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"The Cavs and their fans had hoped this was the night this streak, that has stretched through the holidays, the NFL playoffs and almost two months, stopped.Cleveland had played well in its previous four games, losing by a combined 21 points and actually came into the matchup favored to beat Detroit, which was playing its second straight after hosting the league-leading But the Cavs fell into a 12-point hole at half, and although they pulled within three in the third, they fell apart early in the fourth. "I can deal with losing, especially when our guys play as hard as they have in the last couple weeks, but I find it very hard to deal with when guys don't come out ready to play. "Well, one of these days," one fan climbing the stairs mumbled as he left.Scott, who has remained publicly stoic during the streak, didn't mince words afterward. "As crazy as it sounds, I want to see them and Washington play," McGrady said. Summary and statistics for the 2007 NBA Eastern Conference Finals - Cavaliers vs. Pistons "I thought the last week guys got better each game and tonight I thought we took a gigantic step backwards. They fell 99-96 on Monday in Dallas, when they failed to execute in the closing seconds and set a new league mark for consecutive losses over one and two seasons. "We got all professional basketball players in there and at some point in time you have to have some pride in what you're doing. After hearing him asked about the decision so many times lately, Scott's wife, Anita, asked her husband if he laments coming to Cleveland. "The Pistons were supposedly a beatable opponent for the cellar-dwelling Cavs (8-45), still winless since Dec. 18 and now losers of a hard-to-imagine 36 of 37.Instead, Cleveland's season slipped further into shame.The Cavs' next chance to end the slide will be Friday against the "Something has to give when they play the Wizards," said two-time reigning NBA MVP "You don't want to be the team that loses to them," Like James, McGrady is looking forward to seeing the Cavs-Wizards tilt. "Everybody's got to go home and take a good, hard look in the mirror.There had been so many encouraging signs lately for the Cavs. Collin Sexton scored 27 points, including the go-ahead 3-pointer with just under two minutes to play, and the Cleveland Cavaliers … Sexton scores 27, leads Cavaliers past Pistons 126-119. Collin Sexton scored 27 points, including the go-ahead 3-pointer with just under two minutes to play, and the Cleveland Cavaliers defeated the Detroit Pistons 126-119 on Monday night.After the Blazers are eliminated from the playoffs, Carmelo Anthony makes it clear that he wants to play again next season and prefers to remain in Portland.Who will advance to the East finals? Only some late buckets in garbage time made the score respectable.When the final horn sounded, Cleveland's fans didn't bother booing as the Cavs dropped their heads and walked dejectedly to the locker room. "I don't wish anyone to have a bad losing streak, but I want them to get to Washington, 0-and-whatever they could be, and see whose streak ends. They played last night and I thought it looked like we played last night. When we've lost as many in a row as we lost and when you've been as close as we've been in the last four or five games and to be at home and come out the way we came out -- that amazes me. "I'm mad as hell," said Scott, who kept the postgame locker room closed for more than 30 minutes.

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CLEVELAND -- The Cavaliers' record-setting losing streak is intact.Cleveland's first-year coach unloaded on his team during and after a listless 103-94 loss on Wednesday night, extending the Cavs' NBA record skid to 26 and tying them with the NFL's Tampa Bay Buccaneers -- the longtime national punchline for failure -- for the longest stretch of incompetence in major American pro sports.