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2B – Daily News – Saturday, January 16, 2010 NFL PLAYOFFS Divisional Playoffs Saturday,'s games Arizona at New Orleans, 1:30 p.m., FOX Baltimore at Indianapolis, 5:15 p.m., CBS Sunday's games Dallas at Minnesota, 10 a.m., FOX N.Y. Jets at San Diego, 1:40 p.m., CBS NBA WESTERN CONFERENCE Pacific Division W L Pct GB Lakers 31 9 .775 — Phoenix 24 16 .600 7 Clippers 17 21 .447 13 KINGS 15 23 .395 15 WARRIORS 11 27 .289 19 Southwest Division W L Pct GB Dallas 26 13 .667 — San Antonio 24 14 .632 1.5 Houston 22 18 .550 4.5 Memphis 20 18 .526 5.5 New Orleans 20 18 .526 5.5 Northwest Division W L Pct GB Denver 25 14 .641 — Portland 25 16 .610 1 Utah 22 17 .564 3 Okla. City 21 18 .538 4 Minnesota 8 33 .195 18 EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Boston 27 11 .711 — Toronto 20 20 .500 8 New York 16 23 .410 11.5 Philadelphia 13 26 .333 14.5 New Jersey 3 36 .077 24.5 Southeast Division W L Pct GB Atlanta 26 13 .667 — Orlando 26 14 .650 .5 Miami 20 18 .526 5.5 Charlotte 18 19 .486 7 Washington 12 26 .316 13.5 Central Division W L Pct GB Cleveland 30 11 .732 — Chicago 18 20 .474 10.5 Milwaukee 16 21 .432 12 Indiana 14 25 .359 15 Detroit 13 25 .342 15.5 ——— Friday's results Milwaukee 113, Golden State 104 Philadelphia 98, Sacramento 86 Atlanta 102, Phoenix 101 Charlotte 92, San Antonio 76 Chicago 121, Washington 119,2OT Dallas 99, Oklahoma City 98 Detroit 110, New Orleans 104, OT Indiana 121, New Jersey 105 L.A. Lakers 126, L.A. Clippers 86 Memphis 135, Minnesota 110 Miami 115, Houston 106 Portland 102, Orlando 87 Toronto 112, New York 104 Saturday's games Sacramento at Washington, 4 p.m., CSNCA New Orleans at Indiana, 3 p.m. Phoenix at Charlotte, 4 p.m. New York at Detroit, 4:30 p.m. Miami at Oklahoma City, 5 p.m. San Antonio at Memphis, 5 p.m. Milwaukee at Utah, 6 p.m. Cleveland at L.A. Clippers, 7:30 p.m. Sunday's games Dallas at Toronto, 9:30 a.m. Utah at Denver, 6 p.m., ESPN Thursday's late result Utah 97, Cleveland 96 NCAA Friday's Top 25 results No games scheduled Saturday's Top 25 games No. 1 Texas vs. Texas A&M, 3 p.m. No. 2 Kentucky at Auburn, 1 p.m. No. 3 Kansas vs. Texas Tech, 10:45 a.m. No.5 Syracuse at No.10 W.Virginia, 9 a.m.ESPN No. 6 Purdue at Northwestern, 2:30 p.m. No. 7 Michigan State vs. Illinois, 12:30 p.m., CBS No. 9 Tennessee vs. No. 21 Miss., 10:30 a.m. No. 12 N. C. vs. No. 20 Ga.Tech, 11 a.m., ESPN No. 13 Wisconsin at Ohio State, 5 p.m. No. 13 Kansas State at Colorado, 1 p.m. No. 16 Pittsburgh vs. Louisville, 9 a.m. No. 17 Gonzaga at San Diego, 6 p.m. No. 18 BYU vs. Colorado State, 3 p.m. No. 19 Temple vs. Massachusetts, 11 a.m. No. 22 Baylor vs. Oklahoma State, 1 p.m. No. 23 Miami at Virginia, 5 p.m. No. 24 Clemson at N.C. State, 9 a.m. No. 25 Florida State vs. Virginia Tech, 3 p.m. Saturday's other televised games Dayton at Xavier, 8 a.m., ESPN2 Missouri at Oklahoma, 10 a.m., ESPN2 California at Washington, 11:30 a.m., FSN Georgia at Mississippi State, Noon, ESPN2 Arizona at Oregon, 1:30 p.m., FSN Wichita State at Creighton, 2 p.m., ESPN2 Morgan St. at South Carolina St., 4 p.m., ESPN2 Prairie View at Jackson State, 6 p.m., ESPN2 Sunday's Top 25 games No. 4 Villanova vs. No. 11 Georgetow, 9 a.m. No. 8 Duke vs. Wake Forest, 5 p.m., FSN No. 15 Connecticut at Michigan, 10:30 a.m., CBS Thursday's Top 25 late result No. 17 Gonzaga 89, Saint Mary's 82 NHL WESTERN CONFERENCE Pacific Division W L OT Pts GF GA SHARKS 30 10 8 68 153 121 Phoenix 27 16 5 59 125 118 Kings 26 18 3 55 139 130 Ducks 21 20 7 49 133 150 Dallas 19 17 11 49 134 152 Central Division W L OT Pts GF GA Chicago 31 11 4 66 152 102 Nashville 29 16 3 61 137 132 Detroit 24 16 6 54 118 117 St. Louis 20 19 7 47 120 131 Columbus 18 22 9 45 125 161 Northwest Division W L OT Pts GF GA Colorado 26 15 6 58 138 134 Calgary 26 16 6 58 126 115 Vancouver 27 18 2 56 149 117 Minnesota 24 21 3 51 131 140 Edmonton 16 25 5 37 126 155 EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L OT Pts GF GA New Jersey 32 12 1 65 130 98 Pittsburgh 30 18 1 61 155 133 Rangers 22 18 7 51 120 125 Philadelphia 23 20 3 49 140 132 Islanders 20 19 8 48 124 144 Northeast Division W L OT Pts GF GA Buffalo 29 11 5 63 125 103 Boston 23 16 7 53 119 112 Montreal 23 21 4 50 124 129 Ottawa 23 21 4 50 129 147 Toronto 16 24 9 41 130 170 Southeast Division W L OT Pts GF GA Washington 29 12 6 64 177 133 Atlanta 20 19 7 47 144 152 Florida 19 20 8 46 135 147 Tampa Bay 18 18 10 46 120 139 Carolina 14 25 7 35 115 157 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Friday's results Nashville 1, Calgary 0 Washington 6, Toronto 1 Saturday's games Edmonton at San Jose, 1 p.m., CSNBA Chicago at Columbus, 11 a.m. Detroit at Dallas, 11 a.m. New Jersey at Colorado, Noon Boston at Los Angeles, 1 p.m. Buffalo at N.Y. Islanders, 4 p.m. Ottawa at Montreal, 4 p.m. Tampa Bay at Florida, 4 p.m. Atlanta at Carolina, 5 p.m. Minnesota at Phoenix, 5 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at St. Louis, 5 p.m. Pittsburgh at Vancouver, 7 p.m. Sunday's games Chicago at Detroit, 9:30 a.m., NBC Philadelphia at Washington, Noon Montreal at N.Y. Rangers, 4 p.m. Calgary at Anaheim, 5 p.m. Thursday's late results Boston 2, San Jose 1, SO Los Angeles 4, Anaheim 0 DEALS National Football League CHICAGO—Named Mike Tice offensive line coach. GREEN BAY—Signed P Tim Masthay to a reserve/future contract. National Basketball Association NEW JERSEY—Waived F Shawne Williams. UTAH—Signed G Sundiata Gaines to a sec- ond 10-day contract. National Hockey League CAROLINA—Recalled LW Drayson Bow- man from Albany (AHL). Reassigned F Jerome Samson to Albany. ST. LOUIS—Assigned F Derek Armstrong to Peoria (AHL). WASHINGTON—Recalled D John Carlson from Hershey (AHL). Major League Baseball American League BOSTON—Agreed to terms with RHP Fer- nando Cabrera, RHP Edwin Moreno, RHP Jorge Sosa, LHP Brian Shouse, INF Angel Sanchez, INF Gil Velazquez and OF Darnell McDonald on minor-league contracts. CLEVELAND—Agreed to terms with C Mike Redmond on a one-year contract. SEATTLE—Claimed 1B Tommy Everidge off waivers from Oakland. TEXAS—Agreed to terms with RHP Brandon McCarthy on a one-year contract. National League SAN FRANCISCO—Agreed to terms with RHP Brandon Medders on a one-year con- tract. ARIZONA—Agreed to terms with INF-OF Conor Jackson, C Miguel Montero and INF Adam LaRoche on one-year contracts. Des- ignated INF Eric Byrnes for assignment. HOUSTON—Agreed to terms with INF Jeff Keppinger and RHP Chris Sampson on a one-year contracts. LOS ANGELES—Agreed to terms with OF Matt Kemp on a two-year contract and RHP Chad Billingsley on a one-year contract. MILWAUKEE—Promoted Tod Johnson to director of application development and Corey Kmichik to director of network services. Named Sarah Holbrook director of corporate marketing. NEW YORK—Agreed to terms with RHP John Maine on a one-year contract. SAN DIEGO—Agreed to terms with RHP Heath Bell on a one-year contract. College ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE— Named Shamaree Brown director of student- athlete programs and Lee Butler associate director of championships. ALABAMA—Moved director of player devel- opment Jeremy Pruitt to a defensive coaching position. ARIZONA—Junior TE Rob Gronkowski will enter the NFL draft. ARKANSAS—Named Chris Klenakis offen- sive line coach. GEORGIA—Named Todd Grantham defen- sive coordinator. GEORGIA TECH—Named Al Groh defen- sive coordinator. LOUISIANA TECH—Announced the resig- nation of football coach Derek Dooley to take the same position at Tennessee. Named Frank Scelfo interim football coach. UTEP—Named Adam Gonzaga safeties coach and Robert Rodriguez linebackers coach. WINSTON-SALEM—Signed men's basket- ball coach Bobby Collins to a contract exten- sion. Scoreboard Scoreboard baseman Josh Barfield on Nov. 9, 2006. In 2009, Kouzmanoff set a single-season record for NL third basemen with a .990 fielding percentage, committing only three errors in 309 chances. Even so, he didn't win a Gold Glove award. One of his game-used gloves ended up in the Hall of Fame. Kouzmanoff has been a favorite at Petco Park, with fans chanting ''KOOOOZ'' when he comes to bat or makes a nice play at third base. Kouzmanoff is a .261 career hitter, with 62 homers in four seasons. He hit a career-high 23 home runs in 2008. Hairston hit a combined .265 with 17 homers between San Diego and Oakland last year. He is the younger brother of Jerry Hairston Jr. of the World Series champion New York Yankees. Cunningham split time the last two seasons between Oakland and Triple-A Sacra- mento. He'll likely start next season in the minors. The trade was first report- ed by the San Francisco Chronicle. (Continued from page 1B) TRADE Dalembert donates, dunks 76ers past Kings PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Sam Dalembert learned Friday that an uncle, a carpenter feared dead in his home country Haiti, was alive. His godfather finally contacted Dalem- bert's relatives. Dalembert felt some personal peace that family members were alive. But hearing the first-hand accounts of the extreme death and destruction in earth- quake-ravaged Port-au-Prince has left the NBA's only Haitian wanting to help his countrymen so much more. ''I feel much better, but still my heart is for those who lost their loved ones,'' he said. The Philadelphia 76ers center finds 48 minutes of distraction each night on the court. Dalembert made a $100,000 donation to help relief efforts, then had 17 points and 12 rebounds to lift the Sixers to a 98-86 win over the Sacra- mento Kings on Friday night. ''I'm trying to do my best and con- tribute,'' a reserved Dalembert said of the relief effort. ''The Philadelphia people responded. Everybody every- where responded. That's a really good feeling. We're a nation of good hearts.'' Dalembert taped a public service announcement for UNICEF encourag- ing fans to support the relief efforts in his home country. His donation went to UNICEF. ''I know, at a time like this, times are tough in our own home. But you find a good heart to help us out,'' he told the crowd before the game. ''Everything is accepted. Don't feel like anything is too small to help out.'' The Philly fans responded. The Six- ers said after the game they raised more than $30,000 at the UNICEF table on the concourse during Friday's game. Dalembert pledged to match the amount of money donated by Sixers fans. ''As soon as the game starts, my mind is basically on the game,'' he said. ''I try to not think about anything. The game is a good distraction.'' Dalembert made all seven of his shots and had three blocks. Thaddeus Young scored 20 points for the Sixers and Allen Iverson had 17. The Sixers hit a pair of 3-pointers during a 10-0 run in the fourth quarter that turned a tight game into a comfort- able victory in front of one of their largest crowds of the season. The Sixers are a modest 3-2 since team president Ed Stefanski refused to guarantee coach Eddie Jordan would last the season. They could be headed toward their usual pattern of getting off to a miserable start before regrouping in January and February and sneaking into the playoffs. Jason Thompson had 19 points and 16 rebounds for the Kings. Kevin Mar- tin scored 19 points in his first game after missing the past 32 with a wrist injury. Martin was injured Nov. 2 when he collided with Iverson, then with Memphis. The game marked a homecoming for Kings guard Tyreke Evans, of near- by Chester, Pa. He was a McDonald's All-American out of American Christ- ian and a two-time state player of the year. One of the league's top rookies, Evans failed to impress his hometown crowd, scoring 14 points. He missed 10 of 13 shots from the floor and made all eight free throws. He had hundreds of fans waiting for him near the Kings bench after the game. ''I was glad for people to see me play for the first time,'' he said. ''I was probably thinking about it a little too much out there.'' Elton Brand — who was benched for entire fourth quarters a month ago — scored 14 points for the Sixers and continued to find success in his role as an $80 million reserve. Dalembert and Brand combined to make their first 10 shots from the floor, the kind of pro- duction the Sixers envisioned they'd see more out of the frontcourt. ''I'm glad to be out there and con- tribute to winning,'' Brand said. ''That's what hurt the most, losing and not being out there. Being out there try- ing to help, you feel good about your- self.'' Andre Iguodala, who sprained his right ankle in the first quarter and briefly left the game, started the fourth- quarter run with a 3-pointer, then sank two free throws the next time down. Lou Williams capped the small but decisive spurt with another 3 that turned a one-point lead into an 11-point edge. Iguodala, who said his ankle was bothering him ''quite a lot,'' scored 12 points and had 10 rebounds. Dalembert has long been the most- maligned Sixer because of his erratic production for such a bloated contract. He's enjoying one of his finest seasons and had his eighth double-double of the season. ''Sam's been anchoring us the whole year,'' Iguodala said.'' MCT photo Jason Thompson blocks Allen Iverson, Friday night. Bucks hold on to top Warriors OAKLAND (AP) — Brandon Jennings scored 25 points, including a piv- otal 3-pointer with 18.9 seconds left, Andrew Bogut added 15 points and 16 rebounds and the Mil- waukee Bucks held on to beat Golden State 113-104 on Friday night. The Warriors, who entered the game with just eight players in uniform, lost Anthony Morrow to a knee injury and had three others foul out, leaving coach Don Nelson with only four players. Under NBA rules, Stephen Curry — the last Golden State player to foul out — was allowed to return for the final four seconds. Reserve Luke Ridnour had 15 points and eight rebounds and Hakim Warrick added 15 points for the Bucks (16-21). Monta Ellis had 33 points and eight assists and Corey Maggette added 32 points and nine rebounds for Golden State (11-27), which lost its third straight. Jennings, who scorched Golden State for an NBA- high 55 points when the two teams met in November, struggled with his shot most of the night but grabbed a key rebound in the final minute before making a 3- pointer to give the Bucks a 108-102 lead. Ellis scored on a quick layup, but Ridnour made a pair of free throws to seal the win for Milwaukee, which snapped a three-game losing streak. It didn't come easy despite the Warriors playing short-handed all night. Golden State guard C.J. Watson sat out with a cut between the first and second fingers on his right hand, Ronny Turiaf was in street clothes due to a sprained right ankle, and Vladimir Radmanovic is sidelined with a sore Achilles tendon in his right foot. Watson spoke with reporters before the game and said he expects to be out 1-2 weeks. As he talked, injured forward Anthony Randolph walked in with the aid of crutches with his left foot in a boot. Randolph injured his ankle in the Warriors' 108-101 win over Sacramento on Jan. 8 and may not return for another two months. That left Golden State coach Don Nelson with only three players on his bench to start the game: a pair of Development League call-ups and 11-year veteran Devean George. That number was down to one after Anthony Morrow suffered a sprained right knee in the first quarter and Chris Hunter fouled out with 5:16 left in the third. Even with a thinned-out bench, the Warriors led by four late in the third quarter before the Bucks closed the period with an 11-2 run to take an 84-79 lead into the fourth quarter. Milwaukee pushed its lead to nine early in the fourth quarter and was ahead 100-92 on a Warrick free throw with 6:08 left to play before Golden State made its final push. Maggette's layup with 1:04 remaining cut the Bucks' lead to 105-102. After Andris Biedrins fouled out with 51 seconds left, Jennings made his key 3- pointer. Curry then fouled out for Golden State with four seconds left but stayed in the game because the War- riors had no other players to use. Arenas pleads guilty to DC handgun charge WASHINGTON (AP) — Straight-faced and sub- dued, Washington Wizards star Gilbert Arenas pleaded guilty Friday to a felony gun charge connected to a locker-room argument, leaving his All-Star career in limbo and his freedom in doubt. Arenas won't know whether he must serve jail time until his March 26 sentencing and remains free until then. The govern- ment indicated it will not seek more than six months, although the judge can give Arenas anywhere from probation to the charge's maximum term of five years. Guidelines call for six to 12 months. Arenas did not speak to reporters on the way into D.C. Superior Court — only shaking his head when asked if he wanted to tell fans anything — or when he walked down the block to police headquar- ters after his 20-minute hearing. In court, Arenas was barely audible, offering mostly terse answers such as ''Yes, your honor'' or ''No, sir.'' Those hands that have made so many shots and earned Arenas millions of dollars were shoved into the pockets of his gray, pin- striped suit. His demeanor stood in stark contrast to the gregarious, blog-writ- ing, jersey-tossing persona that made the player known as ''Agent Zero'' a fan favorite. It also contrasted with the player who cracked jokes with reporters and on Twitter in the immediate aftermath of the Dec. 21 confrontation with a teammate that ended with guns being displayed. Indeed, the loudest words Friday came in a statement issued by the Wizards about 2 1/2 hours after the hearing ended. ''Gilbert Arenas has been a cornerstone of the Washington Wizards for six years. We are deeply saddened and disappointed in his actions that have led to the events of this after- noon,'' the team said. ''Gilbert used extremely poor judgment and is ulti- mately responsible for his own actions.'' The NBA didn't com- ment Friday, while the players' union offered sup- port, with executive direc- tor Billy Hunter saying: ''The Players Association will continue to make all of its resources available to Gilbert. We remain com- mitted to aggressively rep- resenting him in the same fashion that we represent every player in the league.'' Arenas was averaging team highs of 22.6 points and 7.2 assists this season for a team in last place in the NBA's Southeast Divi- sion. The Wizards have removed nearly all traces of the once-marketable player from their home arena, including Arenas merchandise with his jer- sey No. 0 and a huge ban- ner with his photo that used to hang outside.