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CLEVELAND - The Cleveland Cavaliers packed for a weekend stay in Beantown -- not a few weeks on Cape Cod.

They've got at least one more game left, and in the NBA, it's as big as they ever get.

Game 7. Tomorrow. In Boston.

LeBron James scored 32 points -- 19 in the second half -- and the Cavaliers forced a decisive and fitting finale to this home-sweet-home playoff series with a 74-69 victory Friday night over the Celtics, who have gone from regular-season road kings to post-season road kill.

James, whose jump shot has mysteriously been missing in this series, made two key baskets midway through the fourth quarter to slow a Boston comeback, Wally Szczerbiak hit a three-pointer with 2:10 remaining and Joe Smith dropped two free throws with 14 seconds left as the Cavs moved the series back to the East Coast.

The Cavs are attempting to become the 14th team to overcome an 0-2 deficit and win a series, and to do so, the defending Eastern Conference champions will have to win in Boston, where the Celtics are 7-0 in the post-season and play like a team with title potential.

On the road, they're just ordinary. The Celtics are 15-2 in Game 7s at home, but the Cavaliers may have some confidence playing on the parquet after nearly winning Games 1 and 5.