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BySchuylerDixon The Associated Press DALLAS Dirk Nowitzki be- came the highest-scoring NBA player born outside the U.S. and the Dallas Mavericks rallied from 24 points down to beat the Sacramento Kings 106-98 on Tuesday night. Monta Ellis scored 10 of his 16 points in the third quarter, including a fadeaway 3-pointer at the buzzer after the Maver- icks had taken their first lead in their 21st straight regular- season win at home against Sacramento. Nowitzki passed Hakeem Olajuwon for ninth place on the all-time scoring list. The 7-foot German finished with 23 for 26,953 career points, seven more than the Nigerian- born former star of the Hous- ton Rockets. Rudy Gay scored 26 to lead the Kings, who were outscored 58-28 from the middle of the second quarter to the end of the third. Chandler Parsons, who was 2 of 20 from the field the pre- vious two games, scored eight points in a little more than a minute to get the Mavericks within five in the third, and Ellis put them in front for the first time on a layup for a 69- 67 lead. Parsons finished with 19 points and was 5 of 11 from 3-point range after missing all 11 from beyond the arc in the previous three games. Ty- son Chandler had his third straight double-double with 14 points and 11 rebounds. Nowitzki passed Olajuwon with a jumper from just in- side the 3-point line early in the fourth quarter. Ramon Sessions scored 18 points for the Kings, and De- Marcus Cousins had 16 points, 11 rebounds and five assists. Sacramento looked poised to win a regular-season game in Dallas for the first time since Feb. 27, 2003. In- stead, the Kings dropped their second straight after a 5-1 start. The Kings held Dallas to 14 points on 24-percent shooting in the first quarter and led 44- 20 early in the second. But they went cold in the third, shoot- ing 26 percent and getting out- scored 30-15. NBA Nowitzki,Mavericks rallytodefeatKings Dallas captures 21st straight regular-season home win over Sacramento TONYGUTIERREZ—THEASSOCIATEDPRESS The Dallas Mavericks' Dirk Nowitzki (41) is forced to pass the ball under pressure from the Sacramento Kings' Ben McLemore (23) and Carl Landry (right rear) in the first half Tuesday in Dallas. By Paul Gereffi The Associated Press SUNRISE, FLA. Aleksander Bar- kov scored and Roberto Luongo made 21 saves as the Florida Pan- thers beat the San Jose Sharks 4-1 on Tuesday night to snap a three-game losing streak. Tomas Fleischmann, Derek MacKenzie and Jimmy Hayes each scored for Florida. Florida has won six of seven against the Sharks. Joe Thornton scored for the Sharks. Antti Niemi had 26 saves. The Panthers entered the game ahead of only Buffalo in scoring with 20 in 12 games and had allowed 10 goals over their past two games. But they broke out Tuesday for their largest margin of victory this season — each of Florida's first four wins were by one goal. Ahead 2-0, the Panthers stretched their lead on MacKen- zie's goal in the second. Niemi blocked a shot by Aaron Ekblad but MacKenzie grabbed the re- bound in the slot and wristed it into the net at 6:37. Ekblad, the Panthers' first round pick in the 2014 draft, has six assists and seven points in 13 games, tying him with Jussi Jokinen for the team lead. Fleischmann made it 4-0 when he redirected a shot. NHL Barkov scores, Luongo sparks Panthers Sharks have dropped 6 of 7 against Florida a er latest road defeat with only single goal LYNNE SLADKY — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS San Jose Sharks center Tomas Hertl (48) commits a roughing penalty as Florida Panthers right wing Scottie Upshall (19) falls into the net with goalie Roberto Luongo (center) in the second period Tuesday in Sunrise, Fla. The last U.S. icebreaker ca- pable of crushing through the thickest ice of the Antarctic and Arctic was due to set sail from the San Francisco Bay on Tuesday a er repairs to post- pone its past-due retirement. POLAR STAR Lastbigicebreaker endures despite age FULLSTORYONPAGEB5 Defending section champion and No. 6seed Los Molinos (20-10-3) hosts No. 11Weed (9-10) at 6:30p.m. tonight to open up the Division V play- offs. The winner travels to No. 3Hamilton. DIVISION V VOLLEYBALL Los Molinos opens playoffs tonight The No. 4seed Mercy Lady Warriors (23-12) host No. 13 Maxwell (5-11), 7p.m. tonight to open the Division VI play- offs. Mercy swept Maxwell on Nov. 4. The winner gets the winner of Hayfork-Westwood. DIVISION VI PLAYOFFS Mercy opens playoffs tonight vs. Maxwell When Xi Jinping took the reins of a booming China two years ago, President Barack Obama saw an opportunity to remake America's relationship with the Asian power. The two leaders are meeting in Beijing. CHINA RELATIONS Obama's bid for new ties can't quell tension FULL STORY ON PAGE B6 COTTONWOOD Gerber's Bailey Bean won goat tying and was the second runner-up over the week- end at the third District 1 Califor- nia High School Rodeo of the sea- son, while Red Bluff's Cara Hen- cratt won girls cutting. Helena DeCasas from Grants Pass, Oregon was the All-Around Cowgirl with 80.5 points. Keeley Vaughan, Merrill, Oregon, was the runner-up with 75 points. Bean had 69 points. Witter Springs' Brushton Min- ton was the All-Around Cowboy. Bean won goat tying with a time of 18.47 seconds. Cotton- wood's Scotti Murphy was 10th. Hencratt scored 146 to win girls cutting. Bean placed fourth at 140. Cottonwood's Taylor Reni- han was fifth. In breakaway roping DeCasas won with a time of 6.62 seconds. Hencratt was third in 8.25 sec- onds. Corning's Tucker Hammons was fourth (9.82), Bean was fifth (10.22) and Cottonwood's Kristen Loverin was eighth (31.39). Vaughan won pole bending with a time of 43.277 seconds. Gerber's Michell Woolbert was second (43.471), Red Bluff's Ashtin Lopeman was fourth (45.433), Loverin was fifth (45.581) and Cot- tonwood's Sabrina Cantu was sev- enth (48.820). Central Point, Oregon's Maekaela Memmott won barrel racing with a time of 35.758 sec- onds. Corning's Gianna Esteve was seventh (37.315), Woolbert was eighth (37.575) and Cotton- wood's Jayden Byrne was ninth (37.610). Anderson's Kolby Bravos won tie down roping with a time of 26.79 seconds. Red Bluff's Casey Moore placed eighth. Minton won steer wrestling with a time of 16.11 seconds. Cot- tonwood's Cameron Jones was second. In team roping Bravos and Es- parto's Clayton Bacon won with a time of 20.35 seconds. Moore and Tulelake's Taylor Herman were sixth. Cottonwood's Caleb Heit- man and Vaughan were eighth. Hencratt and McArthur's Steel Humphry were 10th. In boys cutting Williams' Chase Alvernez won with a score of 144.5. The next high school rodeo of the season is Jan. 16-18, 2015 in Cottonwood. Ferguson Ranch in Cotton- wood will host Districts 1, 2 and 3 for a Reined Cowhorse Event Nov. 22-23. A clinic will be held at 11 a.m. with Ken Wold and Smoky Pritchett as instructors. Boys and girls will compete in the same go-round beginning at 3 p.m. Nov. 22 and 9 a.m. Nov. 23. HIGH SCHOOL RODEO Hencratt, Bean win events at third rodeo Other local competitors turn in top-10 finishes By Janie McCauley The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco 49ers linebacker Patrick Willis will miss the remainder of the season and require surgery for a strained muscle in his left big toe. Willis was placed on the sea- son-ending injured reserve list Tuesday for the injury suffered in the third quarter at St. Louis on Oct. 13. A Pro Bowler all seven seasons in the NFL, Willis had missed six games in his career before this latest injury sidelined him for the final 10 games in 2014. 49ERS St ar l in eb ac ke r Willis out for re st o f se as on SPORTS » redbluffdailynews.com Wednesday, November 12, 2014 MORE AT FACEBOOK.COM/RBDAILYNEWS AND TWITTER.COM/REDBLUFFNEWS B1