Seattle finishes four-game road trip in Cleveland

Cleveland, OH (Basketball News) - The Cleveland Cavaliers will be shorthanded tonight when they welcome Ray Allen and the Seattle SuperSonics to Gund Arena.

Earlier this season, Cleveland defeated the Sonics, 104-96, on January 13, 2004 at KeyArena.

Cleveland’s rookie phenom LeBron James has a sprained right ankle and is doubtful for tonight’s game. James suffered the injury in the waning seconds of regulation in Saturday’s overtime win over Utah.

The Cavaliers, who open a five-game homestand tonight, will definitely be without center Zydrunas Ilgauskas, who was suspended one game for throwing a punch at Utah center Greg Ostertag during Saturday’s game.

Carlos Boozer scored a career-high 32 points, 21 of which came in the fourth quarter and overtime, and grabbed 18 rebounds as the Cavaliers rallied late to stun Utah, 102-96, and earn the team’s first-ever win in 13 tries at the Delta Center. With the win, Cleveland finished its six-game road trip with a 2-4 record.

James finished with 29 points and seven rebounds for the Cavaliers, who have won two of three.

Cleveland won in Utah for the first time since a 113-110 overtime victory over the Jazz at the Salt Palace on December 11, 1989.

The Cavs, who have won two of their last three at home, are 9-8 as the host this season.

Seattle finishes a four-game road trip tonight. The Sonics, who are currently 1-2 on the swing, have won eight in a row at Cleveland.

On Monday, Allen poured in a game-high 28 points and grabbed seven rebounds to lead the SuperSonics to a 90-81 win over the Philadelphia 76ers at the Wachovia Center.

Vladimir Radmanovic added 15 points and Rashard Lewis chipped in 12 in the win for the SuperSonics, who snapped a four-game losing streak.

The Sonics are 9-10 on the road this season.

The road team has won the last four meetings in this series.