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1B Sports Tehama Tracker Friday's results Weekend June 15-16, 2013 MLB Giants 6 Atlanta 0 NBA FINALS Spurs wait on Ginobili's awakening SF — Bumgarner 7 IP, 2 H ATL — Johnson, 1-3 Seattle LATE Athletics Saturday's games AMERICAN LEGION Father's Day Classic at Doryland Field in Chico R Reno Red Bluff 8 a.m. Follow @TehamaSports on Twitter for live game coverage STANLEY CUP FINALS Boston NBC Chicago 5 p.m. Chicago leads series 1-0 MLB Giants CSNB Atlanta 1:05 p.m. SF — Gaudin ATL — Minor Seattle CSNC Athletics 4:15 p.m. SEA — Hernandez OAK — Griffin Sunday's games NBA FINALS Miami ABC San Antonio 5 p.m. Series tied 2-2 SAN ANTONIO (AP) — What's the matter with Manu? Manu Ginobili isn't scoring. His game is now careless instead of famously creative. In these NBA Finals, where LeBron James and Dwyane Wade just delivered a forceful reminder in Game 4 about stars deciding this series, the San Antonio Spurs are still waiting on one of their biggest. The impatience is starting to show. ''He's having a tough playoffs, and hasn't really found a rhythm or found his game yet,'' Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said Friday. ''I think that he's obviously not as confident as usual, and he knows full well he hasn't performed the way he would like and the way he's used to. But it's simplistic to say, 'What are we going to do to get him going?''' Simplistic, maybe. But their prospects of winning a fifth title may hinge on just that. Ginobili scored five points in 26 minutes in a 109-93 loss Thursday night, knotting the series heading into San Antonio's final home game Sunday. He's shooting just 34 percent against the Heat and is averaging 7.5 points, down from his 11.8 scoring average during the season. Overall, Ginobili has shot 38 percent in the playoffs, a career worst. Only one of his last 11 tries from behind the 3-point line has connected. It got so bad in Game 4 that even the Baseline Bums, a boisterous section of Spurs die-hards in the AT&T Center where the wily Ginobili is most beloved, yelled for the Argentine to quit jacking up shots. Ginobili seems to be getting fed up, too. He looked bothered by questions about his persistent struggles after shooting 1 for 5 on Thursday night and tying his thirdlowest scoring game in 21 career Finals appearances. The other time he managed just five points in the Finals? Game 2 in this same series. ''It's not that I've scored 30 a game this year,'' Ginobili said. ''I'm surprised. I wish I could score more. But it's not happening. I got to try to do other stuff. I've got to move the ball. If the shot is not falling, I've got to be sharp feeding the bigs and finding the shooters. I don't have to force the issue. That's not what I do. That's not what I'm asked to do.'' Putting a finger on what Ginobili does has always been tough to define - a quality that has made him one of the NBA's most entertaining players the last 11 years. At his most dazzling he's a fearless attacker, game-winning marksman, uncanny improviser and a master of falling-down shots AP photo The Spurs' Manu Ginobili, right, has been struggling during the NBA Finals. that defy belief. some shots he normally He will be a free agent this In Game 1, Ginobili per- makes. But Ginobili's game summer and has said he's fectly bounce passed to has never been predicated not ready to retire. Three Tony Parker between the on jump shots, and Spoel- years ago, when Ginobili legs of Miami's Norris Cole stra and the Heat are wary was playing at the end of - while Cole had his back of him turning it on. his last contract and turned and running. The ''We've always looked plagued by injuries, brilliant delivery was vin- at him very similar to our Popovich and Spurs general tage Ginobili, but his per- guy, to Dwyane,'' Spoelstra manager R.C. Buford didformance the rest of this said. ''And what makes him n't seal a new deal until series has been otherwise probably most dangerous is Ginobili ripped through an forgettable. the unpredictability, his exceptional two months Heat coach Erik Spoel- ability to be aggressive and late in 2010 that showed he stra on Friday downplayed do things on the court that still had it. the effect the Heat defense aren't necessarily scripted. Now two wins from a has had on Ginobili, saying That's where he's most championship, the Spurs that it occasionally has dangerous." need Ginobili to prove that come down to him missing Ginobili turns 36 in July. again. MLB Giants ESPN Atlanta 5:05 p.m. SF — Lincecum ATL — Teheran Seattle CSNC Athletics 1:05 p.m. SEA — Iwakuma OAK — Colon Monday's games STANLEY CUP FINALS Chicago NBCS Boston 5 p.m. MLB Athletics Texas CSNC 5:05 p.m. OAK — Straily TEX — Tepesch San Diego Giants CSNB 7:15 p.m. SD — Cashner SF — Zito Around town Red Bluff High Spartan Summer Football Program Incoming Athletes: Freshman/Sophomore Weight training and conditioning begins at 7:30 a.m. Monday at Spartan Stadium. Come prepared to work out and get ready for the 2013 season. Contact Coach Sanders for more information at 530-526-2191. Returning Varsity Athletes: Weight training and conditioning begins at 7 a.m. Monday in the Spartan Weight Room. Contact coach Hein for more information at 530-941-3579. Follow us on Twitter for live game coverage, exclusive online articles and more. @TehamaSports STANLEY CUP FINALS Depth pays off for Blackhawks CHICAGO (AP) — Much as they would love to get big contributions from Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane, the Chicago Blackhawks have shown they can win even when their biggest stars aren't lighting up the scoreboard. Depth pays off, and this is the reward. The Blackhawks are now three wins from their second championship in four years after taking a 4-3 triple-overtime thriller from the Boston Bruins in Game 1. It didn't matter that their biggest stars were largely quiet. They got enough from their secondary players to escape with the victory and land the first blow in this clash between Original Six franchises. Game 2 is Saturday night in Chicago. ''I think the whole year it's been the depth that drives this team through the record and through the great regular season and obviously in the playoffs,'' center Michal Handzus said. ''Obviously, our top guys are leading and they've been great, but you need to have depth. It's better for them to feel that if they don't score, they'll still have help from the bottom guys. The depth was one of the reasons why the regular season was very good for this team and one of the reasons why we are in the finals.'' That depth helped spark a record-setting start by the On the tube Saturday AUTO RACING 7:30 a.m. ESPN2 — NASCAR, Nationwide Series, qualifying for Alliance Truck Parts 250, at Brooklyn, Mich. 9:30 a.m. SPEED — NASCAR, Sprint Cup, ''Happy Hour Series,'' final practice for Quicken Loans 400, at Brooklyn, Mich. 11:15 a.m. ABC — NASCAR, Nationwide Series, Alliance Truck Parts 250, at Brooklyn, Mich. Noon NBCSN — IndyLights, Milwaukee IndyFest, at West Allis, Wis. (same-day tape) 1 p.m. NBCSN — IndyCar Series, Milwaukee IndyFest, at West Allis, Wis. 1:30 p.m. SPEED — Rolex Sports Car Series, Diamond Cellar Classic, at Lexington, Ohio 4 p.m. ESPN2 — NHRA, qualifying for Thunder Valley Nationals, at Bristol, AP photo Chicago Blackhawks left wing Brandon Saad, left, controls the puck against defenseman Niklas Hjalmarsson during NHL hockey practice Friday in Chicago. Blackhawks and propel them to the Presidents' Trophy for finishing the regular season with the most points. It has also paid off in the postseason, with Toews and Kane largely being held in check. That was certainly the case in the opener against the Bruins, and the result was a comeback win in a game for the ages. Whether it was Andrew Shaw picking off a clearing attempt and feeding Dave Bolland to start the rally in the third period or Johnny Oduya scoring the tying goal in regulation from the point, the Blackhawks simply kept finding ways, and all that happened before the game-winner. You know how that went. In the third OT, Michael Roszival shot the puck from the point into traffic, and it deflected off Bolland and Shaw before going past Tuukka Rask to finish off the fifth-longest Stanley Cup finals game in history. ''I think it's just hard work. Everyone wants that Cup,'' said Shaw, who has five goals in the playoffs after scoring nine in the regular season. ''There are a bunch of veterans on this team that played many years and haven't been to this point. Your career does fly by and you don't want to take it for granted. So when the opportunity's there, you have to seize it. (Brandon Saad) had that big goal last night, got the guys rolling. It was huge for him.'' It was huge for the Blackhawks, particularly with their top scorers making little noise. Toews won the Selke Trophy as the league's top defensive forward on Friday, beating out Boston's Patrice Bergeron and Detroit's Pavel Datsyuk, but that's been about the only good news for him of late. The captain nearly came unglued with the Red Wings pushing and pulling at him in the Western Conference semifinals, and he hasn't been able to convert Tenn. (same-day tape) 5 p.m. SPEED — TORC Series, at Bark River, Mich. BOXING 7:45 p.m. HBO — Lightweights, Terence Crawford (20-0-0) vs. Alejandro Sanabria (34-1-1); champion Mikey Garcia (31-0-0) vs. Juan Manuel Lopez (332-0), for WBO featherweight title, at Dallas COLLEGE BASEBALL Noon. ESPN2 — World Series, game 1, Mississippi State vs. Oregon State, at Omaha, Neb. 5 p.m. ESPN — World Series, game 2, Indiana vs. Louisville, at Omaha, Neb. GOLF 9 a.m. NBC — USGA, U.S. Open Championship, third round, at Ardmore, Pa. MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 1 p.m. MLB — Regional coverage, Boston at Baltimore or San Francisco at Atlanta 4 p.m. FOX — Regional coverage, N.Y. Yankees at L.A. Angels, Washington at Cleveland, Seattle at Oakland, Detroit at Minnesota, or Chicago White Sox at Houston NHL HOCKEY 5 p.m. NBCSN — Playoffs Stanley Cup Finals, game 2, Boston at Chicago SOCCER 8:15 a.m. ESPN Classic — UEFA, U-21 Championship, semifinal, Spain vs. Norway, at Netanya, Israel 11:30 a.m. ESPN — Confederations Cup, Group A, Japan vs. Brazil, at Brasilia, Brazil 2 p.m. ESPN — MLS, Dallas at Portland Noon ESPN2 — World Series, game 3, North Carolina vs. N.C. State, at Omaha, Neb. 5 p.m. ESPN2 — World Series, game 4, UCLA vs. LSU, at Omaha, Neb. GOLF 9 a.m. NBC — USGA, U.S. Open Championship, final round, at Ardmore, Pa. MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 10 a.m. WGN — Chicago Cubs at N.Y. Mets 10:30 a.m. TBS — L.A. Dodgers at Pittsburgh 5 p.m. ESPN — San Francisco at Atlanta MOTORSPORTS 4:30 a.m. SPEED — MOTOGP World Championship, Catalunyan Grand Prix, at Barcelona, Spain 2 p.m. SPEED — MOTOGP MOTO2, Catalunyan Grand Prix, at Barcelona, Spain (same-day tape) NBA BASKETBALL 5 p.m. ABC — Playoffs, finals, game 5, Miami at San Antonio Sunday AUTO RACING 10 a.m. ESPN2 — NHRA, Thunder Valley Nationals, part I, at Bristol, Tenn. (same-day tape) TNT — NASCAR, Sprint Cup, Quicken Loans 400, at Brooklyn, Mich. 8 p.m. ESPN2 — NHRA, Thunder Valley Nationals, part II, at Bristol, Tenn. (sameday tape) COLLEGE BASEBALL on offense in the playoffs. He has just one goal in the postseason after tying Kane for the team lead with 23. And for what it's worth, Kane hasn't been lighting it up, either, aside from that hat trick against Los Angeles in Game 5 of the conference finals. ''There are moments when you're getting close to scoring,'' Toews said. ''You've just got to stay with it. You're almost (through) three periods of overtime and you feel like you can be one of those guys that contributes and finds a way to score. You don't really care much when your teammate scores because the game's over, but obviously, I want to be one of those players that makes those big plays at this time of the year.'' It's a little easier to stomach when your teammates have your back. No matter who's on the ice, opponents simply can't rest against the Blackhawks. They wiped out a 3-1 series deficit against Detroit and took out one of the league's hottest goalies in Jonathan Quick while knocking off the defending champion Kings. Now, they have the upper hand on the Bruins partly because Saad, Bolland, Oduya and Shaw found ways to get the puck into the net when the Blackhawks' biggest guns couldn't. SOCCER 11:30 a.m. ESPN — Confederations Cup, Group A, Mexico vs. Italy, at Rio de Janeiro 2:45 p.m. ESPN — Confederations Cup, Group B, Spain vs. Uruguay, at Recife, Brazil Monday COLLEGE BASEBALL Noon ESPN2 — World Series, game 5, teams TBD, at Omaha, Neb. 5 p.m. ESPN2 — World Series, game 6, teams TBD, at Omaha, Neb. MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 4 p.m. ESPN — Chicago Cubs at St. Louis NHL HOCKEY 5 p.m. NBCSN — Playoffs, finals, game 3, Chicago at Boston SOCCER 11:45 a.m. ESPN — Confederations Cup, Group B, Tahiti vs. Nigeria, at Belo Horizonte, Brazil