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NBA glance SOUTHTEXASREPORT FIRST ROUND (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) IWA’sValderama EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlanta 4, Brooklyn 2 Cleveland 4, Boston 0 Chicago 4, Milwaukee 2 winsgoldinWaco Washington 4, Toronto 0 WESTERN CONFERENCE Staff reports consistency from this spe- Golden State 4, New Orleans 0 cial,highcharactergroup.” Houston 4, Dallas 1 WACO — Incarnate Word L.A. Clippers 4, San Antonio 3 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS Memphis 4, Portland 1 Academy’s Bianca Valder- ramawonapairofgold CAL 4, A&M-CC Singles — 1. Andre Goransson (CAL) CONFERENCE medals Friday at the def. Peter Nagy (TAMUCC) 6-3, 6-2; 2. SEMIFINALS TAPPS4AStateTrack& Filip Bergevi (CAL) vs. Kevin Bettendrof- FieldChampionships,and fer (TAMUCC) 7-6 (7-4), 3-2, unfinished; 3. EASTERN CONFERENCE Gregory Bayane (CAL) def. Ricardo Maya- John Paul II’s Jaylon Lister goitia (TAMUCC) 6-2, 6-0; 4. Oskar Wikberg CHICAGO 2, CLEVELAND 1 also won gold. (CAL) vs. Guillaume Rauseo (TAMUCC) 6-0, 5-2, unfinished; 5. J.T. Nishimura (CAL) GM 1: Chicago 99, Cleveland 92 Valderramawonthegirls vs. Javier Pujol (TAMUCC) 6-1, 3-5, unfin- GM 2: Cleveland 106, Chicago 91 shot put and discus titles on ished; 6. Billy Griffith (CAL) def. Paul Cook Friday: Chicago 99, Cleveland 96 (TAMUCC) 6-2, 6-1 Sunday: at Chicago, 2:30 p.m. Friday at the Hart-Patterson Doubles — 1. Gregory Bayane-Chase Tuesday: at Cleveland, 6 p.m. Track Complex. Valder- Melton (CAL) vs. Peter Nagy-Arthur Be- x-Thursday: at Chicago, 7 p.m. del (TAMUCC) 6-7, unfinished; 2. Andre x-May 17: at Cleveland, TBD rama won the shot put title ASSOCIATED PRESS Goransson-Oskar Wikberg (CAL) def. WASHINGTON 1, ATLANTA 1 withatossof39feet,1.5 Kevin Bettendroffer-Guillaume Rauseo BullsguardDerrickRose(1)celebrateswithJoakimNoah(right)andTajGibsonafterscoring inches and the discus at (TAMUCC) 8-6; 3. Filip Bergevi-Mads Eng- GM 1: Washington 104, Atlanta 98 sted (CAL) def. Ricardo Mayagoitia-Paul GM 2: Atlanta 106, Washington 90 thegame-winning3-pointbasketduringthesecondhalfofFriday’sgame. 123-8. John Paul II’s Karley Cook (TAMUCC) 8-5 Saturday: at Washington, 4 p.m. Hellums finished seventh Monday: at Washington, 6 p.m. TRACK & FIELD Wednesday: at Atlanta, 7 p.m. in the shot put at 31-7.5 and x-Friday: at Washington, 6 or 7 p.m. IWA’sJacylenDouglaswas x-May 18: at Atlanta, 7 p.m. BullschargepastCavs eighth at 30-1.5. A&M-CC’s Huff WESTERN CONFERENCE Lister won the boys high places4thinjavelin L.A. CLIPPERS 2, HOUSTON 1 jumpwithaleapof6-0, Bulls 99 CLEVELAND winningbytwoinches. HAMMOND, La. — Brandi GM 1: L.A. Clippers 117, Houston 101 ■ Rose banks FG FT Reb GM 2: Houston 115, L.A. Clippers 109 CLE Min M-A M-A O-T A PF PTS Also, John Paul II’s Steven Huff’s fourth-place finish Friday: L.A. Clippers 124, Houston 99 Cavaliers 96 James 43:39 8-25 10-11 2-8 14 4 27 Cavazos finished second in the women’s javelin Sunday: at L.A. Clippers, 7:30 p.m. in3atbuzzer Thmpsn 41:16 4-8 2-2 4-13 1 1 10 Tuesday: at Houston, 8:30 p.m. Mozgov 22:16 4-9 0-0 2-7 2 4 8 inthediscuswithatoss highlighted the opening x-Thursday: at L.A. Clippers, 8:30 or 9:30 p.m. By Andrew Seligman late in the season. Irving 38:28 3-13 2-2 1-4 0 3 11 of 148-3. dayofthe2015Southland x-May 17: at Houston, TBD Associated Press LeBron James scored 27 Shumpert 36:31 3-9 0-0 0-1 1 4 8 IWA’s Jared Loco me- Outdoor Track & Field GOLDEN STATE 1, MEMPHIS 1 Smith 26:42 5-9 0-0 0-2 1 4 14 points for Cleveland and Dellavedova15:57 3-4 2-2 0-2 4 2 10 daledintheboys3,200me- Championships on Friday GM 1: Golden State 101, Memphis 86 CHICAGO — passed Tony Parker, Steve Jones 15:11 2-5 2-2 0-2 0 2 8 ters, finishing third with a at the Southeastern Track GM 2: Memphis 97, Golden State 90 Totals 240:00 32-82 18-19 9-39 23 24 96 Saturday: at Memphis, 7 p.m. bankedina3-pointerat Nash and for Percentages: FG .390, FT .947. 3-Point time of 10 minutes, 10.34 & Field Complex for Texas Monday: at Memphis, 8:30 p.m. the buzzer and scored 30 fourthonthecareerplay- Goals: 14-34, .412 (Smith 4-8, Irving 3-4, seconds. A&M-Corpus Christi Wednesday: at Golden State, 9:30 p.m. points Friday night to give off assists list. He had 14 in Dellavedova 2-3, Jones 2-5, Shumpert In the girls pole vault, The Islanders will have x-Friday: at Memphis, 7 or 8:30 p.m. 2-7, James 1-7). Team Rebounds: 6. Team x-May 17: at Golden State, TBD the a 99-96 the game, giving him 1,073. Turnovers: 12 (14 PTS). Blocked Shots: IWA athletes swept the top 34 student-athletes com- victory over the Cleveland Chicago never won 9 (Mozgov 3, Thmpsn 3, Irving, James, twospots.MckenzieMcCoy peting in the second day Shumpert). Turnovers: 11 (James 7, Irving Cavaliersanda2-1leadin more than one game in 2, Dellavedova, Shumpert). Steals: 6 (Ir- wontheeventwithavault of the championships. the Eastern Conference threepreviousplayoffse- ving 2, James, Jones, Mozgov, Shumpert). of10-0,andAbilgailEhrman Huff’s third throw of the semifinals. riesagainstteamsledby Technical Fouls: James, 8:33 third. finishedtiedforsecondat daywas1.5metersbetter Clips’ Cleveland had just tied James. But the Bulls have CHICAGO 8-6. Mary Ann Ferige fin- than her previous best this it on a 3-pointer by J.R. achancetotakeacom- FG FT Reb ished10thintheevent. year, measuring 42.26 me- CHI Min M-A M-A O-T A PF PTS Smithwith10.8seconds mandingleadwithGame Dunleavy 39:04 6-12 1-1 2-6 2 1 16 COLLEGE TENNIS ters, and she followed that left when Rose came 4athomeonSunday. Gasol 21:49 3-7 0-0 2-4 4 0 6 up with a throw of 42.84 Barnes through with the winner. Smith, back from a two- Noah 21:33 1-8 2-2 6-11 0 3 4 to leapfrog Northwestern Rose 38:43 10-26 9-10 1-7 7 2 30 CaltopsA&M-CC He took the inbounds game suspension, scored Butler 44:19 7-17 5-6 1-8 2 5 20 State’s Kelsey Frank and pass from Mike Dunleavy 14 points. shot Gibson 22:50 3-4 3-4 4-9 0 1 9 in NCAA tourney move into fourth place. Brooks 9:17 1-7 0-0 0-0 0 1 2 Jr.onthesidelineafter 3of13andfinishedwith11 Hinrich 20:00 0-0 0-0 0-1 2 0 0 The meet continues on shrugs Chicagocalledtimewith points and no assists. Mirotic 21:58 3-8 5-6 2-8 0 5 12 AUSTIN — Calhandedthe Saturday. 3 seconds remaining. Rose JimmyButlerscored20 Snell 0:28 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 TexasA&M-CorpusChristi Totals 240:01 34-90 25-29 18-54 17 18 99 BASEBALL then dribbled past the top points for Chicago. Dun- Percentages: FG .378, FT .862. 3-Point men’s tennis team a 4-0 loss of the key before burying leavy added 16 points, and Goals: 6-21, .286 (Dunleavy 3-7, Butler 1-3, intheNCAAChampion- off flap Rose 1-3, Mirotic 1-4, Brooks 0-4). Team Re- UIWtopsA&M-CC awildshotoverTristan NikolaMiroticscored12. bounds: 12. Team Turnovers: 11 (14 PTS). shipsinamatchthatexpe- Thompson, drawing a mob OneconcernforChicago Blocked Shots: 10 (Gasol 3, Noah 3, Butler, rienced several rain delays. in Southland series ■ Fined for Dunleavy, Gibson, Rose). Turnovers: 7 (Rose from his teammates and a was Pau Gasol straining 3, Noah 2, Brooks, Mirotic). Steals: 9 (But- Thematchwasfinished deafening roar from the his left hamstring. The ler 5, Mirotic 2, Dunleavy, Rose). Technical inside the Weller Indoor SANANTONIO— Colton Be- comments to crowd for the hometown Bulls announced late in Fouls: Noah, 8:33 third; Brooks, 1:15 third. Tennis Center. sett’s three-run home run Cleveland 24 25 24 23—96 starwhoreturnedfromhis thegamethathewould Chicago 18 29 27 25—99 The Islanders (19-7) in the bottom of the fourth Harden’s mom most recent knee surgery not return. A—22,246 (20,917). T—2:30. dropped a close doubles inning lifted Incarnate pointasRicardoMaya- Wordtoa6-1victoryover By Broderick Turner goitia and Paul Cook the Texas A&M-Corpus Times NBATIPOFF dropped their match 8-5, Christi baseball team on and the tandem of Kevin Friday at Sullivan Field. Clippers forward Matt Bettendroffer and Guil- Geno Encina scattered Barnes tried on Friday laumeRauseofell8-6.Ar- four hits in eight innings toputanendtothecon- Injuriesposepaininplayoffs thur Bedel and Peter Nagy for the Cardinals, who won troversy he became em- were leading Gregory Bay- their sixth straight confer- broiled in for inappropri- ane and Chase Melton 7-6 ence contest. atecommentshemade ■ Teams try when play was stopped. Trevor Belicek allowed toward Rockets guard The Bears won three three hits in six innings, ’s mother to soar amid straight singles sets to butallthreehitscameinthe duringGame2inHouston. clinch the match after it third, the biggest one being Barnes was fined woes of stars was moved indoors. Besett’s fifth home run of $50,000 by the NBA on “Iamsoproudofour theyear.Theleftywalkeda Friday for directing inap- By Teresa M. Walker guys for this great season season-high five in addition propriate language at a Associated Press wheretheyreachedNo.40 to five strikeouts in falling courtside fan who turned in the NCAA (Division I) to8-4ontheyear.Encina outtobeHoustonstar MEMPHIS,Tenn.— rankingsandearnedaNo.3 improved to 3-4, striking James Harden’s mother. hopestotesthisbroken seed at the NCAA Champi- out five in the win. UIW tal- Barnes made the com- left hand and wrist by try- onships,” A&M-CC Direc- liedsixhitsinthecontest, mentstoMonjaWillis ingtodribbleabasketball. torofTennisSteveMoore but made the most of them, during the Clippers’ Game “You have to be able to said. “That took tremen- drivinginallsixrunsinthe 2lossintheWesternCon- dribble,” the Wizards’ All- dous grit, toughness and game with two outs. ference semifinals in Hous- Star guard said Friday. “It’s tononWednesdaynight. basically taping my hand “We’ve made our behindmybackandsay- NHLplayoffroundup peace,” Barnes said Fri- ingdribblewithonehand. daybeforeGame3inLos It’s not happening in this Angeles. “We’ve spoken league. It’s just something RANGERS 2, CAPITALS 1 (OT) twice since the incident. Ihavetodealwith.It’s NEWYORK—RyanMcDonaghscored9:37intoovertime She said something, I said frustrating. It’s tough.” and New York kept its Stanley Cup hopes alive with a something back. I’ve heard Injuries continue to victoryoverWashingtononFridaynightinGame5of speculation of what I’ve haveamajoreffectonthe the Eastern Conference semifinal. likely said, which is crazy.” conference semifinals Chris Kreider breathed life into the Presidents’ Trophy When teammate DeAn- with Washington replac- ASSOCIATED PRESS winners by scoring with 1:41 left in regulation to force dreJordantoldBarneshe ingMemphisastheteam WizardsguardJohnWall(2)isnotsureifhewillbeableto the overtime. haddirectedhisdisparag- waiting to see if its point playinGame3againsttheHawksonSaturday.Wallhasfive TheCapitalsleadtheseries3-2.Game6isSunday ing comments at Harden’s guard can or should try to nondisplaced fractures in his left hand. night in Washington. mother,heknewitwasn’t play with broken bones. HenrikLundqvistmade28savesfortheRangers,who a good thing. Sure, Mike Conley guys to step up, play a key HAWKSATWIZARDS have won each of their past nine playoff games when fac- “I was like, ‘Ugh, God! playedeightdaysafter role and win some games.” Tied 1-1, 4 p.m., ESPN ingeliminationatMadisonSquareGarden—datingto That’sgoingtomakeit surgerytorepairbroken Alookatthetwogames: The Wizards are preparing Game 4 of the 2008 Eastern Conference semifinal round 100 times worse,’” Barnes bonesinhisleftcheek, to play without Wall against the against Pittsburgh. said. “I don’t know her. I but the Grizzlies’ guard WARRIORS East’sNo.1seedaftergrabbing DUCKS 4, FLAMES 2 don’treallyknowJames missed three games until AT GRIZZLIES home-court advantage by win- toowell.LikeIsaid,we’ve swelling eased enough in Tied 1-1, 7 p.m., ESPN ning the series opener with their CALGARY,Alberta—Matt Beleskey broke a tie on a power made our peace.” his face to wear a mask. GoldenStatefacesitsfirst on the floor. Bradley play early in the third period and Anaheim beat Calgary Barnes said the reports Even the Clippers’ Chris true test after sweeping New Beal,whotookoveratthepoint in Game 4 of the Western Conference semifinal. that he swore at Willis Paul took off a couple Orleans and easily winning the in Game 2, is averaging only 4 as- Anaheimleadstheseries3-1.Game5isSundaynight were “untrue.” gamestoresthisstrained opener against the Grizzlies. sists this postseason. in Anaheim. ButBarneswouldn’tsay left hamstring. Conley’s return allowed the Beal said he thinks he tried JakobSilfverberg,AndrewCoglianoandPatrickMa- what was said between the Memphis was able to Grizzlies to take home-court to do too much in that game, roon also scored for the Ducks, and Frederik Andersen two. closeoutPortlandwithout advantagewiththembackto trying to compensate for Wall’s made 25 saves. Sean Monahan and Micheal Ferland “They’retryingtostart Conley, and he returned in Memphis, and masks already absence. He said the key for him scored for Calgary, and Karri Ramo stopped 25 shots. controversy,” Barnes said. time to help the Grizzlies were waiting for fans to turn up is simply creating opportunities Anaheimwas2for4onthepowerplay.Calgaryfailed “She said something, I said splitwiththeWarriorsin the volume Saturday night in ap- forshotsandrebound. to score on a two-man advantage for 56 seconds in the something back. I spoke to thefirsttwogamesinthe preciation of the guard’s gutty “I got to rely on my team- third, finishing 0 for 2. herathalftimeandspoke Western Conference semi- performance Tuesday night. matesandactlikeJohnisthere toherafterthegame,and finals. The Clippers split Playing on the road has been when he’s not there,” Beal said. Associated Press we’re fine.” bothgamesPaulsatoutin pretty easy for the Warriors who Wall’s advice is for Beal to be Barnes said he was con- Houston, giving him time posted not only the NBA’s best aggressive but smart if double- tacted Friday morning by torestupforGame3. record overall in the regular sea- teamed. theNBAabouttheinci- Wall is averaging 17.6 son but were the league’s best “Trust the guys are going to NASCAR LABONTE dent, and that he planned pointsand12.6assiststhis away from home. make shots,” Wall said. “Kick it on calling the league after postseason.Withfivenon- “Forus,thisissomeofthe out to them. That’s something the Clippers’ shootaround displaced fractures, Wall firstadversitythatwe’vefaced,” youhavetobuild.Hehasn’tbeen forGame3Fridaynightat could hurt his hand and Warriors guard Klay Thomp- in that situation too many times. Need to downsize my NASCAR collection. . The best- wristevenworsebyplaying son said.“We’vegotacouple Mostlyhewastheguybeingag- Over 500 die cast cars. of-seven series is tied at 1-1. sohe’snotsureifhewillbe options: we can hang our heads gressiveandIhavetofindguys. 1:24 & 1:64 sizes. Barnes was fined abletoplayGame3onSat- orwecangointhereandfight Atlanta guard Kyle Korver

More than 125 Terry Labonte. CAL526909 $25,000 by the NBA in urdaynomatterhowtough in Memphis. We’re the best road was with Chicago when the Bulls January for directing inap- itmightbesittingout. teamintheNBAforareason.We lost Derrick Rose to a torn ACL. propriate language toward “Thisserieshastogo cangointhereandwinifweplay “We were all bummed, but Contact: Phoenix owner Robert on,” Wall said. “This is a hard enough, and that’s what we youknowwhat,youstillhaveto Sarver. great opportunity for these expect to do.” play,” Korver said. [email protected] | Dallas area