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SPORTS Wednesday, May 18, 2016 East Oregonian Page 3B Pro Basketball Blazers reward Stotts with three-year extension By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer PORTLAND — Terry Stotts, who coached the Portland Trail Blazers to the second round of the playoffs, has agreed to a three-year contract extension. The Blazers hold a team option on Stotts’ current contract for the coming season. The extension, irst reported by Yahoo Sports, goes into effect following the season and runs through 2020. Stotts would not talk about contract negotiations when the team held exit interviews with players at the end of the season. But his players openly supported a new deal for him. “Just a great overall person and a great coach,” Damian Lillard said. “I’m happy to be his point guard, and I think he’s more than deserving of an extension.” The Blazers have gone 182-146 in four seasons since Stotts took over. They have reached the playoffs for the past three seasons, advancing to the second round twice. The Trail Blazers were the third- youngest team in the league at the start of this season. Lillard was the lone starter to return from the 2014-15 Blazers, after LaMarcus Aldridge, Nicolas Batum, Robin Lopez and Wesley Matthews departed in the offseason. Portland still managed a 44-38 record and the ifth seed in the rugged Western Conference. Stotts was runner-up as NBA Coach of the Year behind winner Steve Kerr. Portland eliminated the Los Angeles Clippers 4-2 in the opening round of the playoffs. It dropped the irst two games of the series, but the Clippers were hurt when both Chris Paul and Blake Grifin were injured. The Blazers faced Golden State in the second round, falling 3-1 to the defending NBA champions. “I loved playing for Coach and I’m pretty sure every other guy in the locker room did,” Maurice Harkless said. “You guys saw what he was able to do this year ... when nobody thought we’d win anything — 25 games or whatever — and we won 44 games and made it to the second round of the playoffs from a team expected to be in the lottery, that’s just a testament to how good he is.” Guard Allen Crabbe echoed the sentiment. “It’s really hard to put into words what he did with this group, because nobody expected us to do what we did,” Crabbe said. “Even from Day One, even through the games we were 11-20, seven-game losing streak, he never folded. He always told us it was about trusting the process. And we stuck with that throughout the whole year.” (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) Portland Trwail Blazers coach Terry Stotts, right, talks to guard C.J. McCollum during the irst half in Game 5 of the team’s second-round NBA basketball playoff se- ries against the Golden State Warriors on May 11, 2016, in Oakland, Calif. NBA Playoffs LeBron, Cavaliers blow out Raptors in Game 1 By TOM WITHERS Associated Press CLEVELAND — LeBron James hardly missed and scored 24 points in three quarters, Kyrie Irving scored 27 and the Cleveland Cava- liers picked up where they left off before a long layoff by thumping the Toronto Raptors 115-84 in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference inals on Tuesday night. James made his irst nine shots — one an arena-rattling powerhouse dunk — and the Cavs shot 67 percent from the ield in the irst half while improving to 9-0 this postseason. Cleveland is the irst team to start the playoffs with nine straight wins since San Antonio reeled off 10 in a row in 2012. But unlike their second- round series when they made 77 3-pointers and swept Atlanta, the Cavs did most of their damage from close range. Cleveland made just 7 of 20 3-point attempts. DeMar DeRozan scored 18 points and Bismack Biyombo Eastern Finals Toronto Cleveland 84 115 added 12 for Toronto. Kyle Lowry, who scored 35 points in the Raptors’ Game 7 win over Miami, was held to just eight as he and the Raptors were roughed up in their irst appearance in the conference inals. Game 2 is Thursday night. Cleveland igured to have some rust following a nine-day break since ousting the Hawks. But not only did the Cavs look refreshed, they looked better than before, taking their game to another level. And James, as is almost always the case, led the charge. He inished 11 of 13 from the ield and added six rebounds and four assists in just 28 minutes. James spent the inal quarter on the bench cheering on Cleveland’s reserves, who inished off the club’s most lopsided postseason victory. The Cavs outscored the Raptors 33-16 in the second quarter when James person- ally welcomed Canada’s NBA franchise to the East’s inal round with a devas- tating dunk. Driving baseline past DeMarre Carroll, James cut across the lane and hammered home a right-handed windmill. He celebrated the slam by tilting his head, backpedaling and letting out a primal scream along with 20,000 fans. Pro Baseball Cruz, Seager go deep to power M’s past Orioles By DAVID GINSBURG Associated Press BALTIMORE — Coming off a bitter sweep by their rivals in the AL West, the Seattle Mariners got back in their comfort zone with another solid win on the road. Nelson Cruz homered and drove in ive runs, Kyle Seager hit a three-run drive and Seattle cruised past the Baltimore Orioles 10-0 MLB Tuesday night. Robinson Cano had three hits, two Seattle RBIs and scored three runs for the Mariners, who repeatedly circled the bases on a wet, chilly night at Baltimore Camden Yards. These Mariners seem to do their best work outside of Seattle. After losing three straight against the visiting Los Angeles Angels, the Mariners bounced back in Baltimore to improve their AL-best road record to 14-6. “It was good to get the road trip off to a great start,” said Seager, whose eighth home run made it 7-0 in the ifth inning. Wade Miley (4-2) allowed two hits and walked three in six sharp innings. The left-hander was 0-2 with a 10.13 ERA in his three previous starts against Baltimore. “Any time you get runs like that, you just want to make sure you go out there and get the guys back in the dugout and let them keep 10 0 AP Photo/Patrick Semansky Seattle Mariners designated hitter Nelson Cruz singles in the irst inning of a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles in Balti- more, Tuesday, May 17, 2016. Seth Smith and Robinson Cano scored on the play. swinging,” Miley said. “I was trying to get ahead and go from there.” Baltimore starter Ubaldo Jimenez (2-4) allowed six runs and ive hits in 4 1/3 innings, his shortest outing in 21 starts since last July. “It’s disappointing,” the right- hander said. “As a starting pitcher you want to get deeper and give your team a chance to win. But it’s just part of the game.” The Orioles managed only two hits in their most lopsided loss of the season. The defeat came on the heels of a stretch in which they won seven of eight. Cruz and Cano have made a living off Baltimore pitching, and this game was no exception. Cruz has reached base in 43 of 46 career games against the Orioles, including 41 with at least one hit. Cano upped his lifetime batting average at Camden Yards to .367 over 83 games. Cano doubled and scored in the irst inning, scored ahead of Seager’s homer in the ifth and doubled before Cruz’s home run in the sixth. “Robbie was locked in,” Mari- ners manager Scott Servais said. “It was nice to jump on Jimenez in that irst inning. It kind of gets us going on the road trip and everything else. Seager had the big home run as well. It was a well-played game by us.” Cruz hit a two-run single in the irst and a three-run shot in the sixth Eastern’s season ends in nail-biting fashion East Oregonian REDDING, Calif. — Eastern Oregon’s Shelby Baertsch was thrown out at third base in the sixth inning and the Mountaineers were unable to get anything going in the seventh as their season ended in a 3-2 loss to Dickinson State in the NAIA Simpson Regional on Tuesday. Baertsch reached on a single to lead off the bottom of the sixth and went to second on a bunt by Maryssa Santi, but was thrown out at third by Dickinson’s McKenzie Kenobbie trying to tag up on a ly to center ield. Dickinson pitcher Alex- zandria Watson got out of the inning with a groundball out, and induced three straight Team Reyes wins Birch Creek Invite PENDLETON — Joe and Heather Reyes took home top prize at the Pendleton Country Club Birch Creek Couples Invite with a gross score of 76 on Sunday. Thirty-nine two-person teams competed in chapman scoring format. Brad and Lisa Hagerman of Echo were low net for the ield with a score of 64. Coming up next for Pendleton Country Club is the Round Up City Amateur on June 11-12. For more information on the event contact the pro shop at 541-443-8874. Stanield to host district baseball STANFIELD — The Stanield Tigers will host the Eastern Oregon League district baseball tournament at Madigan Field on Friday starting at 1 p.m. No season passes will be accepted at the door, and cost of admission is $6 for adults and $4 for students. The tournament begins with No. 2 Vale playing the winner of a play-in game between Enterprise and Nyssa from earlier in the week. Then 45 minutes after the conclusion of the irst game, the winner will play Stanield for the district championship. Bucks host youth hoops camp in June PENDLETON — The Buckaroos Boys’ Basketball Camp will be held June 13-15 for incoming irst through eighth graders. The camp will run from 9 a.m. to noon at Pendleton High School and costs $40 for irst-second graders and $50 for all others. Every camper will get a free T-shirt. Registration forms are available at Dean’s Athletic, the PHS ofice and all Pendleton elementary schools. — East Oregonian SCOREBOARD College Softball Dickinson holds off Mountaineers in NAIA regionals off Brian Matusz. And just like that, the Mariners turned the page from their disap- pointing series against the Angels. “We lost those games that we had a chance to win,” Cruz said. “We got off to a positive start.” The Mariners had their way against Jimenez, who left in the ifth with two runners on. Seager greeted Matusz with a home run on an 0-2 pitch. Matusz has a 12.00 ERA since coming off the disabled list on April 23. “It’s not a good feeling,” he said. “I have been there before — had struggles — and fortunately in the past have been able to get through that. And I’m kind of in the situation where that’s what I’m going to have to do now.” TRAINER’S ROOM Mariners: LHP Charlie Furbush (shoulder) will throw live batting practice Thursday for Triple-A Tacoma. From there, he will travel to the team’s minor league facility in Arizona to build his pitch count in extended spring training. Orioles: RHP Yovani Gallardo (shoulder tendinitis) will throw 120 pitches on lat ground Wednesday. If all goes well, he will throw off a mound on Sunday. UP NEXT Mariners: Taijuan Walker (2-2, 2.63 ERA) starts in the middle game of the series. The right-hander is coming off a nine-strikeout perfor- mance against Tampa Bay. Orioles: Chris Tillman (5-1, 2.58) tries to win his ifth straight start. He’s 6-0 lifetime against Seattle, the team that drafted him in 2006. BRIEFLY grounders to retire the Mountaineers in the seventh. Santi went 2 for 2 and drove in both of EOU’s runs. Baertsch was 3 for 3. Pendleton product Hailey Kline pitched the entire game for EOU and inished with two strikeouts to bring her season total to 113 in her irst season as a Moun- taineer. Kline escaped a bases- loaded, no-out jam in the top of the sixth when the defense turned a lineout into a double play, followed by a pop-out at third. Eastern (29-23), the Cascade Collegiate Confer- ence Tournament champion, inished the season with its irst winning record since 2005 and made its irst NAIA Softball National Championship appearance in 16 years. ——— R H E DSU 010 200 0 — 3 9 1 EOU 010 100 0 — 2 8 1 A. Watson and . H. Kline and . W — Wat- son. L — Kline. 2B — A. Vargas (DSU); S. Baertsch (EOU). Local Slate PREP BASEBALL Friday TBD at Stanield (EOL District title), 3:30 p.m. Milwaukie at Hermiston (5A Play-in Game), 4:30 p.m. Pendleton at Wilsonville (5A Play-in Game), TBD Saturday Weston-McEwen vs. Pilot Rock (at Bob White Park, Pendleton), 10 a.m. PREP SOFTBALL Thursday Mac-Hi at Pendleton, 5 p.m. Friday Hermiston at Sandy (5A Play-in Game), 5 p.m. PREP TRACK & FIELD Thursday 3A/2A/1A State Championships (at Hayward Field, Eugene), 10 a.m. Friday 5A/4A State Championships (at Hayward Field, Eugene), 9 a.m. 3A/2A/1A State Championships (at Hayward Field, Eugene), 2:30 p.m. Saturday 5A/4A State Championship (at Hayward Field, Eugene), 9:30 a.m. PREP TENNIS Thursday Hermiston, Ione at State Tournament (at Portland Tennis Center), Noon Friday Hermiston, Ione at State Tournament (at Portland Tennis Center), TBD Saturday Hermiston, Ione at State Tournament (at Portland Tennis Center), TBD PREP RUGBY Saturday East Oregon Sasquatch vs. Valley Rams (Bowl Finals at Lents Park, Portland), Noon Basketball NBA Playoff Glance CONFERENCE FINALS (Best-of-7) EASTERN CONFERENCE Cleveland 1, Toronto 0 Today: Cleveland 115, Toronto 84 Thursday: Toronto at Cleveland, 5:30 p.m. (ESPN) Saturday: Cleveland at Toronto, 5:30 p.m. (ESPN) WESTERN CONFERENCE Oklahoma City 1, Golden State 0 Monday: Oklahoma City 108, Golden State 102 Wednesday: Oklahoma City at Golden State, 6 p.m. (TNT) Sunday: Golden State at Oklahoma City, 5 p.m. (TNT) WNBA EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB New York 2 0 1.000 — Atlanta 1 0 1.000 ½ Chicago 1 0 1.000 ½ Connecticut 0 1 .000 1½ Indiana 0 1 .000 1½ Washington 0 1 .000 1½ WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB Los Angeles 1 0 1.000 — Minnesota 1 0 1.000 — Dallas 1 1 .500 ½ Phoenix 0 1 .000 1 San Antonio 0 1 .000 1 Seattle 0 1 .000 1 ——— Today’s Games Minnesota at Chicago, 9:30 a.m. Dallas at Washington, 4 p.m. Phoenix at Indiana, 4 p.m. Hockey NHL Playoff Glance CONFERENCE FINALS (Best-of-7) EASTERN CONFERENCE Tampa Bay 1, Pittsburgh 1 May 13: Tampa Bay 3, Pittsburgh 1 Monday: Pittsburgh 3, Tampa Bay 2, OT Wednesday: Pittsburgh at Tampa Bay 5 p.m. (NBCSN) WESTERN CONFERENCE St. Louis 1, San Jose 1 Sunday: St. Louis 2, San Jose 1 Today: San Jose 4, St. Louis 0 Thursday: St. Louis at San Jose, 9 p.m. (NBCSN) Baseball MLB AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GB Baltimore Boston Tampa Bay Toronto New York Central Division Chicago Cleveland Kansas City Detroit Minnesota West Division 23 24 18 19 16 14 15 19 22 22 .622 — .615 — .486 5 .463 6 .421 7½ W 24 19 19 18 10 L 15 17 19 21 28 Pct .615 .528 .500 .462 .263 GB — 3½ 4½ 6 13½ W L Pct GB Seattle 22 16 .579 — Texas 22 18 .550 1 Los Angeles 17 22 .436 5½ Oakland 17 22 .436 5½ Houston 16 24 .400 7 ——— Tuesday’s Games Cleveland 13, Cincinnati 1 Seattle 10, Baltimore 0 Tampa Bay 12, Toronto 2 Detroit 7, Minnesota 2 Houston 6, Chicago White Sox 5, 11 innings Kansas City 8, Boston 4 Arizona 5, N.Y. Yankees 3 Oakland 8, Texas 5 L.A. Dodgers 5, L.A. Angels 1 Wednesday’s Games Minnesota (Nolasco 1-1) at Detroit (Verlander 2-4), 10:10 a.m. Boston (Wright 3-3) at Kansas City (Kennedy 4-3), 11:15 a.m. Texas (Perez 1-3) at Oakland (Hill 5-3), 12:35 p.m. Seattle (Walker 2-2) at Baltimore (Tillman 5-1), 4:05 p.m. Tampa Bay (Odorizzi 0-2) at Toronto (Dickey 2-4), 4:07 p.m. Cleveland (Clevinger 0-0) at Cincinnati (Finnegan 1-2), 4:10 p.m. Houston (Fister 3-3) at Chicago White Sox (Latos 5-0), 5:10 p.m. Boston (Price 5-1) at Kansas City (Volquez 4-3), 5:15 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (Eovaldi 3-2) at Arizona (Miller 1-4), 6:40 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (Bolsinger 0-0) at L.A. Angels (Tropeano 1-2), 7:05 p.m. NATIONAL LEAGUE East Division W Washington 23 New York 22 Philadelphia 23 Miami 21 Atlanta 9 L 16 16 17 18 29 Pct GB .590 — .579 ½ .575 ½ .538 2 .237 13½ Central Division Chicago Pittsburgh St. Louis Milwaukee Cincinnati West Division W 27 21 20 17 15 L 10 17 19 22 24 Pct GB .730 — .553 6½ .513 8 .436 11 .385 13 W L Pct GB San Francisco 23 18 .561 — Colorado 20 18 .526 1½ Los Angeles 21 19 .525 1½ Arizona 19 23 .452 4½ San Diego 17 23 .425 5½ ——— Tuesday’s Games Cleveland 13, Cincinnati 1 Pittsburgh 12, Atlanta 9 Philadelphia 3, Miami 1 N.Y. Mets 2, Washington 0 Milwaukee 4, Chicago Cubs 2 Colorado 3, St. Louis 1 Arizona 5, N.Y. Yankees 3 L.A. Dodgers 5, L.A. Angels 1 San Francisco 5, San Diego 1 Wednesday’s Games Miami (Koehler 2-3) at Philadelphia (Hellickson 3-2), 10:05 a.m. Atlanta (Teheran 0-4) at Pittsburgh (Liria- no 3-2), 4:05 p.m. Cleveland (Clevinger 0-0) at Cincinnati (Finnegan 1-2), 4:10 p.m. Washington (Gonzalez 2-1) at N.Y. Mets (Colon 3-2), 4:10 p.m. Chicago Cubs (Lackey 4-2) at Milwaukee (Nelson 4-3), 5:10 p.m. Colorado (Rusin 1-1) at St. Louis (Wain- wright 3-3), 5:15 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (Eovaldi 3-2) at Arizona (Miller 1-4), 6:40 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (Bolsinger 0-0) at L.A. Angels (Tropeano 1-2), 7:05 p.m. San Francisco (Cueto 5-1) at San Diego (Pomeranz 4-3), 7:10 p.m. Soccer MLS Today’s Games New York City FC at Toronto FC, 4 p.m. Chicago at New York, 4:30 p.m. Friday’s Games Philadelphia at D.C. United, 4 p.m. Saturday’s Games New York at New York City FC, 12 p.m. Houston at Chicago, 2 p.m. Columbus at Toronto FC, 4:30 p.m. Montreal at Orlando, 4:30 p.m. FC Dallas at New England, 4:30 p.m. Real Salt Lake at Sporting KC, 5:30 p.m. Colorado at Seattle, 7 p.m.