CHICAGO — Jimmy Butler scored 26 points, Dwyane Wade had 24 and the Chicago Bulls beat LeBron James and the slumping Cleveland Cavaliers 111-105 on Friday night.

Taj Gibson added a season-high 23 points and 11 rebounds for Chicago. Rajon Rondo had 15 points, 12 assists and 11 rebounds as the balanced Bulls handed the Cavaliers their third straight loss.

Chicago guard Jimmy Butler, left, backs into Cleveland guard Kyrie Irving during the first half of the Bulls' 111-105 win Friday night in Chicago. Butler led the Bulls with 26 points while the Cavaliers lost their third straight game. Associated Press/Nam Y. Huh

James showed up in a Cubs uniform to honor a World Series bet with his buddy Wade, then scored 27 points. Kyrie Irving added 20 points and eight assists, but the Cavaliers matched their longest losing streak in a year.

Chicago dominated Cleveland 78-60 in the paint and came out on top despite hitting shooting 3 of 18 on 3-pointers.

The Bulls used a strong third quarter to turn a one-point halftime deficit into an 88-80 lead. And they withstood several pushes in the fourth to knock off the defending NBA champions.

RAPTORS 113, LAKERS 80: Kyle Lowry had 24 points and seven assists as host Toronto rolled to its fifth straight victory.

The Toronto point guard tied his season high for 3-pointers, going 6 of 9 from beyond the arc as the Raptors beat the Lakers for the fourth straight time with their biggest win of the season. The 33-point victory surpassed the 27-point win over Philadelphia on Oct. 28.

DeMar DeRozan and Norman Powell both added 16 points for Toronto.

Brandon Ingram had 17 points for the Lakers, while their bench, the top scoring unit in the NBA, chipped in with Jordan Clarkson’s 14 and former Raptor Lou Williams’ 13.

MAGIC 105, 76ERS 88: Aaron Gordon scored a season-high 20 points while Nikola Vuvevic had 12 points, 11 rebounds and five assists as Orlando won a matchup of slumping Eastern Conference teams at Philadelphia.

Serge Ibaka, Evan Fournier and Jeff Green all added 16 points for the Magic (8-12), who had lost five of six coming in. Bismack Biyombo had 13 rebounds.

The Sixers (4-15) lost their fifth straight despite 25 points and 10 rebounds from rookie Joel Embiid.

It was his fifth double-double of the season.

CLIPPERS 114, PELICANS 96: Blake Griffin had 27 points and 10 rebounds and Chris Paul had 17 points with 13 assists as the Clippers won at New Orleans.

Jamal Crawford scored 21 points and Luc Mbah a Moute had 15 for Los Angeles, which capped a 10-day, six-game trip with victories on back-to-back nights on the shores of lakes Erie and Pontchartrain, having defeated Cleveland on Thursday night.

Anthony Davis hurt his right shoulder but played through it, scoring 21 points for New Orleans.

E’Twaun Moore scored 15 points and Terrence Jones had 14 for the Pelicans, who have lost three of four and saw their home winning streak snapped at five.

PISTONS 121, HAWKS 85: Kentavious Caldwell-Pope scored 23 points and Tobias Harris added 18 in a win at Atlanta.

The Pistons, who tied a team record with 17 3-pointers, have won five of six and are 3-1 on a trip that included stops at playoff contenders Oklahoma City, Charlotte and Boston.

Andre Drummond finished with 14 points and 14 rebounds and Ish Smith had 13 assists as seven players scored in double figures for Detroit.

KNICKS 118, TIMBERWOLVES 114: Carmelo Anthony scored 29 points, Derick Rose had 24 and Kyle O’Quinn added 20 points and 13 rebounds in a win at New York.

Zach LaVine scored 24 points and Karl-Anthony Towns had 20 for the Timberwolves.

SPURS 107, WIZARDS 105: Kawhi Leonard scored 23 points, including the winning jumper with 6 seconds left, as San Antonio overcame another sluggish start at home to beat Washington.

LaMarcus Aldridge added 19 points for San Antonio, which won its 17th straight home game against Washington.

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