CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Kyrie Irving feels hes at his best when the fourth quarter begins. He certainly was Friday night. Irving scored 16 of his game-high 33 points in the final period, including a pull-up jumper from the foul line with one second left, to help the Cleveland Cavaliers defeat the Charlotte Bobcats 106-104 and snap a three-game losing streak. Irving scored 16 of his teams final 18 points in the fourth quarter. "I kind of got in a zone and kept it going," Irving said. "And they kept feeding me." With the game tied and 16 seconds left, everyone in the crowd knew who was going to take the last shot for the Cavaliers. "Those are the moments I kind of live for," Irving said. Bobcats coach Mike Dunlap chose to defend Irving with rookie Jeffery Taylor, a 6-foot-7 forward known for his defence. Taylor stayed with him at first, cautiously giving him room before Irving stutter-stepped and pulled back to launch a jumper from the right elbow. Irving said he didnt know what move hed try to make, but when the shot left his hands there was no doubt in his mind it was going in. "I just read the defence," Irving said. "Hes taller than me but he wont stop me from getting where I need to go. I just created space and shot my pull-up." Irving finished 10 of 21 from the field and converted all 10 free throws to go along with six assists, five rebounds and a career-high three blocked shots. Tristan Thompson added 19 points and C.J. Miles added 18 for the Cavaliers. "He has that look in his eye every fourth quarter," Miles said of Irving. "In the Brooklyn game he walked into the huddle and told us The fourth quarter is mine. What am I going to say, No? But hes been a fourth-quarter guy since hes been in the league. He has a mental thing where he has another level, another gear which helps him make big shots." Charlottes Gerald Henderson said its difficult to stop Irving in that type of game-winning situation. "Its tough because you never know what shot he is going to take," Henderson said. "He can make any shot. So, you know how good he is off the dribble so you want to give him a little cushion, but you cant really give him that much because you know he can shoot the lights out of the ball. "You just have to toy with him and move your feet and guess a little bit and also rely on help from your teammates but he is special. He really is special because he can score in so many ways." Ben Gordon led Charlottes second-half charge, finishing with 27 points. Ramon Sessions added 20 points and Henderson had 17, including a career-high four 3-pointers for the Bobcats, who have lost 19 of 20. The Cavs led by as many as 18 in the third quarter but the Bobcats battled back to take the lead at 91-90 with 4:43 left when Gordon knocked down a step-back jumper and a floater and Sessions hit a pair of free throws. Irving answered seconds later with a 3-pointer to give the Cavaliers the lead back. He was just getting started. He knocked down another 3-pointer on the next possession and put his finger to his lip to silence the crowd. The Bobcats rallied and Henderson tied the game with a turnaround jumper in the lane with 16 seconds left. After Irvings jumper, Henderson got a good look on the ensuing inbounds play, but his desperation 3-pointer hit the rim and fell away. "Our guys never seem to make it easy on us," Cavaliers coach Byron Scott said. "You know that is one thing I told them, We have to figure out how to have a killer instinct when you have a team down like that, dont relax and just allow them to get back in the game. I thought that is what we did." The Bobcats came in looking for their first two-game win streak since Nov. 21 after snapping an 18-game losing streak Monday night with a 91-81 win against the Chicago Bulls. Charlotte committed 10 turnovers in the first half leading to eight Cavaliers points and fell behind 62-48 at the break. "The lesson learned here is we cant come out flat as a tack and give up those kind of points early," Dunlap said. NOTES: Charlotte forward Tyrus Thomas returned after missing the past 23 games with a left calf strain. He played 12 minutes and scored four points. ... The Cavaliers only played eight players and Charlottes bench outscored Clevelands 59-19. It was only the third time in franchise history two players scored 20-plus points off the bench. ... It was the third time this season Irving has had 30 or more points in a game. wholesale jerseys . 21 at Kansas Speedway. Patrick is driving a 10-race schedule this season and the final event was not announced until Tuesday. cheap jerseys . The No. 5-ranked Ferrer was never challenged during the clay-court match, which was his 11th career victory over Almagro. Almagro has never beaten Ferrer. http://www.holdjersey.com/ . 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The Spurs, of course, became just the fourth team in NBA history to win 20 straight games and are a perfect 10-0 in this postseason after taking the first two games of this set in the Alamo City. The Thunder, meanwhile, have yet to lose on their home floor in the playoffs and are hoping a change in scenery can get them back in the series. "Weve been a resilient group that bounces back," Thunder star Kevin Durant said. "Tough to go down 0-2. We get an opportunity to go home and play in front of our home crowd and try to get Game 3. So weve got to take it a game at a time, a possession at a time. Well be all right." San Antonio bent, but never broke on Tuesday in Game 2. After seeing a 22-point lead nearly disappear, the Spurs held on for their 20th consecutive win behind Tony Parkers brilliant night. The electrifying point guard finished 16-of-21 from the floor and had 34 points as San Antonio survived in a 120-111 victory. "It was just one of those nights," Parker said. "I felt in a good rhythm early on. I was making my outside shots and just trying to be aggressive." Manu Ginobili added 20 points, Kawhi Leonard scored 18 with 10 rebounds and Tim Duncan had 11 points and 12 boards in the win as the Spurs overcame 88 combined points from Thunder stars Durant, Russell Westbrook and James Harden. San Antonios current 20-game run is the longest extended into the playoffs in NBA history, breaking the 19-game streak by the 2001 Lakers. "Its great and it is a great run, but we are only worried about the next two wins in this series," Duncan said. "That is all that matters at this point and if that makes it 22 in a row, that would be great. These next two wins are the most important things to us right now." Spurs coach Gregg Popovich -- who screamed at his team during Game 1 that he wanted "some nasty" as they labored to come back from a nine-point deficit -- watched a 22-point lead in the third quarter melt down to six midway through the fourth on Tuesday. The NBA Coach of the Year said his team didnt let up. "I thought we lost a little mojo," said Popovich. "(But) thats how things happen. Its the NBA. Teams dont just die; they come back on you." Durant had 31 points, Harden scored 12 of his 30 inn the fourth quarter and Westbrook added 27 points, including 11 in the final frame when the Thunder outscored the Spurs 35-28.dddddddddddd. "We fought back like we always do," said Westbrook. "We just didnt win. We have to make sure we come out in Game 3 with a sense of urgency." Parker lined up all alone in the right corner for a three-pointer to give the Spurs a 20-point lead with 5:15 left in the third quarter, and it looked like the rout was on. San Antonio pushed its lead to 22 on the next trip down the court, but Durant scored six points in an 8-0 Thunder run to trim the margin to 80-66. It stayed between 14 and 18 points for the rest of the third quarter before the Thunder began chipping away. They were never closer in the second half than when Westbrook made a pair of foul shots to cut San Antonios lead to 99-93 with 5:40 remaining. Duncan hit a couple of free throws at the other end and Parkers layup pushed the lead to 10. The dagger didnt come until later, when Ginobili knocked down a three for a 115-105 lead with just 88 seconds left. The Spurs ended 11-of-26 on threes and shot better than 55 percent overall. "I like the way our guys fought," said Thunder coach Scott Brooks, whose team shot 42 percent for the game but nearly 53 percent in the fourth quarter. "We just couldnt get over the hump. We dug ourselves a deep hole." Brooks believes that the Thunder got back into Game 2 by amping up the physicality and hopes that continues. "Were a physical team. We have to play that way," Brooks said Wednesday. "If we play free-flowing basketball, we can beat some teams but were not at our best if were not being physical on the defensive end." Popovich on the other hand is secure in the knowledge that his team hasnt lost since April 11 to the Lakers and that only 14 teams in NBA history have come back from an 0-2 deficit to win a seven-game series. The Spurs went 2-1 against the Thunder during the lockout-shortened regular season. Oklahoma City won the first meeting, 108-96 on Jan. 8 at Chesapeake Energy Arena, but the Spurs came back to take the season series with a 107-96 victory Feb. 4 at the AT&T Center and a 114-105 road win March 16. In the postseason, this rivalry dates back to 1982 when the Thunder were known as the Seattle SuperSonics. The Spurs topped Seattle three times in the playoffs, 82, 2002 and 2005. This is the first time the franchises have met since the Sonics relocated to OKC in 2008. Game 4 of the series is Saturday in Oklahoma City. ' ' '