M arch 21, 2001 Portland _ 1 _ Page B3 ^Jorlíanb (Bbeeruer _ M etro/Sports AFTER FIRE OPEN HOUSE Woods a Winner Again After Dramatic Finish O R L A N D O , F la.(A P ) - Say W oods was a w inner again g o o d b y e to th e slum p. S unday in the B ay H ill In v i W h atev er questions anyone tational, relying on fortunate had about w hat w as w rong w ith b o u n c e o f f a s p e c ta to r ’s T ig er W oods w ere answ ered neck and a sp ec ta cu lar shot Sunday w hen he hit 5-iron from to the 18th green for a one- 195 yards o f f a dead patch o f s tro k e v ic to ry o v e r P h il tram p led g rass, the ball p ierc M ickelson. ing th rough the w ind as it c a r T he putt w a sn ’t easy , but ried o v er th e w a te r and stopped M ickelson had no doubt that 15 feet from the hole. W oods w ould m ake it “ju s t Tiger Woods scores his first victory o f the “ I f I blow it at all, it’s in the because he norm ally do es year. w a te r,” W oods said. “ I hit that th a t.” shot so flush. W o o d s le t o u t a r o a r a n d Indeed, the w orld o f T ig er T he putt b ro k e gently to the pu n ch ed his fist th ree tim es in W oods w as back to norm al. rig h t and d ro pped for b ird ie as the air. W oods closed w ith a 3 -u n d er 69 and b ecam e o nly th e second p lay er to repeat as B ay Hill ch am pion. M ore im portantly, it w as his first v icto ry o f the year in seven to u rn am en ts, the long est he ev er has gone w ithout w in n in g to start a season. T he tim in g w a sn ’t back ei ther, w ith th e M asters ju s t three w eeks aw ay. “ I t ’s alw a y s n ice to w in ,” W oods said. “ It w as not a pretty round o f golf, but I got the ball in th e hole. 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Ju st three w eeks ago, they led the conference. “W e ’ve alw ays been able to get the big shot, get the big d e fensive stop, get ev erything that w e n e e d ,” s a id D am on Stoudam ire, w ho had six points. “W e’re not getting that right now. W e’re not getting that stop w hen we need it. W e’re not getting that bucket w hen w e need it. It’s frustrating, but nobody is going to feel sorry for us at this point. t W hatever we got to do, we got to do.” The Spurs, m eanw hile, con tinued a late-season charge. Led by D erek A nderson with 28 points and Tim D uncan, who scored 20 points and tied his career high w ith 23 rebounds, the c o n fere n ce-le ad in g Spurs w on for the 10th tim e in 11 gam es. It w as their second vic tory over the B lazers in that span. San A ntonio scored 14 co n secutive points to lead 24-10, including 3 -pointers by A nder son and T erry Porter and a three- point play by Sam aki W alker. W ith P ortland center A rvydas S abonis out for m ost o f the gam e after a fall and S cottie Pippen in foul trouble, the B lazers couldn’t overcom e w hat grew to a 17- p oint gap. T hey never cut the deficit to less than nine. “W e are playing very co n fi dently right now ,” D uncan said. “ W e know w hat to do and w e ’re doing it.” For the B lazers, it was the start o f a three-gam e road trip that continues T uesday night at D allas and T hursday night at U tah. “ W e have to fight for our lives and keep our p o sitio n ,” Stoudam ire said. “W e c a n ’td ro p any low er. T hings are sn o w b all ing right now. “ I know things can change throughout a season, but never in m y w ildest dream s w ould I have im agined that we w ould be in the position that we are in right now. W e’ll be in seventh by the end o f the w eek the w ay w e ’re playing right now .” Som e o f the B laze rs’ problem s have been pinned on R asheed W allace, w ho despite leading the team in scoring has picked up 37 technical fouls this season, one short o f the N B A record he set last year. On M onday night, W allace had 20 points. R eserve Steve Smith led Portland with 23 points, in cluding four 3-pointers. “ I t ’s p r e tty to u g h ,” said Pippen, who had six points, seven assists and seven rebounds. “We ju st have to continue to fight through it. I really d o n ’t have an answ er for it. W e ju st need to play h ard er— defend, ju st do the little things and stop team s from dom inating. R ight now, w e ’re not doing that. The first h alf show ed that.” Sabonis left the gam e early in the second quarter with ice on his left ankle after falling while trying to grab a rebound. 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