A6 The BulleTin • Wednesday, May 19, 2021
ON THE AIR
SCOREBOARD
WEDNESDAY
BASEBALL
MLB, Chicago White Sox at Minnesota
MLB, Colorado at San Diego
MLB, regional coverage
MLB, Detroit at Seattle
SOCCER
Coppa Italia, Atalanta vs. Juventus
Premier League, Burnley vs. Liverpool
TENNIS
NCAA National Championships,
women’s team quarterfinals
ATP, Geneva/Lyon; WTA, Belgrade/Parma
ATP, Geneva/Lyon; WTA, Belgrade/Parma
HOCKEY
NHL, Washington at Boston
NHL, Nashville at Carolina
NHL, Winnipeg at Edmonton
NHL, St. Louis at Colorado
BASKETBALL
WNBA, Indiana at Connecticut
NBA playoffs, Play-In, San Antonio at Memphis
NBA playoffs, Play-In, Golden State at L.A. Lakers
WATER SPORTS
World Surf League, Rottnest Search
Time
10 a.m.
1 p.m.
4:30 p.m.
7 p.m.
TV
MLB
MLB
MLB
Root
11:50 a.m.
12:10 p.m.
ESPN2
NBCSN
2:30 p.m.
2 a.m. (Thu)
3 a.m. (Thu)
Tennis
Tennis
Tennis
3:30 p.m.
5 p.m.
6 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
NBCSN
CNBC
NBCSN
CNBC
4 p.m.
4:30 p.m.
7 p.m.
CBSSN
ESPN
ESPN
7 p.m.
FS2
THURSDAY
MOTOR SPORTS
Formula 1, Monaco Grand Prix practice
GOLF
PGA Championship
LPGA Tour, Pure Silk Championship
BASEBALL
MLB, regional coverage
MLB, Houston at Oakland
College, LSU at Texas A&M
College, Florida at Arkansas
MLB, regional coverage
MLB, Arizona at L.A. Dodgers
HORSE RACING
America’s Day at the Races
TENNIS
NCAA National Championships,
men’s team quarterfinals
ATP, Geneva/Lyon; WTA, Belgrade/Parma
ATP, Geneva/Lyon; WTA, Belgrade/Parma
HOCKEY
NHL, Florida at Tampa Bay
NHL, Pittsburgh at N.Y. Islanders
NHL, Montreal at Toronto
NHL, Vegas at Minnesota
FOOTBALL
College, Rutgers Scarlet-White Game
The Spring League, Conquerors vs. Aviators
The Spring League, Alphas vs. Linemen
BASKETBALL
NBA playoffs, Play-In, teams TBD
WATER SPORTS
World Surf League, Rottnest Search
5:55 a.m.
ESPNU
ON DECK
Prep sports
WEDNESDAY
Baseball: Mountain View at sheldon (dh), 2 p.m.
Softball: Bend at Thurston (dh), 3 p.m.
Boys basketball: la Pine at Culver, 4:30 p.m.
Girls basketball: sisters at Mountain View, 7 p.m.;
Culver at la Pine, 3 p.m.
Wrestling: sisters duals, 4 p.m.
THURSDAY
Baseball: Bend at sheldon (dh), 2 p.m.
Boys basketball: Ridgeview at Bend, 6:30 p.m.; Crook
County at summit, 7 p.m.; Madras at Molalla, 6 p.m.
Girls basketball: Molalla at Madras, 7 p.m.
Wrestling: Mountain View at Redmond dual, TBd;
Bend at la Pine dual, 6 p.m.
PREPS
Baseball
Tuesday’s Games
yamhill-Carlton 4, la Pine 2
sisters at summit, late
Softball
Monday’s Late Game
sisters 4, summit 3
Tuesday’s Game
summit 9, la Pine 5
Boys basketball
Tuesday’s Games
Crook County 84, Mountain View 67
Bend at Redmond, late
summit at Thurston, late
Molalla at Madras, late
Girls basketball
10 a.m.
noon
11 a.m.
2 p.m.
4 p.m.
4 p.m.
4:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
ESPN
Golf
MLB
MLB
ESPNU
SEC
MLB
MLB
noon
FS2
2:30 p.m.
2 a.m. (Fri)
3 a.m. (Fri)
Tennis
Tennis
Tennis
3:30 p.m.
4 p.m.
6 p.m.
6:30 p.m.
USA
NBCSN
USA
NBCSN
4 p.m.
4 p.m.
7 p.m.
Big Ten
FS1
FS1
5 p.m.
TNT
7:30 p.m.
FS2
Listings are the most accurate available. The Bulletin is not responsible
for late changes made by TV stations.
SPORTS BRIEFING
Tuesday’s Games
Mountain View at Crook County, late
summit 45, Thurston 39
Madras at Molalla, late
Culver at Trinity lutheran, late
NATIONAL LEAGUE
East Division
W
L
Pct
GB
new york
20
16
.556
—
Philadelphia
22
20
.524
1
atlanta
19
23
.452
4
Miami
18
23
.439
4½
Washington
16
22
.421
5
Central Division
W
L
Pct
GB
st. louis
24
18
.571
—
Chicago
21
20
.512
2½
Milwaukee
21
20
.512
2½
Cincinnati
19
21
.475
4
Pittsburgh
17
24
.415
6½
West Division
W
L
Pct
GB
san Francisco
26
16
.619
—
san diego
25
17
.595
1
los angeles
23
18
.561
2½
arizona
18
24
.429
8
Colorado
15
27
.357
11
Monday’s Late Games
san diego 7, Colorado 0
l.a. dodgers 3, arizona 1
Tuesday’s Games
Chicago Cubs 6, Washington 3
san Francisco 4, Cincinnati 2
n.y. Mets 4, atlanta 3
st. louis 5, Pittsburgh 2
Philadelphia 8, Miami 3
Milwaukee at Kansas City, late
arizona at l.a. dodgers, late
Colorado at san diego, late
Wednesday’s Games
Colorado (González 2-1) at san diego (Musgrove 3-4),
1:10 p.m.
san Francisco (Gausman 3-0) at Cincinnati (Miley 4-3),
3:40 p.m.
Miami (Rogers 5-2) at Philadelphia (eflin 2-2), 4:05 p.m.
n.y. Mets (Peterson 1-3) at atlanta (Morton 2-2), 4:20 p.m.
Washington (scherzer 3-2) at Chicago Cubs (arrieta 4-3),
4:40 p.m.
Pittsburgh (Cahill 1-4) at st. louis (Flaherty 7-0), 4:45 p.m.
Milwaukee (Burnes 2-3) at Kansas City (Keller 3-4), 5:10 p.m.
arizona (smith 1-3) at l.a. dodgers (Kershaw 6-3),
7:10 p.m.
BASKETBALL
BASEBALL
MLB
AMERICAN LEAGUE
East Division
W
L
Pct
GB
Boston
25
18
.581
—
Toronto
23
17
.575
½
Tampa Bay
24
19
.558
1
new york
22
19
.537
2
Baltimore
17
24
.415
7
Central Division
W
L
Pct
GB
Chicago
25
15
.625
—
Cleveland
21
18
.538
3½
Kansas City
18
22
.450
7
detroit
15
26
.366
10½
Minnesota
13
26
.333
11½
West Division
W
L
Pct
GB
Oakland
25
17
.595
—
houston
24
17
.585
½
seattle
21
21
.500
4
los angeles
18
22
.450
6
Texas
19
24
.442
6½
Monday’s Games
detroit 4, seattle 1
l.a. angels 7, Cleveland 4
Tuesday’s Games
Tampa Bay 13, Baltimore 6
Toronto 8, Boston 0
Chicago White sox at Minnesota, late
n.y. yankees at Texas, late
Milwaukee at Kansas City, late
Cleveland at l.a. angels, late
houston at Oakland, late
detroit at seattle, late
Wednesday’s Games
Chicago White sox (Giolito 2-4) at Minnesota (shoemaker
2-4), 10:10 a.m.
Tampa Bay (hill 2-1) at Baltimore (Means 4-0), 4:05 p.m.
Boston (Richards 3-2) at Toronto (stripling 0-2), 4:37 p.m.
n.y. yankees (Kluber 3-2) at Texas (TBd), 5:05 p.m.
Cleveland (Civale 5-1) at l.a. angels (Ohtani 1-0), 5:07 p.m.
Milwaukee (Burnes 2-3) at Kansas City (Keller 3-4), 5:10 p.m.
houston (Greinke 3-1) at Oakland (Montas 5-2), 6:40 p.m.
detroit (skubal 0-6) at seattle (Gilbert 0-1), 7:10 p.m.
NBA playoffs
PLAY-IN FIRST ROUND
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Tuesday’s Games
(9)indiana 144, (10)Charlotte 117
(7)Boston 118, (8)Washington 100
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Wednesday’s Games
(10)san antonio at (9)Memphis, 4:30 p.m.
(8)Golden state at (7)l.a. lakers, 7 p.m.
PLAY-IN SECOND ROUND
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Thursday’s Game
indiana at Washington, 5 p.m.
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Friday’s Game
san antonio-Memphis winner at Golden state-l.a. lak-
ers loser, time TBa
WNBA
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W
L
Pct
3
0
1.000
2
0
1.000
1
0
1.000
0
2
.000
0
1
.000
0
2
.000
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W
L
Pct
dallas
1
0
1.000
seattle
1
0
1.000
Phoenix
2
1
.667
las Vegas
0
1
.000
Minnesota
0
2
.000
los angeles
0
1
.000
Tuesday’s Games
new york 86, Minnesota 75
Phoenix 91, Washington 70
las Vegas at seattle, late
Wednesday’s Games
Chicago at atlanta, 4 p.m.
indiana at Connecticut, 4 p.m.
new york
Connecticut
Chicago
Washington
atlanta
indiana
GB
—
½
1
2½
2
2½
GB
—
—
—
1
1½
1
HOCKEY
NHL playoffs
FIRST ROUND
(Best-of-7)
Monday’s Games
Colorado 4, st. louis 1, Colorado leads series 1-0
Tuesday’s Games
Pittsburgh 2, n.y. islanders 1, series tied 1-1
Tampa Bay 3, Florida 1, Tampa Bay leads series 2-0
Minnesota at Vegas, late, Minnesota leads series 1-0
Wednesday’s Games
Washington at Boston, 3:30 p.m., series tied 1-1
nashville at Carolina, 5 p.m., Carolina leads seris 1-0
Winnipeg at edmonton, 6 p.m., Game 1
st. louis at Colorado, 7:30 p.m.
SOCCER
MLS
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF
new england
3 1 2
11
7
Orlando City
2 0 3
9
6
ny City FC
2 1 2
8 10
atlanta
2 1 2
8
6
Montreal
2 2 2
8
8
Phila.
2 2 2
8
5
inter Miami CF
2 2 2
8
8
nashville
1 0 4
7
6
new york
2 3 0
6
7
d.C. united
2 4 0
6
5
Columbus
1 2 2
5
3
Toronto FC
1 2 2
5
7
Chicago
0 4 1
1
3
Cincinnati
0 3 1
1
4
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF
seattle
5 0 1
16 13
la Galaxy
4 1 0
12 10
sporting KC
3 2 1
10
9
Colorado
3 1 1
10
8
san Jose
3 3 0
9 10
houston
2 2 2
8
7
Real sl
2 1 1
7
6
Vancouver
2 3 1
7
5
Portland
2 3 0
6
6
austin FC
2 3 0
6
5
Minnesota united 2 4 0
6
5
FC dallas
1 2 2
5
6
la FC
1 2 2
5
5
NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.
Saturday’s Games
Cincinnati at Montreal, 10 a.m.
la Galaxy at Portland, 12:30 p.m.
Miami at Chicago, 3 p.m.
Toronto FC at Orlando City, 4 p.m.
Columbus at ny City FC, 4:30 p.m.
Real sl at FC dallas, 5 p.m.
new york at new england, 5 p.m.
Vancouver at houston, 6 p.m.
sporting KC at san Jose, 7 p.m.
Colorado at la FC, 7:30 p.m.
Sunday’s Games
atlanta at seattle, 1:30 p.m.
Phila. at d.C. united, 4 p.m.
austin FC at nashville, 6 p.m.
GA
6
2
4
4
7
5
9
4
6
10
4
9
10
13
GA
2
8
7
6
8
8
4
7
8
7
10
6
6
NWSL
W L T Pts
Portland
1 0 0
3
Gotham FC
1 0 0
3
Orlando
0 0 1
1
Washington
0 0 1
1
Kansas City
0 0 1
1
north Carolina
0 0 1
1
Reign FC
0 0 1
1
louisville
0 0 1
1
houston
0 1 0
0
Chicago
0 1 0
0
Sunday’s Late Games
Washington 1, Orlando 1, tie
Portland 5, Chicago 0
Friday’s Game
Washington at louisville, 4:30 p.m.
GF
5
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
GA
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
5
DEALS
Transactions
BASEBALL
Major League Baseball
American League
BOsTOn Red sOX — Reinstated inF/OF Kike hernan-
dez from 10-day il.
lOs anGeles anGels — Recalled lhP Jose Quijada
from salt lake (Triple-a West). Placed OF Mike Trout on
the 10-day il.
neW yORK yanKees — activated inF Rougned Odor
from the 10-day il. Optioned RhP albert abreau to scran-
ton/Wilkes-Barre (Triple-a east).
OaKland aThleTiCs — Placed dh Mitch Moreland
of the 10-day il, retroactive to May 15. Recalled OF luis
Barrera from las Vegas (Triple-a West).
TeXas RanGeRs — assigned inF Brock holt to Frisco
(double-a Central) for a major league rehab assignment.
National League
COlORadO ROCKies — Reinstated 1B C.J. Cron from
the 10-day il. Optioned RhP antonio santos to albuquer-
que (Triple-a West).
lOs anGeles dOdGeRs — Recalled lhP alex Vesia
from the 10-day il. Placed lhP Garrett Cleavinger on the
10-day il retroactive to May 17.
neW yORK MeTs — acquired OF Cameron Maybin
from Chicago Cubs for cash considerations and assigned
him to syracuse (Triple-a east). sent 3B J.d. davis to syr-
acuse on a rehab assignment. sent RhP seth lugo to st.
lucie (low-a southeast) on a rehab assignment. Placed
CF Kevin Pillar on the 10-day il. selected the contract
of ss Wilfredo Tovar from syracuse. designated C deivy
Grullion for assignment.
PhiladelPhia Phillies — activated ss Ronald Tor-
reyes and RhP archie Bradley from the 10-day il. Trans-
ferred lhP JoJo Romero from the 10-day il to the 60-day
il. Placed CF scott Kingery on the 7-day il, retroactive to
May 14. Placed ss didi Gregorius on the 10-day il, ret-
roactive to May 14. assigned OF Matt Joyce on a rehab
assignment to Clearwater (low-a southeast).
san FRanCisCO GianTs — Claimed RhP Trevor hild-
enberger off waivers from new york Mets and optioned
to sacremento (Triple-a West). Transferred inF Tommy la
stella to the 60-day il.
sT. lOuis CaRdinals — activated RhP daniel Ponce
de leon and 1B/OF John nogowski from the 10-day il.
Placed OF Tyler O’neill on the 10-day il, retroactive to
May 17. Optioned RhP Junior Fernandez to Memphis
(Triple-a east).
WashinGTOn naTiOnals — Reinstated lhP Patrick
Corbin from the paternity list. Optioned RhP Paolo espino
to Rochester (Triple-a east).
FOOTBALL
National Football League
BalTiMORe RaVens — signed K Jake Verity. Waived
ls Brian Khoury.
BuFFalO Bills — Promoted Kevin Meganck to vice
president of football administration, Jim Overdorf to
senior advisor to GM/Football Operations, Terrance Gray
to assistant director of player personnel, Malik Boyd to
senior director of pro scouting, Curtis Rukavina to assis-
tant director of pro scouting/free agency, Chris Marrow
to assistant director of pro scouting/team advances, R.J.
Webb to pro scout, Tyler Pratt to area scout, andrea Gas-
per to player personnel coordinator. named evan Weiss
football analyst.
CaROlina PanTheRs — Re-signed lB Julian stanford.
ChiCaGO BeaRs — signed lB austin Calitro and OT
James hudson. Waived WR Reggie davis.
CinCinnaTi BenGals — signed Ol Jackson Carman
to a four-year contract.
CleVeland BROWns — signed T James hudson iii.
dallas COWBOys — Waived OT William sweet.
denVeR BROnCOs — signed CB Patrick surtainii to a
four-year contract. signed WR damion Willis. Waived WR
daesean hamilton.
JaCKsOnVille JaGuaRs — signed lB Jordan smith.
Kansas CiTy ChieFs — Re-signed dB Manny Pat-
terson.
lOs anGeles ChaRGeRs — Claimed WR austin Proehl
off waivers from san Francisco. signed lB Chris Rumph.
neW enGland PaTRiOTs — signed s Joshuah Bled-
soe and QB Brian hoyer. Released Ol najee Toran.
neW yORK GianTs — Claimed RB Ryquell armstead
off waivers from Jacksonville. Waived QB Joe Webb.
neW ORleans sainTs — Re*-signed dB eric Burrell.
Placed G alex hoffman on the retired list.
PhiladelPhia eaGles — signed OT Casey Tucker.
acquired CB Josiah scott from Jacksonville for CB Jameson
houston and a 2023 sixth-round draft pick.
PiTTsBuRGh sTeeleRs — signed OT dan Moore and
lB Buddy Johnson.
WashiGTOn FOOTBall TeaM — Claimed dB Chris
Miller off waivers from st. louis.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
MOnTReal Canadiens — Recalled RW Brendan
Gallagher, d Xavier Ouellet and G Carey Price from la-
val (ahl).
nashVille PRedaTORs — Recalled F Philip Tomasino
from Chicago (ahl).
VanCOuVeR CanuCKs — Recalled G arturs silovs
and RW William lockwood from minor league taxi squad.
WashinGTOn CaPiTals — Recalled ds alex alexeyev
and Paul ladue, RW Brett leason and C Connor McMi-
chael from hershey (ahl).
GOLF
OSU’s record-tying round vaults Beavers into a big
lead after two rounds of NCAA Albuquerque men’s
golf regional —Oregon State men’s golf continued its tor-
rid run at the NCAA Albuquerque Regional, as the Bea-
vers widened their lead to five strokes after Tuesday’s second
round. OSU tied a school record with a 13-under 275 to take
command of the 14-team regional at UNM Championship
Course. Led by senior Spencer Tibbits’ 6-under 66, the Beavers
matched their best-ever one-round total at an NCAA regional.
Oregon State, the regional’s No. 7 seed, has a 36-hole total of
20-under 556, five strokes ahead of Texas Tech with one round
remaining. The Beavers have never won an NCAA regional.
OSU’s best regional finish is fourth in 2010. Among individ-
uals, Tibbits has a one-stroke lead with a two-round total of
9-under 135. The OSU senior had seven birdies and one bogey
to match his career-low score during a college tournament.
BASKETBALL
Ionescu records 1st WNBA triple-double as Liberty
top Lynx — Sabrina Ionescu had the first triple-double of
her WNBA career to lead New York to an 86-75 win over the
Minnesota Lynx on Tuesday night, giving the Liberty their
first 3-0 start in 14 years. Ionescu, who had an NCAA record
26 triple-doubles in college, recorded the first in franchise
history with 26 points, 12 assists and 10 rebounds. The No. 1
pick in the 2020 draft became the 10th player in league his-
tory to have a triple-double, and first since Chelsea Gray did
it in 2019. Ionescu reached the triple-double with her 10th re-
bound with 5:24 left in the fourth. She hit a 3-pointer that ex-
tended the advantage to 75-65. Sylvia Fowles led the Lynx (0-
2) with 26 points and 11 rebounds. Kayla McBride scored 16
points and Jessica Shepard had 12.
Trail Blazers’ Stotts named Western Conference
Coach of the Month for May — The Portland Trail Blaz-
ers entered May desperately trying not to fall into the play-in
round. Having already won three consecutive games to end
April, the Blazers continued winning into May where they
went 7-2 while collecting victories over Boston, Utah, the Los
Angeles Lakers and Denver to finish 42-30 and capture sixth
place in the Western Conference. That run earned Blazers
coach Terry Stotts Western Conference Coach of the Month
honors. This is the eighth time Stotts has received this award
and the first time this season, his ninth with the franchise.
Stotts is the 13th coach in NBA history to lead a franchise to
the playoffs eight consecutive times since the 1970-71 season.
Eastern Conference Coach of the Month went to New York’s
Tom Thibodeau.
— Bulletin wire reports
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NBA
— out West or Philadelphia in
the East.
But before the playoffs of-
ficially begin this weekend,
LeBron vs. Steph — a pair of
guys who both just happened
to be born in Akron, Ohio —
looms.
“You’re talking about two of
the greatest players of all time,”
Warriors coach Steve Kerr said.
“Both guys are still playing
at such an elite level. And of
course, four meetings in the fi-
nals is going to create a rivalry.
But there’s obviously tremen-
dous mutual respect between
the two of them.”
The other matchups are set:
No. 3 Milwaukee faces No. 6
Miami and No. 4 New York
plays No. 5 Atlanta in the East
quarterfinals, while No. 3
Denver meets No. 6 Portland
and the fourth-seeded Los
Angeles Clippers drew No. 5
Dallas in the West quarterfi-
nals.
Denver lost to Portland on
Sunday, a result that kept the
Blazers from the play-in — and
kept the Nuggets from seeing
the Lakers in Round 1.
Boyle split his donated funds
between both.
I know in my own circle of
colleagues, family and friends,
we’ve talked a lot lately about
trying to do something to
make a difference, to galvanize
community spirit and repair a
reputation that’s now nation-
ally tarnished.
The Portland Diamond
Project should be applauded
for making big plans. They’ve
positioned Portland as one of
the possible expansion loca-
tions, but if we’re being real,
MLB isn’t putting a franchise
in a boarded-up, crumbling
city with so many people with-
out a home.
Basically, MLB is not coming
to Dumptown.
Last October Portland was
passed over for a women’s
NCAA Tournament Final Four
bid. The images the rest of the
country were being shown of
Portland weren’t pretty. I ob-
tained emails sent between
Craig Cheek, the founder of
the MLB to PDX movement,
and Portland Mayor Ted
Wheeler and wrote a column
about the sobering tone.
Cheek wrote to Wheeler:
“Sorry to pile on, but need to
convey that this is having an
extremely negative impact and
really poor backdrop to our ef-
fort in bringing an MLB fran-
chise to Portland.”
Plans to bring Manfred and
his inner circle to Portland to
showcase the city were put on
hold. Truth is, it should have
been an alarm bell for us all. If
we’re not the kind of city that
can host guests, we ought to
think seriously about what we
can all do personally to change
that.
Not for baseball.
But for Portland.
Some billionaire may want
to own a baseball team. But
would that whale view Port-
land as the place to dump a
few billion dollars? As in, right
now? In its current state?
The Portland Diamond
Project has some things work-
ing in its favor right now.
MLB’s owners need money and
the quickest and easiest way
to get it would be to split $8
billion in new franchise fees.
Also, because of geography
Portland would only have the
Mariners to worry about when
it came to territorial rights. Las
Vegas shares territory with a
half dozen MLB teams.
Also, there’s some interest-
ing commercial real estate that
has come available during the
pandemic. It makes me won-
der if the silence from the MLB
to PDX effort lately has been
about repositioning the foot-
print of the proposed ballpark.
Feels like they have more op-
tions than ever.
But first, we’ve got to deal
with cleaning up Portland.
My friend is going to a ball-
park today and he’ll probably
text me a photo of himself sit-
ting in the sunshine, taking
in the Rockies and Padres. I’ll
bet he has a $6 hot dog. I keep
thinking it will take a series of
small but significant steps to
position Portland as a viable
contender when MLB does ex-
pand to 32 teams.
Time to take one together.
Continued from A5
“We’re getting healthy at
the right time,” Lakers veteran
Jared Dudley said. “And no-
body wants to see a healthy
Lakers team.”
Under the old system, the
Lakers, Warriors, Celtics and
Wizards would be in the play-
offs.
The Grizzlies, Spurs, Pacers
and Hornets would be out.
The 7-8 game winners in
each conference go to the play-
offs as No. 7 seeds; the West
winner will play Phoenix in
the first round, the East winner
draws a matchup with Brook-
lyn.
The 7-8 game loser will play
host to the 9 vs. 10 winner in
each conference; whoever pre-
vails there will be the No. 8
seed and meet either Utah —
the NBA’s overall No. 1 seed
MLB
Continued from A5
We must:
• Clean up Portland.
• Respect people.
• Have no tolerance for de-
struction.
This is much bigger than
bringing a ballpark to Port-
land. It’s about re-framing the
image and condition of the
most notable city in our state.
If a beautiful major league ball-
park pops up in the wake of
the movement, wonderful. But
we have an opportunity here to
foster a great comeback story.
We shouldn’t wait around for
city leaders who can’t — or
won’t — do this on their own.
There are a line of wonderful
efforts already making a dif-
ference. Support them. People
such as Frank Moscow have
given us a place to “ adopt one
block,” in which you can make
a one-year commitment.
Organizations such as
SOLVE, have given us a chance
to bring the family out for a
day and give back to the city.
Derick Hingle/AP
Los Angeles Lakers’ LeBron James (23) celebrates after scoring against
the New Orleans Pelicans in New Orleans on Sunday.