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Tehama Tracker Tuesday's results NBA Kings Chicago Cousins: 28 points, 17 rebs Evans: 27 points, 8 assists Today's games BOYS HOOPS Pleasant Valley Red Bluff Hamilton Los Molinos NBA Kings New York Portland Warriors CSNC 4:30 p.m. CSNB 7 p.m. On the tube MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL •4 p.m., ESPN2 — Villanova at South Florida •5 p.m., ESPN — North Carolina at Miami •6 p.m., ESPN2 — Oklahoma St. at Missouri • 7:30 p.m., CSNC—Loyola Mary- mount at Saint Mary's NBA • 4:30 p.m., CSNC—Sacramento at New York • 4:30 p.m., NBATV —Memphis at New Jersey •7 p.m., CSNB — Portland at Golden State NHL • 4:30 p.m., NBCSN — Boston at Montreal SOCCER • 9 a.m., FOX SOCCER — UEFA Champions League, SL Benifica at FC Zenit St. Petersburg • 11:30 a.m., FOX SOCCER — UEFA Champions League, Arsenal at AC Milan Around town Softball tryouts The Nor Cal Pride is holding tryouts for its 14U fast pitch softball travel team. Tryouts will be at Red Bluff High School Saturday, Feb. 18 at 2 p.m. Players should arrive 20 minutes early. For more information contact: Roy Cox at 586-0770 or Scoot Igar- ta at 200-1734. The Nor Cal Pride 18u team is looking for a few players to fill it's current roster for the upcoming summer-fall travel season. Anyone interested should call Mike McE- naney at 366-4875 or Brian Zazueta at 575- 0796. Volleyball spikes video replay MADRID (AP) — Volleyball spiked video replay for the London Olympics. The International Vol- leyball Federation said Tuesday the technology, similar to the systems used by the NFL and rugby, could not be implemented in time for the July 27- Aug. 12 games. FIVB spokesman Richard Baker said Hawk- eye ball-tracking technol- ogy has been discussed, but such a system is ''not feasible yet as we are still evaluating and discussing which way to proceed.'' ''We're not even close to incorporating it into an FIVB event at the moment,'' Baker said. The FIVB congress does not meet again until September, when it would have to seek a rule change that would allow the sys- tem to be used. It must first be tried at an international- ly sanctioned event, with the 2014 world champi- onships the closest possi- bility. The video challenge system allows a team to challenge a call, with the captain and referee then reviewing the play on a courtside monitor. Sacramento's DeMarcus Cousins spins away from Chicago's Kyle Korver,Tuesday night. CHICAGO (AP) — Luol Deng came through with 23 points and a career-high 11 assists, and the Chicago Bulls escaped with a 121-115 victory over the Sacra- mento Kings after watching a 19- point, fourth-quarter lead dwin- dle to two. Joakim Noah added 22 points and 11 rebounds. Kyle Korver scored 18, hitting four free throws in the final 17.6 seconds. Carlos Boozer scored 16, Taj Gibson added 15 points, and the Bulls came away with the win — barely — even though Derrick Rose missed his third straight game with lower back spasms. The victory clinched the East- ern Conference coaching spot at the All-Star game for the Bulls' Tom Thibodeau. DeMarcus Cousins led Sacra- mento with 28 points and 17 rebounds. Tyreke Evans scored 27, and Marcus Thornton added 23 points for the Kings, who made things extremely interest- ing down the stretch. Two free throws by Evans with 19 seconds left made it 115-112. Korver answered with two of his own, but the drama wasn't over. Thornton nailed a 3 to make it a two-point game with 14 sec- onds left, but Korver immediate- ly hit two more foul shots to boost the lead to 119-115. Deng then hit two free throws with 8.8 seconds left to seal the win. The idea that the Bulls would be sweating this one out in end seemed far-fetched early in the fourth. The Kings were within eight in late in the third when Deng buried a corner 3 with just under a minute left. That started a 12-1 run that bumped Chicago's lead to 97-78, but the Bulls couldn't breathe easily. They did, however, let out a big sigh of relief in the end. The dramatic win came on the heels of a 6-3 trip that matched their longest since the 1992-93 season, and they did it without their superstar point guard. Rose didn't have a target date for his return. Boston visits RED BLUFF Thursday, and he wasn't sure if he'd be ready to play against Rajon Rondo and the Celtics. One thing was clear, though. Rose was certainly breathing a little easier. A specialist confirmed Mon- day that there was no structural damage, and that was a big relief for him and a team eyeing a championship. This hasn't been an easy season for Rose even though he's averaging 22.0 points and 7.8 assists. Between the bad back and a problem with his left big toe, he's missed eight games this season after sitting out six over his first three years. Notes: Veteran G Richard Hamilton, who remains sidelined by a right thigh injury, rejoined the Bulls after tending to a family issue. He posted on Twitter that his grandmother died. ... G Mike James signed a 10-day contract. He appeared in three games for Chicago before being waived on Jan. 28. ... Kings rookie Jimmer Fredette, nursing an upset stomach, did not play. D NEWSAILY TEHAMACOUNTY ATHLETES OF THE WEEK Red Bluff Spartans Basketball Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, Jake Avila Avila had a night to remember, Friday, mak- ing three consecutive 3- pointers to start the game on his way to a 21-point night. Avila also added four assists, six rebounds and a steal. others make it happen. — Michael Jordan Smith came off the bench against Paradise and gave the Spartans a great spark with seven points, five rebounds, two assists and a steal for a Pink Out! victory. VOTING IS UNDERWAY! Vote for your favorite Tehama County Businesses! Online Ballots Only at www.redbluffdailynews.com Mariah Smith Red Bluff Lady Spartans Basketball 7:30 p.m. 115 121 Sports Late rally falls short 7 p.m. 1B Wednesday February 15, 2012 Thursday's soccer playoff #6 Mercy Warriors #3 Hamilton Braves 3 p.m. at Hamilton D-III Boys 1st Round Mercy: 5-9 Hamilton: 9-5-1 The Braves have won the MCT photo past two Division-III boys soccer championships...Hamilton won both previous matchups this year. They knocked off Mercy 6-1 in the Warriors' season opener on Dec. 6 and won 6-3 in Hamilton on Jan. 20...the teams met in the 2010 semifinals, where Hamilton knocked off the 2nd seeded Warriors...Mercy is led by Jose Rosales (14 goals, 4 assists) and Fernando Vives (10 goals, 3 assists)...Guil- herme Ferreira, Dennis Doan and Juan Rosales have also found the back of the net for the Warriors...Mercy has a strong goalie in Ale- jandro Guerrero...Rigoberto Sanchez scored 19 goals this year and assisted on 17 more to lead Hamilton...the Braves had 10 players tally a goal this year, but besides Sanchez their top weapons include Luis Garcia, Sal- vador Arreola and Angel Montes. Raiders hire 6 more assistants ALAMEDA (AP) — The Oakland Raiders are bringing back quarter- backs coach John DeFilip- po for a second stint. The Raiders also announced Tuesday the hiring of five other assis- tants: receivers coach Ted Gilmore, tight ends coach Mark Hutson, defensive line coach Terrell Williams and defensive backs coaches Clayton Lopez and Johnnie Lynn. DeFilippo was quarter- backs coach in Oakland in 2007-08 before leaving for a job with the New York Jets. He spent the past two seasons at San Jose State before new Raiders coach Dennis Allen brought him back.