CLEVELAND, (Reuters) - The Cleveland Cavaliers  cruised to a 111-95 victory over the Dallas Mavericks on  Saturday, returning to winning ways after a surprise loss to  the lowly Charlotte Bobcats.

“We came out with a different agenda tonight, and it  showed,” Cleveland’s LeBron James told reporters after scoring  25 points and handing out 12 assists the day after the  Cavaliers lost 94-87 at Charlotte.

Guard Mo Williams also had 25 points and hit all seven of  his three-pointers in helping the Central Division-leading  Cavaliers turn back the Southwest Division’s top team.

Dirk Nowitzki led Dallas with 27 points and Jason Terry  contributed 25.

“We were kind of all over the map (at Charlotte) and it  showed,” Cavaliers coach Mike Brown told reporters.

“We had a lot of good performances (against Dallas),  especially offensively. A lot of guys stood out.”

The Cavaliers got 15 points on seven-of-seven shooting and  nine rebounds from reserve Anderson Varejao with Jamario Moon  scoring 13 points and Delonte West playing his best game of the  season with 10 points and 10 assists.

“I threw Delonte into the game for matchup purposes and he  played well and we played well so I stayed with it,” Brown  said.

Quick start
A quick start by James sparked the win. The Cavaliers  leader had 11 points and eight assists in a busy first quarter  as Cleveland cruised to a 35-26 advantage,

Then Williams went to work, scoring 13 of his 19 first half  points in the second quarter as Cleveland stretched the lead to  68-55 as they shot 68 per cent from the floor.

“It doesn’t matter if I don’t shoot well from the night  before,” the Cavaliers guard said. “I learned a long time ago  never to let the last play affect the next play.”

Center Shaquille O’Neal, back for a second game after  missing six with a shoulder injury, logged nine points, six  rebounds and four assists.

Shawn Marion finished with 12 points and Jose Barea  collected 10 for Dallas, who had won seven of its previous  eight games.

The Mavericks got within eight points in the third quarter  but could never come closer.

“We got caught ball-watching too many times,” Dallas coach  Rick Carlisle said.

“We just played probably as poor a defensive half as we  played all year. And you can’t do that against a team like this  that’s so good on its home floor.”