Los Angeles - LeBron James got the best of fellow-superstar Dwyane Wade, and the Cleveland Cavaliers kept their house in perfect order.

James tossed in 33 points - four more than Wade - and the Cavaliers moved to 16-0 at home, with a 93-86 come-from behind victory over the Miami Heat on Sunday night.

"Any good or great team tries to take care of home court first and then tries to play well on the road," said James, whose 27.3 average is second to Wade's league-best 28.9.

James had high praise for his Olympic teammate Wade, who helped Team USA win the gold medal at last summer's Beijing Games.

"We're the ultimate competitors. Every time we go out there we try to lead our team to victory," James said. "Dwyane is an unbelievable player, and he brings out the best in me and hopefully I do the same to him.

"It was great performances by the both of us, and I was able to get a couple more stops and a couple more scores to lead my team."

Mo Williams netted 20 points before fouling out, and Ben Wallace grabbed a season-high tying 14 rebounds as Cleveland (26-4) outscored its guests 35-19 in the decisive fourth frame to earn its 25th win in the last 27 games.

"Picking it up defensively, making hustle plays and getting hustle points; that's what wins basketball games," Williams said. "We picked up our energy; we picked up our rotations and things like that in the fourth quarter. On top of that, we made shots and made plays."

Trailing by eight at the 8:08 mark, the Cavaliers turned up their defense, and went on a game-turning 18-2 run. The burst was highlighted by three-pointers from Williams, Delonte West and a ferocious one-handed breakaway hammer dunk by James en route to an 85-77 lead with 2:55 remaining.

The Heat drew to within 86-83 after Mario Chalmers made both free throws with just over a minute remaining. However James and West both made two free throws, extending to 90-83 with 34 ticks to go.

Daequan Cook drilled a three-pointer to pull Miami within four, and the Heat had chances to get closer after forcing a turnover in the back court. But Cook and Wade misfired from behind the arc in the final seconds to come up short.

Besides Wade, Udonis Haslem had 15 points, while Cook added 12 for Miami (16-13) which had its four-game winning streak stopped.

"They were the home team," said Wade, who had just five fourth-quarter points. "They protected the home court, and we were just trying to come in and steal one."

Elsewhere: Boston Celtics 108, Sacramento Kings 63

Kevin Garnett scored 21 points on 10-of-11 shooting and grabbed 11 rebounds as the league-best Celtics ended a season-high two-game slide by crushing the lowly Kings.

After having their franchise-record 19-game winning streak snapped by the LA Lakers on Christmas Day, and surprised by the Golden State Warriors the following night, the defending NBA Champion Celtics (28-4) held the host Kings (7-24) to 28 per cent field goal shooting and led by as many as 48 en route to matching the sixth biggest blowout in team history.

LA Lakers 130, Golden State Warriors 113

Kobe Bryant led a balanced scoring attack with 31 points, Derek Fisher had 19 and the Lakers ran past the Warriors for the 17th time in the last 19 games at Staples Centre

Slovenian Sasha Vujacic had a season-best 17 points, Spain's Pau Gasol accumulated 13 with nine rebounds and seven assists as the Lakers (25-5) improved to 16-1 at home.

Jamal Crawford topped the Warriors (9-23) with 22 points

Denver Nuggets 117, New York Knicks 119

Carmelo Anthony scored 32 points after missing the last three games with a sore right elbow, and the visiting Nuggets shot a sizzling 57 per cent from the floor to send the defenseless Knicks their sixth straight loss.

Nate Robinson topped the skidding Knicks (11-18) with 20 points and David Lee added 19 with 12 rebounds.

Dallas Mavericks 98, LA Clippers 76

Josh Howard had scored 29 points, JJ Barea had 17 off the bench and the visiting Mavericks overcame Dirk Nowitzki's one-game suspension to coast past the lowly the Clippers.

The German wunderkind was banned from the contest after receiving a flagrant-2 foul, resulting in an automatic ejection in Friday night's loss to Utah for punching Matt Harpring in the face early in the final quarter as the two got tangled up under the Jazz basket

Marcus Camby had 16 points with 12 rebounds, while Al Thornton also scored 16 for the Clippers (8-21) who played without injured big man Zach Randolph (bruised left knee).

New Orleans Hornets 105, Indiana Pacers 103

David West buried a 17-foot jumper with 2.5 seconds remaining, and the visiting Hornets stung the Pacers.

Chris Paul and James Posey led New Orleans (18-9) with 19 points apiece, while West finished with 18 and 10 boards.

Danny Granger paced Indiana (10-20) with 34 points while Troy Murphy finished with 16 along with 16 rebounds. (dpa)