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2B – Daily News – Wednesday, March 30, 2011 Anaheim City Council approves funding for Kings Sacramento Kings ANAHEIM (AP) — The Anaheim city council unanimously approved a $75 million bond deal Tuesday night to entice the Sacramento Kings to relo- cate to Orange County. The city council twice voted 5-0 for the lease-rev- enue bond measures, result- ing in a round of applause from the audience at its packed City Hall meeting room. ‘‘Anaheim took a giant step closer to bringing an NBA team to Anaheim and the Honda Center,’’ Ana- heim Mayor Tom Tait said. ‘‘I am thrilled. A better word is stoked.’’ Tait repeatedly empha- sized the city is borrowing no money and has no finan- cial risk in the deal. According to every Ana- heim official at the meeting, the city is merely acting as a conduit for a private invest- ment by Henry Samueli, the billionaire owner of the NHL’s Anaheim Ducks. ‘‘I’d like to recognize this is a historic moment for us,’’ Council Member Harry Sidhu said. ‘‘This is going to be a great econom- ic engine for us. A lot of jobs are going to be created, and I’m fully confident in that.’’ Samueli, who also man- ages the city-owned arena, is financing the deal, which includes $25 million in upgrades to Honda Center, including a practice court and new locker rooms. Another $50 million will be working capital for moving costs that could include relocation fees paid to the NBA’s other owners. The Kings must file for relocation by April 18 for the deal to move forward. The bond issue was pub- licly opposed by just one person in the meeting crowd, which also included a fan wearing the No. 4 Sacramento jersey of retired star Chris Webber. Although most city offi- cials were careful to emphasize the bonds could be used to move any team, not just the Kings, Council Member Kris Murray acknowledged the obvious- ly messy emotions behind the deal. ‘‘My heart does go out to the Sacramento fans and residents,’’ Murray said. ‘‘They’re a great team, and I know we would be proud to have them in our city. ... I hope we come up with some creative way to replace the cowbell.’’ Tait expressed similar emotions after the meeting. ‘‘Most teams come from another city,’’ Tait said, not- ing the Kings have moved three previous times, while both the Lakers and Clip- pers didn’t start out in Los Angeles. ‘‘That’s just the nature of professional sports.’’ The bonds will be pur- chased by Samueli and repaid over 10 years with Honda Center revenue. ‘‘It is the investors that are taking on the risk in this financing structure,’’ said Bob Wingenroth, Ana- heim’s Director of Finance. Those investors are three companies bearing the ini- tials of Samueli, the co- founder of Broadcom Corp. and a UCLA graduate who bought the Ducks from the Walt Disney Company in 2005. The Ducks won the Stanley Cup two years later, but Samueli is a longtime basketball fan whose sports ownership dreams have always included an NBA team for Orange County. Samueli didn’t attend the meeting, but his Ana- heim Arena Management company issued its first public comment on the deal. ‘‘We trust that the over- whelming support of Ana- heim’s city management and elected officials will be looked at favorably by the NBA and its member clubs,’’ company chairman Michael Schulman said in a statement. ‘‘This vote is an important first step as we continue working toward hosting an NBA franchise at Honda Center.’’ The well-traveled Kings’ move out of Califor- nia’s capital city still is far from a done deal, although this lucrative financing plan removes a major obstacle for Kings owners Joe and Gavin Maloof. Their active interest in Anaheim became public in recent months after several years of failed arena deals to replace the former Arco Arena, the Kings’ aging home. If the Kings file for relo- cation, the NBA’s other 29 owners must approve the move by majority vote. The Maloofs then might need to pay a relocation fee to the owners, including possibly hefty payments to the Lak- ers and Clippers, who share Staples Center 35 miles away. Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson recently sounded resigned to the Kings’ departure, but the former NBA player’s city government has taken a more combative tone recently. On Monday, Sacramento’s assistant city manager sent a letter asking Anaheim to cease all nego- tiations over worries the Kings might default on $77 million owed to the city from a 1997 loan. Warriors rally, but fall in overtime final buzzer. Warriors 115 Okla. City 114 OT OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Kevin Durant scored 39 points, Rus- sell Westbrook hit the winning free throw with 11.4 seconds left in overtime and the Okla- homa City Thunder fin- ished their longest homestand of the sea- son with a 115-114 vic- tory against the Golden State Warriors on Tues- day night. Durant scored eight of Oklahoma City’s nine points in overtime, but served as a decoy to create room along the right side of the lane as Westbrook drove to the basket and got fouled. Westbrook missed his first free throw, but made the second to put the Thunder on top. Monta Ellis’ jumper from the top of the key was wide right at the Stephen Curry led Golden State with 35 points, David Lee had 24 points and 15 rebounds and Ellis had 20 points and 11 assists. The Warriors elimi- nated a 10-point deficit in the final 3:49 of reg- ulation, punctuated by a six-point burst in just a matter of seconds. After Reggie Williams’ 3- pointer from the right wing with 11.1 seconds remaining, Ellis stole Daequan Cook’s inbounds pass and stepped behind the line for another 3 from the left corner to tie it up with 6.9 seconds to go. Durant missed a fall- away jumper on the right baseline at the end of regulation. Golden State led 114-112 after Ellis’ 3- pointer from the top of the key with 1:10 left in overtime, but Durant answered with a jumper from the left wing to tie it up. Ellis then missed from the top of the key on the Warriors’ last two possessions . Serge Ibaka added 19 points and Kendrick Perkins had 13 rebounds for Oklahoma City, which started out with a win in its first of four back-to- back sets in the final 15 days of the season. But not without a little extra work. Golden State wiped away a 14-point deficit in the third quar- ter by deploying a zone that the Thunder could- n’t solve. Oklahoma City went more than 6 minutes without a bas- ket as the Warriors put together a 16-2 run that featured a two-handed putback dunk by Lee, a 3-pointer by Dorell Wright and six points from Ekpe Udoh. Joe Maloof responded to the letter with his first pub- lic comments on the deal, telling the Orange County Register that the Kings will repay everything they owe, and warning Sacramento to stay out of his business dealings. Tait suggested Sacra- mento’s anger might be misdirected at Anaheim, saying he hasn’t even spo- ken with the Maloof broth- ers during the process, which began before he took office late last year. When asked about Sacramento’s demands, which could be the first step in establishing grounds for a lawsuit, Tait responded: ‘‘Well, I’m Mayor of Ana- heim, and I look out for the best interests of the city of Anaheim.’’ Tait said the city had two main criteria in approving the deal: No city money would be involved, and any new NBA team would use Anaheim as its only geo- graphic identifier. The Kings are likely to be renamed the Anaheim Royals if they relocate. The city is determined to avoid the embarrassment of the local baseball team’s deci- sion to rename itself the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in 2005, sparking a failed four-year legal bat- tle. ‘‘We’re not there yet,’’ Tait said. ‘‘We set the table for the Kings or, in theory, another NBA team to come to Anaheim, and now we’re waiting for the vote of the NBA owners.’’ NIT Semifinals At Madison Square Garden New York Tuesday’s results Alabama 62, Colorado 61 Wichita State 75, Washington State 44 FOOTBALL (Continued from page 1B) Plumas, Oroville, Paradise Pleasant Valley, Red Bluff and Shasta. In divisions with nine to 11 teams, the Top 6 would qualify for the playoffs. The Top 2 teams from each league would be guar- anteed a playoff berth with league champions given a first round home game. The remainder of the playoff bracket would be determined by a power points formula. The playoff committee will try to avoid bracketing teams from the same league in the first round. The 1,000-student cutoff would have a larger effect on Corning and West Val- ley, who may finally have a permanent home in D-II. Both schools have projected enrollments in the 930s. Corning competed in D-I in 2010, but under the cur- rent system may be dropped to D-II in 2011 for West Valley, which is projected to have four more students and thus would have the 10th largest enrollment. The new proposal to go into effect in 2012 would create a Division II of all schools with enrollments from 500 to 999 students. Current projections would then have West Val- ley and Corning joined by Anderson, Central Valley, NBA WESTERN CONFERENCE Pacific Division WL Pct GB y-Lakers 53 20 .726 — Phoenix 36 36 .500 16.5 WARRIORS 32 43 .427 22 Clippers 29 45 .392 24.5 KINGS 20 52 .278 32.5 Southwest Division WL Pct GB x-S. Antonio 57 17 .770 — x-Dallas 52 21 .712 4.5 New Orleans 42 32 .568 15 Memphis 41 33 .554 16 Houston 39 35 .527 18 Northwest Division WL Pct GB x-Okla. City 49 24 .671 — Denver 44 29 .603 5 Portland 43 31 .581 6.5 Utah 36 39 .480 14 Minnesota 17 57 .230 32.5 CIT Championship Today Santa Clara at Iona, 4 p.m. EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division WL Pct GB y-Boston 51 22 .699 — Philadelphia 38 36 .514 13.5 New York 36 38 .486 15.5 New Jersey 23 50 .315 28 Toronto 20 53 .274 31 Southeast Division WL Pct GB CBI Best-of-3 Championship Series Game 1 Monday Creighton 84, Oregon 76 Game 2 Today Creighton at Oregon, 7 p.m. x-Miami 51 23 .689 — x-Orlando 47 27 .635 4 x-Atlanta 42 32 .568 9 Charlotte 31 42 .425 19.5 Washington 18 55 .247 32.5 Central Division WL Pct GB y-Chicago 53 20 .726 — Indiana 33 42 .440 21 Milwaukee 29 44 .397 24 Detroit 26 47 .356 27 Cleveland 15 58 .205 38 x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division WOMENS Regional Championships Monday’s results DAYTON REGIONAL Notre Dame 73, Tennessee 59 SPOKANE REGIONAL Stanford 83, Gonzaga 60 Tuesday’s results PHILADELPHIA REGIONAL Connecticut 75, Duke 40 DALLAS REGIONAL Texas A&M 58, Baylor 46 ————————————————— Tuesday’s results Oklahoma City 115,Golden State 114,OT Phoenix at Sacramento, late Cleveland 102, Miami 90 Houston 112, New Jersey 87 Today’s games Golden State at Memphis,5 p.m.,CSNB Sacramento at Denver, 6 p.m., CSNC Cleveland at Charlotte, 4 p.m. Detroit at Indiana, 4 p.m. Houston at Philadelphia, 4 p.m. Miami at Washington, 4 p.m. Milwaukee at Toronto, 4 p.m. Orlando at Atlanta, 4 p.m. New Jersey at New York, 4:30 p.m., ESPN Chicago at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Portland at New Orleans, 5 p.m. Oklahoma City at Phoenix, 7 p.m. Dallas at L.A. Clippers, 7:30 p.m. Gridley, Lassen, Live Oak, Orland, Sutter, Wheatland, Winters and Yreka. If 12 teams are in the same division, as would be the projected case in D-II then eight teams would make the playoffs with the same stipulations for league champions and runner-ups. Division III would be for schools with enrollments of 250 to 499. Division IV would be enrollments of 150 to 249. That would include Los Molinos, with a projected enrollment of 182. Schools with enroll- ments under 150 could play 8-man football or opt into D-IV. If a division ended up with eight or fewer teams, only four schools would make the playoffs. Although the football playoff committee does not decide league realignment, the meeting’s minutes said there was a lengthy discus- sion about the topic. The committee also voted to continue pursuing a central venue to hold cham- pionship games. League realignment and playoff structures are approved for two-year cycles. The passed football play- off changes would be for the 2012 and 2013 football sea- sons. NHL WESTERN CONFERENCE Pacific Division WL OT Pts GF GA SHARKS 44 23 9 97 224 199 Phoenix 41 25 11 93 219 212 Kings 43 26 6 92 207 181 Ducks 43 28 5 91 219 221 Dallas 38 26 10 86 208 210 Central Division WL OT Pts GF GA Detroit 44 22 10 98 244 216 Nashville 41 26 10 92 203 182 Chicago 41 27 8 90 242 209 Columbus 34 31 11 79 203 232 St. Louis 34 32 10 78 214 222 Northwest Division WL OT Pts GF GA z-Vancouver 51 17 9 111 250 176 Calgary 38 28 11 87 235 226 Minnesota 36 32 8 80 191 215 Colorado 28 39 8 64 211 267 Edmonton 23 41 11 57 180 249 EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division WL OT Pts GF GA x-Philadelphia 46 20 10 102 243 202 x-Pittsburgh 45 24 8 98 220 188 N.Y.Rangers 41 30 5 87 218 181 New Jersey 34 36 5 73 155 189 N.Y.Islanders 29 35 12 70 210 241 Northeast Division WL OT Pts GF GA x-Boston 43 23 10 96 229 178 Montreal 41 29 7 89 203 197 Buffalo 38 29 9 85 225 214 Toronto 35 32 10 80 205 235 Ottawa 29 38 10 68 177 238 Southeast Division WL OT Pts GF GA x-Washington 44 22 11 99 207 185 Tampa Bay 41 24 11 93 228 230 Carolina 36 30 10 82 214 226 Atlanta 32 32 12 76 211 249 Florida 29 36 12 70 187 212 x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division z-clinched conference ————————————————— Tuesday’s results Boston 3, Chicago 0 Carolina 3, Washington 2, SO Columbus 3, Florida 2, SO Minnesota 3, St. Louis 2, SO Montreal 3, Atlanta 1 Philadelphia 5, Pittsburgh 2 Tampa Bay 5, Ottawa 2 Toronto 4, Buffalo 3 Vancouver 3, Nashville 1 Los Angeles at Edmonton, late Dallas at Phoenix, late Today’s games Montreal at Carolina, 4 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at New Jersey, 4 p.m. N.Y. 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