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TORONTO -- Kyrie Irving cemented himself as a go-to late-game shooter in last years NBA Finals. Touki Toussaint Jersey .On Friday night, he picked up where he left off.Irving scored 26 points and hit a go-ahead 3 with 44.3 seconds remaining, lifting the Cleveland Cavaliers over the DeMar DeRozan and Toronto Raptors 94-91 in a rematch of last seasons Eastern Conference finals.Irving made a tiebreaking 3 with 53 seconds left in Game 7 of the NBA Finals, helping Cleveland win its first title with a historic comeback from a 3-1 series deficit.Fridays make helped Cleveland survive a 32-point effort from DeRozan. Irving was 5 for 9 from beyond the arc and dismissed comparisons from reporters to his winning 3 in the Finals.No, its just Game 2 of a new season, he said. Im glad we went through a close game with a great team like that though. It shows a lot of growth on our end as a team.LeBron James had 21 points and Kevin Love chipped in 18 with 10 rebounds to keep the Cavaliers perfect two games into their title defense.Cleveland led almost from the opening tip until Kyle Lowry put the Raptors in front with 2:37 to play. But Toronto missed its last five shot attempts in the final minute, with Clevelands defense holding Toronto to .389 shooting from the field. The Cavaliers were a perfect 17-0 last year when they held opponents under 40 percent shooting.I think it was a good test for us, James said. Its fun to have games like that throughout the regular season, it sharpens your sword.The Raptors were unable to capitalize on another strong effort from Jonas Valanciunas, who had 10 points and 17 rebounds, and DeRozan, who followed up a 40-point performance in a season-opening win over Detroit.DeRozans combined 72 points bested Vince Carters team record of 65 for the most points through the first two games of a season, set in the 2003-04 season.However, DeRozan was concerned with the second quarter, where Toronto allowed Cleveland to go on a 12-2 run that opened the game up.They caught a rhythm, we turned the ball over and they took advantage of it, he said. Since then we were always fighting.TIP INSCavaliers: With seven baskets, James moved past Patrick Ewing (9,702) for 15th career in field goals made. ... With a first-quarter 3-pointer, Irving moved past Wesley Person (550) for sole possession of fourth place in 3-pointers made in franchise history. ... F Channing Frye did not travel with the team after his mother passed away following a long battle with cancer. Frye is on indefinite leave and will not play in Saturdays game against Orlando. He had kept his mothers illness from the team until this week. For him to internalize it this whole time without saying anything to anyone is tough, said Cavs coach Tyronn Lue, whose own mother and grandmother are battling cancer.Raptors: C Lucas Nogueira (ankle) sat out his second consecutive game with a sprain. ... Toronto won the regular season series against the Cavaliers last year, taking three out of four games.SHARP SHOOTERFresh off leading local Major League Soccer team Toronto FC to its first-ever playoff win Sunday over Philadelphia Union, U.S. national team striker Jozy Altidore was in attendance Friday. TFC continues its postseason run against New York City FC on Sunday.UP NEXTCavaliers: Host Orlando on Saturday hoping to extend their 14-game winning streak against the Magic. 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Sebastian Vettel is convinced Ferrari had a better package than Red Bull in 2016 and should have beaten the Milton Keynes team to second in the championship.Ferrari came into the season with high hopes of a championship challenge and looked set to live up to those expectations in the early stages of the Australian Grand Prix. However, after bungling its strategy in Melbourne, and again in Canada later in the year, Ferrari dropped off the pace and was soon in a battle with Red Bull rather than Mercedes.Red Bull eventually finished a massive 70 points ahead of Ferrari, who failed to win a race for the second season in three years. Vettel does not think that is a fair reflection, something he blames on the team not maximising its results in the early part of the year.Up and down not as good as expected, Vettel said. Overall it has been a bit up and down season I think it could have been a lot better points-wise I think we didnt manage to score enough points at the beginnning of the year. Luke Jackson Jersey. Towards the end we have found ourselves in a very tight battle with Red Bull but I think overall we have had the stronger package and should have finished second in the constructors championship. Especially at the beginning we dropped too many points.The big disappointment is that we didnt manage to fight with Mercedes but nevertheless there have been a lot of things happen in the background which should make the team stronger for the next years.After Melbourne, Vettel did not start the Bahrain Grand Prix after his engine failed on the formation lap. He was then punted out of the Russian Grand Prix on the opening lap by Daniil Kvyat. At the next race a strategy call took Vettel and Red Bulls Daniel Ricciardo out of contention, while Max Verstappen held off Kimi Raikkonen in the other Ferrari for his maiden win. ' ' '
