Spurs dominate the Cavaliers 103-74

The Cavs were dominated by the Spurs Monday night, 103-74. They set a season low in points in their second straight loss, and their fourth loss in six games.

The loss knocked them a half-game behind the Boston Celtics for the top seed in the conference with nine to play. The Cavs are 2.0 games in front of Washington for second place.

Coach Tyronne Lue: "We've got nine games to figure it out, and I'm confident we will."

The Spurs dominated from the start. They closed out the first half on a 24-8 run and the Spurs had a 64-40 lead at halftime.

LeBron James was Cleveland's leading scorer with 17 points to go with eight rebounds and eight assists in 29 minutes. He was on his back on the court with 25 seconds left in the third quarter with some kind of head or neck injury. James received medical attention but walked off under his own power and stayed on the bench for a time, but didn't return to the game.

No other Cav scored in double figures. Kyrie finished with only eight points on 4-of-13 shooting and snapped his streak of 21 games with at least 20 points, which was the longest active streak in the NBA. Kevin Love scored nine points and seven rebounds. Neither player played in the fourth quarter.

Kuwani Leonard scored a team-high 25 points for San Antonio while LeMarcus Aldridge and Pau Gasol each scored 14 apiece for the Spurs, who have now won five straight.

Spurs (57-16) are two games behind Golden State (59-14) for the league's best record entering a home showdown with the Warriors on Wednesday.

COMING UP FOR THE CAVS: The Cleveland Cavaliers (47-26) are at the Chicago Bulls (35-39) on Thursday night.