PITTSBURGH — The Cleveland Cavaliers and Dallas Mavericks took different paths in getting ready for the regular season.

Cavaliers coach Mike Brown played his starters into the second half Tuesday night, while Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle didn't suit up three of his stars.

Cleveland, led by Mo Williams' 16 points and 11 assists, rolled to a 96-66 preseason victory.

Zydrunas Ilgauskas scored 16 points for the Cavaliers (3-3), who had five players in double figures. LeBron James and Anderson Varejao both scored 12 points as Brown kept his starters in the game until building a 30-point lead in the third quarter.

"I wish I could have played them more," Brown said. "When they were out there, they did some good things and they did some bad things. If we could've extended them into the fourth quarter, it would have been a good night for me."

James had four rebounds, seven assists, two steals and two blocks, while Shaquille O'Neal had six points and seven rebounds in 20 minutes. Brown lifted O'Neal with 5:50 remaining in the third and James with 3:45 left in the quarter.

Williams, who played almost 28 minutes, was rested in Cleveland's previous game and missed two others with a sore right groin.

"We're getting into a groove as a team," Williams said. "I knew going in that we were going to play a lot of minutes. Unfortunately, the game got out of hand and we couldn't play more."

Kris Humphries led Dallas (4-2) with 20 points, while Matt Carroll had 17 and Drew Gooden 10.

The Mavericks dressed only nine players. Dirk Nowitzki, Jason Terry and Jason Kidd did not play, and Shawn Marion, Josh Howard and Tim Thomas continued to nurse injuries.