SALT LAKE CITY — After beating the buzzer to give Cleveland a win the night before, LeBron James enjoyed a much less dramatic finish yesterday.

The result was the same: The Cavaliers won again and still had the best record in the NBA.

James scored 33 points, pulled down 14 rebounds and was just one assist short of a triple-double while leading Cleveland to a 102-97 win over the Utah Jazz last night.

Mo Williams added 25 points and four assists, including three alley-oops to James, as the Cavs concluded a four-game road trip with their third straight win.

"We came in with the mind-set to close out the road trip the right way and we did that," said James, who finished 14 for 27 from the field with his usual array of dazzling dunks.

Cleveland's Anderson Varejao finished with 14 points and seven rebounds, going 7 for 8 from the floor while filling in for injured center Zydrunas Ilgauskas.

Deron Williams had a season-high 16 assists and scored 17 points for Utah, which had won seven straight at home.

Paul Millsap finished with 24 points and 15 rebounds, but the Jazz could not keep up with the Cavs at the end despite Cleveland's late night Friday in a 106-105 win at Golden State on James' 19-foot jumper just before time expired. Yesterday, all James had to do in the final seconds was dribble out the clock after Cleveland held off Utah's final push.

The Jazz missed two 3-pointers that could have tied it in the final minute and another 3 after Cleveland had gone up by five points.

"We were right there. We had chances. We just didn't come up with the win," Deron Williams said.

Williams tied it at 91 with a layup for Utah, then Mo Williams answered with a three-point play to start an 11-6 run for Cleveland over the last 2:41. Sasha Pavlovic scored 13 and grabbed a crucial defensive rebound as Utah tried to rally one more time.

Mo Williams was 5 for 11 from 3-point range and Pavlovic finished 3 of 6 from beyond the arc.

James had just two points during Cleveland's closing run as Williams and Pavlovic handled most of the scoring.

"To go down the stretch when LeBron was having the type of game he was having, to put the ball in someone else's hands is just a testament to the kind of group we have in there," Cleveland coach Mike Brown said.

There were 10 lead changes, but none for Utah after Kyle Korver's 20-foot jumper put the Jazz up 89-88 with 5:15 left to play.

SIXERS 116, KNICKS 110

PHILADELPHIA — Andre Iguodala scored 24 points and Andre Miller added 21 as Philadelphia welcomed the return of Elton Brand to the lineup with a victory over New York. Brand, who missed 16 games after dislocating his right shoulder on Dec. 17, had six points in 13 minutes off the bench. He entered the game for the first time with 1:26 left in the first quarter.

HEAT 103, MAGIC 97

MIAMI — Dwyane Wade scored 27 points and Mario Chalmers added 20 as Miami snapped a 10-game losing streak against Orlando. Udonis Haslem added 12 points — including two huge baskets down the stretch — for Miami, which wasted a 15-point lead entering the fourth quarter, but ultimately held on.

NETS 99, GRIZZLIES 88

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Vince Carter scored 23 points and Devin Harris added 17 points and eight assists as New Jersey snapped a five-game losing skid. O.J. Mayo scored 23 points to lead the Grizzlies, who were playing their second game under interim coach Johnny Davis, who took over when Marc Iavaroni was fired Thursday. Memphis is scheduled to introduce new coach Lionel Hollins at a press conference today.

BUCKS 106, KINGS 104

MILWAUKEE — Luc Richard Mbah a Moute hit a free throw with 3.3 seconds to go and Richard Jefferson scored 20 points to lead Milwaukee over Sacramento. The Bucks' victory came despite Andrew Bogut missing his sixth consecutive game with back spasms and leading scorer Michael Redd leaving with a knee injury in the third quarter.

TRAIL BLAZERS 100, WIZARDS 87

PORTLAND, Ore. — Greg Oden had 18 points and 14 rebounds as Portland beat Washington. Brandon Roy scored 22 points and had a career-high 10 steals for the Blazers, who led by as many as 22 points.