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Tehama Tracker Friday's results NBA Kings San Antonio 88 86 Evans: 23 points, 11 rebs Cousins, Thornton: 17 points Indiana Warriors LATE Thursday's results GIRLS HOOPS Red Bluff Enterprise 48 39 Cori Schatz: 14 points, 10 rebs Lottie Jones: 10 points Lily Brose: 9 points Los Molinos Hamilton BOYS SOCCER Corning Anderson Los Molinos Williams Mercy Pierce GIRLS SOCCER Corning Anderson Nicole Mason: goal Magdaelena Ramirez: goal Carrolina Carrillo: assist Mayra Sanchez: assist Saturday's games WRESTLING Tim Brown Memorial in Sacramento NBA Kings Memphis NHL Sharks Vancouver 1 p.m. CSNC Sunday's games NFC Championship N.Y. Giants 49ers AFC Championship Baltimore New England Monday's games NBA Kings Portland Memphis Warriors NHL Sharks Edmonton 6:30 p.m. CSNC Rec Leagues Ball Busters Red Bluff Volleyball Thursday's results 1 15 15 Deveraux Team 15 9 12 Volleybrawlers 15 13 15 Mt. Lassen Motor 5 15 5 By BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writer Matchups for the NFC champi- onship game Sunday between the New York Giants and San Francisco 49ers at Candlestick Park: When the Giants have the ball The Giants scored 394 points and Follow us on Twitter: @TehamaSports were extremely efficient down the stretch to win the NFC East. They've continued that in the playoffs, mixing in big plays with ball security, getting huge contributions from WRs Hakeem Nicks (88), Victor Cruz (80) and Mario Manningham (82), and just enough rushing from Ahmad Bradshaw (44) and Brandon Jacobs (27). Eli Manning (10) makes it all work, and has been brilliant for much of the season, even as the Giants (11-7) strug- gled to get into the postseason. Man- ning's calm demeanor rubs off on his teammates, and he's become particu- CSNC 7 p.m. CSNB 7:30 p.m. larly adept on third downs and in fourth quarters. He set an NFL regular-season record with 15 touchdown passes in the fourth period. Manning has been the definition of clutch. He's also gotten more comfortable with his offensive line, led by G Chris Snee (76) and T David Diehl (66). That line was leaky midway through the schedule, but improved when everyone got healthy. Coach Tom Coughlin prefers to use the ground game, especially the power run, to set up passes. While Bradshaw and Jacobs have been decent and spo- radically broke some long gains, the Giants have profited most on Man- ning's arm. Look for them to attempt doing so again because the 49ers (14- 3) have the league's best run defense, led by All-Pros DT Justin Smith (94), LBs NaVorro Bowman (53) and Patrick Willis (52), the most dynamic defender in this game. Having seen how well New Orleans did with TE Jimmy Graham last week, New York will get Jake Ballard (85) MCT file photo Frank Gore and the 49ers host the New York Giants, Sunday, in the NFC championship game. involved, particularly if he can keep one of the linebackers or safeties occu- pied. That would force the 49ers to have single coverage on one of the Giants' dangerous wideouts, and all three have shown breakaway ability in such situations. Still, the Niners, who allowed an NFC-low 229 points, have strong cov- erage backs in CB Carlos Rodgers (22) and S Dashon Goldson (38), each of whom had six interceptions. San Fran- cisco also might be the best tackling team in the NFL, and S Donte Whit- ner's (31) hit on Pierre Thomas last week displayed that. Thanks to rookie Aldon Smith (99) and Justin Smith up front and LB Ahmad Brooks (55) in a turnaround season, the 49ers have a dangerous pass rush. Watch for Aldon Smith on edge rushes and some stunts, and for Justin Smith just about anywhere. When the 49ers have the ball If the Niners establish the run with Frank Gore (21), who rushed for 1,211 See 49ERS, page 2B CBS Noon SAN ANTONIO (AP) FOX 3:30 p.m. — Tyreke Evans had 23 points and 11 rebounds, including the go-ahead jumper with 47.2 seconds left to give the Sacramento Kings a surprising 88-86 road victory over the San Antonio Spurs on Friday night. Marcus Thornton and DeMarcus Cousins added 17 points apiece for the Kings, who won on the road for only the second time and did so in the NBA's toughest place to play this season. The Spurs had been 9-0 at home. Tony Parker led the Spurs with 24 points. San Antonio missed its last five shots, including Danny Green badly airballing a short runner as time expired. Sacramento had been abysmal away from home, getting blown out by an average of 23 points in its seven road losses. But the Kings, who have already endured a tumultuous sea- son, savored this one when it was over. Evans paced around the court with both his arms raised. His teammates lin- gered long on the floor with wide smiles and high-fives as the stunned Spurs walked to their locker room. San Antonio started 9-0 at home for the third time in franchise history. Now only Chicago (6-0) remains unbeaten at home. The Spurs hardly gave the game away. Sacramento led the entire way before Spurs center Tiago Splitter finally put San Antonio See KINGS, page 2B CSNC 5 p.m. 0 2 0 11 8 1 1 0 65 36 Sports 1B Weekend January 21-22, 2012 Enterprise stings Spartans Daily News photo by Rich Greene Red Bluff's Jonah McInnis drives to the hoop against Enterprise's Brad Woods, Friday night. Enterprise ran off 15 straight points in the first half and cruised to a 59-36 win. Andrew Fitzhugh led all scorers with 17 points. Kaelan Crisosto had 14.Tay- lor Blaser led Red Bluff in scoring with 14 points. Mitch Robison and Jonah McInnis each had eight points. Evan Sinclair had four points and seven rebounds. Lucas Burns added a bucket. More information at redbluffdailynews.com. Giants vs. 49ers: The matchups Kings stun Spurs