(SportsNetwork.com) - The Toronto Raptors will be without their leader DeMar DeRozan for some time and will try to stay together when they open a three- game western trek Sunday against the Los Angeles Lakers. DeRozan is out with a groin injury and suffered a tear of the left adductor longus tendon in Fridays 106-102 loss versus the Dallas Mavericks. DeRozan fell to the floor on a drive to the basket in the third quarter and leads the Raptors with 19.4 points per game. Kyle Lowry had 25 points and Amir Johnson contributed 20 points and nine rebounds for the Raptors, who still have an Eastern Conference-best 13-3 record this season and had a six-game winning streak come to an end. It was a tough game, Johnson said. We fought back and had a chance down the stretch. Jonas Valanciunas had eight points and grabbed 13 rebounds, while Patrick Patterson ended with 10 points and 12 boards in the loss. The Raptors turned the ball over 17 times for 22 Dallas points. Toronto, which is 7-0 this season against teams under. 500, has a 4-1 ledger on the road and will also make stops in Sacramento and Utah. It is second in the NBA with 107.6 ppg and 11-0 when leading after three quarters. Lowry is averaging 23.0 points, 6.4 assists and 3.6 rebounds in five road games this season. Meanwhile, the Lakers are a putrid 1-8 at home this season and 3-13 overall. Los Angeles will close out a four-game homestand Sunday and has lost four in a row and eight of its last 10 games, including Fridays 120-119 decision to the Minnesota Timberwolves. Thaddeus Young made the go-ahead free throw with 2.8 seconds left and Kobe Bryant misfired at the buzzer. Bryant, the NBAs leading scorer with 26.4 ppg, ended with 26 points on 10- of-18 shooting to go along with five assists and five rebounds. Wesley Johnson scored 19 points, Jeremy Lin added 18 and 11 assists, and Nick Young scored 16 points off the bench. The Lakers, losers in five straight at home, shot 53.9 percent and turned the ball over 14 times for 20 Minnesota points. The Wolves made 57 percent from the floor. Lack of focus. Its as simple as that, Lakers coach Byron Scott said. We looked at them like they were inferior to us. We made some bonehead plays on both ends of the floor. In nine home games this season, Lin is averaging 14.1 points, 5.7 assists and shooting 50 percent from the field. Bryant (32,122 points) is approaching Michael Jordan (32,292 points) for third on the NBAs all-time scoring list. LA will play three straight and six of its next eight games on the road. The Lakers are trying to improve to 3-0 against Eastern Conference foes this season with the Raptors in town. They are last in opponents scoring with 111.4 points allowed and split two meetings with Toronto last season. Los Angeles is 10-3 in the past 13 matchups with Toronto, which snapped a 10- game road losing streak in this series with a 106-94 win last Dec. 8. The Raptors are 3-14 in the past 17 games at the Lakers. Air Foamposite Ireland . "All he says is, its crazy," DeMar DeRozan told reporters following Torontos win over the Pistons Wednesday. The Raptors longest-serving members, Johnson and DeRozan have had two coaches and 56 different teammates in five seasons with the club, all without appearing in a single playoff game. Vapormax Flyknit Ebay Ireland . - Free agent defensive end Will Smith has signed with the New England Patriots. http://www.outletvapormaxireland.com/. Louis, MO (SportsNetwork. Air Foamposite Wholesale . -- What Anthony Jennings lacked in experience, LSU more than compensated for with a talented supporting cast in the Outback Bowl. Cheap Vapormax Plus . Next years tournament is also within sight for Bosnia-Herzegovina, which has never played in a World Cup, but Cristiano Ronaldo looks destined for the playoffs with Portugal after a night when the qualifying picture in the nine groups became much clearer.Atlanta, GA (SportsNetwork.com) - LeVeon Bell scored twice and set the Steelers franchise record for yards from scrimmage as Pittsburgh went into Atlanta and beat the Falcons 27-20 on Sunday. Bell did not find much running room against an uncharacteristically stingy Atlanta front, but he did reach the end zone twice among 20 carries for 47 yards. He also made five catches for 72 yards and broke Barry Fosters single-season Steelers record for yards from scrimmage with 2,042. Ben Roethlisberger completed 27-of-35 passes for 360 yards, 123 of those going to his favorite target, Antonio Brown. Brown extended his streak of at least five catches and 50 yards to 30 games. If you can get hot and play your best football at the right time, youre a dangerous football team, Roethlisberger said. I dont know if were there yet, but we got a win and were happy about it. With the win, the Steelers (9-5) kept pace in the tight AFC North race. Cincinnati, which blanked Johnny Manziel and the Browns on Sunday, maintained its half-game lead ahead of Pittsburgh and Baltimore, which took down Jacksonville. Matt Ryan threw for 310 yards with two touchdowns and an interception for the Falcons (5-9), who remain alive in the lowly NFC South. We felt we had lots of chances to have a different outcome, said Falcons coach Mike Smith. Harry Douglas filled in admirably for an injured Julio Jones, making 10 catches for 131 yards. Jones, who was coming off a career-high 259 yards against Green Bay last Monday, was unable to play through a hip pointer injury he suffered late in a loss to the Packers. Roethlisberger completed four of his five passes for 52 yards on Pittsburghs opening touch, but he missed Heath Miller on 3rd-and-5 from the 20. The Steelers settled for a 38-yard Shaun Suisham field goal. Suisham split the uprights again from 38 yards away with two seconds left in the first quarter to cap a 72-yard drive. On the first play of the second, Ryan underthrew Douglas.dddddddddddd. William Gay jumped the route, came up with his third interception of the season and juked two Falcons on his way to a 52-yard touchdown return. This week didnt start the way that we wanted it to, said Ryan. We had opportunities early on and just missed on a couple. Atlanta got on the board with 4:19 left in the second half, when Ryan floated a ball to the back right corner of the end zone for Devin Hester. His second receiving TD of the year made it 13-7. Browns 28-yard reception near the left pylon in the final minute led to Bells short rushing score that made it 20-7 at halftime. Brown was initially ruled out of bounds, but a lengthy review determined that he got both feet down at the 1-yard line. Atlanta controlled the clock in the third quarter with two lengthy drives but had just two Matt Bryant field goals to show for it. Drives of 70 and 75 yards led to a pair of short kicks. The Falcons were within a touchdown heading into the fourth, but Bells 13- yard TD run down the left sideline 49 seconds into the final stanza gave the Steelers a 27-13 lead. Roddy Whites 4-yard touchdown grab, set up by a 41-yard Douglas pitch-and- catch, had Atlanta again within seven points with just over 10 minutes remaining. The Falcons went three-and-out later in the fourth and Pittsburgh was able to milk the remainder of the clock. On 3rd-and-1 from the Falcons 39 out of the two-minute warning, Roethlisberger used a play fake to get the defense off balance and hit Miller for a 25-yard gain. Roethlisberger kneeled twice to burn the remaining time. Game Notes The Falcons have allowed an NFL-worst 19 rushing touchdowns ... The Steelers are 13-2-1 all-time against Atlanta ... Atlanta fell to 0-8 this season when running 24 or fewer times ... Foster set the previous Steelers franchise record for yards from scrimmage in 1992 ... Both teams went 6-for-11 on third down. ' ' '