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2B Daily News – Saturday, January 14, 2012 ''What got us here. I think 49ERS (Continued from page 1B) takeaways to only 10 turnovers for a plus-28 turnover differential, which matched the 2010 Patriots for the second-best mark in NFL history since 1941. ''All the major statistics, they rank very high,'' Saints wideout Marques Colston said. ''I think the No. 1 thing they do is cause turnovers. So obviously that's going to be first and foremost for us this week.'' Alex Smith, the 27-year- old 2005 No. 1 overall pick, took care of the ball and threw for 3,150 yards and 17 touchdowns — hardly Brees-like numbers. ''I really don't care. I'm looking to outscore him. He can throw for however many yards he wants to,'' Smith said. ''A lot of different ways to win games in this league. Obviously offensively, they're doing a lot of great things right now. Record-set- ting offense. It's kind of what you aspire to get to, no ques- tion. ... It is what it is. It still comes down to scoring more points than the other team and that's what we're look- ing to do.'' San Francisco turned things around at last with Coach of the Year favorite Harbaugh running the show and doing things his way. His message this week: ''Don't overcook it.'' ''Like a burnt piece of meat, that doesn't taste real good,'' said Harbaugh, whose Niners have lost the last six to the Saints. ''Trust their own instincts. Trust their gut. Make it about the team. Trust the team. A guy doesn't have to do too much. I think our team goes into this game confident and bold.'' Running back Frank Gore gets it. NCAA Top 25 Schedule Friday's result South Florida 56, No. 24 Seton Hall 55 Saturday's games No. 1 Syracuse vs. Providence, 3 p.m. No. 2 Kentucky at Tennessee, 9 a.m. No. 3 N. Carolina at Florida St., 11 a.m. No. 4 Baylor vs. Oklahoma State, Noon No. 6 Michigan St. at Northwestern, Noon No. 9 Missouri vs. Texas, 10 a.m. No. 10 Kansas vs. Iowa State, 1 p.m. No. 12 UNLV at No. 22 S. Diego St., 1 p.m. No. 13 Michigan at Iowa, 10 a.m. No. 14 Louisville vs. DePaul, 1 p.m. No. 15 Murray St. vs. Tenn. Tech, 3 p.m. No. 17 Connecticut at Notre Dame, 8 a.m. No. 18 Kansas St. at Oklahoma, 10:30 a.m. No. 19 Florida at South Carolina, 4 p.m. No. 20 Mississippi St. vs. Alabama, 1 p.m. No.21 Gonzaga at Loyola Marymount, 5 p.m. No. 25 Marquette vs. Pittsburgh, 11 a.m. Sunday's games No. 5 Ohio St. vs. No. 7 Indiana, 1:30 p.m. No. 8 Duke at Clemson, 3 p.m. No. 11 Georgetown vs. St. John's at Madison Square Garden, 9 a.m. No. 23 Creighton vs. S. Illinois, 4:05 p.m. that's what it's going to take,'' Gore said. Way back at the start of this journey, the Niners took a 24-3 thumping against New Orleans in the Super- dome in the teams' August exhibition opener. The Saints blitzed all day and finished with six sacks. It's still plenty fresh for the 49ers. ''I'm sure they slept well that night because they really got after us,'' 49ers offensive coordinator Greg Roman said. ''The Saints, if they choose to be, can be one of the best blitzing teams in the league.'' While the 49ers feature only eight players with play- off experience to 39 for the Saints before last weekend, they are loose and unfazed. ''There's no pressure in this locker room,'' Rogers said. ''We're not supposed to be here. We're supposed to be going home.'' NHL WESTERN CONFERENCE Pacific Division WL OT Pts GF GA SHARKS 24 11 5 53 118 94 Kings 21 15 8 50 97 100 Dallas 24 17 1 49 119 123 Phoenix 20 18 7 47 114 118 Ducks 14 22 7 35 109 136 Central Division WL OT Pts GF GA Chicago 26 13 5 57 144 127 St. Louis 25 12 6 56 112 92 Detroit 27 15 1 55 138 101 Nashville 24 15 4 52 118 117 Columbus 12 26 5 29 105 145 Northwest Division WL OT Pts GF GA Vancouver 28 14 3 59 147 110 Minnesota 22 16 6 50 103 110 Colorado 23 20 2 48 117 127 Calgary 21 19 5 47 110 127 Edmonton 16 23 4 36 112 126 EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division WL OT Pts GF GA N.Y.Rangers 27 10 4 58 118 86 Philadelphia26 12 4 56 142 124 New Jersey 24 17 2 50 119 124 Pittsburgh 22 17 4 48 128 113 N.Y. Islanders15 20 6 36 98 129 Northeast Division WL OT Pts GF GA Boston 28 11 1 57 148 77 Ottawa 24 15 6 54 143 144 Toronto 22 16 5 49 137 134 Buffalo 19 19 5 43 110 125 Montreal 16 20 7 39 110 119 Southeast Division WL OT Pts GF GA Florida 21 14 8 50 110 120 Washington 23 17 2 48 123 123 Winnipeg 20 18 5 45 112 126 Tampa Bay 17 22 4 38 118 150 Carolina 15 23 7 37 118 150 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. —————————————————— Friday's results Anaheim 5, Edmonton 0 Buffalo 3, Toronto 2 Columbus 4, Phoenix 3 Pittsburgh 4, Florida 1 Washington 4, Tampa Bay 3 Saturday's games San Jose at Columbus, 4 p.m. Chicago at Detroit, 9:30 a.m. Colorado at Dallas, Noon New Jersey at Winnipeg, Noon Boston at Carolina, 4 p.m. Buffalo at N.Y. Islanders, 4 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Toronto, 4 p.m. Ottawa at Montreal, 4 p.m. Minnesota at St. Louis, 5 p.m. Philadelphia at Nashville, 5 p.m. Los Angeles at Calgary, 7 p.m. Sunday's games San Jose at Chicago, 4 p.m. Pittsburgh at Tampa Bay, 10 a.m. Carolina at Washington, 2 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Montreal, 4 p.m. Los Angeles at Edmonton, 5 p.m. Anaheim at Vancouver, 6 p.m. Lakers Clippers Phoenix KINGS KINGS (Continued from page 1B) which has lost five of seven. Evans has scored at least 25 points in four of the last five games. DeMarcus Cousins' streak of four straight dou- ble-doubles was snapped with a tough night. He fin- ished with four points and four rebounds, going 1 of 7 after missing all of his six field goal attempts in the first half. He was coming off a career-high 19 rebounds in Wednesday night's win over Toronto and it was the first time in six games that he had scored fewer than 16 points. After the game both he and Sacramento coach Keith Smart said Cousins wasn't feeling well on Friday. ''I don't know what's going on,'' Cousins said. ''I couldn't stop coughing and I can't seem to get over it.'' NBA WESTERN CONFERENCE Pacific Division WL Pct GB 8 4 .667 — 5 3 .625 1 4 7 .364 3.5 48 .333 4 WARRIORS 37 .300 4 Southwest Division WL Pct GB San Antonio 8 4 .667 — Dallas Memphis Houston 7 5 .583 1 4 6 .400 3 4 7 .364 3.5 New Orleans 3 8 .273 4.5 Northwest Division WL Pct GB Oklahoma City 10 2 .833 — Portland Denver Utah Minnesota 7 4 .636 2.5 7 4 .636 2.5 6 4 .600 3 4 7 .364 5.5 EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division Philadelphia 8 3 .727 — New York Boston Toronto Orlando Miami Atlanta WL Pct GB 6 5 .545 2 4 6 .400 3.5 4 8 .333 4.5 New Jersey 3 9 .250 5.5 Southeast Division WL Pct GB 8 3 .727 — 8 3 .727 — 8 4 .667 Charlotte Chicago Indiana Cleveland 2 10 .167 6.5 Washington 1 10 .091 7 Central Division WL Pct GB 11 2 .846 — 8 3 .727 2 5 5 .500 4.5 Milwaukee 4 7 .364 6 Detroit 3 9 .250 7.5 —————————————————— Friday's results Houston 103, Sacramento 89 Chicago 88, Boston 79 Dallas 102, Milwaukee 76 Detroit 98, Charlotte 81 Indiana 95, Toronto 90 Minnesota 87, New Orleans 80 New Jersey 110, Phoenix 103 Philadelphia 120, Washington 89 San Antonio 99, Portland 83 Cleveland at L.A. 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On the tube Saturday GOLF •6 a.m., TGC — European PGA Tour, Joburg Open, third round, at Johannes- burg (same-day tape) •4 p.m., TGC — PGA Tour, Sony Open, third round, at Honolulu MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL •8 a.m., ESPN2 — UConn at Notre Dame •9 a.m., ESPN — Kentucky at Ten- nessee • 10 a.m., ESPN2 — Texas at Missouri • 11 a.m., ESPN — North Carolina at Florida St. • 11 a.m., CSNB — UAB at Southern Miss. .5 • Noon, ESPN2 — Oklahoma St. at Bay- lor • 12:30 p.m., CBS — Oregon at Arizona •1 p.m., CSNB — Colorado at Stanford •1 p.m., NBCSP — UNLV at San Diego St. • 1:30 p.m., CSNC — Pepperdine at USF • 7:30 p.m., CSNC—Utah at Cal •8 p.m., CSNB— Portland at Saint Mary's MOTORSPORTS • 6:30 p.m., SPEED — AMA Super- cross, at Phoenix • 10:30 p.m., NBCSP — Dakar Rally, Nasca to Pisco, Peru (delayed tape) NBA •4 p.m., CSNB—Golden State at Char- lotte •5 p.m., WGN — Toronto at Chicago • 7:30 p.m., NBATV —L.A. Lakers at L.A. Clippers NFL • 1:30 p.m., FOX — NFC Divisional Play- offs, New Orleans at San Francisco •5 p.m., CBS — AFC Divisional Play- offs, Denver at New England NHL • 9:30 a.m., NBC — Chicago at Detroit • Noon, NHL NETWORK—Colorado at Dallas •4 p.m., CSNC—San Jose at Colum- bus •4 p.m., NHL NETWORK — N.Y. Rangers at Toronto RUNNING • Noon, NBC — Olympic Marathon Tri- als, at Houston (same-day tape) SOCCER •7 a.m., FOX SOCCER — Premier League, Sunderland at Chelsea • 11:30 a.m., FOX SOCCER—Serie A, Roma at Catania •9 p.m., FOX SOCCER — A-League, Perth Glory at Melbourne Heat WOMEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL •9 a.m., CSNB — Oklahoma at Okla- homa St. Sunday GOLF •6 a.m., TGC — European PGA Tour, Joburg Open, final round, at Johannes- burg (same-day tape) •4 p.m., TGC — PGA Tour, Sony Open, final round, at Honolulu MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL • 1:30 p.m., CBS — Indiana at Ohio St. •4 p.m., FSN — Washington St. at Washington •6 p.m., CSNB — UCLA at Southern Cal MOTORSPORTS • 10:30 p.m., NBCSP — Dakar Rally, final stage, Pisco to Lima, Peru (delayed tape) NBA •3 p.m., CSNB — Golden State at Detroit •6 p.m., ESPN — Phoenix at San Anto- nio NFL • 10 a.m., CBS — AFC Divisional Play- offs, Houston at Baltimore • 1:30 p.m., FOX — NFC Divisional Play- offs, N.Y. Giants at Green Bay NHL •4 p.m., CSNC—San Jose at Chicago •4 p.m., NBCSP — N.Y. Rangers at Montreal PREP BASKETBALL •1 p.m., ESPN — Brewster (N.H.) vs. Tilton School (N.H.), at Springfield, Mass. SOCCER •6 a.m., FOX SOCCER — Serie A, Cagliari at Juventus •8 a.m., FOX SOCCER — Premier League, Arsenal at Swansea City • 11:30 a.m., FOX SOCCER—Serie A, Inter Milan at AC Milan TENNIS • 3:30 p.m., ESPN2 — Australian Open, first round, at Melbourne, Australia • Midnight, ESPN2 — Australian Open, first round, at Melbourne, Australia WOMEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL • 9:30 a.m., CSNB — Kansas at Mis- souri • 11 a.m., ESPN2 — Temple at Dayton • 11:30 a.m., CSNB — Baylor at Texas •1 p.m., ESPN2 — Ohio St. at Michigan St. • 1:30 p.m., CSNC — California at Utah MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL Monday • 12:30 p.m., ESPN — Louisville at Mar- quette • 2:30 p.m., ESPN — Texas A&M at Mis- souri • 4:30 p.m., ESPN — Pittsburgh at Syra- cuse • 6:30 p.m., ESPN — Baylor at Kansas NBA • 10 a.m., ESPN — Chicago at Memphis •1 p.m., NBATV — Toronto at Atlanta •5 p.m., CSNC—Sacramento at Min- nesota •5 p.m., TNT — Oklahoma City at Boston • 7:30 p.m., TNT — Dallas at L.A. Lakers NHL • 4:30 p.m., NBCSP — Dallas at St. Louis TENNIS •6 p.m., ESPN2 — Australian Open, first round, at Melbourne, Australia • Midnight, ESPN2 — Australian Open, first round, at Melbourne, Australia WOMEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL •4 p.m., ESPN2 — North Carolina at UConn (15-1) OPENING LINE — Packers by 9 RECORD VS. SPREAD — New York 9-8; Green Bay 11-5 SERIES RECORD — Packers lead 31-23-2 LAST MEETING — Packers beat Giants 38-35, Dec. 4, 2011 had bye (32), PASS (5) LAST WEEK — Giants beat Falcons 24-2; Packers GIANTS OFFENSE — OVERALL (8), RUSH GIANTS DEFENSE — OVERALL (27), RUSH (19), PASS (29) PACKERS OFFENSE — OVERALL (3), RUSH (27), PASS (3) PACKERS DEFENSE — OVERALL (32), RUSH (14), PASS (32) STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES — Giants and Packers meet for seventh time in postseason. First five meetings were for NFL Championship. ... Last playoff meeting between two teams was NFC championship game in January 2008, when Giants K Lawrence Tynes hit game-winning 47-yard FG in overtime. ... Packers beat Giants 38-35 on Dec. 4. ... Giants playing in 31st postseason, most in NFL history. ... Coach Tom Cough- lin has led Giants to five postseason appearances, tied with Bill Parcells for most in team history. ... QB Eli Manning has 11 postseason touchdown passes, most in team history. He had franchise-record 4,933 yards pass- ing and eight 300-yard games in regular season. ... Since start of 2005, including playoffs, RB Brandon Jacobs has 59 rushing TDs, tied for fourth-most in NFL. ... RB Ahmad Bradshaw one of seven NFL play- ers with 1,800-plus yards rushing (1,894) and 80-plus receptions (81) since start of 2010 season. ... WR Hakeem Nicks had six catches for 115 yards and two touchdowns in Giants' wild card win last week. ... WR Victor Cruz had team-record 1,536 yards receiving in regular season, 193 more than previous mark (Amani Toomer, 1,343). ... DE Jason Pierre-Paul fourth in NFL during regular season with 16 1/2 sacks. Joined Lawrence Taylor and Michael Strahan as only Giants with 16-plus sacks in a season. ... In past 23 games, including playoffs, DE Osi Umenyiora has 20 1/2 sacks and 11 forced fumbles. ... Packers have won 13 NFL championships, most all-time. ... Packers won fran- chise-record 15 games, becoming sixth team in NFL history with 15 wins. ... Packers scored 560 points, most in franchise history and second-most all-time. .... Aaron Rodgers had 122.5 quarterback rating, best sin- gle-season mark in NFL history. Rodgers had franchise record 4,643 yards passing and 45 touchdowns. He is only quarterback in NFL history to pass for 4,000-plus yards and have six or fewer interceptions. ... In postsea- son, Rodgers has completed 67.8 percent of passes for 1,517 yards with 13 touchdowns and three intercep- tions . ... WR Jordy Nelson had career-highs in catches (68), yards (1,263) and touchdowns (15). ... In seven career playoff games, WR Greg Jennings has five TDs and three 100-yard games. ... WR Donald Driver has 46 postseason catches and needs two to pass Antonio Freeman (47) for most in team history. ... Rookie WR Randall Cobb led NFC and was second in NFL with kick return average of 27.7 yards. ... Since joining Pack- ers in 2006, CB Charles Woodson has 37 interceptions and nine interceptions returned for TDs. CB Tramon Williams had three interceptions in last year's playoffs, including 70-yarder for touchdown. Texans Houston Baltimore Ravens HOUSTON (11-6) At BALTIMORE (12-4) OPENING LINE — Ravens by 7 1/2 RECORD VS. SPREAD — Houston 12-5; Balti- more 8-7-1 SERIES RECORD — Ravens lead 5-0 LAST MEETING — Ravens beat Texans 29-14, Oct. 19, 2011 Ravens had bye (2), PASS (18) LAST WEEK — Texans beat Bengals 31-10; TEXANS OFFENSE — OVERALL (13), RUSH TEXANS DEFENSE — OVERALL (2), RUSH (4), PASS (3) RAVENS OFFENSE — OVERALL (15), RUSH (10), PASS (19) RAVENS DEFENSE — OVERALL (3), RUSH (2), PASS (4) STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES — Baltimore making fourth playoff appearance in four years; Texans in postseason for first time. ... Ravens and Texans only defenses to rank in top 4 in every major category, includ- ing points allowed (Baltimore third at 16.6 ppg, Hous- ton fourth at 17.4). ... Ravens FB Vonta Leach and S Bernard Pollard played last season in Houston. ... In October meeting, Ravens scored final 16 points and got five FGs from Billy Cundiff. ... Houston's Arian Foster ran for 153 yards against Cincinnati last week. Record for RB in first two playoff games is 278, set by Duane Thomas of Dallas in 1970. ... Foster has run for at least 100 yards in last three games but had only 49 against Ravens in October. ... Texans WR Andre Johnson had five catches for 90 yards and touchdown last week. He did not face Baltimore in October because of hamstring injury. ... Houston's T.J. Yates became first rookie QB drafted in fifth round or later to win postseason game. ... Ravens 8-0 at home for first time and are 73-23 at home since the start of 2000 season, but haven't won home playoff game since Dec. 31, 2000, beating Denver before going on to win only Super Bowl. ... Baltimore QB Joe Flacco 3-0 vs. Houston in career, going 57 for 89 with four TDs and one INT. ... Ravens seeking to advance to third AFC title game, second under coach John Harbaugh. ... Baltimore 9-6 in postseason. ... Ravens expect to have WR Anquan Boldin back after he missed two games with knee injury. Boldin had eight catches for 132 yards against Houston in October. ... Ravens RB Ray Rice was only NFL player with more than 2,000 yards from scrimmage (1,364 rushing, 704 receiving) and set franchise record with 15 TDs. ... Bal- timore LB Ray Lewis, in 16th season, led team with 95 tackles and will be playing 16th playoff game. He is lone remaining member of 2000 Super Bowl champs. ... Ravens S Ed Reed has seven INTs in nine playoff games. New York Giants Green Bay Packers NEW YORK GIANTS (10-7) At GREEN BAY Sunday 1:30 p.m. Sunday 10 a.m. C B S F O X