Cleveland Cavaliers' Kevin Love, Kyrie Irving spark 114-106 win against Detroit Pistons

During a week of firsts, the Cleveland Cavaliers claimed another.The first road win of the Tyronn Lue era.

The Cavaliers raced past the Detroit Pistons on Friday night, 114-106, extending their winning streak to three games thanks to another explosive offense performance, led by Kevin Love and Kyrie Irving, two players who looked motivated after not getting invited to this year's All-Star Game.

One night after the results were released, Love scored 29 points on 9-of-19 from the field, including 5-of-7 from three-point range. He added six rebounds and three assists in 37 minutes.

Love, the often ignored member of Cleveland's menacing trio, sparked the offense early, scoring five of the first seven points en route to a 10-point first period.

Irving has also struggled with inconsistency since his Dec. 20 debut. But the point guard showed the aggressiveness his new coach has been demanding recently.

"I just want him to attack," Lue said of his message to Irving. "Attack first and if it opens up to an assist, then we'll make the play. But I just don't think nobody can stop him one-on-one, so I just want him to get back to being confident and playing the way he's capable of playing."

Irving scored 28 points, his second-highest point total of the season, on 11-of-19 from the field, including 6-of-7 from the free throw line. He also helped slow down Detroit's offensive engine, Reggie Jackson, who scored 15 points on 6-of-16 from the field, including 0-of-3 from beyond the arc.

Jackson also committed a team-high three turnovers.

Cleveland's lone All-Star, LeBron James, finished with 20 points, nine rebounds and eight assists in 36 minutes. Nearly half of James' production came in the third quarter, as he scored eight points.

James, Irving and Love -- Cleveland's The Big Three -- combined for 77 of the team's 114 points, the first time each member scored at least 20 points this season.

For the second straight game, the Cavaliers started the third quarter with a renewed energy, setting the tone for the second half. They opened the period with 7-0 run in the first 2:30 of the third, which pushed the lead to 15 points and forced Detroit head coach Stan Van Gundy to call timeout.

The Pistons responded with a 7-0 spurt of their own, cutting the lead to single digits after a Marcus Morris jumper. The two teams traded baskets in the next few trips, but Irving's driving layup with 5:35 left in the third extended Cleveland's advantage back to double figures where it stayed until Morris' three-point play with under five minutes remaining in the fourth quarter.

Love made a basket to push the lead back to double figures and only a late basket by Aron Baynes kept it from being a double-digit final margin.

Cleveland, hoping to play faster under Lue, had 11 fast break points and got quality looks in the half court throughout the evening. The Cavs shot 39-of-83 (47 percent) from the field, including 9-of-23 (39.1 percent) from three-point range.

The Pistons had all five of their starters reach double figures in scoring, led by Andre Drummond's 20 points. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope added 19 points on 7-of-15 from the field.

As a team the Pistons shot 40-of-84 (47.6 percent) from the field.

The Cavs (33-12) improved their mark to 3-1 with Lue as head coach. The Pistons (25-22) had their two-game winning streak snapped.