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Sports 1B Thursday January 28, 2010 Thursday Boys Basketball — Mercy at University Prep Girls Basketball — Mercy at University Prep Girls Basketball — Red Bluff at Shasta, 7:30 p.m. Soccer — Liberty Christian at Mercy NBA — Celtics at Magic, 5 p.m., TNT NBA — Mavericks at Suns, 7:30 p.m., TNT The Redding Riptide will be holding softball tryouts for their spring-summer travel teams Saturday from 10 a.m. to noon at Softball Park next to Redding City Hall. The Riptide will be forming 16-and-under, 14-and- under and 12-and-under teams. For more information contact Don Wolfe at 510-7524. Redding Riptide tryouts NBA By The Associated Press EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Boston 29 13 .690 — Toronto 24 22 .522 7 New York 18 26 .409 12 Philadelphia15 30 .33315 1/2 New Jersey 4 40 .091 26 Southeast Division W L Pct GB Atlanta 29 15 .659 — Orlando 29 16 .644 1/2 Miami 23 22 .5116 1/2 Charlotte 22 22 .500 7 Washington 14 30 .318 15 Central Division W L Pct GB Cleveland 36 11 .766 — Chicago 22 22 .50012 1/2 Milwaukee 19 25 .43215 1/2 Indiana 16 30 .34819 1/2 Detroit 15 29 .34119 1/2 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB Dallas 30 15 .667 — San Antonio26 18 .5913 1/2 Memphis 25 19 .5684 1/2 New Orleans24 20 .5455 1/2 Houston 24 21 .533 6 Northwest Division W L Pct GB Denver 31 14 .689 — Utah 26 18 .5914 1/2 Portland 27 19 .5874 1/2 Oklahoma City 24 21 .533 7 Minnesota 9 38 .191 23 Pacific Division W L Pct GB L.A. Lakers 35 11 .761 — Phoenix 26 21 .5539 1/2 L.A. Clippers20 25 .44414 1/2 Sacramento 16 28 .364 18 Golden State13 30 .30220 1/2 Tuesday's Games L.A. Lakers 115, Washington 103 New York 132, Minnesota 105 Dallas 108, Milwaukee 107 Charlotte 114, Phoenix 109, OT Sacramento 99, Golden State 96 Wednesday's Games L.A. Lakers 118, Indiana 96 Cleveland 109, Minnesota 95 Toronto 111, Miami 103 Memphis 99, Detroit 93 New Jersey 103, L.A. Clippers 87 Milwaukee 91, Philadelphia 88 Chicago 96, Oklahoma City 86 Denver 97, Houston 92 San Antonio 105, Atlanta 90 Utah at Portland, late New Orleans at Golden State, late Thursday's Games Toronto at New York, 4:30 p.m. Boston at Orlando, 5 p.m. Dallas at Phoenix, 7:30 p.m. Friday's Games Cleveland at Indiana, 4 p.m. L.A. Lakers at Philadelphia, 4 p.m. Boston at Atlanta, 4:30 p.m. L.A. Clippers at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Chicago at New Orleans, 5 p.m. Denver at Oklahoma City, 5 p.m. Miami at Detroit, 5 p.m. Washington at New Jersey, 5 p.m. Portland at Houston, 5:30 p.m. Memphis at San Antonio, 5:30 p.m. Sacramento at Utah, 6 p.m. Charlotte at Golden State, 7:30 p.m. NHL EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GFGA New Jersey 52 34 16 2 70 139115 Pittsburgh 54 33 20 1 67 172152 Philadelphia51 26 22 3 55 155144 N.Y. Rangers54 24 23 7 55 138150 N.Y. Islanders 53 23 22 8 54141164 Northeast Division GP W L OT Pts GFGA Buffalo 52 31 14 7 69 147126 Ottawa 54 29 21 4 62 150154 Montreal 55 25 25 5 55 141149 Boston 51 23 20 8 54 127131 Toronto 54 17 27 10 44 142187 Southeast Division GP W L OT Pts GFGA Washington 53 35 12 6 76 207146 Florida 53 23 21 9 55 146154 Atlanta 52 23 21 8 54 158167 Tampa Bay 52 22 20 10 54 135157 Carolina 52 17 28 7 41 137173 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GFGA Chicago 53 36 13 4 76 174122 Nashville 52 29 20 3 61 145145 Detroit 53 25 19 9 59 137143 St. Louis 52 23 21 8 54 137146 Columbus 55 21 25 9 51 145182 Northwest Division GP W L OT Pts GFGA Vancouver 52 32 18 2 66 170127 Colorado 51 30 15 6 66 153136 Calgary 53 26 20 7 59 135138 Minnesota 53 26 23 4 56 150158 Edmonton 51 16 29 6 38 135176 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GFGA San Jose 53 35 10 8 78 179128 Phoenix 53 30 18 5 65 144139 Los Angeles52 30 19 3 63 156146 Dallas 53 23 19 11 57 152171 Anaheim 54 24 23 7 55 150171 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Wednesday's Games Buffalo 2, New Jersey 1, SO Dallas 4, Calgary 3, SO Carolina 5, N.Y. Rangers 1 Washington 5, Anaheim 1 Tampa Bay 3, Montreal 0 Minnesota 5, Detroit 2 St. Louis at Vancouver, late Thursday's Games Atlanta at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Ottawa at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Carolina, 7 p.m. Los Angeles at Columbus, 7 p.m. Minnesota at Colorado, 9 p.m. Calgary at Phoenix, 9 p.m. St. Louis at Edmonton, 9:30 p.m. Chicago at San Jose, 10:30 p.m. Friday's Games Toronto at New Jersey, 7 p.m. Florida at Washington, 7 p.m. Boston at Buffalo, 7:30 p.m. Anaheim at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m. Nashville at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. Colorado at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. MOVES BASEBALL American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES—Designated RHP Den- nis Sarfate for assignment. DETROIT TIGERS—Agreed to terms with RHP Jay Sborz, LHP Phil Coke, INF Audy Ciriaco, INF Scott Sizemore, INF Ryan Strieby, OF Austin Jackson and OF Casper Wells on one-year con- tracts. National League CHICAGO CUBS—Agreed to terms with LHP Sean Marshall on a one-year contract and INF Chad Tracy on a minor league contract. CINCINNATI REDS—Agreed to terms with INF Miguel Cairo on a minor league contract. COLORADO ROCKIES—Agreed to terms with RHP Huston Street on a three-year contract and RHP Tim Redding on a minor league contract. MILWAUKEE BREWERS—Claimed INF Joe Inglett off waivers from Texas. Designated RHP Chris Smith for assignment. PITTSBURGH PIRATES—Assigned RHP Antho- ny Claggett and RHP Steven Jackson outright to Indianapolis (IL). BASKETBALL National Basketball Association NBA—Suspended Washington G Gilbert Arenas and G Javaris Crittenton for the remainder of the season for having guns in the locker room. FOOTBALL National Football League BUFFALO BILLS—Named Curtis Modkins offen- sive coordinator/running backs coach, Bob Bick- nell tight ends coach, Joe D'Alessandris offensive line coach, Giff Smith defensive assistant and Kevin Patullo offensive quality control. CLEVELAND BROWNS—Named Mark Schiefel- bein as vice president football operations and Kent Johnston head strength and conditioning coach. DENVER BRONCOS—Reassigned vice presi- dent of public relations Jim Saccomano to vice president of corporate communications. Named Patrick Smyth executive director of media rela- tions. JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS—Fired defensive line coach Ted Monachino. Named Joe Cullen defen- sive line coach. NEW YORK GIANTS—Named Robert Nunn defensive line coach. PHILADELPHIA EAGLES—Named Barry Rubin head strength and conditioning coach and Ken Croner assistant strength and conditioning coach. HOCKEY National Hockey League BOSTON BRUINS—Assigned F Trent Whitfield to Providence (AHL). MINNESOTA WILD—Assigned RW Petr Sykora to Houston (AHL). NASHVILLE PREDATORS—Signed F Marcel Goc to a one-year contract extension. WASHINGTON CAPITALS—Recalled G Braden Holtby from Hershey (AHL). Assigned D Karl Alzner to Hershey. Scoreboard Scoreboard Daily News photo by Geoff Johnson Red Bluff Spartan Eddie Samay takes on Foothill's Austin Lanzi in the 125 pound class Wednesday night at Red Bluff Union High School gymnasium. Results from Wednesday's meet were not available by 9:30 p.m. Wednesday and should be published in Friday's edition. Curry will call rookie son's game OAKLAND (AP) — Typically when Dell Curry calls a Charlotte Bobcats game, opposing players are referred to by their last names on the broadcast. Not this Friday night with one special Golden State guard: Curry's rookie son, Stephen. Dell Curry insists in this case it will be ''Steph.'' Makes sense. ''I'm his son,'' Stephen Curry said. Dell Curry is one proud dad and is looking forward to this unique opportunity. ''I'll be as professional and unbiased as I can, but he is my son,'' Dell Curry said Wednesday, watching from a seat along the baseline as his son shot jumpers during warmups before Golden State's game against New Orleans. ''We do a lot of Steph updates on our broadcasts because he's from Charlotte. It's definitely going to be odd.'' Father and son circled this game after Stephen Curry was drafted seventh overall by the Warriors out of Davidson back in June — and also the younger Curry's return to his hometown of Charlotte on March 6. He was selected to the All-Star Game's Rookie Chal- lenge on Wednesday and was averaging 25 points, 5.8 rebounds and 5.4 assists over his previous five games head- ing into Wednesday night's home matchup with New Orleans. ''It's going to be really fun for me to be a part of the best rookies in our class,'' the younger Curry said. ''It's an honor to be a part of. Historically, rookies haven't done too well.'' Dell Curry got the night off after Charlotte's game Tues- day at Phoenix. So he arrived in the Bay Area early to catch Wednesday night's game from the stands. ''I'm just happy to be here as a dad tonight,'' said Dell Curry, who watched his son live for the fourth time. ''It's been a good week for him, a good day for him.'' Dell Curry spent 16 years in the NBA with five teams, 10 of those with the Charlotte Hornets, and still offers his insight when his son asks. They speak several times a week, and Dell stays up until the wee hours watching his son's West Coast games after he's done broadcasting the Bobcats. He often gets to bed at 2:30 a.m. and has a tough time winding down after all that basketball. Stephen Curry is learning the ways of the NBA just fine in his first professional season. When he does call his dad, they usually talk about other things than basketball. ''I was a basketball kid. I've been doing this all my life,'' Stephen Curry said. ''Even though he did play 16 years in the NBA, it's stuff I can figure out on my own.'' Friday will be former Warriors swingman Stephen Jack- son's return to Oracle Arena for the first time since Golden State traded him to Charlotte in November. ''It's going to be interesting,'' Stephen Curry said. ''I'm looking forward to it and playing against him. He's put the Bobcats in a great place right now.'' Federer shows timing is everything MELBOURNE, Aus- tralia (AP) — With two of the three men to have beat- en Roger Federer in the last 19 majors already out of the Australian Open, the Swiss star had a new threat to face. Nikolay Davydenko's 13-match winning streak was the hottest on the tour and included two wins over Federer during title runs at the season-ending champi- onships in November and the season-opening event at Doha earlier this month. The Russian unloaded everything he had on Feder- er for a set and a half Wednesday and was sud- denly in uncharted territory at a Grand Slam tourna- ment. That's when a bit of gamesmanship and a lot of big-match experience helped Federer switch gears and win 13 straight games en route to a 2-6, 6-3, 6-0, 7-5 victory that sent Davy- denko packing to join Fed- erer's former Grand Slam conquerors: No. 2-ranked Rafael Nadal and No. 4- ranked Juan Martin del Potro. No. 3 Novak Djokovic was ousted only hours later. ''Winning that many games in a row against a player that's been on fire like this, it's a great sign,'' Federer said. The win stretched his record to a 23rd consecu- tive Grand Slam semifinal appearance, something he rated as ''definitely one of the most incredible things I have in my resume.'' Before Federer, Ivan Lendl and Rod Laver shared the record at 10. ''It's incredible looking back on how many years that is now, you know, I'm able to deliver at Grand Slam play, especially this year,'' he said. ''Looking at the draw with (former No. 1-ranked Lleyton) Hewitt in the fourth round and Davy- denko in the quarters, who has been on fire the last weeks and even today, you know, we saw big signs of it. ''So for some reason I was just a bit worried I was not going to make it this time in the semis. Now obviously that it's safe again and I've been able to add one. It's amazing.'' Besides his incredible run of Grand Slam semifi- nals that began at Wimble- don in 2004, Federer boasts three Australian Open wins among his record 15 major titles and 50 wins or more at three of the four biggest tournaments in tennis. Defending champion Nadal, who beat Federer in five sets in last year's final here and at Wimbledon in 2008 and at three French Opens, retired with a knee injury while trailing No. 5 Andy Murray in the third set of their quarterfinal on Tuesday night. Del Potro, who beat Federer to win the U.S. Open in September, lost to Marin Cilic. The Croat gained a semifinal against Murray, a Scot who carries the extra burden of trying to be the first British man since the 1930s to win a major. Djokovic, who beat Fed- erer in the semifinals here in 2008 en route to the title, complained of an upset stomach following a 7-6 (8), 6-7 (5), 1-6, 6-3, 6-1 loss to Frenchman Jo-Wil- fried Tsonga, reversing the outcome of their meeting in the final here two years ago. ''I saw he wasn't very good, but sometimes he does that and he wins,'' Tsonga said. Tsonga, whose last two wins came in the only five- set matches he's played 11 Grand Slam tournaments, will meet Federer on Friday in the other semifinal. MCT photo Switzerland's Roger Federer defeats Russia's Nikolay Davydenko during their quarterfinal match at the Australian Open Wednesday. Mickelson to use Ping wedge SAN DIEGO (AP) — Phil Mickelson has been one of the strongest critics of the USGA's new regulation that bans square grooves, so it was not surprising that he became the latest player to put the Ping-Eye 2 lob wedge in his bag. The Ping wedge, which has square grooves, is not affect- ed in this new era of V-shaped grooves because of a lawsuit Ping filed against the USGA that was settled 20 years ago. Under the settlement, any Ping-Eye 2 made before April 1, 1990, is allowed. Some have said players using the Ping wedges are vio- lating the spirit of the rule. Mickelson doesn't buy it. ''I've sent in grooves that are legal but have not been approved for play,'' he said.