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MLBPLAYOFFS World Series, New York Mets at Kansas City Royals:5p.m., FOX. NBA BASKETBALL San Antonio Spurs at Okla- homa City Thunder: 5p.m., ESPN. Los Angeles Clippers at Sac- ramento Kings: 7p.m., CSN. Minnesota Timberwolves at Los Angeles Lakers: 7:30p.m., ESPN. GOLF PGA CIMB Classic Round 1: 7:30p.m., GOLF. EPGA Turkish Airlines Open Round 1: 3a.m., GOLF. NHL HOCKEY Pittsburgh at Washington: 5 p.m., NBCSN. Nashville at San Jose: 7:30 p.m., NBCSN. TENNIS WTA BNP Paribas Finals Doubles Round Robin: 10p.m., TENNIS. WTA BNP Paribas Finals Singles Round Robin: mid- night, TENNIS. Ontheair Brooke Barr did a good job keeping Bella Vista's leading scorer from scor- ing. Angela Diaz stayed out- side and she, Armstrong and Hardwick worked well together to bring the ball up the sideline and cen- ter it. In 7-on-7 play, Diaz, Armstrong, Danny Zuppan, Sam Mamula, Barr, Sarash Grine and Picha played. The postseason is sched- uled to start Saturday in Davis. The Cardinals finished the regular season 2-5. Corning FROM PAGE 1 The 49ers travel to St. Louis to take on the surg- ing Rams on Sunday and will be trying to avoid fall- ing to 2-6 for the first time since 2010. "I don't want to overre- act," third-year safety Eric Reid said. "Our record, yeah we're 2-5, but we don't have to reinvent the wheel here. I don't think anybody needs to start a yelling fest, pointing fingers at any- body. That's what we don't need." Quarterback Colin Kae- pernick is off to the worst start of his career, throw- ing six touchdown passes and five interceptions in seven games. San Fran- cisco's offense ranks last in both points and yard- age, leading to chatter about Kaepernick getting benched in favor of backup Blaine Gabbert. Tomsula has indicated that move isn't slated to come any time soon. "(Kaepernick) is one of the hardest workers I've been around, especially in the weight room," running back Reggie Bush said. "He's young and he still has, I think, a long career left in this game." Bush, who has been in and out of the lineup with a strained left calf, is in his 10th season in the NFL, including time spent on a championship team in New Orleans in 2009 before playing on losing teams in Miami and Detroit. "It's easy to, I think, dig up stories and say things when your team's not playing well," Bush said. "I think the most important thing we can do is focus on us, block out everything outside, and try to go win this next football game." The 49ers going for- ward will have to deal with the loss of veteran strong safety Antoine Bethea, who was placed on season-end- ing injured reserve Friday after leaving Thursday's 20-3 loss to the Seahawks in the second quarter. San Francisco used the opening on the roster to reinstate receiver Jerome Simpson, who was sus- pended for the first six games of the season for violating the NFL's sub- stances-abuse policy. Rookie safety Jaquiski Tartt is likely to be in- serted into the starting lineup to replace Bethea. Tartt has 20 tackles af- ter getting drafted in the second round out of Sam- ford. 49ers FROM PAGE 1 By Josh Dubow The Associated Press ALAMEDA After enduring three years of losing as he tore down and then tried to build back up the Oak- land Raiders, general man- ager Reggie McKenzie is fi- nally seeing the payoff of his work in year four. With a pair of strong drafts that have provided foundation pieces to the or- ganization with quarter- back Derek Carr, receiver Amari Cooper and pass rusher Khalil Mack and a free-agent class that has supplemented the young players, the Raiders (3-3) have already matched last season's win total and have showed signs of being able to compete in the AFC. It's been a long process as Oakland won just 11 games in McKenzie's first three years in charge, ex- tending a run for the or- ganization of 12 straight years without a winning record or a playoff berth. "You knew you had to take the punches," McK- enzie said Tuesday in his first extensive interview with beat writers since the first week of training camp. "The key was really look- ing at the big picture, not get so down on myself and the team at that point knowing what was ahead of me. It wasn't easy. I'm used to being in the play- offs. I haven't been since I've been here. That's the goal." The foundation began to get set in 2014 when McK- enzie hit on picks through- out the draft, led by Mack, Carr, guard Gabe Jackson and defensive back TJ Car- rie. Those players didn't lead to immediate success as they went through grow- ing pains as rookies. But they have all made big steps forward this sea- son, led by Carr, who has shown significant im- provement in all catego- ries as his passer rating has jumped from 76.6 to 101.0. "He's right where we thought," McKenzie said. "I'm never surprised with that guy. He wants it bad. He's a competitor. He's smart. He's going to find a way to get it done. Even if he slips and has a bad game, bad plays, or what- ever, he'll bounce back. That's just him. He's doing exactly what we felt like he could." While McKenzie has preached building through the draft from the day he was hired from Green Bay, his moves in free agency this past offseason have gone a long way in contrib- uting to the team's early success. Center Rodney Hud- son has solidified the line and J'Marcus Webb has stepped in at right guard. Michael Crabtree has given Carr another capable out- side option at receiver and Oakland now has two play- ers on pace to top 1,000 yards receiving — a mark no Raiders player has hit in a decade. Tight end Lee Smith has helped the run game with his blocking and the addi- tions of defensive tackle Dan Williams, edge rusher Aldon Smith and lineback- ers Curtis Lofton and Mal- colm Smith have made the Raiders' front seven stout against the run. "I don't know if it's un- usual, because I've never done it before, gone after that many free agents," McKenzie said. "But we were in a situation where we kind of got the money situation right, with the cap and had a lot to spend so I couldn't keep it in my pocket so we had to spend it. We went after some guys and we were fortu- nate that the decision they made was to come here. So we're happy with the guys we got." The other big offsea- son move was the hiring of coach Jack Del Rio, who came with the experience of having coached a play- off team with Jacksonville and the knowledge he had gained after losing that job and spending three years as a defensive coordinator in Denver. NFL GM M cK en zi e gr at ifi ed b y Raiders' success this year Young players supplemented by free-agent class Scoreboard MLB Postseason Worldseries (Best-of-7;x-ifnecessary) Tuesday, Oct. 27: N.Y. Mets (Harvey 13-8) at Kansas City (Volquez 13-9), (n.) Wednesday, Oct. 28: N.Y. Mets (deGrom 14-8) at Kansas City (Cueto 4-7), 5:07 p.m. Friday, Oct. 30: Kansas City (Ventura 13-8) at N.Y. Mets (Syndergaard 9-7), 5:07 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31: Kansas City (Young 11-6) at N.Y. Mets (Matz 4-0), 5:07 p.m. x-Sunday, Nov. 1: Kansas City at N.Y. Mets, 5:15 p.m. x-Tuesday, Nov. 3: N.Y. Mets at Kansas City, 5:07 p.m. x-Wednesday, Nov. 4: N.Y. Mets at Kan- sas City, 5:07 p.m. Football AMERICAN CONFERENCE WEST DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Denver 6 0 01.000 139 102 Oakland 3 3 0 .500 144 153 Kansas City 2 5 0 .286 150 172 San Diego 2 5 0 .286 165 198 EAST DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA New England 6 0 01.000 213 126 N.Y. Jets 4 2 0 .667 152 105 Miami 3 3 0 .500 147 137 Buffalo 3 4 0 .429 176 173 SOUTH DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Indianapolis 3 4 0 .429 147 174 Houston 2 5 0 .286 154 199 Jacksonville 2 5 0 .286 147 207 Tennessee 1 5 0 .167 119 139 NORTH DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Cincinnati 6 0 01.000 182 122 Pittsburgh 4 3 0 .571 158 131 Cleveland 2 5 0 .286 147 182 Baltimore 1 6 0 .143 161 188 NATIONAL CONFERENCE WEST DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Arizona 5 2 0 .714 229 133 St. Louis 3 3 0 .500 108 119 Seattle 3 4 0 .429 154 128 San Francisco2 5 0 .286 103 180 EAST DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA N.Y. Giants 4 3 0 .571 166 156 Washington 3 4 0 .429 148 168 Philadelphia 3 4 0 .429 160 137 Dallas 2 4 0 .333 121 158 SOUTH DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Carolina 6 0 01.000 162 110 Atlanta 6 1 0 .857 193 150 New Orleans 3 4 0 .429 161 185 Tampa Bay 2 4 0 .333 140 179 NORTH DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Green Bay 6 0 01.000 164 101 Minnesota 4 2 0 .667 124 102 Chicago 2 4 0 .333 120 179 Detroit 1 6 0 .143 139 200 Monday's game Arizona 26, Baltimore 18 Thursday, Oct. 29 Miami at New England, 5:25 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 1 Detroit vs. Kansas City at London, 6:30 a.m. San Francisco at St. Louis, 10 a.m. N.Y. Giants at New Orleans, 10 a.m. Minnesota at Chicago, 10 a.m. Te nn es se e a t H ou st on , 1 0 a .m . Tampa Bay at Atlanta, 10 a.m. Arizona at Cleveland, 10 a.m. Sa n D ie go a t B alt im or e, 1 0 a .m . Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, 10 a.m. N.Y. Jets at Oakland, 1:05 p.m. Seattle at Dallas, 1:25 p.m. Green Bay at Denver, 5:30 p.m. Open: Buffalo, Jacksonville, Philadel- phia, Washington Monday, Nov. 2 Indianapolis at Carolina, 5:30 p.m. AP COLLEGE TOP 25 SCHEDULE Thursday No. 5 TCU vs. West Virginia, 4:30 p.m. No. 23 Pittsburgh vs. North Carolina, 4 p.m. Saturday No. 3 Clemson at N.C. State, 12:30 p.m. No. 8 Stanford at Washington State, 7:30 p.m. No. 9 Notre Dame at No. 21 Temple, 5 p.m. No. 10 Iowa vs. Maryland, 3;30 p.m. No. 11 Florida vs. Georgia at Jackson- ville, Fla., 12:30 p.m. No. 12 Oklahoma State at Texas Tech, 12:30 p.m. No. 13 Utah vs. Oregon State, 4 p.m. No. 14 Oklahoma at Kansas, 12:30 p.m. No. 15 Michigan at Minnesota, 4 p.m. No. 16 Memphis vs. Tulane, 4 p.m. No. 17 Florida State vs. Syracuse, 9 a.m. No. 18 Houston vs. Vanderbilt, 4 p.m. No. 19 Mississippi at Auburn, 9 a.m. No. 22 Duke vs. Miami, 4 p.m. No. 24 UCLA vs. Colorado, noon Basketball WESTERN CONFERENCE PACIFIC DIVISION W L Pct GB Golden State 0 0 .000 — Clippers 0 0 .000 — Lakers 0 0 .000 — Phoenix 0 0 .000 — Sacramento 0 0 .000 — SOUTHWEST DIVISION W L Pct GB Dallas 0 0 .000 — Houston 0 0 .000 — Memphis 0 0 .000 — New Orleans 0 0 .000 — San Antonio 0 0 .000 — NORTHWEST DIVISION W L Pct GB Denver 0 0 .000 — Minnesota 0 0 .000 — Oklahoma City 0 0 .000 — Portland 0 0 .000 — Utah 0 0 .000 — EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC DIVISION W L Pct GB Boston 0 0 .000 — Brooklyn 0 0 .000 — New York 0 0 .000 — Philadelphia 0 0 .000 — Toronto 0 0 .000 — SOUTHEAST DIVISION W L Pct GB Charlotte 0 0 .000 — Miami 0 0 .000 — Orlando 0 0 .000 — Washington 0 0 .000 — Atlanta 0 1 .000 1/2 CENTRAL DIVISION W L Pct GB Chicago 1 0 1.000 — Detroit 1 0 1.000 — Indiana 0 0 .000 1/2 Milwaukee 0 0 .000 1/2 Cleveland 0 1 .000 1 Monday's games No games scheduled Tuesday's games Chicago 97, Cleveland 95 Detroit 106, Atlanta 94 New Orleans at Golden State, (n.) Wednesday's games Washington at Orlando, 4 p.m. Indiana at Toronto, 4:30 p.m. Chicago at Brooklyn, 4:30 p.m. Utah at Detroit, 4:30 p.m. Philadelphia at Boston, 4:30 p.m. Charlotte at Miami, 4:30 p.m. New York at Milwaukee, 5 p.m. Cleveland at Memphis, 5 p.m. Denver at Houston, 5 p.m. San Antonio at Oklahoma City, 5 p.m. Clippers at Sacramento, 7 p.m. Dallas at Phoenix, 7 p.m. New Orleans at Portland, 7 p.m. Minnesota at Lakers, 7:30 p.m. Thursday's games Memphis at Indiana, 4 p.m. Atlanta at New York, 5 p.m. Dallas at Clippers, 7:30 p.m. NHL WESTERN CONFERENCE PACIFIC DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA Los Angeles 9 6 3 0 12 20 18 Arizona 10 5 4 1 11 27 28 San Jose 8 5 3 0 10 23 18 Vancouver 8 3 2 3 9 20 17 Edmonton 10 3 7 0 6 24 31 Calgary 9 2 7 0 4 16 35 Anaheim 9 1 6 2 4 9 25 CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA Dallas 9 7 2 0 14 31 24 Nashville 8 6 1 1 13 25 16 St. Louis 9 6 2 1 13 25 20 Minnesota 9 6 2 1 13 28 25 Chicago 9 6 3 0 12 19 16 Winnipeg 9 5 3 1 11 29 25 Colorado 8 2 5 1 5 20 25 EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA Montreal 9 9 0 0 18 35 12 Tampa Bay 10 5 3 2 12 27 26 Florida 9 5 3 1 11 30 18 Boston 8 4 3 1 9 33 29 Detroit 9 4 4 1 9 22 24 Ottawa 8 3 3 2 8 24 26 Buffalo 9 3 6 0 6 20 29 Toronto 8 1 5 2 4 19 28 METROPOLITAN DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA N.Y. Rangers 10 6 2 2 14 28 20 N.Y. Islanders 9 6 2 1 13 31 22 Washington 7 6 1 0 12 29 18 Philadelphia 8 4 2 2 10 19 22 New Jersey 9 4 4 1 9 21 26 Pittsburgh 8 4 4 0 8 13 16 Carolina 9 3 6 0 6 17 26 Columbus 10 2 8 0 4 22 41 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Monday's games N.Y. Islanders 4, Calgary 0 Arizona 4, Toronto 3 Chicago 1, Anaheim 0, OT Tuesday's games Boston 6, Arizona 0 Columbus 3, New Jersey 1 Buffalo 4, Philadelphia 3, OT Carolina 3, Detroit 1 Florida 4, Colorado 1 St. Louis 2, Tampa Bay 0 Minnesota 4, Edmonton 3 Los Angeles 4, Winnipeg 1 Dallas 4, Anaheim 3 Montreal at Vancouver, (n.) Wednesday's games Calgary at Ottawa, 4:30 p.m. Pittsburgh at Washington, 5 p.m. Nashville at San Jose, 7:30 p.m. Soccer MLS PLAYOFFS Knockout round EASTERN CONFERENCE Wednesday, Oct. 28: New England (5) at D.C. United (4), 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29: Toronto (6) at Mon- treal (3), 4 p.m. WESTERN CONFERENCE Wednesday, Oct 28: LA Galaxy (5) at Seattle (4), 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29: Sporting Kansas City (6) at Portland (3), 7 p.m. Conference semifinals EASTERN CONFERENCE New York Red Bulls (1) vs. lowest-seeded KO round winner Leg 1 — Sunday, Nov. 1: New York Red Bulls at TBD, TBA Leg 2 — Sunday, Nov. 8: TBD at New York Red Bulls, TBA Columbus (2) vs. other KO round winner Leg 1 — Sunday, Nov. 1: Columbus at TBD, TBA Leg 2 — Sunday, Nov. 8: TBD at Colum- bus, TBA WESTERN CONFERENCE FC Dallas (1) vs. lowest-seeded KO round winner Leg 1 — Sunday, Nov. 1: FC Dallas at TBD, TBA Leg 2 — Sunday, Nov. 8: TBD at FC Dallas, TBA Vancouver (2) vs. other KO round winner Leg 1 — Sunday, Nov. 1: Vancouver at TBD, TBA Leg 2 — Sunday, Nov. 8: TBD at Vancou- ver, TBA Conference Championship EASTERN CONFERENCE Leg 1 — Sunday, Nov. 22: TBD, 5 or 7:30 p.m. Leg 2 — Sunday, Nov. 29: TBD, 5 or 7:30 p.m. WESTERN CONFERENCE Leg 1 — Sunday, Nov. 22: TBD, 5 or 7:30 p.m. Leg 2 — Sunday, Nov. 29: TBD, 5 or 7:30 p.m. MLS Cup Sunday, Dec. 6: TBD, 4 p.m. Tennis BNP PARIBAS WTA CHAMPIONSHIPS RESULTS Tuesday At Singapore Indoor Stadium Singapore Purse: $7 million (Tour Championship) Surface: Hard-Indoor Round Robin Singles Red Group Flavia Pennetta (7), Italy, def. Agnieszka Radwanska (5), Poland, 7-6 (5), 6-4. Maria Sharapova (3), Russia, def. Simona Halep (1), Romania, 6-4, 6-4. Standings Red Group: Maria Sharapova 2-0 (4-1), Simona Halep 1-1 (2-2), Flavia Pennetta 1-1 (2-2), Agnieszka Radwanska 0-2 (1-4). White Group: Angelique Kerber 1-0 (sets 2-0), Garbine Muguruza 1-0 (2-0), Petra Kvitova 0-1 (0-2), Lucie Safarova 0-1 (0-2). Doubles White Group Chan Hao-ching and Chan Yung-jan (3), Taiwan, def. Bethanie Mattek-Sands, United States, and Lucie Safarova (2), Czech Republic, 6-2, 6-2. Garbine Muguruza and Carla Suarez Navarro (8), Spain, def. Caroline Garcia, France, and, Katarina Srebotnik (5), Slovenia, 7-5, 6-2. Standings White Group: Chan-Chan 2-0 (4-0), Mattek-Sands-Safarova 1-1 (2-2), Muguruza-Suarez Navarro 1-1 (2-2), Garcia-Srebotnik 0-2 (0-4). Red Group: Hingis-Mirza 1-0 (2-0), Hlavackova-Hradecka 1-0 (2-0), Babos- Mladenovic 0-1 (0-2), Kops-Jones-Spears 0-1 (0-2). ATP WORLD TOUR SWISS INDOORS BASEL RESULTS Tuesday At St. Jakobshalle Basel, Switzerland Purse: $1.73 million (WT500) Surface: Hard-Indoor Singles First Round Da vi d G of fi n ( 8) , B el gi um , d ef . A nd re as Seppi, Italy, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4. Grigor Dimitrov, Bulgaria, def. Sergiy Stakhovsky, Ukraine, 6-3, 6-4. Philipp Kohlschreiber, Germany, def. Jerzy Janowicz, Poland, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3. Roger Federer (1), Switzerland, def. Mikhail Kukushkin, Kazakhstan, 6-1, 6-2. John Isner (6), United States, def. Ernests Gulbis, Latvia, 6-3, 6-4. Dusan Lajovic, Serbia, def. Alexandr Dolgopolov, Ukraine, 6-4, 2-0, retired. Richard Gasquet (5), France, def. Jiri Vesely, Czech Republic, 6-3, 6-7 (2), 6-4. Doubles First Round Marc Lopez and Rafael Nadal, Spain, def. Borna Coric, Croatia, and Viktor Troicki, Serbia, 6-1, 4-6, 10-5. Jean-Julien Rojer, Netherlands, and Horia Tecau (2), Romania, def. Leonardo Mayer, Argentina, and Andreas Seppi, Italy, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (2). Dominic Inglot, Britain, and Robert Lindstedt, Sweden, def. Robin Haase, Netherlands, and Sergiy Stakhovsky, Ukraine, 6-1, 6-4. Motor sports NASCAR SPRINT CUP LEADERS Through Oct. 25 Points 1, Joey Logano, 4,000. 2, Carl Edwards, 4,000. 3, Jeff Gordon, 4,000. 4, Kurt Busch, 4,000. 5, Brad Keselowski, 4,000. 6, Martin Truex Jr., 4,000. 7, Kevin Har- vick, 4,000. 8, Kyle Busch, 4,000. 9, Denny Hamlin, 2,209. 10, Ryan Newman, 2,194. 11, Matt Kenseth, 2,191. 12, Dale Earnhardt Jr., 2,181. 13, Jimmie Johnson, 2,161. 14, Jamie McMurray, 2,159. 15, Paul Menard, 2,148. 16, Clint Bowyer, 2,123. 17, Aric Almirola, 849. 18, Kasey Kahne, 837. 19, Greg Biffle, 778. 20, Kyle Larson, 777. Money 1, Kevin Harvick, $8,059,276. 2, Joey Logano, $7,761,441. 3, Jimmie Johnson, $6,339,383. 4, Denny Hamlin, $6,079,156. 5, Matt Kenseth, $5,721,337. 6, Brad Kes- elowski, $5,601,227. 7, Dale Earnhardt Jr., $5,515,615. 8, Jeff Gordon, $5,353,242. 9, Martin Truex Jr., $4,889,181. 10, Clint Bowyer, $4,793,666. 11, Ryan Newman, $4,774,493. 12, Greg Biffle, $4,686,445. 13, Aric Almi- rola, $4,642,247. 14, Jamie McMurray, $4,588,247. 15, Austin Dillon, $4,456,440. 16, Trevor Bayne, $4,446,585. 17, Kurt Busch, $4,191,176. 18, AJ Allmendinger, $4,184,637. 19, Kyle Larson, $4,177,828. 20, Carl Edwards, $4,149,268. Golf WORLD GOLF RANKING 1. Jason Day AUS 12.30 2. Jordan Spieth USA 12.24 3. Rory McIlroy NIR 10.94 4. Bubba Watson USA 8.15 5. Rickie Fowler USA 7.69 6. Justin Rose ENG 7.68 7. Henrik Stenson SWE 7.37 8. Dustin Johnson USA 6.59 9. Jim Furyk USA 6.56 10. Zach Johnson USA 4.96 11. Sergio Garcia ESP 4.83 12. Brooks Koepka USA 4.40 13. Louis Oosthuizen SAF 4.37 14. Matt Kuchar USA 4.29 15. Hideki Matsuyama JPN 4.18 16. Adam Scott AUS 4.09 17. Shane Lowry IRL 3.96 18. Jimmy Walker USA 3.88 19. Patrick Reed USA 3.86 20. J.B. Holmes USA 3.78 21. Kevin Na USA 3.64 22. Branden Grace SAF 3.55 23. Martin Kaymer GER 3.53 24. Paul Casey ENG 3.44 25. Phil Mickelson USA 3.37 26. Danny Willett ENG 3.37 27. Billy Horschel USA 3.18 28. Bernd Wiesberger AUT 3.11 29. Chris Kirk USA 3.08 30. Brandt Snedeker USA 3.01 31. Bill Haas USA 2.96 32. Thongchai Jaidee THA 2.91 33. Robert Streb USA 2.90 34. Kevin Kisner USA 2.87 35. Charley Hoffman USA 2.80 36. Emiliano Grillo ARG 2.80 37. Anirban Lahiri IND 2.79 38. Marc Leishman AUS 2.78 39. Danny Lee NZL 2.77 40. Ryan Palmer USA 2.67 Odds PREGAME.COM LINE Major League Baseball World Series (game two) Wednesday Favorite Line Underdog NY Mets -115/+105 at Kansas City NBA Wednesday Favorite Line (O/U) Underdog Washington 4 (2041/2) at Orlando at Boston 11 (198) Philadelphia at Toronto 51/2 (198) Indiana Chicago 51/2 (1941/2) at Brooklyn at Miami 61/2 (193) Charlotte Utah 2 (188) at Detroit at Thunder 5 (208) San Antonio at Milwaukee 61/2 (1921/2) New York at Houston 10 (2121/2) Denver at Memphis 6 (188) Cleveland at Portland 21/2 (206) New Orleans at Phoenix 41/2 (204) Dallas La Clippers 51/2 (2101/2) at Kings at La Lakers 3 (2021/2) Minnesota NHL Wednesday Favorite Line Underdog at Ottawa -145/+135 Calgary at Washington -140/+130 Pittsburgh at San Jose -120/+110 Nashville College Football Thursday Favorite Today (O/U) Underdog North Carolina 3 (541/2) at Pittsburgh W Michigan 201/2 (67) at E Michigan Buffalo 71/2 (50) at Miami (OHIO) at Ga. Southern 21 (68) Texas State at TCU 14 (75) West Virginia at Arizona St 21/2 (66) Oregon NFL Thursday Favorite Today (O/U) Underdog at New England 8 (51) Miami Sunday Kansas City 5 (451/2) Detroit Minnesota 1 (411/2) at Chicago at Atlanta 7 (49) Tampa Bay at New Orleans 3 (49) NY Giants at St. Louis 9 (40) San Francisco Arizona 5 (46) at Cleveland Cincinnati 11/2 (481/2) at Pittsburgh at Baltimore 3 (50) San Diego at Houston 41/2 (OFF) Tennessee NY Jets 2 (441/2) at Raiders Seattle 6 (41) at Dallas Green Bay 3 (451/2) at Denver Monday at Carolina 7 (46) Indianapolis Transactions BASEBALL American League Kansas City Royals: Selected the contract of INF Raul Mondesi Jr. from Northwest Arkansas (TL). Designated RHP Joba Chamberlain for assignment. past," Rondo said. Here are some things to watch this season for the Kings: CUZ AND COACH The start of the summer was a bit of a soap opera with talk of a rift between Cous- ins and Karl. Karl report- edly wanted to deal Cous- ins but Divac and owner Vivek Ranadive over- ruled him and decided to keep the franchise big man. Cousins is coming off the best season of his career with career highs in points (24.1), rebounds (12.7), assists (3.6) and blocked shots (1.76). The two say they have hashed out any differences but the relationship will be one to watch. "At the end of the day it's about winning games," Cousins said. "That's one thing me and him can agree on. We want to win. That's our goal. That's all that really matters." DOUBLE POINT GUARDS The Kings have depth at point guard with Rondo and Darren Collison proven players at the posi- tion. While neither is a de- pendable outside shooter and both like to play with the ball in their hands, Karl has talked about us- ing them on the floor to- gether at times in a move that could help increase the tempo. "I don't think they'll get in each other's way at all," Gay said. "They do two dif- ferent things and I think they'll complement each other." OUTSIDESHOOTING Sacra- mentohas made the second fewest 3-pointers in the league the past two years, ahead of only inside-domi- nated Memphis. That's why the Kings signed Belinelli, a 39 percent shooter from 3-point range who can pro- vide floor spacing to open drives for Rondo and the post for Cousins. Butler is also a proven 3-point shooter. DEFEND THE RIM The Kings have been a poor defensive team for years, lacking a shot blocker in the middle and strong on- the-ball defenders on the perimeter. Rondo should provide a boost against quick point guards and the Kings hope Cauley-Stein quickly develops into a force in the middle. He was viewed as the top defensive big man in the draft and was picked sixth overall de- spite his lack of a refined offensive game because of his ability as a shot blocker and pick-and-roll defender. MOVING ON UP The Kings will play their final sea- son at Sleep Train Arena, which opened in 1988 and was host to some mem- orable games when Sac- ramento was a title con- tender in the early 2000s. The Kings will move to a downtown arena next sea- son and would like to en- ter their new home on an upswing. Kings FROM PAGE 1 | SPORTS | REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2015 2 B