Cavs nab team-record 58th win of NBA season

LeBron James scored 22 points with 11 assists as the Cleveland Cavaliers won a club-record 58th game of the National Basketball Association season, 98-87 over New Jersey.

The Cavaliers have won 10 straight, and with 11 games remaining in the regular season they have surpassed the previous franchise record of 57 victories, shared by the 1988-89 and 1991-92 teams.

Cleveland also improved to a league-leading 33-1 in home games.

Vince Carter scored 20 and Jarvis Hayes 18 for the Nets, whose playoff hopes are fading.

The Nets trailed throughout, but Keyon Dooling drained a three-pointer with 3:54 to play to give New Jersey an 82-81 lead.

Then James took over.

He found Delonte West who made a three-pointer to put the Cavaliers up 84-82.

After a New Jersey turnover, James made a layup that stretched the lead to four.

Fouled on a drive, James made both free throws to the delight of "M-V-P" chanting fans.

James had joined elite company with his very first basket of the game, which made him just the second player along with Oscar Robertson as the only players in NBA history to post 2,000 points, 500 rebounds and 500 assists in a season at least four times.