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pendencebecausehisfirm does other business with the NFL. "What drove the de- cision in this report is one thing: It was the evi- dence," Wells said. "I could not ethically ignore the import and relevancy of those text messages and the other evidence." Wells specifically men- tioned two series of text exchanges between offi- cials' locker room atten- dant Jim McNally and equipment assistant John Jastremski. In one, Mc- Nally referred to himself as "the Deflator" and joked about going to ESPN. In another, Jastremski men- tioned speaking to Brady the previous night, say- ing the quarterback knew McNally was stressed out by needing to deflate the balls. "That is not circumstan- tial evidence," Wells said. "That is two of the partici- pants in a scheme discuss- ing what has taken place." On Thursday, Yee had called Wells' report "a sig- nificant and terrible dis- appointment," suggesting that it "reached a conclu- sion first, and then de- termined so-called facts later." Along with denying any bias, Wells derided the idea that the NFL wanted the investigation to impli- cate a quarterback he de- scribed as "one of the most popular, iconic players in the league." "That does not make sense," Wells said. "It's a ridiculous allegation." Wells has conducted several other high-pro- file sports investigations in recent years, includ- ing the NFL report on the Miami Dolphins bullying scandal. To Yee's assertion that he omitted key state- ments from Brady, Wells challenged the agent to re- lease his full transcript of the interview. "Nothing, I guarantee you, in his notes would make any difference in my decision," he said. He also disputed Yee's characterization of the investigation as a "sting," noting that NFL offi- cials initially didn't take the Colts' complaints se- riously during January's AFC Championship game. Brady FROMPAGE1 2 effort, the Grizzlies were just as surprised. "You basically saw a rush of adrenaline from a guy coming out of a hospi- tal bed situation in Game 2," Joerger said. Adrenaline-fueled or not, the effort was enough for the Warriors to al- ter their defense and not only switch Klay Thomp- son onto Conley, but also play him tightly and relent- lessly. When it isn't Thomp- son, it's another strong de- fender like Andre Iguodala taking that responsibility. Even though the War- riors lost Game 3 with the revised strategy, they could see it working. Conley was just 3 of 10 and required a postgame I.V. Sunday after cramping up for a second straight game. He was just 4 for 15 in Game 4 and af- terward confessed both the Warriors and the injury are starting to wear him down. "I'm just trying to make it, man," Conley said. "It's tougher and tougher each game." Memphis had been 5-0 in the playoffs with Conley on the floor before the War- riors finally turned the ta- bles Monday night. Joerger said the toll is starting to show on their backcourt leader.. "He's exhausted," Jo- erger said. "You can't help but lose some condition- ing when you're not able to do anything for amount of time that he missed. He has to make 99 percent of the dribbles that we make. Meanwhile, a 6-7 guy is right there on him. So it does wear a guy out." Despite his physical hardships, the Warriors certainly aren't going to feel sorry for Conley and relent at this point. They have too much respect for his talent and will, and they're going to make it as hard on Conley as they have the past two games. Maybe even harder. Warriors FROM PAGE 1 6:09 left and then had to hold off a furious come- back by the Bulls, who got within 101-99 on Butler's 3-pointer with 1:18 left. Cleveland, though, got a huge offensive rebound by Iman Shumpert be- fore Irving, playing on a sprained right foot and sore left knee, made four free throws in the final 17 seconds. The Bulls were missing big man Pau Gasol, who sat out his second straight game with a strained left hamstring and didn't sound confident before Game 5 that he'd be ready by Thursday. They also played the fi- nal 10:25 without Gibson, ejected for kicking Cavs guard Matthew Dellave- dova. Gibson shoved Del- lavedova to the floor and then kicked the scrappy backup, who angered the Bulls forward by clamping his legs around Gibson's. Players on both teams ex- changed shoves and pushes before the officials got things under control. Gibson could be facing further discipline from the league, and Dellavedova, too, might get slapped for his role. "I was surprised (to be ejected)," Gibson said. "I really just tried to release my foot because as soon as I got up off the ground, I just felt somebody tugging on my leg." The Cavs were sparked by the incident and opened a 90-73 lead before the Bulls came charging back. Dunleavy scored six points in an 11-0 run that got Chicago back in it be- fore the Cavs gained their composure and closed it out. "I love the way that we fought back," Rose said. "I thought we had a crack at it, we just didn't execute right." James, who came in shooting just 38 percent in the series, didn't show the slightest signs of being slowed by the sprain he sustained late in Game 4. He ran the floor with aban- don, posted up whenever possible and seemed intent on taking care of the Bulls by himself. NBA FROM PAGE 1 Scoreboard MLB NATIONALLEAGUE WESTDIVISION W L Pct GB LosAngeles 21 10 .677 _ San Diego 17 16 .515 5 Giants 17 16 .515 5 Arizona 14 17 .452 7 Colorado 11 17 .393 8 CENTRALDIVISION W L Pct GB St. Louis 23 9 .719 _ Chicago 17 15 .531 6 Pittsburgh 17 16 .515 6 Cincinnati 16 17 .485 7 Milwaukee 12 22 .353 12 EASTDIVISION W L Pct GB New York 20 13 .606 _ Washington 18 15 .545 2 Atlanta 15 18 .455 5 Miami 15 18 .455 5 Philadelphia 11 23 .324 9 Monday'sgames Pittsburgh 4, Philadelphia 3 Atlanta 2, Cincinnati 1 Milwaukee 10, Chicago White Sox 7 Chicago Cubs 4, N.Y. Mets 3 Washington 11, Arizona 1 L.A. Dodgers 5, Miami 3 Tuesday'sgames St. Louis 8, Cleveland 3 Pittsburgh 7, Philadelphia 2 Cincinnati 4, Atlanta 3 Chicago Cubs 6, N.Y. Mets 1 Chicago White Sox 4, Milwaukee 2 Giants 8, Houston 1 Washington at Arizona, (n.) Colorado at L.A. Angels, (n.) Miami at L.A. Dodgers, (n.) San Diego at Seattle, (n.) Wednesday'sgames Washington (G.Gonzalez 3-2) at Arizona (Hellickson 1-3), 12:40 p.m. St. Louis (Lackey 2-1) at Cleveland (Kluber 0-5), 3:10 p.m. Pittsburgh (Liriano 1-2) at Philadelphia (Hamels 2-3), 4:05 p.m. Atlanta (Stults 1-3) at Cincinnati (R.Iglesias 0-0), 4:10 p.m. Miami (Cosart 1-3) at L.A. Dodgers (Frias 3-0), 4:50 p.m. N.Y. Mets (Harvey 5-1) at Chicago Cubs (Hammel 3-1), 5:05 p.m. Chicago White Sox (Quintana 1-3) at Milwaukee (Nelson 1-3), 5:10 p.m. Giants (T.Hudson 1-3) at Houston (Ober- holtzer 0-0), 5:10 p.m. Co lo ra do ( Ly le s 2- 3) a t L .A. A ng els (Santiago 2-2), 7:05 p.m. San Diego (Shields 4-0) at Seattle (T.Walker 1-3), 7:10 p.m. Thursday'sgames St. Louis at Cleveland, 9:10 a.m. Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, 10:05 a.m. N.Y. Mets at Chicago Cubs, 11:20 a.m. Giants at Cincinnati, 4:10 p.m. Colorado at L.A. Dodgers, 7:10 p.m. Washington at San Diego, 7:10 p.m. Giants8,Astros1 SanFran Houston AB R H B AB R H B Aoki dh 3 0 0 0 Mrsnck cf 4 0 1 0 Arias ph-dh 1 0 0 0 Altuve 2b 4 0 0 0 Panik 2b 4 1 1 0 Valuen 3b 3 0 0 0 Pagan cf 5 1 3 0 Gattis dh 3 0 0 0 Posey c 4 1 0 0 ClRsms rf 3 0 0 0 Belt 1b 5 1 1 0 Carter 1b 3 0 0 0 Maxwll rf 5 2 2 1 JCastro c 3 1 1 1 BCrwfr ss 4 2 1 1 MGnzlz ss 3 0 0 0 MDuffy 3b 4 0 3 5 Grssmn lf 3 0 0 0 GBlanc lf 3 0 0 0 Totals 38 811 7 29 1 2 1 SanFran 030 050 000 — 8 Houston 010 000 000 — 1 E: Valbuena (2), Ma.Gonzalez (3);DP: Houston 1;LOB: San Francisco 8, Hous- ton 1;2B: B.Crawford (5), M.Duffy (4); HR: J.Castro (3);CS: Aoki (3). IP H R ER BB SO SanFrancisco Heston W,3-3 9 2 1 1 0 10 Houston McHg L,4-142/3 7 7 3 2 3 Chapman 11/3 2 1 1 2 3 W.Harris 1 1 0 0 0 1 Sipp 1 1 0 0 0 0 Deduno 1 0 0 0 0 1 HBP: by McHugh (B.Crawford);WP: Heston. Umpires: Home, Chad Fairchild, First, Jim Joyce. Second, Greg Gibson. Third, Marvin Hudson. T: 2:39;A: 20,468 (41,574). AMERICANLEAGUE WESTDIVISION W L Pct GB Houston 20 13 .606 _ Los Angeles 15 17 .469 4 Seattle 14 17 .452 5 Texas 14 18 .438 5 A's 12 22 .353 8 CENTRALDIVISION W L Pct GB Kansas City 20 12 .625 _ Detroit 20 13 .606 Minnesota 18 15 .545 2 Chicago 13 17 .433 6 Cleveland 11 20 .355 8 EASTDIVISION W L Pct GB New York 21 13 .618 _ Tampa Bay 18 16 .529 3 Toronto 17 17 .500 4 Boston 15 17 .469 5 Baltimore 14 17 .452 5 Monday'sgames Baltimore 5, Toronto 2 N.Y. Yankees 11, Tampa Bay 5 Milwaukee 10, Chicago White Sox 7 Texas 8, Kansas City 2 Boston 5, A's 4, 11 innings Tuesday'sgames St. Louis 8, Cleveland 3 Toronto 10, Baltimore 2 Detroit 2, Minnesota 1, 10 innings Tampa Bay 4, N.Y. Yankees 2 Kansas City at Texas, (n.) Chicago White Sox 4, Milwaukee 2 Giants 8, Houston 1 Boston at A's, (n.) Colorado at L.A. Angels, (n.) San Diego at Seattle, (n.) Wednesday'sgames Boston (Miley 1-4) at A's (Gray 4-0), 12:35 p.m. St. Louis (Lackey 2-1) at Cleveland (Kluber 0-5), 3:10 p.m. Toronto (Aa.Sanchez 3-2) at Baltimore (Mi.Gonzalez 3-2), 4:05 p.m. Minnesota (Nolasco 2-1) at Detroit (Lobstein 3-2), 4:08 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (Warren 2-1) at Tampa Bay (Karns 2-1), 4:10 p.m. Kansas City (Ventura 2-2) at Texas (Gal- lardo 2-5), 5:05 p.m. Chicago White Sox (Quintana 1-3) at Milwaukee (Nelson 1-3), 5:10 p.m. Giants (T.Hudson 1-3) at Houston (Ober- holtzer 0-0), 5:10 p.m. Colorado (Lyles 2-3) at L.A. Angels (Santiago 2-2), 7:05 p.m. San Diego (Shields 4-0) at Seattle (T.Walker 1-3), 7:10 p.m. Thursday'sgames St. Louis at Cleveland, 9:10 a.m. Minnesota at Detroit, 10:08 a.m. Kansas City at Texas, 11:05 a.m. N.Y. Yankees at Tampa Bay, 4:10 p.m. Toronto at Houston, 5:10 p.m. Boston at Seattle, 7:10 p.m. NBA SECONDROUNDPLAYOFFS (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) Monday,May11 Atlanta 106, Washington 101, series tied 2-2 Golden State 101, Memphis 84, series tied 2-2 Tuesday,May12 Cleveland 106, Chicago 101, Cleveland leads series 3-2 L.A. Clippers at Houston, 6:30 p.m. Wednesday,May13 Washington at Atlanta, 5 p.m. Memphis at Golden State, (n.) Thursday,May14 Cleveland at Chicago, 5 p.m. x-Houston at L.A. Clippers, 7:30 p.m. Friday,May15 Atlanta at Washington, 4 p.m. Golden State at Memphis, 6:30 p.m. Sunday,May17 x-Chicago at Cleveland, TBD x-L.A. Clippers at Houston, TBD x-Memphis at Golden State, TBD Monday,May18 x-Washington at Atlanta, 5 p.m. NHL SECONDROUNDPLAYOFFS Sunday,May10 N.Y. Rangers 4, Washington 3, series tied 3-3 Anaheim 3, Calgary 2, OT, Anaheim wins series 4-1 Tuesday,May12 Tampa Bay 4, Montreal 1, Tampa Bay wins series 4-2 Wednesday,May13 Washington at N.Y. Rangers, 4:30 p.m. Cycling TOUROFCALIFORNIARESULTS Tuesday AtSanJose,Calif. ThirdStage 105.7-miles 1. Tom Skujins (Hincapie), Latvia, 4 hours, 33 minutes, 10 seconds. 2. Peter Sagan (Tinkoff-Saxo), Slovakia, 4:34:16. 3. Julian Alaphilippe (Etixx-Quick Step) France, same time. 4. Daniel Alexander Jaramillo Diez (Jamis-Hagens Berman), Colombia, same time. 5. Danilo Wyss (BMC), Switzerland, 4:34:19. 6. Robert Gesink (LottoNL-Jumbo), Netherlands, same time. 7. Sergio Luis Henao Montoya (Sky), Colombia, same time. 8. Michael Woods (Optum-Kelly Ben- efits), Canada, same time. 9. Lawson Craddock (Cannondale-Gar- min), United States, same time. 10. Joseph Lloyd Dombrowski (Cannon- dale-Garmin), United States, same time. Standings (After3-of-8Stages) 1. Tom Skujins (Hincapie), Latvia, 14 hours, 4 minutes, 1 second. 2. Peter Sagan (Tinkoff-Saxo), Slovakia, 32 seconds behind. 3. Rob Britton (SmartStop), Canada, 0:43. 4. Julian Alaphilippe (Etixx-Quick Step), France, 0:44. 5. Daniel Alexander Jaramillo Diez Jamis- Hagens Berman), Colombia, same time. 6. Dion Smith (Hincape), New Zealand, 0:47. 7. Robert Gesink (LottoNZ-Jumbo), Netherlands, same time. 8. Ben Hermans (BMC), Belgium, same time. 9. Lawson Craddock (Giant-Alpecin), United States, same time. 10. Jay McCarthy (Tinkoff-Saxo), Austra- lia, same time. Tennis INTERNAZIONALIBNLD'ITALIA RESULTS Tuesday At Foro Italico Rome Purse: Men, $3.68 million (Masters 1000);Women,$2.18million(Premier) Surface: Clay-Outdoor Singles MEN FirstRound Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, Spain, def. Marin Cilic (9), Croatia, 6-4, 6-3. Thomaz Bellucci, Brazil, def. Diego Schwartzman, Argentina, 6-4, 4-3, retired. Feliciano Lopez (11), Spain, def. Nick Kyrgios, Australia, 6-4, 7-6 (4). Alexandr Dolgopolov, Ukraine, def. Martin Klizan, Slovakia, 6-4, 6-1. Viktor Troicki, Serbia, def. Bernard Tomic, Australia, 7-6 (3), 6-7 (4), 7-6 (4). David Goffin, Belgium, def. Andrea Arnaboldi, Italy, 5-7, 6-2, 6-1. Roberto Bautista Agut (14), Spain, def. Marcel Granollers, Spain, 6-1, 6-3. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (13), France, def. Sam Querrey, United States, 7-6 (6), 6-0. SecondRound Stan Wawrinka (8), Switzerland, def. Juan Monaco, Argentina, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2. Kevin Anderson (15), South Africa, def. Philipp Kohlschreiber, Germany, 3-0, retired. Novak Djokovic (1), Serbia, def. Nicolas Almagro, Spain, 6-1, 6-7 (5), 6-3. David Ferrer (7), Spain, def. Richard Gasquet, France, 6-4, 7-5. Tomas Berdych (6), Czech Republic, def. Matteo Donati, Italy, 6-2, 6-4. WOMEN FirstRound Carla Suarez Navarro (10), Spain, def. Mona Barthel, Germany, 6-4, 2-6, 6-3. Daria Gavrilova, Russia, def. Belinda Bencic, Switzerland, 6-7 (2), 7-5, 6-2. Kristina Mladenovic, France, def. Monica Puig, Puerto Rico, 7-5, 6-2. Alexandra Dulgheru, Romania, def. Misaki Doi, Japan, 6-7 (2), 6-3, 6-3. Elina Svitolina, Ukraine, def. Flavia Pen- netta, Italy, 6-4, 6-2. Irina-Camelia Begu, Romania, def. Urszula Radwanska, Poland, 4-6, 6-2, 6-1. Victoria Azarenka, Belarus, def. Lucie Hradecka, Czech Republic, 7-5, 2-6, 6-1. Bojana Jovanovski, Serbia, def. Caroline Garcia, France, 7-6 (4), 4-6, 6-2. Lucie Safarova (12), Czech Republic, def. Anna Karolina Schmiedlova, Slovakia, 7-6 (6), 6-7 (3), 6-4. Jelena Jankovic (16), Serbia, def. Camila Giorgi, Italy, 7-5, 7-5. SecondRound Maria Sharapova (3), Russia, def. Jarmila Gajdosova, Australia, 6-2, 3-1, retired. Timea Bacsinszky, Switzerland, def. Sabine Lisicki, Germany, 6-4, 6-3. Serena Williams (1), United States, def. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Russia, 6-1, 6-3. Doubles MEN FirstRound Nick Kyrgios, Australia, and Jack Sock, United States, def. Lukas Rosol, Czech Republic, and Gilles Simon, France, 6-3, 1-6, 10-8. Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah, Colombia, def. Paolo Lorenzi and Luca Vanni, Italy, 7-6 (5), 6-3. Pablo Cuevas, Uruguay, and David Mar- rero, Spain, def. Martin Klizan, Slovakia, and Philipp Oswald, Austria, 6-4, 4-6, 13-11. WOMEN FirstRound Simona Halep, Romania, and Francesca Schiavone, Italy, def. Darija Jurak, Croa- tia, and Arantxa Parra Santonja, Spain, 6-2, 6-2. Gabriela Dabrowski, Canada, and Alicja Rosolska, Poland, def. Michaella Kraji- cek, Netherlands, and Barbora Strycova, Czech Republic, 6-3, 6-0. Daniela Hantuchova, Slovakia, and Sam Stosur, Australia, def. Maria Elena Cam- erin and Corinna Dentoni, Italy, 6-0, 6-4. Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka (6), Czech Republic, def. Karin Knapp and Roberta Vinci, Italy, 6-3, 6-4. SecondRound Julia Goerges, Germany, and Silvia Soler-Espinosa, Spain, def. Anna-Lena Groenefeld, Germany, and Alexandra Panova, Russia, 6-4, 7-6 (1). Martina Hingis, Switzerland, and Sania Mirza (1), India, def. Irina-Camelia Begu and Monica Niculescu, Romania, 6-4, 6-1. Soccer MAJORLEAGUESOCCER WESTERNCONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA Vancouver 6 3 2 20 14 9 FC Dallas 6 2 2 20 17 13 Seattle 5 3 1 16 15 9 San Jose 4 4 2 14 10 11 Kansas City 3 2 5 14 13 13 Los Angeles 3 3 5 14 11 11 Salt Lake 3 2 5 14 9 11 Portland 3 3 4 13 9 9 Houston 3 4 4 13 13 14 Colorado 1 2 7 10 9 9 EASTERNCONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA New England 5 2 3 18 14 10 D.C. United 5 1 3 18 11 7 New York 4 1 4 16 14 9 Columbus 4 3 2 14 15 10 Toronto FC 3 5 0 9 12 13 Chicago 3 5 0 9 7 10 Orlando City 2 4 3 9 8 12 N.Y. City FC 1 6 3 6 7 12 Philadelphia 1 7 3 6 10 21 Montreal 0 3 2 2 3 8 Note: Three points for victory, one point for tie. Sunday'sgames Houston 2, Toronto FC 1 New York 2, N.Y. City FC 1 Wednesday,May13 Orlando City at D.C. United, 5 p.m. Friday,May15 Chicago at N.Y. City FC, 4 p.m. New York at FC Dallas, 6 p.m. Saturday,May16 Salt Lake at Montreal, 1 p.m. Seattle at Vancouver, 4 p.m. Toronto FC at New England, 4:30 p.m. Portland at Houston, 5:30 p.m. Colorado at Kansas City, 5:30 p.m. Columbus at San Jose, 7:30 p.m. Sunday,May17 Los Angeles at Orlando City, 2 p.m. D.C. United at Philadelphia, 4 p.m. Odds GLANTZ-CULVERLINE For May 13 MajorLeagueBaseball NATIONALLEAGUE Favorite Line Underdog Washington -145/+135 at Arizona at Philadelphia -105/-105 Pittsburgh at Cincinnati -140/+130 Atlanta at Los Angeles -140/+130 Miami New York -110/+100 at Chicago AMERICANLEAGUE at Oakland -150/+140 Boston at Baltimore -120/+110 Toronto at Detroit -145/+135 Minnesota at Tampa Bay -110/+100 New York Ka ns as C it y -1 35 /+ 12 5 at T ex as INTERLEAGUE at Cleveland -125/+115 St. Louis San Francisco -110/+100 at Houston at Milwaukee -120/+110 Chicago (AL) at Yankees -155/+145 Colorado San Diego -110/+100 at Seattle NBA Favorite Line(O/U) Underdog at Atlanta 9 (199 ) Washington at Golden State 9 (195) Memphis NHL TONIGHT Favorite Line Underdog at N.Y. Rangers -175/+155 Washington DateTBD at Anaheim -140/+120 Chicago ODDSTOWINSERIES Anaheim -110/-110 Chicago Transactions BASEBALL AmericanLeague BaltimoreOrioles: Placed INF Ryan Flaherty on the 15-day DL. Recalled INF Rey Navarro from Norfolk (IL). HoustonAstros: Optioned RHP Asher Wojciechowski to Fresno (PCL). Rein- stated RHP Luke Gregorson from the family medical emergency list. KansasCityRoyals: Optioned RHP Yohan Pino to Omaha (PCL). Recalled RHP Aaron Brooks from Omaha. LosAngelesAngels: Selected the con- tract of INF Marc Krauss from Salt Lake (PCL). Designated RHP Ryan Mattheus for assignment. MinnesotaTwins: Placed OF Shane Robinson on the family emergency list. Recalled OF Aaron Hicks from Rochester (IL). OaklandAthletics: Released OF Alex Hassan. NationalLeague ArizonaDiamondbacks: Optioned RHP Evan Marshall to Reno (PCL). CincinnatiReds: Released RHP Kevin Gregg for assignment. LosAngelesDodgers: Optioned OF Chris Heisey to Oklahoma City (PCL). Recalled RHP Mike Bolsinger from Oklahoma City. MiamiMarlins: Assigned INF Reid Bri- gnac outright to New Orleans (PCL). PhiladelphiaPhillies: Optioned 3B Cody Asche to Lehigh Valley (IL). BASKETBALL NationalBasketballAssociation MilwaukeeBucks: Named Suki Hobson senior strength and rehabilitation specialist. NewOrleansPelicans: Fired coach Monty Williams. FOOTBALL NationalFootballLeague ArizonaCardinals: Signed LB Shaq Riddick and WR J.J. Nelson to four-year contracts. AtlantaFalcons: Signed RB Tevin Cole- man. BuffaloBills: Signed TE Nick O'leary and WR Dezmin Lewis. ChicagoBears: Claimed TE Chris Pantale off waivers from the New York Jets. CincinnatiBengals: Signed S Derron Smith. ClevelandBrowns: Signed DL Xavier Cooper and FB Malcolm Johnson. DenverBroncos: Claimed TE Marcel Jensen (Jacksonville) and WR Solomon Patton (Tampa Bay) off waivers. Signed G Andre Davis and WR David Porter. DetroitLions: Signed WR Lance Moore to a one-year contract and RB Desmond Martin. Released RB Rasheed Williams. JacksonvilleJaguars: Signed LB Dante Fowler Jr. to a four-year contract. KansasCityChiefs: Signed FB Manasseh Garner, OL Charles Sweeton, LS Andrew East, TE James O'shaughnessy, Cs Mitch Morse and Garrett Frye, DL Rakeem Nunez-Roches and David Irving, Cbs De'vante Bausby and Justin Cox, Wrs Kenny Cook, Tello Luckett and Da'ron Brown, and Lbs Ramik Wilson, D.J. Alex- ander, Sage Harold and Justin March. NewEnglandPatriots: Signed LB Dekoda Watson. NewOrleansSaints: Signed LB Stephone Anthony and CB P.J. Williams to four- year contracts. OaklandRaiders: Signed WR Austin Hill. PittsburghSteelers: Signed CB Senquez Golson to a four-year contract. TampaBayBuccaneers: Signed LB Kwon Alexander, Wrs Kenny Bell and Kaelin Clay and RB Joey Iosefa. Claimed S D.J. Swearinger off waivers from Houston and LB Khaseem Greene from Chicago. WashingtonRedskins: Signed OL Bran- don Scherff. HOCKEY NationalHockeyLeague EdmontonOilers: Signed C Eetu Laurikainen to a two-year, entry-level contract. SOCCER MajorLeagueSoccer Mls: Suspended Montreal coach Frank Klopas one game and fined him an undisclosed amount for violating the league's policy on entering the field/ leaving the bench area in the 90th min- ute of a May 9 match against Portland. ColumbusCrew: Mutually agreed to part ways with D Hernan Grana. NewYorkCityFC: Placed D Andres Mendoza on waivers. By Fred Goodall TheAssociatedPress TAMPA, FLA. Nikita Kucherov had two goals and an assist and the Tampa Bay Lightning ad- vanced to the Eastern Conference finals with a 4-1 victory over the Mon- treal Canadiens on Tues- day night. Steven Stamkos scored his third goal of the play- offs for the Lightning, who closed out the second- round series in six games after Montreal fought off elimination in Games 4 and 5. "This was our Game 7 to- night," Stamkos said. "This is the biggest game of the playoffs for us and we re- sponded." Kucherov finished with six goals in the series. Ondrej Palat also had a goal and assist for Tampa Bay, which played without forward Ryan Callahan, who had an emergency ap- pendectomy on Monday night. Ben Bishop stopped 18 shots to outperform Carey Price, who finished with 24 saves. The Lightning, who won nine of 11 meetings against the Canadians this season including playoffs, will face either the New York Rangers or Washington Capitals in the conference finals. Those teams meet in Game 7 of their second- round series on Wednes- day night. Price, a leading can- didate for league MVP, played well in helping the Canadiens climb back in the series after losing the first two games at home and watching Game 3 slip away in the closing seconds for a 3-0 deficit. NHL Lightning rout Canadiens DIRKSHADD—THETAMPABAYTIMES Tampa Bay Lightning right wing Nikita Kucherov (86) celebrates as he beats Montreal Canadiens goalie Carey Price (31) to score the first goal of the game during the first period of Game 6on Tuesday. 12th consecutive decision, which would have matched the franchise record held by Wade Miller and Mark Portugal. (Incidentally, the Giants, behind Jason Schmidt, also busted Mill- er's streak in 2002, beating him one day before they clinched the wild card in the season's final weekend.) The No.8 hitter did him in. Duffy stepped to the plate with the bases loaded and no outs in the second inning, a situation that mushroomed after Bran- don Belt and Justin Max- well singled and Bran- don Crawford was hit by a pitch. Duffy jumped on a first- pitch fastball, drilling it to the wall in left-center to clear the bases. Duffy capped an even bigger rally in the fifth. Joe Panik hit a one-out single to extend his hitting streak to nine games, Angel Pa- gan singled and Buster Posey hit a hard shot that was scored uncharitably as an error on third base- man Luis Valbuena. Justin Maxwell followed with a ground ball that shortstop Marwin Gonzalez fielded and threw wide to second base for an error as two runs scored; the play orig- inally was scored an error on second baseman Jose Altuve, but Maxwell even- tually received credit for a single and one RBI. Astros manager A.J. Hinch, apparently un- aware that Crawford has crushed lefties for a year and a half, summoned left-hander Kevin Chap- man. Crawford crushed a ground-rule double that made it 6-0. Then Duffy lined a two-run single to cap the five-run rally. It was the first time all season that the Giants scored more than six runs in a game, ending the lon- gest such streak in fran- chise history dating at least to 1914. Giants FROM PAGE 1 | SPORTS | REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 2015 2 B