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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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