Antawn Jamison scored 16 of his 25 points in the fourth quarter, Hudson had a career-high 23 points and the Cavaliers beat the Toronto Raptors 84-80 Friday night, snapping a nine-game losing streak.
"I'm very, very proud of my team and the way they played," Cavaliers coach Byron Scott said. "To come back and win that game showed a lot, as far as I'm concerned."
Samardo Samuels scored 10 points as Cleveland outscored the Raptors 33-17 in the fourth to avoid a sixth loss in seven meetings with Toronto. The Raptors shot 5 for 19 in the fourth.
Hudson, whose 10-day contract is due to expire Sunday, made a strong case for another, adding a career-high seven assists, three steals and making 11 of 13 at the line.
"It was a great opportunity for me tonight and I played great," he said.
Scott wasn't around to see his team's first win since March 19 at New Jersey after he was ejected with 53 seconds left in the first half following a brief but fiery argument with referee Kane Fitzgerald. It was the first ejection of the season for Scott, who was replaced by assistant Paul Pressey.
"I thought both techs were extremely quick," Scott said. "I didn't complain outrageously, I just said 'If you're going to call those calls down there, you've got to call them down here' and I got a tech for that and I thought that was just ridiculous."
Samuels said Scott's ejection fired up the Cavaliers.
"Coach was going to bat for us," Samuels said. "The ref wasn't giving any calls. We just had to have his back that much more, go out there and just fight, practice what he preaches."
DeMar DeRozan scored 28 points and Andrea Bargnani had 19 for the Raptors, who were seeking their first four-game winning streak since Nov. 17-24, 2010.
Manny Harris started for Cleveland in place of Anthony Parker, who scored a season-high 27 points but bruised his sternum in Wednesday's loss at Milwaukee. Parker is also expected to miss Sunday's game at New Jersey.
Harris, along with fellow guard Donald Sloan and Raptors teammates Alan Anderson and Ben Uzoh, was one of four starters from both squads who began the year in the NBA Development League. In all, Cleveland and Toronto featured seven players who have spent time in the D-League this season, including Hudson, who also played in China.
A free throw by newly signed D-Leaguer Justin Dentmon put the Raptors up 64-51 early in the fourth before Cleveland roared back behind eight straight points by Jamison, including a pair of 3-pointers, pulling the Cavaliers within 65-59 with 9:10 left.
"He got hot and we just feed the hot hand," Samuels said. "He did a great job bringing us back."
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