CAL OUTLASTS OREGON AT HARMON, KIDD, MURRAY FARE WELL By JOHN AKERS Mercury News Staff Writer BERKELEY -- If it indeed was the last time Jason Kidd walked off the floor at Harmon Arena as a Cal player, he again gave the folks plenty to talk about -- and not just because the Bears struggled to an uncomfortably close 82-73 victory Thursday over Oregon. If Kidd and Lamond Murray -- generally recognized as the greatest player and greatest scorer in school history, respectively -- are headed for the NBA after the season is over, as it is commonly assumed they will, their final game in the Bay Area will be Saturday against Oregon State at the Coliseum Arena. Students chanted ''One more year! One more year!'' as Kidd shot free throws with 14 seconds remaining. Murray scored 26 points, and Kidd scored 25 and broke the Pacific 10 Conference's single-season assists record. Kidd also revealed a temper he usually is able to contain. Cal's Anwar McQueen was handling the ball, coming down the right side, and he flipped it to Kidd, who in one motion threw behind his back to Murray. Kidd and Oregon defenders crashed, and he went berserk when the offensive foul was called on him. Kidd swore in the face of official Alan Moberg, who made the call, and bumped the arm of another, Willis McJunkin, in trying to get their attention. As Kidd went to the bench for what would be all but four of the game's final nine minutes, students threw ice on the floor. Cal Coach Todd Bozeman then grabbed the public-address microphone and admonished the students. ''Hey, hey, hey, hey,'' he said. ''It's OK if you cheer and disagree. But don't throw things on the floor. One, you could get a tech (technical foul). Two, someone could slip on the ice and get hurt. So don't throw anything on the floor, OK?'' KIDD, MURRAY STRONG EARLY In the first half, Kidd and Murray certainly played as if this were their last game at Harmon. Twenty-seven of their points came in the first half. The Ducks made a run at the Bears in the second half, their first six baskets coming on three-pointers -- four by Jeff Potter, two by Orlando Williams -- to pull within 50-46. The Ducks, who made eight three-pointers in the second half, trailed only 77-73 going into the final minute. For the first half, at least, Kidd and Murray toyed with the Ducks, stringing together highlight play after highlight play, hooking up on Cal's first basket of the game with a Kidd-to-Murray alley-oop dunk with a twist -- the pass was thrown baseball-style by Kidd, who claims he wants to play in the outfield for the Bears this spring. FLASH FOR NAUGHT Another spectacular Kidd pass resulted in no points for the Bears. Kidd, racing downcourt on the break, leaped into the lane, did a 360-degree spin and tossed the ball behind his head to Akili Jones, who missed the layup. And then there was the time when, penned in the lane by three defenders, Kidd casually flipped the ball over them left-handed for the basket. Kidd turned down one breakaway dunk in the first half, flipping the ball back to Jones, who finished the play this time for a layup that enabled Kidd to tie the Pacific 10 Conference single-season assists record of 247, set by Russell Brown of Arizona in 1978-'79. ROUTINE PLAY SETS MARK Kidd broke the record with 4 minutes, 6 seconds left in the half, on a routine pass to Murray for a turnaround jumper from the baseline. Murray was equally spectacular, particularly on a fastbreak dunk that practically sent him flying horizontally toward the basket. The Bears led 21-9 early in the half, such a comfortable lead that walk-on Olatunji Dean was sent in, with 11:24 left in the half. It was Dean's first appearance in a game that wasn't already decided or a game in which foul troubles hadn't reduced the Bears to four scholarship players. Jones, a senior, started for the first time this season, in what definitely was his last game at Harmon. As for Kidd and Murray, they'll let us know in a month or two. COLLEGE BASKETBALL: TOP-25 GAME SUMMARY - (20) CALIFORNIA 82, OREGON 73 ***** TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL GAME SUMMARY ***** (THURSDAY, MARCH 3RD) FINAL SCORE: (20) CALIFORNIA 82, OREGON 73 JASON KIDD SCORED 25 POINTS AND DISHED OUT MARK FOR ASSISTS AS HE WENT BY ARIZONA'S RUSSELL BROWN'S OLD RECORD OF 247. KIDD NOW HAS 249 ASSISTS THIS SEASON. THE GAME LOOKED LIKE IT WAS GOING TO BE AN EASY WIN FOR CAL, AS IT LED BY 41-26 AT HALFTIME. HOWEVER, OREGON RIPPED OFF A 20-9 RUN TO OPEN THE SECOND HALF TO GET BACK INTO THE CONTEST. THE CLOSEST THE DUCKS GOT WAS TWO POINTS, BUT THE MORE TALENTED BEARS HELD OFF THE LATE CHARGE FOR THE FIFTH STRAIGHT WIN OVER THEIR CONFERENCE FOE. LAMOND MURRAY BOLSTERED THE CAL OFFENSE WITH 26 POINTS. OREGON WAS LED ORLANDO WILLIAMS' 22 POINTS. THE DUCKS DROPPED TO 9-15 AND 5-10 IN THE LEAGUE. GAME NOTES ---------- CAL IS 13-2 AT HOME....BROWN PLAYED FOR THE WILDCATS FROM 1977-81. MURRAY NOW TRAILS KEVIN JOHNSON BY 64 POINTS FOR THE SCHOOL'S SCORING RECORD OF 1,655.