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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP)\u2014LaMarcus Aldridge<\/a>(notes)<\/a><\/span> had 20 points and 11 rebounds before
\nheading to the sideline late in the third quarter, and the Portland Trail
\nBlazers<\/a> routed the Cleveland Cavaliers<\/a> 111-70 on Thursday night.<\/p>\n

Portland led by as many as 44 points while easily surpassing its largest
\nmargin of victory this season. Gerald Wallace<\/a>(notes)<\/a><\/span> added 17 points for the Blazers,
\nwho had 29 assists compared to Cleveland\u2019s total of six.<\/p>\n

Cleveland, with the league\u2019s worst record at 13-54, made just 21 shots from
\nthe floor in shooting 35.6 percent. Ramon Sessions<\/a>(notes)<\/a><\/span> had 14 points.<\/p>\n

As bad as it was for the Cavaliers, it still wasn\u2019t their worst loss of the
\nseason. Cleveland fell 112-57 at the Los Angeles Lakers<\/a> in January in the worst
\nloss in the NBA since Feb. 27, 1998, when the Indiana Pacers<\/a> beat the Trail
\nBlazers 124-59.<\/p>\n

Before Thursday\u2019s game, Portland\u2019s biggest winning margin this season was a
\n106-80 victory over Milwaukee on Dec. 20.<\/p>\n

The Blazers jumped out to 37-12 lead in the first quarter, when the
\nCavaliers shot just 14.3 percent from the floor. Portland\u2019s 37 points matched a
\nfirst-quarter season high, while Cleveland\u2019s 12 points equaled its season low.<\/p>\n

Portland extended the lead to 54-19 in the second quarter after Aldridge\u2019s
\ndunk and Rudy Fernandez\u2019s<\/a>(notes)<\/a><\/span> fast-break layup. It was up to 64-34 at the half, and
\nAldridge departed for good with 3:32 to go in the third.<\/p>\n

Baron Davis<\/a>(notes)<\/a><\/span> had three points in his return to the Cavs after missing the
\nprevious four games after the death of his grandmother, Lela \u201cMadea\u201d
\nNicholson, who raised him.<\/p>\n

Davis joined the Cavaliers in a trade with the Los Angeles Clippers<\/a> in late
\nFebruary, and Thursday night\u2019s game was just his fourth with Cleveland.<\/p>\n

The Blazers, jockeying for playoff position, were coming off a 104-101
\nvictory over the Dallas Mavericks<\/a> on Tuesday that snapped a two-game losing
\nstreak. The Blazers moved within two games of idle Denver for fifth in the
\nWestern Conference.<\/p>\n

Cleveland was coming off a 97-93 victory at Sacramento on Wednesday night
\nthat ended a four-game losing streak.<\/p>\n

NOTES: The Cavaliers had won the last three games at the Rose Garden, all
\nwith LeBron James<\/a>(notes)<\/a>.<\/span> \u2026 The Blazers were 0-2 against Cleveland last season.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n

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