OKLAHOMA CITY -- lebron James got Cleveland back into the game with a flurry of 3-pointers. James scored a season-high 44 points and Williams connected from halfcourt in the fourth quarter to help the Cavs close out a 102-89 win against the Oklahoma City Thunder on Sunday night. Williams tracked down the ball after Thabo Sefolosha had tipped it into the backcourt, then turned and fired a 48-footer with coach Mike Brown yelling to him as the shot clock ran down. The shot earned him a look of disbelief and a congratulatory hand slap from James, and it gave Cleveland its largest lead to that point at 94-87. "The 3 that he hit from halfcourt was spectacular," Brown said. "When it left his hand -- and I had a great view and look at it -- I felt it was good. "It's a tribute to me being the halfcourt shooting coach." James wanted in on the credit, too. "He practices with me every day on them halfcourt shots, and sometimes it pays off," he said. "That was a huge shot." Williams said he couldn't hear Brown shouting to him because he was in the moment and focused on the shot. After it went in, the stunned Thunder didn't score again for 3½ minutes as the Cavs put the game away. "It's definitely deflating. Any shot like that is deflating," said Williams, who scored half of his 22 points in the fourth quarter. Kevin Durant led Oklahoma City with 29 points and Jeff Green scored a season-high 26. Russell Westbrook added 10 points. The Thunder were up 75-68 with a minute and half left in ...
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