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Newspaper Page TextPage 2B SPORTS East Oregonian Thursday, April 28, 2016 Altuva paces Warriors advance; Hornets take lead on Heat Astros past M’s NBA Playoffs The Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. — Klay Thompson scored 27 points with seven 3-pointers and the Golden State Warriors rolled into the second round of the playoffs without injured superstar Stephen Curry, thoroughly embarrassing the Houston Rockets 114-81 on Wednesday night in Game 5. Draymond Green added 15 points, nine rebounds and eight assists for the Warriors, who will face the winner of the Clippers-Trail Blazers series. Portland leads 3-2. Without their MVP, Curry’s fellow Splash Brother set the tone from the opening tip. Thompson became the irst player in NBA history to make at least seven 3s in consecutive playoff games, while Shaun Livingston scored 16 points for his third double-digit performance in three games while starting in Curry’s place this series. James Harden scored 25 of Houston’s 37 irst-half points RODEO: Continued from 1B Team roping partners Jared Parke and Jordan Tye won men’s all-around titles while Danyelle Williams claimed the women’s all-around on night two. Parke, who leads Tye by 1,179 points in the season all-around standings, earned his win in Ellensburg by placing irst in tie-down (10.0 seconds), fourth in steer wrestling (10.7) and fourth in team roping (13.0) on a single head. For the tie-down win he beat out Hermiston’s Johnpatrick Pederson (11.1) and Heppner’s Garrett Robinson (11.3), who both compete for Oregon State. Bareback rider Kenneth Haworth and steer wrestler Nic Nyman also won titles for the BMCC men that night. Haworth scored 67 to beat teammate Tyler Potter, and Nyman timed at 7.1 to edge Walla Walla’s Taylor Duby (8.1). Williams secured the T-Wolves’ other event title in the irst rodeo with a 17.86 in barrel racing that edged Treasure Valley’s Keeley Vaughan (18.0). The T-Wolves added ive event titles on night two, and swept the top four in the premier ladies event. However, Williams was not one of them as Trey Tucker won the title in 35.96 on two runs. Taylor Eng was second (36.44), Quincy Pendergrass was third (36.74) and Jessica Lewis was fourth (36.60). Williams placed seventh (37.43) in barrel racing, but added a win in breakaway roping (6.0 on two) to edge Treasure Valley’s Dalli Bean by ive points in the women’s all-around race. Williams leads Bean by 309 in the season all-around tally. Also with a win for the BMCC women was Luaren Leyva in goat tying (16.8 on two). The BMCC men also pulled off a top-four sweep in an event as Tye led the charge in tie-down with 22.8 on two head. He was followed in order by Chase Hansen (23.9), Parke (23.9) and Nyman (24.5). Tye and Parke were also second in team roping (15.7) to boost Tye to the all-around win. Haworth repeated as bare- back champion with 143 on two, and Ryan Verling was second in saddle bronc with 109 on two. Despite the two wins, Haworth still trails Potter by 228 points for the season title, and Verling is 158 behind saddle bronc leader Tucker Hill of Walla Walla. Also holding event leads for BMCC coming into Friday’s irst rodeo in Herm- iston are Parke (tie-down, steer wrestling, team roping), Tye (team roping), Lewis (barrel racing) and Williams (breakaway). The action will begin in slack at 10 a.m. on both days with an admission cost of $5. Evening performances will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday with admission of $10. Proceeds from the rodeos will go toward scholarships for the BMCC rodeo program. on the way to 35 points, but the Rockets had no chance with a one-man show against the deep defending cham- pions. Golden State Warriors’ Harrison Barnes shoots over Houston Rockets’ James Hard- en (13) during the second half in Game 5 of a irst- round NBA basketball playoff series Wednes- day, April 27, 2016, in Oak- land, Calif. Golden State won 114-81. HORNETS 90, HEAT 88 — At Miami, Courtney Lee’s 3-pointer with 25.2 seconds left put Charlotte ahead to stay, and the Hornets beat Miami in Game 5 of their Eastern Conference irst-round series. The Hornets have won three straight games in the series, and will take a 3-2 lead into a potential Game 6 clincher on Friday night. Marvin Williams led the Hornets with 17 points, while Al Jefferson and Kemba Walker each had 14 for Char- lotte — which got its irst road playoff win in 14 years. Jeremy Lin added 11. Dwyane Wade scored 25 for Miami, while Luol Deng scored 15, Joe Johnson added 13 and Hassan Whiteside inished with 11 points and 12 rebounds. AP Photo/ Marcio Jose Sanchez By JIM HOEHN Associated Press SEATTLE — Jose Altuve opened the game with his third leadoff homer of the season, doubled twice and scored three runs to help the Houston Astros avoid a sweep with a 7-4 MLB victory over the Seattle Mariners on Wednesday night. Evan Gattis added Houston three RBIs for Houston with a sacriice ly and bases-loaded double. Robinson Cano and Adam Lind had solo Seattle homers for Seattle, which earlier in the day announced a pending ownership shift from majority owner Nintendo of America to the team’s minority owners. Both starters labored through ive innings. Houston’s Collin McHugh (2-3) allowed two runs and ive hits with one walk, but needed 101 pitches. Hisashi Iwakuma (0-3) allowed ive runs and seven hits with two walks on 93 pitches. 7 4 BLAZERS: Shorthanded Clippers wear down in third quarter Continued from 1B in the fourth, with Lillard hitting ive as they outscored the Clippers 37-27. “Once he gets an open look and he gets to see that ball go in, his eyes kind of light up, and we know he’s going to inish the game off,” McCo- llum said of his backcourt mate. “He hit some really tough shots and was aggressive despite their tough coverage.” J.J. Redick led the Clippers with 19 points. Jamal Crawford, the Sixth Man of the Year, added 17 points starting in Paul’s place. Jeff Green also had 17 off the bench and DeAndre Jordan had 16 points and 17 rebounds. “We just made some simple mental mistakes and with Blake and Chris out, we cannot really afford to make mistakes,” guard Austin Rivers said. “We played pretty good defense overall, I just think we need to be better offensively.” Try as they might, the Clippers could not overcome the double- whammy of losing their two biggest stars. Paul is out indeinitely after breaking his right hand on a freakish play in Game 4, when Grifin aggravated a left quadriceps injury that had kept him out three months during the season. He won’t be back in the postseason. “We were exhausted,” Clippers coach Doc Rivers said. “I had to call two timeouts (in the third). That’s not conditioning, that was emotion. They wanted to win. They were just up, and sometimes you get up too much.” Lillard opened the fourth with a 3-pointer, hit another one and then dunked off his steal of Pablo Prigioni. The Blazers ran off seven straight points, capped by Allen Crabbe’s 3-pointer, to go up 90-77. They weren’t done. Lillard and McCollum, the league’s Most Improved Player, combined for an 8-0 run, with both hitting 3-pointers that extended Portland’s lead to 102-86. “I liked the focus and the energy that made the difference,” Blazers coach Terry Stotts said. “It was about just locking into the task at hand.” McCollum scored 10 points in the third, when the Blazers led 71-62. The Clippers answered with a 9-0 run, getting a dunk and 3-pointer from Green, to tie it 71-all going into the fourth. PAUL & GRIFFIN Paul sat on the bench in the irst half and winced when he bumped his surgically repaired right hand. Grifin stayed in the locker room during the game. Rivers conirmed that Grifin had undergone a proce- dure similar to what Anthony Davis of the Pelicans had last month, in which he was treated with an injec- tion of his own bone marrow which is rich in cells and protein that can reduce pain and promote healing. Davis’ procedure was performed by Dr. Neal ElAttrache, the Clippers’ team physician. Paul talked to his teammates before the game and Grifin did so at halftime. “Coach Paul was terriic,” Rivers said. “They’ve been really involved with their teammates as much as they can be.” TIP-INS Trail Blazers: They outrebounded the Clippers 53-45 and improved to 3-0 when outrebounding the Clippers in the series. ... Al-Farouq Aminu followed up his career-high 30 points in Game 4 with seven points, eight rebounds and ive fouls. Clippers: The Clippers fell to 2-5 when neither Paul nor Grifin play since Paul joined the team before the 2011-12 season. ... Paul Pierce started in place of Grifin and was scoreless in nine minutes, missing all three of his shots. ... They are 2-10 all-time in Game 5 of a best-of- seven series. PREPS: Pendleton boys golf 11th, Hermiston 20th at state preview tournament Continued from 1B dash (11.72) and the long jump (20-09.00), Helix’s Bradey Cope winning the 200 meter dash (24.40) and 400 meter dash (54.44) and Irrigon’s 4x400 relay team of Jose Romero, Manny Gutierrez, Kevin Villareal, and Carlos Zacarias winning by more than ive seconds with a time of 3:40.97. On the girls side Herm- iston ran and jumped its way to 389 points while Helix inished second with 109 points. Irrigon came in third with 44 points, Echo fourth with 37 points and Ione ifth with 36 points to round out the top ive. The Hermiston girls won 14 of their 21 total events on Wednesday, including a sweep of the distance events and relay events. In those distance events, Jennifer Fuentes took irst in the 800 meter run (2:40.73), Melany Solorio took irst in the 1500 meter run (5:24.86) and Sidney Tovey took irst in the 3000 meter run (12:53.81). Other event winners included Echo’s Taylor Swaggert in the 200 meter dash (27.99), Helix’s Emma Fehrenbacker in the 400 meter dash (1:05.22), Helix’s MaKenzie Mize in the discus (107-10), Mac-Hi’s Bianca Garcia in the javelin (111-02), and Ione’s Jessie Flynn in the long jump (16-03.50) and triple jump (33-00.00) Hermiston hits the road on Saturday for a meet at Central Valley High School in Spokane that’s set to start at 9 a.m. Golf PENDLETON 321, HERMISTON 346 — At Corvallis, the Pendleton Buckaroos and Hermiston Bulldogs boys golf teams got a good look at the site of the 2016 state golf tournament, taking part in a preview tournament at Trysting Tree Golf Course on Wednesday afternoon. Twenty-seven teams competed in the tournament with Pendleton taking the highest local slot inishing in 11th place with a team score of 321, while Hermiston came in 20th with a score of 346. Lake Oswego was the team champion with a score of 295. Trysting Tree played to a par of 72 on Wednesday, with nine golfers in all inishing with a par or better. Crescent Valley’s Kevin Geniza took medalist honors after shooting a four-un- der-par 68. Pendleton’s best player was senior Reilly Hegarty as he inished with a three- over 75 and Nathan Som was close behind with a 79. To round out Pendleton’s scorers were Nathan Kung with an 81, Braydon Pulver with an 86, and Jared Geier with an 87. For Hermiston, Anders Lind again led the Bulldogs with a 77 while Kayden Meachem shot a solid 85 from the No. 4 slot. To round out Hermiston, Jared Thacker inished with an 86, Dylan Martin with a 98 and Drew Baily with a 99. Pendleton and Hermiston will now gear up for the district tournament on May 5-7 at Eagle Crest Resort in Ridgeview. SCOREBOARD Clariication Weston-McEwen’s Bailey Hillmick pitched a perfect game against Umatilla in a 25-0 win in ive innings on Tuesday. It was reported as a no-hitter. Hillmick struck out seven with no walks and no hit batters. Local Slate PREP BASEBALL Today Umatilla at Irrigon, 4 p.m. Friday Vale at Stanield (DH), 1/3 p.m. Riverside at Joseph (DH), 1/3 p.m. Hermiston at Pendleton (DH), 4/6 p.m. Saturday Heppner at Irrigon (DH), 11 a.m./1 p.m. Mac-Hi at Ontario (DH), Noon/2 p.m. Weston-McEwen at Union (DH), 1/3 p.m. PREP SOFTBALL Friday Grant Union at Umatilla (DH), 1/3 p.m. Riverside at Enterprise (DH), 1/3 p.m. Vale at Echo (DH), 1/3 p.m. Hermiston at Pendleton (DH), 3/5 p.m. Saturday Pilot Rock at Heppner (DH), 11 a.m./1 p.m. Burns at Irrigon (DH), 1/3 p.m. Mac-Hi at Ontario (DH), 2/4 p.m. PREP TRACK & FIELD Friday Umatilla at Connell Invitational, 3:30 p.m. Riverside at Kennedy, 4:30 p.m. Saturday Hermiston at Central Valley (WA), 9 a.m. Pendleton, Mac-Hi at Ontario Invite, 11 a.m. Umatilla, Pilot Rock, Heppner, Helix, Stan- ield at Condon/Wheeler Invite, 11 a.m. Ione at Prarie City, 11 a.m. Weston-McEwen at Joseph, 1 p.m. Irrigon at Madras, TBA PREP GOLF Today Pendleton, Hermiston (girls) at Quail Valley GC (Banks), TBA Friday Echo at Echo Hills GC, 10 a.m. Heppner at Alpine Meadows GC (Enter- prise), 11 a.m. PREP TENNIS Today Umatilla at Helix, 4 p.m. Sherman at Riverside, 4 p.m. Friday Ione at Umatilla, 2 p.m. Hermiston at Capital Invite (Boise, Idaho), TBD Saturday Hermiston at Capital Invite (Boise, Idaho, TBD Umatilla, Mac-Hi, Riverside, Weston-McEwen, Stanield at Helix Invite (at Hermiston), 9 a.m. PREP LACROSSE Saturday Hermiston at Ridgeview, 2 p.m. PREP RUGBY Saturday East Oregon (girls) at Cleveland, Noon East Oregon (boys) at Oswego, 3 p.m. COLLEGE RODEO Friday Blue Mountain at NW Regional No. 6 (Hermiston), 10 a.m./6:30 p.m. Saturday Blue Mountain at NW Regional Finals (Hermiston), 10 a.m./6:30 p.m. COLLEGE BASEBALL Saturday Columbia Basin at Blue Mountain (DH), 1/4 p.m. Prep Standings BASEBALL Columbia River Conference (5A) Conf. Ovr. RS RA Rnk Hood River 5-1 15-4 148 84 5 Hermiston 3-3 10-8 81 68 15 Pendleton 2-4 11-8 125 94 16 The Dalles 2-4 8-10 92 95 20 Greater Oregon League (4A) Conf. Ovr. RS Ontario 4-2 12-5 178 Baker 4-2 9-8 96 La Grande 3-3 8-10 82 Mac-Hi 1-5 3-11 64 RA Rnk 120 10 82 13 83 21 127 32 Eastern Oregon League (3A) Conf. Ovr. RS Vale 8-0 12-5 158 Stanield 6-0 17-2 219 Nyssa 5-1 10-9 150 Elgin 2-4 2-9 45 Umatilla 2-6 6-9 91 Joseph 1-5 4-12 93 Riverside 0-8 1-15 35 RA Rnk 75 9 42 5 155 19 115 28 126 20 145 31 187 35 Special District 6 (2A/1A) Conf. Ovr. RS Irrigon 6-1 11-4 164 Sherman 3-1 12-4 161 Dufur 3-4 5-11 94 Heppner 1-3 2-9 79 Culver 1-5 5-9 68 RA Rnk 62 7 81 5 154 27 105 36 148 16 Special District 7 (2A/1A) Conf. Ovr. RS RA Rnk Burns 7-0 13-5 160 81 4 Wes-McE. 3-1 12-5 168 123 6 Grant Union 2-1 7-9 122 117 30 Pilot Rock 1-5 12-6 138 89 11 Union 0-6 0-11 26 147 39 SOFTBALL Columbia River Conference (5A) Conf. Ovr. RS RA Rnk Pendleton 4-2 15-4 169 63 3 Hermiston 4-2 13-7 151 104 6 The Dalles 2-4 13-7 183 105 11 Hood River 2-4 9-10 101 105 12 Greater Oregon League (4A) Conf. Ovr. RS Mac-Hi 6-0 15-4 162 Ontario 3-3 11-5 127 La Grande 2-4 6-10 144 Baker 1-5 10-6 151 RA Rnk 62 1 95 11 125 20 120 17 Eastern Oregon League (3A) Conf. Ovr. RS Echo 9-0 14-4 199 Vale 8-0 11-4 153 Wes.-McE 8-2 11-4 186 Grant Union 5-2 10-4 155 Enterprise 5-5 7-9 144 Riverside 3-7 8-10 142 Nyssa 3-7 4-14 130 Elgin 0-8 0-10 17 Umatilla 0-10 1-15 46 RA Rnk 64 4 81 9 50 6 87 20 165 18 153 24 220 29 153 30 305 35 Special District 6 (2A/1A) Conf. Ovr. RS Union 7-0 11-0 128 Pilot Rock 6-1 14-2 194 Burns 5-2 12-4 117 Irrigon 2-5 9-6 104 Culver 1-6 6-10 87 Heppner 0-7 3-12 76 RA Rnk 27 1 28 2 83 3 59 12 159 23 166 20 Basketball NBA Playoff Glance FIRST ROUND (Best-of-7) EASTERN CONFERENCE Cleveland 4, Detroit 0 Sunday: Cleveland 100, Detroit 98 Toronto 3, Indiana 2 April 16: Indiana 100, Toronto 90 April 18: Toronto 98, Indiana 87 April 21: Toronto 101, Indiana 85 April 23: Indiana 100, Toronto 83 Tuesday: Toronto 102, Indiana 99 Friday: Toronto at Indiana, TBA Charlotte 3, Miami 2 April 17: Miami 123, Charlotte 91 April 20: Miami 115, Charlotte 103 April 23: Charlotte 96, Miami 80 Monday: Charlotte 89, Miami 85 Wednesday: Charlotte 90, Miami 88 Friday: Miami at Charlotte, TBA Atlanta 3, Boston 2 April 16: Atlanta 102, Boston 101 April 19: Atlanta 89, Boston 72 April 22: Boston 111, Atlanta 103 Sunday: Boston 104, Atlanta 95, OT Tuesday: Atlanta 110, Boston 83 Today: Atlanta at Boston, 5 p.m. WESTERN CONFERENCE Golden State 4, Houston 1 Wednesday: Golden State 114, Houston 81 San Antonio 4, Memphis 0 Sunday: San Antonio 116, Memphis 95 Oklahoma City 4, Dallas 1 Monday: Oklahoma City 118, Dallas 104 Portland 3, L.A. Clippers 2 April 17: L.A. Clippers 115, Portland 95 April 20: L.A. Clippers 102, Portland 81 April 23: Portland 96, L.A. Clippers 88 Monday: Portland 98, L.A. Clippers 84 Wednesday: Portland 108, L.A. Clippers 98 Friday: L.A. Clippers at Portland, TBA ——— CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS (Best-of-7) EASTERN CONFERENCE Cleveland vs. Atlanta-Boston winner Monday, May 2: Atlanta-Boston winner at Cleveland, 4 p.m. WESTERN CONFERENCE Oklahoma City vs. San Antonio Saturday: Oklahoma City at San Antonio, 5:30 or 6:30 p.m. Hockey NHL Playoff Glance FIRST ROUND (Best-of-7) WESTERN CONFERENCE Nashville 4, Anaheim 3 April 15: Nashville 3, Anaheim 2 April 17: Nashville 3, Anaheim 2 April 19: Anaheim 3, Nashville 0 April 21: Anaheim 4, Nashville 1 April 23: Anaheim 5, Nashville 2 Monday: Nashville 3, Anaheim 1 Wednesday: Nashville 2, Anaheim 1 ——— SECOND ROUND (Best-of-7) EASTERN CONFERENCE N.Y. Islanders 1, Tampa Bay 0 Wednesday: N.Y. Islanders 5, Tampa Bay 3 Saturday: NY Islanders at Tampa Bay, Noon Washington vs. Pittsburgh Today: Pittsburgh at Washington, 5 p.m. WESTERN CONFERENCE Dallas vs. St. Louis Friday: St. Louis at Dallas, 5 p.m. San Jose vs. Nashville Friday: Nashville at San Jose, 7:30 p.m. Baseball MLB AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GB Baltimore 12 8 .600 — Boston 12 9 .571 ½ Tampa Bay 10 11 .476 2½ Toronto 10 13 .435 3½ New York 8 12 .400 4 Central Division W L Pct GB Chicago 16 6 .727 — Kansas City 12 9 .571 3½ Cleveland 10 9 .526 4½ Detroit 10 10 .500 5 Minnesota 7 15 .318 9 West Division W L Pct GB Seattle 11 9 .550 — Texas 12 10 .545 — Los Angeles 11 11 .500 1 Oakland 11 11 .500 1 Houston 6 15 .286 5½ ——— Wednesday’s Games Chicago White Sox 4, Toronto 0 Baltimore 3, Tampa Bay 1 Boston 9, Atlanta 4 Detroit 9, Oakland 4 Texas 3, N.Y. Yankees 2 Cleveland 6, Minnesota 5 L.A. Angels 4, Kansas City 2 Houston 7, Seattle 4 Today’s Games Oakland (Bassitt 0-1) at Detroit (Sanchez 2-2), 10:10 a.m. Chicago White Sox (Danks 0-3) at Balti- more (Wilson 1-0), 4:05 p.m. Atlanta (Chacin 0-1) at Boston (Buchholz 0-2), 4:10 p.m. NATIONAL LEAGUE East Division W Washington 14 New York 13 Philadelphia 11 L 6 7 10 Pct .700 .650 .524 GB — 1 3½ Miami 9 11 .450 5 Atlanta 4 17 .190 10½ Central Division W L Pct GB Chicago 15 5 .750 — Pittsburgh 12 9 .571 3½ St. Louis 12 9 .571 3½ Cincinnati 9 13 .409 7 Milwaukee 8 12 .400 7 West Division W L Pct GB Los Angeles 12 10 .545 — San Francisco 12 11 .522 ½ Arizona 11 12 .478 1½ Colorado 9 11 .450 2 San Diego 7 15 .318 5 ——— Wednesday’s Games San Francisco 13, San Diego 9 Philadelphia 3, Washington 0 Boston 9, Atlanta 4 N.Y. Mets 5, Cincinnati 2 Milwaukee at Chicago Cubs, 8:05 p.m. Pittsburgh 9, Colorado 8, 12 innings St. Louis 11, Arizona 4 Miami 2, L.A. Dodgers 0 Today’s Games Milwaukee (Jungmann 0-3) at Chicago Cubs (Arrieta 4-0), 11:20 a.m. Pittsburgh (Nicasio 2-2) at Colorado (Chatwood 2-2), 12:10 p.m. Philadelphia (Nola 1-2) at Washington (Roark 2-2), 1:05 p.m. Atlanta (Chacin 0-1) at Boston (Buchholz 0-2), 4:10 p.m. St. Louis (Wacha 2-0) at Arizona (De La Rosa 2-3), 6:40 p.m. Miami (Fernandez 1-2) at L.A. Dodgers (Maeda 3-0), 7:10 p.m. Soccer MLS EASTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA Montreal 4 3 1 13 11 9 Philadelphia 4 3 0 12 10 7 Toronto FC 3 2 2 11 8 5 Orlando City 2 2 3 9 13 11 D.C. United 2 3 3 9 10 10 New England 1 2 6 9 9 14 Columbus 2 3 2 8 7 9 NY City FC 1 3 4 7 10 13 New York 2 6 0 6 8 17 Chicago 1 2 3 6 6 7 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA FC Dallas 5 2 2 17 15 13 Colorado 5 2 1 16 10 6 Los Angeles 4 1 2 14 17 7 Real Salt Lake 4 1 2 14 12 11 San Jose 4 2 2 14 11 10 Sporting KC 4 4 1 13 10 9 Vancouver 3 4 2 11 10 12 Portland 2 3 3 9 12 15 Seattle 2 4 1 7 7 10 Houston 1 4 2 5 13 14 NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie. ——— Wednesday’s Games New York City FC 1, Montreal 1, tie New England 1, Portland 1, tie Vancouver 1, Sporting Kansas City 1, tie Friday’s Games FC Dallas at New York, 4 p.m.