUE 3
Sept 23 SYRACUSE Miami (Ohio) 6.5
Sept 23 MISSOURI Ohio 21.5
Sept 23 Louisville KANSAS STATE 14
Sept 23 TENNESSEE Marshall 22
Sept 23 CLEMSON North Carolina 16.5
Sept 23 FLORIDA Kentucky 24
Sept 23 Iowa ILLINOIS 20.5
Sept 23 FLORIDA STATE Rice 30.5
Sept 23 AUBURN Buffalo 41.5
Sept 23 BOWLING GREEN Kent 7
Sept 23 NAVY Tulsa 4.5
Sept 23 VIRGINIA TECH Cincinnati 27
Sept 23 BYU Utah State 29
Sept 23 OHIO STATE Penn State 16.5
Sept 23 TEXAS Iowa State 25
Sept 23 Washington State STANFORD 10
Sept 23 CALIFORNIA Arizona State 7.5
Sept 23 UCLA WASHINGTON 3
Sept 23 INDIANA Connecticut 1.5
Sept 23 Central Michigan EASTERN MICHIGAN 4
Sept 23 WYOMING Air Force 1
Sept 23 UTEP NEW MEXICO 9.5
Sept 23 West Virginia EAST CAROLINA 21
Sept 23 Boston College NORTH CAROLINA STATE 7
Sept 23 GEORGIA Colorado 27
Sept 23 ARKANSAS Alabama 1.5
Sept 23 BAYLOR Army 11
Sept 23 WESTERN MICHIGAN Temple 28
Sept 23 MISSISSIPPI Wake Forest 2.5
Sept 23 KANSAS South Florida 5.5
Sept 23 TEXAS A&amp;M Louisiana Tech 23.5
Sept 23 UAB Mississippi State 9.5
Sept 23 LSU Tulane 36
Sept 23 Utah SAN DIEGO STATE 6.5
Sept 23 BOISE STATE Hawaii 15
Sept 23 Notre Dame MICHIGAN STATE 3
Sept 23 USC ARIZONA U 22
Sept 23 Oklahoma State HOUSTON 1
Sept 23 OREGON STATE Idaho 23
Sept 23 OKLAHOMA Middle Tennessee State 29
Sept 23 MARYLAND Florida International 18.5
Sept 23 AKRON North Texas 17.5
Sept 23 SOUTH CAROLINA Florida Atlantic 29.5
Sept 23 NEBRASKA Troy 23
Sept 23 SMU Arkansas State 6

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