Mo Williams netted 13 points against his former club in Saturday's win. Gary Dineen NBAE/Getty Images

Cleveland was playing its fourth game in five nights and, despite a series of easy wins, were not the same team that’s run roughshod over its opponents over the past week. But when push came to shove, the Cavaliers brought out their big gun – as LeBron James scored 14 of his game-high 32 points in the fourth quarter.

The Cavaliers didn’t shoot the ball particularly well on Saturday night – just 41 percent as a team. But LeBron and Zydrunas Ilgauskas did the heavy lifting on offense and Sasha Pavlovic – charged with checking Michael Redd – did a yeoman’s job on the defensive end.

Big Z has been hot lately, but he was smoldering on Saturday – netting season highs in points (23) and rebounds (17). The Large Lithuanian was 11-for-17 from the floor and completely dominated the Bucks interior, which was without the services of starting center, Andrew Bogut.

Cleveland led by as many as 16 and never trailed in Milwaukee, but that doesn’t mean that it was smooth sailing for four quarters. Behind Luke Ridnour and Redd’s sharpshooting, the Bucks cut the Cavaliers’ lead to three – 84-81 – with just under five minutes to play. But LeBron scored 11 points over the next four minutes and the Wine and Gold put win No. 14 on ice.

“Some of these games, we might have lost last year,” said James following the win. “Even against teams that had a worse record than we had. Four (games) in five nights – no matter who you’re going against – is tough. But we did it; we took care of business.”

The Cavaliers get a rare three-day break before welcoming the high-scoring Knicks to The Q on Wednesday night.

2. Cleveland came into Saturday’s game ranked No. 1 in the Eastern Conference and 3rd in the NBA (Phoenix, Utah) in field goal shooting – 609-1254 (.486). They were also tops in East and 3rd overall in points per game (104.0). On Saturday night in Milwaukee, they shot just 42 percent, but lead the entire league in shooting at home (.505) and have broke the century mark in 11 of their first 17 games.

3. Mo Williams – traded from Milwaukee after four years with the Bucks – got a mixed reception from the Bradley Center crowd. He was traded from the Bucks to Cleveland in a mid-summer deal that sent Damon Jones and Joe Smith to Milwaukee. The DJ never donned a Bucks uniform and Joe Smith was immediately shipped to Oklahoma City. Of course, the classy Williams had nothing but good things to say about the city and organization before Saturday’s matchup.

“(The Bucks) gave me an opportunity to make a name for myself in this league, they gave me my contract,” said Williams. “And if it wasn’t for them, I wouldn’t be in the situation I’m in now. So I’m definitely grateful for everything this team, this city, these coaches have done for me. I would never say anything bad because I don’t have any bad feelings for the city of Milwaukee or the Bucks organization.”

Williams finished 6-for-20 from the floor for 13 points in his return to Milwaukee. He netted 16 points and five dimes in his first meeting with his former club at The Q.

4. The Cavaliers wore their home whites on Saturday night in Milwaukee so that the Bucks could debut their new alternate red uniforms. The November 29 game will be the only date they’ll wear those uni’s at the Bradley Center.

5. It certainly was nice to see Mo Williams in the wine and gold instead of those red Bucks’ threads. Williams was the king of Cavalier Killers when he was in Milwaukee. Last season, Williams averaged 26 ppg – shooting an even 50 percent (34-of-68) against Cleveland, adding 9.0 assists per contest. In the final two head-to-head matchups of the season, he scored 37 and 29 points, as the Bucks took three of four against Cleveland overall.

6. Although LeBron has had some of his most spectacular games in Milwaukee – statistically speaking, anyway – LeBron hasn’t had too much success in Suds City. Even with the red-hot Cavaliers’ win on Saturday night, James is still just 4-7 in Milwaukee. In terms of unfriendly Eastern Conference venues, for his career, LeBron is 2-6 at Washington, 2-9 at Detroit, 2-7 in New Jersey and 1-8 in Miami.

7. Zydrunas Ilgauskas has been en fuego over the last three games. On Saturday night, he netted season-highs in points and rebounds, adding a pair of blocked shots. The only players in the league who have posted a game with at least 23 points, 17 boards and two blocks are Dwight Howard (three times) and Al Horford (once). Over the last three, Big Z is 27-for-39 from the floor and has scored 59 points in his last 64 minutes of play.

8. Before the game, Coach Mike Brown was asked about how he thought J.J. Hickson was progressing. Coach went right to the source, bringing J.J. over in front of the cameras and asked the rookie himself. “I think you approve of my effort, but sometimes I have mental lapses that you have to get on me about,” smiled the soft-spoken Atlanta native.

Coach Brown said Hickson will play through it because “he’s a good kid” and if he doesn’t “he knows all I have to do is call his grandma, he doesn’t want that,” Brown joked. “He doesn’t mind wind-sprints and staying late after practice. He just doesn’t want me to call his grandma. I haven’t had to do so this year.”

9. Last week in New York, ticket-holders complained to arena security, who in-turn complained to Cavaliers PR about the bench players standing to support the team. There was a similar sentiment on Saturday night in Milwaukee, but it came from fans seated baseline. One particular ticketholder – a feisty septuagenarian – began really giving it to the Cavaliers reserves near the end of the game, telling them they should get some skirts if they want to be cheerleaders. Tarence Kinsey, Lorenzen Wright and Wally Szczerbiak took turns playfully interacting with the cantankerous fan.

10. The Cavaliers closed the month of November at 13-2 (.867) – equalling the franchise-best mark for victories in a month (13). It was the best November winning percentage a Cavaliers club has ever had. (Second best was a 10-2 mark in 1977.) Their big November is their second-best month in team history, ranking only behind February 1993, when the team went 12-1.