TORONTO — LeBron James scored 34 points Monday night and the Cleveland Cavaliers overcame an injury to J.R. Smith to snap their three-game losing streak with a 116-112 victory against the Toronto Raptors.

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 didn’t return and the Cavaliers said X-rays taken at the arena were negative. Smith will return Tuesday to Cleveland for further examination.

DeMar DeRozan had 31 points and Kyle Lowry added 24 for Toronto, which had its six-game winning streak snapped.

The win was the Cavaliers’ third straight this season against the Raptors, the team they beat in last season’s Eastern Conference finals. It also prevented Toronto from leapfrogging Cleveland into first place in the conference.

NUGGETS 106, 76ERS 98: Danilo Gallinari scored 24 points and Will Barton had 22, including a big 3-pointer late, to lead Denver at Philadelphia.

Jamal Murray added 22 points for the Nuggets, who won for just the second time in the last seven games. It was their second game of a six-game trip.

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THUNDER 102, HAWKS 99: Russell Westbrook extended his streak of triple-doubles to six games, leading Oklahoma City at Atlanta.

Westbrook scored 32 points, grabbed 13 rebounds and doled out 12 assists, carrying on the NBA’s longest run of triple-doubles since Michael Jordan had seven straight in 1989.

WIZARDS 118, NETS 113: John Wall scored 25 points, including 11 in the fourth quarter for Washington at New York.

Bradley Beal and Otto Porter Jr. had 18 points apiece for Washington.

TRAIL BLAZERS 112, BULLS 110: Damian Lillard had 30 points and seven assists, C.J. McCollum scored 24 and Portland won at Chicago for its third consecutive victory.

SPURS 97, BUCKS 96: LaMarcus Aldridge was credited for the go-ahead basket with 21.2 seconds left after Giannis Antetokounmpo was whistled for goaltending, completing San Antonio’s rally from 15 points down at Milwaukee.

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HORNETS 109, MAVERICKS 101: Kemba Walker scored 19 points, Nicolas Batum had 14 points and 15 rebounds, and Charlotte rallied at Dallas.

GRIZZLIES 110, PELICANS 108: Marc Gasol had 28 points, including a tying 3-pointer with 7 seconds left in regulation, to go with 11 rebounds and 11 assists, and Memphis won in double overtime at New Orleans.

NOTES

KINGS: Forward Matt Barnes is wanted for questioning by the New York Police Department for allegedly choking a woman and assaulting two others at a nightclub early Monday morning, according to TMZ.

BULLS: Guard Rajon Rondo was suspended for one game for conduct detrimental to the team. Rondo had an emotional exchange with associate head coach Jim Boylen during and after Saturday’s loss to Dallas.


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