CLEVELAND, Ohio – National Basketball Association star LeBron James was released from the Cleveland Clinic on Wednesday, a day after spending five hours in surgery having a benign growth removed from his jaw.

The Cleveland Cavaliers, who were ousted by Orlando on Saturday in the Eastern Conference finals of the NBA playoffs, said that James returned home and the NBA Player of the Year was recovering well.

James has had the condition for several months but decided not to have surgery until the team's season was complete.

Tissue was removed from James' partoid gland, which causes salivation, in a procedure that if often time consuming because of nerves and blood vessels in the area.