LeBron James, Al-Farouq Aminu

Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James (23) looks to drive against Portland Trail Blazers forward Al-Farouq Aminu, left, during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Portland, Ore., Saturday, Dec. 26, 2015.

(Steve Dipaola)

PORTLAND, Ore. - This was the kind of historic night for LeBron James and the Cavaliers you wouldn't want to see if you root for them.

So, be thankful Cleveland's 105-76 loss to the Portland Trail Blazers tipped after 10 p.m. back home, and that the Cavs TV broadcast experienced technical difficulties early during the game.

The carnage was real. It was terrible. No Bloody Mary could've solved this Christmas/Warriors hangover.

Cleveland's 29-point halftime deficit was the largest for any James team through two quarters, according to ESPN's stats shop. The final margin was easily the worst for the Cavs this season, and came against a team that had lost eight of 10 and was without its best player, Damian Lillard.

On the one-year anniversary of "chill mode," James scored just 12 points (tying a season low) in 26 minutes. He was pulled from the game for good with 4:25 to go in the third quarter and the Cavs trailing by 33. Yes, 33.

James shot 4-of-13 against the Blazers, taking and missing mostly jumpers. Throw in his 10-of-26 performance against the Warriors on Christmas, and James is 14-of-39 (35.9 percent) from the field.

He added four rebounds and five assists.

Before the game, a team source told Cleveland.com that James might sit Tuesday night in Denver - on the second night of the Cavs' second set of back-to-back games in five days - depending on his "workload" against Portland and on Monday against Phoenix.

At least he got his rest in Saturday night in the blowout.

There was virtually never a time when this one was anything but ugly. James missed his first four shots - all jumpers - and pulled off his arm sleeve and tossed it into the crowd during play.

The entire episode brought to mind two lowlights of James' return to Cleveland. The first: the aforementioned "chill mode" game, which occurred on Dec. 26, 2014 in Orlando, after the Cavs had lost to Miami on Christmas Day.

The Cavs beat the Magic that night and James played a large role in the fourth quarter, but he admitted he was in "chill mode" until Tobias Harris ruffled his feathers.

Also, the last time James and the Cavs played here at the Moda Center was strange. He scored just 11 points in a 19-point loss on Nov. 4, 2014, and purposefully stood in the quarter for most of the second half to teach a lesson to Kyrie Irving and Dion Waiters - who were jacking up wild shots.

It's unclear who James was trying to teach on Saturday, as neither Irving nor Waiters suited up for the Cavs (Irving was resting and Waiters of course doesn't play here any more).

James entered the game having scored at least 30 in eight of his last 10 games against the Blazers. Make that 8 of 11.