Cavs rally for OT win in Toronto

LeBron James had 26 points, 13 assists and 11 rebounds, J.R. Smith scored 20 points and the visiting Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Toronto Raptors 113-112 in overtime on Tuesday night to win Game 1 of their second-round playoff series.

Kyle Korver scored 19 points, including the go-ahead 3-pointer in overtime after Cleveland never led in regulation. Tristan Thompson had 14 points and 12 rebounds for the Cavaliers, who have eliminated Toronto in each of the past two postseasons.

Toronto’s Fred VanVleet missed a 3-pointer with 3.4 seconds to go in overtime that could have won it for the Raptors, who couldn’t hold on to a 14-point, first-quarter lead.

Jonas Valanciunas had 21 points and 21 rebounds, Kyle Lowry had 18 points and 10 assists, and DeMar DeRozan scored 22 points for the Raptors, who host Game 2 on Thursday night.

l Steph Curry was in the lineup for Golden State for the first time since the end of March and helped the Warriors to a 121-116 win over the Pelicans and a 2-0 series lead in the Western Conference semifinals.

Curry scored 28 points and Kevin Durant had a team-high 29. Draymond Green had 20 points, 12 assists and nine rebounds.

Anthony Davis had 25 points and 15 rebounds to lead the Pelicans, who host Game 3 on Friday night.

ALEX O LEADS CAPS

Alex Ovechkin knocked his own rebound out of midair and by Matt Murray with 1:07 remaining to lift the Washington Capitals to a 4-3 victory in Game 3 of their increasingly testy Eastern Conference semifinal series with the Pittsburgh Penguins. Ovechkin gave the Capitals a 2-1 series lead when he collected a pass from Nicklas Backstrom and fired a shot that ripped by Murray before hitting the right post. Ovechkin stayed with it and his baseball-like swat gave him eight goals in the playoffs and the Capitals their fourth consecutive road win in the postseason.

l Blake Wheeler scored on the power play with 4:59 to play and the Winnipeg Jets roared back from an early 3-0 deficit to defeat the Nashville Predators 7-4 and grab a 2-1 lead in their second-round playoff series. After missing on a number of earlier chances, the Jets captain connected on a rebound off Mark Scheifele’s shot from a tight angle for his second of the postseason. Dustin Byfuglien had two goals and an assist for Winnipeg, while Paul Stastny added a goal and two assists.