CLEVELAND, Ohio – It wasn't about revenge.

The Cavaliers didn't pummel Utah 106-92 in a game that wasn't really that close because the Jazz beat them on a last-second shot back on Nov. 5.

There wasn't any added motivation for LeBron James, or so he said, because Gordon Hayward had proclaimed James "can't bully me as much as he used to" after Hayward hit that game winner about three months ago.

The no-revenge mantra stood following last night's game, even after James had caught one of Kevin Love's patented, quarterback-like, full-court heaves and dunked it hard with Hayward on his back in the third quarter, then turned and stared at Hayward for another second or two.

"It didn't matter who it was, it could've been you," James said, continuing to brush aside Hayward's comments.

James' 26 points, nine assists, and seven rebounds on a night when he was fighting through flu-like symptoms in Cleveland's fourth consecutive win would be revenge enough, anyway.

All five Cavs starters scored at least 15 points for the second consecutive game for the first time in team history. No NBA team had done it since the Los Angeles Clippers in 2008. James said his team is "clicking."

But there was no real payback factor at The Q last night because this Cavs team is totally different than the one that trudged off the floor after Hayward's stunner in Salt Lake City.

The makeup of the roster has changed. So has the team's collective spirit. Both have been lifted about 7-feet, one-inch in the air.

That's the height listed for new Cleveland center Timofey Mozgov, whose impact can't simply be measured in feet and inches, or by points and rebounds.

James, for one, gushes about him.

"It's funny, I was talking to my friend the other day and I said he's probably the best, as far as big, true big," James said. "You know, Chris Bosh is a great big, Kevin Love is a great big. But I'm talking about a true, 7-foot, big guy. He's probably the best one I've played with since Z (Zydrunas Ilgauskas).

"They have different skill sets, but they both have skill. They know how to play. Sometimes you get a lot of bigs that are just big. He knows how to play and it's great to have him out there."

In seven games since the Cavs acquired Mozgov from Denver in a trade, he's averaged 10.3 points, 9.3 rebounds, and 1.1 blocks.

He's had double-doubles on consecutive nights through two games of Cleveland's current four-game homestand, following up his 15 points, 15 rebounds, and two blocks Monday against Chicago with 16 points, 11 boards, and two blocks.

Four of Mozgov's eight baskets came on assists from James – one on a brilliant no-look pass for a layup and the other a 19-foot jumper. Mozgov also knocked in a 17-footer in the fourth quarter.

"He's going to be on the scouting report," James said of Mozgov, who's in his fifth season but had come off the bench for much of his career until this season. "Once you're on the scouting report, you start hitting the opposing team's scouting report then you know you're starting to do some good things. And he's going to be on that. He's a walking double-double."

The mid-range jumper is an added dimension for the Cavs since Mozgov can also brings such a presence in the paint. His ability to shoot only creates more space for James, Kyrie Irving (18 points) and Love (19 points) to operate.

But the real difference Mozgov makes is on defense, where he serves as a security blanket around the rim. If Mozgov doesn't block the shot, he comes close, or makes an opponent think before shooting.

That's one thing Anderson Varejao, Cleveland's starting center until he suffered a torn Achilles tendon Dec. 23, never really brought to the Cavs.

"Having a big guy to protect the rim like that is huge," James said. "It helps Kevin out, it helps us guards, knowing that if we get beat you're going to have someone protecting the rim. And he's big at all times.

"Every time you drive you know he's going to be there. Either you're going to have to make a tough shot, he's going to block a shot, he's going to change a shot or foul you. To have that kind of protection is huge for us."

Mozgov isn't the only new piece for the Cavs who's fit in nicely. J.R. Smith, acquired via trade two days before the Cavs landed Mozgov, scored 15 points last night and is averaging 14.6 points in eight games since coming over from the Knicks.

Soon, maybe Friday, the third piece general manager David Griffin added in a trade, Iman Shumpert, will make his Cleveland debut after missing about six weeks with a shoulder injury suffered about a month before the Knicks traded him.

Shumpert will join a lineup that's standing pretty tall right now.

"We still got one more jell piece coming very soon, that we're all excited about," James said.