LOS ANGELES — The yellow foam hands came flying in from every corner of the lower bowl, sailing onto the court in dozens of frisbee-style arches late in the Cleveland Cavaliers' dominant victory.

LeBron James was more worried than amused by this unusual display of frustration from the Los Angeles Lakers' fans — and he got a bit more concerned when at least one water bottle followed the foam.

Despite that bit of surreality in response to the officiating of a physical game, the Cavaliers were hands-down better than the defending NBA champions in a 102-87 victory last night.

"The only thing that you hope doesn't happen is one of the players getting hit or a referee getting hit, especially by a full water bottle," James said. "When that came on the court, it was coming pretty fast. You don't want that to happen because it could definitely hurt somebody. Luckily no one got hurt, and that's a good thing."

The fans were driven to throw up their hands — not the usual foam No. 1 fingers, but a representation of two puppet hands making the "LA" symbol in a tie-in to Nike's LeBron-and-Kobe Bryant marketing campaign — by Lamar Odom's ejection with 4:04 to play. After Bryant received the Lakers' fifth T with 3:45 left, more hands took flight — along with that water bottle.

"I've never seen an L.A. crowd react like this before," said coach Phil Jackson, whose bench drew a second T after Odom's ejection for failing to produce a substitute quickly. "I like their enthusiasm. I don't like their demonstrative manner. ... It wasn't a well-refereed game, it wasn't a very well-played game, so I think it was a reaction to that."

Mo Williams scored 28 points and James added 26, while Shaquille O'Neal had five dunks among his 11 points in his latest Los Angeles return.

Bryant scored 35 points for the Lakers, who had won 16 of 17 before Cleveland's decisive victory behind Williams, James and the Cavs' impressive interior play, which negated the Lakers' usual advantages down low.

"We know that we can match up well with anybody," O'Neal said. "I felt that it was going to be a good test for us. The Lakers are the best team in the league, they have won it before, and they have a lot of experience playing together. We're somewhat a new group ... but today we came out and stepped up to the challenge."

TRAIL BLAZERS 107, NUGGETS 96

PORTLAND, Ore. — Brandon Roy had 41 points while wearing a thin brace to protect his sore left shoulder and Steve Blake added a season-high 17 to lead Portland over Denver.

Roy, who missed Wednesday's win at San Antonio, had 25 points in the first half and made a career-high 16 field goals for Portland, which has won four straight and six of seven despite a spate of injuries. Blake hit five 3-pointers, including three in the final 4:05 as the Blazers pulled away.

Carmelo Anthony had 32 points and nine rebounds for the Northwest Division-leading Nuggets.

HEAT 93, KNICKS 87

NEW YORK — Dwyane Wade had 30 points and nine rebounds, helping Miami end New York's three-game winning streak.

Michael Beasley added 13 of his 19 points after halftime for the Heat, who opened a comfortable lead by limiting New York to 31 points in the second and third quarters.

Miami held on after the Knicks finally got on track in the final minutes. Jermaine O'Neal finished with 11 points and eight boards, making a jumper with 51 seconds left after Miami's lead had been sliced to three points.

CELTICS 86, MAGIC 77

ORLANDO, Fla. — Rajon Rondo had 17 points, 13 rebounds and eight assists, and Boston bullied the Orlando with strong defense.

The only big blow for the Celtics came in the final minutes, when Kevin Garnett jumped to block a shot by Vince Carter only to land awkwardly and go tumbling to the ground. He hobbled back to the bench holding his back and didn't return.

Carter finished with 27 points, and Rashard Lewis had 19 points for the Magic, which scored a season low in points.

SUNS 124, CLIPPERS 93

PHOENIX — Amare Stoude-mire led six teammates in double figures with 26 points as Phoenix beat Los Angeles for the sixth straight time.

Jared Dudley and J.R. Richardson each added 18 for the Suns in their most lopsided victory this season. Dudley, scoreless in Phoenix's home loss to Oklahoma City on Wednesday night, made 4 of 5 3-pointers.

Rasual Butler scored 22 and Chris Kaman had 19 for the Clippers, winners of two of their previous three games and four of six.