The Daily Oklahoman from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma • 18

WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 2016 SPORTS THE OKLAHOMAN NEWS0K.COM REMOTE PATROL NBA SCOREBOARD Barkley 'making reservations' in OKC for conference finals K-Portland at Golden State, 8 p.m. CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS EASTERN CONFERENCE Cleveland 4, Atlanta 0 Cleveland 104, Atlanta 93 Cleveland 123, Atlanta 98 Cleveland 121, Atlanta 108 Cleveland 100, Atlanta 99 Toronto 2, Miami 2 Miami 102, Toronto 96, OT Toronto 96, Miami 92, OT Toronto 95, Miami 91 Miami 94, Toronto 87 Wednesday: at Toronto, 7 p.m. WEDNESDAY MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 11:30 a.m. Oklahoma City at Round Rock KGHM-AM 1340 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL lp.m. Chicago White Sox at Texas FSOK(Cox37) lp.m.

Arizona at Colorado MLBN(Cox264) 6 p.m. Kans-as City at New York Yankees ESPN (Cox 29)Cox 77 9 p.m. New York Mets at L.A. Dodgers KGHM-AM 1340 9 p.m. St.

Louis at L.A. Angels FSPLUS (Cox 68)Cox 703KREF-AM 140098.5 FM NBA 7 p.m. Miami at Toronto TNT (Cox 31) 9:30 p.m. Portland at Golden State TNT (Cox 31) NHL 7 p.m. St.

Louis at Dallas NBCSN (Cox 251) COLLEGE SOFTBALL 11 a.m. South Carolina vs. Missouri SECN (Cox 275) 1:30 p.m. Texas vs. LSU SECN (Cox 275) 4 p.m.

Mississippi vs. Georgia SECN (Cox 275) 6 p.m. Mississippi State vs. Alabama SECN (Cox 275) MEN'S SOCCER 1:55 p.m. Liverpool vs.

Chelsea NBCSN (Cox 251) INVICTUS GAMES 6 p.m. Wheelchair Rugby ESPN2 (Cox 28) THURSDAY HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL 6:30 p.m. Yukon vs. Deer Creek KZLS-AM 1640 MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 7 p.m. Oklahoma City at Round Rock KGHM-AM 1340 Portland 120, Golden State 108 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 6 p.m.

Kansas City at New York Yankees FSPLUS (Cox 68)Cox 77MLBN (Cox 264) 9 p.m. New York Mets at L.A. Dodgers KTOK-AM 1000 9 p.m. St. Louis at L.A.

Angels FSPLUS (Cox 68)Cox 703 x-Friday: at Portland, TBA x-Monday: at Golden State, 8 p.m. MONDAY'S LATE GAME WARRIORS 132, TRAIL BLAZERS 125, OT FG FT Reb GOLDEN ST. Min M-A M-A 0-T APFP Green .44:17 5-9 9-10 1-9 5 5 21 0-1 3-6 2- 2-5 0-0 0-3 1 2 4 7-18 4-4 1-4 2 3 23 Iguodala. 37:53 2-5 2-3 2-3 1 2 7 NBCSN (Cox 251) GOLF (Cox 60) ESPNU(Cox253) FSOK (Cox 37) To the TNT studio analysts, the Thunder-Spurs series is over. Charles Barkley, who picked the Spurs to win the series, started the post-game show by faking a phone call.

"I'm getting reservations at OKC next weekend, Mickey Mantle's. I'll see you all at OKC next weekend." And later, "Yeehaw, just practicing up for next week." TNT, which is broadcasting the Western Conference finals, plans to bring its studio show to game sites, which would include Oklahoma City if the Thunder gets one more win against the Spurs. Houston Rockets center Dwight Howard was a guest analyst and Matt Winer the guest host with Shaquille O'Neal and Ernie Johnson in New York for the Sports Emmys awards. Howard was already talking about how the big Thunder lineup would match up against the smaller Golden State Warriors. "You make Golden State play big.

If they don't, you punish them." In showing the game highlights, analyst Kenny Smith said he thought the Spurs got a raw deal when Kawhi Leonard wasn't called for a foul on Russell West-brook before Westbrook scored the game-clinching three-point play with 6 seconds left. "He did foul him. This is like two bad calls for the Spurs that they didn't call, one on the offensive foul (on Dion Waiters in Game 2) and when they tried to foul and it wasn't called." WESTBROOK PRAISED Game analyst Chris Webber raved about Westbrook's passion and how he never quit, even when the other players let up, including his game-clinching three-point play. "The two plays when Westbrook kept going, one when everyone thought it was a shot-clock violation and he kept playing, and then (for his final shot) when you need to be Westbrook, not who the critics want you to be, not who the fans want you to be, being the best Westbrook you can be and getting the and-one." After Westbrook drilled a long 3 to cut the deficit to 78-75, Webber said, "How do you want it? I can get it to you inside. I can NBA NOTEBOOK 8 p.m.

Nashville at San Jose GOLF Noon Players Championship COLLEGE BASEBALL 6:30 p.m. Kentucky at Mississippi COLLEGE SOFTBALL 10 a.m. Pittsburgh vs. Florida State 11a.m. SEC Tournament 12:30 p.m.

North Carolina vs. Boston Colk lp.m. SEC Tournament 4 p.m. SEC Tournament 4 p.m. Syracuse vs.

Louisville ..9:27 3-4 0-0 1-3 0 1 6 ..9:42 1-3 1-1 0-0 0 1 3 Barbosa. 8:41 1-4 2-2 0-1 2 1 4 1-3 2 2 11 27-33 10-49 22 27 132 SEC Tournament Virginia Tech vs. Notre Dame OKC's Steven Adams throws down a dunk during Tuesday's win over San AntOniO. PHOTO BY BRYAN TERRY THE OKLAHOMAN shoot the 15-footer and I can give it my best Stephen Curry impersonation from 50 feet out." Webber also complimented his rebounding ability in helping make the Thunder the best rebounding team in the league. "They have the best rebounding guard in the game in Westbrook, who follows up his shots like Dominique (Wilkins), except he doesn't tip dunk it." SHORTTAKES On the Fox Sports Oklahoma post-game show, analyst Antonio Daniels said Thunder coach Billy Donovan deserved credit for making adjustments in the series, including double-teaming LaMar-cus Aldridge.

"It's great to see the execution down the stretch and do something only one other team has done (in winning at San Antonio this season). The Thunder has done it twice in three games." Webber has turned into a big Steven Adams fan. After TNT showed a clip of Adams warming up pushing a man across the court. "I don't know if that is a football drill. We used to push the coach's buddies.

That's why he gets warmed up playing physical. His goal is to wrestle you and muck it up inside." ESPN2 (Cox 28) Speights 3-3, Green 2-3, Iguodala 1-2, Barnes 1-4, Barbosa 0-2). Team Rebounds: 9. Team Turnovers: 14 (20 PTS). Blocked Shots: 10 (Green 7, Bogut 2, Ezeli 1).

Turnovers: 14 (Curry 4, Bogut 2, Green 2, Iguodala 2, Barnes 1, Thompson 1). Steals: 11 (Bogut 2, Green 2, Thompson 2, Barbosa 1, Clark 1, Iguodala 3 (Green 3:39 first, Livingston 1:36 second, Livingston 1:36 second). Ejections: 1 (Livingston). FG FT Reb PORTLAND Min M-A M-A O-T APFPTS Aminu 39:25 6-14 3-6 4-13 2 5 18 Harkless. 17:12 3-9 1-2 2-6 1 3 8 Plumlee.

35:07 6-11 0-0 7-15 3 4 12 4 24 .21:12 2-7 2-2 0-2 0 2 6 Crabbe. 37:52 5-9 1-1 0-3 2 3 13 Davis 15:50 3-3 2-4 3-4 1 4 8 Roberts 3:59 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 Totals 18-52 22 29 125 FG 406, FT .727. 3-Point Goals: 15-39, .385 (Lillard 5-18, McCollum 4-9, Aminu 3-6, Crabbe 2-3, Harkless 1-2, Henderson 0-1. Team Rebounds: 19. Team Turnovers: 16 (20 PTS).

Blocked Shots: 2 3, Henderson 2, Aminu 1, Harkless 1, Plumlee 1). Technical Fouls: None. Golden State 18 39 29 25 21 132 Portland 26 41 18 26 14 125 Curry is first unanimous Most Valuable Player 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Total .131 1,310 54 34 26 8 634 40 48 34 9 631 29 37 28 14 Russell Westbrook, OKC. Kevin Durant, OKC 7 22 32 147 Damian Lillard, Por. BIG 12 REPORTEDLY LOOKING INTO EXPANSION WITH SEVERAL SCHOOLS Now that talk of Big 12 expansion has returned, Houston, Memphis, Central Florida and Colorado State have been lobbying to join the league, according to a report from ESPN.com.

The report states West Virginia President Gordon Gee, one of three Big 12 presidents on the league's composition committee, made a trip to Houston in late November to tour the school's athletic facilities and speak to officials. The report also states Houston President Renu Khator followed up by forwarding Gee a spreadsheet of the football team's TV ratings in the Houston market during the 2015 season. Memphis began lobbying the conference in late February when President David Rudd penned a letter to Gee and copied the two other members of the composition committee Oklahoma President David Boren and Baylor president Ken Starr along with former Big 12 board chairman and Kansas State president Kirk Schulz. Rudd pledged that Memphis would be making a $500 million investment in academic and athletic infrastructure over the next five years. Rudd also enclosed a letter from FedEx chairman Fred Smith, who stated the deliver service based in Memphis will be behind the school's Big 12 push.

Smith also wrote that FedEx would be prepared to sponsor a potential Big 12 championship football game. ESPN.com also says the presidents at Colorado State and Central Florida sent brochures to Gee promoting their schools to join the Big 12, and Gee praised Colorado State last summer in a letter to school president Tony Frank. PENGUINS ELIMINATE CAPITALS Nick Bonino put a rebound past Braden Holtby 6:32 into overtime to give the Pittsburgh Penguins a 4-3 win over the Washington Capitals on Tuesday night to wrap up the hotly contested Eastern Conference semifinal in six games. The Capitals rallied from a three-goal deficit over the final 22 minutes of regulation, but Bonino's second goal of the playoffs sent the Penguins to the Eastern Conference final against Tampa Bay. Holtby made the initial stop on Carl Hagelin but Bonino, camped right outside the crease, tapped in the winner.

Phil Kessel scored twice for Pittsburgh, Hagelin added another and rookie Matt Murray made 36 saves. FROM WEB REPORTS Stephen Curry's desire to keep getting better while always striving to entertain at every stop on the schedule has the Golden State superstar being mentioned right along with the best ever, Michael Jordan and Magic Johnson. And he just turned 28. On Tuesday, Curry accomplished something those former stars never did: He is the first unanimous NBA MVP, earning the award for the second straight season after leading the defending champion Warriors to a record-setting season. "I never really set out to change the game.

I never thought that would happen in my career," Curry said. "What I wanted to do was be myself I know it inspires the next generation. You can work every day to get better." Curry is the 11th player in league history to be voted MVP in consecutive seasons and the first guard to do so since Steve Nash in 2004-05 and 2005-06. Curry received 1,310 points from the 130 media voters. WHITESIDE NOT WITH HEAT FOR GAME 5 Hassan Whiteside of the Miami Heat will not accompany his team to Toronto for Game 5 of the Eastern Conference semifinal series there on Wednesday night.

Whiteside did not play in Game 4 of the series on Monday. He sprained the medial collateral ligament in the knee while taking an awkward fall in Game 3. The Heat still plan to list him as day-to-day going forward. Game 6 of the series is Friday in Miami. Miami and Toronto have split the first four games of the series.

FROM WIRE REPORTS Warriors guard Stephen Curry was named the NBA's MVP for a second consecutive season, cap photo: He was followed in the vote by Kawhi Leonard of San Antonio, LeBron James of Cleveland and Oklahoma City teammates I Westbrook and Kevin Durant. OKLAHOMA SCENE Seminole State baseball's Simmons to retire Ratings for the Oklahoma City Thunder's first four games of its second-round series against the San Antonio Spurs are down 41 percent from a comparable second-round series against the Los Angeles Clippers in 2014. The Thunder averaged 13.6 for its first four games against the Spurs (9.3, 15.4, 13.9, 15.2), down significantly from the first four games against the Clippers (20.5, 25.5, 21.5, 24.9). Sports events May 3-9 1. San Antonio at OKC, NBA playoffs, Sunday, TNT, 15.2.

2. San Antonio at OKC, NBA playoffs, Friday, ESPN, 13.9. 3. Kentucky Derby, horse racing, Saturday, KFOR 9.3. 4 Cleveland at Atlanta, NBA playoffs, Sunday, KOCO-5, 4.9.

5. Golden State at Portland, NBA playoffs, Saturday, KOCO-5, 4.7. 5. Wells Fargo Championship fourth round, PGA Tour, Sunday, KWTV-9, 4.7. BY MEL BRACHT, STAFF WRITER Seminole State baseball coach Lloyd Simmons announced his retirement, effective June 30, the junior college announced on Tuesday.

Simmons is an Oklahoma baseball coaching legend, winning 1,800 games in 30 years. The Trojans have made 13 trips to the National Junior College Athletic Association World Series, finishing runner-up four times. More than 200 of Simmons' players signed professional contracts, with 43 of those playing in the major leagues. He was inducted into the NJCAA Baseball Hall of Fame in 1997. Simmons left Seminole in 2001 to work in professional baseball, including rookie manager of the Kansas City Royals and area scout for the New York Yankees.

He returned to Seminole in 2012 and continued his unprecedented success. "I appreciated the opportunity to return to the college and coach the past four years," Simmons said in a release. "I have enjoyed this opportunity to work with the young men in this program, my assistant coaches, alumni of the program, community supporters and my colleagues at the college during this time. "I appreciate the many fans and friends who have helped built the Trojan program." FORMER OU LINEMAN PICKED FIRST IN CFL DRAFT Former Oklahoma offensive tackle Josiah St. John was the first overall pick in Tuesday's Canadian Football League Draft by the Saskatchewan Roughriders.

St. John was ranked fifth among eligible picks but the four players ranked ahead of him three Canadians who played in the NCAA and one player who played for a Canadian college either were picked in the recent NFL Draft or have signed with NFL teams. The Ajax, Ontario, native started four games early in the season but after it was discovered that he was tipping whether or not the Sooners were going to pass or run with his stance during the game against Texas, he was removed from the lineup and played only sparingly. St. John is the first Sooners player to be taken in the CFL Draft and the first Big 12 player to be selected first overall.

But Oklahoma has a history of producing CFL players. Former OU quarterback Jack Jacobs was a second-round pick in the 1942 NFL Draft but made his biggest impact in the CFL, where he starred for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. Jacobs was a three-time all-star and in was inducted into the CFL Hall of Fame. Another former OU quarterback, J.C. Watts, played six seasons in the CFL, throwing for more than 12,000 yards and 66 touchdowns while rushing for more than 2,300 yards.

COWGIRLS WIN TWICE Kacy Freeze threw a two-hitter, and Brandi Needham tossed a one-hitter on Tuesday to help Oklahoma State win two games 1-0 over Tulsa and 8-0 over Connecticut at Cowgirl Stadium. Freeze did not walk any Tulsa batter and struck out five while improving to 16-8. Needham walked one and struck out three against UConn. Needham moved to 7-13. Oklahoma State (29-22) next plays No.

7-ranked Oklahoma at 6 p.m. Friday in Stillwater. HONOR ROLL Oklahoma sophomore Paige Parker was named Big 12 Pitcher of the Week for the fourth time this season. She did not allow an earned run while helping the No. 7-ranked Sooners go 4-0 last week.

Parker is one of 25 finalists for USA Softball Player of the Year. She has not given up an earned run in 23 straight innings and has allowed just two over the last 40 23 innings. FROM STAFF REPORTS The Class 4A girls state tennis runner-up was incorrectly listed in Sunday's editions of The Okla-homan. With 13 points, Perry finished second to Ada in the team standings..