Cavaliers star LeBron James believes that coach Mike Brown should have allowed center Zydrunas Ilgauskas to set a record last weekend.

Ilgauskas is tied with general manager Danny Ferry for most games played in franchise history (723) and will set a new record with his next appearance.

The record could have been broken on Saturday at home against the Mavericks, but Brown decided not to play Ilgauskas.

"I definitely thought he should've played," James said Monday.

"I'm not trying to stir up anything with coach or whatever is going on with the organization, but sometimes one game is the smaller things. What was on the line was something way bigger than us playing the Mavericks. That was Z breaking the record."