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ByJeffLarson jlarson@paradisepost.com @jtlarson on Twitter CORNING For the first time in more than a decade, the Corn- ing High boys basketball team welcomed Paradise to town for a league contest. Friday's winter homecoming game kicked off Westside League play between Paradise and Corn- ing. Corningwonroundone,60-41, to stay unbeaten at 18-0 and 3-0 in WSL play. Paradise dropped to 7-10, 1-2. Corning, off to its best start since third-year coach Kurt Wilkins grabbedthereignsofthe program, received a game-high 24 points from top scorer Noah ZoppiwhilejuniorBrendanHoag added 13. Corning's 14-6 second- quarter run gave the hosts a 29- 20 lead on Paradise at the break. Paradise received a team-high 15 points from senior Jacob War- ren, 11 of which came in the first half. But the second half as a whole belonged to Corning, in part because Warren fouled out and the Bobcats missed key la- yups throughout the second half. In fact, late in the fourth with Corning holding a 48-40 lead Paradise missed three layups — a couple in transition — to allow the deficit to grow, not shrink. The Bobcats led throughout the first quarter until a quick four-point spurt from Zoppi turned the momentum in favor of the unbeaten Cardinals in the second period. ParadiseisbackhomeTuesday to host Gridley in a WSL-Butte View League crossover game, while Corning hosts 2-14 Wheat- land, also of the BVL, on Tuesday. CORNING 43, PARADISE 28 The Corning girls basketball team continued to own Paradise this year with its third straight win over the Bobcats. Junior captain Mariah Castle ledthewaywith16points,includ- ing seven in the fourth quarter when Corning clung to just a 28- 24 lead on Paradise heading to the final period. "Paradise came all the way back," Corning coach Kol Zup- pan said. "They always say you don't want to play a team three times and we got to play them four times, so we knew it was going to be tough and they'd be up for it." In the fourth, Corning relied on two of its leaders, Castle and senior Kirstie Barr, as the two helped the Cardinals win the pe- riod 15-4 to put it away. Barr fin- ished with nine, while fellow se- nior Morgan Mason added seven in the win. Paradise senior guard Ken- zie Severe scored a team-high nine, while junior Lorissa Parks added eight, including six during aquicksecond-quarterspurtthat helped Paradise get it back to a single-digit deficit, down 24-17. Melanie Burnett chipped in four, but left the game with three-plus minutes left in the fourth with a leg injury. ParadiseandCorningwillplay again in Paradise Feb. 17, which is the final day of the regular sea- son. Corning (10-9, 2-1 WSL) travels to Wheatland Wednesday. Para- dise, (2-15, 0-3 WSL) will also square off against the BVL with a trip to Gridley on Tuesday. PREP BASKETBALL CORNING BOYS, GIRLS SHOOT DOWN PARADISE RICKSILVA—PARADISEPOST Corning High's Elter Bright (11) defends against Paradise guard Kenzie Severe during the Cardinals' 43-28win on homecoming Friday night. GIRLS: CORNING 43, PARADISE 28 BOYS: CORNING 60, PARADISE 41 Up next: Corning boys vs. Wheat- land; Paradise boys vs. Gridley, Tuesday; Corning girls at Wheat- land Wednesday; Paradise girls at Gridley Tuesday. THESCORE By Anthony Slater Bay Area News Group MIAMI Kevin Durant's offsea- son free agency decision sent ripple affects across the NBA. Perhaps no player was more af- fected than Dion Waiters. He went from a likely $10 million per year Oklahoma City return to a price-slashing month in re- stricted free agency that eventu- ally led to a make-good $3 mil- lion deal in Miami. On Monday, Waiters delivered a sliver of retribution for that lost money and altered career, plant- ing a 33-point night on Durant and the Warriors, punctuated by agame-winning3inthefinalsec- ond to give the Heat a shocking 105-102 win. "If anyone would hit a game- winner against me, it would be Dion Waiters," Durant said. After a Sunday night off in Miami and a morning without shootaround, the Warriors came out predictably sluggish on Mon- day night. Turnovers weren't the issue. It was their shot accuracy. TheWarriorsstarted6-of-18from the field and quickly fell behind 24-15 to a juiced up Heat team. But that's been a theme of late, even in their blowout wins. Just like in Houston this past Friday or in Orlando on Sunday, the Warriors toy around with an in- ferior team in the first half and thenblastoffinthethirdquarter. So many of their games have fol- lowed the same script. This one seemed destined to play out sim- ilarly. The Warriors steadied, Steph Curry hit some shots, JaVale Mc- Gee crunched in a couple lobs, Kevin Durant stammered down the court with his Inspector Gadget legs for some transition hoops and they led by six, with building momentum, midway through the third quarter. You felt the Warriors taking com- mand of the game. But then Waiters dropped in a tough fadeaway jumper, de- spite some draping Warrior de- fense. Then he drove and found Wayne Ellington for a dunk. Then Miami was surprisingly alive and the Warriors didn't re- spond. Behind another wave of Waiters jumpers, the Heat took a 10-point lead with under five minutes to go. In the grand scheme, this al- most felt like a positive moment for the Warriors. They were fi- nally getting a chance for some crunch-time reps. Since that fourthquartermeltdownagainst Memphis a few weeks back, they haven't faced any. Every game since has been a blowout. The results were mostly posi- tive.With3:13left,trailing98-88, Curry forced the issue and drew a Hassan Whiteside foul. He hit both free throws. Steve Kerr then employed the hack-a-Wh- iteside strategy and it worked. The Heat big man missed both of his free throws and was then pulled from the game. A nice Curry drive and find led to a Klay Thompson 3 on the next possession. It took Golden State 16 seconds to slice the lead from 10 to five. A minute later, Curry again made the proper pass in the right moment, find- ing an open Durant on the wing. He nailed his lone 3 of the game. The deficit was two. NBA Warriors fall to Miami on a game-winning 3-pointer By Pat Graham The Associated Press DENVER Patrick Marleau scored four goals in the third period and the San Jose Sharks beat the last- place Colorado Avalanche 5-2 on Monday night for their fifth straight win. Marleau scored in a variety of ways to break open a game tied at 1 heading into the third: He tipped a shot in off the post, scored on a wraparound, lined in a wrist shot and finally lifted a backhander over rookie goaltender Spencer Martin. Brent Burns had a goal and two assists as the two teams con- cluded their home-and-home set. The Sharks beat the Avalanche 3-2 in overtime on Saturday. Jarome Iginla and Andreas Martinsen scored for Colorado, which fell to 1-10-1 over its last 12 games. Matt Duchene, the team's leading goal scorer, was a late scratch due to an illness and left the Avalanche with only 19 play- ers. Duchene's absence raised some eyebrows since the talented forward has been the subject of re- cent trade rumors. Martin Jones stopped 26 shots for the Sharks. Marleau took over early in the third period when he scored twice in a 3:04 span. He was just getting warmed up as Colorado had no answer for No. 12. The Avs have been outscored by a 54-27 margin in the third pe- riod. Iginla's goal was his first since Dec. 27 and tied the game at 1 mid- way through the second period. He now has 617 career NHL goals, which moves him eight away from tying Avalanche Hall of Famer turned team executive Joe Sakic for 15th place on the career list. Burns gave the Sharks a 1-0 advantage with 59.8 seconds re- maining in the first period when he lined a wrist shot past Martin. It was Burns' 20th goal of the season. Until Burns' blast, Martin was off to a torrid start in just his sec- ond NHL game. Martin made his debut Saturday by turning back 27 shots against the Sharks. "Itwasaprettyawesomeexperi- ence," Martin said after the morn- ing skate. "I got to play against a really good team in my first game. Getting to play the same team again is going to be the same ex- perience." NHL Marleau scores 4 goals in 3rd Red Bluff's Carissa Twitchell goes up for a shot Friday night against Foothill. By Chip Thompson editor@redbluffdailynews.com @editorchip on Twitter RED BLUFF After a slow start and first half comeback, the Red Bluff Lady Spartans basketball team couldn't pull of a win Friday night when they hosted the Foothill Cou- gars, falling 47-42. TheSpartansweredown16-6af- ter the first period when they went on a 10-point run to tie the game and even took the lead briefly be- foregoingintothehalfdown23-21. Turnovers hurt the Spartans in the third and the Cougars took ad- vantage to extend their lead to 37- 30. With a little more than 2 min- utes to play, the Spartans pulled within three at 43-40. In the clos- ing seconds the Spartans had a chance to tie on a three from the corner that didn't go. A couple of foul shots padded the win for the Cougars. Megan Boone led the Spartans with 13 points and 12 rebounds, Jesse Miller had 8 points and 12 rebounds, Allyson Drury had 7 pointsand5rebounds,KyleeKitch- ell had 6 points and 10 rebounds, Carissa Twitchell had 5 points and 4 rebounds, Maggie Winning had 3 points and Gloria Abbate had 2 points. With the loss the Spartans go to 11-5 overall, 1-2 league. They are scheduled to travel to Red- ding Tuesday for a 7:30 p.m. tip off against the Shasta Wolves (11-5 overall, 1-2 league). TheSpartansarescheduledfora rematchwiththeCougars at7p.m. Thursday, Feb. 9. BASKETBALL LadySpartanscomeupshort CHIP THOMPSON — DAILY NEWS Cardinal Boys improve to 18-0 DAVID ZALUBOWSKI — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS San Jose Sharks le wing Patrick Marleau, right, follows the puck as it flies toward the net as Colorado Avalanche defenseman Eric Gelinas defends in the second period, Monday in Denver. 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