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COLLEGEMEN'S BASKETBALL Seton Hall vs. Villanova:4 p.m., FS1. Florida at Tennessee: 4p.m., ESPN2. Duke vs. Wake Forest: 4p.m., ESPNU. St. Bonaventure vs. G. Mason: 4p.m., CSN. Xavier vs. St. John's: 6p.m., FS1. California at Oregon: 6p.m., ESPN2. Texas Tech vs. Iowa State: 6 p.m., ESPNU. Stanford vs. Oregon State: 8 p.m., ESPNU. COLLEGE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL Rhode Island vs. George Washington: 9a.m., NBCSN. NBA BASKETBALL New York Knicks at Miami Heat: 4p.m., ESPN. Memphis Grizzlies at Okla- homa City Thunder: 6:30p.m., ESPN. EPGA GOLF South Afican Open Round 1: midnight, GOLF. NHL HOCKEY Pittsburgh Penguins at Chicago Blackhawks: 5p.m., NBCSN. WTA TENNIS ASB Classic Quarterfinal: 3 p.m., TENNIS. Brisbane International Quar- terfinal: 5p.m., TENNIS. Brisbane International Quar- terfinal: 7p.m., TENNIS. ASB Classic Quarterfinal: 9 p.m., TENNIS. Brisbane International Quar- terfinal: 10:30p.m., TENNIS. Brisbane International Quar- terfinal: midnight, TENNIS. ITF TENNIS Hopman Cup Czech Republic vs. United States: 1:30a.m., TENNIS. Ontheair havetoreplacemorethan 1,000 defensive snaps, eight takeaways and 18 years of experience with safety Charles Woodson headed into retirement. Woodson has been a big part of the rebuilding the past three seasons. His les- sons will last even longer. "You're losing a legend, but I think he's taught the secondary, taught us a lot," cornerback David Amerson said. "I think we've just got to take that forth through the season and throughout our careers and just strive from it." SPLIT SEASON The Raid- ers had one of the league's top offenses the first half of the 2015 season with Carr teaming with rookie Amari Cooper and Michael Crab- tree to form a lethal pass- ing game. But the defense held Oakland back. That changed in the second half of the schedule when the defense stepped up be- hind pass rusher Khalil Mack, Woodson and waiver wire surprise Amerson. But the offense sputtered down the stretch as the running game stalled, Cooper dealt with a sore foot and Carr faced increased pressure. "You saw flashes from each side," Del Rio said. "I think clearly you put those efforts together and you go on a nice run." COVETING CORNERBACKS The biggest hole on the ros- ter is at cornerback, where the only reliable player all season was Amerson. D.J. Hayden, a 2013 first-round pick, lost his starting job midway through the sea- son and looks like a bust. T.J. Carrie could end up moving to safety after play- ing both spots this season. With the 14th pick in the draft and plenty of sal- ary cap room, the Raiders should have chances to up- grade. RUN SUPPORT While Latavius Murray became Oakland's first 1,000-yard rusher since Darren Mc- Fadden in 2010, he got al- most no help in the back- field. Carr was the second- leading rusher with 138 yards and no other back even got 25 carries. Find- ing help for Murray will be important as he slowed down during the second half of the season, averag- ing 3.3 yards per carry in the final eight games. "I felt that I left so much out there," he said. "To me, it didn't feel like a 1,000- yard season. There were games where there was ab- solutely nothing. For me, I just know I want to get bet- ter." Raiders FROM PAGE 1 under the pre-announce- ment figure on the vote- tracker. Bonds, the only seven- time MVP, and Clemens, the only seven-time Cy Young Award winner, are both making their fourth appearance and are eligi- ble for up to six more years. Reliever Trevor Hoff- man, on the ballot for the first time, was at 62 per- cent on the vote-tracker and seemed likely to fall short. Mark McGwire, one of the first big stars to admit using steroids, was at 13 percent in his final ballot appearance — nearly half his peak of 23.6 percent in 2008. Alan Trammell, also on for the last time, was at 47 percent. Sammy Sosa was at 8 percent in his fourth attempt. Following the board's decision not to accept the BBWAA's recommen- dation that voters be al- lowed to select up to 12 candidates rather than 10, next year's ballot could force more tough deci- sions. Manny Ramirez, Ivan Rodriguez, Vladimir Guerrero and Magglio Or- donez are eligible for the first time. Baseball FROM PAGE 1 "It's nice to have a change of pace," Smith said. "It's nice to have dif- ferent guys to come in who have different strengths and different vision and give the defense a differ- ent look." Neither of the fill-ins had a carry when Kansas City beat Houston in their sea- son opener, so the Texans will face a new challenge when the teams meet in their wild-card game Sat- urday. Ware resembles a bowl- ing ball, 230 pounds of muscle that will bruise and batter before going down. On one carry last week against Oakland, the former LSU star car- ried two defenders for ex- tra yards even after bru- talizing two other would- be tacklers. West is more like a ping- pong ball, a jitterbug with an uncanny ability to rico- chet around without losing inertia. Whereas his coun- terpart runs people over, West leaves them grasp- ing at air. "I feel like everybody isn't playing for selfish stats or stuff like that. Ev- erybody's playing for each other," West explained, "and trying to accomplish that one big goal." While playing 15 games last season, Charles carried 206 times for 1,033 yards and nine TDs. So far this season, Ware and West have combined for 232 car- ries and 1,037 yards with 10 touchdowns. Even this season, the Chiefs averaged less than 110 yards rushing in the four-plus games before Charles got hurt. In the 11 games since then, with West and Ware — and the scrambling of Smith — Kansas City is averaging nearly 136 per game, and has gone over 150 yards rushing five times. There are extenuating circumstances, of course. Those first six opponents included five that made the playoffs, while the final 11 were primarily teams that finished in the bottom half of their divisions. The Chiefs also played from ahead during the majority of those games, allowing them to control the clock by keeping the ball on the ground. "That's again where the coaching comes in," Tex- ans coach Bill O'Brien said. "Coach (Andy) Reid has a tremendous amount of ex- perience in this league and he's seen it all. He's able to adapt when he loses a player — the next guy can step up and he knows how to use that player." Chiefs FROM PAGE 1 CHARLIE RIEDEL — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Kansas City Chiefs running back Spencer Ware (32) extends his arm for a touchdown during the first half Sunday against the Oakland Raiders in Kansas City, Mo. Scoreboard Football NFLPLAYOFFSCHEDULE WILD-CARD PLAYOFFS Saturday, Jan. 9 KansasCity(11-5)atHouston(9-7),1:35 p.m. (ABC/ESPN) Pittsburgh (10-6) at Cincinnati (12-4), 5:15 p.m. (CBS) Sunday, Jan. 10 Seattle (10-6) at Minnesota (11-6), 10 a.m. (NBC) Green Bay (10-6) at Washington (9-7), 1:30 p.m. (FOX) DIVISIONAL PLAYOFFS Saturday, Jan. 16 Cincinnati, Houston or Kansas City at New England (12-4), 1:35 (CBS) Minnesota, Washington or Green Bay at Arizona (13-3), 5:15 p.m. (NBC) Sunday, Jan. 17 Seattle, Green Bay or Washington at Carolina (15-1), 10:05 a.m. (FOX) Pittsburgh, Kansas City or Houston at Denver (12-4), 1:30 p.m. (CBS) CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS Sunday, Jan. 24 AFC, 12:05 p.m. (CBS) NFC, 3:40 p.m. (FOX) PRO BOWL Sunday, Jan. 31 At Honolulu Team Rice vs. Team Irvin, 4 p.m. (ESPN) SUPER BOWL Sunday, Feb. 7 At Santa Clara TBD, 3:30 p.m. (CBS) BOWL SCHEDULE Monday, Jan. 11 College Football Championship Game Glendale, Ariz. Clemson (14-0) vs. Alabama (13-1), 5:30 p.m. (ESPN) Saturday, Jan. 23 East-West Shrine Classic At St. Petersburg, Fla. East vs. West, 1 p.m. (NFLN) NFLPA Collegiate Bowl At Carson, Calif. National vs. American, 3 p.m. (ESPN2) Saturday, Jan. 30 Senior Bowl At Mobile, Ala. North vs. South, 11:30 a.m. (NFLN) NBA WESTERN CONFERENCE PACIFIC DIVISION W L Pct GB Golden State 32 2 .941 — Clippers 22 13 .629 101/2 Sacramento 14 21 .400 181/2 Phoenix 12 25 .324 211/2 Lakers 8 27 .229 241/2 SOUTHWEST DIVISION W L Pct GB San Antonio 30 6 .833 — Dallas 20 15 .571 91/2 Memphis 19 17 .528 11 Houston 17 19 .472 13 New Orleans 11 22 .333 171/2 NOR THWE ST D IV IS ION W L Pct GB Oklahoma City 24 11 .686 — Utah 15 18 .455 8 Portland 15 22 .405 10 Denver 12 23 .343 12 Minnesota 12 23 .343 12 EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC DIVISION W L Pct GB Toronto 21 15 .583 — Boston 19 15 .559 1 New York 17 19 .472 4 Brooklyn 10 24 .294 10 Philadelphia 4 33 .108 171/2 SOUTHEAST DIVISION W L Pct GB Miami 21 13 .618 — Atlanta 21 15 .583 1 Orlando 19 16 .543 21/2 Charlotte 17 17 .500 4 Washington 15 17 .469 5 CENTRAL DIVISION W L Pct GB Cleveland 23 9 .719 — Chicago 21 12 .636 21/2 Indiana 19 15 .559 5 Detroit 19 16 .543 51/2 Milwaukee 14 23 .378 111/2 Monday's games Cleveland 122, Toronto 100 Philadelphia 109, Minnesota 99 Miami 103, Indiana 100, OT Boston 103, Brooklyn 94 Detroit 115, Orlando 89 San Antonio 123, Milwaukee 98 Sacramento 116, Oklahoma City 104 Houston 93, Utah 91 Memphis 91, Portland 78 Golden State 111, Charlotte 101 Tuesday's games Chicago 117, Milwaukee 106 New York 107, Atlanta 101 Dallas 117, Sacramento 116, 2OT Golden State at Lakers, (n.) Wednesday's games New York at Miami, 4 p.m. Indiana at Orlando, 4 p.m. Cleveland at Washington, 4 p.m. Toronto at Brooklyn, 4:30 p.m. Detroit at Boston, 4:30 p.m. Denver at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Dallas at New Orleans, 5 p.m. Utah at San Antonio, 5:30 p.m. Charlotte at Phoenix, 6 p.m. Memphis at Oklahoma City, 6:30 p.m. Clippers at Portland, 7 p.m. Mavericks 117, Kings 116 KINGS (116) Acy 4-4 3-3 12, Gay 13-20 2-2 31, Cousins 15-30 3-6 35, Collison 6-14 2-3 14, McLemore 2-5 0-0 4, Belinelli 5-17 0-0 14, Koufos 0-0 0-0 0, Curry 2-7 0-0 6, Ja.Anderson 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 47-99 10-14 116. MAVERICKS (117) Parsons 3-10 2-4 10, Nowitzki 8-19 5-6 23, Pachulia 4-11 1-2 9, Williams 10-18 2-4 25, Matthews 7-13 4-5 20, Felton 2-5 0-0 5, McGee 6-8 1-2 13, Harris 2-4 0-0 5, Barea 3-10 0-0 7. Totals 45-98 15-23 117. Sacramento 24 19 27 28 6 12 — 116 Dallas 27 22 29 20 6 13 — 117 3-Point Goals: Sacramento 12-32 (Be- linelli 4-13, Gay 3-3, Curry 2-3, Cousins 2-6, Acy 1-1, McLemore 0-2, Collison 0-4), Dallas 12-29 (Williams 3-6, Parsons 2-4, Matthews 2-4, Nowitzki 2-7, Harris 1-2, Felton 1-2, Barea 1-4); Fouled out: None; Rebounds: Sacramento 56 (Cousins 17), Dallas 61 (Pachulia 17); Assists: Sacramento 27 (Collison 12), Dallas 22 (Parsons, Matthews, Williams 4); Total fouls: Sacramento 21, Dallas 18; Technicals: Sacramento defensive three second; A: 20,059 (19,200). LEADERS Through Jan. 4 SCORING AVERAGE G FG FT Pts Avg Curry, GOL 32 315 175 951 29.7 Harden, HOU 36 295 323 1013 28.1 Durant, OKC 28 254 171 744 26.6 James, CLE 31 299 162 793 25.6 Westbrook, OKC 35 309 223 887 25.3 Cousins, SAC 26 213 189 644 24.8 George, IND 34 270 194 841 24.7 Lillard, POR 30 247 151 729 24.3 Davis, NOR 30 266 155 702 23.4 Griffin, LAC 30 281 129 697 23.2 DeRozan, TOR 36 274 257 823 22.9 Butler, CHI 32 231 198 696 21.8 Anthony, NYK 33 253 156 711 21.5 McCollum, POR 36 291 85 756 21.0 Thomas, BOS 34 232 179 710 20.9 Leonard, SAN 34 263 117 710 20.9 Lowry, TOR 36 234 178 744 20.7 Wiggins, MIN 34 244 187 694 20.4 K. Thompson, GOL32236 77 653 20.4 Bledsoe, PHX 31 223 138 632 20.4 Lopez, Bro 34 263 146 672 19.8 Jackson, DET 35 251 136 689 19.7 Knight, PHX 37 267 115 726 19.6 Wall, WAS 32 233 115 625 19.5 Walker, CHA 34 231 141 657 19.3 Bosh, MIA 34 221 141 644 18.9 Hayward, UTA 33 199 161 623 18.9 Wade, MIA 33 240 125 612 18.5 Millsap, ATL 35 221 169 639 18.3 Drummond, DET 35 268 95 632 18.1 Gallinari, DEN 29 147 179 520 17.9 Paul, LAC 30 185 121 527 17.6 Gay, SAC 32 222 83 557 17.4 Bryant, LAL 29 170 105 500 17.2 Nowitzki, DAL 33 207 100 566 17.2 Okafor, PHL 33 235 94 564 17.1 Favors, UTA 26 179 80 438 16.8 An de rs on , N OR 3 1 18 3 95 5 21 1 6. 8 Vucevic, ORL 32 252 32 537 16.8 Barton, DEN 35 214 88 577 16.5 Love, CLE 32 179 101 526 16.4 Gasol, CHI 31 198 107 507 16.4 Middleton, MIL 36 199 112 587 16.3 Batum, CHA 31 169 99 504 16.3 Gasol, MEM 36 217 147 583 16.2 Young, Bro 34 244 52 545 16.0 Towns, MIN 35 230 87 557 15.9 Redick, LAC 31 167 78 493 15.9 Aldridge, SAN 34 220 97 537 15.8 Gordon, NOR 33 169 94 513 15.5 FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE FG FGA Pct Jordan, LAC 149 205 .727 Howard, HOU 156 253 .617 Whiteside, MIA 175 285 .614 Kanter, OKC 161 283 .569 Faried, DEN 166 305 .544 Parker, SAN 173 326 .531 Towns, MIN 230 436 .528 Vucevic, ORL 252 478 .527 Favors, UTA 179 342 .523 Monroe, MIL 220 421 .523 Young, Bro 244 469 .520 Drummond, DET 268 516 .519 Leonard, SAN 263 507 .519 Durant, OKC 254 491 .517 Gortat, WAS 164 318 .516 Casspi, SAC 153 297 .515 Curry, GOL 315 616 .511 Warren, PHX 176 345 .510 Griffin, LAC 281 553 .508 J. Hill, IND 126 248 .508 Antetokounmpo, MIL199 395 .504 Noel, PHL 138 274 .504 Horford, ATL 226 454 .498 James, CLE 299 605 .494 Ibaka, OKC 203 411 .494 Davis, NOR 266 541 .492 Redick, LAC 167 344 .485 Randolph, MEM 179 370 .484 Lopez, Bro 263 547 .481 Millsap, ATL 221 460 .480 3-POINT FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE 3FG 3FGA Pct Leonard, SAN 67 134 .500 Redick, LAC 81 165 .491 Casspi, SAC 62 130 .477 Dudley, WAS 43 95 .453 Middleton, MIL 77 171 .450 Curry, GOL 146 329 .444 Dellavedova, CLE 43 98 .439 Frye, ORL 42 96 .438 Bayless, MIL 49 112 .438 K. Thompson, GOL 104 241 .432 McDermott, CHI 45 106 .425 Bazemore, ATL 50 118 .424 Teletovic, PHX 73 174 .420 Morrow, OKC 44 105 .419 Calderon, NYK 42 101 .416 Green, GOL 54 130 .415 Beverley, HOU 48 116 .414 Durant, OKC 65 158 .411 Holiday, NOR 36 88 .409 G. Hill, IND 54 132 .409 Galloway, NYK 40 98 .408 Snell, CHI 35 86 .407 George, IND 107 263 .407 Bosh, MIA 61 150 .407 Barea, DAL 37 93 .398 Ha yw ard , U TA 6 4 16 1 .3 98 McCollum, POR 89 224 .397 Miles, IND 81 205 .395 Beal, WAS 37 95 .389 FREE THROW PERCENTAGE FT FTA Pct Crawford, LAC 105 113 .929 Williams, DAL 79 86 .919 Paul, LAC 121 134 .903 Thomas, NYK 65 72 .903 Curry, GOL 175 194 .902 Thomas, BOS 179 199 .899 Nowitzki, DAL 100 112 .893 Jack, Bro 100 112 .893 Durant, OKC 171 192 .891 Lee, MEM 57 64 .891 Middleton, MIL 112 126 .889 Lillard, POR 151 170 .888 Anderson, NOR 95 107 .888 Gordon, NOR 94 106 .887 Leonard, SAN 117 132 .886 Lowry, TOR 178 201 .886 Redick, LAC 78 89 .876 Martin, MIN 92 105 .876 Harden, HOU 323 370 .873 Gallinari, DEN 179 206 .869 Bazemore, ATL 59 68 .868 Collison, SAC 72 83 .867 Matthews, DAL 52 60 .867 Porzingis, NYK 89 103 .864 Jackson, DET 136 158 .861 Belinelli, SAC 75 88 .852 Teague, ATL 132 155 .852 Gasol, MEM 147 173 .850 Hibbert, LAL 79 93 .849 Walker, CHA 141 166 .849 REBOUNDS PER GAME G Off Def Tot Avg Drummond, DET 35 198 363 561 16.0 Jordan, LAC 35 128 339 467 13.3 Howard, HOU 30 104 248 352 11.7 Whiteside, MIA 33 101 271 372 11.3 Davis, NOR 30 61 273 334 11.1 Gasol, CHI 31 73 259 332 10.7 Love, CLE 32 76 266 342 10.7 Cousins, SAC 26 61 215 276 10.6 Pachulia, DAL 34 121 237 358 10.5 Thompson, CLE 32 103 216 319 10.0 Gortat, WAS 29 83 202 285 9.8 Randle, LAL 34 78 247 325 9.6 Green, GOL 34 60 262 322 9.5 Monroe, MIL 34 87 233 320 9.4 Towns, MIN 35 84 243 327 9.3 Young, Bro 34 99 218 317 9.3 Sullinger, BOS 33 87 216 303 9.2 Faried, DEN 31 116 163 279 9.0 Biyombo, TOR 36 96 226 322 8.9 Aldridge, SAN 34 87 215 302 8.9 Millsap, ATL 35 93 217 310 8.9 Noah, CHI 25 73 148 221 8.8 Griffin, LAC 30 49 211 260 8.7 Favors, UTA 26 83 141 224 8.6 Lopez, Bro 34 107 184 291 8.6 Randolph, MEM 31 89 169 258 8.3 Vucevic, ORL 32 93 173 266 8.3 Bosh, MIA 34 33 243 276 8.1 Noel, PHL 31 67 182 249 8.0 Porzingis, NYK 35 74 205 279 8.0 COLLEGE MEN'S TOP 25 Tuesday 1. Kansas (13-1) did not play. 2. Oklahoma (12-1) did not play. 3. Maryland (13-1) did not play. 4. Virginia (12-2) did not play. 5. Michigan State (14-1) did not play. 6. North Carolina (14-2) did not play. 7. Arizona (13-1) did not play. 8. Providence (14-2) lost to Marquette 65-64. 9. Kentucky (11-3) lost to LSU 85-67. 10. Xavier (13-1) did not play. 11. Villanova (12-2) did not play. 12. Miami (12-1) did not play. 13. Iowa State (11-2) did not play. 14. Duke (12-2) did not play. 15. SMU (13-0) did not play. 16. Louisville (12-2) did not play. 17. West Virginia (13-1) did not play. 18. Butler (12-3) beat DePaul 77-72. 19. Iowa (12-3) beat Nebraska 77-66. 20. Purdue (13-2) did not play. 21. Texas A&M (11-2) did not play. 22. South Carolina (14-0) beat Auburn 81-69. 23. UConn (10-4) lost to Temple 55-53. 24. Pittsburgh (12-1) did not play. 25. Dayton (11-2) did not play. COLLEGE WOMEN'S TOP 25 Tuesday 1. UConn (11-0) did not play. 2. South Carolina (13-0) did not play. 3. Notre Dame (13-1) did not play. 4. Texas (13-0) did not play. 5. O hio S ta te ( 10 -3 ) d id n ot p la y. 6. Baylor (14-1) did not play. 7. Mississippi State (14-1) did not play. 8. Maryland (12-2) did not play. 9. Stanford (11-3) did not play. 10. Kentucky (11-1) did not play. 11. Oregon State (10-3) did not play. 12. Tennessee (10-3) did not play. 13. Texas A&M (11-3) did not play. 14. Arizona State (10-3) did not play. 15. UCLA (11-3) did not play. 16. Northwestern (12-2) did not play. 17. Oklahoma (10-3) did not play. 18. Duke (11-4) did not play. 19. Florida State (9-4) did not play. 20. Missouri (13-1) did not play. 21. California (9-4) did not play. 22. South Florida (9-3) beat UCF 108-63. 23. Michigan State (10-3) did not play. 24. DePaul (11-5) beat No. 25 Seton Hall 86-74. 25. Seton Hall (13-2) lost to No. 24 DePaul 85-7. NHL WESTERN CONFERENCE PACIFIC DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA Los Angeles 39 25 12 2 52 105 87 Arizona 39 19 16 4 42 110 124 Anaheim 38 16 15 7 39 73 90 Vancouver 40 15 16 9 39 97 113 San Jose 37 18 17 2 38 101 106 Calgary 38 18 18 2 38 101 121 Edmonton 41 17 21 3 37 102 122 CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA Dallas 42 28 10 4 60 146 113 Chicago 41 24 13 4 52 114 99 St. Louis 42 23 14 5 51 103 103 Minnesota 39 21 11 7 49 105 92 Nashville 39 19 13 7 45 103 102 Colorado 40 19 18 3 41 113 111 Winnipeg 39 18 19 2 38 104 114 EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA Florida 40 24 12 4 52 111 86 Detroit 40 20 13 7 47 101 106 Montreal 41 22 16 3 47 119 103 Boston 38 20 14 4 44 118 105 Ottawa 40 19 15 6 44 114 120 Tampa Bay 39 19 16 4 42 100 95 Toronto 37 15 15 7 37 99 103 Buffalo 40 15 21 4 34 92 110 METROPOLITAN DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA Washington 39 29 7 3 61 124 85 N.Y. Islanders 40 22 13 5 49 113 99 N.Y. Rangers 40 22 14 4 48 118 105 New Jersey 40 20 15 5 45 93 95 Pittsburgh 39 19 15 5 43 93 96 Philadelphia 38 16 15 7 39 83 105 Carolina 40 16 17 7 39 92 111 Columbus 41 15 23 3 33 105 131 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Monday's games Detroit 1, New Jersey 0 Ottawa 3, St. Louis 2, OT Colorado 4, Los Angeles 1 Edmonton 1, Carolina 0, OT Arizona 3, Vancouver 2 Tuesday's games Washington 3, Boston 2 Florida 5, Buffalo 1 N.Y. Rangers 6, Dallas 2 Chicago 3, Pittsburgh 2, OT Minnesota 4, Columbus 2 Philadelphia 4, Montreal 3 Winnipeg at Nashville, (n.) Tampa Bay at Calgary, (n.) Odds PREGAME.COM LINE NBA Wednesday Favorite Line (O/U) Underdog Indiana 1 (197) at Orlando at Miami 81/2 (OFF) New York Cleveland 7 (1991/2) at Washington Toronto 61/2 (196) at Brooklyn at Boston 4 (2011/2) Detroit at New Orleans 4 (207) Dallas at Minnesota 3 (2031/2) Denver at San Antonio OFF (OFF) Utah Charlotte 21/2 (206) at Phoenix at Oklahoma City (OFF) Memphis Clippers 4 (2051/2) at PORTLAND College Basketball Wednesday Favorite Line (O/U) Underdog at Georgia 101/2 Missouri at Pittsburgh 9 Georgia Tech Duke 81/2 at Wake Forest at DAVIDSON OFF Duquesne at Fordham 11 LA Salle at Villanova 14 Seton Hall at Maryland 24 Rutgers Florida 31/2 at Tennessee at UCF 9 So. Florida at Bowling Green 31/2 Miami (Ohio) at Cent. Michigan 3 E. Michigan Toledo 11/2 at Ball St George Washington 9 at Saint Louis at N. Illinois 1 Ohio at Illinois St 6 Loyola of Chicago N. Iowa 6 at Missouri St S. Illinois 12 at BRADLEY at Wichita State 8 Evansville at DRAKE OFF Indiana St at Dayton 111/2 UMass St. Bonaventure 2 at George Mason Texas A&M 7 at Mississippi St at Iowa St 9 Texas Tech Xavier 16 at St. John's at N'western 3 Ohio State at Wyoming 5 Air Force at Oregon 3 California UNLV 3 at Colorado St at Fresno St 6 Nevada at San Diego St 181/2 San Jose St Long Beach St 5 at Cs Northridge at Oregon St 6 Stanford at Hawaii 91/2 Cal Poly NHL Wednesday Favorite Line Underdog at Montreal -145/+135 New Jersey at Chicago OFF Pittsburgh at Anaheim -170/+158 Toronto at Vancouver -125/+115 Carolina at Colorado -105/-105 St. Louis College Football National Championship Game Championship Game At Glendale Favorite Today (O/U) Underdog Alabama 7 (501/2) Clemson NFL Saturday Favorite Today (O/U) Underdog Kansas City 3 (401/2) at Houston Pittsburgh 21/2 (461/2) at Cincinnati Sunday Seattle 51/2 (421/2) at Minnesota at Washington 1 (46) Green Bay Transactions American League Cleveland Indians: Agreed to terms with 1B Mike Napoli on a one-year contract. Oakland Athletics: Traded RHP Arnold Leon to Toronto for cash or a player to be named. FOOTBALL National Football League Arizona Cardinals: Signed Cs Taylor Boggs and Valerian Ume-Ezeoke, LB Mike Reilly and S Tyrequek Zimmerman to reserve/future contracts. Cincinnati Bengals: Signed LB Jayson DiManche to the practice squad and PK Zach Hocker, LB Dezmond Johnson and S Floyd Raven Sr. to reserve/future contracts. nious split after an ill-fated half-season with the Mav- ericks. Dallas' run against Sac- ramento is the second-lon- gest current streak ver- sus one team in the NBA behind San Antonio's 32- game run against Golden State, according to STATS. The Kings haven't won a regular-season game in Dallas since Feb. 27, 2003, when they won 126-124 in overtime. Sacramento did win a game in Dallas dur- ing a five-game playoff se- ries victory over the Mav- ericks in 2004. The Kings just missed out on snapping the long Dallas skid a night after winning in Oklahoma City for the first time in 15 tries. Cousins, who had an odd triple-double with 17 re- bounds and 10 turnovers, also had a big blocked shot on Zaza Pachulia in the second extra period. Rudy Gay, who scored 31 points, hit a 3-pointer at the other end for a 116-109 lead with 1:20 left. But after Williams hit a layup, Nowitzki made a long 3 over Cousins to make it a two-point game. Williams led Dallas with 25 points, while Nowitzki had 23 and Wesley Mat- thews added 20. Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle decided to let the Kings run the clock with just a 2-second difference from the game clock. After former Dallas guard Darren Collison threw up an airball to make the shot clock expire, the Mavericks got a chance to set up the final play for Williams, who started for the first time since strain- ing his left hamstring Dec. 22 against Toronto. He missed four games and came off the bench for two. Marco Belinelli hit a pair of 3s in the final minute of regulation, the latter pull- ing the Kings even at 96 with 13 seconds left. After Williams hit a floating la- yup with 2.1 seconds to go, Cousins took an inbounds pass from Belinelli and hit a driving layup just before the buzzer. Rondo avoided any pre- game boos by sneaking to the Sacramento bench in his game sweatsuit while the arena was dark during Dallas introductions. Few seemed to notice when he walked to the locker room at halftime. Kings FROM PAGE 1 | SPORTS | REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 2016 2 B