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Scoreboard Major League Baseball AMERICANLEAGUE WESTDIVISION W L Pct GB Oakland 18 10 .643 _ Texas 15 13 .536 3 Los Angeles 14 13 .519 3 ½ Seattle 12 14 .462 5 Houston 9 19 .321 9 CENTRALDIVISION W L Pct GB Detroit 14 9 .609 _ Kansas City 14 13 .519 2 Chicago 14 15 .483 3 Minnesota 12 13 .480 3 Cleveland 11 17 .393 5 ½ EASTDIVISION W L Pct GB New York 15 12 .556 _ Baltimore 13 12 .520 1 Toronto 13 15 .464 2 ½ Boston 13 16 .448 3 Tampa Bay 13 16 .448 3 Wednesday'sgames Detroit 5, Chicago White Sox 1 L.A. Angels 7, Cleveland 1 Pittsburgh at Baltimore, ppd., rain Seattle at New York, ppd., rain Tampa Bay at Boston, ppd., rain Oakland 12, Texas 1 L.A. Dodgers 6, Minnesota 4 Kansas City 4, Toronto 2 Washington 7, Houston 0 Thursday'sgames Tampa Bay 2, Boston 1, 1st game L.A. Dodgers 9, Minnesota 4, 1st game Baltimore 5, Pittsburgh 1, 1st game Seattle 4, N.Y. Yankees 2 Tampa Bay 6, Boston 5, 2nd game L.A. Dodgers at Minnesota, (n), 2nd game Pittsburgh at Baltimore, (n), 2nd game Toronto 7, Kansas City 3 Friday'sgames Chicago White Sox (Joh.Danks 2-1) at Cleveland (Salazar 0-3), 4:05 p.m. Tampa Bay (Price 3-2) at N.Y. Yankees (Nuno 0-0), 4:05 p.m. Toronto (Morrow 1-2) at Pittsburgh (Cole 2-2), 4:05 p.m. Oakland (Straily 1-1) at Boston (Buch- holz 1-2), 4:10 p.m. Baltimore (Jimenez 0-4) at Minnesota (Nolasco 2-2), 5:10 p.m. Detroit (Porcello 3-1) at Kansas City (Shields 3-2), 5:10 p.m. Seattle (F.Hernandez 3-1) at Houston (Peacock 0-2), 5:10 p.m. Texas (Lewis 1-1) at L.A. Angels (H.Santiago 0-4), 7:05 p.m. Saturday'sgames Tampa Bay at N.Y. Yankees, 10:05 a.m. Oakland at Boston, 10:35 a.m. Baltimore at Minnesota, 11:10 a.m. Seattle at Houston, 1:10 p.m. Chicago White Sox at Cleveland, 3:05 p.m. Toronto at Pittsburgh, 4:05 p.m. Detroit at Kansas City, 4:10 p.m. Texas at L.A. Angels, 6:05 p.m. Leaders AMERICANLEAGUE Batting AlRamirez, Chicago, .351; Viciedo, Chicago, .348; MeCabrera, Toronto, .342; Wieters, Baltimore, .338; RDavis, Detroit, .333; Trout, Los Angeles, .321; Rios, Texas, .321. RBI JAbreu, Chicago, 32; Colabello, Min- nesota, 27; NCruz, Baltimore, 25; Donald- son, Oakland, 23; Pujols, Los Angeles, 23; Moss, Oakland, 21; Brantley, Cleveland, 20; Lawrie, Toronto, 20. Homeruns JAbreu, Chicago, 10; Pujols, Los Angeles, 9; Bautista, Toronto, 8; NCruz, Baltimore, 7; Donaldson, Oakland, 7; Dozier, Min- nesota, 7; Lawrie, Toronto, 6; Trout, Los Angeles, 6. Pitching Buehrle, Toronto, 5-1; Kazmir, Oakland, 4-0; MPerez, Texas, 4-1; Gray, Oakland, 4-1; Lackey, Boston, 4-2; CWilson, Los Angeles, 4-2; 17 tied at 3. Strikeouts Scherzer, Detroit, 51; Price, Tampa Bay, 47; FHernandez, Seattle, 47; Tanaka, New York, 46; Lester, Boston, 43; Sabathia, New York, 41; CWilson, Los Angeles, 41; Shields, Kansas City, 41; JChavez, Oakland, 41. Major League Baseball NATIONALLEAGUE WESTDIVISION W L Pct GB San Francisco 17 11 .607 _ Los Angeles 16 12 .571 1 Colorado 16 13 .552 1 ½ San Diego 13 16 .448 4 ½ Arizona 9 22 .290 9 ½ CENTRALDIVISION W L Pct GB Milwaukee 20 9 .690 _ St. Louis 15 14 .517 5 Cincinnati 13 15 .464 6 ½ Pittsburgh 10 17 .370 9 Chicago 9 17 .346 9 ½ EASTDIVISION W L Pct GB Atlanta 17 10 .630 _ New York 15 11 .577 1 ½ Washington 16 12 .571 1 ½ Miami 14 14 .500 3 ½ Philadelphia 13 13 .500 3 ½ Wednesday'sgames St. Louis 9, Milwaukee 3 N.Y. Mets at Philadelphia, ppd., rain Pittsburgh at Baltimore, ppd., rain Miami 9, Atlanta 3 Chicago Cubs 9, Cincinnati 4 L.A. Dodgers 6, Minnesota 4 Washington 7, Houston 0 Arizona 5, Colorado 4, 10 innings San Francisco 3, San Diego 2 Thursday'sgames L.A. Dodgers 9, Minnesota 4, 1st game Baltimore 5, Pittsburgh 1, 1st game Miami 5, Atlanta 4 Cincinnati 8, Milwaukee 3 L.A. Dodgers at Minnesota, (n), 2nd game Pittsburgh at Baltimore, (n), 2nd game N.Y. Mets at Colorado, (n) Friday'sgames St. Louis (Wainwright 5-1) at Chicago Cubs (T.Wood 1-3), 11:20 a.m. Toronto (Morrow 1-2) at Pittsburgh (Cole 2-2), 4:05 p.m. Washington (Strasburg 2-2) at Philadel- phia (Cl.Lee 3-2), 4:05 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (Beckett 0-0) at Miami (Koehler 2-2), 4:10 p.m. Milwaukee (W.Peralta 3-1) at Cincinnati (Leake 2-2), 4:10 p.m. San Francisco (Lincecum 1-1) at Atlanta (Minor 0-0), 4:35 p.m. N.Y. Mets (Wheeler 1-2) at Colorado (J.De La Rosa 2-3), 5:40 p.m. Arizona (Arroyo 1-2) at San Diego (Cash- ner 2-3), 7:10 p.m. Saturday'sgames St. Louis at Chicago Cubs, 10:05 a.m. Toronto at Pittsburgh, 4:05 p.m. Washington at Philadelphia, 4:05 p.m. L.A. Dodgers at Miami, 4:10 p.m. Milwaukee at Cincinnati, 4:10 p.m. San Francisco at Atlanta, 4:10 p.m. N.Y. Mets at Colorado, 5:10 p.m. Arizona at San Diego, 5:40 p.m. Leaders NATIONALLEAGUE Batting Blackmon, Colorado, .374; Tulowitzki, Colorado, .364; Utley, Philadelphia, .355; YMolina, St. Louis, .350; Morneau, Colorado, .343; Pagan, San Francisco, .340; Bonifacio, Chicago, .337. RBI Stanton, Miami, 32; AdGonzalez, Los Angeles, 24; Morneau, Colorado, 22; Tulowitzki, Colorado, 22; Morse, San Francisco, 20; Rendon, Washington, 20; ArRamirez, Milwaukee, 19; Trumbo, Arizona, 19. Homeruns AdGonzalez, Los Angeles, 8; Stanton, Miami, 8; JUpton, Atlanta, 8; Belt, San Francisco, 7; Gattis, Atlanta, 7; CGomez, Milwaukee, 7; Trumbo, Arizona, 7; Tulow- itzki, Colorado, 7. Pitching Greinke, Los Angeles, 5-0; Wainwright, St. Louis, 5-1; Haren, Los Angeles, 4-0; Machi, San Francisco, 4-0; Simon, Cin- cinnati, 4-1; Hammel, Chicago, 4-1; Lynn, St. Louis, 4-1; Hudson, San Francisco, 4-1; Lohse, Milwaukee, 4-1; Fernandez, Miami, 4-1. Strikeouts Fernandez, Miami, 55; Strasburg, Wash- ington, 53; Cueto, Cincinnati, 50; Gre- inke, Los Angeles, 46; Wacha, St. Louis, 44; Wainwright, St. Louis, 42; ClLee, Philadelphia, 40; Lohse, Milwaukee, 40; Lynn, St. Louis, 40. Basketball NBAPLAYOFFS Firstround (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) Thursday,May1 Indiana 95, Atlanta 88, series tied 3-3 Oklahoma City 104, Memphis 84, series tied 3-3 L.A. Clippers at Golden State, (n) , L.A. Clippers leads series 3-2 Friday,May2 Toronto at Brooklyn, 4 p.m. , Toronto leads series 3-2 San Antonio at Dallas, 5 p.m. , San Anto- nio leads series 3-2 Houston at Portland, 7:30 p.m. , Portland leads series 3-2 Saturday,May3 Atlanta at Indiana, 5:30 or 4 p.m. Memphis at Oklahoma City, 8 or 6:30 p.m. x-Golden State at L.A. Clippers, 9 or 7:30 p.m. Sunday,May4 x-Brooklyn at Toronto, 1 or 5 p.m. x-Dallas at San Antonio, 1 or 12:30 p.m. x-Portland at Houston, 12:30 p.m. Semifinals (Best-of-7) Sunday,May4 Brooklyn-Toronto winner at Miami, 10 a.m. (If Brooklyn-Toronto series ends Friday, May 2) Portland at San Antonio, 1 or 12:30 p.m. (If both teams win first round series) Dallas at Portland, 12:30 p.m. (If both teams win first round series) Thunder104,Grizzlies84 THUNDER(104) Durant 11-23 14-15 36, Ibaka 3-6 2-2 8, Perkins 3-4 0-0 6, Westbrook 9-21 6-6 25, Butler 2-5 1-2 7, Collison 1-1 0-0 2, Jack- son 6-9 0-0 16, Fisher 1-4 0-0 2, Adams 1-2 0-0 2, Jones 0-0 0-0 0, Lamb 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 37-75 23-25 104. GRIZZLIES(84) Prince 0-1 0-0 0, Randolph 7-14 2-4 16, Gasol 6-13 5-6 17, Conley 2-10 1-2 5, Lee 2-7 0-0 4, Allen 5-9 3-4 13, Miller 2-6 1-1 7, Udrih 1-8 0-0 2, Koufos 1-2 0-0 2, Davis 1-1 0-1 2, Johnson 4-11 6-8 15, Leuer 0-1 0-0 0, Franklin 0-0 1-2 1. Totals 31-83 19-28 84. OklahomaCity 25 31 26 22 — 104 Memphis 17 24 20 23 — 84 3-PointGoals: Oklahoma City 7-21 (Jack- son 4-5, Butler 2-4, Westbrook 1-2, Ibaka 0-1, Fisher 0-3, Durant 0-6), Memphis 3-14 (Miller 2-4, Johnson 1-4, Conley 0-2, Udrih 0-2, Lee 0-2);Fouledout: None; Rebounds: Oklahoma City 52 (Durant 10), Memphis 49 (Randolph 8);Assists: Oklahoma City 15 (Westbrook 5), Mem- phis 19 (Conley 6);Totalfouls: Oklahoma City 19, Memphis 19;Technicals: Butler, Westbrook, Memphis Coach Joerger, Johnson;A: 18,119 (18,119). Pacers95,Hawks88 PACERS(95) George 7-18 9-10 24, West 10-20 4-4 24, Hibbert 0-1 0-0 0, G.Hill 5-12 2-4 14, Stephenson 7-13 6-7 21, Copeland 1-2 2-2 5, Watson 3-9 0-0 7, Butler 0-1 0-0 0, Mahinmi 0-1 0-0 0, Scola 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 33-77 23-27 95. HAWKS(88) Carroll 3-7 0-0 7, Millsap 4-13 7-8 16, An- tic 1-7 3-4 5, Teague 9-21 9-9 29, Korver 3-8 0-0 9, Brand 0-1 0-0 0, Williams 6-12 2-2 16, Scott 2-9 0-1 4, Mack 1-3 0-0 2. Totals 29-81 21-24 88. Indiana 20 24 20 31 _ 95 Atlanta 22 17 28 21 _ 88 3-PointGoals: Indiana 6-20 (G.Hill 2-5, Copeland 1-1, Stephenson 1-2, Watson 1-4, George 1-6, West 0-1, Butler 0-1), Atlanta 9-35 (Korver 3-8, Williams 2-5, Teague 2-6, Carroll 1-2, Millsap 1-4, Antic 0-4, Scott 0-6);Fouledout: Millsap; Rebounds: Indiana 53 (West 11), Atlanta 50 (Millsap 18);Assists: Indiana 15 (West 6), Atlanta 14 (Millsap 5);Totalfouls: Indiana 27, Atlanta 23;Technicals: G.Hill, Indiana defensive three second, Antic, Korver, Scott;A: 19,044 (18,729). Hockey NHLPLAYOFFS (x-if necessary) Secondround (Best-of-7) Thursday,May1 Montreal 4, Boston 3 (2OT), Montreal leads series 1-0 Friday,May2 N.Y. Rangers at Pittsburgh, 4 p.m. Minnesota at Chicago, 6:30 p.m. Saturday,May3 Montreal at Boston, 9:30 a.m. Los Angeles at Anaheim, 5 p.m. Sunday,May4 Minnesota at Chicago, noon N.Y. Rangers at Pittsburgh, 4:30 p.m. Monday,May5 Pittsburgh at N.Y. Rangers, 4:30 p.m. Los Angeles at Anaheim, 7 p.m. Tuesday,May6 Boston at Montreal, 4 p.m. Chicago at Minnesota, 6 p.m. Wednesday,May7 Pittsburgh at N.Y. Rangers, 4:30 p.m. Thursday,May8 Boston at Montreal, 4:30 p.m. Anaheim at Los Angeles, 7 p.m. Friday,May9 Chicago at Minnesota, TBD x-N.Y. Rangers at Pittsburgh, TBD Saturday,May10 x-Montreal at Boston, TBD Anaheim at Los Angeles, TBD Golf PGA-WELLSFARGO Thursday At Quail Hollow Club Course Charlotte, N.C. Purse: $6.9 million Yardage: 7,562;Par: 72 (36-36) FirstRound Angel Cabrera ..............................33-33—66 Martin Flores ............................... 33-34—67 Phil Mickelson ..............................32-35—67 Jonathan Byrd.............................. 33-35—68 Stewart Cink ................................ 36-32—68 Webb Simpson............................. 34-34—68 Shawn Stefani.............................. 35-34—69 Vijay Singh ................................... 35-34—69 Martin Kaymer ............................ 34-35—69 Kevin Na........................................ 34-35—69 Charles Howell III........................ 34-35—69 Rory McIlroy ................................ 36-33—69 Hideki Matsuyama.......................37-32—69 Justin Rose ................................... 34-35—69 Martin Laird..................................37-32—69 David Hearn ..................................34-36—70 Scott Langley................................35-35—70 Daniel Summerhays ....................35-35—70 J.B. Holmes.................................... 33-37—70 Brian Harman ............................... 33-37—70 Ryan Moore...................................35-35—70 Retief Goosen ...............................35-35—70 Jim Renner.....................................37-34—71 Brice Garnett................................34-37—71 John Merrick.................................34-37—71 Gary Woodland.............................36-35—71 Jonas Blixt.....................................34-37—71 Brendon Todd ...............................35-36—71 Danny Lee......................................35-36—71 Wes Roach.....................................35-36—71 Will Wilcox ....................................35-36—71 Bronson La'Cassie.......................37-34—71 Bud Cauley ....................................38-33—71 Roberto Castro.............................34-37—71 Michael Thompson......................35-36—71 Zach Johnson................................37-34—71 Scott Brown ..................................35-36—71 Lee Westwood..............................36-35—71 Chris Kirk.......................................33-38—71 Jeff Overton ..................................36-35—71 Troy Merritt...................................36-35—71 Robert Streb .................................35-36—71 Ben Martin ....................................37-34—71 LPGA-NORTHTEXASSHOOTOUT Thursday At Las Colinas Country Club Course Irving, Texas Purse: $1.3 million Yardage: 6,410;Par: 71 (36-35) FirstRound Suzann Pettersen ........................33-33—66 Dori Carter ....................................36-31—67 Cydney Clanton........................... 34-33—67 Cristie Kerr................................... 33-34—67 Christina Kim................................35-32—67 Caroline Masson......................... 33-34—67 Michelle Wie .................................35-32—67 P.K. Kongkraphan ....................... 35-33—68 Amelia Lewis................................ 33-35—68 Xi Yu Lin ........................................ 36-32—68 Chella Choi................................... 36-33—69 Jodi Ewart Shadoff ..................... 34-35—69 Juli Inkster.................................... 36-33—69 Lorie Kane .................................... 36-33—69 Haeji Kang.................................... 36-33—69 Katherine Kirk ............................. 35-34—69 Mi Hyang Lee ............................... 34-35—69 Jenny Shin .................................... 35-34—69 Moira Dunn....................................35-35—70 Paz Echeverria..............................36-34—70 Victoria Elizabeth ........................35-35—70 Natalie Gulbis ...............................35-35—70 Felicity Johnson ...........................34-36—70 Danielle Kang................................34-36—70 Brittany Lang................................34-36—70 Meena Lee..................................... 37-33—70 Megan McChrystal......................38-32—70 Azahara Munoz ............................35-35—70 Haru Nomura ................................ 33-37—70 Ryann O'Toole...............................36-34—70 Pornanong Phatlum.....................34-36—70 Reilley Rankin............................... 37-33—70 Thidapa Suwannapura................35-35—70 Lexi Thompson.............................35-35—70 Sun Young Yoo.............................. 37-33—70 Amy Anderson..............................35-36—71 Danah Bordner .............................37-34—71 Silvia Cavalleri..............................36-35—71 Julieta Granada............................38-33—71 Jeong Jang.....................................37-34—71 Jennifer Johnson..........................36-35—71 Jimin Kang.....................................35-36—71 Stacey Keating .............................36-35—71 Sarah Kemp...................................37-34—71 Sue Kim..........................................37-34—71 Joanna Klatten .............................36-35—71 Jee Young Lee...............................37-34—71 Stacy Lewis...................................35-36—71 Sydnee Michaels..........................36-35—71 Paola Moreno ...............................37-34—71 Inbee Park.....................................35-36—71 Paula Reto.....................................34-37—71 Dewi Claire Schreefel..................33-38—71 Ashleigh Simon.............................36-35—71 Angela Stanford...........................37-34—71 Karen Stupples.............................37-34—71 Jaclyn Sweeney............................35-36—71 Odds GLANTZ-CULVERLINE For May 2 MajorLeagueBaseball NATIONALLEAGUE Favorite Line Underdog St. Louis -170/+160 at Chicago at Philadelphia -120/+110 Washington at Cincinnati -125/+115 Milwaukee Los Angeles -135/+125 at Miami at Atlanta -140/+130 San Francisco at Colorado -130/+120 New York at San Diego -140/+130 Arizona AMERICANLEAGUE Tampa Bay -145/+135 at New York at Cleveland -145/+135 Chicago at Boston -145/+135 Oakland at Kansas City -150/+140 Detroit Baltimore -115/+105 at Minnesota Seattle -185/+175 at Houston at Los Angeles -135/+125 Texas INTERLEAGUE at Pittsburgh -145/+135 Toronto NBA Favorite Line(O/U) Underdog at Brooklyn 5 (191) Toronto San Antonio 3 (198½) at Dallas at Portland 3½ (213) Houston NHL TONIGHT Favorite Line Underdog at Pittsburgh -150/+130 N.Y. Rangers at Chicago -200/+170 Minnesota TOMORROW at Anaheim -135/+115 Los Angeles ODDSTOWINSERIES Pittsburgh -160/+140 N.Y. Rangers Chicago -320/+260 Minnesota Anaheim -110/-110 Los Angeles Boxing TOMORROW WBA/WBCWelterweightTitle AtLasVegas Favorite Line Underdog Mayweather -1100/+700 Maidana COPYRIGHT2014 Transactions BASEBALL MajorLeagueBaseball OfficeOFTHECommissioner: Suspend- ed free agent RHPs Manuel Montilla and Euris Quezada 50 games each, without pay, for violating the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program. AmericanLeague BaltimoreOrioles: Activated 3B Manny Machado from the 15-day DL. Optioned INF Steve Lombardozzi to Norfolk (IL). Reinstated LHP Troy Patton from the restricted list. Sent RHP Josh Stinson outright to Norfolk. BostonRedSox: Recalled LHP Drake Britton from Pawtucket (IL). MinnesotaTwins: Recalled LHP Kris Johnson from Rochester (IL). TorontoBlueJays: Recalled OF Anthony Gose from Buffalo (IL). Selected the contract of INF Steve Tolleson from Buffalo. Optioned INF Jonathan Diaz to Buffalo. Designated OF Moises Sierra for assignment. NationalLeague CincinnatiReds: Placed LHP Tony Cingrani on the 15-day DL. Recalled RHP Curtis Partch from Louisville (IL). Sent LHP Aroldis Chapman on a rehab assign- ment to Dayton (MWL). LosAngelesDodgers: Selected the contract of RHP Red Patterson from Albuquerque (PCL). Designated OF Nick Buss for assignment. MilwaukeeBrewers: Recalled RHP Rob Wooten from Nashville (PCL). Optioned INF-OF Elian Herrera to Nashville. NewYrokMets: Activated OF Juan Lagares from the 15-day DL. Optioned OF Kirk Nieuwenhuis to Las Vegas (PCL). FOOTBALL NationalFootballLeague AtlantaFalcons: Signed TE Bear Pascoe. ClevelandBrowns: Signed LB Zac Diles, and Qbs Tyler Thigpen and Vince Young. DallasCowboys: Signed WR LaRon Byrd. DenverBroncos: Exercised their 2015 option on LB Von Miller. HOCKEY NationalHockeyLeague AnaheimDucks: Reassigned F Rickard Rakell to Norfolk (AHL). LosAngelesKings: Signed F Brian O'neill to a two-year contract. NewYorkIslanders: Acquired the nego- tiating rights to G Jaroslav Halak from Washington for a 2014 fourth-round draft pick. VancouverCanucks: Fired coach John Tortorella and assistant coach Mike Sullivan. MLBBASEBALL San Francisco Giants at Atlanta Braves:4:30p.m., CSNBA. NBA PLAYOFFS First Round Game 6, Toronto Raptors at Brooklyn Nets: 4p.m., ESPN2. Game 6, San Antonio Spurs at Dallas Mavericks: 5p.m., ESPN. Game 6, Houston Rockets at Portland Trail Blazers: 7:30 p.m., ESPN. NHL PLAYOFFS Conference Semifinals Game 1, New York Rangers at Pittsburgh Penguins: 4p.m., NBCSP. Game 1, Minnesota Wild at Chicago Blackhawks: 6:30 p.m., NBCSP. HORSE RACING Kentucky Oaks: noon, NBCSP. GOLF LPGA Tour Golf, North Texas Shootout, Second Round: 9:30a.m., GOLF. PGA Tour Golf, Wells Fargo Championship, Second Round: noon, GOLF. ON THE AIR By Jimmy Golen The Associated Press BOSTON P.K. Subban scored his second goal of the game at 4:17 of the second overtime to give the Mon- treal Canadiens a 4-3 vic- tory over the Boston Bruins on Thursday night in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinals. The goal came 7 seconds into the Canadiens' second power play of overtime. Carey Price stopped 48 shots for Montreal. Rene Bourque and Francis Bouil- lon also scored for the Ca- nadiens, who blew 2-0 and 3-2 leads in the third pe- riod. Tuukka Rask made 29 saves for the Bruins, who finished the regular season with the best record in the NHL but lost home-ice ad- vantage in the series. The Bruins, who never led in the game, outshot the Canadiens 14-6 in the third period and twice rallied to tie it. The Canadiens picked up a questionable power play at the end of the first overtime and failed to score, but there was little doubt about the call when Matt Bartkowski was sent off for taking down Dale Weise in the crease to keep him from getting to a loose puck. Montreal won the ensu- ing faceoff and worked the puck around to Subban, who slapped it past Rask to end the game. Game 2 is Saturday in Boston. The 34th postseason se- ries between the two Origi- nal Six rivals began without much of the intensity of past matchups. NHL PLAYOFFS Canadiens earn 4-3 OT win JOHN BAZEMORE — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Indiana Pacers guard Lance Stephenson scores against the Atlanta Hawks in the second half of Game 6on Thursday in a first-round playoff series in Atlanta. The Associated Press ATLANTA David West led Indiana on a 16-4 run to end the game, extending the season for the top-seeded Pacers with a 95-88 victory over the Atlanta Hawks on Thursday night. Trailing 3-2 after losing at home for the second time in the Eastern Conference series, Indiana was poised for an early summer when the Hawks pushed out to an 84-79 lead with just over 3 minutes remaining, cheered on by a raucous crowd. But, for the fourth time in this back-and-forth affair, the road team won. West made every big play down the stretch, scor- ing four straight points and forcing a huge turnover to begin the turnaround. West hit two more baskets in the final minute to wrap things up, finishing with 24 points. Game 7 is Saturday in In- dianapolis. Paul George also scored 24 points for the Pacers, making four straight free throws to help finish off the Hawks, trying to become only the sixth No. 8 seed to knock off a No. 1 seed. Jeff Teague scored 29 points for Atlanta. THUNDER 104, GRIZZLIES 84 Kevin Durant scored 36 points to break out of a slump, and Oklahoma City routed Memphis to force a deciding seventh game in the first-round Western Conference series. Russell Westbrook added 25 points for the Thunder, who haven't been elimi- nated in the first round of the playoffs since 2010. They took control early with Du- rant scoring 14 points in the first quarter, led by 15 at halftime and never let Mem- phis get closer in the second half in the first game in the series ended in regulation since the opener. Durant also had 10 re- bounds and made 14 of 15 free throws. Game 7 is Saturday night in Oklahoma City. Marc Gasol had 17 points and Zach Randolph 16 for Memphis. Guard Mike Con- ley strained his right ham- string, briefly returned and left for good with 8:48 left. Pacers beat Hawks to require Game 7 Indianaclosesgameon16-4runtostaveoffelimination NBA PLAYOFFS the conference final when that elusive Stanley Cup seemed so close. Yet this might have been the most bitter of all, con- sidering it came against a fierce rival and after the Sharks looked so strong in taking a 3-0 series lead. "Every year you lose is pretty low, but this one is a type of series that will rip your heart out," forward Lo- gan Couture said. "It hurts. It's going to be a long sum- mer thinking about this one and what we let slip away." San Jose outscored the Kings 17-8 to win the first three games but was barely competitive in the final four contests. The Sharks were outscored 16-3 over the fi- nal 3 games to join Detroit (1942), Pittsburgh (1975) and Boston (2010) as the only teams to blow a 3-0 series lead. The only bright side might be that Detroit and Boston both won it all the year after their collapses. "It's just so disappoint- ing that we were able to go up 3-0 and not find a way to have that killer instinct, to findawaytoscrapeandclaw andwingamesliketheydid," Couturesaid."It'stoughsay- ing it, but I think the better team won the series. They were better than us." The Sharks took the day off Thursday to regroup be- fore going through the an- nual routine of exit meet- ings and cleanup today where they will start look- ing for answers for why they fell short once again. Defenseman Dan Boyle might leave as a free agent and forward Marty Havlat could have the final year of his contract bought out. But the biggest questions will be about the status of coach Todd McLellan and gen- eral manager Doug Wilson. While the Sharks did a good job dealing with in- juries to finish tied for the fourth-most points in the regular season, they couldn't get it done in the playoffs. "I'm in charge, I'm re- sponsible for the group that performs on the ice," McLel- lan said. "I have to accept that responsibility. When we break down the series, I'm not going to throw any individuals or group of indi- viduals under the bus, be- cause we lost it collectively. But I'm responsible for that group." The biggest issue was the lack of production from the top players in the final four games. Captain Joe Thorn- ton, linemate Brent Burns and Couture had no points in the final four games and Patrick Marleau and Joe Pavelski didn't have a goal or an assist in the last three. The power-play went 0-for-15 in the final three games, including four blown chancesinthesecondperiod of Game 7 when the Sharks were either ahead or tied. It added up to a second straight Game 7 loss to the Kings. "We were a lot closer last year than we were this year," McLellan said. "We're kidding ourselves if we think we were closer this year, just because it went seven games. ... It wasn't even close. We had a core group of individuals that didn't get on the score sheet. Last year was a lot closer than it was this year." Sharks FROM PAGE 1 | SPORTS | REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM FRIDAY, MAY 2, 2014 2 B