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ByJoshDubow The Associated Press ALAMEDA There have been several high-profile names talked about as potential candidates for the Oakland Raiders head coaching job in 2015. Run- ning back Latavius Mur- ray has his own: cur- rent interim coach Tony Sparano. A day after a 31-13 loss to Kansas City that dropped the Raiders to 2-12, Sparano received of vote of confidence from his players to come back next season and have the in- terim label removed from his title. That might be a long- shot considering some of the candidates being dis- cussed for the job. Still, Murray believes the Raiders would benefit from having Sparano back. "Tony's done a great job and everybody in the locker room loves his ap- proach," Murray said Mon- day. "I feel he's definitely a players' coach and we all love playing for him. We've been coming up short on some games but that def- initely doesn't change the mentality we have each week going forward." Oakland's only two wins this season have come un- der Sparano's watch and the team has remained fairly competitive despite long ago being eliminated from playoff contention. Since taking over as in- terim coach after the fir- ing of Dennis Allen dur- ing the team's bye week, Sparano's teams have lost eight games but three have been by seven points or fewer. Sparano, the 53-year- old coach who previously helped orchestrate a 10- game turnaround with the Miami Dolphins in 2008, has consistently down- played talk about his fu- ture with the Raiders. "Listen, I am 100 per- cent a glass half-full guy," Sparano said. "I'm only worried about, honestly, the Buffalo Bills right now. We just met with our play- ers and got that (Chiefs) game out of our system. We'll bounce back. I can only control the things that I can control. I can control what happens in our stadium this week- end and how our team ap- proaches this game." NFL Some Raiders players want Sparano in 2015 The brief lull in on-court action didn't affect Red Bluff. In fact, the Spartans didn't skip a beat. A more concentrated effort on the glass — es- pecially when it came to defensive rebounding — allowed Red Bluff to stone- wall Mack's second-chance shot opportunities. The combination of the ur- gency on defense with the red-hot shooting on of- fense allowed the Spartans to build and carry a 39-29 lead into the locker room at halftime. And, just like the break in action before, not even intermission could cool Red Bluff's jets. And it did little to alleviate Mack's woes. One series in the third quarter — which saw Red Bluff out-score Mack 19- 13 — exemplified the Pan- thers' troubles. Kyle Spald- ing drove hard to the bas- ket only to see his layup roll in and out. His ensu- ing putback hit back iron and another attempt by his teammate hit nothing but front iron. Three good looks, three shots that did not fall. ARCATA 69, RED BLUFF 55 The pupil got the best of the master. After falling in a 10-0 hole early to Red Bluff High School, the Arcata boys basketball team woke from its slumber and ousted the Spartans from the winner's bracket with a 69-55 win on Fri- day night. The victory in a high- octane 47th annual Jerry Paul Arcata Invitational Basketball Tournament semifinal game gave Ar- cata head coach Ryan Bisio a win over his former prep coach and current Red Bluff boss Stan Twitchell. "I tell you man, when I looked down the sideline, I'm just glad he wasn't yell- ing at me," Bisio said of Twitchell with a humon- gous smile. "He's a great coach. He's had a lot to do with developing thousands of people, and I'm one of them." Twitchell — who prowled the sidelines as Bi- sio's head coach at St. Ber- nard's — and his Spartans came out firing at tip-off with senior Joseph Bosetti (a team-high 21 points) sporting the hot hand. His pair of long-range 3-point- ers staked Red Bluff to 10-0 and Bisio knew something needed to change. Thus, a game-changing time out. "We just woke up, ba- sically," Bisio said. "We were sleepwalking. We were slow coming out of the gate, and after the first time out, we woke up a bit." Behind Russ Taylor (game-high 23 points) and Ben Albright (18) the Tigers clawed their way back into the game bit by bit. The host squad trailed 18-14 after the first quar- ter and, as the two teams headed to the locker rooms at halftime, Arcata gener- ated a 35-34 advantage. It was a lead the Tigers would not relinquish. The Spartans tried all they could to get within striking distance but Bo- setti not only ran into the stout defense of the Tigers' Connor Cox, his once siz- zling shooting touch went ice cold — arctic even — in the second half. RED BLUFF 73, EUREKA 46 The Spartans opened the tournament with a win over Eureka Thursday. Red Bluff dominated the boards at both ends and went on a 33-9 run that be- gan at the end of the first quarter and stretched into the middle of the third. Red Bluff (6-1) returns home for the Holiday Clas- sic. They open with Del Norte 7 p.m. Thursday. Basketball FROM PAGE 1 CHARLIERIEDEL—THEASSOCIATEDPRESS A day a er a 31-13loss to Kansas City that dropped the Raiders to 2-12, Sparano received of vote of confidence from his players to come back next season and have the interim label removed from his title. the franchise in the early 2000s. "Philosophically we needed to make a deci- sion," D'Alessandro said. "What are we going to do, how are we going to play." Malone went 39-67 after being hired in June 2013 by Ranadive. Malone was hired before D'Alessandro in what was considered an unusual order of events. D'Alessandro said his de- cision to come to Sacra- mento was an endorsement of Malone but now he will get the opportunity to hire his own coach. The Kings went 28-54 in Malone's first season and missed the playoffs for an eighth straight year. This season got off to a better start with the team win- ning nine of its first 14 games. But the Kings have fallen into a tailspin af- ter star center DeMar- cus Cousins was sidelined with viral meningitis. Sac- ramento has lost seven of nine games without Cous- ins and is tied for 10th in the Western Conference with an 11-13 record. "I would be lying if I said I didn't feel that it was par- tially my fault," Cousins said. "In reality it isn't, but me personally I feel like it is. Me being out, us losing some games. I feel like I played a part in it." One of Malone's biggest successes was the way he got the most out of Cous- ins, an ultra-talented big man whose emotions often got the best of him before Malone's arrival last year. Cousins said he was sur- prised when he found out the news late Sunday night on Twitter. "Who wasn't? I think this surprised everybody," he said. "Usually with sit- uations like this, you kind of know it's about to hap- pen. This just happened." D'Alessandro will not commit to Corbin lasting the rest of the season, say- ing only that he will have the full support of the orga- nization. Corbin went 112- 146 in three-plus seasons as coach of the Utah Jazz and was not offered a con- tract after last season. Corbin began to imple- ment change at his first practice Monday. "It's difficult for players to change mid-stride," Corbin said. "You have to not con- fuse them and get them thinking. Where we have ideas about changes and things, we have to gradually get those changes so they're not thinking too much out there on the floor." Kings FROM PAGE 1 BASEBALL ABL All-Star Game Australia vs. World: 12:30a.m., MLB. COLLEGE BASKETBALL North Carolina vs. UNC - Green.:4p.m., ESPN2. Oral Roberts vs. Oklahoma: 4 p.m., ESPNU. Arizona State vs. Marquette: 6p.m., FS1. Alabama vs. Wichita State: 6 p.m., ESPN2. Oakland vs. Arizona: 6p.m., PAC-12. M.Tenn. State vs. Oklahoma State: 6p.m., ESPNU. NBA BASKETBALL Golden State Warriors at Memphis Grizzlies: 5p.m., CSNBA, ESPN. Oklahoma City Thunder at Sacramento Kings: 7:30p.m., ESPN, CSN. SOCCER FIFA Club World Cup Semifinal Cruz Azul vs. Real Madrid FS1 11:30a.m. On the air Scoreboard Football NFL AMERICAN CONFERENCE WEST DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA y-Denver 11 3 0 .786 407 303 Kansas City 8 6 0 .571 322 254 San Diego 8 6 0 .571 303 294 Oakland 2 12 0 .143 213 381 EAST DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA y-New England11 3 0 .786 442 280 Buffalo 8 6 0 .571 302 254 Miami 7 7 0 .500 327 301 N.Y. Jets 3 11 0 .214 230 360 SOUTH DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA y-Indianapolis10 4 0 .714 424 317 Houston 7 7 0 .500 324 277 Tennessee 2 12 0 .143 231 390 Jacksonville 2 12 0 .143 211 376 NORTH DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Cincinnati 9 4 1 .679 311 289 Pittsburgh 9 5 0 .643 389 339 Baltimore 9 5 0 .643 376 267 Cleveland 7 7 0 .500 276 300 NATIONAL CONFERENCE WEST DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA x-Arizona 11 3 0 .786 287 244 Seattle 10 4 0 .714 339 242 San Francisco7 7 0 .500 251 285 St. Louis 6 8 0 .429 291 297 EAST DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Dallas 10 4 0 .714 381 328 Philadelphia 9 5 0 .643 416 347 N.Y. Giants 5 9 0 .357 317 339 Washington 3 11 0 .214 257 370 SOUTH DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA New Orleans 6 8 0 .429 364 374 Carolina 5 8 1 .393 288 358 Atlanta 5 9 0 .357 348 369 Tampa Bay 2 12 0 .143 254 367 NORTH DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Detroit 10 4 0 .714 281 238 Green Bay 10 4 0 .714 436 325 Minnesota 6 8 0 .429 277 297 Chicago 5 9 0 .357 296 409 x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division Thursday's game Arizona 12, St. Louis 6 Sunday's games Kansas City 31, Oakland 13 Pittsburgh 27, Atlanta 20 N.Y. Giants 24, Washington 13 New England 41, Miami 13 Indianapolis 17, Houston 10 Baltimore 20, Jacksonville 12 Buffalo 21, Green Bay 13 Carolina 19, Tampa Bay 17 Cincinnati 30, Cleveland 0 Denver 22, San Diego 10 N.Y. Jets 16, Tennessee 11 Seattle 17, San Francisco 7 Detroit 16, Minnesota 14 Dallas 38, Philadelphia 27 Monday's game New Orleans 31, Chicago 15 Thursday, Dec. 18 Tennessee at Jacksonville, 5:25 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 20 Philadelphia at Washington, 1:30 p.m. San Diego at San Francisco, 5:25 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 21 Baltimore at Houston, 10 a.m. Detroit at Chicago, 10 a.m. Atlanta at New Orleans, 10 a.m. Minnesota at Miami, 10 a.m. Cleveland at Carolina, 10 a.m. Green Bay at Tampa Bay, 10 a.m. Kansas City at Pittsburgh, 10 a.m. New England at N.Y. Jets, 10 a.m. N.Y. Giants at St. Louis, 1:05 p.m. Buffalo at Oakland, 1:25 p.m. Indianapolis at Dallas, 1:25 p.m. Seattle at Arizona, 5:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 22 Denver at Cincinnati, 5:30 p.m. Saints 31, Bears 15 New Orleans 0 14 10 7 — 31 Chicago 0 0 0 15 — 15 Second quarter NO — Hill 8 pass from Brees (S.Graham kick), 14:52. NO — Colston 9 pass from Brees (S.Graham kick), :32. Third quarter NO — Hill 7 pass from Brees (S.Graham kick), 8:35. NO — FG S.Graham 25, :16. Fourth quarter Chi — Wilson 1 pass from Cutler (Ben- nett pass from Cutler), 12:47. NO — Ingram 15 run (S.Graham kick), 1:47. Chi — Jeffery 7 pass from Cutler (Feely kick), :30. A — 60,996. NO Chi First downs 25 16 Total net yards 443 278 Rushes yds 26-83 20-125 Passing 360 153 Punt returns 3-21 1-0 Kickoff returns 0-0 6-162 Int ret 3-55 0-0 Comp-att-int 29-36-0 17-31-3 Sacked yds lost 2-15 7-41 Punts 5-43.4 6-49.8 Fumbles lost 2-1 1-0 Penalties yds 3-25 9-74 Time of poss. 33:31 26:29 INDIVIDUAL STATS Rushing — New Orleans, Ingram 17-59, Thomas 2-11, K.Robinson 3-10, Brees 3-2, Lorig 1-1. Chicago, Forte 16-78, Morgan 1-21, Cutler 1-20, Carey 1-4, McCray 1-2. Passing — New Orleans, Brees 29-36-0- 375. Chicago, Cutler 17-31-3-194. Receiving — New Orleans, J.Graham 5-87, Thomas 5-83, Stills 5-67, Colston 5-65, Toon 4-43, Hill 2-15, K.Robinson 2-10, Watson 1-5. Chicago, Jeffery 4-78, Bennett 4-36, Carey 3-39, Wilson 3-16, Forte 2-21, Rosario 1-4. Missed field goals — New Orleans, S.Graham 51 (SH). Basketball WESTERN CONFERENCE Pacific Division W L Pct GB Golden State 21 2 .913 — Clippers 16 7 .696 5 Phoenix 12 14 .462 101/2 Sacramento 11 13 .458 101/2 Lakers 8 17 .320 14 Southwest Division W L Pct GB Memphis 19 4 .826 — Houston 18 5 .783 1 San Antonio 17 7 .708 21/2 Dallas 17 8 .680 3 New Orleans 11 12 .478 8 Northwest Division W L Pct GB Portland 18 6 .750 — Oklahoma City 11 13 .458 7 Denver 10 14 .417 8 Utah 6 18 .250 12 Minnesota 5 18 .217 121/2 EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Toronto 19 6 .760 — Brooklyn 10 12 .455 71/2 Boston 8 14 .364 91/2 New York 5 21 .192 141/2 Philadelphia 2 22 .083 161/2 Southeast Division W L Pct GB Washington 17 6 .739 — Atlanta 17 7 .708 1/2 Miami 11 13 .458 61/2 Orlando 10 17 .370 9 Charlotte 6 18 .250 111/2 Central Division W L Pct GB Chicago 15 9 .625 — Cleveland 14 9 .609 1/2 Milwaukee 13 12 .520 21/2 Indiana 8 17 .320 71/2 Detroit 5 19 .208 10 Sunday's games Golden State 128, New Orleans 122, OT Washington 93, Utah 84 Chicago 93, Miami 75 Oklahoma City 112, Phoenix 88 Lakers 100, Minnesota 94 Toronto 95, New York 90, OT San Antonio 99, Denver 91 Monday's games Boston 105, Philadelphia 87 Indiana 110, Lakers 91 Cleveland 97, Charlotte 88 Atlanta 93, Chicago 86 Toronto 95, Orlando 82 Milwaukee 96, Phoenix 94 San Antonio at Portland, 7 p.m. Detroit at Clippers, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday's games Minnesota at Washington, 4 p.m. Miami at Brooklyn, 4:30 p.m. Utah at New Orleans, 5 p.m. Golden State at Memphis, 5 p.m. Dallas at New York, 5 p.m. Oklahoma City at Sacramento, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday's games Phoenix at Charlotte, 4 p.m. Atlanta at Cleveland, 4 p.m. Utah at Miami, 4:30 p.m. Dallas at Detroit, 4:30 p.m. Orlando at Boston, 4:30 p.m. Brooklyn at Toronto, 5 p.m. Memphis at San Antonio, 5:30 p.m. Milwaukee at Portland, 7 p.m. Indiana at Clippers, 7:30 p.m. Houston at Denver, 7:30 p.m. NHL WESTERN CONFERENCE PACIFIC DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA Anaheim 32 21 6 5 47 95 83 Vancouver 30 18 10 2 38 89 86 San Jose 32 17 11 4 38 90 82 Lo s A ng el es 3 1 15 1 0 6 36 8 2 73 Calgary 32 17 13 2 36 95 85 Arizona 30 10 16 4 24 70 99 Edmonton 31 7 19 5 19 65 104 CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA Chicago 31 21 9 1 43 95 61 St. Louis 30 20 8 2 42 89 70 Nashville 29 19 8 2 40 78 57 Winnipeg 31 15 10 6 36 73 74 Minnesota 28 16 11 1 33 81 70 Dallas 29 11 13 5 27 85 103 Colorado 30 10 13 7 27 78 98 EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA Detroit 31 17 7 7 41 92 79 Tampa Bay 32 19 10 3 41 107 86 Montreal 31 19 10 2 40 83 79 Toronto 30 18 9 3 39 103 85 Florida 28 12 8 8 32 64 74 Boston 30 15 13 2 32 76 78 Ottawa 30 12 12 6 30 80 86 Buffalo 31 13 16 2 28 61 95 METROPOLITAN DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA Pittsburgh 30 20 6 4 44 98 71 N.Y. Islanders 31 21 10 0 42 99 89 Washington 29 14 10 5 33 85 79 N.Y. Rangers 28 14 10 4 32 84 77 New Jersey 32 11 15 6 28 74 94 Philadelphia 29 11 13 5 27 79 87 Columbus 29 12 15 2 26 71 95 Carolina 29 8 18 3 19 61 83 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Sunday's games Toronto 4, Los Angeles 3, SO Chicago 2, Calgary 1 N.Y. Rangers 2, Edmonton 0 Monday's games Buffalo 5, Ottawa 4, SO N.Y. Islanders 3, New Jersey 2, SO Pittsburgh 4, Tampa Bay 2 Tuesday's games Tampa Bay at Philadelphia, 4 p.m. Anaheim at Toronto, 4:30 p.m. Carolina at Montreal, 4:30 p.m. Columbus at Detroit, 4:30 p.m. Washington at Florida, 4:30 p.m. Los Angeles at St. Louis, 5 p.m. Boston at Nashville, 5 p.m. Buffalo at Winnipeg, 5 p.m. Minnesota at Chicago, 5:30 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Calgary, 6 p.m. Edmonton at Arizona, 6 p.m. Wednesday's games Ottawa at New Jersey, 4 p.m. Boston at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Dallas at Vancouver, 7 p.m. COLLEGE MEN'S TOP 25 FARED Monday 1. Kentucky (11-0) did not play. 2. Duke (9-0) beat Elon 75-62. 3. Arizona (10-0) did not play. 4. Louisville (9-0) did not play. 5. Wisconsin (10-1) did not play. 6. Virginia (9-0) did not play. 7. Villanova (10-0) did not play. 8. Gonzaga (10-1) beat Texas Southern 94-54. 9. Texas (8-1) did not play. 10. Kansas (8-1) did not play. 11. Wichita State (7-1) did not play. 12. Ohio State (8-1) did not play. 13. Iowa State (8-1) did not play. 14. Utah (7-2) did not play. 15. Oklahoma (6-2) did not play. 16. Washington (8-0) did not play. 17. Maryland (10-1) did not play. 18. Miami (9-1) did not play. 19. San Diego State (7-2) did not play. 20. St. John's (8-1) did not play. 21. Notre Dame (10-1) did not play. 22. West Virginia (9-1) did not play. 23. Butler (8-2) did not play. 24. North Carolina (6-3) did not play. 25. Michigan State (7-3) did not play. COLLEGE WOMEN'S TOP 25 FARED Monday 1. South Carolina (9-0) did not play. 2. UConn (6-1) did not play. 3. Texas (8-0) did not play. 4. Texas A&M (11-0) did not play. 5. Notre Dame (10-1) did not play. 6. North Carolina (9-0) did not play. 7. Stanford (6-2) did not play. 8. Kentucky (10-1) did not play. 9. Baylor (8-1) did not play. 10. Louisville (9-1) beat Old Dominion 100-46. 11. Tennessee (7-2) did not play. 12. Nebraska (9-1) did not play. 13. Duke (5-3) did not play. 14. Maryland (8-2) did not play. 15. Georgia (10-0) did not play. 16. Oregon State (7-0) did not play. 17. Rutgers (8-2) did not play. 18. Michigan State (6-2) did not play. 19. Oklahoma State (7-1) beat New Orleans 84-33. 19. Syracuse (7-1) did not play. 21. Mississippi State (11-0) beat MVSU 104-41. 22. West Virginia (8-1) did not play. 23. Iowa (8-2) did not play. 24. California (7-2) did not play. 25. DePaul (6-3) did not play. Odds GLANTZ-CULVER LINE For Dec. 16 NCAA Football SATURDAY New Orleans Bowl Favorite Today (O/U) Underdog La.-Lafayette 1 (601/2) Nevada New Mexico Bowl At Albuquerque Utah St. 101/2 (49) UTEP Las Vegas Bowl Utah 31/2 (581/2) Colorado St. Famous Idaho Potato Bowl At Boise Air Force 1 (561/2) W. Michigan Camellia Bowl At Montgomery, Ala. South Alabama 21/2 (54) Bowling Green MONDAY Miami Beach Bowl Memphis 1 (571/2) BYU DEC. 23 Boca Raton (Fla.) Bowl Marshall 10 (65) N. Illinois Poinsettia Bowl At San Diego San Diego St. 21/2 (54) Navy DEC. 24 Bahamas Bowl At Nassau W. Kentucky 31/2 (66) Cent. Michigan Hawaii Bowl At Honolulu Rice 2 (59) Fresno St. DEC. 26 Heart of Dallas Bowl Louisiana Tech 6 (60) Illinois Quick Lane Bowl At Detroit North Carolina 3 (661/2) Rutgers St. Petersburg (Fla.) Bowl UCF 2 (491/2) NC State DEC. 27 Military Bowl At Annapolis, Md. Cincinnati 3 (51) Virginia Tech Sun Bowl At El Paso, Texas Arizona St. 8 (67) Duke Independence Bowl At S hr ev ep or t, L a. Miami 3 (61) South Carolina Pinstripe Bowl At Bronx, N.Y. Boston College 21/2 (40) Penn St. Holiday Bowl At San Diego Southern Cal 61/2 (62) Nebraska DEC. 29 Liberty Bowl At Memphis, Tenn. West Virginia 31/2 (67) Texas A&M Russell Athletic Bowl At Orlando, Fla. Oklahoma Pk (52) Clemson Texas Bowl At Houston Arkansas 6 (451/2) Texas DEC. 30 Music City Bowl At Nashville, Tenn. LSU 71/2 (521/2) Notre Dame Belk Bowl At Charlotte, N.C. Georgia 7 (561/2) Louisville Foster Farms Bowl At Santa Clara, Calif. Stanford 14 (48) Maryland DEC. 31 Peach Bowl At Atlanta TCU 31/2 (561/2) Mississippi Fiesta Bowl At Glendale, Ariz. Arizona 31/2 (69) Boise St. Orange Bowl At Miami Gardens, Fla. Mississippi St. 7 (611/2) Georgia Tech JAN. 1 Outback Bowl At Tampa, Fla. Auburn 61/2 (62) Wisconsin Cotton Bowl Classic At Arlington, Texas Baylor 3 (72) Michigan St. Citrus Bowl At Orlando, Fla. Missouri 51/2 (48) Minnesota Rose Bowl Playoff Semifinal At Pasadena, Calif. Oregon 9 (71) Florida St. Sugar Bowl Playoff Semifinal At New Orleans Alabama 91/2 (581/2) Ohio St. JAN. 2 Armed Forces Bowl At Fort Worth, Texas Pittsburgh 3 (531/2) Houston TaxSlayer Bowl At Jacksonville, Fla. Tennessee 31/2 (511/2) Iowa Alamo Bowl At San Antonio Kansas St. 11/2 (59) UCLA Cactus Bowl At Tempe, Ariz. Washington 51/2 (561/2) Oklahoma St. JAN. 3 Birmingham (Ala.) Bowl Florida 7 (57) East Carolina JAN. 4 GoDaddy Bowl At Mobile, Ala. Toledo 3 (67) Arkansas St. NFL THURSDAY Favorite Today (O/U) Underdog at Jacksonville 3 (41) Tennessee SATURDAY at SF 21/2 (411/2) San Diego Philadelphia 81/2 (501/2) at Wash. SUNDAY at Miami 61/2 (421/2) Minnesota Green Bay 101/2 (481/2)at Tampa Bay Detroit 41/2 (471/2) at Chicago at New Orleans 61/2 (56) Atlanta New England 10 (47) at N.Y. Jets at Pittsburgh 3 (461/2) Kansas City at Carolina OFF (OFF) Cleveland Baltimore 4 (42) at Houston at St. Louis 5 (44) N.Y. Giants Buffalo 51/2 (39) at Oakland at Dallas 3 (55) Indianapolis Seattle 71/2 (37) at Arizona MONDAY Denver 31/2 (48) at Cincinnati OFF KEY Carolina QB questionable NBA Favorite Line (O/U) Underdog at Washington 13 (2051/2) Minnesota at Brooklyn 41/2 (1911/2) Miami Dallas 61/2 (204) at New York at New Orleans 81/2 (2001/2) Utah Golden State 1 (201) at Memphis Oklahoma City 7 (200) at Sacramento NHL Favorite Line Underdog Tampa Bay -120/+100 at Philadelphia at Montreal -200/+170 Carolina at Detroit -180/+160 Columbus Washington -120/+100 at Florida at Toronto -110/-110 Anaheim at Winnipeg -220/+180 Buffalo at Nashville -135/+115 Boston at St. Louis -145/+125 Los Angeles at Chicago -175/+155 Minnesota at Arizona -145/+125 Edmonton N.Y. Rangers -120/+100 at Calgary | SPORTS | REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2014 2 B