CLEVELAND (AP) — Collin Sexton scored 23 points, Cedi Osman had 18 and the Cavaliers held off a late Charlotte comeback for a 100-98 win over the Hornets.
Cleveland, which had lost 16 of 18, led the entire game but nearly squandered a 24-point third-quarter lead.
Terry Rozier scored a career-high 35 points for Charlotte and hit five 3-pointers in the fourth.
But he missed a wide-open 3 with three seconds left that would have given the Hornets the lead.
Rozier was 12 of 27 from the field and 7 of 15 on three-pointers.