Overtime Pays Off for Cavaliers

WASHINGTON — It was Damon Jones’ turn to make the game-winning shot in Game 6, and it put the Cleveland Cavaliers into the second round of the playoffs for the first time in 13 years.

Jones’ 17-foot baseline jumper with 4.8 seconds left in overtime gave the Cavaliers a 114-113 victory over the Washington Wizards on Friday night, their third one-point victory in the best-of-seven Eastern Conference series.

LeBron James, who made the winning shots in Games 3 and 5, scored 32 points as his first playoff series ended in success.

He out-dueled Gilbert Arenas, who scored 36 points and sent the game to overtime with a long three-pointer -- then missed two free throws in overtime that gave Cleveland the chance to win.

The Cavaliers won two road games in a playoff series for the first time in franchise history and won a playoff series for the first time since 1993.

Jones was a marginal player in the series, and he was on the court for only the final sequence of Game 6. His line: one for one with two points in 14 seconds.

James shot 15 for 25 and had seven rebounds and seven assists. He had a pair of key blocks and persevered after getting knocked woozy in a collision with Wizard center Brendan Haywood early in the fourth quarter.

Donyell Marshall scored a season-high 28 points, and Ronald Murray had 21 for the Cavaliers. Antonio Daniels scored 22 for the Wizards. Caron Butler had 18 points and 20 rebounds.

The Wizards blew a seven-point led with 4:48 to play in regulation and needed Arenas’ 30-footer with 2.3 seconds to play to send the game to overtime.