Trail Blazers collect sixth straight win

NBA: A steady hand and cool demeanor helped Damian Lillard and the Portland Trail Blazers.

Lillard and LaMarcus Aldridge each scored 25 points, Nicolas Batum added a season-high 24, and the Trail Blazers won their sixth straight with a 118-110 victory over the host Toronto Raptors on Sunday.

Lillard was 3 for 3 from the floor in the extra period as the Blazers escaped after blowing a 17-point lead in regulation.

“We didn’t have a reason to be all riled up,” Lillard said. “They played well getting back into the game. I think we were calm because we knew what we needed to do to win the game and we were able to get that done.”

Toronto’s Rudy Gay forced overtime with a buzzer-beating layup and tied a season high with 30 points to go with 10 rebounds. DeMar DeRozan scored 29 points and Jonas Valanciunas added a season-high 19.

The Blazers made a season-high 15 3-pointers, finishing 15 for 32 from beyond the arc. Toronto made just three.

“It’s tough when they’re knocking down shots like that,” Gay said. “No matter how much we rotate, move it around and switch, it’s tough to play when a team has it going. I’m not happy they made shots, but I’m happy with the effort we put forth.”

Portland’s long-distance accuracy wasn’t a surprise to the Raptors coach Dwane Casey, who talked about Portland’s potent offense before the game.

“(They’re) one of the best offensive teams that we’ve seen,” Casey said. “I think as far as scoring the basketball, averaging 103 points a game, they are a very explosive offensive team so we’ve got to be on point. We’ve got to guard the 3-point line.”

• Hill posts career highs in Lakers’ win: Jordan Hill had career highs of 24 points and 17 rebounds, and Jodie Meeks and Nick Young scored 19 points apiece in the Lakers’ 114-99 win over the Detroit Pistons in Los Angeles. Steve Blake had nine points and 16 assists for L.A.

Iowa State knocks off No. 7 Michigan

College basketball: Melvin Ejim scored 22 points and Iowa State beat No. 7 Michigan 77-70 in Ames, Iowa, spoiling Wolverines star Mitch McGary’s season debut.

Naz Long added 16 for the Cyclones (3-0), who held McGary to just one point in the second half .

McGary, a preseason first-team All-American who missed two games with a lower back injury, finished with nine points and six rebounds for Michigan (2-1).

• Belmont stuns No. 12 North Carolina: J.J. Mann hit the go-ahead 3-pointer with 13.1 seconds left to help Belmont (3-1) upset No. 12 North Carolina (2-1) 83-80 in Chapel Hill, N.C., in the Hall of Fame Tipoff.

• Louisville women beat Oklahoma in OT: Tia Gibbs scored 23 points and No. 5 Louisville (4-0) beat No. 11 Oklahoma (3-1) 97-92 in overtime to win the preseason WNIT title in Norman, Okla.

• Ex-LSU AD, basketball player Dean dies: Joe Dean, a former LSU basketball star and later the university’s athletic director, died Sunday. He was 83. Dean is one of only three LSU players inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame, along with Bob Pettit and Pete Maravich.

Scrivens comes through again for L.A.

NHL: Ben Scrivens made 37 saves in his second consecutive shutout, and Tyler Toffoli’s second-period goal held up as the winner as the Los Angeles Kings completed a successful Eastern road trip with a 1-0 victory over the New York Rangers.

Scrivens, filling in for injured regular Jonathan Quick, followed up a blanking of New Jersey on Friday with one against the Rangers. Los Angeles went 3-0-1 on the trip, winning the final three games.

Scrivens has gone 155 minutes, 2 seconds without allowing a goal over three games. Los Angeles is 5-0-1 in its last six.

• Sharp is sharp in Blackhawks’ victory: Patrick Sharp scored two goals, including one on a third-period penalty shot, and Kris Versteeg had a goal and an assist to lead host Chicago to a 5-1 win over over San Jose.

• Ovechkin ties Steen with two goals: Alex Ovechkin won the head-to-head matchup between the NHL’s two leading goal scorers, getting a pair in the first period to move into a tie with Alexander Steen in Washington’s 4-1 win over visiting St. Louis.

Ovechkin’s 16th and 17th goals led the Capitals to their third straight win and seventh in nine games.

Ovechkin and Steen are two of the NHL’s hottest forwards playing for two of the league’s hottest teams, but the Capitals cruised after dominating early, scoring on three of their first six shots against Jaroslav Halak.

• Lehtonen makes 42 saves in Stars’ win: Kari Lehtonen made 42 saves to help Dallas edge host Vancouver 2-1.

• Koivu scores twice in Wild’s victory: Mikko Koivu scored two goals, including the winner with 3:12 remaining, and Minnesota extended its winning streak to four games by beating Winnipeg 2-1 in St. Paul, Minn.

The Jets had a four-game winning streak snapped.

Saskatchewan, Hamilton in Grey Cup

CFL: Darian Durant completed 24 of 30 passes for 280 yards and three touchdowns and the Saskatchewan Roughriders advanced to the Grey Cup in their hometown with a 35-13 victory over the host Calgary Stampeders in the CFL’s West Division final.

The Roughriders will face the Hamilton Tiger-Cats next Sunday in the title game in Regina. The Tiger-Cats beat host Toronto 36-24 in the East Division final.

Czech Republic retains Davis Cup

Tennis: The Czech Republic retained the Davis Cup title by beating host Serbia 3-2 in the final in Belgrade after Radek Stepanek swept past Dusan Lajovic in the decisive singles match. Stepanek beat the 117th-ranked Lajovic 6-3, 6-1, 6-1.

American Bowe skates to record

Miscellany: American Brittany Bowe broke the world record in the women’s 1,000 meters in a World Cup speedskating race at the Utah Olympic Oval in Kearns Utah, finishing in 1:12.58. Bowe broke the record of 1:12.68 set by Canada’s Christine Nesbitt in Calgary, Alberta, on Jan. 28, 2012.

In other World Cup competition: Double overall World Cup skiing champion Marcel Hirscher of Austria won the World Cup slalom opener in Levi, Finland, ahead of countryman Mario Matt. … Italy’s Dominik Fischnaller posted the fastest time in both runs to win the luge season opener in Lillehammer, Norway, for his first victory on the circuit.

• U.S. gets silver in volleyball: The United States beat the Domincan Republic in four sets in Tokyo to win the silver medal at the volleyball World Grand Champions Cup. Lauren Paolini had 19 points in the Americans’ 25-14, 25-16, 21-25, 25-18 victory. Olympic champion Brazil beat host Japan 29-27, 25-14, 25-18 for the title.