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Scoreboard Football AMERICANCONFERENCE WEST DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Denver 4 0 01.000 111 64 Oakland 3 1 0 .750 108 106 Kansas City 2 2 0 .500 83 92 San Diego 1 3 0 .250 121 108 EAST DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA New England 3 1 0 .750 81 61 Buffalo 2 2 0 .500 87 68 N.Y. Jets 1 3 0 .250 79 105 Miami 1 3 0 .250 71 89 SOUTH DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Houston 3 1 0 .750 69 73 Jacksonville 1 3 0 .250 84 111 Indianapolis 1 3 0 .250 108 125 Tennessee 1 3 0 .250 62 84 NORTH DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Pittsburgh 3 1 0 .750 108 80 Baltimore 3 1 0 .750 84 72 Cincinnati 2 2 0 .500 78 82 Cleveland 0 4 0 .000 74 115 NATIONAL CONFERENCE WEST DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Los Angeles 3 1 0 .750 63 76 Seattle 3 1 0 .750 79 54 San Francisco1 3 0 .250 90 107 Arizona 1 3 0 .250 92 80 EAST DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Philadelphia 3 0 01.000 92 27 Dallas 3 1 0 .750 101 77 Washington 2 2 0 .500 99 112 N.Y. Giants 2 2 0 .500 73 85 SOUTH DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Atlanta 3 1 0 .750 152 124 Tampa Bay 1 3 0 .250 77 128 Carolina 1 3 0 .250 109 118 New Orleans 1 3 0 .250 114 130 NORTH DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Minnesota 4 0 01.000 88 50 Green Bay 2 1 0 .667 75 67 Chicago 1 3 0 .250 62 97 Detroit 1 3 0 .250 95 102 Thursday's games Arizona at San Francisco, 5:25 p.m. Sunday's games N.Y. Jets at Pittsburgh, 10 a.m. New England at Cleveland, 10 a.m. Tennessee at Miami, 10 a.m. Houston at Minnesota, 10 a.m. Washington at Baltimore, 10 a.m. Chicago at Indianapolis, 10 a.m. Philadelphia at Detroit, 10 a.m. Atlanta at Denver, 1:05 p.m. Cincinnati at Dallas, 1:25 p.m. San Diego at Oakland, 1:25 p.m. Buffalo at Los Angeles, 1:25 p.m. N.Y. Giants at Green Bay, 5:30 p.m. Monday's games Tampa Bay at Carolina, 5:30 p.m. In the tiebreaker, the Spartans came out strong and went up 6-1 before the Panthers began clawing their way back to life. After taking the lead 8-7, thanks to a series of vicious kills from Kylie Johnson and Myriah Logan, the Panthers would go up 14-11. Red Bluff buckled down, though, and scored five in a row for the win, 16-14. The win means the Spar- tans remain unbeaten in league play at 3-0. The Pan- thers drop to 1-2 in league play. The Spartans will travel to Palo Cedro on Thursday for a 7 p.m. match against the Foothill Cougars, who were 1-1 and scheduled to play Shasta on Tuesday. As of noon Wednesday, no score had been reported for the Foothill game. Burney3,Warriors2 BURNEY The Mercy War- riors fell on the road in five sets to the Burney Raiders on Tuesday evening, 25-17, 22-25, 25-15, 15-25 and 15- 8. Crystal Pimentel led the Warriors with nine kills, two aces, 12 digs and 13 as- sists; Annie Feser had five kills, two aces and eight digs; Eva Flynn had five kills, an ace and four digs and nine assists; Hailey Coelho had four kills, an ace and 13 digs; Sophia Ru- bright had four kills, two aces, a block and six digs; and Allie Adams had three kills, five aces and eight digs. The Warriors (6-14 over- all, 0-3 league) are sched- uled to host the Liberty Christian Patriots (6-10 overall, 1-2 league) at 6 p.m. Tuesday. Other action As of 5 p.m. Wednesday, no score had been reported for the Corning Cardinals' home match Tuesday night against the Orland Trojans. They are scheduled to host the Wheatland Pirates at 6:30 p.m. Thursday. The Los Molinos Bull- dogs (19-8 overall, 2-0 league) did not play Tues- day and are scheduled to face the Redding Chris- tian Lions (9-6 overall, 3-0 league) at 6:15 p.m. Thurs- day in Redding. Volleyball FROM PAGE 1 CHIPTHOMPSON—DAILYNEWS Red Bluff's Sarah Reineman gets a kill Tuesday night against Chico. tool. Durant is determined to become more instinctive on both ends. "I let him know it's cool to coach me up," Durant said. "At any moment if I need to make a cut or set a screen, he's letting me know it would be a good time to do that." Durant believes he can learn and adjust on the fly, even if he's out of his com- fort zone right now. Curry appreciates Du- rant's drive. "He has a great attitude when it comes to that," Curry said. "Coach also has a great attitude about coaching everybody, no matter who you are. We've got to remember we're still in literally the first seven, eight days of this." There have been flashes already of what can be. West dished to Shaun Livingston for a dunk late in the first quarter, then Durant drove for a layup the next time down. Golden State led by 51 points — 102- 51 — after three quarters in the 120-75 rout Tuesday. While Kerr warns about patience in putting things together, this was hardly a bad first look for the loyal home fans. He doesn't buy any big predictions from outsiders about his team at this early stage. This is a far different ros- ter than the one that won an NBA-record 73 games last season and lost in Game 7 of theNBAFinalstoCleveland. Nobody's overly con- cerned about the adjust- ment process for Durant. "Nothing really has sur- prised me. He's so talented, he's such a good guy, he's such a good teammate, he cares about the team, he cares about people," Kerr said. "Like anybody going to a new team, it's not easy. Sometimes it's harder going to a new team when you're a star than it is when you're a role guy and you're used to just finding that niche right away and nobody's talking about you and you figure it out. "When you're the star and the spotlight's on you and you're thinking all these thoughts about 'What about shots for Steph and Klay and I don't want to screw anything up.' I know Kevin thinks about all that stuff. He's a wonderful guy, incredible talent. It will take some time. Obviously he's going to be great." Warriors FROM PAGE 1 ace back out for the ninth — especially when his bull- pen had blown a franchise- record 30 saves this season. Bumgarner finished the deal on 119 pitches and lowered his ERA to 0.50 in seven postseason road starts, including two shut- outs in these all-or-nothing wild card games. But unlike his maestro performance in Pittsburgh two years ago, the Giants did not give him a grand slam or a cushion of any sort. He held the Mets to four hits and a pair of walks (one intentional) while striking out six, continually work- ing the top of the zone with his fastball before mixing a humpbacked curve that de- ceived as much as it dived. Not even a Willie Mays- inspired catch by center fielder Curtis Granderson could save the Mets. His sprinting effort to strand a runner on second base caused Brandon Belt to spike his helmet in the sixth inning. That was the nearest the Giants came to scoring off Syndergaard, who threw ri- diculous fuel while taking a no-hitter into the sixth inning. He struck out 10 while throwing 109 pitches in seven innings. But Bumgarner outlasted them. He outlasted them all. His final pitch of the night resulted in a fly out to Denard Span that will en- sure another baseball game at AT&T Park this season. Bumgarner has allowed one earned run in his last 34 postseason innings, and he'll attempt to keep his run going when he faces the Cubs at Third and King in Game 3 on Tuesday. Syndergaard allowed 48 stolen bases this season, the most by an NL pitcher in two decades (Hideo Nomo in 1996). The Giants hoped to take advantage of the right-hander's deliberate delivery by putting runners in motion. First, they had to get those runners. Syndergaard carved through the Giants order the first time through, striking out five of nine bat- ters while hitting 99 mph with a sinking, two-seam fastball that might violate blue laws in 11 states. The Giants struck out the fewest times of any NL club. It didn't matter. Panik was the toughest player in the NL to fan, at one strikeout per 9.1 at-bats. It didn't mat- ter. Panik struck out swing- ing — flailing, to be more precise — in each of his first two at-bats. Panik hadn't struck out twice against the same pitcher in a big league game all season; the Padres' Bran- don Morrow was the last to do it, on April 10, 2015. The Giants finally put Syndergaard in the stretch in the fourth, when Span worked a seven-pitch walk. To nobody's surprise, Span took off with a pitch to Brandon Belt, and although his front foot clearly slid into second base prior to the tag, second base umpire Mike Everitt swung his arm with the out call. Bochy instituted a replay challenge that the club lost, with the only explanation being that Span's front foot might have buckled and come off the base before his back leg hit the bag. Replays appeared to show that Jose Reyes kept the tag applied when Span might have lost brief contact with the bag. The Giants still re- tained one challenge be- cause teams are allotted two of them for postseason games. But the chance went by the boards. At least the Giants forced Syndergaard to throw 28 pitches in the inning. Giants FROM PAGE 1 | SPORTS | REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2016 4 B