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CLEVELAND -- Kyrie Irvings personal showcases are becoming a common occurrence.Irving scored a season-high 32 points and the reigning NBA champion Cleveland Cavaliers remained undefeated, beating the Houston Rockets 128-120 on Tuesday night.Hes growing every day, said LeBron James, who scored 19 points and had 13 rebounds. Hes only 24 years old. Hes special.Count Houston coach Mike DAntoni as another Irving fan after watching Clevelands point guard take over the game.Kyrie is great, hes got it all, DAntoni said. All you can do is hope he misses shots. You put a hand in his face to make it as difficult as possible.Kevin Love scored 24 points as Cleveland placed six players in double figures. The Cavaliers are 4-0 for the first time in 16 years.James Harden scored a season-high 41 points and had 15 assists for Houston.Ryan Andersons 3-pointer cut Clevelands lead to 114-112 with 2:18 to play, but 3-pointers by James and J.R. Smith and another 3 by Irving with 34 seconds left pushed the margin to 125-116.The games tip-off was moved up an hour to 6 p.m. because the Indians and Cubs were playing Game 6 of the World Series across the street at Progressive Field.James and some teammates made their way across the plaza to Progressive Field for Game 6.Cleveland scored 43 points in the fourth quarter, making 13 of 15 from the field, including its last eight shots.Its all about executing down the stretch, Irving said. Thats not necessarily hard for us. Its just about consistently getting better.Harden, who was 13 of 20 from the field, gave the Cavaliers credit for hitting clutch shots.They didnt miss the last five or six minutes, he said. Some shots we wanted to live with and some shots they just made.Smith scored 15 points for Cleveland while Mike Dunleavy and Channing Frye had 11 apiece.Eric Gordon scored 16 points for Houston. Nene added 13 and Anderson had 12.Irvings driving layup after a spin move in the lane gave Cleveland a 94-92 lead with 8 minutes to play and began a 13-3 run. Iman Shumpert and Dunleavy hit 3-pointers before Love was fouled shooting a 3 and made all three free throws.James, who air-balled a free throw in the second quarter, also had eight assists.Rockets guard Trevor Ariza left the game in the third quarter after bumping heads with Tristan Thompson. Ariza received five stitches and returned with a bandage under his right eye.Houston, which began a five-game trip, opens the season with seven road contests in eight games. The Rockets had won four straight games in Cleveland.TIP-INSRockets: Houston committed a backcourt violation when Ariza stepped across the timeline after receiving the opening tip. ... Harden has been playing point guard in place of Patrick Beverley (left knee), who remains out after undergoing arthroscopic surgery on Oct. 25. ... C Clint Capela made two free throws in the third quarter after missing his first seven attempts of the season.Cavaliers: Smith hit his 344th 3-pointer, passing Cleveland assistant coach Damon Jones for ninth place on the teams all-time list. ... Frye returned to the team after missing two games after the death of his mother. ... Cleveland trailed after the opening quarter for the first time in four games.LESSONS LEARNEDHarden thought the loss produced some positives for the Rockets, who fell to 2-2.It was a good test for us, he said. Playing against the defending champions on their home court, we can take some good things out of this.NOT A BIG THINGCavaliers coach Tyronn Lue wont lose any sleep over the fact the Rockets scored 120 points and shot 48 percent.I didnt care, just win, he said. So this game I just circled `Get a win. Thats a tough team to play.UP NEXTRockets: Visit New York on Wednesday. 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INVERNESS, Scotland -- Alex Noren held off his pursuers in the final round Sunday to win the Scottish Open by one shot for his fifth victory on the European Tour.All of Norens victories have come after he started the final round in the lead and this was another impressive display of front-running from the Swede, who shot a 2-under 70 to finish on 14-under 274.Tyrrell Hatton, Norens playing partner, was the runner-up at Castle Stuart in northern Scotland after a 69, while Nicolas Colsaerts (66), Danny Lee (69) and Matteo Manassero (70) were a further shot back.Hatton, Colsaerts, Manassero and Richie Ramsay took the final four qualification places for next weeks British Open at Royal Troon.Noren began the day with a two-shot lead, which disappeared after a bogey at No. 8 that left him tied with Lee. The 33-year-old Noren birdied Nos. 12 and 15 to go two shots in front again, and a two-putt par at the par-5 18th was enough to win.I was so nervous the whole day today, said Noren, who also led after the second round. When the game doesnt feel as goood as it looks, you just want it to be over and to come out with a win.dddddddddddd Thats what happened.When Noren birdied the 12th, there were seven players within two shots. Yet the chasers barely made a birdie putt in the closing holes, with Colsaerts the fastest finisher by making eagle with a huge putt on No. 12 and then rolling in birdies on Nos. 13, 14, 15 and 18.I dont even want to calculate the length of putts on the back nine, the big-hitting Colsaerts said.Hatton, who was bogey-free in his final round, ended a frustrating run of five straight pars by making birdie at No. 18 to break free of a four-way tie for second. It secured his place at a fourth consecutive British Open but Hatton remains without a professional win.Americans Phil Mickelson (66), Patrick Reed (67) and Steve Stricker (67) were among the players going low in the final round, with Castle Stuart playing easier because of only light winds. ' ' '