LeBron James had 19 points, 13 rebounds and seven assists while making his first start at power forward and Kyrie Irving had 21 points and eight assists in the Cleveland Cavaliers' 108-83 victory over the Washington Wizards Friday night. The Cavs shuffled their lineup again in what could be a significant step toward the postseason. Iman Shumpert started in place of Kevin Love, who was resting. Cavs coach Tyronn Lue indicated, however, Shumpert's move into the lineup is long term. When Love returns Saturday night against the Boston Celtics, he will likely be at center. The Cavs have used the three-guard look to close games before; now they're going to start with it. John Wall had 17 points, eight rebounds and seven assists for the Wizards, whose four-game winning streak was snapped. Markieff Morris had 13 points and five assists and Bradley Beal had 11 points off the bench. The Wizards committed 16 turnovers, trailed by 18 in the first half and by as many as 30 in the fourth quarter. It was a stark reversal from last weekend when the Wizards led the Cavs by 30 in the fourth quarter at home. Their streak of scoring at least 100 points in six consecutive games also ended. Timofey Mozgov had 14 points and five rebounds in what could be his final start for a while and Matthew Dellavedova had 12 points off the bench for the Cavs. James has long resisted a move to full-time power forward and reiterated again just a couple of weeks ago that he views himself as a wing player. However, it was about this time last season he began shifting more into the post in preparation of a playoff run. It appears to be happening again. Suns 102, Magic 84: Unheralded Alex Len scored a career-high 31 points and grabbed 15 rebounds in leading the surprising Phoenix Suns to a 102-84 victory over the Orlando Magic on Friday. Phoenix (16-46) snapped a 17-game road losing streak. Tyson Chandler had 10 points and 12 rebounds, and Devin Booker had 14 points and six assists for the Suns. Ronnie Price had 14 points and five rebounds, and Archie Goodwin had 10 points. Raptors 117, Trail Blazers 115: DeMar DeRozan scored 38 points as the Raptors stretched their franchise-best home winning streak to 12 games with a victory over the Trail Blazers. DeRozan set an NBA record by draining 24 consecutive free throws before missing his final attempt and the Raptors set a franchise mark with 43 free throws. Kyle Lowry, the reigning Eastern Conference Player of the Week, added 28 points and six assists while Jonas Valanciunas had 17 points and 10 rebounds. Toronto (41-19) swept the season series with Portland (33-30). Nets 121, Nuggets 120 (OT): Brook Lopez scored 20 points, including a game-winning tip-in with four-tenths of a second left in overtime, and the Nets defeated the Nuggets. Markel Brown scored a career-high 21 points and Bojan Bogdanovic had 17 for Brooklyn, which has won three in a row in Denver and five straight overall against the Nuggets. Emmanuel Mudiay had 25 points and seven assists and Gary Harris tied a career-high with 21 points, but Denver suffered another tough loss to Brooklyn. Celtics 105, Knicks 104: The Celtics stormed from eight points down in the final 3:22 to defeat the Knicks for their 13th straight home victory. Avery Bradley scored on a tough drive for the winning points with 17.7 seconds remaining. The victory gave Boston (38-25) its longest home winning streak since 2008-09 and 16 wins in its last 20 games. Heat 112, 76ers 102: Dwyane Wade had 21 points and Hassan Whiteside added 19 points and 19 rebounds as the Heat beat the short-handed 76ers for their fourth straight victory. Other results: Hornets 108, Pacers 101;Grizzlies 94, Jazz 88; Bucks 116, Timberwolves 101; Hawks 106, Lakers 77.
