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ByBrianMahoney The Associated Press SAN ANTONIO The San Antonio Spurs handled the Heat, and the heat, during a sweltering start to the NBA Finals. Tim Duncan had 21 points and 10 rebounds, and the Spurs beat Miami 110-95 on Thursday night in Game 1 inside a steamy AT&T Center. With an air conditioning failure making it feel like basketball in a sauna and causing LeBron James to battle cramps that knocked him out of the game's decisive stretch, the Spurs pulled away to win the opener of the first finals rematch since 1998. Manu Ginobili had 16 points and 11 assists, and Tony Parker added 19 points and eight assists for the Spurs, who shot 59 percent and improved to 6 for 6 in NBA Finals Game 1s. James finished with 25 points but played only 33 minutes, and Miami was outscored 36-17 in the fourth quarter. Dwyane Wade scored 19 points and Chris Bosh had 18 for the Heat, who wilted in temperatures that soared to 90 degrees in the sec- ond half. "It was tough on both teams," Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said. "They were pretty dead. We tried to get guys in and out. ... It was re- ally hot out there." James, who had cramping issues two years ago in the finals, had to ask for a break in the fourth quar- ter and was getting treatment dur- ing a 15-4 Spurs run that turned around the game. He came back in and made a basket that cut it to two points with about 4 minutes left, but couldn't even run back on defense, promptly NBA FINALS SPURSTAKEHEAT, ROMPING IN GAME 1 Air conditioning failure in AT&T Center leads to sweltering temperatures throughout game ERICGAY—THEASSOCIATEDPRESS San Antonio Spurs forward Tim Duncan (21) celebrates a er a basket against the Miami Heat during the first half in Game 1of the NBA finals on Thursday in San Antonio. ERIC GAY — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Miami Heat forward LeBron James watches action against the San Antonio Spurs during the second half in Game 1of the NBA finals. SPURS110,HEAT95 Up next: Game 2, Sunday, Miami at San Antonio, 5p.m., TV on ABC. THESCORE Only 14months a er his Super Bowl fiasco in which he made anti-gay remarks quoted from coast to coast, cornerback Chris Culliver was arrested March 28on suspicion of felony hit and run. 49ERS Cullivereagerto come back strong FULL STORY ON PAGE B3 The Red Bluff High School basketball camp for fourth- through 12th-graders will take place June 9-13. Registration is $50. Forms can be found at the school's student store or feeder school offices. YOUTH BASKETBALL Spartans basketball to host camp next week Red Bluff's Kayla Thayer will compete in the state track and field championships today in both discus and the shot put. The championships are in Clovis at Buchanan High School at 2:30p.m. TRACK AND FIELD Thayer to compete at state championships For the third straight year, Maria Sharapova will play in the French Open final a er the seventh-seeded Russian again lost the first set Thursday, but managed to turn things around vs. Eugenie Bouchard. FRENCH OPEN TENNIS Sharapova reaches third straight final FULL STORY ON PAGE B2 FRANK FRANKLIN II — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Oakland Athletics' John Jaso (5) runs to first base for a single during the eighth inning Thursday against the New York Yankees in New York. By Ben Walker The Associated Press NEW YORK John Jaso stepped to the plate in the first inning with a spe- cific plan on how to approach Masa- hiro Tanaka. Be patient, get a good look at what he throws. And then Jaso swung at the first pitch and sent it over the right-field wall. That was all Oakland got, though, as Tanaka tamed the highest-scoring team in the majors and the New York Yankees ended the Athletics' five- game winning streak, 2-1 Thursday. "I know my first at-bat I hit the home run, but I actually went up there telling myself to see pitches," Jaso said. "I think he was trying to get ahead, because I'm a guy that likes to take pitches and kind of work deep into the count. I think he was just trying to get strike one on me," he said. Facing the A's for the first time, Tanaka (9-1) got a jolt when Jaso hom- ered as the second batter in the game. But that was the only run the Japanese rookie allowed in six innings, and he exited with an AL-leading 2.02 ERA. Tanaka gave up five hits, struck out four and walked one as the Yan- kees stopped a four-game skid. He re- tired 10 straight batters after Jaso's homer and left several A's taking ten- tative swings. As Tanaka has demonstrated dur- ing his first 12 starts in the majors — at least six innings with three or fewer earned runs, all of them — he tough- ens up when there's trouble. He twice escaped two-out, two-on jams, and threw 104 pitches overall to a team known for grinding out at-bats. Jaso had his chance in the fifth and popped up to end the inning. After homering off Tanaka early, "I kind of knew he was going to come with soft stuff, and he did," Jaso said. BASEBALL JasohomersearlyoffTanaka Yankees then beat A's in Japanese rookie's first start against Oakland YANKEES 2, ATHLETICS 1 Up next: Today, Oakland at Baltimore Orioles, 4:05p.m., TV on CSN, MLBN. THESCORE GIANTS 6, REDS 1 Up next: Today, San Francisco hosts New York Mets, 7:15p.m., TV on NBC Bay Area. THESCORE By Joe Kay The Associated Press CINCINNATI The Giants bid good- bye to Cincinnati with high-fives. They haven't done that very often. Left-hander Madison Bumgar- ner got his career-high sixth straight win, and San Francisco beat the Reds 6-1 on Thursday af- ternoon, taking a series in Cincin- nati for the first time in five years. San Francisco moved a season- high 18 games over .500 with its 11th win in 14 games. The Giants have the best record in the majors at 39-21. After making four errors in the series opener and falling 8-3, the Giants were reminded that they've had a tough time in Great American Ball Park the last cou- ple of years. They won the next two games and moved on with smiles for a change. "It's been a tough park for us," manager Bruce Bochy said. "Gosh, between our defense and our pitching, we hadn't had a lot of BASEBALL Bu mg ar ne r wins sixth straight for Giants The Associated Press UNIONDALE, N.Y. The New York Islanders acquired the negotiating rights to potential free agent de- fenseman Dan Boyle from the San Jose Sharks for a conditional pick in next year's draft. The 37-year-old Boyle can be- come an unrestricted free agent on July 1. The Sharks will receive a fifth-round pick from New York, but that will bump up to a fourth- round selection if Boyle signs with the Islanders before next season. Boyle earned just under $7 mil- lion with the Sharks this season. He led the club's defensemen with 36 points and 12 goals in 75 games and added four assists in San Jo- se's first-round, seven-game play- off loss to Los Angeles. In 954 regular-season NHL games over 15 years with Florida, Tampa Bay and San Jose, Boyle has 144 goals and 417 assists. NHL Sharks trade Boyle for dra pick next year GIANTS PAGE 2 A'S PAGE 2 FINALS PAGE 2 SPORTS » redbluffdailynews.com Friday, June 6, 2014 MORE AT FACEBOOK.COM/RBDAILYNEWS AND TWITTER.COM/REDBLUFFNEWS B1