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ByJoeKay The Associated Press CINCINNATI TimLincecumwas slipping around on the mound — even slid to his knee on one de- livery. Something bad seems to happen to the Giants when they visit Cincinnati. Marlon Byrd hit a bases- loaded single off Lincecum and a tiebreaking solo homer in the eighth inning Thursday night, leading the Cincinnati Reds to a 4-3 victory over San Francisco. The Reds have won 12 of their last 15 regular-season games against the Giants at Great American Ball Park. The Giants will remember this one for their wasted scoring chances against Johnny Cueto and their own slip- ping starter. "You get your chances against a guy like that, you've got to take full advantage of it," manager Bruce Bochy said. "I don't think we did there." The best they could do was deny Cueto the win. Byrd's two-run single off Lincecum put Cueto in posi- tion for the victory. He turned a 3-2 lead over to the NL's worst bullpen in the eighth, and it got away. Joe Panik tripled with one out — extending his hitting streak BASEBALL Lincecumstruggles, RedsrallyoverGiants San Francisco's starting pitcher gives up 3 runs before getting pulled in 5th during loss PHOTOSBYJOHNMINCHILLO—THEASSOCIATEDPRESS The Cincinnati Reds' Joey Votto (19) steals second base against San Francisco Giants second baseman Joe Panik in the first inning Thursday in Cincinnati. San Francisco Giants right fielder Justin Maxwell fields a two- run single from the Cincinnati Reds' Marlon Byrd in the fi h inning Thursday in Cincinnati. REDS4,GIANTS3 Up next: San Francisco Giants at Cincinnati Reds, 4:10p.m. today, TV on CSN-BA. THESCORE The Associated Press CHICAGO LeBron James strug- gled to score 15 points, Kyrie Ir- ving limped off the court and the Cleveland Cavaliers still beat the Chicago Bulls 94-73 on Thurs- day night to clinch their East- ern Conference semifinal series in six games. Matthew Dellavedova scored 19 points and Tristan Thomp- son added 13 points and 17 re- bounds to help the Cavaliers ad- vance to the conference final for the first time since 2009 even though their superstar played like a mere mortal and their All- Star point guard hobbled to the locker room in the first half. Despite all that, Cleveland is right where it expected to be after James decided to come home from Miami and return to his first team. The Cavaliers didn't expect to get there like this, though — with Kevin Love suffering a season-ending shoul- der injury in the opening round and Irving trying to gut through problems with both legs. Irving scored six points in 12 NBA PLAYOFFS Dellavedova, Cavaliers knock out Bulls Cleveland guard scores 19 points to help team advance to Eastern Conference final series NAM Y. HUH — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Cleveland Cavaliers guard Matthew Dellavedova (8) drives on Chicago Bulls guard Derrick Rose (1) during the second half of Game 6in a second-round playoff series Thursday in Chicago. CAVALIERS 94, BULLS 73 Up next: Cavaliers win series 4-2; Eastern Conference finals, TBA. THESCORE The Afghan president con- demned the Taliban attack on a Kabul guesthouse that killed 14people, including nine foreigners, and said the brutal slayings will not undermine his government's efforts. AFGHANISTAN 9foreignersamong14 killed in Taliban attack FULL STORY ON PAGE B10 President Barack Obama pledged America's "ironclad commitment" to anxious Persian Gulf nations Thursday to help protect their security, pointedly mentioning the po- tential use of military force. ARAB SUMMIT Obama offers Gulf nations strong security FULL STORY ON PAGE B6 By Howard Ulman and Jimmy Golen The Associated Press FOXBOROUGH, MASS. NFL Com- missioner Roger Goodell said Thursday night he will person- ally hear the suspension appeal of Super Bowl MVP Tom Brady, who challenged the league's pun- ishment for his role in using de- flated footballs during the AFC championship game. The NFL Players Association filed the expected appeal about an hour before a 5 p.m. deadline on Thursday, asking for a neu- tral arbitrator to hear the case. NFL spokesman Greg Aiello con- firmed about six hours later that the commissioner had rejected the request. "Commissioner Goodell will hear the appeal of Tom Brady's suspension in accordance with the process agreed upon with the NFL Players Association in the 2011 collective bargaining agree- ment," he said. Goodell's decision was first re- ported by Bleacher Report. Although the CBA puts control of the arbitrator in Goodell's con- trol, the players union said in a news release that "given the NFL's history of inconsistency and ar- bitrary decisions in disciplinary NFL Brady appeals ban on deflation Patriots rebut league's findings in Wells report MATT YORK — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE Super Bowl MVP Tom Brady on Thursday appealed the four-game suspension he was handed. By Teresa M. Walker The Associated Press The Golden State Warriors and Atlanta Hawks have regained con- trol of their respective series, do- ing their best to restore order in the NBA playoffs. Though things can turn quickly in these series, and the league could easily fall right back into postseason chaos. That's exactly what the upset-minded Wizards and Grizzlies have in mind. Monday morning when the week started, the Hawks and Warriors both were down 2-1 in their series. Now a combined four wins and five days later, they head into road contests Friday night just one win away from the con- ference finals. The Warriors are looking to close out a second playoff series in the same postseason for the first time since winning the 1975 NBA title, and their confidence is high coming off a pair of impressive routs of the Memphis Grizzlies. Golden State coach Steve Kerr just wants his Warriors to finish off the Grizzlies — now. "You go get it done," Kerr said. "It's going to be tough on the road against an excellent team. But if we can continue to play the type NBA PLAYOFFS Warriors and Hawks try to close series, advance on The top-seeded Red Bluff High School varsity baseball team is scheduled to host a doubleheader against No. 4 Pleasant Valley starting at 4 p.m. today. BASEBALL PLAYOFFS Red Bluff hosts Pleasant Valley in semis Corning High School's varsity so ball team closes out its regular season with a home game against Yreka at 4p.m. today. SOFTBALL Corning closes season against Yreka today PLAYOFFS PAGE 3 PATRIOTS PAGE 3 GIANTS PAGE 3 CAVALIERS PAGE 3 SPORTS » redbluffdailynews.com Friday, May 15, 2015 MORE AT FACEBOOK.COM/RBDAILYNEWS AND TWITTER.COM/REDBLUFFNEWS B2