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ByCurtisPashelka BayAreaNewsGroup EDMONTON, ALBERTA There'sno question the Sharks need to pay close attention to Edmonton Oil- ers power forwards Milan Lucic and Patrick Maroon in this open- ing-round playoff series after they combined to score five goals in the last two meetings between the teams. When Connor McDavid steps on the ice, though, all eyes bet- ter be on him. The Sharks made it to the Stan- ley Cup Final last season partly because their defensive aware- ness helped limit the effective- ness of scorers such as Los Ange- les' Tyler Toffoli, Nashville's Filip Forsberg and St. Louis' Vladimir Tarasenko. The Sharks will need to have the same presence of mind to have any chance of slowing the lightning-quick McDavid and get- ting past the Oilers and into sec- ond round. "He's so fast, so skilled," said Sharks forward Jannik Hansen, who, with Tomas Hertl and Mik- kel Boedker, will likely see some time on the ice with McDavid. "You want to make sure that he doesn't get easy opportunities, odd man rushes — make sure he's coming through three or four guys." NBC hockey analyst Eddie Olc- zyk liked the way the Sharks paid attention to details throughout their playoff run in 2016. Doing the same against McDavid and the Oilers will be crucial. "You identify where he is, and you make sure that whoever it might be is in that area denies him the puck," Olczyk said. "You want anybody that's on the ice other than Connor McDavid car- rying that puck from the most dangerous area of the ice, and NHL PLAYOFFS HOWCANTHESHARKS SLOW DOWN MCDAVID? MINASPANAGIOTAKIS—GETTYIMAGES The Sharks will need to have a defensive presence of mind to have any chance of slowing the lightning-quick Connor McDavid and getting past the Oilers and into second round. JOSIE LEPE — BAY AREA NEWS GROUP Sharks players typically say the greatest way to limit the effectiveness of opposing star players is to make them play defense. Wire services OAKLAND Klay Thompson will return on Wednesday af- ter a game of rest but, in the season finale against the Lak- ers which carries zero mean- ing, Draymond Green and An- dre Iguodala will take a seat on the bench. Matt Barnes remains out with a foot/ankle sprain. Everyone else is expected to be available. "Andre just doesn't make sense to play him," Kerr said. "He's in a good groove and could use a day off. And what I've found with Draymond is, if the game is meaningless, so is Draymond. Kidding. I'm kid- ding. But Draymond needs some stakes. He needs the competi- tion, he needs the game to be meaningful. Last night there wasn't enough competitive fire to bring the most out of Dray- mond. I'd rather give him the night off and he agrees." CURRY HAS NBA'S BEST-SELLING JERSEY ONCE AGAIN The addi- tion of Kevin Durant to the War- riors wasn't enough to knock Stephen Curry off his perch of owning the NBA's most popu- lar jersey. Curry topped that listed for the second straight year, the NBA announced on Tuesday morning. The rankings are based on NBAStore.com sales from October through April. Du- rant wasn't far behind at No. 3 and fellow All-Star Klay Thomp- son checked in at No. 13. The Warriors also held onto their No. 1 spot on the team mer- chandise list, a no-brainer with their stacked roster that in- cludes a fourth All-Star in Dray- mond Green, who didn't find his way onto the top 15 list. NBA Iguodala, Green to rest against the Lakers Special to the Daily News RED BLUFF The District 1 Cali- fornia High School Rodeo Associ- ation rodeo No. 7 was held April 8-9 in Red Bluff. Following are the results: ALL AROUND COWBOY — Cole Bunting, Red Bluff 66 points Reserve AA: Bailey Small, Bur- ney 61 2nd runnerup: Cody Stewart, Janesville 55 3rd runnerup: Corte Smith, Crescent Mills 52 4th runnerup: Riley Griffith, Williams 37 ALL AROUND COWGIRL — Masey Minton, Witter Springs 85 points Reserve AA: Faith Ann Cassol, Greenville 79 2nd runnerup: Emily Kramer, Bieber 69 3rd runnerup: Jessica Alosi, Palo Cedro 66 4th runnerup: Kodi Myers, Central Point, OR 62 TIE DOWN ROPING 14 entered 1 Corte Smith, Crescent Mills 30.56 2 Bailey Small, Burney 31.31 3 Cody Stewart, Janesville 36.61 4 Tanner Darst, Gerber 11.24/1 5 Drew Tilton, Taylorsville 12.26/1 6 Cole Bunting, Red Bluff 16.53/1 7 Kolton King, Red Bluff 17.31/1 8 Casey Moore, Red Bluff 17.69/1 9 Caleb Heitman, Cottonwood 17.97/1 10 Alex Kruger, Weed 23.37/1 BULL RIDING 9 entered 1 Levi Gray, Dairy, OR 74/1 BAREBACK RIDING 1 entered 1 Cauy Pool, Long Creek, OR 105 SADDLE BRONC 2 entered 1 Bailey Small, Burney 60/1 STEER WRESTLING 9 entered 1 Corte Smith, Crescent Mills 21.54 2 Cody Stewart, Janesville 7.29/1 3 Caleb Heitman, Cottonwood 9.02/1 4 Bailey Small, Burney 12.70/1 5 Jacey Gorden, Bonanza, OR 14.10/1 6 Bryor Minton, Witter Springs 16.09/1 7 James Banister, Cottonwood 18.39/1 BOYS CUTTING 4 entered 1 Cole Bunting, Red Bluff 140 2 Riley Griffith, Williams 124 3 Tanner Meigs, Taylorsville 64/1 TEAM ROPING 16 teams en- tered 1 Fallon Myers, Central Point, OR & Faith Ann Cassol, Green- ville 26.07 2 Cole Bunting, Red Bluff & Clayton Moore, Los Molinos 52.10 3 Bryor Minton, Witter Springs & Tanner Darst, Gerber 6.63/1 4 Shasta Banchio, Taylorsville & Gwen Johnson, Etna 15.43/1 5 Kaycie Tidwell, Montague & Cody Stewart, Janesville 20.15/1 6 Zack Engelhart, Linden & Ri- ley Griffith, Williams 26.86/1 7 Kodi Myers, Central Point, OR & Chaney Tidwell, Montague 29.29/1 8 Masey Minton, Witter Springs & Tanner Meigs, Taylors- ville 33.50/1 9 Drew Tilton, Taylorsville & Corte Smith, Crescent Mills 43.56/1 GIRLS CUTTING 3 entered 1 Jessica Alosi, Palo Cedro 138 2 Haley Mae Dancer, Alturas 133 3 Masey Minton, Witter Springs 125 BREAKAWAY ROPING 17 en- tered 1 Kodi Myers, Central Point, OR 6.47 2 Emily Kramer, Bieber 2.58/1 3 Shasta Banchio, Taylorsville 2.72/1 4 Masey Minton, Witter Springs 2.97/1 5 Chaney Tidwell, Montague 3.09/1 6 Fallon Myers, Central Point, OR 3.15/1 7 Reghan Shannon, Los Moli- nos 3.54/1 8 Faith Ann Cassol, Greenville 4.61/1 9 Gwen Johnson, Etna 5.09/1 10 Kaycie Tidwell, Montague HIGH SCHOOL ResultsforApril8-9rodeoinRedBluff RODEO PAGE 3 WARRIORS PAGE 3 By Jimmy Durkin Bay Area News Group SAN FRANCISCO Buster Posey drove himself home Monday af- ternoon. He had a normal night of sleep. He went to bed clear headed and felt good despite taking a 93 mph fastball to the helmet. But the Giants understand bet- ter than most that head injuries involve some deep woods. And sure enough, Posey reported feel- ing some after-effects on Tuesday. The next move was automatic: the Giants placed their cleanup- hitting catcher on the 7-day dis- abled list for players with concus- sion symptoms, and purchased the contract of catcher Tim Federow- icz from Triple-A Sacramento. To create space on the 40-man roster for Federowicz, the Giants designated right-hander Clayton Blackburn for assignment. GM Bobby Evans said he anticipated working out a trade involving Blackburn before the club would have to place him on waivers in a week. The Giants are hopeful that Posey will be back within a week's time, too. That was Posey's expec- tation as well. "I don't anticipate it being a long time," Posey said. "That's just based on how I feel. We've seen some guys having lingering ef- fects, but again, I feel pretty good. I want to keep feeling good." Posey would be eligible to re- turn April 18, when the Giants be- gin a two-game interleague series at Kansas City. Manager Bruce Bo- chy acknowledged it might make sense to use Posey at designated hitter there, if he's symptom free. The Giants did not say whether Posey was diagnosed with a con- cussion, but given the position he plays, the slightest symptom was enough to make the roster move. They could not risk functioning with one catcher on the roster, and they weren't about to risk putting Posey behind the plate where he could be exposed to a foul tip off the mask. "If he's not available one or two days, that's one or two days too many," Evans said. "It's important to exercise caution. There's no rea- son to put him at further risk." Posey was "a little foggy," ac- cording to Giants manager Bruce Bochy. Posey declined to elaborate on his symptoms, but said they were not debilitating. "Nothing crazy at all," he said. "Just enough to know something wasn't normal. It's nothing I feel concerned about. … But it's hard to evaluate, probably the hardest part of the body to evaluate, some- one's head. So it's good to have some caution." Poseyhasgottenhisbell rungin the past by foul tips, but it was his GIANTS Posey goes on concussion list a er beaning NHAT V. MEYER — BAY AREA NEWS GROUP Buster Posey's hit to the helmet on Monday will send him to the seven-day concussion disabled list. GIANTS PAGE 3 SHARKS PAGE 3 SPORTS » redbluffdailynews.com Wednesday, April 12, 2017 MORE AT FACEBOOK.COM/RBDAILYNEWS AND TWITTER.COM/REDBLUFFNEWS B1