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2B Daily News – Monday, December 19, 2011 Scoreboard NFL At A Glance By The Associated Press AMERICAN CONFERENCE East WL T Pct y-N England11 3 0 .786 N.Y. Jets 8 6 0 .571 Miami 5 9 0 .357 Buffalo 5 9 0 .357 South WL T Pct y-Houston 10 4 0 .714 Tennessee 7 7 0 .500 Jacksonville 4 10 0 .286 Indianapolis 1 13 0 .071 North WL T Pct x-Baltimore 10 3 0 .769 x-Pittsburgh10 3 0 .769 Cincinnati 8 6 0 .571 Cleveland 4 10 0 .286 West WL T Pct Denver 8 6 0 .571 Raiders 7 7 0 .500 San Diego 6 7 0 .462 Kansas City 6 8 0 .429 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East Dallas WL T Pct 8 6 0 .571 N.Y. Giants 7 7 0 .500 Philadelphia 6 8 0 .429 Washington 5 9 0 .357 South WL T Pct x-N Orleans11 3 0 .786 Atlanta 9 5 0 .643 Carolina 5 9 0 .357 Tampa Bay 4 10 0 .286 North PF WL T Pct PA y-Green Bay13 1 0 .929 Detroit 9 5 0 .643 Chicago 7 7 0 .500 Minnesota 2 12 0 .143 West WL T Pct y-49ers 10 3 0 .769 Seattle 7 7 0 .500 Arizona 7 7 0 .500 St. Louis 2 12 0 .143 x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division ——— Thursday's Game Atlanta 41, Jacksonville 14 Saturday's Game Dallas 31, Tampa Bay 15 Sunday's Games New Orleans 42, Minnesota 20 Seattle 38, Chicago 14 Cincinnati 20, St. Louis 13 Carolina 28, Houston 13 Kansas City 19, Green Bay 14 Indianapolis 27, Tennessee 13 Miami 30, Buffalo 23 Washington 23, N.Y. Giants 10 Detroit 28, Oakland 27 New England 41, Denver 23 Arizona 20, Cleveland 17, OT Philadelphia 45, N.Y. Jets 19 Baltimore at San Diego, late Monday's Game Pittsburgh at San Francisco, 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 22 Houston at Indianapolis, 5:20 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 24 Oakland at Kansas City, 10 a.m. Jacksonville at Tennessee, 10 a.m. St. Louis at Pittsburgh, 10 a.m. Denver at Buffalo, 10 a.m. Tampa Bay at Carolina, 10 a.m. Minnesota at Washington, 10 a.m. Cleveland at Baltimore, 10 a.m. Miami at New England, 10 a.m. N.Y. Giants at N.Y. Jets, 10 a.m. Arizona at Cincinnati, 10 a.m. San Diego at Detroit, 1:05 p.m. San Francisco at Seattle, 1:15 p.m. Philadelphia at Dallas, 1:15 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 25 Chicago at Green Bay, 5:20 p.m. Monday, Dec. 26 Atlanta at New Orleans, 5:30 p.m. NHL At A Glance By The Associated Press EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Philadelphia31 20 8 3 N.Y. Rangers30 18 8 4 Pittsburgh 33 18 11 4 New Jersey 32 18 13 1 NY Islanders30 10 14 6 Northeast Division GP W L OT Boston 31 21 9 1 Buffalo 32 16 13 3 Toronto 32 16 13 3 Ottawa 33 15 14 4 Montreal 33 13 13 7 Southeast Division GP W L OT Florida 33 18 9 6 Winnipeg 32 15 13 4 Washington 31 16 14 1 Tampa Bay 32 14 16 2 Carolina 34 10 18 6 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Chicago 32 20 8 4 Detroit 31 20 10 1 St. Louis 31 18 9 4 Nashville 32 17 11 4 Columbus 32 9 19 4 Northwest Division GP W L OT Minnesota 33 20 8 5 Vancouver 32 19 11 2 Calgary 32 14 14 4 Edmonton 32 14 15 3 Colorado 33 15 17 1 Pacific Division GP W L OT Sharks 30 17 10 3 Dallas 31 18 12 1 Phoenix 32 16 13 3 Los Angeles32 14 14 4 Anaheim 32 9 18 5 Saturday's Games Nashville 2, St. Louis 1, SO N.Y. Islanders 2, Minnesota 1, SO Boston 6, Philadelphia 0 Vancouver 5, Toronto 3 New Jersey 5, Montreal 3 Pittsburgh 8, Buffalo 3 Winnipeg 5, Anaheim 3 Detroit 8, Los Angeles 2 Tampa Bay 3, Columbus 2 N.Y. Rangers 3, Phoenix 2 Colorado 2, Washington 1 San Jose 3, Edmonton 2 Sunday's Games Florida 3, Carolina 2, OT Calgary at Chicago, late Columbus at St. Louis, late Monday's Games Montreal at Boston, 4 p.m. Los Angeles at Toronto, 4 p.m. Anaheim at Dallas, 5 p.m. Philadelphia at Colorado, 6 p.m. Detroit at Edmonton, 6:30 p.m. Minnesota at Vancouver, 7 p.m. Tuesday's Games N.Y. Rangers at New Jersey, 4 p.m. Nashville at Washington, 4 p.m. Chicago at Pittsburgh, 4:30 p.m. Buffalo at Ottawa, 4:30 p.m. Phoenix at Florida, 4:30 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Winnipeg, 5:30 p.m. Minnesota at Calgary, 6 p.m. Moves Sunday's Sports Transactions By The Associated Press BASKETBALL National Basketball Association CLEVELAND CAVALIERS—Waived F Tyrell Biggs and F Kyle Goldcamp. GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS—Waived Gary Flowers, Julian Khazzouh, Tim Pick- ett and Tommy Smith. HOCKEY National Hockey League CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS—Recalled F Jeremy Morin from Rockford (AHL). MINNESOTA WILD—Recalled F Jed Ort- meyer and F Chad Rau from Houston (AHL). NEW YORK RANGERS—Recalled D Stu Bickel from Connecticut (AHL). TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING—Reassigned D Evan Oberg to Norfolk (AHL). WASHINGTON CAPITALS—Assigned F Cody Eakin to Hershey (AHL). Patriots clinch division, Ravens and Steelers in The Patriots own the AFC East title again. New England has won its ninth division crown in the 11 seasons Tom Brady has been the starting quarter- back, beating Denver 41-23 on Sunday. The Patriots (11-3) are in position to gain a first-round playoff bye or even home-field advantage in the AFC, especially with South division winner Houston falling to 10-4 with a loss to Carolina. Baltimore and Pittsburgh, who are tied for the AFC North lead at 10-3 heading into Week 15, also have earned postseason berths before taking the field. The Ravens, who are at San Diego at night, get in thanks to losses by the Jets, Raiders and Titans. The Steelers, who play Monday night at San Francisco, used a simi- lar route. Warriors roll past Kings OAKLAND (AP) — The Golden State Warriors could- n't land a prolific big man in free agency. Instead, they're counting on an emerging center already on the roster. Ekpe Udoh came off the bench in place of starting cen- ter Andris Biedrins to finish with 10 points and four rebounds, and Golden State rolled past the short-handed Sacramento Kings 107-96 on Saturday night in the first of two preseason games between the Northern California rivals. ''You could make the case he was the best player on the floor,'' new Warriors coach Mark Jackson said. Stephen Curry had 22 points, six rebounds and six assists, and Monta Ellis scored 18 points to go with eight assists in Jackson's head coaching debut. Jimmer Fredette had 21 points in his first NBA action MCT photo Raiders wide receiver Denarius Moore (17) tries to jump over Raiders Manase Tonga (41) during their game against the Detroit Lions in the first quarter at the O.co Coliseum in Oakland Sunday. RAIDERS Continued from page 1B a third-down pass just before the two-minute warning after Stafford's TD pass to Titus Young cut Oakland's lead to 27- 21. That gave Detroit one last chance and Stafford and Johnson delivered. Stafford started the drive with an 8-yard completion to Nate Burleson on third- and-2 and then Johnson made an acrobatic 21-yard catch on the sideline. Johnson then beat the Raiders deep for the 48- yarder and drew a pass interference penalty from Stanford Routt at the 6 to set up the touchdown. The game was tight for most of the second half until the Raiders scored 10 points in a 25-second span in the fourth quarter to take a 27-14 lead. Janikowski kicked his sec- ond field goal of the game, a 51-yarder, for the first points of the second half to make it 20-14. Three plays later, Stafford dropped back to pass deep in his territory and was stripped by Tommy Kelly on a sack. Curry scooped up the ball at the 6 and rambled his way into the end zone for the score. But the Raiders could- n't hold it and missed a chance to tie Denver for the AFC West lead and the New York Jets and Cincin- nati for the lead for the final AFC wild-card spot. The Raiders, who came into the game as the most penalized team in the NFL, were the beneficiary of undisciplined play. The Lions committed two horse collar penalties and an illegal contact foul, set- ting up Louis Murphy's 12-yard reverse for a score. Then both teams took advantage of big pass plays and poor defense for three long scores in the half, with Johnson beating safeties Tyvon Branch and Mike Mitchell for a 51- yard TD catch for the Lions late in the first quar- ter. Heyward-Bey then scored on a 43-yard pass play for Oakland, break- ing a tackle by Chris Houston. Nate Burleson answered with his 39-yard catch from Stafford with help from a missed tackle by Lito Sheppard. The Raiders took a 17- 14 lead into the break when Janikowski kicked a 46-yard field goal on the final play of the half. Strange Sunday: Packers lose, Colts win NFL Sundays in 2011 haven't been any stranger than this one: Green Bay loses and Indianapolis wins. The Packers' 19-game winning streak, second- longest in NFL history, was snapped with a 19-14 loss at Kansas City, a team that fell by 27 points last weekend. Defending Super Bowl champion Green Bay (13-1) won't have to put up with ques- tions about an undefeated season any more. ''I personally always viewed the undefeated season as, really, just gravy,'' coach Mike McCarthy said. ''The goal was to get home-field advantage and win the Super Bowl. That's what we discussed.'' The Packers already own the NFC North title and still have the edge in the conference, two games ahead of New Orleans and 2 1/2 in front of San Fran- cisco, which hosts Pitts- burgh on Monday night. ''We were fortunate enough to be in the posi- tion to possibly achieve the undefeated season,'' BANGKOK (AP) — Lee Westwood completed a wire- to-wire victory in the Thailand Golf Championship, shoot- ing a 3-under 69 in windy conditions Sunday to beat Mas- McCarthy added, ''but we still have the primary goal in front of us, and that's to get home-field advan- tage.'' Indy's primary goal in this lost year was to avoid a completely lost season, as in 0-16. That won't happen after the Colts stunned Tennessee 27-13 following 13 straight defeats. Yes, the Colts finally won one without Peyton Manning. ''I'm happy for a lot of people on this team, for a lot of people in this orga- nization,'' said Dan Orlovsky, the latest replacement at quarter- back for Manning, who hasn't played all season after neck surgery. ''It's a lot better than the feeling we've had lately.'' Only one team, the 2008 Lions, went 0-16. ''It means a lot, but we're a proud ballclub, so one game out of 13 or 14, we still have a ways to go,'' defensive end Robert Mathis said. ''Everybody held the fort today. We just kept chopping wood and the tree fell today.'' Lee Westwood wins in Thailand ters champion Charl Schwartzel by seven strokes. The third-ranked English star finished at 22-under 266 at Amata Spring Country Club. He opened with rounds of 60 and 64 and shot a 73 on Saturday in the Asian Tour event. ''It means a lot, any win does,'' Westwood said. ''It's special this week because of the difficulty of the golf course, who I was up against in the weekend. ''Charl is the Masters champion and he has had a great year. The fact that I led wire to wire — 60 in the fisrt round and 64 in the second round, 20 under after two rounds — it's yours to lose really with an 11-shot lead. There was pressured involved.'' Schwartzel closed with a 72. ''It was a tough day. The wind probably blew the hard- est today compared to the last three rounds,'' the South African star said. and Tyreke Evans scored 17 for the Kings, who played without starters DeMarcus Cousins (sprained right ankle), John Salmons (right thigh) and Chuck Hayes (heart abnor- mality). Fredette formed a powerful punch with Evans and Mar- cus Thornton, dazzling the road crowd with many of the same step-back 3-pointers and creative shots that turned him into a BYU sensation. He helped Sacramento slice Golden State's lead to four early in the fourth quarter before the Warriors pulled away again with him on the bench. ''It's a lot different feel than a college game. It feels like you're more on stage,'' Fredette said. ''But it was a great time. You dream about that as a kid, and you get out there and you're able to play. It was a good learning experience for us but we'll get better as a team and we'll keep pro- gressing.'' The Warriors showed the heart and hustle on defense that Jackson has stressed since the former broadcaster and NBA point guard joined the Bay Area franchise this sum- mer. For a half, anyway. They held Sacramento to 36 percent shooting before the break — thanks in large part to Udoh's presence — to go ahead 59-40 after Curry's turnaround jumper in the final seconds of the half. Sacramento finished at 46 percent shooting. Marleau nets winner as Sharks top Oilers 3-2 SAN JOSE (AP) — Joe Thornton and the rest of the San Jose Sharks feel comfortable at home again, and it's starting to pay off. Patrick Marleau scored the tiebreaking goal 6:11 into the third period for the Sharks, who beat the Edmonton Oilers 3-2 on Saturday night. Martin Havlat and Thornton also scored for the Sharks, who won their second straight. The Sharks have three con- secutive home victories for the first time this season. ''You have to take care of your home ice,'' Thornton said. ''Now we need to build on this and start a little streak going.'' Jordan Eberle and Ryan Jones scored for the Oilers, who have lost three straight and five of six. ''It came down to special teams, and it was tough to kill off so many,'' Oilers' captain Shawn Horcoff said. ''You can't play hockey like that.'' Havlat and Thornton each ended long goal-scoring droughts, and Marleau netted his second in three games. Eberle recorded a point for the eighth time in nine games. Jones scored for the first time since he had a hat trick on Dec. 2. Antti Niemi stopped 23 shots for the win. Nikolai Khabibulin allowed three goals on 37 shots. ''There were a lot of positive things,'' Sharks coach Todd McLellan said. ''We overcame a sloppy power play and we won the third period.'' Havlat scored midway through the first period to give the Sharks a 1-0 advantage. He played give-and-go with Michal Handzus and had an easy chance, scoring his first even strength goal of the season and his second goal. He had not scored a goal in his previous 17 games. Dan Boyle picked up a loose puck to create the scoring opportunity. ''Everybody knows our power play has struggled of late,'' Boyle said. ''And then we get the game-winning goal on one with guys working hard on a puck behind the net.'' Eberle scored late in the first period to tie it for the Oil- ers. Taylor Hall stole the puck from Justin Braun to set up the goal.