New Orleans, LA (SportsNetwork.com) - The New Orleans Pelicans handed the Cleveland Cavaliers their second straight loss, but LeBron James was on the floor this time. The Pelicans were the ones without their star player. Tyreke Evans had a season-high 31 points with 10 assists as the Pelicans defeated the Cavaliers 119-114 on Friday night. Anthony Davis left in the first quarter with a chest contusion and did not return. To beat a team like that without AD (Davis) and have as many contributions across the board was special, Pelicans coach Monty Williams said. Ryan Anderson poured in 30 points off the bench, while Jrue Holiday added 16 points and eight assists for New Orleans, which has won three of its last four games on the heels of a 1-5 stretch. James recorded 19 of his 41 points in the opening frame. Kevin Love supplied 21 points and seven rebounds and Kyrie Irving provided 17 points and seven helpers for the Cavaliers. James sat out Thursdays contest against Oklahoma City due to left knee soreness. The Thunder proceeded to snap Clevelands eight-game winning streak. I felt good after the tests I was put through before the game, James said. I just wanted to go out and help our team win and was were a little bit unsuccessful. Cleveland trailed by as many as 19 late in the third, but Irving nailed a triple and fadeaway jumper on consecutive possessions to pull the Cavs within 106-99 with 3:46 left. The Pelicans, though, netted the next six. Back-to-back Evans buckets preceded a Holiday floater to cap the spurt and extend their advantage to 112-99 with 2:17 to play. Cleveland responded again, however, as Irving recorded a three-point play and hit a pull-up jumper before James Jones knocked down a right wing 3-pointer to whittle the deficit to 112-107 with 54.8 ticks on the clock. Luke Babbitt provided the dagger with 39.1 seconds remaining at the other end with a straightaway triple. The Pelicans took their commanding third-quarter advantage following a 12-2 surge during the latter stages of the period. Earlier, the game was tied 33-33 following a quarter of play, but a 12-5 swing during the latter part of the second helped New Orleans to a 64-59 margin heading into the break. Game Notes Davis had eight points on 4-of-4 shooting prior to departing ... The Cavaliers fell to 2-6 against the Western Conference this year. One of those wins came against New Orleans earlier this season ... The Pelicans shot 55.7 percent (44-of-79) from the floor. Nike Schoenen Sale Outlet . The Bulls seem to be getting along fine without him. D.J. Augustin scored 27 points in a start for Kirk Hinrich and Taj Gibson matched a career high with 26 filling in for Carlos Boozer as the Bulls improved to 7-2 since trading the popular Deng with a 98-87 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Wednesday night. Nike Schoenen Kopen Goedkoop . Robert Griffin III, the No. 2 pick in the 2012 draft, set numerous rookie records and was picked AP Offensive Rookie of the Year for the Washington Redskins. http://www.nikeschoenenoutletnederland.com/. - Florida State has suspended Jameis Winston for the entire game against Clemson on Saturday, extending its initial punishment of one half after the quarterback made offensive and vulgar comments about female anatomy earlier this week. Goedkope Nike Schoenen Outlet . "For the past several weeks, Logan has been dealing and playing with an upper body injury," said general manager Doug Wilson in a statement. "Despite his efforts to play through it, the injury has not responded as we had hoped and Logan has made the decision to undergo a surgical procedure to repair the problem. Nike Schoenen Aanbieding .com) - The NFL is investigating whether the New England Patriots intentionally deflated balls during Sundays AFC Championship Game against Indianapolis.DENVER -- Sean Pollock scored three times, including the winner, and John Grant Jr. had a goal and five assists as the Colorado Mammoth came form behind to defeat the Calgary Roughnecks 10-9 in overtime on Saturday in National Lacrosse League action. Casey Powell and Drew Westervelt each had two goals and two assists for the Mammoth (5-7), who trailed 4-0 after the first quarter before making it 5-5 at halftiime.dddddddddddd Joel Dalgarno had a goal and three assists for Colorado and Athan Iannucci scored once. Jeff Shattler scored four times for the Roughnecks (6-4), Daryl Veltman had two goals and Curtis Dickson, Geoff Snider and Dan MacRae added the others. Shawn Evans chipped in with six assists. Dillon Ward made 35 saves for Colorado while Calgarys Mike Poulin allowed 10 goals on 54 shots. ' ' '