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STEVEDYKES—THEASSOCIATEDPRESS Golden State Warriors center Zaza Pachulia is fouled by Portland Trail Blazers center Mason Plumlee as he drives to the basket during the first half Sunday in Portland, Ore. ByJanieMcCauley TheAssociatedPress OAKLAND Golden State Warriors center Zaza Pachulia has a strained rotator cuff in his right shoulder and will be sidelined for at least a week. He underwent an MRI exam Tues- day and expressed his relief a day later that the injury wasn't more se- rious. He is scheduled to be re-eval- uated after a week. Pachulia made a diving play to secure a steal in the fourth quarter of Sunday night's 113-111 victory at Portland, and his outstretched right arm landed awk- wardly and his shoulder made con- tact with the ball. Two-time reigning NBA MVP Ste- phen Curry was set to play Wednes- day night against his hometown Hor- nets at Oracle Arena. Curry missed the game at Portland after waking up with the stomach flu — something he believes he picked up from his two young daughters who are both now in preschool. "I heard when you start your kids in school that first year or two, you're pretty much susceptible to any and everything," Curry said. "So far it's been OK, we just had a little rough go last week. Everything's good." Pachulia said he knew he had hurt his shoulder on the play but finished the game and once he cooled down, he noticed the pain. He has made big strides since mid- December, so this is a minor setback — though Pachulia is determined to make it a positive and use the time while receiving treatment to stay in shape and work to get stronger. "Right now there's progress," he said. "It definitely feels better every day. ... At the end of the day, we need healthy bodies. That's the beauty of this team, we have so many weapons and options. I wish everybody was available but injuries are a part of the game. I'm just glad it's not more serious than what it is." Curry was surprised he didn't lose much weight and feels his "energy is good, ready to go." "Probably a smart decision to not NBA Warriors'Pachuliaoutaweek GoldenStatecenterto miss time for strained rotator cuff in shoulder By Eddie Pells The Associated Press HOUSTON Nothing produces awkward NFL moments quite like watching the commissioner parry all those thorny issues in- volving the league's oldest and newest troublemakers — the Raiders and Patriots. Reporters spent time pok- ing Roger Goodell about "De- flategate," the Raiders' now- threatened move to Las Ve- gas, and other delicate topics at the commissioner's less-for- mal, less-crowded and, frankly, less-newsy pre-Super Bowl news conference, held on a Wednes- day this year instead of the tra- ditional Friday afternoon slot. Going sans necktie and speaking in a room about half the size as his usual Super Bowl venue, Goodell insisted noth- ing was off-kilter between the league and either team. He said "there's a great deal more work to be done" before the Raiders can move to Las Vegas, a reality reinforced af- ter both casino magnate Shel- don Adelson and a backup finan- cier, Goldman Sachs, pulled out of the stadium deal this week. The league is supposed to decide on the Las Vegas move in March. "But if any key aspect is changed, the process could be slowed down," Eric Grubman, the league's executive vice pres- ident of business ventures, told The Associated Press. Goodell said it was unlikely a casino owner could own a stake in a stadium, which would seem to disqualify Adelson anyway. About the more delicate ques- tion of whether it's good busi- ness for the league, which has always disdained gambling, to stick a franchise in the gambling capital of America, the commis- sioner said the league is in touch with the reality that gambling "exists throughout our world." "We've always said there's a fine line between team sports gambling and the NFL," Goodell said. "We want to protect the in- tegrity of our game and that's something we'll always do." The commissioner was only four days away from potentially handing the Lombardi Trophy to Patriots owner Robert Kraft. It would be the most awkward commissioner-owner handoff since 1981, when Pete Rozelle presented Raiders owner Al Da- vis with the trophy while Da- vis was suing the league over Rozelle's attempt to block the team's move from Oakland to Los Angeles. Fittingly, Goodell took five questions about the Patriots, almost all of them designed to put him on the defensive. The core of it: "Deflategate," and the four-game suspension he levied against Patriots quarterback Tom Brady to start the season. Among the highlights: Why didn't Goodell attend a Patriots playoff game, while heading to Atlanta twice? Has he spoken with Brady? How is he getting along with Kraft? "We have a disagreement about what occurred," Goodell NFL GOODELL: LEAGUE NEEDS WORK DONE Commissioner says Raiders' move to Vegas, 'Deflategate' with Patriots nothing off-kilter DAVID J. PHILLIP — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell answers questions during a news conference during preparations for Super Bowl 51on Wednesday in Houston. Staff Report PALO CEDRO The Mercy War- riors boys and girls basketball teams took losses on the road Tuesday night against the Red- ding Christian Lions. The Warriors boys struggled to score in the first half, put- ting up just two points in the first period and four in the sec- ond to go into halftime down 26-6. Despite some signs of life in the final period, the second half was a similar story and the Li- ons prevailed 53-17. Dartagnan Kingwell led the Warriors with eight points, Mar- cus Kuechle and Alavaro Dela- fuente each had four and Nick Keane hit a foul shot. Kuechle pulled down 14 re- bounds, Keane had six and T.J. Frase had four. The Warriors (1-18 overall, 0-5 league) are scheduled to visit the rival Los Molions Bulldogs (14-4 overall, 2-1 league) for a 7:30 p.m. game Friday. The Lady Warriors put some points up, but couldn't con- tain the Lions in the first half, taking a 42-13 deficit into the half. The scoring slowed on both sides in the second half and the Lions came away with a 59-22 win. As of 3 p.m. Wednesday no individual stats were posted for the Warriors. The Lady Warriors (2-16 overall, 0-3 league) are sched- uled to take on the Los Molinos Lady Bulldogs (12-5 overall, 2-1 league) at 6 p.m. Friday in Los Molinos. The undefeated Corning Car- dinals boys team played late Wednesday. Coverage of that game is posted on redbluffdai- lynews.com. BASKETBALL Warriors fall short against Redding Christian By Josh Dubow The Associated Press SAN JOSE Patrick Marleau is closing in on the 500 career goal milestone the same way he has played the rest of his 19 years in the NHL: with alarming speed. With six goals in his past four games for the San Jose Sharks, Marleau has moved within one goal of becoming the 45th player to reach the 500-goal mark in his career. Only 17 members of the 500-goal club reached the mark with their original team like Marleau can do. He gets his next chance on Thursday night when the Sharks visit Vancouver. "It feels good," Marleau said. "It's one of those things you just can't help but be asked questions about it or talk about. Just the way the team is playing right now is a bonus." Marleau has carried the Sharks the past few games with a four- goal third-period outburst at Col- orado last week followed by an- other game-winning goal the next night in Winnipeg and then the first goal in San Jose's first game back from the All-Star break, a 3-1 win over Chicago on Tuesday night. The 37-year-old Marleau is sec- ond on the Sharks with 18 goals and is on pace for his most goals since 2013-14 as coach Peter De- Boer said this is the best play he has seen from Marleau in DeBo- er's two years in San Jose. "He's an incredible athlete," De- Boer said. "There's a reason he has the numbers and the longev- ity that he has. I'd like to say I'm not surprised, but I think the fact that he's playing at even a higher level than he did last year is great for us. He's obviously feeling good about it, and he's in a good spot." After getting off to a slow start to the season when he played mostly on the third line, Mar- leau's play picked up when he was moved to the top line alongside Joe Thornton and Joe Pavelski in November after Tomas Hertl went down with a knee injury. Then Marleau moved back to the second line where he reunited with center Logan Couture and Mikkel Boedker, leading to the latest resurgence. "I think we're supporting each other out there, we're getting close to each other," Marleau said. "Everyone brings something. The speed Boedker has, he's winning battles and Cooch is a speedy player and a good playmaker. So things are going good. It's some- thing we can build off of." Despite the impressive creden- tials that include 1,063 career points, two Olympic gold medals and a consecutive games played streak of 593, Marleau has often gotten more criticism than praise since being drafted second over- all by San Jose in 1997. He received much of the blame for San Jose's run of playoff dis- appointments that were eased with the franchise's first trip to the Stanley Cup Final last sea- son and was stripped of the cap- taincy after a first-round playoff exit in 2009. SHARKS Marleau chasing 500-goal milestone WARRIORS PAGE 4 GOODELL PAGE 4 SPORTS » redbluffdailynews.com Thursday, February 2, 2017 MORE ATFACEBOOK.COM/RBDAILYNEWS AND TWITTER.COM/REDBLUFFNEWS B1