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The Cavs will open the conference semifinals on Tuesday at top-seeded Toronto.
James played 43 minutes Joshua Garnett Jersey , leaving late in the third quarter and heading straight to the locker room to be treated for cramps. The 33-year-old was going to leave it all on the floor in what some Cleveland fans feared could have been his last game with the franchise.
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Victor Oladipo scored 30 and Darren Collison had 23 for the Pacers.
ROCKETS 110, JAZZ 96
HOUSTON (AP) r11; James Harden scored 41 points and Houston raced out to a huge lead and sailed to a 110-96 win over Utah in Game 1 of the Western Conference semifinals.
Houston was up by 25 at halftime behind 34 points combined from Harden and Chris Paul. The Jazz Brandon Fusco Jersey , who didnr17;t wrap up their first-round series with Oklahoma City until late Friday night, looked sluggish and struggled to keep pace with the energy of the top-seeded Rockets, who hadnr17;t played since eliminating Minnesota on Wednesday.
It was Houstonr17;s fourth straight win by 10 or more points this postseason.
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