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ByJayCohen The Associated Press CHICAGO MichalHandzus scored at 2:04 of the second overtime, and the Chicago Blackhawks beat the Los Angeles Kings 5-4 in Game 5 on Wednesday night to stay alive in the Western Conference final. BrandonSaadmadeanice pass to the middle to Hand- zus,whobeatgoalieJonathan Quick with a backhander for his second goal of the play- offs. Handzus celebrated by jumping against boards be- hind the net as the sellout crowd of 21,871 roared. Saad had a goal and two assists for the defending Stanley Cup champions, who stopped a three-game losing streak. Patrick Kane set a playoff career high with four assists. Game 6 is Friday night in Los Angeles. Marian Gaborik and Dustin Brown each had a goal and an assist for the Kings, who led 4-3 after two periods. It was Gaborik's NHL-best 11th playoff goal. Quick and Chicago's Co- rey Crawford each stopped 40 shots. Los Angeles was in posi- tion to advance to its second Stanley Cup final in three years before Ben Smith drove to the net and beat Quick on a rebound 1:17 into the third. Smith's third goal of the playoffs set the stage for a frantic finish as both sides pushed for the win- ning score. Kings center Jarret Stoll wassentofffortrippingwith 3:11 left in regulation, giving the Blackhawks a prime op- portunity to move in front. Quick stopped Kane on a big slap shot, and then turned away Bryan Bickell in front to keep the game tied at 4. Quick made another solid stop on Marian Hossa. NHL PLAYOFFS Blackhawks beat Kings, survive MLBBASEBALL San Francisco Giants at St. Louis Cardinals:5p.m., CSNBA. NBA PLAYOFFS Conference Finals, Game 5, Oklahoma City Thunder at San Antonio Spurs: 6p.m., TNT. GOLF PGA Tour, Memorial Tourna- ment, First Round: 11:30a.m., GOLF. NHL PLAYOFFS Conference Finals, Game 6, Montreal Canadiens at New York Rangers: 5p.m., NBCSN. TENNIS French Open, Second Round: 6a.m., ESPN2. COLLEGE SOFTBALL World Series Game 1, Baylor vs. Florida: 9 a.m., ESPN. Game 2, Florida State vs. Oregon: 11:30a.m., ESPN. Game 3, Kentucky vs. Louisiana-Lafayette: 4p.m., ESPN2. Game 4, Oklahoma vs. Ala- bama: 6:30p.m., ESPN2. ON THE AIR Scoreboard MLB AMERICANLEAGUE WEST DIVISION W L Pct GB Oakland 31 21 .596 _ Los Angeles 29 22 .569 11/2 Texas 27 26 .509 41/2 Seattle 25 26 .490 51/2 Houston 22 32 .407 10 CENTRAL DIVISION W L Pct GB Detroit 29 19 .604 _ Chicago 28 27 .509 41/2 Minnesota 24 26 .480 6 Kansas City 24 28 .462 7 Cleveland 24 30 .444 8 EAST DIVISION W L Pct GB Toronto 32 22 .593 _ New York 28 24 .538 3 Baltimore 26 25 .510 41/2 Boston 23 29 .442 8 Tampa Bay 23 31 .426 9 Tuesday's games Toronto 9, Tampa Bay 6 Boston 6, Atlanta 3 Milwaukee 7, Baltimore 6, 10 innings Chicago White Sox 2, Cleveland 1 Houston 3, Kansas City 0 Minnesota 4, Texas 3 St. Louis 6, N.Y. Yankees 0 Detroit 6, Oakland 5 L.A. Angels 6, Seattle 4 Wednesday's games Houston 9, Kansas City 3 Toronto 3, Tampa Bay 2 Boston 4, Atlanta 0 Milwaukee 8, Baltimore 3 Chicago White Sox 3, Cleveland 2 Texas 1, Minnesota 0 N.Y. Yankees 7, St. Louis 4 Detroit at Oakland, (n) L.A. Angels at Seattle, (n) Thursday's games Texas (N.Martinez 1-1) at Minnesota (Deduno 1-3), 10:10 a.m. Detroit (Porcello 7-2) at Oakland (J.Chavez 4-2), 12:35 p.m. Kansas City (Shields 6-3) at Toronto (Dickey 5-4), 4:07 p.m. Atlanta (Minor 2-3) at Boston (Peavy 1-2), 4:10 p.m. Baltimore (U.Jimenez 2-6) at Houston (Peacock 1-4), 5:10 p.m. L.A. Angels (Shoemaker 2-1) at Seattle (Maurer 1-3), 7:10 p.m. Friday's games Colorado at Cleveland, 4:05 p.m. Minnesota at N.Y. Yankees, 4:05 p.m. Texas at Washington, 4:05 p.m. Kansas City at Toronto, 4:07 p.m. Tampa Bay at Boston, 4:10 p.m. Baltimore at Houston, 5:10 p.m. San Diego at Chicago White Sox, 5:10 p.m. L.A. Angels at Oakland, 7:05 p.m. Detroit at Seattle, 7:10 p.m. NATIONAL LEAGUE WEST DIVISION W L Pct GB San Francisco 34 19 .642 _ Los Angeles 29 24 .547 5 Colorado 28 25 .528 6 San Diego 24 29 .453 10 Arizona 21 33 .389 131/2 CENTRAL DIVISION W L Pct GB Milwaukee 32 22 .593 _ St. Louis 29 24 .547 21/2 Pittsburgh 23 29 .442 8 Cincinnati 22 28 .440 8 Chicago 19 32 .373 111/2 EAST DIVISION W L Pct GB Atlanta 28 24 .538 _ Miami 28 25 .528 1/2 Washington 25 27 .481 3 New York 24 28 .462 4 Philadelphia 23 27 .460 4 Tuesday's games Colorado 6, Philadelphia 2 Miami at Washington, ppd., rain Boston 6, Atlanta 3 N.Y. Mets 4, Pittsburgh 2 Milwaukee 7, Baltimore 6, 10 innings St. Louis 6, N.Y. Yankees 0 San Diego 4, Arizona 3 L.A. Dodgers 6, Cincinnati 3 San Francisco 4, Chicago Cubs 0 Wednesday's games N.Y. Mets 5, Pittsburgh 0 San Francisco 5, Chicago Cubs 0 Philadelphia 6, Colorado 3 Miami 8, Washington 5, 10 innings Boston 4, Atlanta 0 Milwaukee 8, Baltimore 3 N.Y. Yankees 7, St. Louis 4 San Diego at Arizona, (n) Cincinnati at L.A. Dodgers, (n) Thursday's games N.Y. Mets (Z.Wheeler 1-5) at Philadelphia (Buchanan 1-0), 4:05 p.m. Atlanta (Minor 2-3) at Boston (Peavy 1-2), 4:10 p.m. San Francisco (Vogelsong 3-2) at St. Louis (J.Garcia 1-0), 5:15 p.m. Cincinnati (Cingrani 2-4) at Arizona (Col- lmenter 3-2), 6:40 p.m. Pittsburgh (Cole 4-3) at L.A. Dodgers (Haren 5-3), 7:10 p.m. Friday's games Colorado at Cleveland, 4:05 p.m. N.Y. Mets at Philadelphia, 4:05 p.m. Texas at Washington, 4:05 p.m. Atlanta at Miami, 4:10 p.m. Chicago Cubs at Milwaukee, 5:10 p.m. San Diego at Chicago White Sox, 5:10 p.m. San Francisco at St. Louis, 5:15 p.m. Cincinnati at Arizona, 6:40 p.m. Pittsburgh at L.A. Dodgers, 7:10 p.m. Giants 5, Cubs 0 Chicago San Fran AB R H B AB R H B Bonifac 2b 2 0 0 0 Pagan cf 3 1 2 0 Lake cf 4 0 0 0 Pence rf 3 1 0 0 Rizzo 1b 3 0 1 0 Posey 1b 4 1 0 0 SCastro ss 4 0 0 0 Sandovl 3b 3 1 2 1 Schrhlt rf 3 0 0 0 JGutrrz p 0 0 0 0 Olt 3b 4 0 0 0 J.Lopez p 0 0 0 0 Coghln lf 2 0 0 0 HSnchz c 4 0 1 2 Ruggin ph-lf1 0 0 0 Colvin lf 2 0 1 1 JoBakr c 3 0 1 0 Affeldt p 0 0 0 0 EJcksn p 2 0 0 0 Machi p 0 0 0 0 Russell p 0 0 0 0 Arias ph-3b1 0 0 0 Schlittr p 0 0 0 0 BCrwfr ss 3 0 1 0 Barney ph 1 0 0 0 Adrianz 2b 4 0 0 0 Grimm p 0 0 0 0 Linccm p 1 0 0 0 Valuen ph 1 0 0 0 B.Hicks ph 1 0 0 0 Kontos p 0 0 0 0 Blanco lf 2 1 1 0 Totals 30 0 2 0 31 5 8 4 Chicago 000 000 000 — 0 San Fran 000 002 30x — 5 E: Olt (4), Arias (1), B.Crawford (5); DP: San Francisco 1; LOB: Chicago 9, San Francisco 7; 2B: Pagan (12), H.Sanchez (7), Colvin (8); SB: Bonifacio (12); S: Pagan. IP H R ER BB SO Chicago E.Jackson L,3-5 51/3 4 2 2 2 9 Russell 0 1 0 0 0 0 Schlitter 2/3 1 0 0 1 0 Grimm 2 2 3 0 1 1 San Francisco Lincecum 5 0 0 0 4 5 Kontos W,1-011/3 0 0 0 0 2 Affeldt 0 1 0 0 1 0 Machi 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 J.Gutierrez 11/3 1 0 0 0 0 J.Lopez 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 Affeldt pitched to 2 batters in the 7th. Russell pitched to 1 batter in the 6th. HBP: by Lincecum (Schierholtz); WP: E.Jackson, Grimm. T: 3:18; A: 41,186 (41,915). Leaders AMERICAN LEAGUE Batting VMartinez, Detroit, .341; Cano, Seattle, .333; Rios, Texas, .329; AlRamirez, Chicago, .327; MiCabrera, Detroit, .324; Kinsler, Detroit, .322; Altuve, Houston, .317. RBI NCruz, Baltimore, 48; MiCabrera, Detroit, 44; Encarnacion, Toronto, 44; JAbreu, Chicago, 42; Moss, Oakland, 42; Brantley, Cleveland, 39; Donaldson, Oakland, 38. Home runs NCruz, Baltimore, 19; Encarnacion, Toronto, 16; JAbreu, Chicago, 15; Pujols, Los Angeles, 14; Bautista, Toronto, 12; Donaldson, Oakland, 12; VMartinez, Detroit, 12; Moss, Oakland, 12; Ortiz, Boston, 12. Pitching Buehrle, Toronto, 9-1; Tanaka, New York, 7-1; Porcello, Detroit, 7-2; FHernandez, Seattle, 6-1; Scherzer, Detroit, 6-1; Keuchel, Houston, 6-2; Shields, Kansas City, 6-3; Lackey, Boston, 6-3; Weaver, Los Angeles, 6-3; CWilson, Los Angeles, 6-3. ERA Tanaka, New York, 2.29; Gray, Oakland, 2.31; Buehrle, Toronto, 2.33; Darvish, Texas, 2.35; Keuchel, Houston, 2.55; Kazmir, Oakland, 2.56; JChavez, Oak- land, 2.61. Strikeouts Price, Tampa Bay, 84; Kluber, Cleveland, 83; Lester, Boston, 83; Scherzer, Detroit, 82; Tanaka, New York, 79; FHernandez, Seattle, 74; Darvish, Texas, 71. NATIONAL LEAGUE Batting Tulowitzki, Colorado, .369; Puig, Los Angeles, .346; Utley, Philadelphia, .335; Lucroy, Milwaukee, .326; MaAdams, St. Louis, .325; Pagan, San Francisco, .324; CGomez, Milwaukee, .323; YMolina, St. Louis, .323. RBI Stanton, Miami, 49; Puig, Los Angeles, 38; Tulowitzki, Colorado, 37; AdGonzalez, Los Angeles, 36; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 34; Howard, Philadelphia, 34; Morse, San Francisco, 34. Home runs Stanton, Miami, 15; Tulowitzki, Colorado, 14; JUpton, Atlanta, 13; AdGonzalez, Los Angeles, 12; Reynolds, Milwaukee, 12; CGomez, Milwaukee, 11; 5 tied at 10. Pitching Greinke, Los Angeles, 8-1; Wainwright, St. Louis, 8-2; Lohse, Milwaukee, 6-1; Lynn, St. Louis, 6-2; Bumgarner, San Francisco, 6-3; JDe La Rosa, Colorado, 6-3; Simon, Cincinnati, 6-3; SMiller, St. Louis, 6-4. ERA Wainwright, St. Louis, 1.67; Samardzija, Chicago, 1.68; Teheran, Atlanta, 1.77; Cueto, Cincinnati, 1.83; Hudson, San Francisco, 1.92; WPeralta, Milwaukee, 2.12; Greinke, Los Angeles, 2.18. Strikeouts Cueto, Cincinnati, 85; Strasburg, Washington, 81; Wainwright, St. Louis, 77; Greinke, Los Angeles, 76; Bumgarner, San Francisco, 75; Kennedy, San Diego, 72; Harang, Atlanta, 71. Basketball NBA PLAYOFFS Conference Finals (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) Wednesday, May 28 Indiana 93, Miami 90, Miami leads series 3-2 Thursday, May 29 Oklahoma City at San Antonio, 6 p.m., San Antonio 92, series tied 2-2 Friday, May 30 Indiana at Miami, 5:30 p.m. Saturday, May 31 San Antonio at Oklahoma City, 5:30 p.m. Sunday, June 1 x-Miami at Indiana, 5:30 p.m. Monday, June 2 x-Oklahoma City at San Antonio, 6 p.m. NBA Finals (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) Thursday, June 5 Eastern champion at San Antonio or Oklahoma City, 6 p.m. Pacers 93, Heat 90 HEAT (90) James 2-10 2-3 7, Lewis 6-10 0-0 18, Bosh 9-21 0-0 20, Chalmers 3-4 1-1 8, Wade 7-14 2-2 18, R.Allen 5-11 2-2 15, Haslem 2-2 0-0 4, Cole 0-2 0-0 0, Battier 0-0 0-0 0, Douglas 0-0 0-0 0, Beasley 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 34-75 7-8 90. PACERS (93) George 15-28 2-3 37, West 7-11 5-8 19, Hibbert 4-11 2-3 10, G.Hill 4-9 0-2 9, Stephenson 4-11 4-4 12, Scola 3-6 0-2 6, Watson 0-1 0-0 0, Mahinmi 0-0 0-0 0, Butler 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 37-78 13-22 93. Miami 16 26 15 33 — 90 Indiana 22 11 31 29 — 93 3-Point Goals: Miami 15-31 (Lewis 6-9, R.Allen 3-6, Wade 2-3, Bosh 2-7, Chalm- ers 1-2, James 1-3, Cole 0-1), Indiana 6-21 (George 5-14, G.Hill 1-2, Butler 0-1, Watson 0-1, Stephenson 0-3); Fouled out: None; Rebounds: Miami 40 (Bosh 10), Indiana 52 (Hibbert 13); Assists: Miami 22 (Wade 7), Indiana 13 (Stephenson 5); Total fouls: Miami 24, Indiana 16; A: 18,165 (18,165). WNBA WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB Minnesota 5 0 1.000 — Sparks 2 1 .667 2 Phoenix 2 1 .667 2 San Antonio 3 2 .600 2 Seattle 1 4 .200 4 Tulsa 0 3 .000 4 EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB Chicago 4 1 .800 — Atlanta 2 2 .500 11/2 New York 2 2 .500 11/2 Washington 1 2 .333 2 Connecticut 1 3 .250 21/2 Indiana 1 3 .250 21/2 Tuesday's games New York 70, Seattle 64 Wednesday's games San Antonio 82, Tulsa 79 Thursday's games Connecticut at Indiana, 4 p.m. Friday's games New York at Washington, 4 p.m. Seattle at Atlanta, 4:30 p.m. San Antonio at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Connecticut at Chicago, 5:30 p.m. Tulsa at Phoenix, 7 p.m. Hockey NHL PLAYOFFS Conference Finals (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) Wednesday, May 28 Chicago 5, Los Angeles 4, 2OT, Los Ange- les leads series 3-2 Thursday, May 29 Montreal at NY Rangers, 5 p.m. , N.Y. Rangers lead series 3-2 Friday, May 30 Chicago at Los Angeles, 6 p.m. Saturday, May 31 x-NY Rangers at Montreal, 5 p.m. Sunday, June 1 x-Los Angeles at Chicago, 5 p.m. Blackhawks 5, Kings 4 (2OT) Los Angeles 2 2 0 0 0 — 4 Chicago 3 0 1 0 1 — 5 First Period: 1, Chicago, Seabrook 3 (Toews, Kane), 1:13 (pp). 2, Chicago, Oduya 2 (Kane, Shaw), 3:40. 3, Los Ange- les, Stoll 2 (King), 9:49. 4, Chicago, Saad 5 (Shaw, Kane), 11:06. 5, Los Angeles, Gaborik 11 (Kopitar, Brown), 13:16. Second Period: 6, Los Angeles, Brown 4 (Gaborik), 11:08. 7, Los Angeles, Pearson 4 (Carter, Richards), 13:08. Third Period: 8, Chicago, Smith 3 (Saad, Oduya), 1:17. First Overtime: None. Second Overtime: 9, Chicago, Handzus 2 (Saad, Kane), 2:04. Shots on Goal: Los Angeles 9-16-8-10- 1=44. Chicago 9-11-16-8-1=45. Goalies: Los Angeles, Quick. Chicago, Crawford; A: 21,871 (19,717); T: 3:32. Tennis FRENCH OPEN RESULTS Wednesday At Stade Roland Garros Paris Purse: $34.12 million (Grand Slam) Surface: Clay-Outdoor Singles MEN First Round Steve Johnson, United States, def. Laurent Lokoli, France, 4-6, 6-7 (7), 7-6 (3), 6-3, 6-3. Second Round Gilles Simon (29), France, def. Alejandro Gonzalez, Colombia, 6-4, 6-0, 6-2. Roberto Bautista Agut (27), Spain, def. Benoit Paire, France, 6-4, 7-6 (4), 6-2. Ernests Gulbis (18), Latvia, def. Facundo Bagnis, Argentina, 6-2, 7-5, 6-0. Radek Stepanek, Czech Republic, def. Mikhail Youzhny (15), Russia, 6-0, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4. Marcel Granollers, Spain, def. Alexandr Dolgopolov (20), Ukraine, 1-6, 3-6, 6-3, 6-0, 6-2. Novak Djokovic (2), Serbia, def. Jeremy Chardy, France, 6-1, 6-4, 6-2. Dmitry Tursunov (31), Russia, def. Sam Querrey, United States, 6-4, 7-5, 6-1. Marin Cilic (25), Croatia, def. Tobias Kamke, Germany, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-0. Milos Raonic (8), Canada, def. Jiri Vesely, Czech Republic, 7-6 (4), 6-4, 6-1. Roger Federer (4), Switzerland, def. Di- ego Sebastian Schwartzman, Argentina, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4. Tomas Berdych (6), Czech Republic, def. Aleksandr Nedovyesov, Kazakhstan, 6-7 (4), 6-4, 7-5, 6-3. Tommy Robredo (17), Spain, def. Kenny de Schepper, France, 6-2, 6-3, 6-3. Martin Klizan, Slovakia, def. Robin Haase, Netherlands, 6-1, 3-6, 6-1, 1-6, 7-5. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (13), France, def. Jurgen Melzer, Austria, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4. Jerzy Janowicz (22), Poland, def. Jarkko Nieminen, Finland, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (4), 6-4. John Isner (10), United States, def. Mikhail Kukushkin, Kazakhstan, 6-7 (6), 7-6 (4), 6-3, 7-6 (4). WOMEN Second Round Anna Schmiedlova, Slovakia, def. Venus Williams (29), United States, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4. Johanna Larsson, Sweden, def. Flavia Pennetta (12), Italy, 5-7, 6-4, 6-2. Eugenie Bouchard (18), Canada, def. Julia Goerges, Germany, 2-6, 6-2, 6-1. Garbine Muguruza, Spain, def. Serena Williams (1), United States, 6-2, 6-2. Angelique Kerber (8), Germany, def. Varvara Lepchenko, United States, 6-2, 7-5. Carla Suarez Navarro (14), Spain, def. Timea Bacsinszky, Switzerland, 7-5, 1-6, 6-4. Daniela Hantuchova (31), Slovakia, def. Claire Feuerstein, France, 6-1, 6-4. Dominika Cibulkova (9, Slovakia, def. Tamira Paszek, Austria, 6-3, 6-4. Maria Sharapova (7), Russia, def. Ts- vetana Pironkova, Bulgaria, 7-5, 6-2. Taylor Townsend, United States, def. Alize Cornet (20), France, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4. Sam Stosur (19), Australia, def. Yvonne Meusburger, Austria, 6-1, 6-3. Mona Barthel, Germany, def. Sabine Lisicki (16), Germany, 6-1, 3-0, retired. Ajla Tomljanovic, Croatia, def. Elena Vesnina (32), Russia, 7-6 (6), 6-2. Agnieszka Radwanska (3), Poland, def. Karolina Pliskova, Czech Republic, 6-3, 6-4. Monica Niculescu, Romania, leads Paula Ormaechea, Argentina, 6-2, 2-0, susp., rain. Pauline Parmentier, France, leads Yaro- slava Shvedova, Kazakhstan, 1-6, 6-3, 2-1 (0-15), susp., rain. Odds GLANTZ-CULVER LINE For May 29 Major League Baseball NATIONAL LEAGUE Favorite Line Underdog at Philadelphia -115/+105 New York at St. Louis -135/+125 San Francisco at Arizona -115/+105 Cincinnati at Los Angeles -120/+110 Pittsburgh AMERICAN LEAGUE at Minnesota -115/+105 Texas at Oakland -135/+125 Detroit at Toronto -110/+100 Kansas City Baltimore -135/+125 at Houston Los Angeles -135/+125 at Seattle INTERLEAGUE at Boston -125/+115 Atlanta NBA Favorite Line (O/U) Underdog at San Antonio 41/2 (206) Oklahoma City NHL Favorite Line Underdog at N.Y. Rangers -175/+155 Montreal Transactions BASEBALL American League Boston Red Sox: Placed RHP Clay Buch- holz on the 15-day Dl, retroactive to May 27. Recalled RHP Alex Wilson from Pawtucket (IL). Cleveland Indians: Activated INF Jason Kipnis from the 15-day DL. Optioned INF Justin Sellers to Columbus (IL). Los Angeles Angels: Placed LHP Sean Burnett on the 15-day DL. Recalled RHP Matt Shoemaker from Salt Lake (PCL). Oakland Athletics: Sent RHP Ronald Herrera to San Diego to complete an earlier trade. Seattle Mariners: Signed OF Xavier Nady to a minor league contract. Tampa Bay Rays: Placed C Ryan Hanigan on the 15-day DL. Recalled OF Kevin Kiermaier from Durham (IL). Texas Rangers: Activated LHP Joe Saunders from the 15-day DL. Optioned LHP Aaron Poreda to Round Rock (PCL). Claimed RHP Phil Irwin off waivers from Pittsburgh and optioned him to Round Rock (PCL). National League Arizona Diamondbacks: Selected the contract of INF-OF Nick Evans from Reno (PCL). Optioned OF Alfredo Marte to Reno. Los Angeles Dodgers: Placed OF Carl Crawford on the 15-day DL. Selected the contract of INF-OF Jamie Romak from Albuquerque (PCL). American Association Amarillo Sox: Signed INF Tommy Barks- dale and OF Derek Perren. Winnipeg Goldeyes: Signed RHP Kaohi Downing. Frontier League Windy City Thunderbolts: Signed 3B Brandon Hohl, RHP Jordan Mejia and OF Ty Stetson. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association NBA: Fined San Antonio C Tiago Split- ter $5,000 for violating the league's anti-flopping rules during Game 4 of the Western Conference Finals. FOOTBALL National Football League Buffalo Bills: Signed WR Sammy Watkins. Green Bay Packers: Released LB Victor Aiyewa. Miami Dolphins: Signed CB Anthony Gaitor. New York Jets: Signed CB Brandon Dixon to a four-year contract. Canadian Football League Ottawa Redblacks: Signed DB Antoine Pruneau. Winnipeg Blue Bombers: Signed OL Matthias Goossen, DB Daivon Dumas, OL Quentin Saulsberry and OL Jesse Peterson. HOCKEY National Hockey League NHL: Suspended New York Rangers D John Moore two games for his hit on Montreal F Dale Weise in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference final. 26.15 at the Division 1 cham- pionships. Brose finished third at the event, posting her sea- son best of 26.92. She quali- fied with an at-large bid. The race also features Orland's Yanette Munoz and Foothill's Gina Nelson. BOYS1,600RELAY The Red Bluff boys 1,600 team also comes in to the meet as de- fending section champions. Austin Torres and Mi- chael Stone return from that team. They were joined by Jordan Johnson and K.J. Hinkston in qualifying for this year's event with the second seed. Ahead of them is Enter- prise, which ran a season best of 3:27.00 to beat Red Bluff at the Division 1 cham- pionships. The Spartans' season best is 3:28.45. BOYS 400 RELAY Red Bluff is also the defending 400 re- lay champion. Once again Stone and Torres return from last year. In this event they were joined by Hinkston and Ra- fael Chavarria in qualify- ing second with their sea- son best time of 44.16. Chico is the No. 1 seed, having qualified at 43.31. Red Bluff holds the sta- dium record set in 1999 at 42.82. GIRLS DISCUS Can Red Bluff's Kayla Thayer finally get that elusive state berth? This is Thayer's third trip to the section champi- onships and she'll have two events to achieve her long- awaited goal. Her best opportunity will come in the discus, where she finished fifth as a soph- omore and as the runner-up as a junior. Thayer set a season high of 133 feet, 8 inches earlier this year — that's 17 feet more than anyone else in the Northern Section has done in 2014. Her competition will come from Pleasant Val- ley's Makenzie Barnes and 2013 section champion Kiki Sappa from Wheatland. GIRLS SHOT PUT Thayer qualified for the shot put as the second seed. She has finished seventh and fourth in her previous appearances. The top seed is returning champion Marisela Carde- nas from Gridley. Cardenas has a season high mark of 39 feet. Thayer's best is 35-10.75. GIRLSHIGHJUMP Red Bluff freshman Jenny Weight- man has a strong chance of becoming section cham- pion. She qualified second with the Northern Section's sec- ond-best mark of the season at 5-2. She'll likely need at least another inch as Yreka's Jen- avieve Turner has the sec- tion's best mark at 5-3. Corning's Grace Mora is the fourth alternate. She cleared 5 feet during the season. BOYS 200 Corning's star athlete this season has been Ivan Alvarado. He comes into the event with as the third seed and with a strong opportunity to stand on the podium. He ran his season-best time of 22.77 at the Division 2 championships. Mount Shasta's Eli Chap- man qualified with the sec- tion's best time of the year at 22.02. Enterprise's Anthony Ro- driquez offers his strongest competition. The stadium record was set by Red Bluff's Obi Osu- iji in 2001 at 21.73. BOYS 100 Alvarado also qualified for the 100 and will look for a podium spot. Chapman is the favorite, as he qualified with the sec- tion's best time of the year at 10.86. His competition will come from Rodriguez as well as Sutter's Tyjuan Prince and Chico's Efren Trevino. BOYSLONGJUMP Alvarado qualified fifth for the long jump, but he has the North- ern Section's second-best mark of the season at 21-8.5. That's slightly better than what Orland's Kavi Ram qualified with to be the top seed. West Valley's Marcus Simmons is the 2013 cham- pion and has this year's best mark at 22 feet. BOYS SHOT PUT Corning's Thomas Lowe is in the field as the fourth seed. He has the second-best mark in the section this sea- son at 53-5. The best season effort came from Shasta's Zane Ventimiglia at 56-6.5 inches. He's also the top seed. Two Enterprise athletes, Casey Gunter and Isaiah Matthews, should also push for medals. Corning's Anthony Peter is the second alternate. BOYS POLE VAULT Corn- ing's Matthew Slimick is in the field with a qualification of 12 feet, yet Justin Slimick is the first alternate with the same mark. West Valley's Aron Whisenhunt set the sea- son's best mark in qualifi- cation at 13-6. ALTERNATES If an event isn't filled the Northern Sec- tion will go to the alternate list to fill the field. Brose is the top alternate for the girls 100. Mora is the second alter- nate for the girls pole vault. Track FROM PAGE 1 Miami failed to clinch its fourth straight Eastern Conference title. The Pacers played like a desperate team trying to save their season. They chased shooters all over the floor, ran down loose balls, even put themselves in harm's way. Lance Stephen- son appeared to hurt his left shoulder in the third quar- ter after a hard fall and still finished the game. But hard falls and tough plays were a theme all night for a team that had been roundly criticized for its lack of effort in Monday night's loss. "We just played. Our backs are against the wall right now so that's all we can do," George said. "We were in a position that if we lost this game, we're going home so I think that was in the backsofeverybody'sminds." Until George amped it up in the second half, it looked like the Heat would close out the series with a fourth straight win. But unlike Game 2, when the Pacers couldn't stop Dwyane Wade and James late, the Pacers fended off the closing charge from the two-time defending champs — barely. George's incredible abil- ity to hit big shot after big shot and a defense that re- fused to give the lead away late eventually saved the Pacers, and only after they twice failed twice to take advantage of James' ab- sence in the first half. The Pacers finally figured it out midway through the third. "I just felt it. I felt in rhythm. I had to be aggres- sive," George said. "I tried to come out and be aggres- sive to start this game off and I was getting looks. I got hot." Trailing 50-41 with 6:56 left in the third quarter, George started the come- back with a layup and ended the 11-0 run with a steal and dunk that gave Indiana a 52- 50 lead with 3:54 left in the quarter. It was the first time Indiana led since 24-22. Miami quickly tied it on Udonis Haslem's layup. Then the Pacers thought they had seized control. George hit a 3-pointer and Lance Stephenson drove in for a layup. Pacers FROM PAGE 1 MICHAEL CONROY — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Miami Heat forward LeBron James (6) loses the ball as the Indiana Pacers' Paul George goes down during the first half of Game 5of the Eastern Conference finals Wednesday in Indianapolis. | SPORTS | REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM THURSDAY, MAY 29, 2014 2 B