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Final Score: Cleveland 95 - Seattle 101

Seattle, WA (Sports Network) - Kevin Durant scored 24 points, as the Seattle SuperSonics avoided a collapse to beat the Cleveland Cavaliers, 101-95, at KeyArena.

Chris Wilcox finished with 18 points and 13 rebounds, and Jeff Green chipped in with 17 points for Seattle, which has won two in a row. Kurt Thomas had 16 points, and Earl Watson had 12 assists to go with five points.

Larry Hughes scored 28 points to lead Cleveland, which was without its leader, LeBron James. He sat out with a right ankle sprain, suffered in Wednesday's 84-83 win over Portland.

Zydrunas Ilgauskas had 17 points and nine boards for the Cavaliers, who had a two-game win streak snapped.

Thomas hit a jumper to start the fourth quarter, which put the Sonics ahead 87-68. But from that point, the Cavaliers went on a 20-4 run over nearly eight minutes' time.

Ilgauskas had nine points, including the final two on a pair of free throws. They brought Cleveland within 91-88 with 2:51 left.

However, the Cavs couldn't close the gap completely. Seattle answered with the next six points -- Durant had two free throws and a layup, and Thomas capped it with a layup of his own, giving the Sonics a 97-88 edge with 1:35 left.

Cleveland got within four again, when Daniel Gibson made a three, and Hughes had a layup back-to-back. That trimmed the Sonics' lead to 99-95 with 37 ticks left.

But again, the Cavs couldn't even up the game, and Luke Ridnour made a pair of free throws to seal the game.

Seattle came out of the gate on fire, as Wilcox scored Seattle's first six points, and the Sonics took a 23-8 lead midway through the first quarter. They emerged from that stanza with a 40-24 lead, and led 62-42 at halftime.