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Tuesday's results Eastern Conference Finals NBA PLAYOFFS Miami 92 Indiana 99 Series tied 2-2 Western Conference Semifinals STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS Sharks 1 Los Angeles 2 Los Angeles wins series 4-3 MLB Giants LATE Athletics Today's games Western Conference Semifinals STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS Detroit NBCS Chicago 5 p.m. Series tied 3-3 MLB Athletics Giants 1B Sports Tehama Tracker Wednesday May 29, 2013 NHL WESTERN CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS | Kings 2, Sharks 1 Los Angeles ousts San Jose in Game 7 LOS ANGELES (AP) — Justin Williams scored two goals in the second period, and the Los Angeles Kings advanced to the Western Conference finals with a 2-1 victory over the San Jose Sharks in Game 7 on Tuesday night. Jonathan Quick made 25 saves as the defending Stanley Cup champions finished off this agonizingly even series with their 14th consecutive home victory over the past two months, including seven straight in the postseason. The home team won all seven games in this thrilling all-California series, and the fifth-seeded Kings barely rode their home-ice advantage to victory in their first potential elimination game in the last two years. Antti Niemi stopped 16 AP photo Los Angeles Kings defenseman Slava Voynov, foreground, of Russia takes the puck away form San Jose Sharks center Logan Couture on Tuesday. shots, and Dan Boyle scored early in the third period for the Sharks, who fell just short of their third trip to the conference finals in four years. The Kings will face Chicago or Detroit when they attempt to reach the Stanley Cup finals for the third time. The Blackhawks host the Red Wings in Game 7 on Wednesday night. Los Angeles has won eight straight home playoff games dating to last season's Stanley Cup clincher, but this one might have been the toughest. San Jose pressed the action throughout the third period after Williams' back-to-back goals put the Sharks in a mid-game hole, but Quick and the Kings' defense hung on for a win in Los Angeles' first Game 7 at home since 1989. Williams scored on a power-play tap-in and a onetimer 2:57 apart early in the second, putting the Kings on top to stay. The veteran wing had an eight-game, goalscoring drought, but the two-time Stanley Cup win- See SHARKS, page 2B CSNC 7:15 p.m. OAK — Milone SF — Lincecum On the tube MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 11:10 a.m. WGN — Chicago White Sox at Chicago Cubs 4 p.m. MLB — Regional coverage, Boston at Philadelphia or N.Y. Mets at N.Y. Yankees NHL HOCKEY 5 p.m. NBCSN — Playoffs, conference semifinals, game 7, Detroit at Chicago SOCCER 11:25 p.m. ESPN2 — Men's national teams, exhibition, Germany vs. Ecuador, at Boca Raton, Fla. 5 p.m. ESPN2 — Men's national teams, exhibition, United States vs. Belgium, at Cleveland Around town The Red Bluff Vineyard Christian Fellowship is holding a Disc Golf Scramble at Dog Island Park at 1 p.m. Sunday. The event is open to the public. The Red Bluff Bulls American Legion baseball team will hold a fundraising dinner at 5:30 p.m. Saturday at the Red Bluff Community Center. The dinner, which will feature guest speakers, costs $35 per person. Tickets can be purchased at the Green Barn or from any American Legion baseball player. The Spartan Summer Basketball camp is set for June 10-14 at Red Bluff High School. The camp is open to boys and girls in 4th through 12th grade. Current girls and boys coaches will be featured. Camps will be split between elementary, junior high and high school. Registration forms can be found at most schools, the Red Bluff High School office and student store or online at www2.rbuhsd.k12.ca.u s/rbhs/webclass/school /athletics. The registration deadline is June 10 and the cost is $50. For more information call 529-8710. Follow us on Twitter for live game coverage, exclusive online articles and more. @TehamaSports SACRAMENTO KINGS NBA approves sale to Ranadive group By ANTONIO GONZALEZ AP Sports Writer The NBA Board of Governors unanimously approved the sale of the Sacramento Kings on Tuesday to a group led by TIBCO Software chairman Vivek Ranadive. The league said in a statement that the ''transaction is expected to close shortly.'' After owners blocked the relocation of the franchise to Seattle earlier this month, the Maloof family reached an agreement to sell a 65 percent controlling interest in the Kings to Ranadive's group at a total franchise valuation of $535 million. Ranadive, who will have to sell his minority stake in the Golden State Warriors, becomes the NBA's first Indian-born majority owner. The Sacramento group also includes 24 Hour Fitness founder Mark Mastrov, former Facebook senior executive Chris Kelly and the Jacobs family that owns communications giant Qualcomm. Moments after the league announced the sale was approved, Ranadive thanked owners in a tweet and wrote that it was an honor and a privilege ''to be part of such an amazing community.'' He also updated his Twitter profile AP photo Vivek Ranadive, the new majority owner of the Sacramento Kings NBA basketball team, leads employees in a cheer during a visit to the team's offices at Sleep Train Arena in Sacramento on Thursday. to show that he is the had been more serious than continue his fight to bring return. Coach Keith Smart the NBA back the Pacific is signed through this Seattle. owner of the Kings. Chris Hansen had a deal Northwest city. The vote, which had upcoming season; howevThe next steps for er, most of his assistants been expected since own- with the Maloofs to buy ers blocked the move to the Kings and rebrand Ranadive will be figuring are not. Seattle on May 15, official- them the SuperSonics, out the basketball operaSacramento Mayor ly ended an emotional saga who left Seattle for Okla- tions and finalizing the Kevin Johnson — a former that has dragged on since homa City in 2008 and deal for a new arena. He NBA All-Star guard — got January. And for those in were renamed the Thun- already has been busy the City Council to Sacramento, almost a der. In a 22-8 vote, the helping staff sell season decade of uncertainty Board of Governors reject- tickets and boost sponsor- approve a non-binding financing plan for a $447 involving the Maloof fami- ed that deal, which would ship. The contract for Kings million facility with a $258 ly, who entertained reloca- have sold a 65 percent contions to Anaheim, Calif., trolling interest at a total president of basketball million public subsidy. But Las Vegas and Virginia franchise valuation of $625 operations Geoff Petrie that deal is still pending expires after June 30 and environmental and other million. Beach in recent years. Hansen has vowed to he is not expected to reviews. No threat of relocation DAILY NEWS RED BLUFF TEHAMA COUNTY ATHLETES OF THE WEEK Corning Lady Cardinals Morgan Parker Red Bluff Spartans Track and Field Track and Field Corning High's Morgan Parker was a twoevent medalist at the Northern Section CIF Track and Field Finals on Friday, when she took fifth place in shot put and third in discus. The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender. — Vince Lombardi Red Bluff High's Michael Stone anchored the Spartans' 4x400meter relay team to a first-place finish Friday, and helped the team earn a berth to the CIF state finals meet this weekend. Michael Stone