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BALTIMORE -- Los Angeles Angels left-hander Tyler Skaggs has left Thursday nights game against Baltimore with left forearm tightness. Calle Jarnkrok Jersey . Skaggs held the Orioles hitless before walking off the mound with two outs in the fifth inning. He had retired 14 straight batters before issuing a walk to Steve Pearce. Then he motioned to the dugout immediately after throwing one pitch to Caleb Joseph. After a quick consultation at the mound, Skaggs headed toward the dugout, briefly gripping his left arm on the way. Skaggs was replaced by Mike Morin in the game tied 0-0. Morin immediately gave up a single to Joseph. Skaggs struck out seven and walked two. Mike Fisher Jersey . -- Challenged for the first time under Major League Baseballs expanded replay system, umpires got it right. Ryan Johansen Jersey . Colton Sissons also scored for Milwaukee (19-12-8), which went ahead with a two-goal third period. Wade MacLeod and Greg McKegg replied for Toronto (23-12-4).CLEVELAND - LeBron James began the day by missing the morning shootaround because of a cold. A loss to the struggling Denver Nuggets didnt make him feel any better.Ty Lawson scored 24 points, Arron Afflalo added 23 and the Nuggets ended Clevelands four-game winning streak with a 106-97 victory Monday night.James led the Cavaliers with 22 points, but Denver took the lead for good early in the third quarter and was up by as many as 14 midway through the fourth.They were the more desperate team and thats why they walked out with a win, James said. I felt OK, good enough to go out and help the team win, and as a group we didnt have it.The Nuggets limped into the game having lost seven of eight and were coming off Sundays defeat at New York in which they made one field goal in the second quarter.Denver looked like a different team Monday, placing five players in double figures. Leading 90-84, the Nuggets scored eight straight points and went ahead 98-84 on Lawsons layup with 6:01 to play.Nuggets coach Brian Shaw praised his teams effort.I told the guys before the game, were under fire in a lot of different ways, but no matter what, we have to stick together in this room, he said. People are attacking us from everywhere. The only way we can shut everybody up is through our actions on the floor. This was our biggest win of the year so far. It might not have been a big game for them, but it was a big game for us.Cleveland, which hit its first 11 3-pointers Saturday against Atlanta, failed to reach 100 points for the first time in six games despite having four players score 20 or more.While some observers thought the Cavaliers would breeze through games on a nightly basis, James has said since training camp it would take time for them to come together. Cleveland lost three of four to start the season before its winning streak.Weve got to play with our back against the wall every game, he said. I think we felt good about a four-game winning streak. You have a team that hasnt been playing well this year come into your building and think its going to be a cakewalk and thats what happens.James told reporters an hour before the opening tip that Ive been better, but Im walking. He said the cold has been bothering him for a couple of days. Craig Smith Jersey. He was 8 for 18 from the field with nine rebounds and five assists.Timofey Mozgov had 14 points and 11 rebounds for Denver. Darrell Arthur scored 14 and Wilson Chandler added 12.Kevin Love, Kyrie Irving and Dion Waiters each scored 20 points for the Cavs.Clevelands winning streak began with a 110-101 victory in Denver on Nov. 7, but this matchup was a different story. Afflalo was scoreless in 31 minutes in that game and Lawson didnt play because of an ankle injury.When you play a high-profile team, you focus a little more as a group, said Afflalo, who set a season high for points. It wasnt hard to get up for this one.Cavaliers coach David Blatt wasnt surprised the Nuggets put together a strong performance.I knew going into this game that this was a dangerous game, he said. I made that point when we walked in the locker room this morning.Travelling MANNuggets small forward Alonzo Gee played the last four seasons with the Cavaliers before being traded to Charlotte on July 27. He also spent time with New Orleans, Houston and Sacramento in the off-season before signing with Denver. Gee is averaging 3.8 points in eight games.ANOTHER AWARDJames was selected the Eastern Conference player of the week for a record 46th time Monday.It means, first of all, that youre winning, and Im happy to be a part of a team that wins, he said. Any time Im awarded that award its very humbling.Blatt said: It just speaks to the true definition of greatness, which is consistency, things that you over and over do well on a consistent basis.TIP-INSNuggets: Kenneth Faried, who came in averaging 7.9 rebounds, had one. ... F J.J. Hickson (right knee) was inactive. The team is holding him out of back-to-back games following reconstructive surgery on his right anterior cruciate ligament.Cavaliers: Waiters scored 16 points in the final 15 minutes. ... The Cavaliers recalled rookie C Alex Kirk from Canton of the NBA Development League. ... Six of Clevelands next seven games are at home.UP NEXTNuggets: Return home Wednesday to play Oklahoma City.Cavaliers: Complete a three-game homestand Wednesday against NBA champion San Antonio. James will face the Spurs for the first time since they beat Miami in last seasons Finals. 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