With the Cleveland Cavaliers winning with such ease lately, LeBron James has been spending more time on the bench.

The Cavaliers look to extend the best start in team history and match a franchise record with their ninth straight home win to open a season on Friday when they meet the struggling Golden State Warriors.

After opening the season with two losses in its first three games, Cleveland (12-3) has reeled off 11 victories in its last 12.

The Cavaliers are coming off Wednesday's 117-82 win over Oklahoma City, which came one night after an easy 119-101 victory at New York. Cleveland shot a season-high 60.8 percent from the floor and outrebounded the Thunder 46-28 to set a franchise record for the best start to a season.

"Right now, we're playing the best basketball we've played in a long time," James said. "We have to continue this hunger and showcase our talent every time we go out."

The Cavs have been playing so well lately that James has had more time to rest.

He's averaging a league-high 27.9 points per game, but has scored 40 in 47 minutes over his last two games combined. On Wednesday, James matched a career-low in minutes played with 17 and had a season-low 14 points as Cleveland cruised to its third straight win.

James is averaging a career-low 35.7 minutes per game after finishing in the top three in the league in that category in each of the past four seasons, including an NBA-high 42.4 in 2004-05.

"It's always good to get rest," James said. "You know how long the season is. It's always a positive."

The Cavs haven't trailed in their past three games, averaging 115.3 points and shooting 54.5 percent from the field. They'll look to continue their surge against the Warriors, who are 29th in the league in scoring defense (107.0).

Golden State (5-10) lost 119-111 to Boston on Wednesday and has been outscored by an average of 13.4 points in dropping the first three games of a five-game road trip.

The Warriors, who have lost four straight overall, are 2-6 away from home.

Cleveland is a league-best 8-0 at home and is one victory away from matching the best home start in franchise history set in 1976-77 and matched in 1991-92.

The Cavs and Warriors split their two meetings last season with each team winning on the road.

James averaged 24.5 points, 9.0 rebounds and 8.5 assists in those games. He's averaging 31.3 points and has shot 11-of-18 from 3-point range in four career home games against the Warriors.

Golden State had a chance to knock off the Celtics on Wednesday, but let a 14-point third-quarter lead slip away.

"I'm proud of my young guys for coming in here and battling against the defending champs," said Stephen Jackson, who had 30 points. "We had a chance to win, we just didn't finish.

"It's something we've got to build on, but we've still got to find a way to win games."

Jackson, who is averaging a team-high 22.1 points, scored 29 in Golden State's 105-96 win at Cleveland last Dec. 23.

The Warriors wrap up their road trip Saturday at New York, where they'll face Al Harrington for the first time since trading him to the Knicks for Jamal Crawford last Friday.