Cavs top Pacers in summer league

The Cavaliers defeated the Pacers, 96-84, in the first round of the Las Vegas summer league tournament. Firstround draft pick Collin Sexton had a game-high 25 points and seven assists.

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The Cavaliers defeated the Indiana Pacers, 96-84, in summer league action on July 11. The win advances the Cavs (3-1) to Round 2 to face Houston on Saturday. Collin Sexton led with a game-high 25 points and seven assists. Jamel Artis added 14 points and seven rebounds, and Okaro White added 13 points.

MLB

HOME RUN DERBY ANNOUNCED» Washington Nationals slugger Bryce Harper will take on Atlanta Braves first baseman Freddie Freeman in an all-NL East matchup in the first round of the Home Run Derby on Monday night.

The 25-year-old Harper is the second seed at his home ballpark by virtue of his 22 homers through Tuesday’s games. Freeman, the top NL vote-getter for Tuesday night’s AllStar Game at Nationals Park, is the seventh seed with 16 homers.

Milwaukee Brewers first baseman Jesus Aguilar faces Philadelphia Phillies slugger Rhys Hoskins in the opening round. Los Angeles Dodgers rookie Max Muncy meets Chicago Cubs infielder Javier Baez, and Houston Astros third baseman Alex Bregman faces Cubs outfielder Kyle Schwarber.

NFL

LAWYER SAYS MCCOY ORCHESTRATED ATTACK» The lawyer for the exgirlfriend of NFL star LeSean McCoy says the Buffalo Bills running back orchestrated an attack that left her bloody amid attempts to get her to leave his suburban Atlanta mansion.

Attorney Tanya Mitchell Graham says in a statement to news outlets that her client was physically assaulted Tuesday morning by a man who entered the home with no signs of forced entry. The man demanded specific items of jewelry that had been gifted to her from McCoy, who had requested them back on many occasions.

The Associated Press is not identifying the woman, pending further details of the attack.

McCoy and the woman have been in court over his attempts to evict her from the home.