SPORTS
Friday, October 14, 2016
East Oregonian
Page 3B
After fi rst start, Seattle’s Ifedi hopes rust is gone
NFL
By TIM BOOTH
Associated Press
RENTON, Wash. — Rookie
Germain Ifedi was admittedly a
little off when he fi nally made his
regular-season debut on the Seattle
Seahawks offensive line three
weeks later than originally planned.
It wasn’t the speed of the game
or the scheme of the opponent. It
was simply being back on the fi eld
for a full game for the fi rst time as
a pro.
“I wouldn’t say conditioning
but just playing a full game on
this level, I hadn’t done that yet.
Whether Week 1 or Week 4, I was
going to have to knock off that
rust of being able to play a whole
NFL football game,” Ifedi said
Wednesday.
Ifedi’s return at right guard
during Seattle’s Week 4 victory
over the New York Jets fi nally put
the Seahawks offensive line fully in
place.
Ifedi missed the fi rst three weeks
of the regular season after suffering
a sprained ankle in practice just
days before the season opener
against Miami. The injury led to
signifi cant changes on the offensive
Atlanta
Seattle
Falcons
Seahawks
(4-1)
(3-1)
• Sunday, 1:25 p.m.
• at Century Link Field
• TV: FOX
AP Photo/Bill Kostroun
Seattle Seahawks offensive guard Germain Ifedi (76) and Justin
Britt (68) line up during the second half of a game against the New
York Jets Sunday, Oct. 2, 2016, in East Rutherford, N.J.
line with J’Marcus Webb — having
not played guard all training camp
— stepping into Ifedi’s spot for the
fi rst three weeks.
But the job was Ifedi’s from the
start and the Seahawks hope his
return in Week 4 is just the start
of improved play along the entire
offensive line.
“There’s a lot of room for
improvement there for Germain.
He’s just one game old in the regular
season and he’s been off for quite a
while, too. He was rusty and he was
behind a little bit, he was just a little
bit shoddy with some stuff, it just
had to happen that way,” coach Pete
Carroll said. “He should improve
a tremendous amount, and I think
as he improves, he’ll affect what’s
going on with Garry (Gilliam) and
what’s going on with (Justin) Britt.
We should see improvement in a
number of areas. We’re really fi red
up about him, we think he’s going
to be a dominant player. He’s got to
have it, he’s got a growth cycle that
he’s got to go through to get caught
up.”
Where the Seahawks are hoping
Ifedi can provide a boost is in the
run game. While the pass protec-
tion has been solid for quarterback
Russell Wilson the past two weeks,
the Seahawks have struggled to
get the run game going to their
standards for most of the season.
Seattle has just one 100-yard
rushing game — Christine
Michael’s 106 yards in Week 3 vs.
San Francisco — and go into this
week ranked 18th in the NFL in
rushing offense, averaging 93 yards
per game. The Seahawks have
fi nished in the top four in the NFL
in rushing each of the past four
seasons and while that still may
happen, it’s the aspect of Seattle’s
offense that has yet to click.
“We know as an offense we
need to get our run game going. ...
As an offensive line we really put
the run game on our shoulders and
we want it to be better,” Ifedi said.
“We’re going to keep building,
keep working on it and get it right.”
NOTES: DE Frank Clark
(hamstring) did not practice
Wednesday. ... WR Tyler Lockett
(knee) is feeling better following
the week off and is expected to
have a bigger role in Seattle’s
offense after being limited the past
two weeks. Lockett suffered a knee
sprain in the Week 2 loss at Los
Angeles. “I made a point of hanging
with him today, and we’ll see how
he gets through the week, of course.
He feels the best he’s felt and he’s
kind of ready to get out there and
get running around and get going.
He was frustrated the last couple
weeks that he couldn’t contribute
more,” Carroll said.
NLDS
NFL
Rivers leads Chargers to Kershaw helps Dodgers advance
victory against Broncos
By HOWARD FENDRICH
Associated Press
Associated Press
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Philip
Rivers threw for 178 yards and one
touchdown, passing Hall of Famer
Dan Fouts to become San Diego’s
career passing leader, and the Char-
gers held off the Denver Broncos
21-13 on Thursday night.
The victory may have saved
embattled coach Mike McCoy’s
job . The Chargers (2-4) were
coming off a mistake-fi lled loss at
Oakland, and earlier in the season
lost three games in which they led
at the 2-minute warning. There has
been increasing fan discontent with
the conservative McCoy, and the
Chargers are trying to convince
voters to approve a $1.1 billion
public handout for a new downtown
stadium in the form of an increase
in the hotel occupancy tax.
The defending Super Bowl
champion Broncos were coached
by special teams coordinator Joe
DeCamillis after Gary Kubiak was
ordered by doctors to sit this one out
because of a migraine condition that
mimics strokes.
The fi ve-time defending AFC
West champion Broncos (4-2) were
mostly sluggish behind Trevor
Siemian, who was back at quar-
terback after rookie Paxton Lynch
struggled in a loss to Atlanta. They
lost their second straight game and
had their NFL-record 15 straight
divisional road victories snapped.
The Chargers snapped their
streak of 10 straight divisional
losses dating to 2014.
Rivers, in his 13th season with
the Chargers and 11th as starter,
has 43,094 career yards passing.
Fouts threw for 43,040 yards in 15
seasons with the Bolts.
Rivers threw a 5-yard scoring
Denver
San Diego
13
21
pass to rookie tight end Hunter
Henry to cap the game’s fi rst
possession. Rivers fi nished 18 of
29.
Otherwise, the Chargers had to
settle for Lambo’s career-high four
fi eld goals, of 37, 21, 31 and 32
yards.
LATE-FIRING BRONCOS:
Denver didn’t get across the 50 on
its own accord until there were just
2 minutes left in the third quarter.
Denver’s fi rst score came after
a punt bounced off San Diego’s
Travis Benjamin and the Broncos
recovered at the San Diego 11. The
refs initially ruled that the Broncos
downed the punt, but Denver chal-
lenged and got the ball. Brandon
McManus kicked a 29-yard fi eld
goal.
Siemian was 30 of 50 for 230
yards, with a 5-yard scoring pass to
Bennie Fowler midway through the
fourth quarter.
McManus kicked a 46-yard
fi eld goal with 27 seconds left, and
Denver recovered the onside kick
at its 46. It got to the San Diego
45 with eight seconds to go before
Siemian’s desperation pass was
batted down by Dexter McCoil.
DEFENSIVE STAND: The
Broncos were threatening at the San
Diego 20 with less than 5 minutes
to go. But on consecutive plays
they were whistled for holding,
Siemian was sacked by rookie
Jatavis Brown and San Diego’s
Craig Mager recovered a fumble by
Demaryius Thomas.
WASHINGTON — A little
past midnight in Game 5 of the NL
Division Series, Clayton Kershaw
emerged from the bullpen to pitch
in relief for the fi rst time in seven
years.
Two outs later, the only save
of his major league career in the
books, Kershaw’s arms were
raised and teammates were
rushing
to
celebrate with
a guy whose
postseason
Los Angeles performances
have
never
carried
the
luster of his
regular-season
success.
Washington
Coming in
after
closer
Kenley Jansen
issued a pair of
one-out walks in the ninth inning,
Kershaw got Daniel Murphy to
pop out, then struck out Wilmer
Difo to end it. That fi nished the
Los Angeles Dodgers’ 4-3 victory
over the Washington Nationals
that decided their NL Division
Series in the wee hours of Friday.
The Dodgers won the last two
games of the best-of-fi ve NLDS
and now head to the NL Champi-
onship Series to face the Chicago
Cubs. That opens at Wrigley Field
on Saturday night.
The Nationals, meanwhile,
still have never won a postseason
series.
Kershaw worked two days
after throwing 110 pitches over 6
2/3 innings in Game 4, when he
had the benefi t of only three days’
rest following his win in Game 1
against the Nationals.
Several hours before Thurs-
4
3
Los
Angeles
Dodgers
pitcher
Clayton
Kershaw
(22) cel-
ebrates
after
clinch-
ing the
NLDS on
Friday in
Washing-
ton.
AP Photo/Alex
Brandon
day’s game began, Dodgers fi rst-
year manager Dave Roberts was
asked whether Kershaw might be
available at all — maybe just for
one out, say?
“No,” came Roberts’ reply.
“Absolutely not.”
Turned out the three-time NL
Cy Young Award winner would
get a pair of outs in his fi rst relief
appearance since the 2009 play-
offs.
“Clayton came to me in the
seventh,” Roberts explained, “and
said that he had an inning if I
needed it.”
Kershaw came in after Jansen
threw a career-high 51 pitches
while getting a career-high seven
outs after entering in the seventh.
Jansen walked Bryce Harper and
Jayson Werth with one out in the
ninth — and that’s when Roberts
went to Kershaw.
Kershaw wound up with his
second pro save. His other one
came on Aug. 19, 2006, in the
Gulf Coast League in a game vs.
the Nationals’ rookie club.
And his Kershaw’s catcher that
day a decade ago?
Amazingly, none other than
Jansen, who didn’t begin pitching
professionally until three years
later.
LA’s scoring all came in a
four-run seventh off six Nationals
pitchers, including Joc Pederson’s
homer off Max Scherzer and
Justin Turner’s two-run triple off
Shawn Kelley.
The West champion Dodgers
are back in the NLCS for the
fi rst time since 2013, but they’ve
lost in their past three trips to
that round, failing to make it to
the World Series since they won
their most recent championship in
1988.
The East champion Nationals,
however, are one-and-done in the
playoffs yet again. They won their
third NL East title in the past fi ve
years, but each time were elimi-
nated in the NLDS. Washington
was beaten in fi ve games in 2012
by the St. Louis Cardinals after
leading 6-0, then 7-5 entering the
ninth, at home in Game 5, and in
four games in 2014 by the San
Francisco Giants.
Take it back further, and a
baseball club based in the nation’s
capital hasn’t won a postseason
series since the old Senators were
the 1924 World Series champions.
SCOREBOARD
Local Slate
PREP FOOTBALL
Today
Hermiston at Bend, 7 p.m.
Hood River at Pendleton, 7 p.m.
La Grande at Mac-Hi, 7 p.m.
Vale at Umatilla, 7 p.m.
Nyssa at Irrigon, 7 p.m.
Burns at Riverside, 7 p.m.
Heppner at Culver, 7 p.m.
Weston-McEwen at Pilot Rock, 7 p.m.
Stanfi eld at La Center (WA), 7 p.m.
Joseph at Echo, 7 p.m.
PREP VOLLEYBALL
Today
Irrigon at Burns, Noon
Umatilla at Nyssa, 1:30 p.m.
Echo at Joseph, 4 p.m.
Riverside at Burns, 5 p.m.
Horizon Christian at Ione, 5 p.m.
Umatilla at Vale, 5:30 p.m.
Saturday
Helix at Powder Valley, 10 a.m.
Riverside at Nyssa, Noon
Irrigon at Vale, Noon
Mac-Hi at Ontario, Noon
Umatilla at Burns, 1 p.m.
Arlington at Mitchell/Spray, 1 p.m.
Helix at Wallowa, 1 p.m.
Riverside at Vale, 4 p.m.
Irrigon at Nyssa, 4 p.m.
PREP BOYS SOCCER
Saturday
Irrigon at City Christian, 1 p.m.
Mac-Hi at La Grande, 2 p.m.
PREP GIRLS SOCCER
Saturday
Mac-Hi at La Grande, Noon
Thursday’s Games
Hood River 8, Pendleton 0
Hermiston 7, The Dalles 0
Riverside 1, Mac-Hi 0
1A Old Oregon League
Conf Ovr SW SL Rnk
Powder Valley 10-1 16-3 48 13
5
Joseph
9-2 16-4 50 20
8
Echo
10-3 21-6 61 23 18
Helix
7-5 16-8 48 30 22
Cove
4-7 6-12 21 35 37
Wallowa
4-7 4-16 14 44 36
Pine Eagle
2-11 2-15
9 44 54
Nixyaawii
0-11 0-13
0 39 59
GIRLS SOCCER
Thursday’s Games
Hermiston 3, The Dalles 2
Hood River 6, Pendleton 0
Riverside 5, De La Salle 0
Portland Adventist 7, Umatilla 2
Prep Standings
Football
1A Special District 4
Conf Ovr PS PA Rnk
Sherman
5-0 6-1 371 88
5
Dufur
3-1 6-1 346 98
3
Perrydale
3-1 4-2 225 142 14
Arlington
3-2 4-2 214 149 18
Ione
1-3 1-6 112 251 34
Mitch./S/W
0-4 2-4 97 293 36
So. Wasco
0-4 1-5 66 343 33
———
This Week
Ione 56, Mitchell/Spray/Wheeler 8
Dufur 74, South Wasco 0
Sherman 69, Arlington 6
VOLLEYBALL
5A Columbia River Conference
Conf Ovr SW SL Rnk
Hood River
7-1 22-3 56 17
11
Pendleton
4-4 7-10 32 32 24
The Dalles
3-5 4-11 18 34 27
Hermiston
2-6 6-12 22 36 21
4A Greater Oregon League
Conf Ovr SW
Baker
6-0 19-3 53
La Grande
3-2 11-10 32
Ontario
1-3 7-11 21
Mac-Hi
0-5 1-11
7
SL Rnk
15
7
33 21
32 30
30 36
COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL
Today
The Evergreen State at Eastern Oregon,
5 p.m.
Saturday
Northwest University at Eastern Oregon,
5 p.m.
3A Eastern Oregon League
Conf Ovr SW
Vale
7-0 20-3 54
Burns
5-2 14-8 41
Irrigon
4-3 15-10 41
Nyssa
3-4
8-9 28
Riverside
1-6 3-15 13
Umatilla
1-6 2-18 10
SL Rnk
10
1
21
11
32 17
31 26
46 39
49 37
COLLEGE MEN’S SOCCER
Today
Rocky Mountain at Eastern Oregon,
3:30 p.m.
Saturday
College of Idaho at Eastern Oregon,
3:30 p.m.
2A Columbia Basin Conference
Conf Ovr SW SL Rnk
Culver
8-0 20-1 57 11
1
Weston-McEwen 5-2 17-10 50 27
6
Pilot Rock
3-4 12-9 37 27 17
Heppner
1-6 11-12 32 35 21
Stanfi eld
1-6 4-12 13 37 27
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Saturday
Eastern Oregon at Southern Oregon, 6 p.m.
COLLEGE WOMEN’S SOCCER
Today
Rocky Mountain at Eastern Oregon, 1 p.m.
Saturday
Blue Mountain at Walla Walla, Noon
College of Idaho at Eastern Oregon, 1 p.m.
Prep Scores
BOYS SOCCER
1A Big Sky League
Conf Ovr SW SL Rnk
Arlington
12-0 15-1 43 6
3
South Wasco 11-2 18-3 53 15 15
Dufur
10-3 12-11 38 42 17
Ione
6-6 8-13 29 39 26
Sherman
4-8 7-12 24 37 35
Condon/W
3-8 5-17 22 44 43
Horizon Chr. 1-10 2-10
9 31 52
Mitchell/Spray 1-11 3-15 12 46 61
BOYS SOCCER
5A Columbia River Conference
Conf Ovr GS GA Rnk
Hood River
4-0 10-0-2 45 9
1
Hermiston
3-1 9-2-1 47 10
4
The Dalles
1-3
3-9 13 42 23
Pendleton
0-4 1-9-1
7 59 24
4A Greater Oregon League
Conf Ovr GS
Ontario
2-0-2 4-2-2 29
La Grande
2-1-1 9-2-1 47
Mac-Hi
2-1-1 6-5-1 32
Baker
0-4 1-8-1
9
GA Rnk
20 14
13
8
20 15
41 32
3A Special District 4
Conf Ovr GS GA Rnk
Riverside
4-0 7-3-1 53 9
5
Irrigon
1-1-1 4-2-1 38 11 21
Umatilla
1-2-1 5-4-2 37 30 26
City Christian 0-3
0-7
3 54 44
GIRLS SOCCER
5A Columbia River Conference
Conf Ovr GS GA Rnk
Hood River
4-0
9-3 56 18 13
Hermiston
3-1
6-6 32 22 20
The Dalles
1-3
4-8 30 44 30
Pendleton
0-4 0-10
2 56 33
4A Greater Oregon League
Conf Ovr GS
La Grande
3-1
9-2 28
Mac-Hi
3-1 7-4-1 25
Baker
2-2
5-3 28
Ontario
0-4 3-6-1 26
GA Rnk
7 12
27 15
18
11
36 30
3A Special District 2
Conf Ovr GS GA Rnk
Riverside
5-0-1 5-3-1 26 12 10
Portland Adv. 4-0-2 6-2-2 30 11 14
Portland Chr. 4-1-1 6-4-1 28 27 16
Umatilla
2-4 3-6-1 29 25 21
Horizon Chr.
1-5
1-5 14 35 26
De La Salle
0-6
0-9
0 42 30
Football
NFL
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
East
W L T Pct
New England 4 1 0 .800
Buffalo
3 2 0 .600
N.Y. Jets
1 4 0 .200
Miami
1 4 0 .200
South
W L T Pct
Houston
3 2 0 .600
Tennessee
2 3 0 .400
Indianapolis
2 3 0 .400
Jacksonville
1 3 0 .250
North
W L T Pct
Pittsburgh
4 1 0 .800
PF
114
117
92
88
PF
82
92
137
84
PF
139
PA
74
87
136
119
PA
104
101
148
111
PA
93
Baltimore
3 2 0 .600 94 88
Cincinnati
2 3 0 .400 92 110
Cleveland
0 5 0 .000 87 148
West
W L T Pct PF PA
Oakland
4 1 0 .800 142 137
Denver
4 2 0 .667 140 108
Kansas City
2 2 0 .500 83 92
San Diego
2 4 0 .333 173 155
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
East
W L T Pct PF PA
Dallas
4 1 0 .800 129 91
Philadelphia 3 1 0 .750 115 51
Washington 3 2 0 .600 115 122
N.Y. Giants
2 3 0 .400 89 108
South
W L T Pct PF PA
Atlanta
4 1 0 .800 175 140
Tampa Bay
2 3 0 .400 94 142
New Orleans 1 3 0 .250 114 130
Carolina
1 4 0 .200 123 135
North
W L T Pct PF PA
Minnesota
5 0 0 1.000 119 63
Green Bay
3 1 0 .750 98 83
Detroit
2 3 0 .400 119 125
Chicago
1 4 0 .200 85 126
West
W L T Pct PF PA
Seattle
3 1 0 .750 79 54
Los Angeles 3 2 0 .600 82 106
Arizona
2 3 0 .400 125 101
San Francisco 1 4 0 .200 111 140
———
Thursday’s Games
San Diego 21, Denver 13
Sunday’s Games
Cincinnati (+6.5) at New England, 10 a.m.
Pittsburgh (-7) at Miami, 10 a.m.
Philadelphia (PK) at Washington, 10 a.m.
Baltimore (+3) at N.Y. Giants, 10 a.m.
Jacksonville (+1.5) at Chicago, 10 a.m.
Carolina (-2) at New Orleans, 10 a.m.
Los Angeles (+2.5) at Detroit, 10 a.m.
San Francisco (+7) at Buffalo, 10 a.m.
Cleveland (+6) at Tennessee, 10 a.m.
Kansas City (+2) at Oakland, 1:05 p.m.
Atlanta (+6) at Seattle, 1:25 p.m.
Dallas (+5.5) at Green Bay, 1:25 p.m.
Indianapolis (+3.5) at Houston, 5:30 p.m.
Open: Minnesota, Tampa Bay, Oakland
Monday’s Games
N.Y. Jets (+6.5) at Arizona, 5:30 p.m.
NCAA
Top 25
Today’s Game
Duke at No. 7 Louisville, 4 p.m. (ESPN)
Saturday’s Games
NC State at No. 3 Clemson, 9 a.m. (ABC)
Kansas State at No. 19 Oklahoma, 9 a.m.
(ESPN)
No. 20 West Virginia at Texas Tech, 9 .m.
(FS1)
No. 10 Nebraska at Indiana, 12:30 p.m.
(ABC/ESPN2)
North Carolina at No. 16 Miami (FL), 12:30
p.m. (ABC/ESPN2)
No. 24 Western Michigan at Akron, 12:30
p.m. (CBSSN)
Wake Forest at No. 14 Florida State,
12:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Kansas at No. 11 Baylor, 12:30 p.m. (FS1
No. 1 Alabama at No. 9 Tennessee, 12:30
p.m. (CBS)
No. 17 Virginia Tech at Syracuse, 12:45
p.m. (ESPNU)
Missouri at No. 18 Florida, 1 p.m.
No. 21 Utah at Oregon State, 1 p.m.
(PAC12)
Tulsa at No. 13 Houston, 4 p.m. (ESPN2)
No. 12 Ole Miss at No. 22 Arkansas, 4
p.m. (ESPN)
No. 2 Ohio State at No. 8 Wisconsin, 5
p.m. (ABC)
Colorado State at No. 15 Boise State,
7:15 p.m. (ESPN2)
Tuesday, Oct. 18: Chicago at Los Angeles
(FS1), 5:08 p.m.
Wednesday, Oct. 19: Chicago at Los
Angeles (FS1), 5:08 p.m.
x-Thursday, Oct. 20: Chicago at Los
Angeles (FS1), 5:08 p.m.
x-Saturday, Oct. 22: Los Angeles at Chica-
go (Fox or FS1), TBA
x-Sunday, Oct. 23: Los Angeles at Chicago
(Fox or FS1), TBA
Baseball
Basketball
MLB
Playoff Glance
WILD CARD
Tuesday: Toronto 5, Baltimore 2, 11 innings
Wednesday: San Francisco 3, New York 0
DIVISION SERIES
(Best-of-5; x-if necessary)
American League
Toronto 3, Texas 0
Thursday, Oct. 6: Toronto 10, Texas 1
Friday, Oct. 7: Toronto 5, Texas 3
Sunday, Oct. 9: Toronto 7, Texas 6, 10 innings
Cleveland 3, Boston 0
Thursday: Cleveland 5, Boston 4
Friday: Cleveland 6, Boston 0
Sunday, Oct. 9: Cleveland at Boston,
ppd., rain
Monday: Cleveland 4, Boston 3
National League
Chicago 3, San Francisco 1
Friday: Chicago 1, San Francisco 0
Saturday, Oct. 8: Chicago 5, San Francisco 2
Monday: San Francisco 6, Chicago 5, 13
innings
Tuesday, Oct. 11: Chicago 6, San
Francisco 5
Los Angeles 3, Washington 2
Friday: Los Angeles 4, Washington 3
Saturday, Oct. 8: Los Angeles at Washing-
ton, ppd., rain
Sunday, Oct. 9: Washington 5, Los Angeles 2
Monday, Oct. 10: Washington 8, at Los
Angeles 3
Tuesday, Oct. 11: Los Angeles 6, Wash-
ington 5
———
LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES
(Best-of-7; x-if necessary)
American League
All Games on TBS
Toronto vs. Cleveland
Friday, Oct. 14: Toronto (Estrada 9-9) at
Cleveland (Kluber 18-9), 5:08 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 15: Toronto (Happ 20-4) at
Cleveland (Bauer 12-8), 1:08 p.m.
Monday, Oct. 17: Cleveland (Tomlin 13-9)
at Toronto (Stroman 9-10), 5:08 p.m.
Tuesday, Oct. 18: Cleveland (Clevinger
3-3) at Toronto (Sanchez 15-2), 5:08 p.m.
x-Wednesday, Oct. 19: Cleveland at
Toronto, 1:08 p.m.
x-Friday, Oct. 21: Toronto at Cleveland,
5:08 p.m.
x-Saturday, Oct. 22: Toronto at Cleveland, TBA
National League
Chicago vs. Los Angeles
Saturday, Oct. 15: Los Angeles at Chicago
(Lester 19-5) (FS1), 5:08 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 16: Los Angeles at Chicago
(FS1), 5:08 p.m.
WNBA
Playoff glance
Finals
(Best-of-5)
Los Angeles 1, Minnesota 1
Sunday, Oct. 9: Los Angeles 78, Minne-
sota 76
Tuesday, Oct. 11: Minnesota 79, Los
Angeles 60
TODAY: Minnesota at Los Angeles, 6 p.m.
(ESPN2)
Sunday, Oct. 16: Minnesota at Los Ange-
les, 5:30 p.m.
x-Thursday, Oct. 20: Los Angeles at
Minnesota, 5 p.m.
NBA
Preseason
Thursday’s Games
Washington 100, Philadelphia 79
Detroit 99, Atlanta 94
Memphis 110 Oklahoma City 94
Toronto 119, Cleveland 94
Boston 100, Brooklyn 97
L.A. Clippers 109, Portland 108
Sacramento 116, L.A. Lakers 104
Today’s Games
Indiana at Orlando, 4 p.m.
San Lorenzo de Almagro at Toronto, 4 p.m.
Cleveland at Chicago, 5 p.m.
Miami at San Antonio, 5:30 p.m.
Golden State at Denver, 6 p.m.
Dallas at Phoenix, 7 p.m.
Hockey
NHL
Thursday’s Games
Montreal 4, Buffalo 1
N.Y. Rangers 5, N.Y. Islanders 3
Boston 6, Columbus 3
Tampa Bay 6, Detroit 4
Florida 2, New Jersey 1, OT
St. Louis 3, Minnesota 2
Winnipeg 5, Carolina 4
Pittsburgh 3, Washington 2
Dallas 4, Anaheim 2
Today’s Games
Chicago at Nashville, 5 p.m.
Edmonton at Calgary, 6 p.m.
Philadelphia at Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m.
Soccer
MLS
Wednesday’s Games
Houston 0, Seattle 0, tie
Thursday’s Games
Columbus 2, Chicago 2, tie
Colorado 2, San Jose 1