Cleveland, OH (SportsNetwork.com) - Kevin Love had 28 points and 10 rebounds as the Cleveland Cavaliers defeated the Indiana Pacers 109-97 on Saturday night. Kyrie Irving posted 24 points, 10 boards and five assists, while LeBron James added 19 points and seven helpers for the Cavaliers, who have won three in a row on the heels of a four-game losing streak. We had our assists up and three guys had double-doubles, James said. Cleveland center Anderson Varejao missed the game with a rib contusion. David West tallied 14 points and six rebounds for Indiana, which has dropped three of its last five contests. They just imposed their will on us, Pacers head coach Frank Vogel said. Their starters outplayed our starters tonight. Cleveland led just 52-49 at the break, but began the second half on a 9-2 run to seize control. Irving capped the swing with a 3-pointer for a 61-51 advantage and the Cavs took an 87-71 cushion into the fourth quarter, where they led by as many as 20 en route to the easy victory. Earlier, Love nailed a pair of triples and recorded 12 quick points as Cleveland raced out to an 18-4 start before going into the second quarter owning a 29-21 margin. Game Notes Cleveland shot 52.6 percent (41-of-78) from the field, while Indiana finished 39.3 percent (35-of-89) from the floor ... Tristan Thompson had 13 points and 11 rebounds for the Cavs. Steve Francis Jersey . -- The Oakland Raiders expect to have starting right tackle Tony Pashos back for Sundays game against the Houston Texans. Marquese Chriss Rockets Jersey . - Josh Sterk scored twice to lead the Oshawa Generals to a 7-1 rout of the Ottawa 67s in Mondays Ontario Hockey League action. https://www.rocketsrookiesshop.com/Vincent-Edwards-City-Edition-Jersey/ . Bayern led second-place Leverkusen by 10 points with a game in hand, while Dortmund was another four points off the pace. Freiburg midfielder Felix Klaus scored in the last minute as his side twice came from behind to climb provisionally out of the relegation zone. Isaiah Hartenstein Jersey . The Blue Jackets play Thursday night at New Jersey in their first game after the NHLs Olympic hiatus. A native of Trencin, Slovakia, Gaborik has represented his country at the 2006 and 2010 Olympics but was unable to play in Sochi because of his injury. James Harden Jersey . Floundering in the English Premier League, United has delivered better performances in Europe this season and stunned Bayern by taking the lead against the run of play through Nemanja Vidics header in the 58th minute. Bayern had dominated possession but struggled to create a clear-cut chance before Schweinsteiger arrowed a half-volley high into the net in the 67th to give the German side a slight advantage ahead of the second leg in Munich next week.DENVER - Semyon Varlamov was nearly unbeatable in regulation and overtime. He couldnt match it with the game on the line.Patrick Marleau and Joe Pavelski scored in the shootout to help the San Jose Sharks beat the Colorado Avalanche 3-2 on Tuesday night.Antti Niemi stopped 31 shots and both Avalanche players in the shootout to give the Sharks the win.Varlamov had a season-high 49 saves, many of them highlight worthy. He kept the Sharks frustrated through overtime but didnt make a save in the shootout.We finally made a couple good shots to beat him, Pavelski said.Alex Tanguay and Gabriel Landeskog scored in regulation for the Avalanche, who have one win in four home games this season.Marleau and Pavelski came through as the first two shooters to put the pressure on Colorado in the shootout. Niemi stopped Tanguay and then made a glove save on Matt Duchene to end the game.Were happy we got two points. We played a good game, a good 60 minutes, Niemi said. We were able to get chances in all the periods. We played well, we (just) couldnt score.It was a frustrating end for Colorado, which fell to 0-3-1 in games decided after regulation. This was the Avalanches first shootout loss.After a stingy first two periods the teams scored goals 1:59 apart in the third. Landeskog gave Colorado a 2-1 lead with his fourth goal of the season 3:04 in the period. Logan Couture answered when he scored on a rebound at 5:03.San Jose reached its season high in shots with more than three minutes left in the second period. The Sharks were swarming Varlamov but he had big saves on Pavelski, Marleau and Joe Thornton to keep Colorado close.I felt pretty good, but we need points right now, Varlamov said. Every point is very important. We want to win every game and there is frustration, but I think we played a solid game. We had a couple chances around the net.His skaters finally came through on a short-handed chance late in the second. Erik Johnsons clearing attempt to the San Jose blueline was mishandled by Burns and scooped up by Tanguay. Tanguay skated around Couture and beat Niemi high to tie it at 1-1.dddddddddddd It was his fourth goal of the season.San Jose had a 41-17 shot advantage heading into the third.Niemi was rarely tested in the first two periods but had to come up with some big saves in the third period and overtime. Colorado had a power play in the final 1:05 of the extra period and had chances to end it but couldnt cash in.Niemi made a save on Duchene as the horn sounded to end overtime.That was a big save, and it really did give us confidence going forward, Niemi said.The Sharks led 1-0 after the first despite outplaying Colorado for the entire period. San Jose held a 23-8 advantage in shots and at one point had 14 straight on Varlamov. The only one to get past him was Brett Burns tip of Mirco Muellers shot from the point at 9:23 of the period.He was outstanding, he made some incredible saves, especially in the first where we were struggling a lot, Avalanche coach Patrick Roy said. After they took a 1-0 lead we just lost our focus. That part of the game was not very pretty for us.The Sharks had other opportunities to score. Tomas Hertl had an open net but his backhand hit the crossbar. They also had numerous odd-man rushes but couldnt capitalize on them.We said all the right things before the game, we were ready to, but then the Sharks just pounced on us and they were better than us in the first period, Avalanche forward Jamie McGinn said. Varly gave us a chance to stay in it and win the game. Our second period was better but still not good enough. It;s just unacceptable to have that kind of start.Colorado, despite being dominated, nearly tied it on Duchenes shot with 1.5 seconds left in the period but Niemi made a diving glove save to keep San Jose in the lead.NOTES: Johnson played despite suffering a hit to the head in Sundays loss at Winnipeg. He was cleared after the game and practiced Monday. ... Avalanche LW Jamie McGinn and his brother, Sharks LW Tye McGinn, played against each other for the first time in their NHL careers. ... San Joses previous high in shots was 37. ' ' '