LeBron's 41 lead Cavs to 97-96 win

LeBron James scored 41 points, the most points ever scored by a player making their road playoff game debut, to lead the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 97-96 win over the Washington Wizards on Friday night. The win puts the Cavs up 2-1 in the best-of-seven series with Game 4 being held in Washington on Sunday night @ 7:30 ET.

As mentioned, LeBron James scored 41 points, and added 5 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals on 16-28 shooting. Zydrunas Ilgauskas fouled out with 15 points, 8 rebounds and former Wizard Larry Hughes scored 16 points.

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