CLEVELAND -- Kyrie Irvings personal showcases are being a common occurrence.Irving scored a season-high 32 points and the reigning NBA champion Cleveland Cavaliers remained undefeated, beating the Houston Rockets 128-120 on Tuesday night.Hes growing every day, said LeBron James, who scored 19 points and had 13 rebounds. Hes only 24 years old. Hes special.Count Houston coach Mike DAntoni as another Irving fan after watching Clevelands point guard take over the game.Kyrie is great, hes got it all, DAntoni said. All you can do is hope he misses shots. You put a hand in his face to make it as difficult as possible.Kevin Love scored 24 points as Cleveland placed six players in double figures. The Cavaliers are 4-0 for the first time in 16 years.James Harden scored a season-high 41 points and had 15 assists for Houston.Ryan Andersons 3-pointer cut Clevelands lead to 114-112 with 2:18 to play, but 3-pointers by James and J.R. Smith and another 3 by Irving with 34 seconds left pushed the margin to 125-116.The games tip-off was moved up an hour to 6 p.m. because the Indians and Cubs were playing Game 6 of the World Series across the street at Progressive Field.James and some teammates made their way across the plaza to Progressive Field for Game 6.Cleveland scored 43 points in the fourth quarter, making 13 of 15 from the field, including its last eight shots.Its all about executing down the stretch, Irving said. Thats not necessarily hard for us. Its just about consistently getting better.Harden, who was 13 of 20 from the field, gave the Cavaliers credit for hitting clutch shots.They didnt miss the last five or six minutes, he said. Some shots we wanted to live with and some shots they just made.Smith scored 15 points for Cleveland while Mike Dunleavy and Channing Frye had 11 apiece.Eric Gordon scored 16 points for Houston. Nene added 13 and Anderson had 12.Irvings driving layup after a spin move in the lane gave Cleveland a 94-92 lead with 8 minutes to play and began a 13-3 run. Iman Shumpert and Dunleavy hit 3-pointers before Love was fouled shooting a 3 and made all three free throws.James, who air-balled a free throw in the second quarter, also had eight assists.Rockets guard Trevor Ariza left the game in the third quarter after bumping heads with Tristan Thompson. Ariza received five stitches and returned with a bandage under his right eye.Houston, which began a five-game trip, opens the season with seven road contests in eight games. The Rockets had won four straight games in Cleveland.TIP-INSRockets: Houston committed a backcourt violation when Ariza stepped across the timeline after receiving the opening tip. ... Harden has been playing point guard in place of Patrick Beverley (left knee), who remains out after undergoing arthroscopic surgery on Oct. 25. ... C Clint Capela made two free throws in the third quarter after missing his first seven attempts of the season.Cavaliers: Smith hit his 344th 3-pointer, passing Cleveland assistant coach Damon Jones for ninth place on the teams all-time list. ... Frye returned to the team after missing two games after the death of his mother. ... Cleveland trailed after the opening quarter for the first time in four games.LESSONS LEARNEDHarden thought the loss produced some positives for the Rockets, who fell to 2-2.It was a good test for us, he said. Playing against the defending champions on their home court, we can take some good things out of this.NOT A BIG THINGCavaliers coach Tyronn Lue wont lose any sleep over the fact the Rockets scored 120 points and shot 48 percent.I didnt care, just win, he said. So this game I just circled `Get a win. Thats a tough team to play.UP NEXTRockets: Visit New York on Wednesday. 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It appeared Velasquez was hurt in the first inning when manager Pete Mackanin and a trainer visited the mound after he threw just five pitches. But Velasquez stayed in, his velocity increased and he threw 96 pitches.It took me a little bit longer to warm up, Velasquez said. Just dragging a little bit. Everyone has dead arm at some point. You have to pitch through it and utilize all your pitches.Mackanin went out to see Velasquez because his hardest pitch was only 90 mph among the first five. Velasquez was removed from the game after throwing only two pitches on June 8 and missed almost three weeks because of a strained right biceps.We thought: `Oh-no, not again. But He assured us he was fine, Mackanin said. He didnt have his above-average velocity, but he made his secondary pitches.Royals starter Yordano Ventura (6-6) exited in the third inning after spraining his right ankle running the bases following his second career hit. Ventura lined a single to right but got hurt running to second on Alex Gordons double-play grounder.Ventura went out to the mound in the bottom half and left after Asche hit a shot into the second deck in right field with two outs.It feels better now, Ventura said through an interpreter. Itll be a couple days before we know.RRupp gave the Phillies a 3-0 lead in the first when he hit a 1-2 pitch the opposite way into the right-field seats for his eighth homer.ddddddddddddIt was 98 mph so he supplied the power, Rupp said. He left the pitch up and over the plate.Gordons two-run homer off Velasquez cut it to 4-2 in the fifth. Maikel Francos infield single drove in a run in the bottom half. He hit a solo homer off Brian Flynn in the eighth.Nice to see homers from the middle of the lineup, Mackanin said. All of our runs came with two outs and thats encouraging.STANDINGSThe Royals fell to 43-38 with their 13th loss in their last 18 road games. The Phillies (37-46) have won five of six.EVERYBODY HITSEach of Philadelphias starters except Velasquez had a hit. It only takes one or two guys to get going, Mackanin said. I always thought were a better hitting team than we showed.HOME COOKINGThe Phillies won their first series in Philadelphia since May 16-18.STREAKINGRoyals SS Alcides Escobar hit a single in the ninth to extend his hitting streak to 14 games. ... Phillies OF Peter Bourjos extended his hitting streak to 12 games. Hes 21 for 47 in those games, raising his average to .268 from .217. ... Kansas Citys Kendrys Morales was 0 for 3 with a walk and two strikeouts, ending his eight-game hitting streak.UP NEXTRoyals: RHP Edinson Volquez (7-7, 4.60 ERA) pitches the opener of a three-game series at Toronto. RHP Aaron Sanchez (8-1, 3.08) goes for the Blue Jays.Phillies: RHP Jerad Eickhoff (5-9, 3.38) starts the opener of a three-game series against Atlanta. RHP Joel De La Cruz (0-1, 4.50) pitches for the Braves. ' ' '