and captain Peter Borren both hit 29, but failed to capitalise on their good starts, while the rest of the batting order offered

TORONTO -- The Cleveland Cavaliers lost J.R. Smith to a left knee injury early in the game, though LeBron James wouldnt allow his team to let up on the Toronto Raptors one bit.James scored a season-high 34 points as the Cavaliers broke a three-game losing streak with a 116-112 victory on Monday night.It was their third straight victory this season over the Raptors, the team they beat on their way to the championship in last years Eastern Conference finals.Next man up, he said. Its always been our mindset; obviously we hope the MRIs come back positive with J.R.s injury, so its next man up and guys have to be able to fulfill that.Smith injured his left knee in the first quarter after landing on a jump shot and hobbled to the dressing room in considerable pain. He did not return, and the Cavaliers said X-rays taken at the arena were negative and that the guard would return to Cleveland on Tuesday for further examination.Coach Tyronn Lue said he was not sure on what it is, with regards to the precise nature of Smiths knee injury.Kevin Love had 28 points and 14 rebounds for his team-leading 13th double-double of the season and his third straight against the Raptors. Kyrie Irving added 24 points, his career-high 10th straight game with at least 20. Canadian Tristan Thompson chipped in with a season high-equaling 14 rebounds.DeMar DeRozan had 31 points and Kyle Lowry added 24 for Toronto, which had its six-game winning streak snapped.For Irving, winning the season series, and gaining the tiebreaker, over Toronto is something to celebrate, particularly when it also ended the Cavs skid.We know we are going to get their best shot all the time, he said. We compete at a high level against one another, so its great to come here or them come to Cleveland. It always comes down to basically the last two or three minutes.Mondays game was no different. Cleveland seized control of the game in the third quarter with a 23-11 run, turning a one-point halftime edge into a 13-point lead on Loves sixth 3-pointer of the game with 3:35 to play in the quarter. The Cavs eventually took a 90-81 advantage into the fourth.A turnaround jump shot from DeRozan with 24 seconds remaining closed the gap to five, and he followed that up with a 3-pointer 10 seconds later that looked to put the result in doubt, but after review he was ruled out of bounds. Love then made a pair of free throws.They know how to win, DeRozan said. Throughout the whole game they understand when they have to turn it up on both ends, so with that you cant put yourself in a hole deeper than what you are already in, especially against this team. You know they are the champions.TIP-INSCavaliers: F Mike Dunleavy returned after missing the last two games with concussion-like symptoms. ... The Cavaliers received a scare just 1:29 into the game when James fell awkwardly after converting an alley-oop dunk. He remained on one knee and Cleveland responded by calling a timeout, but he was back on the court when the game resumed.Raptors: DeRozan tied Morris Peterson for the most appearances in Raptors history with his 542nd game in Toronto colors on Monday.PLAYOFF PREVIEW?Lue thinks the Cavaliers will have to see the Raptors again in the postseason if they want to successfully defend their title.To get to the (NBA) Finals weve got to beat each other, he said. Its always a tough game when we play these guys.GRITTED TEETHAfter being elbowed in the mouth by Love going for a rebound with 5:22 to play in the first quarter, Lowry headed to the dressing room to be examined by a dentist. 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Jerryd Bayless Jersey . -- Five former Kansas City Chiefs players who were on the team between 1987 and 1993 filed a lawsuit Tuesday claiming the team hid and even lied about the risks of head injuries during that time period when there was no collective bargaining agreement in place in the NFL.Bangladesh beat Netherlands by eight runs in their opening game of the ICC 2016 World T20 in Dharamsala, with Tamim Iqbal cracking 83 off 58 balls. The Netherlands were left to rue a missed stumping of Iqbal when on 46 by Wesley Barresi, as no other Bangladesh batsman managed more than 15 in their innings.Timm van der Gugten (3-21) starred with the ball for the Netherlands, the seamer bowling Mahmudullah (10) and Mushfiqur Rahim (0) in the same over.But the Dutch were unable to chase down Bangladeshs 154-run target, falling short on 145-7 despite scoring 16 from the penultimate over to take the game down to the wire.After the Netherlands won the toss and chose to field first, Soumya Sarkar was badly dropped by the fielder at third man in Mudassar Bukharis first over.It wouldnt prove to be too costly an error as Paul van Meekeren (2-17) picked up Sarkar - caught behind - for 15 soon after, while former South African spinner Roelof van der Merwe (1-28) added the scalp of Sabbir Rahman, also for 15, a ball after being smashed for six over long on.Bangladesh continued to lose wickets, with Shakib Al Hasan (5) falling to Peter Borren, and van der Gugtens double-strike in the 15th reducing the Tigers to 112-5.At the other end Iqbal went through to a 36-ball fifty in the same van der Merwe over as Barresis missed stumping, and afterr another couple of wickets fell, helped smash 15 from the final over - hitting his third six - to push the team up to a score of 153-7.ddddddddddddNetherlands got off to a slow start, stuttering their way to 21-1 in the fifth over when Al-Amin Hossain (2-24) picked up Barresi (9), caught at deep square leg.Stephan Myburgh - star of the 2014 tournament for the Dutch - and captain Peter Borren both hit 29, but failed to capitalise on their good starts, while the rest of the batting order offered little as the Netherlands fell short.Myburgh and Ben Cooper (20) bashed five fours between them from the next 12 balls to get their chase going, before Myburgh was bowled by Nasir Hossain in the ninth over to again derail the Dutch.Borren briefly threatened, and Bangladesh might have been worried when Nasir dropped him off Shakib (2-28) at deep midwicket with 44 required and 26 balls remaining, but two balls later Borren picked out Nasir again, who this time held on.Bukhari (14 off 5) smashed a four and huge six over long on in a wayward 19th over from Al-Amin, but 17 from the final over proved to be too tough an ask for the Netherlands, as Bangladesh held on for the win.Sky Sports is the only place you can watch all 35 games in 27 days of the 2016 ICC World T20. 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