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AndrewBaggarly BayAreaNewsGroup HOUSTON InrecentGiantslore, no two rookie sensations have made an impact like Buster Posey and Tim Lincecum. Two current Giants rookies equaled their feats Tuesday night in an 8-1 victory Tuesday night at Minute Maid Park. Chris Heston became the first Giants rookie to record 10 strike- outs since Tim Lincecum in 2007, dominating with a whipsaw two- seamer while throwing a two-hit- ter for his first career complete game. Matt Duffy became the first Gi- ants rookie to knock in five runs since Posey in 2010, hitting a bases-clearing double in the sec- ond inning and a two-run single in the fifth. Heston did not walk a batter and yielded just a home run to Jason Castro while becoming the first Giants rookie to strike out 10 in a complete game since Roger Mason on Oct. 4, 1985, vs. Atlanta. He was more than a match for Collin McHugh, an 18th-round pick who most certainly is not Roger Clemens, Nolan Ryan or Mike Scott but has been even tougher to beat in a Houston uni- form over the past eight months. The Astros had set a fran- chise record by winning 11 con- secutive starts with McHugh on the mound — a streak that dated to Aug. 28 of last season, and a streak that Duffy, Heston and the Giants abruptly cut off. McHugh was trying to win his INTERLEAGUE Giantsoffensebacks upsuperbHeston Rookie is first Giants pitcher to throw 10 strikeouts since Lincecum did in 2007 PATSULLIVAN—THEASSOCIATEDPRESS San Francisco Giants' Chris Heston delivers a pitch against the Houston Astros in the first inning Tuesday. San Francisco Giants first baseman Brandon Belt makes the catch on a Houston Astros' Jake Marisnick (6) ground out in the ninth inning Tuesday. The Giants won 8-1. By Tom Withers The Associated Press CLEVELAND With the "Big 3" re- duced to the "Banged-Up 2," LeB- ron James again showed why he's Cleveland's one and only. James scored 38 points, Kyrie Irving added 25 and the Cava- liers held off Chicago's charge in the fourth quarter for a 106-101 victory over the Bulls on Tuesday night to take a 3-2 lead in their testy Eastern Conference semifi- nal. Showing no ill effects from a sprained left ankle, James added 12 rebounds, six assists, three steals, three blocks and didn't have a turnover in 41 minutes to ensure the Cavs will again play at home this season. "LeBron was just outstanding, every element of the game," Cavs coach David Blatt said. "You can't pick a thing he didn't do at the highest level." Cleveland can wrap up the best-of-seven series and advance to the conference finals for the first time since 2009 with a win in Game 6 on Thursday night back at United Center in Chicago, where the teams exchanged buzzer-beat- ing victories last weekend. The drama wasn't quite as high in Game 5, but it was close and it was intense. Jimmy Butler scored 29 and Mike Dunleavy 19 for Chicago. Derrick Rose scored 16, 12 in the first quarter, but the star guard shot just 2 of 15 in the final three quarters and aggravated a shoul- der "stinger" he sustained in Game 1. Fueled by an altercation that led to the ejection of Chicago's Taj Gibson, the Cavs led by 17 with NBA Le Br on s co re s 38 , Ca vs d ow n Bu ll s in G am e 5 TONY DEJAK — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Cleveland Cavaliers guard Kyrie Irving (2) looks for a pass as Chicago Bulls guard Derrick Rose defends during Game 5in a second-round NBA basketball playoff series Tuesday. By Carl Steward Bay Area News Group OAKLAND The Warriors made numerous adjustments to win Game 4 at Memphis and turn the Western Conference playoff semi- final back in their favor, but there may have been none bigger than the decision to clamp down hard on beleaguered point guard Mike Conley. Count on more of the same in Game 5 on Wednesday night at Oracle Arena, for one simple rea- son. Conley, left in open space, is the Grizzlies' motor, their pri- mary playmaker, one of their chief threats on the perimeter and ar- guably their most dogged, danger- ous competitor. After not playing in Game 1, there's not much question Con- ley stunned the Warriors with the quality of his performance in Memphis' Game 2 win at Ora- cle despite the facial fracture that has forced him to wear a cum- bersome mask. He led all scorers on the floor with 22 points and hit 8 of 12 shots, including 3 of 6 3-point attempts. But the War- riors conceded him far too many open looks, perhaps believing he wasn't physically capable of mak- ing many. Memphis coach Dave Joerger said Tuesday that if the Warriors were surprised by Conley's Game NBA PLAYOFFS Warriors won't relent on Conley Pressure on Grizzlies guard a big part of game plan MARK HUMPHREY — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Memphis Grizzlies guard Mike Conley (11) moves past Golden State Warriors guard Klay Thompson (11) in t Game 4on Monday in Memphis, Tenn. By Rachel Cohen The Associated Press NEW YORK The lawyer who in- vestigated the New England Patri- ots insisted Tuesday that he found direct, not just circumstantial, ev- idence to show quarterback Tom Brady knew team employees were deflating footballs. Miffed by criticism from Brady's agent, Ted Wells decided to take the unusual step of hold- ing a conference call with re- porters, a day after the NFL sus- pended the Super Bowl MVP for the season's first four games based on the report. Wells said his findings would have been strong enough to con- vince a jury under the "prepon- derance of evidence" standard, which is used in many civil cases. Wells released his report last Wednesday, asserting it was "more probable than not" that Brady "was at least generally aware" of plans by two team em- ployees to prepare the balls to his liking, below the league-man- dated minimum of 12.5 pounds per square inch. His voice frequently rising Tuesday, Wells testily rebutted assertions from Don Yee, Brady's agent, questioning Wells' inde- NFL Investigator says direct evidence found against Brady Nikita Kucherov had two goals and an assist and the Tampa Bay Lightning advanced to the Eastern Conference finals with a 4-1victory over the Montreal Canadiens. NHL Lightningrout Canadiens in Game 6 FULLSTORYONPAGEB2 The top-seeded Red Bluff High School varsity baseball team hosted No. 8Paradise in the first round of the Northern Section CIF Division II playoffs Tuesday. Visit redbluffdaily- news.com for a game recap. BASEBALL PLAYOFFS No. 1 Red Bluff hosted Paradise Tuesday Corning High School's varsity so ball team wraps up its regular season against Yreka this week. The Cards traveled to Yreka for a doubleheader Tuesday, and will host the school at 4p.m. Friday. SOFTBALL Corning finishes season against Yreka this week WARRIORS PAGE 2 BRADY PAGE 2 Get your puzzles fix with the NEA Crossword, Sudoku and Celebrity Cipher, start your day off right with your horoscope, and read the latest advice doled out by Amy Dickinson. YOUR DAILY BREAK Fun and games inside today PAGE B3 NBA PAGE 2 GIANTS PAGE 2 SPORTS » redbluffdailynews.com Wednesday, May 13, 2015 MORE AT FACEBOOK.COM/RBDAILYNEWS AND TWITTER.COM/REDBLUFFNEWS B1