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A6 The BulleTin • Wednesday, april 13, 2022 ON THE AIR SCOREBOARD WEDNESDAY BASEBALL MlB, regional coverage MlB, regional coverage MlB, Toronto at n.y. yankees MlB, seattle at Chicago White sox SOCCER ueFa Champions league, liverpool vs. Benfica COnCaCaF Champions league, new york City FC vs. seattle sounders FC GOLF College, Western intercollegiate lpGa Tour, lOTTe Championship SOFTBALL College, northwestern at illinois (dh) College, northwestern at illinois (dh) BASKETBALL nBa playoffs play-in, Charlotte at atlanta nBa playoffs play-in, san antonio at new Orleans HOCKEY nhl, n.y. rangers at philadelphia nhl, los angeles at Colorado Time 9 a.m. 12:30 p.m. 4 p.m. 4 p.m. TV MlB MlB MlB root noon CBs 6 p.m. Fs1 1 p.m. 4 p.m. Golf Golf 2 p.m. 4:30 p.m. Big Ten Big Ten 4 p.m. 6:35 p.m. espn espn 4 p.m. 6:30 p.m. TnT TnT THURSDAY GYMNASTICS Women’s nCaa Championships, afternoon session Women’s nCaa Championships, evening session HORSE RACING america’s day at the races BASEBALL MlB, seattle at Chicago White sox MlB, regional coverage College, Kentucky at Missouri College, auburn at Mississippi st. College, Oregon at Washington GOLF pGa Tour, rBC heritage lpGa Tour, lOTTe Championship SOFTBALL College, stanford at California College, Oregon at arizona College, Oregon st. at Washington BASKETBALL nBa G league Finals, rio Grande Valley at delaware HOCKEY nhl, Minnesota at dallas 10 a.m. 3 p.m. espn2 espn2 10 a.m. Fs2 11 a.m. root/root+ 4 p.m. MlB 5 p.m. espnu 5 p.m. seC 7 p.m. pac-12 (Ore) ON DECK Prep sports MLB WEDNESDAY Baseball: Corbett at Madras, 4:30 p.m.; Sisters at Sweet Home, 4:30 p.m. Softball: Madras at Corbett, 4:30 p.m. Boys tennis: Crook County at Ridgeview, 3 p.m.; Redmond at Hood River Valley, 3 p.m. Girls tennis: Ridgeview at Crook County, 3 p.m. Track and field: Mountain View at Redmond, TBD; Crook County, North Lake at Bend, 3 p.m. THURSDAY Baseball: North Marion at Madras, 4:30 p.m.; Sweet Home at Sisters, 4:30 p.m. Softball: Madras at North Marion, 4:30 p.m.; Sisters at Stayton, 4:30 p.m.; Culver at Jefferson, 4:30 p.m. Boys tennis: Summit at Clackamas, 4 p.m.; Sisters at Madras, 4 p.m. Girls tennis: Summit at Clackamas, 2:45 p.m.; Ma- dras as Sisters, 4 p.m. Boys golf: Bend, La Pine, Summit, Caldera at Moun- tain View Invite, Awbrey Glen, noon. Girls golf: Bend at La Pine Invite, Quail Run, 11 a.m. AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GB Tampa Bay 4 1 .800 — New York 3 2 .600 1 Toronto 3 2 .600 1 Boston 2 3 .400 2 Baltimore 1 4 .200 3 Central Division W L Pct GB Chicago 3 1 .750 — Cleveland 3 2 .600 ½ Minnesota 2 2 .500 1 Detroit 2 3 .400 1½ Kansas City 2 3 .400 1½ West Division W L Pct GB Houston 3 1 .750 — Los Angeles 3 3 .500 1 Oakland 2 3 .400 1½ Seattle 2 3 .400 1½ Texas 1 3 .250 2 Monday’s Late Game L.A. Angels 6, Miami 2 Tuesday’s Games Boston 5, Detroit 3 Chicago White Sox 3, Seattle 2 Cleveland 10, Cincinnati 5 L.A. Angels 4, Miami 3 N.Y. Yankees 4, Toronto 0 St. Louis 6, Kansas City 5 Milwaukee 5, Baltimore 4 Tampa Bay 9, Oakland 8, 10 innings L.A. Dodgers at Minnesota, late Colorado at Texas, late Houston at Arizona, late Wednesday’s Games Cleveland (McKenzie 0-1) at Cincinnati (Lodolo 0-0), 9:35 a.m. Boston (Eovaldi 0-0) at Detroit (Rodríguez 0-0), 10:10 a.m. L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 0-0) at Minnesota (Paddack 0-0), 10:10 a.m. Kansas City (Greinke 0-0) at St. Louis (Hicks 0-0), 10:15 a.m. Houston (Valdez 1-0) at Arizona (Kelly 0-0), 12:40 p.m. Oakland (Montas 0-1) at Tampa Bay (McClanahan 0-0), 3:40 p.m. Milwaukee (Burnes 0-0) at Baltimore (Means 0-0), 4:05 p.m. Toronto (Berríos 0-0) at N.Y. Yankees (Cole 0-0), 4:05 p.m. Seattle (Ray 1-0) at Chicago White Sox (Keuchel 0-0), 4:10 p.m. PREPS Baseball Tuesday’s results Summit 16, Bend 1 Mountain View at The Dalles, canceled Redmond at West Salem, canceled Western Christian at Culver, ppd Softball Tuesday’s results Bend 16, Summit 0 Boys tennis Tuesday’s results Bend at Mountain View, late Molalla at Sisters, late Girls tennis Tuesday’s results Mountain View at Bend, late Stayton at Madras, late Molalla at Sisters, late Track and field noon 4 p.m. Golf Golf 3 p.m. 5 p.m. 5 p.m. pac-12 espn2 pac-12 5 p.m. espneWs 5 p.m. espn BASEBALL Tuesday’s results Madras at Gladstone, late New York Philadelphia Atlanta Washington Miami BASKETBALL NBA playoffs PLAY-IN FIRST ROUND Tuesday’s Games Brooklyn 115, Cleveland 108, Brooklyn advances to play- offs as No. 7 seed L.A. Clippers at Minnesota, late Wednesday’s Games Charlotte at Atlanta, 4 p.m. San Antonio at New Orleans, 6:30 p.m. Chicago St. Louis Cincinnati Milwaukee Pittsburgh San Diego Colorado San Francisco Los Angeles Arizona NATIONAL LEAGUE East Division W L 4 2 3 2 2 3 2 3 1 4 Central Division W L 3 1 3 1 2 3 2 3 1 3 West Division W L 4 1 3 1 2 2 1 2 1 3 Pct .667 .600 .400 .400 .200 GB — ½ 1½ 1½ 2½ Pct .750 .750 .400 .400 .250 GB — — 1½ 1½ 2 Pct .800 .750 .500 .333 .250 GB — ½ 1½ 2 2½ Monday’s Late Games L.A. Angels 6, Miami 2 San Diego 4, San Francisco 2 Tuesday’s Games Chicago Cubs 2, Pittsburgh 1 Cleveland 10, Cincinnati 5 N.Y. Mets 2, Philadelphia 0 L.A. Angels 4, Miami 3 St. Louis 6, Kansas City 5 Milwaukee 5, Baltimore 4 Washington at Atlanta, late L.A. Dodgers at Minnesota, late Colorado at Texas, late Houston at Arizona, late San Diego at San Francisco, late Wednesday’s Games Washington (Gray 0-1) at Atlanta (Fried 0-1), 9:20 a.m. Chicago Cubs (Hendricks 0-0) at Pittsburgh (Thompson 0-0), 9:35 a.m. Cleveland (McKenzie 0-1) at Cincinnati (Lodolo 0-0), 9:35 a.m. N.Y. Mets (Scherzer 1-0) at Philadelphia (Nola 1-0), 10:05 a.m. L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 0-0) at Minnesota (Paddack 0-0), 10:10 a.m. Kansas City (Greinke 0-0) at St. Louis (Hicks 0-0), 10:15 a.m. Houston (Valdez 1-0) at Arizona (Kelly 0-0), 12:40 p.m. San Diego (Manaea 1-0) at San Francisco (Webb 0-0), 12:45 p.m. Milwaukee (Burnes 0-0) at Baltimore (Means 0-0), 4:05 p.m. SOCCER MLS EASTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF Phila. 5 0 1 16 10 Orlando City 3 2 2 11 8 New York 3 2 1 10 10 Atlanta 3 2 1 10 9 Charlotte FC 3 4 0 9 7 Chicago 2 1 3 9 5 Columbus 2 2 2 8 10 Toronto FC 2 2 2 8 9 CF Montréal 2 3 1 7 11 D.C. United 2 3 0 6 5 Cincinnati 2 4 0 6 8 NY City FC 1 3 1 4 5 New England 1 4 1 4 8 Inter Miami CF 1 4 1 4 6 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF LA FC 4 1 1 13 14 LA Galaxy 4 2 0 12 9 Real SL 3 1 3 12 9 Austin FC 3 1 2 11 14 FC Dallas 3 1 2 11 10 Houston 3 1 2 11 10 Nashville 3 2 1 10 6 Portland 2 2 3 9 10 Colorado 2 2 2 8 8 Minnesota United 2 2 2 8 5 Seattle 2 2 1 7 6 Sporting KC 2 5 0 6 5 Vancouver 1 4 1 4 5 San Jose 0 4 2 2 9 NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie. GA 2 7 6 9 9 2 7 11 15 5 14 6 12 15 GA 6 6 7 5 4 7 6 13 8 5 6 11 12 15 HOCKEY NHL EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic GP W L OT Pts GF GA x-Florida 73 52 15 6 110 305 216 x-Toronto 73 47 20 6 100 279 226 Tampa Bay 72 44 20 8 96 239 204 Boston 73 45 23 5 95 229 199 Detroit 73 28 35 10 66 210 281 Buffalo 75 27 37 11 65 208 266 Ottawa 73 27 40 6 60 197 237 Montreal 73 20 42 11 51 192 279 Metropolitan GP W L OT Pts GF GA x-Carolina 74 48 18 8 104 247 177 x-N.Y. Rangers 74 47 21 6 100 227 191 Pittsburgh 75 42 22 11 95 247 210 Washington 73 41 22 10 92 249 212 N.Y. Islanders 72 34 29 9 77 200 200 Columbus 73 34 33 6 74 235 273 Philadelphia 73 23 39 11 57 190 265 New Jersey 72 25 41 6 56 221 269 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central GP W L OT Pts GF GA x-Colorado 72 52 14 6 110 275 198 Minnesota 72 45 21 6 96 268 223 St. Louis 73 43 20 10 96 268 209 Nashville 73 42 26 5 89 237 210 Dallas 72 41 27 4 86 214 217 Winnipeg 74 35 28 11 81 230 232 Chicago 73 24 38 11 59 194 260 Arizona 72 22 45 5 49 179 265 Pacific GP W L OT Pts GF GA Calgary 72 44 19 9 97 253 178 Edmonton 74 42 26 6 90 256 235 Los Angeles 75 39 26 10 88 217 216 Vegas 73 40 29 4 84 234 216 Vancouver 73 35 28 10 80 212 206 Anaheim 75 29 33 13 71 210 245 San Jose 72 29 33 10 68 186 229 Seattle 72 23 43 6 52 186 250 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. x-clinched playoff spot Tuesday’s Games Buffalo 5, Toronto 2 Carolina 4, N.Y. Rangers 2 Washington 9, Philadelphia 2 Florida 3, Anaheim 2, OT St. Louis 4, Boston 2 Ottawa 4, Detroit 1 N.Y. Islanders 5, Pittsburgh 4, SO Minnesota 5, Edmonton 1 Nashville 1, San Jose 0, OT Los Angeles 5, Chicago 2 Seattle at Calgary, late Tampa Bay at Dallas, late New Jersey at Arizona, late Vegas at Vancouver, late Wednesday’s Games Montreal at Columbus, 4 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Philadelphia, 4 p.m. Los Angeles at Colorado, 6:30 p.m. Thursday’s Games Anaheim at Tampa Bay, 4 p.m. Detroit at Carolina, 4 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Pittsburgh, 4 p.m. Ottawa at Boston, 4 p.m. St. Louis at Buffalo, 4 p.m. Washington at Toronto, 4 p.m. Edmonton at Nashville, 5 p.m. Minnesota at Dallas, 5 p.m. San Jose at Chicago, 5:30 p.m. New Jersey at Colorado, 6 p.m. Vegas at Calgary, 6 p.m. Arizona at Vancouver, 7 p.m. Listings are the most accurate available. NBA SPORTS BRIEFING MVP race has international flavor BASEBALL Oregon ace pitcher Adam Maier out for the season — Oregon Ducks ace right-hander Adam Maier will miss the remainder of the season with an arm injury, but is ex- pected to return in 2023. Maier opened the season as the Ducks’ Friday starter before an arm injury sidelined him in early March. But while his season ended prematurely, Maier won’t need Tommy John surgery. “We kind of knew that Adam probably wasn’t going to be pitching for us (again) this year,” Oregon coach Mark Wasikowski said. “To get the news that we did was good news. We’re excited he’ll be back with us for next season, which is a big positive.” Maier made three starts this season, finishing 1-1 with 19 strike- outs and a 4.02 ERA. A third-year sophomore, he likely will seek a medical redshirt, but also could be tempted to turn professional if he is selected in the June Major League Base- ball draft. FOOTBALL Congress tells FTC Commanders may have broken fi- nancial laws — The U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Reform sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday saying the Washington Commanders engaged in potentially unlawful financial conduct, and the NFL plans to look into the most serious allegations. The committee found evidence of deceptive business practice over the span of more than a decade, including withholding ticket revenue from visiting teams and refundable deposits from fans. In the letter obtained by The Associated Press, the committee outlined through the testimony of former employees and access to emails and documents a pattern of financial im- propriety by owner Dan Snyder and team executives. At one point in 2016, the committee said the team retained up to $5 million from 2,000 season-ticket holders while also conceal- ing shareable revenue from the league. An NFL spokesman said the league has engaged former Securities and Exchange Commission chair Mary Jo White “to review the most seri- ous matters raised by the committee.” She chaired the SEC from 2013-17. FIGURE SKATING Stars on Ice returning to Portland, bringing best of the U.S. Figure Skating team — After a two-year pan- demic hiatus, Stars on Ice is back. And it’s making a stop in Portland. The premier figure skating tour, which features a who’s who of United States figure skaters, will perform at the Veteran Memorial Coliseum on May 29. The event will bring the best of the U.S. Figure Skating team to Portland, just three months after it sparkled at the Winter Olympics in Bei- jing. The U.S. sent 16 figure skaters to Beijing — eight women and eight men — and medaled in three categories, winning gold in the men’s single competition, silver in the team event, and bronze in ice dance. All of the medal winners are per- forming on the Stars on Ice tour, which will feature both individual and ensemble routines. Nathan Chen, who won a gold medal in Beijing, will headline a field that includes recent U.S. medal winners Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue; Alexa Knierim and Brandon Frazier; Madison Chock and Evan Bates; Vincent Zhou; and Karen Chen. — Bulletin wire reports MEGA MILLIONS The numbers drawn Tuesday night are: 2 Oregon Lottery results 8 14 20 31 17 x 2 The estimated jackpot is now $106 million. as listed at www.oregonlottery.org and individual lottery websites “I know I’m very biased. I admit that wholeheartedly,” Denver coach Michael Malone said. “The MVP isn’t even a competition. I mean, there’s other great players. I’m not saying they’re not great play- ers. But what Nikola Jokic has done this year, with this team, with everything we’ve had to go through, is incredible. He was good last year. He’s even better this year.” Embiid won the scoring ti- tle, averaging 30.6 points and almost 12 rebounds. Throw in the four assists per game, and Embiid finished with averages that nobody has had since Bob McAdoo in 1975-76. “I don’t do a lot of cam- paigning,” Philadelphia coach Doc Rivers said. “Joel has campaigned enough with his play.” Antetokounmpo’s final numbers in a season in which Milwaukee is defending the NBA championship were 29.9 points, 11.6 rebounds and 5.8 assists per game. The num- bers are eerily similar — right down to his 55.3% field goal rate — to Antetokounmpo’s MVP season two years ago. And in terms of per-game av- erages, nobody has averaged that many points, rebounds and assists since Wilt Cham- berlain in 1965-66. “He sets the tone for ev- erything,” Bucks coach Mike Budenholzer said. The international flavor of the NBA isn’t so much of a fla- vor anymore. It’s not a sprin- kle, not a garnish. It’s a very real — and highly talented — segment of the NBA player population, with the MVP leaders and Dallas’ Luka Don- cic among those deservedly carrying the superstar banner into the playoffs. Only Stephen Curry, who finished third last season, stopped the Jokic-Embiid-An- tetokounmpo 1-2-3 finish in the MVP race a year ago. It wasn’t an easy choice. Most of the award choices weren’t this season. The panel of 100 sportswriters and broadcasters who cover the league and did the voting probably won’t be in unani- mous agreement on anything. And serious arguments can be made in many cases, par- ticularly defensive player of the year and the All-Defensive team, quite possibly the most subjective of all the categories. Coach of the year has a slew of candidates. Rookie of the year got muddled toward the end of the season. The All- NBA team will be a circus, especially since Embiid and Jokic are both centers and one of them will either not make the first team or make the first team as a forward. Either way, that’s a travesty. The NBA still insists on choosing an All- NBA team by position — two guards, two forwards, one center — in a league that has largely gone positionless. But the MVP is the big one, obviously. If the definition is player most valuable to his team, then it almost has to be Jokic. Without Jamal Murray and Michael Porter Jr., the Nuggets still made the playoffs because their center can do just about everything and do it all better than just about everyone else. If the definition is player that was most dominant, the argument shifts toward Em- biid. When he was at his best this season, he couldn’t be guarded. And if the definition is best player — which is what the award seems to have be- come — then it should be Antetokounmpo. He can get to the rim whenever he wants on offense, and he’s in the con- versation again for best defen- sive player. The dominance at both ends can’t be under- stated. It’s one thing to have flex- ibility. It’s another to recruit and sign players that will make a difference. Billups and Cronin said that there is no firm strategy in place beyond simply getting into the room with prospec- tive free agents, including Lil- lard in the recruiting process, and trying to convince pros- pects they could flourish in Portland. “It’s a generic plan where we’re going to be a united group and we’re going to be ourselves,” Cronin said. “And we’re going to be confident in that room.” Billups said he is confident that the Blazers can lure high- end talent — and the former NBA All-Star believes he can help make it happen. “I know and I believe that a lot of players in the league want to play for somebody like me,” he said. “I just believe that. A former player who un- derstands the cadence of the NBA. Understands what’s im- portant in terms of playing, rest. A dude that’s going to hold you accountable without being disrespectful towards you.” Simons and Josh Hart agreed, saying they would ea- gerly sell Billups as a coach that anyone would want to play for. Still, even with the flexi- bility in place — including a $21 million trade exception and some expiring contracts — Cronin is realistic that the complete retooling likely won’t happen in one summer. The bottom line, he said, is that it takes two teams to make a trade and sometimes the pieces simply don’t fit. “I think it can take multi- ple offseasons to completely fine-tune the roster and to completely exhaust all of the opportunities sometimes,” Cronin said. “Every team in this league has players that they covet. But if they’re not attainable, or if you don’t have the right assets, or if they’re just simply not on the market, you have to wait.” BY TIM REYNOLDS ap Basketball Writer The votes are in. Over the coming days and weeks, the NBA will announce the var- ious award-winners for this regular season. And while nobody knows with absolute certainty where any of the tro- phies are going yet, this much is known: The MVP is going to be an international player. Again. Prepare for history, because it’s coming. The consensus seems to be that this season’s MVP will be either Nikola Jo- kic, Joel Embiid or Giannis Antetokounmpo. Jokic is from Serbia. Embiid from Camer- oon. Antetokounmpo from Greece, with ties to Nigeria. When the winner is revealed, it’ll be the fourth consecutive season in which the MVP won’t have been born in the U.S. — something that has never happened. Nor has this: If Jokic, Em- biid and Antetokounmpo finish 1-2-3 in the voting, in whatever order, it’ll mark the first time in NBA history that the top three MVP vote-get- ters are foreign players. Jokic is the reigning MVP and made a brilliant case this season. Averages of 27 points, 14 rebounds and just under eight assists per game are crazy numbers. Nobody has ever finished a season with those averages, which only further strengthens the argu- ments for Jokic to go back-to- back. Blazers Continued from A5 Simons said Monday that he plans to be in Portland long-term. But while that core could get the Blazers back into play- off contention, it’s unlikely to make the franchise a champi- onship contender without ma- jor additions. “I like our talent base, we need more,” Cronin said. Adding impact players via free agency or trade has been an Achilles heel for the fran- chise for decades, and some- thing that dogged Neil Olshey, the team’s former president of basketball operations. david Zalubowski/ap Denver Nuggets’ Nikola Jokic, right, works against San Antonio Spurs’ Zach Collins during the first half April 5 in Denver.
