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PHOENIX - LeBron James rejoined the Cavaliers and brought a lot of excitement with him.Just not quite enough for a Cleveland victory.James scored 33 points in his return from a two-week layoff but couldnt prevent the Cavaliers from going down to their sixth straight loss, 107-100 to the Phoenix Suns on Tuesday night.James displayed his array of booming dunks, acrobatic drives and 3-point shots.I couldnt make those moves two weeks ago, he said. For me to come back and feel like myself again is pretty cool.Markieff Morris scored a career-high 35 points on 15-of-21 shooting for the Suns, who outscored the Cavs 11-3 over the last 3:31.Morris refused to talk to reporters afterward, walking away from them in the locker room.The Cavaliers rallied from a 19-point, third-quarter deficit to go ahead in the fourth, the first of eight lead changes down the stretch.J.R. Smith, who joined the Cavaliers during James absence, scored 29, going 8 of 14 on 3-pointers.James, who took time off to rest his sore left foot and lower back, made 11 of 18 shots, 6 of 8 in the second half.I thought he was terrific, Cleveland coach David Blatt said. It is not new for anybody. I just thought he laid it out there. That wasnt an easy thing because he hasnt played a competitive game in eight games.The Cavaliers were 1-7 in James absence and have lost nine of 10 overall to fall below .500 at 19-20.But at least they have their superstar back. I thought I was going to run out of gas, James said. Yesterday at practice my lungs were burning. I was able to get my second wind today. The Suns, opening an eight-game homestand, have won 11 of 15.Kyrie Irving, who averages 21 points, scored nine of 4-of-14 shooting for the Cavs.Cleveland was down 80-61 with 3:26 to play in the third quarter, then finished the period with an 18-5 flourish.In the final seconds of the quarter, James made a thunderous dunk, then Smith stole the ball in backcourt and sank a 3-pointer at the buzzer to cut the Suns lead to 85-79 entering the fourth.The Cavaliers took their first lead since the opening minutes when Tristan Thompson dunked off a pass from James to make it 90-88 with 7:31 to play.James gave Cleveland its last lead, 97-96, with a driving layup 3:52 from the finish. The Suns made nine of 11 free throws from there, the last four by P.J. Tucker in the final 18.1 seconds. Phoenixs lone field goal in the final run was Alex Lens tip-in.With Morris not talking, it was left to his teammate to others to talk about his performance.Superstar, All-Star, everything, Goran Dragic said. He played unbelievable. He was our force tonight.Suns coach Jeff Hornacek said Morris was awesome, especially in that fourth quarter.We had a stretch where we had a lot of bad things going on, Hornacek said. We just pounded it into Markieff and he came through, play after play.James had not played since Dec. 28 to rest his injuries.He practiced for the first time since then on Monday, then flew to Texas to cheer on Ohio State in the national college football championship game. He said he got back at 12:30 a.m.The Cavaliers survived a big scare in the first half.With 9:12 left in the second quarter, James took an elbow to the head from Tucker and fell to the floor. He stayed there for a moment, surrounded by all his teammates, before slowly getting up. He stayed in the game, though.James first basket was a powerful reverse dunk from the baseline, then he ended the half with an equally impressive stuff, but the Suns led 59-51 at the break.TIP-INSCavaliers: Kevin Love was on the bench throughout Clevelands big rally and didnt play in the fourth quarter. ... James made 5 of 7 shots in the fourth quarter, the rest of the team 4 of 15. ... Irving had two in the first half on 1-for-4 shooting. .. The Cavs are 1-9 overall without James this season, 18-11 with him.Suns: The Suns eight-game homestand is the longest in franchise history. ... Morris previous high was 30 at Boston on Nov. 17. ... Dragic and Morris were a combined 14-of-21 shooting in first half.UP NEXTCavaliers: Visit the Los Angeles Lakers on Friday.Suns: Host Minnesota on Friday. 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Iowa State opened up the season with 14 straight wins, its best start in school history as well as its longest-ever winning streak, but its perfect campaign came to an end on Saturday afternoon at Oklahoma with an 87-82 setback to dip to 2-1 in league play. The Cyclones are still perfect at Hilton Coliseum (8-0) and have won 31 of their last 32 games in Ames dating back to the 2011-12 campaign. The Jayhawks have a firm handle on the Cyclones in the all-time series, 174-59, which includes wins in all three outings last season. Hosting their nationally-ranked intrastate rival over the weekend, Kansas made easy work of K-State, outshooting it from the field, 56.1 percent to 44 percent, en route to the 26-point victory. Andrew Wiggins paced all scorers with 22 points, doing so on 7-of-13 from the field (including 3-of-4 from 3- point range) and 5-of-6 from the free-throw line. 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After playing the first half of its most recent contest to a 39-39 tie, Iowa State fell behind Oklahoma by as many as 13 in the second stanza and could not climb back in the game. It shot an impressive 52.3 percent from the field in the win, but only 6-of-26 came from beyond the arc and it was outscored at the foul line, 18-8. DeAndre Kane was outstanding as usual with 23 points, nine rebounds and four assists, but left the game early with an ankle injury and is out indefinitely. Melvin Ejim poured in 21 points, while Georges Niang and Dustin Hogue scored 14 and 13, respectively. The Cyclones have one of the countrys most potent offensive attacks, ranking 11th in field-goal percentage (.495), 12th in 3-pointers per game (8.9) and sixth in scoring (86.7 ppg), but their production is bound to take a dip if Kane (16.5 ppg, 7.3 rpg, 6.1 apg) has to miss significant time. 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