LeBron James News

Hey, when you’re the king of Cleveland, you do things big - including birthday parties.

Cleveland held Atlanta scoreless for nearly nine minutes in the fourth quarter on Tuesday en route to a 95-84 victory over the team they swept in last year’s NBA play-offs. Mo Williams led Cleveland with 20 points as the Cavaliers returned to the arena where they completed their four-game sweep of the Hawks in last season’s play-off second round.

However, as LeBron James faces his 25′th birthday, things will not be the same for him when he turns 26 - one way or the other.

Mo Williams posted a team-high 20 points, and the Cavaliers held the Hawks scoreless for the first eight minutes of the fourth quarter en route to a 95-84 decision in the opener of a home-and-home set at Philips Arena.

LeBron James celebrates his 25th birthday with a rare home game Wednesday night against Atlanta.

This season for reasons both legal and personal, Delonte West has been told and chosen to keep mostly to himself.

Kobe Bryant’s Lakers are taking a more casual approach to this Christmas Day matchup.

LeBron James #23 of the Cleveland Cavaliers in action against the Sacramento Kings during an NBA game at ARCO Arena on December 23, 2009 in Sacramento, California.

The Atlanta Hawks and Cleveland Cavaliers will end 2009 with back-to-back games.

The 22-8 Cleveland Cavaliers have won seven of their last eight games and have gone 2-1 so far on their four game road trip, which concludes with a Christmas Day showdown versus the defending NBA Champion L.A. Lakers.

The Cleveland Cavs were in LA for Christmas. Their game against the Lakers headlined the five NBA games on Christmas Day.

Youngman column: Christmas outcome isn’t indicative of what will happen in June.

Fresh off their Christmas Day victory in Hollywood, the Cleveland Cavaliers are back at home and will play host to the Houston Rockets Sunday night at Quicken Loans Arena.

When the 76ers signed Allen Iverson earlier this month, they said it was strictly a “basketball decision,” thrust upon them because point guard Lou Williams was going to miss eight weeks with a fractured jaw.

The Suns are not going to advance in the playoffs without the ability to play up to the level of good teams.

Los Angeles Lakers forward Ron Artest has injuries to his head and left elbow after falling at his home.

New York Knicks fans hope to see LeBron James playing his home games in Madison Square Garden in 2010.

LA Lakers’ Kobe Bryant is out to upstage Cleveland Cavaliers’ Lebron James, the NBA’s reigning Most Valuable Player, in Christmas Day showdown.

The fortunes of the Cleveland Cavaliers changed dramatically in 2003, when the team hit the NBA Draft lottery jackpot and secured the first overall pick.

Where are those puppets when we need them? The Montagues and Capulets, who feuded in “Romeo and Juliet,” didn’t have little stocking surrogates talking trash, although anything could happen in the next movie version.