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stay in Indiana a while lon- ger, and know that to do that, they'll have to contend with one of Division II's pre- mier programs. Aiken, the top seed out of the South- east Region, is making its second straight Elite Eight appearance and is 10-6 all- time in the NCAA tourna - ment, compared to a 5-15 mark for the Wildcats. Un- til last week, each of Chico State's tourney wins had been a first-rounder. "I never really looked at us as an underdog, but I guess we are," senior Wild - cat guard Rashad Parker said. "Everyone thought San Bernardino and Po- mona would be in this posi- tion. This is our first Elite Eight; Aiken has been here numerous times. They're a good program and team. But people think this is a fluke for us to be here, so I definitely think that helps put a chip on our shoulder to show them we belong." To do it, Chico State will have to deal with the best rebounding team in the country — led by Paul Lars - en's nine boards a game — that is also hellacious de- fensively. The Pacers led Division II in blocked shots (Alvin Brown is the nation's top shot-swatter) and defen- sive 3-point shooting per- centage (24.7 percent). In short, the Wildcats are expecting a battle. "No doubt — they're very good, extremely ath - letic and they score it very well," Clink said. "You look at their record and you know they're an elite team, but we're looking forward to it. We're getting guys dialed in to execute. It's something we're feeling good about and we're going in extremely confident and excited." If the Wildcats can play with the laser-sharp focus and free-flowing offensive rhythm they demonstrated against Cal State San Ber - nardino and in the final six minutes of the Cal State Stanislaus thriller, a win won't be so far-fetched. All five of Chico State's start - ers are double-digit scorers, and Parker and Giordano Estrada have been red-hot from 3 of late. The 3-point line must be friendly to the Wildcats, who also will be sure to try to keep the Pac - ers off the free-throw line, where they spend more time than almost anyone else in Division II. "They're the best offen - sive team we'll play thus far," Parker said. "Like we always do, we've been fo- cusing on our defense. We'll have to take away the tran- sition and 3s to be success- ful, come out with the same defensive intensity we did in the West Region game against San Bernardino. We have to be aggressive and make sure we play at our own pace." Chico State still may en - ter this game with some swagger, elite opponent and all, because the Wild- cats feel comfortable having dealt with adversity. Only once in seven losses this season was Chico beaten by more than one possession, and the miraculous finish against the Warriors helps confirm the tenacity and perseverance the Wildcats are capable of. The makeup of this opener against Ai - ken is yet to be established, but Clink said he feels his team will be ready no mat- ter what. "We use those two words — 'Just play' — a lot, and if we do that we'll play well," he said. "We can't be ten - tative, we can't look at the magnitude of what we're about to embark on. If we have fun and enjoy it, we'll play well and I feel confident that we'll do that." Contact Sports Writer Travis Souders at 896-7778. Wildcats From Page 1 The Associated Press PHoeNIX » Brandon Moss hit a three-run homer and Josh Reddick had a solo home run to help power the Oakland Athletics to an 8-4 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Tuesday. Derek Norris went 3 for 4 with two RBIs and two runs scored for Oakland. "Just continuing things that I fixed last year," Nor - ris said. "Just trying to stay balanced and make sure you've got your timing go- ing into the season." Starter Tommy Milone struggled at times, but lasted five innings and gave up three earned runs on five hits. "You really want to be as close as you can to game- ready, season-ready this late in the spring," Milone said. Brandon Phillips hit a solo home run, finishing 2 for 3 for the Reds. Phillips has not hit well this spring, but six of his 10 hits have be en f or e xt ra b as es — i n - cluding five home runs. Billy Hamilton drove in a pair of runs for the Reds with two sacrifice flies. Cincinnati benefited from three Oakland errors. Ja - son Bourgeois reached base twice on errors by short- stop Jed Lowrie and sec- ond baseman Eric Sogard and scored. Zack Cozart reached on a throwing er- ror by third baseman Josh Donaldson and scored. Donaldson had two hits and an RBI and scored twice, and speared a line drive from the Reds' Kris - topher Negron in the eighth. Oakland's bullpen held the Reds scoreless for four innings, with closer Jim Johnson and relievers Luke Gregerson, Sean Doolittle and Andrew Werner pitch - ing an inning each. Giants 5, Brewers 4 PHoeNIX » Wily Peralta hit his second homer of spring training and allowed one run over 6 1/3 innings but Milwaukee lost to San Fran - cisco. Khris Davis a homered in the fifth, before Peralta and Carlos Gomez went back- to-back in the sixth. Martin Moldanado connected in the eighth for the Brewers, who had eight hits. Pablo Sandoval hit a solo shot in the eighth for the Gi - ants. San Francisco starter Madison Bumgarner ex- tended his Cactus League scoreless streak to 21 1/3 straight innings and retired 13 of the first 14 batters be - fore Davis hit a long home run to left-center in the fifth to tie the game 1-all. Per- alta led off the sixth with a 400-foot-plus drive to cen- ter field and Gomez followed with his third homer of the spring to left. sPrINg baseball A's hit homers to beat Reds Norris goes 3 for 4 with two RBIs, two runs for Oakland scoreboard basketball WESTERN CONFERENCE Pacific Division W L Pct GB Clippers 50 21 .704 — Golden State 44 27 .620 6 Phoenix 42 29 .592 8 Sacramento 25 45 .357 24½ Lakers 23 46 .333 26 Southwest Division W L Pct GB x-San Antonio 54 16 .771 — Houston 48 22 .686 6 Memphis 42 28 .600 12 Dallas 43 29 .597 12 New Orleans 30 40 .429 24 Northwest Division W L Pct GB Oklahoma City 52 19 .732 — Portland 45 27 .625 7½ Minnesota 34 35 .493 17 Denver 32 39 .451 20 Utah 23 48 .324 29 EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Toronto 39 31 .557 — Brooklyn 37 32 .536 1½ New York 29 41 .414 10 Boston 23 47 .329 16 Philadelphia 15 56 .211 24½ Southeast Division W L Pct GB x-Miami 48 21 .696 — Washington 36 34 .514 12½ Charlotte 34 37 .479 15 Atlanta 31 38 .449 17 Orlando 20 52 .278 29½ Central Division W L Pct GB x-Indiana 51 20 .718 — Chicago 40 31 .563 11 Cleveland 28 44 .389 23½ Detroit 26 44 .371 24½ Milwaukee 13 58 .183 38 x-clinched playoff spot Monday's games Houston 100, Charlotte 89 Miami 93, Portland 91 Phoenix 102, Atlanta 95 Chicago 89, Indiana 77 Oklahoma City 117, Denver 96 Memphis 109, Minnesota 92 New Orleans 109, Brooklyn 104, OT San Antonio 113, Philadelphia 91 Detroit 114, Utah 94 Clippers 106, Milwaukee 98 Tuesday's games Orlando 95, Portland 85 Cleveland 102, Toronto 100 Dallas 128, Oklahoma City 119, OT New York at Lakers, (n) Wednesday's games Phoenix at Washington, 4 p.m. Brooklyn at Charlotte, 4 p.m. Toronto at Boston, 4:30 p.m. Cleveland at Detroit, 4:30 p.m. Atlanta at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Clippers at New Orleans, 5 p.m. Miami at Indiana, 5 p.m. Denver at San Antonio, 5:30 p.m. New York at Sacramento, 7 p.m. Memphis at Utah, 7:30 p.m. Thursday's games Portland at Atlanta, 4:30 p.m. Philadelphia at Houston, 5 p.m. Lakers at Milwaukee, 5 p.m. Clippers at Dallas, 5:30 p.m. Magic 95, Trail Blazers 85 TRAIL BLAZERS (85) Batum 3-9 0-0 6, Wright 3-11 0-0 8, Lopez 9-13 2-3 20, Lillard 5-17 7-8 17, Matthews 5-13 4-4 18, Williams 1-6 0-0 3, Barton 3-8 1-2 7, Robinson 1-4 0-0 2, Claver 1-4 0-0 2, McCollum 0-0 0-0 0, Leonard 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 32-86 14-17 85. MAGIC (95) Harkless 2-5 0-0 5, O'Quinn 3-8 0-0 6, Vucevic 10-18 2-3 22, Oladipo 5-16 3-3 13, Afflalo 3-9 4-5 10, Harris 10-15 3-4 25, Lamb 3-4 2-5 11, Moore 0-3 1-2 1, Nichol- son 1-3 0-0 2, Price 0-4 0-0 0. Totals 37-85 15-22 95. Portland 26 16 23 20 _ 85 Orlando 23 27 29 16 _ 95 3-Point Goals: Portland 7-26 (Matthews 4-8, Wright 2-6, Williams 1-4, Claver 0-1, Batum 0-3, Lillard 0-4), Orlando 6-17 (Lamb 3-4, Harris 2-3, Harkless 1-2, Nicholson 0-1, Moore 0-1, Oladipo 0-3, Price 0-3); Fouled out: None; Rebounds: Portland 53 (Lopez 13), Orlando 59 (Har - ris 11); Assists: Portland 17 (Barton 4), Orlando 19 (Oladipo 6); Total fouls: Port- land 14, Orlando 16; A: 17,896 (18,500). Cavaliers 102, Raptors 100 RAPTORS (100) Ross 5-12 2-2 16, Johnson 6-9 0-0 12, Valanciunas 2-6 0-0 4, Lowry 8-18 3-7 22, DeRozan 5-16 3-7 13, Vasquez 4-13 4-4 16, Salmons 1-4 2-2 5, Hansbrough 0-0 0-2 0, De Colo 1-1 0-0 3, Hayes 2-4 2-2 6, Novak 1-5 0-0 3. Totals 35-88 16-26 100. CAVALIERS (102) Deng 7-13 3-4 19, Thompson 3-4 9-10 15, Hawes 4-10 2-2 11, Jack 6-9 1-3 13, Waiters 10-19 3-4 24, Dellavedova 0-2 0-0 0, Varejao 4-8 3-4 11, Gee 1-4 2-2 4, Zeller 1-1 3-4 5. Totals 36-70 26-33 102. Toronto 17 28 36 19 — 100 Cleveland 26 33 29 14 — 102 3-Point Goals: Toronto 14-32 (Vasquez 4-7, Ross 4-10, Lowry 3-7, De Colo 1-1, Salmons 1-1, Novak 1-5, DeRozan 0-1), Cleveland 4-13 (Deng 2-4, Waiters 1-2, Hawes 1-3, Jack 0-1, Varejao 0-1, Gee 0-2); Fouled out: None; Rebounds: Toronto 48 (Johnson 9), Cleveland 56 (Thompson 13); Assists: Toronto 30 (Lowry 10), Cleveland 27 (Deng, Waiters 7); Total fouls: Toronto 24, Cleveland 22; Technicals: Lowry; A: 15,497 (20,562). Mavericks 128, Thunder 119 (OT) THUNDER (119) Durant 15-27 8-8 43, Ibaka 5-9 0-2 10, Adams 1-1 0-0 2, Westbrook 8-18 5-6 23, Roberson 0-1 0-0 0, Jackson 5-11 1-1 11, Butler 4-10 0-0 10, Fisher 5-9 0-0 13, Col - lison 3-7 1-2 7. Totals 46-93 15-19 119. MAVERICKS (128) Marion 5-11 0-0 11, Nowitzki 11-23 8-8 32, Dalembert 5-6 0-0 10, Calderon 7-10 2-2 22, Ellis 6-15 5-7 17, Carter 4-11 4-6 16, Harris 2-4 1-1 5, Blair 0-1 2-2 2, Wright 1-3 1-2 3, Crowder 4-6 0-0 10. Totals 45-90 23-28 128. Oklahoma City 24 36 29 22 8 _ 119 Dallas 28 31 25 27 17 _ 128 3-Point Goals: Oklahoma City 12-33 (Durant 5-11, Fisher 3-6, Butler 2-6, Westbrook 2-6, Jackson 0-4), Dallas 15-38 (Calderon 6-9, Carter 4-9, Crowder 2-4, Nowitzki 2-8, Marion 1-4, Harris 0-1, Ellis 0-3); Fouled out: None; Rebounds: Oklahoma City 42 (Collison, Westbrook 7), Dallas 59 (Nowitzki 10); Assists: Oklahoma City 27 (Westbrook, Jackson 8), Dallas 27 (Calderon 8); Total fouls: Oklahoma City 30, Dallas 22; A: 19,607 (19,200). College basketball NCAA TOURNAMENT EAST REGIONAL Regional Semifinals At Madison Square Garden New York Friday, March 28 UConn (28-8) vs. Iowa State (28-7), 4:27 p.m. Michigan State (28-8) vs. Virginia (30-6), 6:57 p.m. Regional Championship Sunday, March 30 Semifinal winners SOUTH REGIONAL Regional Semifinals At FedExForum Memphis, Tenn. Thursday, March 27 Dayton (25-10) vs. Stanford (23-12), 4:15 p.m. Florida (34-2) vs. UCLA (28-8), 6:45 p.m. Regional Championship Saturday, March 29 Semifinal winners MIDWEST REGIONAL Regional Semifinals At Lucas Oil Stadium Indi an ap olis Friday, March 28 Michigan (27-8) vs. Tennessee (24-12), 4:15 p.m. Kentucky (26-10) vs. Louisville (31-5), 6:45 p.m. Regional Championship Sunday, March 30 Semifinal winners WEST REGIONAL Regional Semifinals At The Honda Center Anaheim, Calif. Thursday, March 27 Wisconsin (28-7) vs. Baylor (26-11), 4:47 p.m. San Diego State (31-4) vs. Arizona (32-4), 10:17, p.m. Regional Championship Saturday, March 29 Semifinal winners FINAL FOUR At AT&T Stadium Arlington, Texas National Semifinals Saturday, April 5 East champion vs. South champion Midwest champion vs. West champion National Championship Monday, April 7 Semifinal winners NATIONAL INVITATION TOURNAMENT Second Round Monday, March 24 Florida State 101, Georgetown 90 SMU 80, LSU 67 California 75, Arkansas 64 Quarterfinals Tuesday, March 25 Clemson 73, Belmont 68 Minnesota 81, Southern Miss 73 Wednesday, March 26 Louisiana Tech (29-7) at Florida State (21-13), 4 p.m. California (21-13) at SMU (25-9), 6 p.m. At Madison Square Garden New York Semifinals Tuesday, April 1 Clemson (23-13) vs. California-SMU win - ner, 7 or 6:30 p.m. Minnesota (23-13) vs. Louisiana Tech- Florida State winner, 7 or 6:30 p.m. Championship Thursday, April 3 Semifinal winners, 4 p.m. NCAA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT LINCOLN REGIONAL Second Round Monday, March 24 At Los Angeles BYU 80, Nebraska 76 At Durham, N.C. DePaul 74, Duke 65 Tuesday, March 25 At Storrs, Conn. UConn 91, Saint Joseph's 59 At College Station, Texas Texas A&M 85, James Madison 69 Regional Semifinals At Lincoln, Neb. Saturday, March 29 UConn (36-0) vs. BYU (28-6), 4:30 or 3:30 p.m. DePaul (29-6) vs. Texas A&M (26-8), 4:30 or 3:30 p.m. Monday, March 31 Regional Championship Semifinal winners, 6:30 p.m. STANFORD REGIONAL Second Round Monday, March 24 At Ames, Iowa Stanford 63, Florida State 44 Tuesday, March 25 At Seattle South Carolina 78, Oregon State 69 At Chapel Hill, N.C. North Carolina 62, Michigan State 53 At State College, Pa. Penn State 83, Florida 61 Regional Semifinals At Stanford Sunday, March 30 South Carolina (29-4) vs. North Carolina (26-9), 4:30 or 3:30 p.m. Stanford (30-3) vs. Penn State (24-7), 4:30 or 3:30 p.m. Regional Championship Tuesday, April 1 Semifinal winners, 6 p.m. NOTRE DAME REGIONAL Second Round Monday, March 24 At Toledo, Ohio Notre Dame 84, Arizona State 67 At West Lafayette, Ind. Oklahoma State 73, Purdue 66 At Lexington, Ky. Kentucky 64, Syracuse 59 At Waco, Texas Baylor 75, California 56 Regional Semifinals At Notre Dame, Ind. Saturday, March 29 Kentucky (26-8) vs. Baylor (31-4), 9 a.m. Notre Dame (34-0) vs. Oklahoma State (25-8), 11:30 a.m. Regional Championship Monday, March 31 Semifinal winners, 4:30 p.m. LOUISVILLE REGIONAL Second Round Monday, March 24 At Knoxville, Tenn. Tennessee 67, St. John's 51 Tuesday, March 25 At College Park, Md. Maryland 69, Texas 64 At Iowa City, Iowa Louisville 83, Iowa 53 At Baton Rouge, La. LSU 76, West Virginia 67 Regional Semifinals At Louisville, Ky. Sunday, March 30 Tennessee (28-5) vs. Maryland (26-6), 9 a.m. or 11 a.m. Louisville (32-4) vs. LSU (21-12), 9 a.m. or 11 a.m. Regional Championship Tuesday, April 1 Semifinal winners, 4 p.m. FINAL FOUR At Nashville, Tenn. National Semifinals Lincoln regional champion vs. Stanford regional champion, 6:30 or 5:30 p.m. Notre Dame regional champion vs. Louisville regional champion, 6:30 or 5:30 p.m. Sunday, April 6 National Championship Tuesday, April 8 Semifinal winners, 5:30 p.m. NHl WESTERN CONFERENCE Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA x-San Jose 73 46 18 9 101 222 175 x-Anaheim 71 46 18 7 99 228 180 Los Angeles 73 42 25 6 90 182 155 Phoenix 73 35 26 12 82 202 207 Vancouver 73 33 30 10 76 176 196 Calgary 72 30 35 7 67 183 211 Edmonton 72 25 38 9 59 178 236 Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA x-St. Louis 72 49 16 7 105 233 163 Chicago 73 42 16 15 99 244 188 Colorado 72 45 21 6 96 221 198 Minnesota 72 37 24 11 85 180 178 Dallas 72 34 27 11 79 203 207 Nashville 73 31 31 11 73 177 218 Winnipeg 73 32 32 9 73 202 213 EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA x-Boston 72 49 17 6 104 230 153 Montreal 74 41 26 7 89 190 184 Tampa Bay 72 39 24 9 87 214 193 Detroit 72 33 25 14 80 191 204 Toronto 74 36 30 8 80 216 231 Ottawa 72 29 29 14 72 205 243 Florida 73 27 38 8 62 178 237 Buffalo 72 20 44 8 48 138 212 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Pittsburgh 72 46 21 5 97 224 180 N.Y. Rangers 73 40 29 4 84 194 178 Philadelphia 71 38 26 7 83 205 201 Columbus 72 37 29 6 80 204 196 Washington 73 34 27 12 80 212 218 New Jersey 72 31 28 13 75 175 187 Carolina 72 31 32 9 71 181 205 N.Y. Islanders 72 28 35 9 65 202 243 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Monday's games Montreal 2, Boston 1, SO Ottawa 4, Tampa Bay 3, SO Calgary 2, San Jose 1, SO N.Y. Rangers 4, Phoenix 3, OT Los Angeles 3, Philadelphia 2 Dallas 2, Winnipeg 1 Tuesday's games Los Angeles 5, Washington 4, SO Florida 3, Ottawa 2, SO Colorado 5, Nashville 4, SO St. Louis 5, Toronto 3 Phoenix 3, Pittsburgh 2 N.Y. Islanders 5, Carolina 4 Montreal 2, Buffalo 0 Columbus 4, Detroit 2 Chicago 4, Dallas 2 San Jose at Edmonton, (n) Wednesday's games Vancouver at Minnesota, 4:30 p.m. Philadelphia at N.Y. Rangers, 5 p.m. Anaheim at Calgary, 7 p.m. Thursday's games Chicago at Boston, 4 p.m. Phoenix at New Jersey, 4 p.m. Los Angeles at Pittsburgh, 4 p.m. Montreal at Detroit, 4 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Tampa Bay, 4:30 p.m. Carolina at Florida, 4:30 p.m. Minnesota at St. Louis, 5 p.m. Buffalo at Nashville, 5 p.m. Vancouver at Colorado, 6 p.m. Winnipeg at San Jose, 7:30 p.m. spring baseball MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SPRING TRAINING At Phoenix, Ariz. Cincinnati 102 100 000—4 6 0 Oakland 031 110 20x—8 10 3 Francis, Bell (5), M.Parra (6), LeCure (7), Ondrusek (8) and C.Miller, Bry.Anderson; Milone, Ji.Johnson (6), Gregerson (7), Doo li tt le ( 8) , W er ner ( 9) a nd D e. No rr is , Vogt. W — Milone; L — Francis; HRs — Cincin - nati, Phillips (5). Oakland, Reddick (2), Moss (4). At Phoenix, Ariz. San Francisco 001 000 013—5 13 0 Milwaukee 000 012 010—4 8 0 Bumgarner, B.Bochy (6), Huff (7), J.Lopez (8), Romo (8), D.Law (9) and Susac, B.Turner; W.Peralta, Duke (7), Thornburg (8), Wang (9) and Lucroy, Maldonado. W — Romo; L — Wang; Sv — D.Law; HRs — San Francisco, Sandoval (3). Milwau - kee, C.Gomez (3), K.Davis (4), W.Peralta (2), Maldonado (1). odds GLANTZ-CULVER LINE For March 26 NCAA Basketball Regional Semifinals TOMORROW At Memphis, Tenn. Favorite Line (O/U) Underdog Florida 4½ (137) UCLA Stanford 3 (133) Dayton At Anaheim, Calif. Wisconsin 3½ (137½) Baylor Arizona 7 (122) San Diego St. FRIDAY At New York Iowa St. 1½ (146½) UConn Michigan St. 2 (126½) Virginia At Indianapolis Michigan 2 (131½) Tennessee Louisville 5½ (138½) Kentucky TONIGHT CBI Tournament Semifinals at Siena 2½ (135) Illinois St. at Fresno St. 7 (133½) Old Dominion College Insider Tournament Quarterfinals at Columbia 5 (127) Yale at Ohio 8 (163½) VMI at Pacific 3½ (139½) San Diego NIT Quarterfinals at Florida St. 2½ (147½) Louisiana Tech at SMU 8½ (136) California TOMORROW College Insider Tournament Quarterfinals at Murray St. 4 (147) Towson NBA Favorite Line (O/U) Underdog at Charlotte Pk (195) Brooklyn at Washington 1½ (209) Phoenix Toronto 5 (194) at Boston at Detroit 6 (206) Cleveland at Minnesota 6½ (216) Atlanta at Indiana 3 (187) Miami Clippers 7 (205½) at New Orleans at San Antonio 13½ (217) Denver at Sacramento 3 (203) New York Memphis 6½ (183) at Utah NHL Favorite Line Underdog at Minnesota -155/+135 Vancouver at N.Y. Rangers -135/+115 Philadelphia Anaheim -165/+145 at Calgary Transactions BASEBALL American League Cleveland Indians: Selected the contract of DH Jason Giambi from Columbus (IL). Kansas City Royals: Claimed LHP Patrick Schuster off waivers from San Diego. Designated OF Carlos Peguero for as - signment. Optioned 2B Johnny Giavotella to Omaha (PCL). Minnesota Twins: Selected the contract of OF Jason Kubel from Rochester (IL). Seattle Mariners: Released RHP Scott Baker, LHP Randy Wolf, OF Endy Chavez and C Humberto Quintero from their minor league contracts. Tampa Bay Rays: Released LHP Erik Bedard from a minor league contract. Texas Rangers: Optioned RHP Neftali Perez to Round Rock (PCL). National League Cincinnati Reds: Selected the contract of C Ramon Santiago from Louisville (IL). Los Angeles Dodgers: Reinstated OF Carl Crawford from the paternity list. Optioned infielder Alex Guerrero to Albuquerque (PCL). Milwaukee Brewers: Selected the contracts of LHP Zach Duke, 1B Lyle Overbay and 1B-3B Mark Reynolds from Nashville (PCL). Philadelphia Phillies: Released SS Ronny Cedeno from a minor league contract. GOLF European PGA Tour, Eurasia Cup, first round: 5:30 p.m., TGC MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL Preseason, Washington vs. St. Louis: 10 a.m., ESPN MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL NIT, quarterfinal, Louisiana Tech at Florida State: 4 p.m., ESPN2 NIT, quarterfinal, California at SMU: 6 p.m., ESPN2 NBA BASKETBALL Miami Heat at Indiana Pacers: 5 p.m., ESPN New York Knicks at Sacramento Kings: 7 p.m., CSN. Memphis Grizzlies at Utah Jazz: 7:30 p.m., ESPN NHL Philadelphia Flyers at New York Rangers: 5 p.m., NBCSN SOCCER Premier League, Sunderland at Liverpool: 12:55 p.m., NBCSN ATP TENNIS Sony Open, quarterfinals: 10 a.m., ESPN2 oN THe aIr The Associated Press CleVelaND » Dion Waiters scored 24 points and Luol Deng added 19 as the Cleve- land Cavaliers prevented Toronto from getting closer to a playoff spot with a 102- 100 win over the Raptors on Tuesday night. The Cavs blew a 21-point lead, but made just enough plays down the stretch to snap a five-game losing streak at home. They did it w ithout All-Star point guard Ky - rie Irving, who missed his fifth straight game with a strained biceps tendon. Kyle Lowry scored 22 for the Raptors, who had a chance to tie it in the final seconds but guard Greivis Vasquez lost his footing and committed a turnover with 1.9 seconds left. maVerICks 128, THuNDer 119 (oT) » Dirk Nowitzki scored seven of his 32 points in overtime, leading Dallas to a victory over Oklahoma City. Nowitzki also had 10 re - bounds and six assists. In Dallas' loss to Brooklyn on Sunday, he was 2 for 12 from the field in his worst shooting performance of the season. Kevin Durant led Okla - homa City with 43 points. He has scored at least 25 in 36 consecutive games in the longest such streak since Michael Jordan's 40- game run during the 1986- 87 season. Dallas had seven play - ers score in double figures. Jose Calderon went 6 for 8 from 3-point range and fin- ished with 22 points. magIC 95, TraIl blaZers 85 » Tobias Harris had 25 points and 11 rebounds, and Orlando stopped a nine- game losing streak. 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