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“I thought our guys did a good job Louis Vuitton handbags of bouncing back from last night’s loss,” Brooks said. “It was a good win. Everyone participated with a good effort.”

The Thunder started slow against the Bobcats, but played with purpose after going into the second quarter leading 28-25. The Thunder used a 13-0 run to pull away as Charlotte shot just 30 percent in the first half. The lead got to 31 and Thunder reserves got a bulk of the playing time in the fourth quarter.

“It was a good bounce-back win,” Durant said. “(Friday) was a big lesson for us.”

Oklahoma City shot a season-high 63 percent (46 for 73), the sixth-best in franchise history and the best since the Seattle SuperSonics shot 66 percent at Philadelphia on Jan. 21, 2002.

“When you play an NBA season, you want to sustain your energy and be consistent,” Brooks said. “We’ve been pretty good with that and every now and then we have a game that’s not up to our level, and we address it immediately. They came out and did a great job.”

The Thunder shot 59 percent in the first half and led by 58-40 at halftime after outscoring Charlotte 30-15 in the second quarter.

D. J. Augustin scored 22 points for the Bobcats and Corey Maggette had 21.

“We were in the game in the beginning but we didn’t stop the big three, Harden, Westbrook and KD,” said Charlotte forward DJ White said. “They went off and we couldn’t bounce back.”

Westbrook hit his first six shots and he and Durant combined to go 14 of 18 from the field in the first half. Along with Harden, the three scored 55 of the team’s 58 first-half points.

“We moved the ball,” Durant said. “We played hard and played together.”“You have to pay attention to the standings,” he said. “I’m aware we’re a game out of the eighth spot.”

Antawn Jamison scored 28 points and Cleveland had six players in double figures in winning its third straight game for the first time this season. The Cavaliers also recorded a season high in points.

Cleveland’s latest victory, which also ended a four-game home losing streak, moved the Cavaliers within one game of New York for the final playoff spot in the East. The teams are tied in the loss column.

“I sit and look at it all the time,” Cavaliers coach Byron Scott said. “I know the teams in front of us and what they’re doing, I know the team that’s right behind us. So I know we have a golden opportunity.”

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“This is a bad part of the year for us,” said forward Luis Scola, who scored a season-high 30 points. “We’re struggling. We’re not playing the right way. We don’t have confidence and things aren’t working out our way.”

Goran Dragic scored 20 points for Houston, and Chase Budinger added 16 off the bench. Kevin Martin, the Rockets’ leading scorer with 17.4 points per game, was held to three points in 15 minutes and also sustained a strained shoulder.

Houston played without starting guard Kyle Lowry, who remains in a New York-area hospital with an illness. A team spokesman said before the game there is no timetable for when Lowry, who is averaging 15.9 points and 7.2 assists, will rejoin the Rockets.

While Jamison led the way by going 8 for 16 from the field, Irving again took over down the stretch. He orchestrated a decisive run in the final 3 minutes when Cleveland snapped Oklahoma City’s 14-game home winning streak Friday night.

In Sunday night’s fourth quarter, Irving hit three of four shots, including a 3-pointer, and was perfect from the line in nine attempts. Cleveland scored 37 points in the period while erasing a three-point deficit. Ramon Sessions scored 15 points, and Alonzo Gee, Daniel Gibson and Samardo Samuels added 11 apiece.

“When it comes to the fourth quarter, I’m like, `Here comes The Kyrie Show.’ He’s an unbelievable talent,” Samuels said.

Irving scored five points on 2-for-11 shooting in his first 24 minutes on the floor.

“It’s tough, but you have to push through it,” he said. “You have to do other things to help your team.”

The Cavaliers took control early in the fourth quarter as Sessions and Omri Casspi hit 3-pointers to help Cleveland take a 93-86 lead with 8:36 to play. Irving’s three-point play pushed the lead to 101-93 with 4:14 remaining. He added 13 additional points and had a team-high six rebounds as the Cavaliers pulled away. Irving was also 10 for 10 from the foul line.

Cleveland built a 46-35 lead midway through the second quarter before Houston rallied. Dragic scored 11 points and Budinger added eight in the period to help Houston take a 57-54 lead at the half. Cleveland went ahead 66-61, but Houston regained control and took a 73-67 advantage.

Houston broke a season-high five-game losing streak with a victory in New Jersey on Saturday, but couldn’t sustain the momentum. The Rockets finish a five-game road trip in Oklahoma City on Tuesday.

“The start of the fourth quarter doomed us,” Houston coach Kevin McHale said. “We never could get our momentum back. They made some shots, but our defense was very porous.”

Following the game, the Cavaliers allowed the second 10-day contract of reserve guard Manny Harris to expire.

Notes: Lowry has been hospitalized since late last week with abdominal distress and fever. He was admitted after the Rockets traveled from Toronto to face the Nets in New Jersey. … F Terrence Williams (stomach flu) was inactive for Houston. … Cleveland coach Byron Scott had no update on C Anderson Varejao, who has missed the last 14 games with a broken right wrist. He louis vuitton mens clothing hasn’t played since Feb.