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Tehama Tracker Tuesday's results Sports 1B Friday June 21, 2013 NBA FINALS San Antonio 88 Miami 95 The King Defends His Throne Miami wins series 4-3 MLB Athletics 3 Texas 4 OAK — Lowrie 3-5, 1 RBI TEX — Kinsler 1-3, 2 RBI Miami LATE Giants Today's games MLB Athletics Seattle CSNC 7:10 p.m. OAK — Colon, 9-2 SEA — Iwakuma, 7-2 Miami Giants NBA FINALS | Game 7 - Heat 95, Spurs 88 7:15 p.m. MIA — Nolasco, 4-7 SF — Lincecum, 4-7 On the tube ATHLETICS • 5 p.m. ESPN2 — Track & Field, U.S. Outdoor Championships, at Des Moines, Iowa AUTO RACING • 1 p.m. SPEED — NASCAR, Sprint Cup, practice for Toyota/Save Mart 350, at Sonoma, Calif. (same-day tape) • 3:30 p.m. SPEED — NASCAR, Sprint Cup, ''Happy Hour Series,'' final practice for Toyota/Save Mart 350, at Sonoma, Calif. BOXING • 7 p.m. ESPN2 — Junior lightweights, Rances Barthelemy (18-0-0) vs. Fahsai Sakkreerin (39-3-1), at Minneapolis COLLEGE BASEBALL • Noon ESPN — World Series, game 11, Mississippi State vs. Oregon State, at Omaha, Neb. • 5 p.m. ESPN — World Series, game 12, UCLA vs. North Carolina-N.C. State winner, at Omaha, Neb. GOLF • 6 a.m. TGC — European PGA Tour, BMW International Open, second round, at Munich • 9:30 p.m. TGC — Champions Tour, Encompass Championship, first round, at Glenview, Ill. • Noon TGC — PGA Tour, Travelers Championship, second round, at Cromwell, Conn. • 3:30 p.m. TGC — LPGA, NW Arkansas Championship, first round, at Rogers, Ark. MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL • 5 p.m. MLB — Regional coverage, Texas at St. Louis or Atlanta at Milwaukee SOCCER • 10:45 a.m. ESPN2 — FIFA, U-20 World Cup, U.S. vs. Spain, at Istanbul MIAMI BUCKS SAN ANTONIO, CAPTURES SECOND STRAIGHT TITLE MIAMI (AP) — LeBron James had 37 points and 12 rebounds and the Miami Heat repeated as champions with a 95-88 victory over the San Antonio Spurs in Game 7 of the NBA Finals on Thursday night. Dwyane Wade added 23 points and 10 rebounds and Shane Battier scored 18 points on 6-for-8 shooting from 3-point range for Miami. James made 5 of 10 3s, all the while hounding Spurs star Tony Parker on defense to make the Heat the first back-to-back champs since the Lakers in 2009-10. Tim Duncan had 24 points and 12 rebounds for the Spurs, who were trying to become the first road team to win a finals Game 7 since Washington in 1978. Kawhi Leonard added 19 points and 16 rebounds. Mario Chalmers scored 14 for Miami. Parker had 10 points on 3-for-12 shooting and four assists, and Manu Ginobili scored 18 points for the Spurs. San Antonio lost for the first time in five finals appearances. The Heat led just 72-71 going into the fourth quarter after a buzzer-beating 3pointer by Chalmers. Battier hit his fifth 3 of the night and Chalmers scored on a layup for a 79-75 lead with 7:30 to play, but the proud Spurs never faded. The Spurs missed seven of their first 10 shots and turned the ball over five times in the first seven min- AP photo Miami Heat small forward LeBron James (6) reacts after being fouled during the second half in Game 7 of the NBA basketball championships against the San Antonio Spurs on Thursday in Miami. utes of the fourth quarter, with the heart-breaking loss in Game 6 finally taking its toll. Duncan's turnover led to Battier's sixth 3-pointer, a corner dagger that gave Miami an 88-82 lead with 3:21 to go. The delirious Heat crowd leapt to its feet, sensing another Larry O'Brien trophy presentation in South Beach and they didn't sit down for the rest of a thrilling finish. Leonard's 3 made it 9088, but Duncan missed a putback and James knocked down a 19-foot jumper with 27.9 seconds to go, sealing the victory as the fans chanted along to the White Stripes' ''Seven Nation Army,'' a trademark celebration at American Airlines Arena. Confetti rained down the court, and James was surrounded by teammates and clicking cameras after a Rangers 4, Athletics 3 gone. It took a perfect throw to get me,'' Donaldson said. ''It was frustrating because it was the worst outcome we could have had.'' Gentry recovered quickly to get the ball and threw to Elvis Andrus. The shortstop made a perfect relay to catcher A.J. Pierzynski, who was blocking the plate and tagged out Donaldson to end the game. ''We've had some issues getting runs today, so aggressive is fine with me,'' manager Bob Melvin said. With coach Mike Gallego signaling him to stop, after initially waving him around the CHICAGO (AP) — So much for all the talk about the impenetrable goalies, and forget about those lane-clogging defensemen. It was all about the offense in Game 4, and the hangover could extend into the final three games of the deadlocked Stanley Cup finals. Chicago's 6-5 overtime victory at Boston on Wednesday night was the highest-scoring game in this year's NHL playoffs. There were breakaways, rebounds, long slap shots and tips. Eleven goals in all, coming from all over the ice. It all raises questions about how the remainder of this compelling series will look. ''I guess a series like this can take some unexpected turns sometimes, and you saw that last night,'' Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews said. ''I'm not going to make any predictions for what happens in the next game, but obviously there's a lot of things we want to carry into this game, Game 5, here.'' The biggest variable could be the recovery of goalies Tuukka Rask of the Bruins and Corey Crawford of the Blackhawks, who have a couple days to find their game again before the series resumes in Chicago on Saturday night. Rask and Crawford had been the best two goalies in the playoffs before each of them stumbled under heavy pressure in Game 4. Rask gave up too many prime rebound opportunities, and Crawford was beaten repeatedly on his glove side. ''Every goal is stoppable, but I don't think there was any weak one, so to speak,'' said Rask, who was coming off a 2-0 shutout and had allowed just eight goals in the previous eight playoff games. ''Mistakes piled up and I wasn't able to bail our guys out. Sometimes you do, sometimes you don't.'' Crawford was great in each of the first two finals games in Chicago. He had 51 saves in the three-overtime series opener, keeping the Blackhawks in the game long enough for Andrew Shaw to score the winning goal in a 4-3 victory. Crawford had 33 stops when the series shifted to Boston for Game 3, but Chicago was unable to get anything going against Rask. And then came more of the glove-side problems on Wednesday night that the Bruins have exploited all series long. ''A couple tough breaks last night, especially when we had the lead at 3-1 or 4-2, Boston is going to open up a little bit,'' Blackhawks forward Patrick Kane said Thursday. ''I think for us that we can play better defensively, maybe get in some shooting lanes and block some of those See A'S, page 2B See CUP, page 2B Around town @TehamaSports See FINALS, page 2B Flurry of goals flips series to offensive battle Attention all Little League All-Stars softball and baseball coaches: Please send All-Stars tournament results and game summaries to sports@redbluffdailynews.com. Call in at 527-2151, ext. 111. Follow us on Twitter for live game coverage, exclusive online articles and more. and Bosh together three summers ago. But it's been anything but easy for the NBA's latest super team. They lost to Dallas in 2010, suffering the final defeat in Game 6 on their home floor, then rebounded to steamroll the Oklahoma City Thunder last season. This regular season was shaping up as a coronation more than a competition, STANLEY CUP FINALS Little League The Red Bluff Jr. Spartans are still accepting sign-ups for football players ages 10-13 to play for the upcoming season. For more information, contact the organization's president Perry Rhoda at 736-3163, vice president, Randy Davis at 526-0074 or treasurer Cheryl Cantrell at 200-4590. Mercy High Volleyball clinics are set for August 5-8 at Mercy High School's gym. Two clinics are provided. One for those who will be in 6th and 7th grade in the fall (8:30 - 11:30 a.m.) and another for those entering 8th and 9th grade (Noon to 3 p.m.). Coaches include Zane Zelei, Shannon Threlkeld, Candi Keller, Mercy High varsity players and alumni. The cost is $40 and each clinic is limited to the first 20 participants. The application deadline is July 29. Contact Candi Keller at 547-2900 or at ckeller@mercy-high.org. tour-de-force finish. Danny Green, for five games the favorite for finals MVP thanks to his recordsetting 3-point shooting, missed his first eight shots and finished with five points on 1-for-12 shooting, while Game 6 hero Ray Allen was 0 for 4 with three turnovers for Miami. The Heat have been to three straight finals, just like they envisioned when Pat Riley brought James, Wade AP photo Oakland Athletics' Coco Crisp (4) slams against the centerfield wall while chasing a solo home run by Texas Rangers' Geovany Soto Thursday in Texas. Rangers gain ground on A's ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Josh Donaldson knew it was going to take a perfect play to keep him from scoring the tying run for the Oakland Athletics in the ninth inning. The Texas Rangers made the play, throwing Donaldson out at the plate to end their series-clinching 4-3 victory over the AL West-leading A's on Thursday. Donaldson, who reached on a two-out single off closer Joe Nathan, was trying to score from first when Seth Smith dumped a full-count pitch into center that shorthopped and caromed away from charging center fielder Craig Gentry. ''As soon as I saw it hit his chest, I was