King James Reigns Supreme to Keep Cavaliers in the War

Reuters Created: May 28, 2009
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Ben Wallace #4 of the Cleveland Cavaliers drives to the hoop against Dwight Howard #12 of the Orlando Magic in Game Five of the Eastern Conference Finals. (Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)
CLEVELAND, Ohio—LeBron James put on a virtuoso performance in the fourth quarter to will the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 112-102 win over the Orlando Magic on Thursday as the Eastern Conference top seeds staved off elimination.

James tallied 17 of his 37 points in the final period and rounded off a stunning triple-double with 14 rebounds and 12 assists to pull the Cavs back to 3-2 in the best-of-seven conference finals series.

"It's win or go home," the league MVP told reporters after he had scored or assisted on 32 straight points for the home team.

"It was a big game for us. You never want to disappoint the home crowd by not playing as hard as you can.

"We have to play the same way (in Game Six in Orlando on Saturday) that we did today."

Hedo Turkoglu had 29 points and Dwight Howard added 24 and 10 rebounds for the Magic, who led 90-89 midway through the fourth before Cleveland used a 13-3 spurt to open a 107-96 lead with 1:07 remaining.

 



 
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