LeBron James

A Utah Jazz fan celebrates as LeBron James waits during the second half of Cleveland's 102-100 loss in Salt Lake City on Nov. 5.

(Rick Bowmer)

INDEPENDENCE, Ohio – LeBron James is expected to play tonight against the Utah Jazz at The Q despite feeling the effects from flu-like symptoms that kept him out of practice Tuesday.

The bug is spreading. Cavaliers guard Kyrie Irving missed shootaround this morning at the team's practice facility with those same flu-like symptoms, though team spokesman Tad Carper said Irving was still probable for tonight's game.

James, who scored 26 points in Cleveland's 108-94 win over Chicago Monday, said today that he was starting to feel sick two days ago. He spoke in unusually hushed tones following that game, even though he and the Cavaliers played well.

"Been better, I'm alright," James said Wednesday after shootaround, still looking and sounding sick. Carper said James participated fully in this morning's shootaround.

The Cavaliers are hoping to even the score against Utah, following a 102-100 loss to the Jazz on Gordon Hayward's buzzer-beating shot on Nov.5.

James scored 31 points in the game, but slipped as Hayward was moving to get the ball and shoot the game winner. Days after that game, Hayward, who scored 21 points, wrote on his blog that James "can't bully me as much as he used to, and I'm able to stand my ground against him."

"I don't believe (remember) me ever pushing him around in the past," James said Wednesday, when asked for a reaction to Hayward's comments. "I don't use a one-on-one matchup against anyone. I play the team game, I just try to win ball games.

"It's not about me and Gordon Hayward. If it made him feel better by saying that, good for him, but I don't really care about that stuff."

James is averaging nearly 32 points per game since returning from a two-week hiatus to rest nagging injuries.

The Cavs are 3-1 in that stretch and have three games remaining on a four-game homestand. They also have a totally different look from when they played the Jazz -- with Timofey Mozgov, J.R. Smith, and Iman Shumpert added to the roster.

Following shootaround, which for the second straight game was held at Cleveland Clinic Courts -- which is in Independence, near James' home in Bath Township, instead of at The Q downtown -- James shared on social media a picturesque view from his snow-covered, palatial estate with the caption "I love it!!! Home Sweet Home."

I love it!!! Home Sweet Home A photo posted by LeBron James (@kingjames) on Jan 21, 2015 at 8:41am PST

This story was updated with additional information.