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Page 2B SPORTS East Oregonian Saturday, February 13, 2016 Girls Basketball Healthy Ione soars past South Wasco Cardinals win fourth straight in blowout on Friday Davis 2, A. Birman 2, T. Hahn A. Popchock, K. Sprouse. IONE — R. Holland 15, J. Flynn 10, M. Flynn 8, H. Padberg 6, M. Orem 2, K. Glibert 2, K. Bass, I. Sandford, S. Qualls, A. Medina. 3-pointers — SWC 1, IHS 4. Free throws — SWC 6-12, IHS 7-11. Fouls — SWC 10, IHS 12. IRRIGON 44, CULVER 33 — At Irrigon, the Knights IONE — The Ione clinched third place in the Cardinals scored 16 points Columbia Basin Conference LQWKH¿UVWTXDUWHUDQGQHYHU ZLWKDGRXEOHGLJLWZLQRYHU allowed the South Wasco WKH&XOYHU%XOOGRJV Jada Burns hit two Redsides back in the game 3-pointers and led all scorers for a 43-25 win in their penultimate Big Sky League ZLWKSRLQWV7D\ORU'DYLV add 12 points, and Beatriz contest on Friday. Rachel Holland scored Aguilera hit a couple 3 a team-high 15 points and balls, as well. Irrigon trailed Jessie Flynn chipped in 10 DIWHU WKH ¿UVW TXDUWHU EXW for Ione (14-7, 11-3 BSL), RXWVFRUHG &XOYHU WKH which has won four straight. rest of the way. “The girls are starting “We were sick Tuesday when we played Spray (a to play with a little more 43-40 win) and we didn’t FRQ¿GHQFHDQGWDNLQJSULGH SOD\ YHU\ JRRG´ VDLG ,RQH LQ WKHLU GHIHQVH´ .QLJKWV coach Nathan Heideman, “so coach Mike Royer said. it was nice to bounce back “They’re looking forward to WKHGLVWULFWWRXUQDPHQW´ OLNHWKDW´ The CBC distrct tour- Kian Moody led South nament starts next week at Wasco (10-12, 5-8) with WKH 3HQGOHWRQ &RQYHQWLRQ VHYHQSRLQWV ,RQH ¿QLVKHV OHDJXH SOD\ Center. ——— today at Horizon Christian at CHS (12-10, 4-6) 8 6 7 12 — 33 IHS (9-12, 5-5) 5 12 15 12 — 44 4 p.m. CULVER — H. Lewis 9, A. Fritz 8, I. Retano ——— 7, C. Duff 5, M. Beeler 2, R. Slaght 2, M. East Oregonian SWC (10-12, 5-8) 10 5 7 3 — 25 IHS (14-7, 11-3) 16 8 11 8 — 43 SOUTH WASCO — K. Moody 7, L. Hull 4, C. Davis 4, C. Hout 4, J. Meyers 3, M. Gamboa, K. Cloud, L. Alvarado, J. Johnson IRRIGON — J. Burns 20, T. Davis 12, B. Aguilera 8, L. Mills 3, A. Zacarias 1, N. Romero, K. McLaughlin, H. Vera. SRLQWVIRUWKH(DJOHVJLYLQJ them more points between two players than Helix had UMATILLA 46, VALE altogether. 42 — At Vale, the Umatilla ³:H MXVW GLGQ¶W VFRUH´ 9LNLQJV VTXHDNHG RXW D *ULVZROG FRDFK .LUN QDUURZ ZLQ RYHU WKH 9DOH Flershinger said. “They got Vikings to clinch the 3A the ball inside and we didn’t Eastern Oregon League title. SOD\JRRGHQRXJKGHIHQVH´ Umatilla guards Aleesha +HOL[ ¿QLVKHV XS LWV Watson (21 points) and league schedule today with a Sidney Webb (13) led the 2:30 p.m. showdown at Pine ZD\ RIIHQVLYHO\ 1R 9DOH Eagle. player scored in double ——— GHS (14-8, 7-4) 15 4 15 15 — 49 ¿JXUHV JHS (10-10, 6-5) 14 20 14 12 — 60 GRISWOLD — M. Tullis 16, S. Wilson 13, Umatilla is done with its Mize 6, B. Newtson 6, P. Flerschinger 4, regular season and awaits K. M. Mize 2. JOSEPH — S. Albee 30, A. Sykora 20, E. the start of its district tour- Hite 6, L. Makin 4. 3-pointers — GHS 5, JHS 0. Free throws nament. As league champ, — GHS 2-16, JHS 4-9. Fouls — GHS 15, JHS Umatilla is playing for 20. Fouled out — Macon (JHS). seeding. PILOT ROCK 57, ——— UHS (18-5, 7-1) 8 14 5 19 — 46 HEPPNER 27 — At VHS (13-10, 4-4) 9 7 8 13 — 42 Heppner, the Pilot Rock UMATILLA — A. Watson 21, S. Webb 13, M. Paz 7, G. Contreras 3, B. Campos 2, L. 5RFNHWV XVHG D ELJ ¿UVW Journot, T. Coffey, G. Lemus, C. Dohman. VALE — G. Reever 9, A. Hamilton 9, D. half to down the Heppner Johnson 9, K. Weber 6, A. Burkhardt 5, A. Mustangs Friday night. Trenkel 4, M. Gonzalez, H. Dayton, H. Dear- ing, B. Bourasa, Grace J., Selby W. Kayla Deist led all scorers 3-pointers — UHS 7, VHS 5. Free throws — UHS 7-15, VHS 7-14. Fouls — UHS 12, with 11 points and grabbed VHS 16. ¿YH UHERXQGV DQG 5DFKHO Willingham added 10 points JOSEPH 60, HELIX off the bench for her season- 49 — At Helix, the Joseph high. Rhyanne Oates added (DJOHV JDYH WKH +HOL[ *UL]- eight steals. zlies its fourth straight loss “We played a really good behind 30 points from Satori JDPHIRUDOOIRXUTXDUWHUVDQG Albee Friday night. ZH¶YHEHHQUHDOO\VWUXJJOLQJ Alexis Sykora added 20 lately so it was nice way to 3-pointers — CHS 0, IHS 4. Free throws — CHS 5-24, IHS 7-18. Fouls — CHS 18, IHS 18. ¿QLVK WKH OHDJXH VHDVRQ´ said Pilot Rock coach Butch Wilson. -DFHH&XUULQQHWWHGVHYHQ points and dished out six assists. With the win, Pilot Rock clinches second place in the Columbia Basin Conference. The CBC district tour- nament starts next week at WKH 3HQGOHWRQ &RQYHQWLRQ Center. ——— PR (16-8, 7-3) 21 18 9 9 — 57 HHS (2-19, 0-10) 8 7 3 9 — 27 PILOT ROCK — K. Deist 11, R. Willingam 10, B. Roe 8, M. Dave 7, J. Wilson 6, R. Oates 5, S. Weinke 4, G. Austin 4, B. Balez- tena 2, T. Ostrum, L. Bray, K. Evans. HEPPNER — K. Gray 9, J. Currin 7, J. Mahoney 4, K. Lindsay 2, R. Kollman 2, R. Dompier, J. Evans, M. Combe, C. Grieb, M. Correa, S. Grant. 3-pointers — PR 4, HHS 4. Free throws — PR 19-33, HHS 5-12. Fouls — PR 14, HHS 27. NIXYAAWII 59, PINE EAGLE 15 — At Pine (DJOH WKH *ROGHQ (DJOHV again nailed down the Powder Valley Badgers Friday night. No further details were reported. 1L[\¿QLVKHV its regular season today when it hosts Joseph at 2:30 p.m. NYSSA 52, RIVER- SIDE 32 — At Nyssa, the Bulldogs closed its season ZLWK D ZLQ RYHU WKH 3LUDWHV Friday night. No further details were reported. 5LYHUVLGH ZLOO SOD\ 9DOH next week for a spot in the Eastern Oregon League district tournament. CONDON/WHEELER 57, DUFUR 29 — At Maupin, the Condon/ Wheeler Knights easily handled the Dufur Rangers Friday night in their penulti- mate game. No further details were reported. Condon/Wheeler (21-2, ORRNV WR ¿QLVK LWV season on a 13-game win streak when plays host to Sherman in Fossil today at 4 p.m. ECHO 48, WALLOWA 16 — At Wallowa, the Echo Cougars topped the Wallowa &RXJDUVLQERWKWHDPV¶¿QDO regular season outing. (FKR¿QLVKHV LQ ¿IWK SODFH LQ WKH 2OG Oregon League. Wallowa EULQJV XS WKH rear. The Old Oregon League district tournament starts next week in Madras. NBA Seeking a Splash: Klay goes for All-Star 3s upset of Curry BRIAN MAHONEY Associated Press TORONTO — Klay 7KRPSVRQ EHOLHYHV HYHQ LI he knows many don’t. He knows how good Stephen Curry is, so he FRXOGQ¶W KDYH EHHQ WHUULEO\ surprised when he was told during NBA All-Star player LQWHUYLHZV WKDW ³HYHU\RQH´ WKLQNV KLV *ROGHQ 6WDWH Warriors teammate is going to win the 3-point contest Saturday night. ³(YHU\ERG\ WKLQNV WKDW" 2K ZRZ´ 7KRPSVRQ VDLG “There’s got to be a few who think Klay has a chance. I mean, I don’t mean to refer to myself in the third person, but there’s a few out there, I think. I’m one of them. Hopefully my brothers, and probably the rest of the world thinks Steph. That’s ¿QH ,¶OO SOD\ WKH XQGHUGRJ IRUDQLJKW´ $ KHDY\ XQGHUGRJ at least according to one betting site. Curry was made D WR IDYRULWH )ULGD\ E\%RYDGDPHDQLQJDQ ZDJHU ZRXOG RQO\ SD\ Kobe Bryant also picked Curry when asked. The 3-point contest takes place between the Skills Challenge and slam dunk contest, but it may be the PDLQ HYHQW ZLWK WKH 6SODVK Brothers from the NBA FKDPSLRQVOHDGLQJWKH¿HOG Thompson made it to the ¿QDO URXQG ODVW \HDU DORQJ ZLWK .\ULH ,UYLQJ EXW WKH\ were blown away when Curry made 13 straight shots and set a record with SRLQWV %RYDGD OLVWHG Thompson as the second FKRLFH DW WR DQG KH¶V looking forward to another chance at the NBA’s record holder for 3-pointers in a season. “There’s only a few times me and him get to compete against each other. We always go against each other in practice, so it’s cool to do LWRQDUHDOVWDJH´7KRPSVRQ said. “It’s going to be a fun round, because you’re going to need two perfect rounds to EHDW6WHSK´ Other things to watch during All-Star Saturday: ZACH’S BACK: The slam dunk contest has largely become a one-and- GRQHHYHQWEXW0LQQHVRWD¶V Zach LaVine is back for a chance to repeat after his KLJKÀ\LQJ SHUIRUPDQFH last year in Brooklyn. Nobody has won two in a row since Nate Robinson in He defends against 'HQYHU¶V :LOO %DUWRQ 2UODQGR¶V $DURQ *RUGRQ and Detroit All-Star Andre Drummond. IF NOT A SPLASH BROTHER: The Warriors’ backcourt partners face a ¿HOGWKDWLQFOXGHVWZRPRUH All-Stars in Houston’s James Harden and Toronto’s James Harden, plus the Clippers’ J.J. Redick, Milwaukee’s Khris Middleton, Phoenix URRNLH 'HYLQ %RRNHU DQG Portland’s CJ McCollum. DOUBLE DUTY: Not long after McCollum joked about his disappointment in not being picked for the 3-point contest, he was DGGHG WR WKH ¿HOG ZKHQ Miami’s Chris Bosh pulled out with an injury. That makes the Portland guard a busy man Saturday, as he is DOUHDG\HQWHUHGLQWKH¿HOGRI the Skills Challenge. %,*&+$//(1*($ELJ man is guaranteed to reach WKH ¿QDO RI WKH 6NLOOV &KDO- lenge, the obstacle-course HYHQW WKDW FRPELQHV GULE- bling, passing and shooting. $OO6WDUV$QWKRQ\'DYLVDQG 'H0DUFXV &RXVLQV VTXDUH RIILQWKH¿UVWURXQGDQGWKH winner would meet All-Star 'UD\PRQG *UHHQ RU 1R RYHUDOO SLFN .DUO$QWKRQ\ 7RZQV ZKR EHOLHYHV KH can get by the bigs and then knock off one of the little guys who usually make up WKHHYHQW¶VHQWLUH¿HOG ³,WKLQN,FDQZLQ´7RZQV said. “I think I honestly can win the Skills Challenge. I WKLQN,KDYHDJUHDWRSSRUWX- QLW\´ '/($*8(¶6 '$< The best from the NBA 'HYHORSPHQW /HDJXH JHW the stage in the afternoon, as the D-League has its own $OO6WDU *DPH SRLQW DQG slam dunk contests. BOYS BASKETBALL: Cardinals start well but fade against Redsides WKLUGTXDUWHULQ)ULGD\¶V%LJ Sky League match-up. Ellis Rager scored 17 points to lead South Wasco %6/ 'HYDQ Dammann added 16 and Ty Herlocker chipped in 15 more. UHS (11-13, 3-6) 15 12 24 12 — 63 VHS (3-21, 0-9) 11 19 17 14 — 61 Jason Juarez paced Ione UMATILLA — T. Durfey 14, J. Coria 12, K. Webb 10, S. Miller 10, J. Ramirez 8, S. (4-17, 3-10) with 16 points Garcia 6, S. Cranston 3, G. Armenta, J. and Austin Carter added 13 Tejada, J. Garcia, J. Maret. VALE — Brock 21, Derek 13, Jake 21, to go with nine rebounds. Zac 8, Rudy 7, Seth, Gustabo, Noah, Jakob, Garrett, Cody, Sam. Donald McElligott had a 3-pointers — UHS 5, VHS 11. Free throws team-high four assists. — UHS 10-17, VHS 6-10. Fouls — UHS 10, VHS 18. “I feel like progress has been made and hopefully we SOUTH WASCO 68, can go to Horizon (Chris- IONE 50 — At Ione, a WLDQDQGPDNHVRPHQRLVH´ WKUHHSRLQWHU E\ 7UDYLV said Ione coach Brian Rust, +D\HVDWWKHEX]]HUJDYHWKH UHYHUHQFLQJ ,RQH¶V SRLQW Redsides a 10-point lead and loss to the Redsides in momentum going into half- their last meeting and their time and South Wasco put upcoming game against the the game away with a 25-12 Hawks. Continued from 1B 8PDWLOOD SOD\V 5LYHUVLGH Tuesday for a chance to play in the district tournament. The winner keeps playing, the loser goes home. ——— No details were reported. ZLWK D EORZRXW ZLQ RYHU Nixyaawii (21-1, 11-0 &XOYHURQ)ULGD\QLJKW No details were reported. 22/ ZLOO ¿QLVK XS LWV Irrigon (16-6, 7-3 CBC) regular season slate today at ZLOOWDNHRQ6WDQ¿HOGLQWKH 4 p.m. as they host Joseph. CBC district tournament ECHO 42, WALLOWA on Friday at the Pendleton 41 — At Wallowa, the Echo &RQYHQWLRQ &HQWHU ZLWK WKH Cougars ended its three- start time TBD. SWC (19-4, 10-3) 11 17 25 15 — 68 game losing streak with IHS (4-17, 3-10) 8 10 12 20 — 50 SOUTH WASCO — E. Rager 17, D. DUFUR 53, CONDON/ a close win on the road at Dammann 16, T. Herlocker 15, B. Myers 11, Wallowa to end its regular WHEELER 47 — At T. Hayes 7, H. Stephenson 2, K. Kegel, N. Ward, A. Lindley, M. Cuevas, D. Herlocker. season slate on Friday night. Dufur, the Condon/Wheeler IONE — J. Juarez 16, A. Carter 13, W. McNary 10, D. McElligott 4, C. Hollis 2, No details were reported. Knights fell just short of a S. Marin 2, A. Smythe 2, L. Burright 1, D. Echo (8-15, 6-6 OOL) win on Friday night at Dufur, Doherty, T. Epperson, N. Ramirez, T. Carter. 3-pointers — SWC 2, IHS 4. Free throws will now prepare for the Old falling below the .500 mark — SWC 8-14, IHS 6-8. Fouls — SWC 11, Oregon League tournament in conference play. IHS 11. No details were reported. on Friday in Madras with its Condon/Wheeler (10-12, NIXYAAWII 58, PINE opponent and game time TBD. 6-7 BSL) next plays against EAGLE 33 — At Pine Eagle, IRRIGON 77, CULVER Sherman today in Fossil at WKH1L[\DDZLL*ROGHQ(DJOHV downed Pine Eagle for their 24 — At Irrigon, the Knights 5:30 p.m. WK FRQVHFXWLYH ZLQ RQ WKH closed out its regular season SHERMAN 77, VODWH LQ FRQYLQFLQJ IDVKLRQ season on Friday night. Ione plays at Horizon Christian today at 5:30 p.m. LQ WKHLU OHDJXH ¿QDOH DQG D win or losses by Arlington and Mitchell/Spray would earn them a district play-in game at Dufur on Wednesday. ——— ARLINGTON 57 — At Sherman, the Arlington Honkers lost for the 11th time in 12 games, losing by 20 to Sherman on Friday night. No details were reported. Arlington (8-16, 2-11 BSL) next hosts Dufur today at 4 p.m. NYSSA 67, RIVER- SIDE 50 — At Nyssa, the 5LYHUVLGH 3LUDWHV ¿QLVHG out the regular season with its third loss to the Nyssa Bulldogs in three games this season. No details were reported. 5LYHUVLGH EOL) will now prepare for a match-up with either Umatilla or Vale with a trip to the postseason up for grabs. SCOREBOARD Local slate PREP BOYS BASKETBALL Today Dufur at Arlington, 4 p.m. Joseph at Nixyaawii, 4 p.m. Helix at Pine Eagle, 5:30 p.m. Sherman at Condon/Wheeler, 5:30 p.m. Ione at Horizon Christian, 5:30 p.m. Tuesday Ontario at Mac-Hi, 5 p.m. Pendleton at Hood River, 7 p.m. The Dalles at Hermiston, 7 p.m. PREP GIRLS BASKETBALL Today Dufur at Arlington, 2:30 p.m. Joseph at Nixyaawii 2:30 p.m. Helix at Pine Eagle, 4 p.m. Ione at Horizon Christian, 4 p.m. Sherman at Condon/Wheeler, 4 p.m. Tuesday Ontario at Mac-Hi, 5 p.m. Hermiston at The Dalles, 7 p.m. Hood River at Pendleton, 7 p.m. PREP WRESTLING Today Echo, Riverside at 3A Special District 1 meet (Hermiston), 10 a.m. Heppner, Irrigon at 2A/1A Special District 4 meet (Grant Union), 10 a.m. PREP SWIMMING Today Pendleton, Hermiston at district meet (Hood River), 10 a.m. COLLEGE MEN’S BASKETBALL Today Blue Mountain at Big Bend, 4 p.m. Eastern Oregon at Southern Oregon, 7:30 p.m. Sunday Eastern Oregon at Oregon Tech, 3 p.m. COLLEGE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Today Blue Mountain at Big Bend, 2 p.m. Eastern Oregon at Southern Oregon, 5:30 p.m. Sunday Eastern Oregon at Oregon Tech, 3 p.m. Prep standings BOYS BASKETBALL Columbia River Conference (5A) Conf. Ovr. PS PA Rnk Pendleton 6-1 12-7 1197 1042 11 Hermiston 3-3 10-11 1311 1192 25 The Dalles 2-4 5-15 1018 1455 28 Hood River 2-4 3-15 1051 1242 33 Greater Oregon League (4A) Ovr. Conf. PS PA Rnk Baker 6-0 13-10 1267 1117 21 La Grande 4-2 8-8 820 750 26 Mac-Hi 2-4 7-16 937 1077 34 Ontario 0-6 6-16 1154 1350 37 Eastern Oregon League (3A) Conf. Ovr. PS PA Rnk 9-0 15-10 1305 1192 10 6-3 10-12 980 982 24 3-6 11-13 1187 1244 27 0-9 3-21 1027 1340 36 Nyssa Riverside Umatilla Vale Columbia Basin Conference (2A) Conf. Ovr. PS PA Rnk 8-2 18-3 1183 920 4 8-2 16-5 1313 1029 10 6-3 15-6 1167 871 6 5-5 10-11 1082 1122 23 2-8 8-16 1017 1210 31 0-9 5-17 844 1258 40 Heppner Stanfield Irrigon Wes-McE. Pilot Rock Culver Big Sky League (1A) Conf. Ovr. Sherman 13-0 19-4 S. Wasco 10-3 19-4 Dufur 9-4 12-10 Horizon Chr. 7-6 10-12 Con./Whe. 6-7 10-12 Ione 3-10 4-17 Arlington 2-11 8-16 Mitchell 2-11 7-15 PS 1574 1281 1161 1063 1038 662 1082 852 PA Rnk 1154 3 882 8 1053 24 1125 10 1148 32 1165 44 1142 48 1147 45 Old Oregon League (1A) Conf. Ovr. PS Nixyaawii 11-0 21-1 1589 Joseph 8-2 12-7 865 Powder Val. 8-3 15-5 1149 Echo 6-6 8-15 1019 Wallowa 4-7 5-14 646 Pine Eagle 1-10 2-17 642 Helix 0-10 2-19 643 PA Rnk 1016 4 808 22 789 14 110 37 895 46 1062 54 1097 63 GIRLS BASKETBALL Columbia River Conference (5A) Conf. Ovr. PS PA Rnk Hermiston 6-0 18-3 1245 907 5 The Dalles 3-3 11-9 944 867 20 Pendleton 3-3 8-13 1003 1064 21 Hood River 0-6 3-16 680 1001 32 Greater Oregon League (4A) Conf. Ovr. PS PA Rnk La Grande 6-0 17-4 1244 905 4 Baker 4-2 11-11 965 1000 15 Mac-Hi 2-4 12-10 839 905 22 Ontario 0-6 2-17 525 941 31 Eastern Oregon League (3A) Conf. Ovr. PS Umatilla 8-1 19-5 1111 Nyssa 6-3 16-8 1014 Vale 4-5 13-11 1023 Riverside 0-9 3-18 583 PA Rnk 808 9 841 12 926 22 931 34 Columbia Basin Conference (2A) Conf. Ovr. PS PA Rnk Wes.-McE. 9-0 13-8 926 787 10 Pilot Rock 7-3 16-8 1095 903 12 Irrigon 5-5 9-12 810 804 24 Stanfield 4-5 9-11 748 733 30 Culver 4-6 12-10 822 725 27 Heppner 0-10 2-19 546 902 38 Big Sky League (1A) Conf. Ovr. PS PA Rnk Con./Whe. 12-1 21-2 1082 732 4 Ione 11-2 14-7 902 860 19 Arlington 8-5 15-9 1029 813 25 Horizon Chr. 7-6 10-12 706 856 31 S. Wasco 5-8 10-12 753 857 33 Dufur 5-8 6-16 758 985 44 Sherman 3-10 3-18 698 1023 53 Mitchell 1-12 4-18 684 897 59 Old Oregon League (1A) Conf. Ovr. PS Nixyaawii 10-1 20-2 1170 Powder Val. 9-2 12-7 977 Helix 7-4 14-8 931 Joseph 6-5 10-10 1000 Echo 5-7 12-12 957 Pine Eagle 2-9 2-17 376 Wallowa 0-11 1-19 340 PA Rnk 690 7 754 17 808 18 836 32 830 24 945 48 1005 58 Basketball NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Toronto 35 17 Boston 32 23 New York 23 32 Brooklyn 14 40 Philadelphia 8 45 Southeast Division W L Pct .673 .582 .418 .259 .151 GB — 4½ 13½ 22 27½ Pct GB Atlanta Miami Charlotte Washington Orlando Central Division 31 29 27 23 23 24 24 26 28 29 .564 — .547 1 .509 3 .451 6 .442 6½ W L Pct GB Cleveland 38 14 .731 — Indiana 28 25 .528 10½ Chicago 27 25 .519 11 Detroit 27 27 .500 12 Milwaukee 22 32 .407 17 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB San Antonio 45 8 .849 — Memphis 31 22 .585 14 Dallas 29 26 .527 17 Houston 27 28 .491 19 New Orleans 20 33 .377 25 Northwest Division W L Pct GB Oklahoma City 40 14 .741 — Portland 27 27 .500 13 Utah 26 26 .500 13 Denver 22 32 .407 18 Minnesota 17 37 .315 23 Pacific Division W L Pct GB Golden State 48 4 .923 — L.A. Clippers 35 18 .660 13½ Sacramento 22 31 .415 26½ Phoenix 14 40 .259 35 L.A. Lakers 11 44 .200 38½ ——— Saturday’s Games No games scheduled — All-Star Break Sunday’s Games All-Star Game, West vs. East, 5 p.m. Hockey NHL EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Florida 55 32 17 6 Detroit 55 28 18 9 Tampa Bay 54 30 20 4 Boston 54 29 19 6 Montreal 56 27 25 4 Ottawa 56 25 25 6 Buffalo 56 22 28 6 Toronto 53 19 25 9 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Washington 53 40 9 4 6 N.Y. Rangers 55 31 18 Pts 70 65 64 64 58 56 50 47 GF GA 158 128 139 138 146 133 163 149 155 152 161 177 132 159 127 154 Pts GF GA 84 178 121 68 160 142 N.Y. Islanders 53 29 18 6 64 154 134 Pittsburgh 54 28 19 7 63 141 139 New Jersey 55 27 21 7 61 124 129 Carolina 55 24 21 10 58 131 146 Philadelphia 53 24 20 9 57 129 143 Columbus 56 22 28 6 50 144 176 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Chicago 58 36 18 4 76 161 134 Dallas 55 35 15 5 75 180 149 St. Louis 57 31 17 9 71 141 137 Colorado 58 29 25 4 62 157 160 Nashville 55 25 21 9 59 144 149 Minnesota 54 23 21 10 56 133 136 Winnipeg 54 24 27 3 51 140 159 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Los Angeles 54 33 18 3 69 153 130 San Jose 53 28 20 5 61 156 145 Anaheim 53 26 19 8 60 122 128 Arizona 54 25 23 6 56 144 165 Vancouver 54 22 20 12 56 129 147 Calgary 54 25 26 3 53 146 162 Edmonton 56 22 29 5 49 142 169 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. ——— Friday’s Games Pittsburgh 2, Carolina 1, SO Colorado 3, Detroit 2, SO Buffalo 6, Montreal 4 Los Angeles 5, N.Y. Rangers 4, OT Tampa Bay 4, Nashville 3, OT St. Louis 5, Florida 3 Arizona 4, Calgary 1 Saturday’s Games New Jersey at Philadelphia, 10 a.m. Boston at Minnesota, 11 a.m. Nashville at Florida, 4 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Carolina, 4 p.m. Ottawa at Columbus, 4 p.m. Toronto at Vancouver, 4 p.m. Washington at Dallas, 5 p.m. Anaheim at Chicago, 5:30 p.m. Winnipeg at Edmonton, 7 p.m. Arizona at San Jose, 7:30 p.m. Transactions BASEBALL Major League Baseball OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF BASEBALL Announced New York Mets RHP Jenrry Mejia has received a perma- nent suspension from major league and minor league baseball after testing positive for boldenone, his third performance-en- hancing substance violation under Major League Baseball’s Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program. American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES Named Joe McIl- vaine senior adviser of player personnel. CLEVELAND INDIANS Agreed to terms with RHP Tommy Hunter on a one-year contract and C Guillermo Quiroz on a minor league contract. NEW YORK YANKEES Agrees to terms with LHP Aroldis Chapman on a one-year contract. Designated C Tony Wolters for assignment. OAKLAND ATHLETICS Acquired OF Khris Davis from Milwaukee for RHP Bubby Der- by and C Jacob Nottingham. Designated LHP Sean Nolin for assignment. National League CHICAGO CUBS Claimed LHP C.J. Riefenhauser off waivers from Baltimore. Designated LHP Edgar Olmos for assign- ment. FOOTBALL National Football League NFL Fined Denver CB Aqib Talib $26,044 for taunting and face mask fouls, Denver DE Malik Jackson $8,681 for unnecessary roughness and Carolina QB Joe Webb $8,681 for unnecessary roughness during the Super Bowl. DETROIT LIONS Signed T Lamar Holmes. GREEN BAY PACKERS Re-signed DT Letroy Guion. JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS Signed CB Josh Johnson. MIAMI DOLPHINS Named Daronte Jones assistant defensive backs coach. Announced Eric Stokes senior personnel executive and assistant general manager have mutually agreed to part ways. Termi- nated the contracts of DE Quinton Coples and CB Brice McCain. PITTSBURGH STEELERS Signed LS Greg Warren to a one-year contract. HOCKEY National Hockey League BUFFALO SABRES Placed F Daniel Cate- nacci on injured reserve. Recalled F Philip Varone from Rochester (AHL). CALGARY FLAMES Recalled G Joni Ortio from Stockton (AHL). Placed G Karri Ramo on injured reserve. CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS Recalled D Viktor Svedberg from Rockford (AHL).
