PORTLAND, Ore. . -- The first matchup between Kyrie Irving and Damian Lillard turned into a huge night for the reigning Rookie of the Year. Irving scored 31 points as the Cleveland Cavaliers beat Lillard and the Portland Trail Blazers 93-88 on Wednesday to snap a four-game losing streak. "When hes aggressive, hes pushing the ball and hes in attack mode," Cleveland coach Byron Scott said of Irving. "I think our guys feed off of that." Tristan Thompson added 19 points and 14 rebounds for the Cavaliers. Nicolas Batum had 23 points and 12 rebounds for the Blazers, who erased a 19-point second-quarter deficit and briefly took the lead. Wesley Matthews added 17 points and LaMarcus Aldridge had 15. "I thought Cleveland, obviously, in the first half played harder," Portland coach Terry Stotts said. "But we fought." Lillard finished with 13 points. Portlands rookie point guard is averaging 18.1 a game, but he entered the fourth quarter with only three on 0-for-3 shooting. He got going in the final period, tying the score at 75 with a 3-pointer and giving the Blazers an 86-85 lead by hitting a 20-footer with 2:07 left. Irving took over from there, though. He made a pull-up jumper, a turnaround bank shot and a couple of free throws as Portland wilted. "We obviously knew they were going to get back in the game eventually," Irving said. "It was bound to happen, but we just did a good job of keeping our composure." Tyler Zeller had 11 points and nine rebounds for Cleveland, which was playing the fourth game of a five-game Western Conference road trip. The Cavs had lost eight of 10 overall, including 124-118 to Sacramento on Monday. Portland has lost four straight by a total of 19 points. The Blazers started slow and spent long stretches trying to dig out of holes, possibly the consequence of going overtime with the Nuggets on Tuesday night in a 115-111 loss in Denvers high altitude. "Theres no excuses," Matthews said. "They played better than us for a half and we couldnt get out of the hole." Irving led the way in the first quarter, shooting 6 of 9 while Cleveland led by as many as 11. The Cavs lead hit its apex at 51-32 in the second quarter after Irving fed Thompson for a dunk. Portland had 12 turnovers, shot 34 per cent in the first half and trailed by 17 at halftime. Portland came out of the break more composed and made a run, with back-to-back jumpers from Aldridge, a 3-pointer from Matthews and a ferocious dunk from J.J. Hickson to cut the lead to 55-46. Portland managed to hang around and entered the final quarter still trailing by nine. The Blazers outscored Cleveland by four in the final quarter. NOTES: Cleveland has won 12 of the last 18 games in the series but Portland had won the past four, including 118-117 in two overtimes on Dec. 1. Irving missed that game with a broken finger. ... Detroit Lions defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh, who grew up in Portland, was in attendance. 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LeBlanc gave up only five hits and one run in 4 1-3 innings. He was pulled by Guillen after giving up a single by Paul Janish and Sheets sacrifice bunt in the fifth. Asked if LeBlanc being so close to qualifying for a win was a factor, the typically candid Guillen replied "If the kid was in the running for Cy Young, yes, but hes not." LeBlanc threw 71 pitches and Guillen didnt want him to throw more than 75. "He came out and I said Ive got four more left," LeBlanc said. The early hook came after Guillen said of LeBlanc before the game "Im just begging for him to give me five innings. Thats not too hard to do. ... We need more than four or five innings from our starting pitchers from now on." After the game, Guillen said he was happy with LeBlanc making it to 71 pitches. "Obviously, he wanted the win but weve got to take care of business," Guillen said. "Id rather win the game and stay healthy than win the game and get (LeBlanc) hurt." Carlos Zambrano (6-9) gave up one run in 1 2-3 innings in relief of LeBlanc. Steve Cishek pitched the ninth for his fifth save. Cishek walked pinch-hitter Michael Bourn to open the ninth. He recovered to strike out pinch-hitter Brian McCann before ending the game when Martin Prado hit into a double play. "We were not very good with runners on base," said Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez. "Even though we hit the ball hard, we hit it right at them." Zambrano earned the win in his second appearance since being removed from the rotation. It was only his second career win in relief. Sheets (3-1) gave up 11 hits and four runs, three earned, in 6 2-3 innings in his first loss in four starts with Atlanta. "It stinks when youre riding a long winning streak," Sheets said. "In the first inning, I gave them the momentum right out of the gate. The momentum that we earned over seven games. "I just couldnt get out of the inning.&" The Braves win streak matched their season best. 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Dan Ugglas double off Zambrano drove in Chipper Jones, who walked, to cut Miamis lead to 4-2 in the sixth. Mike Dunn gave up back-to-back walks to load the bases with two outs in the seventh before ending the inning on Freemans line drive to right field. Janish delivered the defensive highlight in the third inning. Sprinting from his shortstop position, Janish ended up on his stomach after making a diving catch at the left-field foul line of a flyball hit by Jose Reyes. Reyes stood staring from second base as Janish returned to his feet. There was a brief delay when Lees bat hit home-plate umpire Joe West on Lees follow-through on his swing in the fifth. The impact knocked Wests mask off and left a cut on his face. NOTES: Reyes has a 19-game hitting streak, the longest active streak in the majors. He was picked off by Sheets after his fifth-inning single. ... Guillen said he will start Gorkys Hernandez, acquired from the Pirates on Tuesday, in centerfield on Thursday night. Hernandez was a defensive replacement in left field in the seventh. ... Guillen said he hasnt decided who will join RHP Josh Johnson as the starters in Fridays doubleheader at Washington. ... The Braves placed RHP Jair Jurrjens on the 15-day disabled list with a strained right groin, clearing a roster spot for Paul Maholm, who was acquired with Johnson from the Cubs on Monday night. ... Braves LHP Mike Minor will face Marlins RHP Nate Eovaldi as the teams conclude their four-game series on Thursday night. ' ' '