Cleveland Cavaliers lead

Cleveland Cavaliers held off the Utah Jazz 102-97 on Saturday night. LeBron James scored 33 points, pulled down 14 rebounds and was just one assist short of a triple-double. Anderson Varejao finished with 14 points and seven rebounds, going 7-for-8 from the floor while filling in for injured center Zydrunas Ilgauskas.

Utah Jazz forward Mehmet Okur, front, of Turkey, tries to get to the basket with the ball against Cleveland Cavaliers forward Anderson Varejao, of Brazil, during the first quarter of the NBA basketball game Saturday, Jan. 24, 2009, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac)
With this win Cleveland Cavaliers are level with the Los Angeles Lakers on a .810 win percentage, which is the NBA's best record. For Utah Jazz the loss ended a seven-game home winning streak.

In other NBA news Milwaukee took a 106-104 win over Sacramento. Miami Heat ended its run of ten straight losses to Florida rival Orlando 103-97.