LeBron James scored 36 points and Larry Hughes chipped in with 25 and seven rebounds to lead the Cleveland Cavaliers to their eighth straight victory, a 115-93 demolition of the Boston Celtics on Tuesday.

Zydrunas Ilgauskas added 19 points to the Cleveland effort while Drew Gooden had 13 points and 15 rebounds as the Cavaliers remained unbeaten at home this season, improving to 6-0.

Ricky Davis paced the Celtics with 27 points while Paul Pierce had 24 along with 15 rebounds and Mark Blount recorded a season-best 21 points in the losing cause.

In Washington, Carmelo Anthony nailed 28 points and grabbed 11 rebounds and Marcus Camby added 24 points and 14 boards to lead the Denver Nuggets past the Wizards 108-105.

Earl Boykins helped out with 20 points as the Nuggets stretched their winning run to four games.

Gilbert Arenas had a game-high 36 points and dished out 10 assists for the Wizards while Antawn Jamison had 26 points and 12 rebounds.

In Memphis, Darius Miles had 22 points and Zach Randolph and Juan Dixon each chipped in with 20 helping the Portland Trail Blazers to a 95-87 win over Grizzlies.

Shane Battier led Memphis with 21 points while Pau Gasol collected the double-double with 18 points and 16 rebounds.

In Dallas, Dirk Nowitzki drained 31 points and Jason Terry added 29 as the Mavericks rolled to their sixth straight win, thumping the Houston Rockets 102-93.

Rookie Luther Head, starting in place of injured Tracy McGrady, had a career-high 28 points for the Rockets while Yao Ming chipped in with 20 and Derek Anderson added 19 in the loss.

In Phoenix, Shawn Marion scored 28 points and pulled down 18 rebounds and Steve Nash had 23 points and nine assists guiding the Suns to 90-82 win over the Toronto Raptors.

In Seattle, Mehmet Okur scored 24 points and snared nine rebounds as the Utah Jazz held on to claim a 93-87 win over the SuperSonics.

Source: Xinhua