PHOENIX -- What was supposed to be the triumphant return of Eric Bledsoe for Phoenix instead was an ugly home loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers. Thomas Muller Jersey . Kyrie Irving scored 12 of his 23 points in the fourth quarter and the Cavaliers snapped a four-game losing streak with a 110-101 victory on Wednesday night. Spencer Hawes added 19, 17 in the first quarter, and Luol Deng scored 18 for Cleveland. Bledsoe, who underwent knee surgery and missed 33 games, had 15 points on 5 for 16 shooting and a team-high nine assists in 32 minutes. "It spoiled everything," he said of the loss. "It was a team we needed to beat and a game we needed to win, so now its going to make it that much tougher." Goran Dragic scored 20 points, Markieff Morris 18 and Channing Frye 17 in the Suns third straight loss. Irving also had nine rebounds and six assists for the Cavs, who never trailed, building a 14-point first-quarter lead. "They looked like the team that was trying to get into the playoffs," Phoenix coach Jeff Hornacek said. "We looked like the team that just wanted to play a basketball game." Phoenix fell two games behind Memphis and Dallas for the final two playoff spots in the West. The Cavaliers led by as many as 20 at home before falling to Phoenix earlier this season. But they held off a Phoenix rally this time. "A lot of huge contributions from a lot of our guys, especially from the three-point line," Cleveland coach Mike Brown said. Cleveland led by 15 in the opening minutes of the third quarter but the Suns, behind Dragics 11 third-quarter points, cut it to two twice late in the period, the last time on Gerald Greens 11-footer in the lane that made it 77-75 with 35.9 seconds left. But after the teams traded baskets, Dion Waiters made a 3 at the buzzer to put Cleveland up 82-77 entering the fourth. It was part of a 12-2 run that gave the Cavaliers an 89-77 lead on Irvings 18-footer with 10:15 to play. Greens steal and breakaway dunk cut it to 89-81, but Irving scored eight, including two 3s, in a 9-3 spurt and the Cavs led 98-84 with 6:33 left. Green, who had averaged 26 points in his previous five games, scored eight on 4 of 14 shooting, 0 for 6 from 3-point range as the Suns went 10 for 36 from beyond the arc to Clevelands 12 of 24. The Cavs outrebounded Phoenix 51-36. The Suns also struggled from the foul line, going 13 of 22 to Clevelands 22 of 27. Hawes scored 17 in the first quarter, including 3 of 3 3-pointers, as Cleveland took a 37-24 lead. "They were sinking back and just letting me walk into some on the trail so I took advantage of that," he said. It was the highest-scoring first quarter of the season for the Cavaliers. "I dont know what it is with us in these first quarters," Dragic said. "We played better (after that) but you use up so much energy trying to come back." Phoenix never got closer than nine in the second quarter. Markieff Morris scored inside to make it 46-37, but Tristan Thompson made a 6-footer and Deng made a 3 and Cleveland led 51-37 with 4:01 left in the half. The Cavs were up 60-47 at the break, outrebounding the Suns 25-13 and making 8 of 11 3s to Phoenixs 5 of 18 in the first two quarters. Notes: The Cavaliers signed F Shane Edwards to a 10-day contract and released F Arinze Onuaku. ... The game was the only one at home for Phoenix in a stretch of six. ... Hawes was called for a flagrant foul on Miles Plumlee in the third quarter. ... Phoenix has lost seven of 10. ... Cleveland shot 47 per cent, ending a string of seven straight games in which the Phoenix opponent shot better than 50 per cent. ... The Cavs have won five of their past seven against Western Conference teams. ... Cleveland had lost four straight to the Suns. Jurgen Klinsmann Jersey . 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Jeff Corbett, Danny Desrochers, Nicholas Baptiste and Radek Faksa had a goal each for Sudbury (26-13-8). Aaron Ekblad and Cordell James countered for the Colts (24-18-3). Franky Palazzese turned back 33 shots for the Wolves, while Colts goaltender Mackenzie Blackwood made 32 saves. --- SPITFIRES 8 STING 7 (SO) SARNIA, Ont. -- Josh Ho-Sang had three goals and an assist to go along with the shootout winner, and Trevor Murphy scored twice as Windsor squeaked out a victory against the Sting. Remy Giftopoulos and Slater Koekkoek also scored for the Spitfires (29-17-2) and Brady Vail had three assists. Anthony DeAngelo had a pair of goals for Sarnia (15-27-6) and Joshua Chapman, Jimmy McDowell, Vladislav Kodola, David Brown and Kevin Spinozzi each scored once. Windsors Alex Fotinos gave up seven goals on 31 shots through 40 minutes of action and was replaced by Dalen Kuchmey, who stopped five shots to earn the victory. 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Daniel Altshuller allowed four goals on 21 shots for the Generals before giving way to Ken Appleby, who stopped 5-of-6 shots in 14 minutes of relief. --- STORM 4 SPIRIT 2 GUELPH, Ont. -- Kerby Rychel had two goals and an assist as the Storm toppled Saginaw. Robby Fabbri and Brock McGinn also scored for Guelph (37-8-3) while Matt Finn tacked on two assists. Jimmy Lodge and Nick Moutrey supplied the offence for the Spirit (23-20-5). Justin Nichols made 32 saves for the Storm as Saginaws Jake Paterson stopped 44-of-48 shots in defeat. --- BATTALION 3 PETES 1 NORTH BAY, Ont. -- Jake Smith and Vincent Praplan each had a goal and an assist as the Battalion downed Peterborough. Matt MacLeod also scored for North Bay (24-17-6), which is 5-0-1 in its last six outings. Michael Clarke scored for the Petes (21-22-4). Jake Smith made 27 saves for the Battalion. Peterboroughs Andrew DAgostini stopped 28 shots in a losing cause. ' ' '
