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COLLEGEMEN'S BASKETBALL Tulane at North Carolina:4 p.m., ESPN2. Kennesaw State at Louisville: 4p.m., ESPNU. Old Dominion vs. Richmond: 4 p.m., CSN. Mississippi State at Florida State: 6p.m., ESPN2. Tennessee at Stanford: 6p.m., ESPNU. NBA BASKETBALL Memphis Grizzlies at Chicago Bulls: 5p.m., ESPN. Phoenix Suns at Golden State Warriors: 7:30p.m., CSNBA. Milwaukee Bucks at Los Angeles Clippers: 7:30p.m., ESPN. NHL HOCKEY Pittsburgh Penguins at Bos- ton Bruins: 5p.m., NBCSN. FIFA SOCCER Women's International Friendly, China vs. United States: 5:30p.m., FS1. Club World Cup Semifinal, Barcelona vs. TBA: 2:30a.m., FS1. Ontheair to3-3ontheseason,2-1in league play. The Cardinals are sched- uled to play the 3-1-1 Live Oak Lions at 3:15 p.m. to- day at Live Oak. LOS MOLINOS TAKES 2 OF 3 The Bulldogs boys' soc- cer team beat West Valley 5-2 Friday and then split on Saturday with a 3-1 loss to Paradise and an 8-1 win over Yreka in tournament play. The Bulldogs' Jose Gon- zalez led the way in the win over Yreka with six goals, followed by Julio Lugo with two. Jose Muniz recorded five assists. G oa l ie C a mer on Schmidtke had 14 saves. Against Paradise, Mu- niz recorded the only goal for the Bulldogs and Schmidtke and Eric Her- nandez each had six saves. No stats were posted for the win over West Valley. The Bulldogs, 5-2, are scheduled to face the 0-3-1 Hamilton Braves at 5:30 p.m. Thursday in Hamil- ton City. Soccer FROM PAGE 1 the past, which included betting on games while with the Cincinnati Reds at a time he said his gam- bling habit was out of con- trol. Those days are over, he said, though he still bets on sports and horse racing. "I don't live in Las Ve- gas because I gamble," he said. "I live in Las Vegas be- cause it's where my job is. I'm a recreational gambler now. If I want to go home and watch a game, I might make a small wager on it." Rose was contrite and somewhat upbeat in of- fering his first comments since Manfred on Monday rejected his application for reinstatement. But he re- fused to be drawn into the debate of whether players linked to steroids should be allowed in the Hall of Fame when anyone on the per- manently excluded list — Rose is currently the only living person on it — can- not be on a Hall of Fame ballot. Rose said he believes Manfred will be a great commissioner, but that Manfred was put in a tough spot in having to rule on Rose's reinstate- ment 26 years into a life- time ban. He also said his meeting with Manfred ear- lier this year — where he first denied still betting on baseball and then admit- ted he did — could have gone better. "I'm a good guy, to be honest with you," Rose said. "I tried to be as hon- est as I could with the com- missioner, but I made some mistakes and I clarified them. Some of his ques- tions, though, I kind of panicked." He also would not com- ment on Manfred's deci- sion to keep him out of baseball partly because he still does gamble on base- ball while at the same time Major League Baseball has a stake in the daily fantasy site DraftKings. "You can make that eval- uation. I'm not a DraftK- ings guy. I'm not an online guy," said Rose, who had 4,256 hits in a career that stretched from 1963-86. "I just try to have fun and live my life and have some en- joyable moments." Rose spoke on an out- door patio fronting the Strip, where a crowd of a few hundred onlookers gathered behind the tele- vision cameras to watch the spectacle. At one point the crowd started chanting "Let him in, Let him in," getting a wide smile from Rose in reaction. While Manfred had the final say in whether Rose could be reinstated, he made a point of noting Monday that his decision was separate from that of the Hall of Fame, which in 1991 adopted a rule keep- ing anyone on the perma- nently ineligible list off the ballot. Rose was joined by one of his sons and flanked by two attorneys, one of whom argued that Rose should be allowed on the Hall ballot. "He has been punished and he has been pun- ished severely from be- ing banned from the sport he loves," attorney Mark Rosenbaum said, noting that other players with character flaws have got- ten in the Hall of Fame. "It is the Hall of Fame, not the Hall of Saints." Roseagreedtothebanin August 1989 after an inves- tigation for Major League Baseball by lawyer John Dowd found Rose placed numerous bets on the Reds to win from 1985-87 while playing for and managing the team. The ban prevents Rose from working for any ma- jor league team or minor league affiliate, but he is al- lowed to make ceremonial appearances with the com- missioner's permission and may work for third parties such as Fox, which hired Rose this year as a base- ball analyst. "I'm in control of my life now," Rose said. "I watch baseball, talk on Fox and talk baseball to anyone who wants to talk about it." Rose acknowledged he hasn't always been in con- trol of his life, including a period in the late 1980s when he said he gambled way too much. He still likes to place bets, he said, but they are not for big money and are perfectly legal in his adopted hometown of Las Vegas. He's at peace with Man- fred's decision, he said, but still yearns for a relation- ship with the game he has loved all his life. He is, said Rose, not a complicated person. "I'm a baseball player. I'm a baseball person," he said. "That's never going to change." Rose FROM PAGE 1 MARK J. TERRILL — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Former baseball player and manager Pete Rose agreed to a ban from baseball in August 1989a er an investigation found that he had bet on the game while he was a manager for the Cincinnati Reds. Scoreboard Football NFL AMERICAN CONFERENCE WEST DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Denver 10 3 0 .769 281 225 Kansas City 8 5 0 .615 331 243 Oakland 6 7 0 .462 299 326 San Diego 3 10 0 .231 250 334 EAST DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA x-New England11 2 0 .846 402 253 N.Y. Jets 8 5 0 .615 325 256 Buffalo 6 7 0 .462 316 301 Mi am i 5 8 0 .3 85 2 64 3 31 SOUTH DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Indianapolis 6 7 0 .462 275 356 Houston 6 7 0 .462 259 291 Jacksonville 5 8 0 .385 326 357 Tennessee 3 10 0 .231 253 326 NORTH DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Cincinnati 10 3 0 .769 354 229 Pittsburgh 8 5 0 .615 344 260 Baltimore 4 9 0 .308 278 326 Cleveland 3 10 0 .231 240 357 NATIONAL CONFERENCE WEST DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA x-Arizona 11 2 0 .846 405 252 Seattle 8 5 0 .615 340 235 St. Louis 5 8 0 .385 210 271 San Francisco4 9 0 .308 188 315 EAST DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Washington 6 7 0 .462 281 307 Philadelphia 6 7 0 .462 301 322 N.Y. Giants 6 7 0 .462 338 320 Dallas 4 9 0 .308 230 305 SOUTH DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA y-Carolina 13 0 01.000 411 243 Tampa Bay 6 7 0 .462 288 322 At la nt a 6 7 0 .4 62 2 79 2 95 New Orleans 5 8 0 .385 323 397 NORTH DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Green Bay 9 4 0 .692 317 245 Minnesota 8 5 0 .615 258 255 Chicago 5 8 0 .385 272 314 Detroit 4 9 0 .308 267 336 x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division Monday's game N.Y. Giants 31, Miami 24 Thursday, Dec. 17 Tampa Bay at St. Louis, 5:25 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 19 N.Y. Jets at Dallas, 5:25 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 20 Chicago at Minnesota, 10 a.m. Atlanta at Jacksonville, 10 a.m. Houston at Indianapolis, 10 a.m. Carolina at N.Y. Giants, 10 a.m. Tennessee at New England, 10 a.m. Buffalo at Washington, 10 a.m. Kansas City at Baltimore, 10 a.m. Cleveland at Seattle, 1:05 p.m. Green Bay at Oakland, 1:05 p.m. Miami at San Diego, 1:25 p.m. Cincinnati at San Francisco, 1:25 p.m. Denver at Pittsburgh, 1:25 p.m. Arizona at Philadelphia, 5:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 21 Detroit at New Orleans, 5:30 p.m NFL LEADERS WEEK 14 SCORERS Nonkickers TD Rus Rec Ret X2 Pts Beckham Jr., NYG 12 0 12 0 0 72 Eifert, CIN 12 0 12 0 0 72 A. Robinson, JAX 12 0 12 0 0 72 Baldwin, SEA 11 0 11 0 0 66 D. Freeman, ATL 11 9 2 0 0 66 B. Marshall, NYJ 11 0 11 0 0 66 De. Hopkins, HOU 10 0 10 0 1 62 PASS RECEIVERS Receptions No Yds AvgLong TD Ju. Jones, ATL 109 1426 13.1 54 6 An. Brown, PIT 100 1397 14.0 59 7 Fitzgerald, ARI 96 1088 11.3 44 7 De. Hopkins, HOU 89 1221 13.7 61t 10 B. Marshall, NYJ 89 1187 13.3 69t 11 Landry, MIA 89 920 10.3 50t 4 Dem. Thomas, DEN 88 1067 12.1 48t 3 Beckham Jr., NYG 85 1320 15.5 87t 12 A. Green, CIN 76 1169 15.4 80t 8 RUSHERS Att Yds AvgLong TD A. Peterson, MIN 268 1251 4.7 80t 9 D. Martin, TAM 238 1214 5.1 84 5 J. Stewart, CAR 242 989 4.1 44 6 Gurley, STL 189 975 5.2 71t 8 Ivory, NYJ 217 914 4.2 54 7 L. Murray, OAK 215 878 4.1 54 5 L. McCoy, BUF 193 866 4.5 48t 3 D. Freeman, ATL 193 851 4.4 39 9 Rawls, SEA 147 830 5.6 69t 4 COLLEGE BOWL SCHEDULE Saturday, Dec. 19 Celebration Bowl Atlanta NC A&T (9-2) vs. Alcorn State (9-3), 9 a.m. New Mexico Bowl Albuquerque Arizona (6-6) vs. New Mexico (7-5), 11 a.m. (ESPN) Las Vegas Bowl BYU (9-3) vs. Utah (9-3), 12:30 p.m. (ABC) Camelia Bowl Montgomery, Ala. Ohio (8-4) vs. Appalachian State (10-2), 2:30 p.m. (ESPN) Cure Bowl Orlando, Fla. San Jose State (5-7) vs. Georgia State (6-6), 4 p.m. (CBSSN) New Orleans Bowl Louisiana Tech (8-4) vs. Arkansas State (9-3), 6 p.m. (ESPN) Basketball NBA WESTERN CONFERENCE PACIFIC DIVISION W L Pct GB Golden State 24 1 .960 — Clippers 15 10 .600 9 Phoenix 11 15 .423 131/2 Sacramento 9 15 .375 141/2 Lakers 3 21 .125 201/2 SOUTHWEST DIVISION W L Pct GB San Antonio 21 5 .808 — Dallas 14 11 .560 61/2 Memphis 14 12 .538 7 Houston 12 13 .480 81/2 New Orleans 6 18 .250 14 NORTHWEST DIVISION W L Pct GB Oklahoma City 16 8 .667 — Denver 11 14 .440 51/2 Utah 10 13 .435 51/2 Portland 11 15 .423 6 Minnesota 9 15 .375 7 EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC DIVISION W L Pct GB Toronto 16 10 .615 — Boston 14 11 .560 11/2 New York 11 14 .440 41/2 Brooklyn 7 17 .292 8 Philadelphia 1 25 .038 15 SOUTHEAST DIVISION W L Pct GB Charlotte 14 9 .609 — Miami 14 9 .609 — Orlando 13 11 .542 11/2 Atlanta 14 12 .538 11/2 Washington 10 13 .435 4 CENTRAL DIVISION W L Pct GB Cleveland 16 7 .696 — Chicago 14 8 .636 11/2 Indiana 14 9 .609 2 De tr oi t 14 1 2 .5 38 3 1 /2 Milwaukee 10 15 .400 7 Monday's games Indiana 106, Toronto 90 Orlando 105, Brooklyn 82 Clippers 105, Detroit 103, OT Chicago 115, Philadelphia 96 Memphis 112, Washington 95 Miami 100, Atlanta 88 San Antonio 118, Utah 81 Dallas 104, Phoenix 94 Denver 114, Houston 108 Portland 105, New Orleans 101 Tuesday's games Cleveland 89, Boston 77 Denver 112, Minnesota 100 Houston at Sacramento, (n.) Milwaukee at Lakers, (n.) Wednesday's games Dallas at Indiana, 4 p.m. Charlotte at Orlando, 4 p.m. Miami at Brooklyn, 4:30 p.m. Boston at Detroit, 4:30 p.m. Minnesota at New York, 4:30 p.m. Memphis at Chicago, 5 p.m. Portland at Oklahoma City, 5 p.m. Philadelphia at Atlanta, 5 p.m. Washington at San Antonio, 5:30 p.m. New Orleans at Utah, 6 p.m. Phoenix at Golden State, 7:30 p.m. Milwaukee at Clippers, 7:30 p.m. Thursday's games Toronto at Charlotte, 4 p.m. Oklahoma City at Cleveland, 5 p.m. Houston at Lakers, 7:30 p.m. NBA LEADERS SCORING AVERAGE G FG FT Pts Avg Curry, GOL 25 266 148 807 32.3 Harden, HOU 25 209 235 722 28.9 Durant, OKC 18 170 108 495 27.5 George, IND 23 196 144 610 26.5 James, CLE 21 209 114 555 26.4 Westbrook, OKC 24 216 158 626 26.1 Lillard, POR 26 223 122 641 24.7 Griffin, LAC 25 244 115 607 24.3 Davis, NOR 21 183 117 496 23.6 Bledsoe, PHX 25 196 121 558 22.3 Anthony, NYK 24 180 123 523 21.8 DeRozan, TOR 26 187 182 565 21.7 Lowry, TOR 26 172 135 555 21.3 Thomas, BOS 24 171 105 500 20.8 Leonard, SAN 24 187 80 499 20.8 Butler, CHI 22 146 137 455 20.7 Wiggins, MIN 22 158 123 454 20.6 Knight, PHX 26 193 78 530 20.4 FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE FG FGA Pct Jordan, LAC 98 143 .685 Whiteside, MIA 118 192 .615 Howard, HOU 95 158 .601 Parker, SAN 133 233 .571 Faried, DEN 101 179 .564 Kanter, OKC 107 192 .557 Koufos, SAC 90 168 .536 Towns, MIN 144 271 .531 Durant, OKC 170 320 .531 FREE THROW PERCENTAGE FTFTA Pct Crawford, LAC 79 85 .929 Williams, DAL 65 70 .929 Curry, GOL 148163 .908 Gallinari, DEN 140155 .903 LaVine, MIN 64 71 .901 Durant, OKC 108120 .900 TOP 25 MEN'S FARED Tuesday 1. Michigan State (11-0) did not play. 2. Kansas (8-1) did not play. 3. Oklahoma (7-0) did not play. 4. Kentucky (9-1) did not play. 5. Iowa State (9-0) did not play. 6. Maryland (9-1) did not play. 7. Duke (9-1) beat Georgia Southern 99-65. 8. Virginia (8-1) did not play. 9. Purdue (11-0) did not play. 10. Xavier (10-0) did not play. 11. North Carolina (7-2) did not play. 12. Villanova (8-1) did not play. 13. Arizona (9-1) did not play. 14. Providence (10-1) did not play. 15. Miami (8-1) did not play. 16. Baylor (7-1) did not play. 17. Butler (8-1) did not play. 18. SMU (7-0) did not play. 19. Louisville (7-1) did not play. 20. West Virginia (8-1) did not play. 21. George Washington (9-1) did not play. 22. UCLA (8-3) beat Louisiana-Lafayette 89-80. 23. Cincinnati (9-2) beat Norfolk State 75-59. 24. Texas A&M (8-2) did not play. 25. UConn (6-3) did not play. MEN'S FAR WEST Montana 79, Great Falls 59 TOP 25 WOMEN'S FARED Tuesday 1. UConn (8-0) did not play. 2. South Carolina (9-0) did not play. 3. Notre Dame (9-1) did not play. 4. Baylor (10-0) did not play. 5. Texas (8-0) did not play. 6. Maryland (10-0) did not play. 7. Oregon State (8-0) beat Cal State Bakersfield 75-51. 8. Kentucky (9-0) did not play. 9. Mississippi State (7-1) did not play. 10. Ohio State (6-3) did not play. 11. Florida State (8-2) beat Mercer 79-36. 12. Northwestern (10-0) beat Alcorn State 91-47. 13. Duke (8-2) did not play. 14. Tennessee (7-2) did not play. 15. Stanford (6-2) did not play. 16. DePaul (7-4) lost to South Dakota State 88-79. 17. Oklahoma (9-1) did not play. 18. Texas A&M (7-3) did not play. 19. UCLA (5-2) did not play. 20. South Florida (6-2) at Northern Colo- rado, cancelled, snow. 21. Arizona State (6-3) did not play. 21. California (7-2) did not play. 23. Miami (10-0) did not play. 24. Michigan State (7-2) did not play. 25. St. John's (8-1) did not play. WOMEN'S FAR WEST Montana St. 74, Montana-Western 36 Oregon 95, UC Riverside 81 Oregon St. 75, CS Bakersfield 51 Pacific 74, CS Stanislaus 61 San Diego 90, Hope 52 South Florida at N. Colorado, ccd. NHL WESTERN CONFERENCE PACIFIC DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA Los Angeles 30 19 9 2 40 78 66 San Jose 30 15 14 1 31 78 79 Arizona 30 14 14 2 30 81 95 Calgary 30 14 14 2 30 80 104 Edmonton 32 14 16 2 30 87 96 Vancouver 32 11 13 8 30 81 92 Anaheim 29 11 13 5 27 56 73 CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA Dallas 30 22 6 2 46 102 79 St. Louis 32 18 10 4 40 82 78 Minnesota 29 16 7 6 38 79 68 Chicago 32 17 11 4 38 85 78 Nashville 31 15 10 6 36 81 81 Colorado 32 15 16 1 31 88 88 Winnipeg 31 14 15 2 30 85 95 EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA Montreal 32 20 9 3 43 101 73 De tr oi t 31 1 6 9 6 38 7 9 79 Ottawa 31 16 10 5 37 97 93 Boston 29 16 9 4 36 93 80 Tampa Bay 32 16 13 3 35 78 73 Florida 31 15 12 4 34 81 75 Buffalo 32 13 16 3 29 74 86 Toronto 29 10 13 6 26 68 81 METROPOLITAN DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA Washington 29 21 6 2 44 89 63 N.Y. Rangers 32 19 9 4 42 94 74 N.Y. Islanders 32 18 9 5 41 90 77 New Jersey 31 16 11 4 36 76 75 Pittsburgh 29 15 11 3 33 68 71 Philadelphia 31 13 12 6 32 66 86 Carolina 31 12 14 5 29 77 96 Columbus 32 11 18 3 25 75 95 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Monday's games Edmonton 3, Boston 2, OT Washington 4, Pittsburgh 1 Tampa Bay 2, Columbus 1 Ottawa 5, Los Angeles 3 Buffalo 2, Detroit 1 Tuesday's games New Jersey 2, Buffalo 0 Florida 5, N.Y. Islanders 1 N.Y. Rangers 4, Edmonton 2 Philadelphia 4, Carolina 3, OT Tampa Bay 5, Toronto 4, OT San Jose 3, Montreal 1 Calgary 2, Nashville 1, OT Minnesota 6, Vancouver 2 St. Louis 4, Winnipeg 3 Colorado 3, Chicago 0 Dallas 5, Columbus 1 Wednesday's games Ottawa at Washington, 4 p.m. Pittsburgh at Boston, 5 p.m. Thursday's games Anaheim at Buffalo, 4 p.m. Florida at New Jersey, 4 p.m. Va nc o uv er a t P hi la de lp hi a, 4 p .m . San Jose at Toronto, 4:30 p.m. Los Angeles at Montreal, 4:30 p.m. Nashville at St. Louis, 5 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Edmonton at Chicago, 5:30 p.m. Calgary at Dallas, 5:30 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Colorado, 6 p.m. Columbus at Arizona, 6 p.m. Sharks 3, Canadiens 1 San Jose 1 2 0 — 3 Montreal 0 1 0 — 1 First Period: 1, San Jose, Marleau 12 (Ward, Braun), 17:34. Second Period: 2, San Jose, Pavelski 14 (Braun), :36. 3, San Jose, Zubrus 1 (Pav- elski, Thornton), 9:19. 4, Montreal, Weise 10 (Subban, Beaulieu), 17:24. Third Period: None. Shots on Goal: San Jose 3-13-2=18. Montreal 10-8-9=27. Goalies: San Jose, Jones. Montreal, Tokarski, Condon; A: 21,288 (21,287); T: 2:26. Odds PREGAME.COM LINE NBA Wednesday Favorite Line (O/U) Underdog at Indiana 31/2 (205) Dallas at Orlando 11/2 (1971/2) Charlotte at New York 5 (200) Minnesota Miami 4 (190) at Brooklyn at Detroit 2 (2001/2) Boston at Atlanta 131/2 (1981/2) 76ers at Thunder 91/2 (2081/2) Portland at Chicago 31/2 (195) Memphis at San Antonio 13 (197) Washington at Utah 4 (204) New Orleans at Clippers 101/2 (200) Milwaukee at Golden State 121/2 (220) Phoenix College Basketball Wednesday Favorite Line (O/U) Underdog at Tennessee 141/2 FAU at Richmond 41/2 Old Dominion UNC-Wilm. 1 at E. Carolina at UNC 241/2 Tulane at Ohio State 91/2 N. Illinois at Loyola Of Chi.71/2 Cleveland St Illinois St 8 at IL-Chicago at Florida St 12 Mississippi St at UNLV 4 Arizona St NHL Wednesday Favorite Line Underdog at Washington OFF Ottawa at Boston -140/+130 Pittsburgh NFL Thursday Favorite Today (O/U) Underdog at St. Louis 11/2 (41) Tampa Bay Saturday NY Jets 3 (411/2) at Dallas Sunday at Minnesota 51/2 (421/2) Chicago at Jacksonville 3 (49) Atlanta at Indianapolis OFF (OFF) Houston Kansas City 71/2 (411/2) at Baltimore Buffalo 1 (431/2) at Washington at New England 14 (471/2) Tennessee Arizona 31/2 (501/2) at Eagles Carolina 5 (48) at NY Giants at Seattle 141/2 (431/2) Cleveland Green Bay 3 (46) at Oakland at San Diego 2 (451/2) Miami at Pittsburgh 61/2 (441/2) Denver Cincinnati 41/2 (40) at San Francisco Monday at New Orleans 3 (51) Detroit Transactions BASEBALL American League Seattle Mariners: Designated LHP Rob Rasmussen for assignment. Texas Rangers: Agreed to terms with RHP Tony Barnette on a two-year con- tract and RHP Chad Smith and C Bobby Wilson on minor league contracts. National League Chicago Cubs: Agreed to terms with OF Jason Heyward on an eight-year contract. New York Mets: Agreed to terms with LHP Jerry Blevins on a one-year contract. Philadelphia Phillies: Named Dave Lundquist pitching coach of Lehigh Val- ley (IL), Steve Schrenk pitching coach of Reading (EL), Aaron Fultz pitching coach of Clearwater (FSL), Brian Sweeney pitching coach of Lakewood (SAL), Hector Berrios pitching coach and John Mizerock coach of Williamsport (NYP) and Hector Mercado pitching coach and Eddie Dennis coach of the GCL Phillies Pittsburgh Pirates: Named Joey Cora manager of Altoona (EL), Keoni De Renne hitting coach and Jeff Johnson pitching coach of Bradenton (FSL), Ryan Long hitting coach and Matt Ford pitching coach of West Virginia (SAL), Mark DiFelice pitching coach of West Virginia (NYP), Tom Filer pitching coach of Bristol (Appalachian), Mendy Lopez manager and Dan Urbina pitching coach of the DSL Pirates, Tom Prince minor league field coordinator, Andy Barkett assistant minor league hitting coordina- tor and Scott Elarton special assistant for baseball operations. Washington Nationals: Named Chris Speier bench coach, Mike Maddux pitch- ing coach, Davey Lopes first base coach, Jacque Jones assistant hitting coach and Dan Firova bullpen coach. FOOTBALL National Football League Atlanta Falcons: Placed S William Moore on injured reserve. Waived-injured WR Leonard Hankerson. Released WR Devon Wylie from the practice squad. Signed G Ben Garland from the practice squad and Wrs R.J. Harris and Jordan Leslie, DE Dontay Moch and LB Curtis Grant to the practice squad. Baltimore Ravens: Placed DE Chris Canty on injured reserve. Waived Rb/Kr Raheem Mostert and QB Bryn Renner. By Diamond Leung BayAreaNewsGroup OAKLAND Winning for the Golden State War- riors became addictive during their season-open- ing streak. They racked up milestone victories, blow- outs, and kept their run alive with comebacks, too. Now that the streak is over following a near-per- fect seven-game road trip, the Warriors can focus on their goal of improving as a team in preparation for the playoffs and a chance to re- peat as champions. "I know how much bet- ter we can be on both ends of the ball, and that's kind of scary," Warriors forward Draymond Green said. The Warriors open a five- game homestand begin- ning Wednesday against the Phoenix Suns looking to show a renewed dedica- tion to improvement after Stephen Curry conceded, "We didn't play our best for about probably three straight games." Warriors interim head coachLukeWaltoncounted the ways he thought the team could get better. "We've got to set bet- ter screens," Walton said. "We're starting to slip on our screen-setting, our cut- ting. Teams are starting to hold and overplay as a way to guard Steph and Klay (Thompson), and we've got to instead of just trying to force the ball to them, we've got to just backcut and keep the flow of our offense moving." Green said he noticed during the streak that the Warriors got too "Steph- heavy" and put too much on their superstar to cre- ate his own shots. Screen- setting was one of the nu- ances that was highlighted. "That's the slippage," Green said. "That's the ex- ecution. That's the sharp- ness that we struggled on getting back to." Green noted that be- cause the Suns have ath- letic players who get in the passing lanes that the War- riors could use backcuts to soften up their defense. The Warriors can get more detail-oriented and clean up their turnover is- sue and problems with ex- ecution. NBA Warriors now focus on next level | SPORTS | REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2015 2 B