SACRAMENTO, Calif. >> Kevin Love converted a four-point play with 1:32 remaining, Kyrie Irving scored 30 points and the Cleveland Cavaliers hung on to beat the Sacramento Kings 120-111 on Wednesday night.

LeBron James had 25 points and 11 rebounds, one of three Cleveland players with a double-double. Tristan Thompson added 18 points and 15 rebounds, and Love finished with 17 points and 10 boards.

DeMarcus Cousins had 29 points and 11 rebounds for the Kings, who trailed 109-100 with under 5 minutes to play before using an 8-0 run to close within one.

After Love made a pair of free throws to end its drought, Cleveland got the ball back but missed several open looks. Love, who missed six of his first seven shots from beyond the arc, got the ball back in the right corner just seconds after missing a wide-open attempt and came through with his clutch shot while being fouled.

Darren Collison fouled Love, who made the ensuing free throw to put the Cavs up 115-108.

J.R. Smith followed with a 3-pointer and James added two free throws to close out Cleveland’s first win at Sleep Train Arena since beating the Kings 97-93 on March 16, 2011.

The win sets the stage for the Cavs’ nostalgic trip to Los Angeles on Thursday in what will be the final matchup between James and the Lakers’ Kobe Bryant.

The Cavaliers came out sloppy and struggled to get their offense going in the opener of their four-game trip to the West Coast.

Cleveland shot 40.9 percent in the first half, most of it from the perimeter. The Cavs missed 15 of their first 20 3-point attempts and made only three shots outside of the paint in the second quarter.

The Kings, who led 60-54 at halftime, extended their lead to 11 less than a minute into the third quarter and were clinging to a 74-71 advantage before James and Irving got the Cavs going.

James scored seven points as part of a 10-2 run and Irving closed out the third quarter with eight consecutive points, including a buzzer-beating 3-pointer to put Cleveland up 89-84.

TIP-INS

Cavaliers: Love’s two 3-pointers gave him 700 for his career. . Coach Tyronn Lue was hit with a technical foul in the fourth quarter for walking onto the court. . Timofey Mozgov was held out of the game because of a lingering illness. Mozgov has been ill since early in the week and did not play in the second half of Monday’s loss to Memphis.

Kings: Cousins picked up his 15th technical foul of the season in the fourth quarter. He was called for a flagrant foul 90 seconds later but it was overturned upon review. . Caron Butler, playing in his first game since Dec. 21, gave Sacramento an immediate boost with seven points in the second quarter. He had been idle the past two months despite being healthy. . Ben McLemore (broken right ring finger), Marco Belinelli (back spasms) and Seth Curry (sprained right foot) did not play.

UP NEXT

Cavaliers: At Los Angeles Lakers on Thursday.

Kings: Host Orlando on Friday.