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WNBA Basketball player's Tammi Reese (top left) of the Utah Stars and Ruthie Bolton-Holifield (top
right) of the Sacramento Monarchs, paid a visit to the local Boy's & Girl's Club. Ms. Bolton-Holifield is
the national director o f "Play Fit - Stay Fit" also pictured are Bottom (I to r) Xavier Brown, Ma'aloom
Shamsuadin, and Whitney Clunes-Myer.
GOLF WOODS SAYS HE FEELS JOROAN-LIKE PRESSURE
L ik e n in g h im s e lf to M ic h a e l
J o rd a n w h en it c o m e s to e x p e c ­
ta tio n s h e a p e d on h im . T ig e r
W o o d s sa y s h is g o lf g a m e is
b e tte r th a n w h en he ran a w a y
w ith th e M a ste rs la st y e a r w ith
a I 2 - s tr o k e v ic to ry .
W o o d s, fre sh fro m h is firs t
v ic to ry on th e PG A T o u r in 10
m o n th s , a rriv e d h e re on T u e s ­
d a y fo r th e B y ro n N e lso n C la s ­
s ic an d sa id “ i t ’s ju s t a m a tte r
o f g e ttin g th e rig h t b re a k s at
th e rig h t tim e , th e n y o u w ill
w in.
“ I ’ve b een re a lly , re a lly c lo se
th is y e a r, b u t I g o t a lo t o f
b re a k s in th e fin a l ro u n d ( la s t)
S u n d a y ,” sa id W o o d s, 22.
“ I t ’s ju s t lik e M ic h a e l ( J o r ­
d a n ), M J, he g o e s o u t and sc o re s
20 p o in ts an d t h a t ’s p re tty g o o d
an d p e o p le w o n d e r w h a t’s
w r o n g ,” sa id W o o d s, w h o w on
la st y e a r ’s B y ro n N e lso n C la s ­
sic in h is firs t a p p e a ra n c e sin c e
h is h is to r ic M a ste rs v ic to ry .
“ M y o v e ra ll g a m e is m o re
c o n s is te n t th a n la st y e a r, my
s tro k e a v e ra g e is lo w e r an d I
th in k I ’m p la y in g b e t t e r ,”
W o o d s sa id .
“ P e o p le g o t c a u g h t up in th e
m e d ia h y p e an d it all s n o w ­
b a lle d la st y e a r ,” sa id W o o d s,
w h o se w in n in g m a rg in w as th e
la rg e s t in M a ste rs h is to ry . “ It
w as h a rd to g o th ro u g h , e s p e ­
c ia lly fo r a p e rso n m y ag e . I
d o n ’t th in k it w ill b e lik e th a t
a g a in , b u t i f it d o e s , h o p e fu lly
I ’ll k n o w how to h a n d le it b e ­
c a u s e I ’ve b e e n th ro u g h it b e ­
f o r e .”
W o o d s is ra n k e d n u m b e r o n e
t h i s w e e k , l a r g e l y o n th e
s tr e n g th o f h is v ic to ry in la st
w e e k ’s B ell S o u th C la s s ic , b u t
t h e c u r r e n t O f f i c i a l W o r ld
R a n k in g sy ste m h as c h a n g e d
le a d e rs a lm o s t w e e k ly .
T h is w e e k ’s fie ld c o n ta in s
m a n y o f W o o d s ’ c o m p e tito rs
fo r th e to p sp o t in c lu d in g E rn ie
E ls ( r a n k e d N o . 2 ) , J u s t i n
L e o n a rd (6 ), an d N ick P ric e ,
( 8 ) a n d P h il M ic k e ls o n ( 9 ) ,
a lo n g w ith M a ste rs c h a m p io n
M ark O ’M eara.
L e a d in g PG A T o u r m o n e y
w in n e r D a v id D u v a l, w h o has
w o n fiv e tim e s sin c e last O c to ­
b e r, w a s in th is w e e k ’s fie ld b u t
w ith d re w late M o n d ay n ig h t c it­
in g m e n ta l e x h a u s tio n .
W o o d s sa id h is g o al in th e
w e e k s b e f o r e th e 1998 U .S .
O p e n w a s to g e t h is g a m e in th e
b e s t s h a p e p o s s ib le .
“ I w a n t m y g am e to peak th re e
m o re tim e s th is y e a r. I p la y
th e s e to u r n a m e n ts fo r fu n an d
b e c a u s e I e n jo y th e c o m p e ti­
tio n , b u t I w an t my g a m e to
p e a k a ro u n d th e m a jo r s .”
A fte r p la y in g la st w eek in A t­
la n ta an d th is w eek at th e B y ro n
N e ls o n , W o o d s is e x p e c te d to
sk ip n e x t w e e k ’s C o lo n ia l to u r ­
n a m e n t in n e a rb y F o rt W o rth .
H e w ill p la y in Ja c k N ic k la u s ’
M e m o ria l to u rn a m e n t th e f o l­
lo w in g w eek an d m ay p la y o n e
m o re tim e b e fo re th e U .S . O p e n
at T he O ly m p ic C lu b in San
F ra n c is c o , Ju n e 18-21.
W o o d s, E ls and L e o n a rd w on
th e firs t th re e m a jo r c h a m p io n ­
s h ip s la st y e a r (M a s te rs , U .S.
O p e n , B r itis h O p e n ) b e f o r e
D a v is L o v e III c a p tu re d the
PG A
C h a m p io n s h ip
w ith
L e o n a rd se c o n d .
W o o d s s a id n e x t m o n th ’s
O p e n is th e n e x t c h a n c e fo r a
g o lf e r to p ro v e h is to p ra n k in g
a m o n g his p e e rs.
NEWÎ1 MOTEL 6
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But O ’Neal responded with a layup
and Jones made three free throws to
put the Lakers ahead 103 -9 1. And it
was all over for the Sonics.
O ’Neal scored eight points in the
third quarter when the Lakers held off
the Lakers and took an 86-76 lead. Van
Exel hit two 3-pointers for Los Ange­
les in the final 3:45 o f the quarter.
The Lakers led 62-50 at the half
despite a 19-5 run by the Sonics over
the firs, 5:39 o f the second quarter.
That run came with O ’Neal resting
on the bench. I, was a different story
when he got back.
After Payton’s 3-pointer cut Los
Angeles’ lead to 44-41, the Lakers
took a timeout and O ’Neal returned
to the game. He made a layup and
then added two free throws after be­
ing fouled by Jerome Kersey.
With 2:36 left, O ’Neal hit a short
baseline jum per to put the Lakers
ahead 58-48.
Los Angeles shot 23-for-31 from
the field in the first half, including 8-
for-12 in the second quarter.
In the opening period, the Lakers got
four 3-pointers from Fox and shot 15-
tor-19 to take a 39-22 lead. The Lakers,
who twice led by 18 points, took a 29-13
with 3:40 left in the quarter after a 23-4
run. Fox had 12 points and O ’Neal 10 in
the firs, period.
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“ W e’re all playing well right
now, but nobody has broken away
from the pack. It’s like when I was
grow ing up w atching N icklaus and
Palmer, W atson and W adkins, now
week in and week out it’s going to
be one o f us.”
The Byron Nelson tournam ent is
sold out for the second straight year
largely due to W oods’ appearance.
The $2.5 million total purse pays
$450,000 to the w inning golfer on
Sunday.
The Los Angeles Lakers have the
most momentum in the playoffs and
it has carried them to their first West­
ern Conference final since 1991.
The Lakers, getting 31 points, nine
rebounds and eight blocked shots
from ShaquilleO ’Neal, finished their
rout o f the Seattle SuperSonics with
a 110-95 victory Tuesday night.
The Lakers, who won 22 o f their
last 25 regular-season games and beat
Portland 3 -1 in the opening round o f
the playoffs, lost the first game o f the
best-of-7 series to the Sonics then
won four straight.
The Lakers advanced to the con­
ference finals against Utah, which
beat San Antonio 87-77 Tuesday
night to win the other semifinal in
five games. The conference finals
start Saturday in Salt Lake City.
It was a painful night forthe Sonics,
whose coach, George Karl, isn’t ex­
pected to be back next season. Karl’s
contract expires on July 1 and he
probably w on’t be offered a new one
by Seattle despite his regular-season
winning percentage o f .719.
Eddie Jones and Rick Fox each
had 17 points for the Lakers, while
Nick Van Exel had 15. Los Angeles
set a franchise playoff record with 13
3-pointers, five by Fox.
Vin Baker led Seattle with 28
points, while Gary Payton added 20.
The Lakers shot 56.3 percent (36-
for- 64) in beating Seattle, a team that
had a 3-1 edge on them during the
regular season, forthe second straight
time in the KeyArena.
After the Sonics won the series
opener, they didn’t have a chance
against the Lakers and their incred­
ible center, the 7-foot-1,315-pound
O ’Neal.
In the fourth quarter, the Sonics
g o , w ith in 98-91 a fte r D e tle f
Schrem pfscored on a hook shot with
5:15 to go.
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