<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post"> Ricky Davis has a strange way of controlling his temper. The volatile Cleveland guard kicked the ball into the stands after a hard foul by Corey Maggette while the Los Angeles Clippers were making a third-quarter run Tuesday night. "Just trying to stay calm," Davis explained. Davis and the Cavaliers stayed cool enough to hold off the Clippers 103-95 and end Los Angeles' four-game winning streak. LeBron James shot poorly from the outside but finished with 14 points, seven rebounds and eight assists as the Cavaliers won their fourth straight home game. Maggette downplayed his foul on Davis, who had 27 points and four steals. "I didn't mean anything personal. I just tried to stop him from scoring and then held him up so nobody got hurt," Maggette said. Maggette fouled Davis on a fastbreak, wrapping his arms around him with Davis landing on Maggette's lap up against the post. Davis was called for a technical for booting the ball. After Maggette made a free throw and Davis made his two shots, Davis stole the ball from Maggette and slammed it home. Chris Mihm added a career-high 21 points for Cleveland. He shot 10-for-14 with nine rebounds in 36 minutes while filling in for Carlos Boozer, who left after spraining his right ankle late in the first quarter. "Not just tonight, but for the last couple of weeks he has been playing great and giving us the support off the bench that we need to win games," James said. Predrag Drobnjak had a season-high 20 points and a career-high 13 rebounds to lead the Clippers. "He was the spark that got us back into it," Clippers coach Mike Dunleavy said. "He didn't do real well in the first half -- none of us did." The Clippers shot just 21 percent in the first half and played little defense. The Cavaliers led by as many as 28 and took a 58-36 lead into halftime. "I just don't think we were ready to play," Quentin Richardson said. "We knew we could get back into the game, but we ran out of gas. You can't afford to give anybody in the NBA those kinds of leads to start off like that." The Clippers pulled within six points several times in the fourth quarter. With two minutes left Drobnjak got a basket underneath, then Chris Wilcox got a steal and made a free throw to pull the Clippers to 91-85. But Mihm hit a baseline jumper and Kevin Ollie scored on a drive on the next possession to put Los Angeles away. Drobnjak led a second-half charge with 12 points in the third quarter to help spark a 14-2 run that got the Clippers back in it. Maggette had 19 points, and Richardson 17 for Los Angeles. Zydrunas Ilgauskas had 13 points and 10 rebounds for the Cavaliers. James shot 6-for-16 with nearly all of his points coming from point-blank range. He had several highlights in the half, including a reverse layup off the glass on a pass underneath from Darius Miles. James also drove the length of the court for a dunk. The rookie point guard started the game with a one-handed slam that started a 17-4 run.</div> Full Story Box Score <font size="1"><font color="Gray">DMiles Helps Cavs Get Early 28 Point Lead</font></font>
<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Maggette fouled Davis on a fastbreak, wrapping his arms around him with Davis landing on Maggette's lap up against the post. Davis was called for a technical for booting the ball. After Maggette made a free throw and Davis made his two shots, Davis stole the ball from Maggette and slammed it home</div> Now that was awesome. Just a reminder not to piss Davis off.
