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New York, NY (SportsNetwork.com) - Kyrie Irvings season-high 37 points and two timely LeBron James baskets helped the Cleveland Cavaliers avenge an opening-night loss to the New York Knicks and leave Madison Square Garden with a 90-87 win. The Cavaliers trailed for most of the second half, but James scored five straight points late in the fourth to put them back in front. Irvings lefty scoop layup over two defenders with 10 seconds left made it 90-87. The Knicks went to a Carmelo Anthony isolation on the games final possession. Anthony shook James and shot a 3 from the right wing, but it was just off the mark. Iman Shumpert tipped the rebound out to Jose Calderon, who hit a 3 a full second after the final buzzer. Irving hit 12-of-18 from the floor and made 10 of his 11 free throw attempts for Cleveland, which has won a season-high five straight games. James gave 19 points and 12 assists, and Kevin Love posted 11 points and 11 boards. The Cavaliers dropped a 95-90 decision to the Knicks on Oct. 30. Since then, New York has managed just three more wins in 19 games. Tim Hardaway Jr. paced the Knicks with 20 points off the bench. Amare Stoudemire had 18 and Quincy Acy scored a career-high 15 in New Yorks sixth straight setback. Anthony shot just 4-for-19 for nine points. Neither team led by more than four during a back-and-forth first quarter. James had five points and five assists, and Cleveland led 25-24 after one. Irving opened the second quarter with a layup before Cleveland went cold, missing four straight shots and turning the ball over three times during a 13-0 Knicks run. Hardaway scored 11 of the 13, including three 3-pointers, and New York climbed out to a 37-27 lead. The Knicks might have opened a larger lead had it not been for Irving. The former No. 1 pick scored 17 points on seven shots in the frame, with his 3- pointer in the closing seconds pulling the Cavs to within 53-50 at halftime. Cleveland chipped away and eventually tied the game at 64 on a James layup with 3:21 left in the third. Irving then put the Cavs in front with another layup, but New York scored nine of the last 11 points in the quarter to take a 73-68 lead into the fourth. New York clung to a narrow lead until James hit a deep triple with just under four minutes left to put Cleveland back in front. Then, Irving took it from Calderon and sent it ahead to James for a breakaway slam. Irvings first two assists of the game gave the Cavs their largest lead since the first quarter with 3:26 to play. Stoudemires layup made it 88-87. Shane Larkin then had a chance to give the Knicks a lead with a short runner, but it rimmed out with 39 seconds left and Anthony missed a tip-in. Game Notes Hardaway had four of New Yorks eight made 3-pointers. NY shot 8-of-26 from beyond the arc ... The Knicks outrebounded the Cavs 47-33 ... Six Knicks players had at least three assists. No one on the Cavaliers aside from James had more than two. . Last years runner-up, Sara Errani, also reached the last eight in straight sets. Flipkens converted all four of her break points against Meusburger, and the third-seeded Errani broke Karin Knapps serve five times to win their all-Italian match 6-4, 6-3. .Brazil midfielder Ricardo Goulart scored the winner in the 50th minute to give the defending champion a four-point advantage in the standings over second-place Sao Paulo, which beat rival Palmeiras 2-0. http://www.nflcoltsgearsshop.com/Marlon ... ml?cat=924. The San Angelo, Texas product, who was a high school and college quarterback sensation in the Lone Star State, will start his first CFL game with the Saskatchewan Roughriders (9-4) on Friday at Mosaic Stadium against the leagues top team, the Calgary Stampeders (11-2). .S. Olympic hockey management team have been making what he called "ghost rosters" since August. .ca. In addition to the game being aired in its entirety on CTV Two Vancouver Island and TSN.ca, TSN2 will also have coverage of Whitecaps FC immediately following NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: Toyota Owners 400.Melbourne, Australia (SportsNetwork.com) - Fourth-seeded Chinese star Li Na and No. 20 seed Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia will square off in the 2014 Australian Open final. Li advanced to her third Australian Open final with a 6-2, 6-4 victory over 30th-seeded Canadian Eugenie Bouchard on Thursday, while Cibulkova reached her first Grand Slam final with a 6-1, 6-2 win over fifth-seeded Pole Agnieszka Radwanska. The former French Open champion Li lost to two-time Aussie Open champ Victoria Azarenka in last years title match and to Kim Clijsters in the 2011 finale. "I think is the third time, so pretty close to the trophy," Li said. "Yeah, at least I try to not falling down this time, because last year in the final I think I play well but I only can say unlucky because falling down twice. At least I try enjoy and staying healthy.ddddddddddddquot; The 31-year-old Li, won the French Open in 2011, will appear in her fourth Grand Slam final. Bouchard, who upset 14th-seeded former world No. 1 Ana Ivanovic in the quarterfinals on Tuesday, played in her first-ever Grand Slam semifinal. The 19-year-old Bouchard also became the first Canadian woman to reach a Grand Slam semifinal since Carling Bassett at the 1984 U.S. Open. "Im proud of, you know, how Ive improved as a player throughout the tournament," Bouchard said. "But Im never satisfied with losing. Im always disappointed." Radwanska came into Thursdays match fresh off a victory over Azarenka in the quarterfinals on Wednesday. The Polish star, however, fell to 5-2 lifetime against Cibulkova. Cibulkova became the first woman from Slovakia to reach a Grand Slam final. 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