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2B – Daily News – Friday, April 30, 2010 Evans beats Curry for ROY Pavelski leads Sharks SACRAMENTO (AP) — Tyreke Evans has won hundreds of trophies in his young basketball career and many of them seem to have lost an arm, a basketball or some other piece in his mother’s care. Bonita Evans will have to wait to get the NBA Rookie of the Year tro- phy Evans won Thursday until some safeguards are in place in the home he is building her in Delaware. ‘‘She’s broken too many,’’ Evans said. ‘‘I probably have 400 trophies and about a hundred of them broke. I’d come downstairs and she’d try to glue them back together but it was too late. I didn’t care about it. But the main important trophies, we’re going to put them in a glass case for her.’’ Evans capped his fabulous rookie year for the Sacramento Kings by beating out Golden State’s Stephen Curry and Milwaukee’s Brandon Jennings for the coveted award. Evans became the fourth rookie ever to average at least 20 points, five rebounds and five assists per game, joining Oscar Robertson, Michael Jordan and LeBron James in an exclusive club. ‘‘This is one of the awards I had a goal of since I came into the NBA, being rookie of the year,’’ Evans said. ‘‘I’m proud it came true. It was one of my dreams since I was little. I finally had a chance for my dream to come true.’’ Evans was the fourth pick in last year’s NBA draft after spending one season at Memphis. Like Chicago’s Derrick Rose a year ago, that one year at Memphis was enough to make him Rookie of the Year. He led all rookies in scoring at 20.1 points per game, was second in assists at 5.8 per game and fifth in rebounds at 5.3. ‘‘After maybe the first week or two in the regular season, the level of consistency that he settled into was just remarkable given his age and one year of experience in college,’’ Kings president of basketball operations Geoff Petrie said. ‘‘It was just fun to watch it all unfold.’’ Evans was the only rookie to appear on all 123 ballots from a media panel, getting 67 first-place votes and 491 total points. Curry was second with 43 first-place votes and 391 points, with Jennings getting 12 first-place votes and 204 points. Players were awarded five points for a first-place vote, three for a second and one for a third. ‘‘Congrats to Tyreke for winning Rookie of the Year,’’ Curry said in a statement released by the Warriors. ‘‘There’s no doubt he deserves it. For me to have been in the conversation all year and to finish second means a lot and is a great start to hopefully a successful career.’’ While Jennings got off to a fast start, scoring 55 points in his seventh career game, and Curry finished the season with a flourish, Evans was consistently strong all season long. Evans drew praise from around the league, with Kobe Bryant calling him a ‘‘grown man’’ when asked to assess the rookie race after playing Curry and Evans in successive nights in March. Evans’ performance this season brought life back to Arco Arena, where fans had grown disinterested in recent years as the Kings strug- gled. There was even a rally planned at a Sacramento mall on Thursday night in Evans’ honor. Evans erased any disappointment from last year’s lottery, when the Kings ended up with the fourth pick in the draft despite having the league’s worst record. With top pick Blake Griffin side- lined for the season for the Los past Red Wings, 4-3 SAN JOSE (AP) — Joe Pavelski picked up where he left off in the first round by scoring two goals to lead the San Jose Sharks to a 4-3 victory Thursday night over the Detroit Red Wings in Game 1 of the second-round Western Conference series. Pavelski scored in the first period to start a three-goal out- burst in 1:19 with Dany Heatley and Devin Setoguchi. Pavel- ski added his seventh goal of the postseason on a two-man advantage in the opening minute of the third period to help the Sharks end a string of four straight home losses in series openers. Dan Cleary, Johan Franzen and Brian Rafalski scored for the Red Wings, who opened this series less than 48 hours after winning Game 7 in the first round at Phoenix. There will be two days off before Game 2 on Sunday night in San Jose. Dan Boyle added three assists, and Evgeni Nabokov made 20 saves for San Jose. After breaking out to a 3-0 lead, the Sharks entered the third period ahead by only one goal. But with Johan Franzen and Valtteri Filppula in the penalty box to open the third, Pavelski made it 4-2 when he beat Jimmy Howard with a shot from the side of the net 50 seconds into the period. Brian Rafalski got it back to a one-goal game a few min- utes later when he converted off a blind pass from Pavel Dat- syuk. Howard turned away numerous good chances on a power play midway through the third. But the Red Wings were unable to get the equalizer on their own power play right after that and Nabokov stopped a late flurry in front of the net to preserve the lead in the closing seconds. Detroit fin- ished 0 for 5 on the power play. Santa Clara could receive Super Bowl NEW YORK (AP) — If the San Francisco 49ers get a new stadium in Santa Clara they could host a future Super Bowl. The NFL Super Bowl Advisory Committee says it sup- ports the plan to build the stadium in Santa Clara and will encourage a Super Bowl bid there. Recent successful bids by Detroit, Arizona, North Texas, Indianapolis, and New Orleans all had new or substantially renovated stadiums as the cornerstone. The Super Bowl Advisory Committee manages the bid- ding process for awarding the game. The 32 team owners vote on the site; the next such vote takes place in May for the 2014 game, with Tampa, Miami and East Rutherford, N.J., in the running. The Super Bowl has not been played in California since 2003 when Super Bowl in San Diego. A’s MCT file photo Sacramento King Tyreke Evans was named the NBA’s Rookie of the Year. Angeles Clippers with a knee injury, second pick Hasheem Thabeet spending part of the season for Mem- phis in the NBA Development League and fifth pick Ricky Rubio staying in Europe instead of signing with Minnesota, there were no regrets in Sacramento with how the draft played out. ‘‘I know there was a lot of real dis- appointment at that moment,’’ Petrie said. ‘‘It just shows that life is real uncertain and good things can come out of what appear to be not so good things sometimes. It all worked out.’’ After a disappointing home open- er when he scored only three points and didn’t make a shot from the field, Evans took over the Kings after lead- ing scorer Kevin Martin went down with an early injury. He scored at least 20 points in seven consecutive games. Evans was remarkably consistent, averaging between 19.4 points and 22.1 points per game in every full month of the season. ‘‘He’s the most consistent rookie I’ve ever seen,’’ coach Paul Westphal said. ‘‘There’s nothing but a great career in Tyreke’s future. Knowing him, I know he doesn’t view this as an achievement. It’s just a start to his career.’’ Curry, the son of former NBA player Dell Curry, might have been playing better than any rookie by the end of the season. He averaged 17.5 points, a rookie-best 5.9 assists, 4.5 rebounds and 1.9 steals per game for the Warriors. But he was much better in the final three months, averaging 21.9 points, 5.1 rebounds and 7.5 assists per game after Feb. 1. That vaulted him right into the rookie race, giving Northern California NBA fans some- thing worthwhile to follow while the Warriors and Kings struggled through another difficult season. Jennings entered the league with plenty of scrutiny after bypassing college to play last season in Italy. He immediately quieted the skeptics with the highest-scoring game for a rookie in 41 years against Golden State in November. He averaged 15.5 points, 5.7 assists and 3.4 rebounds for the sea- son, but shot just 37 percent from the floor. The one major advantage Jen- nings had over Evans and Curry was that he helped lead Milwaukee to the playoffs, while Sacramento and Golden State are back in the lottery again. Scoreboard MLB West Division American League WL Pct GB Angels 12 11 .522 — A’s East Division Seattle 11 11 .500 .5 Texas 12 11 .522 — 10 12 .455 1.5 WL Pct GB Tampa Bay 17 5 .773 — New York 14 7 .667 2.5 Boston 11 11 .500 6 Toronto 11 12 .478 6.5 Baltimore 4 18 .182 13 Central Division Minnesota 14 8 .636 — Detroit WL Pct GB 13 10 .565 1.5 Cleveland 9 12 .429 4.5 Chicago 9 13 .409 5 Kansas City 8 14 .364 6 ——— Thursday’s results Toronto 6, Oakland 3 Chicago 7, Texas 5 Detroit 3, Minnesota 0 New York 4, Baltimore 0 Tampa Bay 11, Kansas City 1 Today’s games Oakland (Cahill 0-0) at Toronto (Morrow 1-2),7:07 p.m.,CSNBA Boston (Lackey 2-1) at Baltimore (D.Hernandez 0-3), 4:05 p.m. Chicago F.Garcia 0-2) at New York (Pettitte 3-0), 4:05 p.m. Los Angeles (Pineiro 2-2) at Detroit (Porcello 1-2), 4:05 p.m. Minnesota (Blackburn 1-1) at Cleveland (Carmona 3-0), 4:05 p.m. Kansas City (Bannister 1-1) at Tampa Bay (Niemann 1-0), 4:10 p.m. Texas (C.Lewis 3-0) at Seattle (C.Lee 0-0), 7:10 p.m. West Division National League WL Pct GB Padres 13 8 .619 — GIANTS 12 9 .571 1 Arizona 11 11 .500 2.5 Colorado 11 11 .500 2.5 Dodgers 8 13 .381 5 East Division WL Pct GB New York 13 9 .591 — Philadelphia 12 9 .571 .5 Washington 12 10 .545 1 Florida 11 11 .500 2 Atlanta Central Division 8 14 .364 5 WL Pct GB St. Louis 15 7 .682 — Cincinnati 11 11 .500 4 Chicago 10 13 .435 5.5 Milwaukee 9 12 .429 5.5 Pittsburgh 9 12 .429 5.5 Houston 8 13 .381 6.5 ——— Thursday’s results Arizona 13, Chicago 5 Cincinnati 4, Houston 2 St. Louis 10, Atlanta 4 Milwaukee at San Diego, late Pittsburgh at Los Angeles, late Today’s games Colorado (Cook 1-2) at San Francisco (Zito 3-0),7:15 p.m.,MNT-21 Arizona (R.Lopez 1-0) at Chicago (R.Wells 2-0), 11:20 a.m. New York (Niese 0-1) at Philadelphia (K.Kendrick 0-0), 4:05 p.m. Washington (Olsen 1-1) at Florida (Nolasco 2-0), 4:10 p.m. Houston (Myers 1-1) at Atlanta (Hanson 1-2), 4:35 p.m. Cincinnati (Cueto 0-1) at St. Louis (Penny 3-0), 5:15 p.m. Milwaukee (Bush 1-1) at San Diego (Richard 0-2), 7:05 p.m. Pittsburgh (Morton 0-4) at Los Angeles (Billingsley 1-1), 7:10 p.m. NBA First Round Best-of-7 Wednesday’s late result Denver 116, Utah 102 Utah leads series 3-2 Thursday’s results San Antonio 97, Dallas 87 San Antonio wins series 4-2 Phoenix at Portland, late Phoenix leads series 3-2 Today’s games Atlanta at Milwaukee, 4 p.m., ESPN Milwaukee leads series 3-2 L.A.Lakers at Oklahoma City, 6:30 p.m., ESPN L.A. Lakers lead series 3-2 Denver at Utah, 7 p.m., ESPN2 Utah leads series 3-2 Other series Boston won series 4-1 over Miami Cleveland won series 4-1 over Chicago Orlando won series 4-0 over Charlotte NHL CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS Best-of-7, x - If needed WESTERN CONFERENCE San Jose vs. Detroit Thursday’s result: Detroit at San Jose, late Sunday: at San Jose 5 p.m. Tuesday: at Detroit, 4:30 p.m. Thursday, May 6: at Detroit, 4:30 p.m. x-Saturday, May 8: at San Jose, 7 p.m. x-Monday, May 10: at Detroit, 4:30 p.m. x-Wednesday, May 12: at San Jose, TBD Chicago vs.Vancouver Saturday: at Chicago, 5 p.m. Monday: at Chicago, 6 p.m. Wednesday: at Vancouver, 6:30 p.m. Friday, May 7: at Vancouver, 6:30 p.m. x-Sunday, May 9: at Chicago, 5 p.m. x-Tuesday, May 11: at Vancouver, 6:30 p.m. x-Thursday, May 13: at Chicago, 5 p.m. EASTERN CONFERENCE Pittsburgh vs. Montreal Friday: at Pittsburgh, 4 p.m., VERSUS Sunday: at Pittsburgh, 11 a.m. Tuesday: at Montreal, 4 p.m. Thursday, May 6: at Montreal, 4 p.m. x-Saturday, May 8: at Pittsburgh, 4 p.m. x-Monday, May 10: at Montreal, 4 p.m. x-Wednesday, May 12: at Pittsburgh, TBD Boston vs. Philadelphia Saturday: at Boston, 9:30 a.m. Monday: at Boston, 4 p.m. Wednesday: at Philadelphia, 4 p.m. Friday, May 7: at Philadelphia, 4 p.m. x-Monday, May 10: at Boston, 4 p.m. x-Wednesday, May 12: at Philadelphia, TBD x-Friday, May 14: at Boston, 4 p.m. PGA Quail Hollow Championship At Quail Hollow Club, Charlotte, N.C. Purse: $6.5 million Yardage: 7,469;Par 72 (36-36) First Round Leaders Bo Van Pelt Kenny Perry 33-32 — 65 -7 33-33 — 66 -6 Camilo Villegas 33-34 — 67 -5 Billy Mayfair Paul Goydos Geoff Ogilvy J.J. Henry 34-34 — 68 -4 35-33 — 68 -4 36-32 — 68 -4 34-34 — 68 -4 Andres Romero 33-35 — 68 -4 Brad Faxon Ricky Barnes Heath Slocum 34-35 — 69 -3 Garth Mulroy DEALS Major League Baseball American League KANSAS CITY—Placed LHP John Parrish on the 15-day DL.Recalled RHP Victor Marte from Omaha (PCL). LOS ANGELES—Claimed 2B Kevin Frand- sen off waivers from the Boston Red Sox and have optioned him to their Salt Lake City (PCL). TORONTO—Assigned RHP Merkin Valdez outright to Las Vegas (PCL). National League PHILADELPHIA—Optioned LHP Antonio Bastardo to Lehigh Valley (IL). WASHINGTON—Promoted RHP Drew Storen to Syracuse (IL). Golden Baseball League CHICO—Agreed to terms with OF Blake Gailen, C Craig Parry and RHP Jared Sutton. CALGARY—Agreed to terms with INF 34-34 — 68 -4 34-35 — 69 -3 Cameron Percy 33-36 — 69 -3 Brian Stuard 32-37 — 69 -3 34-35 — 69 -3 Caonabo Cosme, RHP Anastacio Martinez, INF Jorge Mejia, RHP Mark Michael, OF Julio Ramirez and RHP Rod Scurry. TUCSON—Agreed to terms with LHP Gilbert De La Vara. YUMA—Agreed to terms with INF Santo De Leon and OF Cody Nowlin. National Hockey League BUFFALO—Exercised their one-year option on the contract of coach Lindy Ruff. COLUMBUS—Signed D Cody Goloubef. WASHINGTON—Assigned D Karl Alzner and D John Carlson to Hershey (AHL). National Football League ATLANTA—Signed DT Trey Bryant and DE Rajon Henley. BUFFALO—Signed WR Naaman Roosevelt, RB Joique Bell, DE Will Croner, DB John Destin, G Jorge Guerra and DB Stephan Vir- gil. NEW ENGLAND—Signed WR Bryan Ander- son, S Sergio Brown, DE Dane Fletcher, CB Terrence Johnson, DL Kyle Love, RB Pat Paschall, S Ross Ventrone and OL John Wise. PHILADELPHIA—Signed QB Kevin Kolb to a one-year contract extension. SEATTLE—Announced the retirement of OL Walter Jones. WASHINGTON—Signed WR Joey Galloway, WR Bobby Wade, TE Logan Paulsen and RB Keiland Williams. College OKLAHOMA—Announced men’s assistant basketball coach Mark Cline is leaving to take a similar position at Marshall. QUINNIPIAC—Extended the contract of men’s basketball coach Tom Moore through the 2015 season. (Continued from page 1B) ‘‘It feels almost identi- cal,’’ Duchscherer said. ‘‘As far as I know, we’re going to get an MRI and see what’s going on. Hopefully it’s nothing compared to what happened on the other one.’’ Oakland has already placed nine players on the disabled list so far this sea- son. ‘‘It’s frustrating. We’re not here to be hurt, we’re here to play games,’’ Duch- scherer said. ‘‘I’ve been through this enough to know the only thing I can do is stay positive and hope for the best of it, so that’s what I’m going to do.’’ Romero allowed three runs and four hits in six innings. He walked four and struck out six. Shawn Camp and Scott Downs each worked an inning and Kevin Gregg struck out the side in the ninth for his sixth save. Kevin Kouzmanoff’s RBI single gave Oakland a 1-0 lead in the first and the Athletics added two more off Romero in the third. Kouz- manoff reached on a fielder’s choice, Adam Rosales walked and both runners advanced on a wild pitch before Jake Fox followed with a two-run double. Toronto pulled within one in the bottom half when Buck and Snider homered on consecutive pitches from Duchscherer, snapping his scoreless innings streak at 21. For the Blue Jays, the homers ended a 19-inning scoreless drought. Duchscherer left with runners at first and second in the fourth. Blevins came on and served up Buck’s second homer, putting Toronto up 5- 3. Buck’s one-out blast off Breslow in the sixth matched his career high with five RBIs. Duchscherer came in with a 1.82 ERA in four starts but allowed four runs and five hits in 3 1-3 innings in this one, raising his ERA to 2.89. NOTES: Darrin Fletcher was the last Toronto catcher to hit three homers in a game, doing it Aug. 27, 2000, at Texas. ... An MRI taken Wednesday on Oak- land catcher Kurt Suzuki revealed a strained muscle in his left side, forcing him to miss his fifth straight game. ... The Athletics called up RHP Trevor Cahill from Triple-A to start against Toronto on Friday in place of LHP Brett Anderson (elbow).