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LeBron James has two signature highlights — the contest-ready breakaway dunk and the chase-down block. He's done them often enough that YouTube has several full compilation videos for each play . These abilities are part of why he's one of the most entertaining players in NBA history. [ Follow Dunks Don't Lie on Tumblr:  The best slams from all of basketball] One play in the third quarter of Friday night's game between the Cleveland Cavaliers and Detroit Pistons saw James pull off both highlights on the same play. Roughly halfway through the period, LeBron chased down his own breakaway dunk attempt: All credit to Zach Harper of CBSSports.com for noting this strange self-rejection . If you just watch the highlights from this one, you'd probably think that LeBron had a rough night. The second quarter saw Kentavious Caldwell-Pope swat away what looked like an open transition jumper: Then, after the Pistons scored on their final play of the first half, cameras caught James chewing out Tristan Thompson (Kyrie Irving joined in later, too): But it was actually a pretty great night for LeBron. He put 20 points (8-of-17 FG) to go along with nine rebounds and eight assists, which made him the 17th and youngest player to 26,000 points in NBA history. The Cavs led by 18 to start the fourth and held on for a 114-106 win . Kyrie Irving was stellar, too, with 28 points on 11-of-19 shooting: Kevin Love put in a team-high 29 to make Friday the first time this season when the Cavs' three biggest names have all scored 20 points. New head coach Ty Lue may value that fact as a better sign for the team's future than their three-game winning streak. - - - - - - - Eric Freeman is a writer for Ball Don't Lie on Yahoo Sports. Have a tip? Email him at efreeman_ysports@yahoo.com or follow him on Twitter! Follow @FreemanEric Continue to Article

January 30, 2016 2:04:am EST

The Toronto Raptors were nearly perfect on a recent road trip. Toronto looks to complete a perfect stay at Air Canada Centre and stretch its franchise-record winning streak to 11 games Saturday night against the Detroit Pistons. After dropping the opener of a five-game trip at Cleveland on Jan. 4, the Raptors (31-15) reeled off wins in four straight before returning home to close out the month with seven consecutive games there. Continue to Article

January 30, 2016 12:39:am EST

For the first time all season, LeBron James, Kevin Love and Kyrie Irving each reached 20 points in a game. Love scored 29 points, Irving had 28 and the Cavaliers beat the Detroit Pistons 114-106 on Friday night. James had 20 points, nine rebounds and eight assists. Continue to Article

January 29, 2016 11:41:pm EST

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