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SPORTS 8A — THE OBSERVER FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27, 2019 SCOREBOARD LOCAL SCHEDULE Saturday PREP GIRLS BASKETBALL La Grande vs. TBD, Sisters Tournament, TBD Joseph at St. Paul, 1 p.m. Wallowa vs. Ione/ Arlington, Bouncin’ Cancer Tournament, Echo, 10 a.m. Winter Classic At Mission Enterprise vs. Condon/ Wheeler, 11 a.m. Union vs. Nixyaawii, 2 p.m. PREP BOYS BASKETBALL Seaside at La Grande, 10 a.m. Joseph at St. Paul, 2:30 p.m. Wallowa vs. Ione/ Arlington, Bouncin’ Cancer Tournament, 11:30 a.m. HOCKEY NHL Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Boston 38 22 7 9 53 130 100 Toronto 38 20 14 4 44 133 122 Montreal 37 18 13 6 42 121 117 Florida 36 18 13 5 41 127 121 Buffalo 38 17 14 7 41 115 119 Tampa Bay 35 18 13 4 40 124 111 Ottawa 38 16 18 4 36 106 123 Detroit 38 9 26 3 21 82 150 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Washington 38 26 7 5 57 137 111 N.Y. Islanders 35 23 9 3 49 105 91 Philadelphia 37 21 11 5 47 121 106 Pittsburgh 36 21 11 4 46 120 96 Carolina 37 22 13 2 46 124 102 Columbus 37 17 14 6 40 98 106 N.Y. Rangers 36 17 15 4 38 114 118 New Jersey 36 12 19 5 29 91 128 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA St. Louis 38 24 8 6 54 118 99 Colorado 37 23 11 3 49 134 103 Winnipeg 37 21 14 2 44 113 107 Dallas 38 20 14 4 44 100 97 Nashville 36 18 12 6 42 126 116 Minnesota 38 18 15 5 41 118 126 Chicago 38 15 17 6 36 105 125 Pacifi c Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Arizona 39 21 14 4 46 112 99 Vegas 40 20 14 6 46 122 118 Edmonton 40 20 16 4 44 117 124 Calgary 39 19 15 5 43 104 116 Vancouver 38 19 15 4 42 124 115 Anaheim 37 15 18 4 34 96 114 San Jose 38 16 20 2 34 101 133 Los Angeles 39 15 20 4 34 99 124 All Times PST Monday’s Games Toronto 8, Carolina 6 Minnesota 3, Calgary 0 Boston 7, Washington 3 Columbus 3, N.Y. Islanders 2 Philadelphia 5, N.Y. Rangers 1 Tampa Bay 6, Florida 1 Ottawa 3, Buffalo 1 Nashville 3, Arizona 2 Montreal 6, Winnipeg 2 New Jersey 7, Chicago 1 St. Louis 4, Los Angeles 1 Vancouver 4, Edmonton 2 Colorado 7, Vegas Winter Classic At Mission Enterprise vs. Condon/ Wheeler, 12:30 p.m. Union vs. Nixyaawii, 3:30 p.m. PREP WRESTLING La Grande at Sierra Nevada Classic, all day Enterprise at Winter Cup Boys Tournament, Richland, Washington, all day Monday PREP GIRLS BASKETBALL Elgin at Weston-McEwen, 4 p.m. Burns at Powder Valley, 4 p.m. PREP BOYS BASKETBALL Elgin at Weston-McEwen, 5:30 p.m. Burns at Powder Valley, 5:30 p.m. — Subject to change Friday’s Games Boston at Buffalo, 4 p.m. Carolina at N.Y. Rangers, 4 p.m. Toronto at New Jersey, 4 p.m. Columbus at Washington, 4 p.m. Minnesota at Colorado, 5 p.m. Pittsburgh at Nashville, 5 p.m. St. Louis at Winnipeg, 5 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Chicago, 5:30 p.m. Calgary at Edmonton, 6 p.m. Vegas at Anaheim, 7 p.m. Los Angeles at San Jose, 7 p.m. Saturday’s Games Washington at Carolina, 4 p.m. Colorado at Dallas, 4 p.m. Detroit at Florida, 4 p.m. Nashville at Pittsburgh, 4 p.m. Montreal at Tampa Bay, 4 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Toronto, 4 p.m. Los Angeles at Vancouver, 7 p.m. Arizona at Vegas, 7 p.m. Philadelphia at San Jose, 7:30 p.m. Sunday’s Games Winnipeg at St. Louis, noon Chicago at Columbus, 2 p.m. New Jersey at Ottawa, 2 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Minnesota, 3 p.m. Buffalo at Boston, 4 p.m. Montreal at Florida, 4 p.m. Detroit at Tampa Bay, 4 p.m. Dallas at Arizona, 5 p.m. Philadelphia at Anaheim, 5:30 p.m. Vancouver at Calgary, 6:30 p.m. BASKETBALL NBA Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct Boston 21 7 .750 Philadelphia 23 10 .697 Toronto 21 10 .677 Brooklyn 16 14 .533 New York 8 24 .250 Southeast Division W L Pct Miami 22 8 .733 Orlando 13 17 .433 Charlotte 13 20 .394 Washington 9 21 .300 Atlanta 6 25 .194 Central Division W L Pct Milwaukee 27 5 .844 Indiana 21 10 .677 Chicago 12 20 .375 Detroit 12 20 .375 Cleveland 9 21 .300 GB — ½ 1½ 6 15 GB — 9 10½ 13 16½ GB — 5½ 15 15 17 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB Houston 21 10 .677 — Dallas 20 10 .667 ½ San Antonio 12 18 .400 8½ Memphis 12 20 .375 9½ New Orleans 9 23 .281 12½ Northwest Division W L Pct GB Denver 21 9 .700 — Utah 19 12 .613 2½ Oklahoma City 15 15 .500 6 Portland 14 18 .438 8 Minnesota 11 19 .367 10 Pacifi c Division W L Pct GB L.A. Lakers 24 7 .774 — L.A. Clippers 23 10 .697 2 Sacramento 12 19 .387 12 Phoenix 11 19 .367 12½ Golden State 8 24 .250 16½ All Times PST Monday’s Games Cleveland 121, Atlanta 118 Orlando 103, Chicago 95 Philadelphia 125, Detroit 109 Indiana 120, Toronto 115, OT Washington 121, New York 115 Miami 107, Utah 104 San Antonio 145, Memphis 115 Denver 113, Phoenix 111 Houston 113, Sacramento 104 New Orleans 102, Portland 94 Golden State 113, Minnesota 104 Wednesday’s Games Boston 118, Toronto 102 Philadelphia 121, Milwaukee 109 Golden State 116, Houston 104 L.A. Clippers 111, L.A. Lakers 106 New Orleans 112, Denver 100 Thursday’s Games Detroit 132, Washington 102 New York 94, Brooklyn 82 Memphis 110, Oklahoma City 97 Dallas 102, San Antonio 98 Minnesota 105, Sacramento 104, 2OT Utah 121, Portland 115 Friday’s Games Cleveland at Boston, 1 p.m. Oklahoma City at Charlotte, 4 p.m. Philadelphia at Orlando, 4 p.m. Milwaukee at Atlanta, 4:30 p.m. Indiana at Miami, 5 p.m. Phoenix at Golden State, 7:30 p.m. Saturday’s Games Memphis at Denver, 2 p.m. Indiana at New Orleans, 4 p.m. Toronto at Boston, 4 p.m. Atlanta at Chicago, 5 p.m. Brooklyn at Houston, 5 p.m. Cleveland at Minnesota, 5 p.m. New York at Washington, 5 p.m. Philadelphia at Miami, 5 p.m. Dallas at Golden State, 5:30 p.m. Detroit at San Antonio, 5:30 p.m. Orlando at Milwaukee, 5:30 p.m. Phoenix at Sacramento, 6 p.m. L.A. Lakers at Portland, 7 p.m. Utah at L.A. Clippers, 7:30 p.m. Sunday’s Games Oklahoma City at Toronto, 3 p.m. Charlotte at Memphis, 5 p.m. Houston at New Orleans, 5 p.m. Sacramento at Denver, 5 p.m. Dallas at L.A. Lakers, 6:30 p.m. FOOTBALL NFL AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF y-New England 12 3 0 .800 396 x-Buffalo 10 5 0 .667 308 N.Y. Jets 6 9 0 .400 263 Miami 4 11 0 .267 279 South W L T Pct PF y-Houston 10 5 0 .667 364 Tennessee 8 7 0 .533 367 Indianapolis 7 8 0 .467 341 Jacksonville 5 10 0 .333 262 North W L T Pct PF y-Baltimore 13 2 0 .867 503 Pittsburgh 8 7 0 .533 279 Cleveland 6 9 0 .400 312 Cincinnati 1 14 0 .067 246 West W L T Pct PF y-Kansas City 11 4 0 .733 420 Oakland 7 8 0 .467 298 Denver 6 9 0 .400 266 L.A. Chargers 5 10 0 .333 316 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF Philadelphia 8 7 0 .533 351 PA 198 246 353 470 PA 350 317 335 377 PA 272 275 360 397 Dallas N.Y. Giants Washington 7 8 0 .467 387 305 4 11 0 .267 324 417 3 12 0 .200 250 388 South W L T Pct PF PA y-New Orleans 12 3 0 .800 416 331 Tampa Bay 7 8 0 .467 436 421 Atlanta 6 9 0 .400 353 377 Carolina 5 10 0 .333 330 428 North W L T Pct PF PA y-Green Bay 12 3 0 .800 353 293 x-Minnesota 10 5 0 .667 388 282 Chicago 7 8 0 .467 259 279 Detroit 3 11 1 .233 321 400 West W L T Pct PF PA x-San Francisco 12 3 0 .800 453 289 x-Seattle 11 4 0 .733 384 372 L.A. Rams 8 7 0 .533 363 340 Arizona 5 9 1 .367 337 411 x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division All Times PST Monday’s Games Green Bay 23, Minnesota 10 Sunday, Dec. 29 Chicago at Minnesota, 10 a.m. Atlanta at Tampa Bay, 10 a.m. Miami at New England, 10 a.m. Green Bay at Detroit, 10 a.m. Cleveland at Cincinnati, 10 a.m. L.A. Chargers at Kansas City, 10 a.m. N.Y. Jets at Buffalo, 10 a.m. New Orleans at Carolina, 10 a.m. Oakland at Denver, 1:25 p.m. Tennessee at Houston, 1:25 p.m. Washington at Dallas, 1:25 p.m. Indianapolis at Jacksonville, 1:25 p.m. Philadelphia at N.Y. Giants, 1:25 p.m. Pittsburgh at Baltimore, 1:25 p.m. Arizona at L.A. Rams, 1:25 p.m. San Francisco at Seattle, 5:20 p.m. End of Regular Season College Football All Times PST Friday, Dec. 20 Bahamas Bowl Nassau Buffalo 31, Charlotte 9 Frisco (Texas) Bowl Kent State 51, Utah State 41 Saturday, Dec. 21 Celebration Bowl At Atlanta NC A&T 64, Alcorn State 44 New Mexico Bowl Albuquerque San Diego State 48, Central Michigan 11 Cure Bowl Orlando, Fla. Liberty 23, Georgia Southern 16 Boca Raton (Fla.) Bowl FAU 52, SMU 28 Camellia Bowl Montgomery, Ala. Arkansas State 34, FIU 26 Las Vegas Bowl Washington 38, Boise State 7 New Orleans Bowl Appalachian State 31, UAB 17 Monday, Dec. 23 Gasparilla Bowl At Tampa, Fla. UCF 48, Marshall 25 Tuesday, Dec. 24 Hawaii Bowl Honolulu Hawaii 38, BYU 34 Thursday, Dec. 26 Independence Bowl Shreveport, La. Louisiana Tech 14, Miami 0 Quick Lane Bowl Detroit Pittsburgh 34, Eastern Michigan 30 Friday, Dec. 27 Military Bowl Annapolis, Md. North Carolina (6-6) vs. Temple (8-4), 9 a.m. (ESPN) Pinstripe Bowl New York Wake Forest (8-4) vs. Michigan State (6-6), 12:20 p.m. (ESPN) Texas Bowl Houston Oklahoma State (8-4) vs. Texas A&M PA 287 403 301 314 National Basketball Association By Matthew Coles The Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY — Joe Ingles was hot early and Donovan Mitchell had it going in the second half. But it took three big plays in the fi nal three minutes by Rudy Gobert for the Utah Jazz to turn back the Portland Trail Blazers. Mitchell scored 28 of his 35 points in the second half to power the Jazz to a 121-115 win over the Trail Blazers on Thursday night, but it wouldn’t have been possible without a few Gobert gems that won’t jump out of a box score. “Those hustle plays by Rudy really sealed the game. You can say what you want about my scoring, or Joe, but at the end of the day it came down to Rudy making two big plays. That’s why he is who he is and that’s why we rely on him,” Mitchell said. Clinging to a two-point lead, Gobert used all of his 7-foot-9 wingspan to dive after a ball that was passing over the baseline and fl ick it to Bojan Bogdanovic for a 3-pointer from the corner with 1:45 to play. “That was as good a play, as impactful a play as anybody’s made all year,” Utah coach Quin Snyder said. Gobert, who had 16 points and 15 re- bounds, forced Carmelo Anthony into an air ball with 22.4 seconds remaining and blocked Damon Lillard’s driving shot with 5.2 seconds left to quell the Trail Blazers’ furious fourth-quarter rally. “Those two guys (Lillard and McCollum) — when they get going, they’re not easy to stop. We knew we were going to need those key stops to win the game,” Gobert said. Lillard scored 34 points, including a pair of 30-foot contested 3-pointers in the fi nal min- utes, and CJ McCollum tallied 17 of his 25 points in the fourth quarter for the Blazers (14-18), who have dropped two straight after winning four in a row. McCollum, who struggled with his ac- curacy all night, fi nally made a jumper to cap a 10-0 Portland spurt to draw within 100-93 with 7:23 to play. “We came out of the huddle saying, ‘No worries ... keep competing and try and put pressure on them and steal the game.’ I thought we did that. We just came up short,” Lillard said. Gobert made a basket and a free throw, but McCollum scored fi ve more points in a 7-0 run to trim the lead to 103-102. But Mitchell seemed to have an answer for every improbable Blazer shot down the stretch. The Jazz (19-12), who have won six of the last seven games, took their largest lead at 86-63 after Gobert’s push shot in the lane. Lillard scored eight straight points but Mitchell wouldn’t let Lillard go on one of his epic runs without a response. “(Mitchell) was poised. I think he made the right play. Didn’t settle for jump shots. He attacked the rim, drew some fouls, and won us the game on that end,” Gobert said. CLARKSON DEBUTS Cleveland traded Jordan Clarkson to the Jazz for guard Dante Exum and two future second-round draft picks on Tuesday. Hours after passing his physical, Clark- son checked in with 4:05 left in fi rst quarter and made a pull-up jumper off the dribble, a minute later. That’s not a shot Jazz fans have seen Exum take. He got nine attempts in his 11-minute stint and scored 9 points but missed all three of shots in the second half. “He has a hunger about him,” Snyder said. Exum, the No. 5 overall pick in 2014, didn’t play in his last six games. Lendingtree Bowl Mobile, Ala. Miami (Ohio) (8-5) vs. Louisiana-Lafay- ette (10-3), 4:30 p.m. (ESPN) Monday, Jan. 13 College Football Championship New Orleans Fiesta Bowl winner vs. Peach Bowl winner, 5 p.m. (ESPN) LOCAL STANDINGS Men’s College Basketball Cascade Collegiate Conference Team CCC All College of Idaho 4-0 11-3 Northwest 4-0 8-4 Warner Pacifi c 4-1 8-5 Northwest Christian 2-1 7-6 Oregon Tech 2-2 12-2 Southern Oregon 2-2 8-4 Corban 2-3 8-7 Eastern Oregon 1-3 7-6 Walla Walla 1-3 3-9 Multnomah 0-3 6-6 Evergreen 0-4 3-7 Women’s College Basketball Cascade Collegiate Conference Team CCC All Oregon Tech 4-0 10-4 Northwest Christian 3-0 7-2 Corban 4-1 8-4 Eastern Oregon 3-1 9-5 Warner Pacifi c 3-2 6-7 Southern Oregon 2-2 6-5 College of Idaho 2-2 4-9 Northwest 1-3 2-10 Multnomah 0-3 3-7 Walla Walla 0-4 2-11 Evergreen 0-4 0-7 OSAA Boys Basketball 4A-6 Greater Oregon League GOL All PF PA RK McLoughlin 0-0 5-2 343 312 16 Baker 0-0 4-4 448 393 18 La Grande 0-0 1-6 324 405 27 Ontario 0-0 1-8 383 580 19 2A-6 Blue Mountain Conference BMC All PF PA RK Pilot Rock 0-0 8-0 467 330 2 Union 0-0 6-2 425 295 15 Enterprise 0-0 3-2 257 221 26 Grant Union 0-0 5-4 479 459 16 Heppner 0-0 4-5 424 429 22 Stanfi eld 0-0 4-5 478 446 29 Weston-McEwen 0-0 1-8 446 605 46 1A-7 Old Oregon League OOL All PF PA RK Griswold 0-0 5-2 354 315 52 Powder Valley 0-0 6-3 620 440 28 Nixyaawii 0-0 5-3 518 463 11 Joseph 0-0 5-3 408 394 9 Elgin 0-0 4-4 377 398 39 Wallowa 0-0 3-5 350 407 33 Pine Eagle 0-0 1-2 140 165 31 Imbler 0-0 2-5 280 347 46 Cove 0-0 1-7 301 408 69 OSAA Girls Basketball 4A-6 Greater Oregon League GOL All PF PA RK Baker 0-0 8-1 501 274 3 La Grande 0-0 3-3 318 261 11 McLoughlin 0-0 4-4 278 266 26 Ontario 0-0 0-8 241 366 32 2A-6 Blue Mountain Conference BMC All PF PA RK Stanfi eld 0-0 8-1 454 308 7 Enterprise 0-0 6-1 314 206 2 Heppner 0-0 6-2 353 303 8 Union 0-0 6-2 347 253 12 Pilot Rock 0-0 4-4 288 300 33 Grant Union 0-0 2-5 248 343 34 Weston-McEwen 0-0 1-8 266 386 44 1A-7 Old Oregon League OOL All PF PA RK Joseph 0-0 7-1 390 269 3 Elgin 0-0 6-2 343 281 19 Griswold 0-0 5-2 246 227 35 Pine Eagle 0-0 2-1 104 113 6 Wallowa 0-0 4-4 323 298 11 Nixyaawii 0-0 4-4 357 369 20 Cove 0-0 4-4 350 276 25 Powder Valley 0-0 4-5 319 353 24 Imbler 0-0 0-8 164 360 59 TREASURE VALLEY STEEL, INC. 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