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2B – Daily News – Saturday, October 30, 2010 Warriors bury Clippers, but lose Curry L.A. Clippers 91 Warriors 109 OAKLAND (AP) — Monta Ellis knew early his shot wasn’t falling. Unlike in the past, Golden State’s mercurial scorer didn’t force the issue. Instead, Ellis was content deferring to his teammates and passing the ball around. As a result, the Warriors are off to their best start in 16 years. Two days after matching his career high in scoring, Ellis had 15 points and 11 assists, Dorel Wright added 24 points and the Warriors beat the Los Angeles Clippers 109-91 on Friday night. ‘‘I saw in the beginning of the game that it wasn’t my game so I tried to do other things to get my team involved,’’ Ellis said. ‘‘I know when my day is going to be good and when my day is going to be bad. We just went off the flow, ran and made plays and came out with the win.’’ Ellis, who had 46 points in a season-opening win over Houston on Wednesday night, had an off night shooting, but made three 3-pointers and came within two assists of tying his personal best. The win might have been costly. Second-year guard Stephen Curry re-injured his right ankle in the third quarter. The second-year guard, who orig- inally hurt the ankle in the preseason and aggravated it in the Warriors’ season-opening victory against Houston on Wednesday night, did not return. ‘‘It’s more rehab, that’s all that means,’’ said Curry, who had 16 points before getting hurt. ‘‘Just got to be smart about it now and try to get it back to 100 percent and get it stronger so that even if I do step on somebody’s foot I can recover. We’ll find out tomorrow and see how it reacts.’’ Blake Griffin, the top overall pick in 2009 who missed all of last season because of a knee injury, had his second straight double-double for the Clippers with 14 points and 10 rebounds while playing in foul trouble most of the sec- ond half. Los Angeles couldn’t recover from Golden State’s 21-2 run to open the third quarter. ‘‘It is frustrating to be down at the beginning of the sec- ond half and come out and just be torn apart like that,’’ Grif- fin said. ‘‘We’ve got to bounce back.’’ The Warriors are 2-0 for the first time since 1994 when they won their first five before finishing 26-56. Ellis is a big reason. ‘‘That’s maturity,’’ coach Keith Smart said. ‘‘He saw how the defense was playing, read it, saw that other guys were playing well and just made plays and simply became the facilitator. That’s the maturity of where he is at right now.’’ Golden State’s good feelings after the game were tem- pered by the injury to Curry, who was hurt while trying to get around a pick set by Griffin with 6:03 left in the third quarter. Curry rolled his right foot and immediately fell to the floor in pain. When play was halted, trainers rushed out to Curry, who lay on the court for several moments while sur- rounded by teammates and Smart. Curry eventually was helped to his feet and limped slow- ly off the court. He was examined in the trainer’s room and did not return. He is listed as day to day. Before getting hurt, Curry scored six straight points to start the third quarter and ignited a 21-2 run that put Golden State ahead for good. Ellis had five points during the streak while Lee added four, then later scored on a three-point play to give the Warriors their biggest lead of the night at 87-63. Wright helped pick up the scoring slack once Curry left, matching his career high with six 3-pointers. Griffin did most of his scoring in the first quarter before heading to the bench with three fouls. He finished 6 of 14 from the floor and added three assists for the Clippers (0-2). ‘‘We have a lot of growing pains, a lot of things to work on,’’ Los Angeles coach Vinny Del Negro said after his team shot 38.6 percent from the floor. ‘‘We have to have more of a defensive sense of urgency, especially in the third quarter. We weren’t aggressive but Golden State spreads you out.’’ Ellis notched his 15th career double-double for Golden State, which beat Los Angeles for the ninth time in the last 10 games between the two teams at Oracle Arena. NOTES:The game was the 5,000th in Warriors’franchise history. They are 2,295-2,2705. ... It was Asian Heritage Night at Oracle Arena and the crowd of 17,408 rose in a standing ovation when reserve Jeremy Lin checked into the game with 2:32 remaining in the fourth quarter. Lin, who grew up in the Bay Area, didn’t score but hustled for a loose ball that brought the crowd to its feet again. Harris leads late Nets rally over Sacramento Kings 100 New Jersey 106 NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — The New Jersey Nets have started the season on anoth- er streak — a winning streak. After opening last season with an NBA-record 18 straight losses, the revamped Nets are going in a different direction under new owner Mikhail Prokhorov and new coach Avery Johnson. Devin Harris had 21 points and 10 assists and the Nets staged another late rally in a 106-100 victory over the Sacramento Kings on Friday night. This win came just two days after the Nets rallied from a seven-point deficit in the final 1:40 to win their season opener against Detroit. ‘‘It says we’re a team of a lot of heart but that’s not something we want to make a habit,’’ Harris said. ‘‘It’s good to know we can make WIN (Continued from page 1B) coaches yelling that they knew the play so I just had to turn upfield and run hard.” Though the Spartans (1-8, 1-2 Eastern Athlet- ic League South) had trailed through the majority of the first half, Hill’s score sent the team into halftime with a momentum that car- ried through the remain- der of the contest. Just 25 seconds into the third quarter, Red Bluff struck again. This time with a 1-yard touchdown run by Dil- lon Reid. Teammate Tyler Demerath set up the score with a 40-yard kickoff return coupled with a 44-yard dash down the sideline. That’s when the Spar- tans seized control. Later, Demerath recorded a touchdown of his own, an impressive MLS First Round Playoffs Home-and-home New York vs. San Jose Saturday: at San Jose, 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 4: at New York, 5 p.m. Columbus vs. Colorado Game 1:Colorado 1, Columbus 0 Saturday, Nov. 6: at Columbus, 1 p.m. Real Salt Lake vs. FC Dallas Saturday: at Dallas, 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 6: at Real Salt Lake, 7 p.m. Los Angeles vs. Seattle Sunday: at Seattle, 5 p.m., ESPN2 Sunday, Nov. 7: at Los Angeles, 6 p.m. Saturday’s other televised games Purdue at Illinois, 9 a.m., ESPN2 Tulsa at Notre Dame, 11:30 a.m., NBC Georgia vs. Florida at Jacksonville, 12:30 p.m., CBS Michigan at Penn State, 5 p.m., ESPN Check Out our online ‘Yard Sale Map’ Updated Thursday afternoon – for weekend Yard Sales! Click on locations for exact addresses and driving directions! ‘ Yard Sale Map ’ can be easily accessed from our top menu at www.redbluffdailynews.com . Mouse over the red ‘ Classified ’ tab and scroll down to ‘ Yard Sale Map ’ and click. at Atlanta at Indiana at Chicago these comebacks. We don’t want every game (to be) we lose it, then we’re down 10 in the fourth quarter and we have to put time and energy to come back because it’s a long season.’’ It can never be a long as last year, when the Nets won 12 games. They needed 21 games to get two wins last season. ‘‘It just shows how hard we’ve been working and the preparation we’ve put in,’’ said Brook Lopez, who led the Nets with 29 points and six rebounds. New Jersey closed with a 17-3 surge over the final 3:40, with Harris scoring six straight late in the run. ‘‘Praise the comeback,’’ said Johnson, whose team used a game-closing 13-3 spurt to beat Detroit. ‘‘Guys don’t give back. Let’s praise the comeback. That’s what it’s all about.’’ though. There were negatives The Nets squandered an jaunt from Red Bluff’s own 40-yard line that put the Spartans up 21-7 at the 8:11 mark of the third quarter. As Demerath broke through the line on that run, the shifty tailback stumbled as he was met by the Oroville sec- ondary, but maintained his balance and followed a narrow seam clear to the goal line. “My hip was hurting but I just didn’t want to go down,” said Demerath, who finished with a team-high 120 rushing yards. “On the previous play Dillon (Reid) scored and I got jealous and wanted to score one of my own.” As the second half unfolded, Oroville (0-8, 0-3) began to unravel toward a 16th straight loss. And though the Tigers began the game with high energy gener- NCAAFOOTBALL Saturday's Top 25 games No.1 Oregon at No.24 USC, 5 p.m., ABC No.3 Auburn at Mississippi, 3 p.m., ESPN2 No. 4 TCU at UNLV, 8 p.m. No.5 Mich.St.at No.18 Iowa, 12:30 p.m., ABC No.7 Missou at No.14 Neb., 12:30 p.m., ESPN No. 8 Utah at Air Force, 4:30 p.m. No. 10 Ohio State at Minnesota, 5 p.m. No.11 Okla.vs.Colorado, 6:15 p.m., ESPN2 No.13 Stanford at Wash., 4 p.m., VERSUS No.15 Arizona at UCLA, 12:30 p.m., CSNB No.17 S.Carolina vs.Tenn., 9:21 a.m., CSNC No.19 Arkansas vs.Vanderbilt, 4 p.m. No.20 Okla.St.at Kansas St., 9 a.m., CSNB No. 22 Miami at Virginia, 9 a.m., ESPN No.23 Mississippi State vs.Kentucky, 4 p.m. No.25 Baylor at Texas, 4 p.m., CSNB 18-point lead in this one, and gave up 32 points off turnovers. Still, they are 2-0 for the first time since 2002-03. Travis Outlaw added 18 for New Jersey and Jordan Farmar had 14, including four late free throws. Tyreke Evans, who missed the Kings’ opener because of a one-game sus- pension for pleading no- contest to reckless driving, and Francisco Garcia had 18 points apiece for Sacramen- to. Carl Landry and Beno Udrih each had 14 points. The Kings were trying to open the season with con- secutive wins for the first time since 2003-04 and seemed to be on their way when Evans scored on a reverse layup with 3:41 to play for a 97-89 lead. However, they quickly fell apart and New Jersey took advantage. ‘‘This is one of the guys we should have pulled it out,’’ Evans said. ‘‘We had a ated from an early touchdown from Matt Soudan, the team never gathered itself once Red Bluff began to roll. By the fourth quarter, the Tigers began to resort to desperate mea- sures, frequently throw- ing in hopes of a few quick strikes that might assist in closing the gap. Instead, it opened fur- ther. Oroville went on to turn the ball over twice with two second-half interceptions, one of which Red Bluff ’s Ty Smith returned from midfield for the Spar- tans’ final touchdown. Ben Archuleta and Soudan were Oroville’s ODDS Glantz-Culver Line For Oct.30 World Series Saturday at Texas -150 SanFrancisco +140 NFL Sunday San Francisco-x 2 (41.5) at Dallas at Detroit at N.Y.Jets at St.Louis at Cincinnati at Kansas City 7.5 (46) at New England 6 (44) at New Orleans 1 (44) Monday at Indianapolis 5.5 (50) x-at London Off Key Minnesota QB questionable NBA Saturday at Cleveland 4.5 Portland 2 at Memphis 6 at Houston 5 at Milwaukee 4 at San Antonio 8 NHL Today at Toronto -150 N.Y.Rangers +130 at Montreal -165 Boston -120 at Philadelphia-200 N.Y.Islanders+170 Pittsburgh -125 at Detroit -190 at St. Louis -170 at Minnesota-125 at Dallas -145 at Colorado -150 at Phoenix -120 TampaBay +100 Washington -125 Florida+145 at Ottawa+100 atCarolina +105 Nashville +165 Atlanta+150 Chicago +105 Buffalo+125 at Los Angeles -160 New Jersey+140 at San Jose-220 Columbus+130 atCalgary +105 Anaheim +180 5.5 8.5 11 Washington Sacramento atNewYork Philadelphia Detroit Minnesota Denver Charlotte NewOrleans Denver 6.5 (42.5) Jacksonville 2.5(44.5) Washington 6 (42.5) Green Bay 3 (37) 1.5 (43.5) 3 (39.5) Tampa Bay 2.5 (42) Minnesota Pittsburgh Houston Carolina Miami Buffalo at San Diego 3 .5(44.5) Tennessee at Arizona at Oakland Seattle problem with that last year so we have to take this loss on the chin and come back.’’ Down eight, Lopez scored inside and Farmar hit a big 3-pointer for the sec- ond straight game to cut the lead to 97-94 with 2:20 to go. After Landry missed a reverse, Harris made anoth- er free throw, then put New Jersey ahead 98-97 with a 3- pointer with 1:12 left. Udrih missed a jumper and Harris sent a charge through the crowd of 13,482 fans when he made an off- balance shot for a 100-97 edge. ‘‘As a young team, when we make mistakes we have to keep our heads up and continue to fight,’’ said Har- ris, who was 7 of 10 from the field. ‘‘I think sometimes when we compound mis- takes we sort of let it down a little bit and take our foot off the gas. But we have contin- ue to fight through and we showed a lot of resilience primary offensive options, and while the tandem combined for 130 yards, it would not be enough to overcome the Spartans’ surge after halftime. Meanwhile, Miller rejoiced over Red Bluff’s first win on the year. “We just kept telling the kids that they have to just keep pounding it and pounding it,” Miller NFL AFC West WL T Pct PF PA Kansas City 4 2 0 .667 150 112 RAIDERS 34 0 .429 179 165 Chargers 2 5 0 .286 177 149 Denver East 2 5 0 .286 138 199 WL T Pct PF PA N.Y. Jets 5 1 0 .833 159 101 New England 5 1 0 .833 177 136 Miami Buffalo South Tennessee 5 2 0 .714 199 117 Houston 4 2 0 .667 153 167 Indianapolis 4 2 0 .667 163 125 Jacksonville 3 4 0 .429 130 209 North WL T Pct PF PA Pittsburgh 5 1 0 .833 137 82 Baltimore 5 2 0 .714 149 129 Cincinnati 2 4 0 .333 132 141 Cleveland 2 5 0 .286 118 142 NFC West Seattle WL T Pct PF PA 4 2 0 .667 120 107 Arizona 3 3 0 .500 98 160 St. Louis 3 4 0 .429 120 131 49ERS 16 0 .143 113 162 East WL T Pct PF PA N.Y. Giants 5 2 0 .714 175 153 Washington 4 3 0 .571 130 133 Philadelphia 4 3 0 .571 172 157 Dallas South 1 5 0 .167 137 152 WL T Pct PF PA Atlanta 5 2 0 .714 169 133 Tampa Bay 4 2 0 .667 98 128 New Orleans 4 3 0 .571 147 138 Carolina 1 5 0 .167 75 130 North WL T Pct PF PA Chicago 4 3 0 .571 126 114 Green Bay 4 3 0 .571 167 136 Minnesota 2 4 0 .333 111 116 Detroit ————————————————— Sunday’s games Denver vs. San Francisco at London, 10 a.m.,CBS Seattle at Oakland, 1:15 p.m.,FOX Buffalo at Kansas City, 10 a.m. Carolina at St. Louis, 10 a.m. Green Bay at N.Y. Jets, 10 a.m., FOX Jacksonville at Dallas, 10 a.m. Miami at Cincinnati, 10 a.m. Washington at Detroit, 10 a.m. Tennessee at San Diego, 1:05 p.m. Minnesota at New England, 1:15 p.m. Tampa Bay at Arizona, 1:15 p.m. Pittsburgh at New Orleans, 5:20 p.m., NBC Monday’s game Houston at Indianapolis, 5:30 p.m. 1 5 0 .167 146 140 3 3 0 .500 111 135 0 6 0 .000 121 198 WL T Pct PF PA coming back in the fourth quarter.’’ Farmar and Outlaw made some key free throws down the stretch to ice the ugly game that featured 62 personal fouls, 38 turnovers, including 26 by New Jersey, and six technical fouls. While the Nets had more turnovers, they also had more free throws, making 36 of 45 attempts. Sacra- mento was 17 of 26. ‘‘To give up 45 free throws is not the way to win the game,’’ Kings coach Paul Westphal said. Kings rookie center DeMarcus Cousins, the fifth overall pick in the draft, had 12 points before fouling out with 3:26 to play. Nets for- ward Derrick Favors, the No. 3 pick overall, had 10 points. New Jersey, which shot 59 percent in the first half, built an 18-point lead late in the second quarter when Lopez hit two free throws with 3:33 left in the half. said. “Eventually, we knew that we’d be victo- rious. We came out a lit- tle flat tonight, the first time traveling down to Oroville for a lot of the kids and for myself. I just don’t think we had the kids ignited until the hook-and-ladder.” NHL WESTERN CONFERENCE Pacific Division Kings Dallas WL OT Pts GF GA 7 3 0 14 31 24 5 4 0 10 28 27 SHARKS 43 1 9 24 23 Phoenix 3 3 3 9 23 26 Ducks Central Division 4 6 1 9 27 37 WL OT Pts GF GA Nashville 5 1 3 13 21 20 Chicago 6 5 1 13 36 36 St. Louis 5 1 2 12 22 14 Columbus 6 3 0 12 23 24 Detroit Northwest Division WL OT Pts GF GA Calgary 6 4 0 12 31 27 Colorado 5 4 1 11 34 38 Minnesota 4 3 2 10 25 24 Vancouver 4 3 2 10 24 24 Edmonton 3 4 2 8 28 33 EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division WL OT Pts GF GA Philadelphia 5 4 1 11 28 26 Pittsburgh 5 5 1 11 32 28 N.Y. Islanders4 4 2 10 30 31 N.Y. Rangers 4 4 1 9 29 30 New Jersey 3 7 1 7 19 36 Northeast Division WL OT Pts GF GA Montreal 7 2 1 15 28 22 Toronto 5 3 1 11 23 21 Boston Ottawa Buffalo 5 2 0 10 20 11 4 5 1 9 26 31 3 6 2 8 30 34 Southeast Division WL OT Pts GF GA Tampa Bay 6 2 1 13 32 30 Washington 6 4 0 12 27 23 Atlanta Carolina 5 4 0 10 25 27 Florida ————————————————— Friday’s results Atlanta 4, Buffalo 3, OT Carolina 4, N.Y. Rangers 3 Edmonton 7, Chicago 4 Montreal 3, N.Y. Islanders 1 New Jersey 2, Anaheim 1 Philadelphia 3, Pittsburgh 2 Saturday’s games Anaheim at San Jose, 7:30 p.m.,CSNC Boston at Ottawa, 4 p.m. Florida at Montreal, 4 p.m. Nashville at Detroit, 4 p.m. N.Y.Islanders at Philadelphia, 4 p.m., CSNC N.Y. Rangers at Toronto, 4 p.m., NHLN Pittsburgh at Carolina, 4 p.m. Atlanta at St. Louis, 5 p.m. Buffalo at Dallas, 5 p.m. Chicago at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Columbus at Colorado, 6 p.m. Tampa Bay at Phoenix, 6 p.m. Washington at Calgary, 7 p.m. New Jersey at Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m. Sunday’s games No games scheduled Thursday’s late result Colorado 6, Calgary 5 5 4 1 11 33 36 3 5 0 6 21 20 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. The Nets got sloppy after that and the Kings closed the half with a 14-4 spurt to cut it to 61-53. Sacramento kept chip- ping away at the lead in the third quarter, closing to 68- 66 on a 3-pointer by Garcia with 6:54 left in the period. After the Nets pushed the lead back to 76-68 on dunk by Favors, the Kings went on a 14-point spurt to take the lead. Notes:Prokhorov took NJ Transit from New York to Newark and then walked the five minutes to the Prudential Center. ... Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson, a former NBA player, was at the game. ... Kings C Samuel Dalembert played 6:23 after missing the opener with a strained groin. WORLD SERIES San Francisco leads series 2-0 Game 1:San Francisco 11, Texas 7 Game 2:San Francisco 9, Texas 0 Game 3 Saturday San Francisco (Sanchez 13-9) at Texas (Lewis 12-13), 3:57 p.m., FOX Game 4 Sunday San Francisco at Texas, 3:57 p.m., FOX Game 5:Monday, Nov.1 at Texas, 4:57 p.m. Game 6:Wednesday, Nov.7 at S.F., 4:57 p.m. Game 7:Thursday, Nov.4 at S.F., 4:57 p.m. NBA WESTERN CONFERENCE Pacific Division WARRIORS 201.000 — Lakers WL Pct GB 2 0 1.000 — KINGS 11 .500 1 Phoenix 1 2 .333 1.5 Clippers 0 2 .000 2 Southwest Division WL Pct GB New Orleans 2 0 1.000 — San Antonio 1 0 1.000 .5 Dallas 1 1 .500 1 5 2 1 11 25 22 Memphis 1 1 .500 1 Houston 0 2 .000 2 Northwest Division WL Pct GB Okla. City 2 0 1.000 — Portland 2 0 1.000 — Denver Minnesota 1 1 .500 1 Utah 1 1 .500 1 0 2 .000 2 EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division WL Pct GB New Jersey 2 0 1.000 — Boston 2 1 .667 .5 New York 1 1 .500 1 Toronto 1 1 .500 1 Philadelphia 0 2 .000 2 Southeast Division WL Pct GB 2 0 1.000 — 2 1 .667 .5 Atlanta Miami Orlando 1 1 .500 1 Washington 0 1 .000 1.5 Charlotte 0 2 .000 2 Central Division WL Pct GB Cleveland 1 1 .500 — Indiana 1 1 .500 — Chicago 0 1 .000 .5 Detroit 0 2 .000 1 Milwaukee 0 2 .000 1 ————————————————— Friday’s results Golden State 109, L.A. Clippers 91 New Jersey 106, Sacramento 100 Atlanta 104, Philadelphia 101 Boston 105, New York 101 Indiana 104, Charlotte 101 L.A. Lakers 114, Phoenix 106 Memphis 91, Dallas 90 Miami 96, Orlando 70 Minnesota 96, Milwaukee 85 New Orleans 101, Denver 95 Oklahoma City 105, Detroit 104 Toronto 101, Cleveland 81 Saturday’s games Sacramento at Cleveland,4:30 p.m.,CSNC Washington at Atlanta, 4 p.m. Portland at New York, 4:30 p.m. Detroit at Chicago, 5 p.m. Minnesota at Memphis, 5 p.m. Philadelphia at Indiana, 5 p.m. Charlotte at Milwaukee, 5:30 p.m. Denver at Houston, 5:30 p.m., NBATV New Orleans at San Antonio, 5:30 p.m. Sunday’s games Golden State at Lakers,6:30 p.m.,CSNB Miami at New Jersey, 10 a.m. Dallas at L.A. Clippers, 12:30 p.m. Utah at Oklahoma City, 4 p.m., NBATV Thursday’s late result Phoenix 110, Utah 94