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2B – Daily News – Monday, May 9, 2011 PGA Continued from page 1B Against this field and on this golf course and in a tournament of this magni- tude, I'm thrilled." And against one of his best friends? That might have helped. Glover, in his first PGA Tour playoff, felt a sense of calmness playing against Byrd, who had won his last two tournaments in extra holes. And it showed. In regulation, Glover hooked his tee shot so far left that it settled under a spectator. He was given a drop, then watched the ball roll down the bank toward the stream as he got ready to hit it. Because he never grounded his club — that was his plan, given the lie on a side of a steep hill — he played the next shot without penalty. "Better stance, worse lie," he said. He managed a 6-iron just over the green, hit the most difficult chip he had all day to 7 feet and escaped with another par. In the playoff, however, Glover striped his tee shot down the middle and two-putted from 25 feet. Byrd, who went from a fairway bunker to the haz- ard left the green — just short of the stream — hit a difficult chip 25 by the hole and wound up with a bogey. "I'm a little disappointed just because you're here to win," Byrd said. "You love to compete, especially when you get in a playoff. You birdie the last, you feel like, 'Hey, this is just going to work out.' "If I couldn't win, I couldn't pick anybody else I'd want to win other than Lucas, so I'm very happy for him." Glover, who finished on 15-under 273, became the first player in the nine-year history of the tournament to post all four rounds in the 60s. He never would have seen this coming. He has been going through a divorce the past several months — "I'll probably leave that over there, if it's all right," he said, declined to comment on his personal life — and had only one top 10 over the last year. NBA Continued from page 1B game — 23 points, 16 rebounds and eight assists — and fill-in Jeff Teague came up with the Derrick Rose-like plays down the stretch to lead the Hawks past the Chicago Bulls 100- 88 Sunday night, evening the Eastern Conference semifinals at two games apiece. The Hawks snapped a nine-game home losing streak in the second round, their misery dating to a May 13, 1996, win against Orlando. Smith is frequently criti- cized by Atlanta fans for his inconsistent play. He heard nothing but cheers in this one, staying away from the outside jumpers, dominat- ing on the inside and find- ing the open man with crisp passes. Teague has been an even bigger surprise filling in for injured Kirk Hinrich, play- ing with the poise of a vet- eran instead of someone who played infrequently during the regular season and first round of the play- offs. He scored 12 points and doled out four assists, putting the capper on a late 10-0 run that broke open a game that had been tight and intense all the way. Driving toward the hoop with Kyle Korver draped all over him, Teague flipped up a shot as he was falling down. It banked in, giving the Hawks a safe lead, 94- 84, with 1:26 remaining. The second-year player bounced off the court with a big smile, bumping his teammates on the way to the bench. Someone held up a sign, ‘‘M-V-Teague.’’ The actual MVP scored 34 points. But Rose needed 32 shots to do it, and he wasn’t nearly as effective as he was in scoring a career- best 44 points in Game 3, leading the Bulls to a 99-82 rout that restored Chicago’s home-court advantage. The top-seeded Bulls can still close out the series simply by winning at home, but the Hawks know they’ll get at least one more home game. ‘‘Game 6 tickets are on sale now,’’ the Hawks pub- lic-address announcer said. After an embarrassing performance two nights earlier, the Hawks changed up their lineup. They had been dominated on the boards in the two previous games, so they went back to a bigger lineup that worked so well against Dwight Howard and Orlando in the opening round. Seven-footer Jason Collins started at center between Al Horford and Smith, putting Marvin Williams in a reserve role. Collins had a couple of early dunks, but he wound up playing less than 12 min- utes. More significant was the way Atlanta changed up its defense on Rose, charging at him with double-teams — even a few triple-teams — whenever it looked as though he was about to make a move toward the hoop. No one stops him completely, of course. Rose still had plenty of moves for the highlight film, including a soaring dunk of his own miss when no one blocked him out early on. But down the stretch, the Hawks clamped down on the Chicago star. Rose tied it at 84 on a drive with 4 1/2 minutes to go, but he missed his next shot, then turned it over twice before making a late basket that didn’t matter. He finished 12 of 32 from the field. Smith showed what he can do when he’s not sitting on the outside, launching up errant jumpers. In the deci- sive run, he played stifling defense on Rose, had a big rebound and dished out two nifty passes that set up dunks by Horford. Horford had his best game of the series, scoring 20 points on 9-of-11 shoot- ing. Joe Johnson led the Hawks with 24 points, knocking down some early shots to get over a rough showing in Game 3. Carlos Boozer had 18 points for Chicago, and Luol Deng added 13. Korv- er had an especially rough night, going 1 for 8 from the field. He missed all five of his 3-point attempts. The game was in single digits until the end. The Hawks ran to what was their biggest lead, 60-52, when Smith got out on a fast break and passed to Horford slicing in off the wing for a layup. Animal Kingdom likely to run in Preakness LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom will be heading back to his home turf to await a likely run in the second leg of the Triple Crown. He became the first horse in the 137-year history of the Derby to win in his debut on dirt, having run three times on synthetic sur- faces and once on the turf in his four previous races. Animal Kingdom will return to Maryland on Tuesday to begin preparations for the 1 3-16-mile Preakness on May 21 at Pimlico, about 60 miles from his home base at Fair Hill Training Center. Trainer Graham Motion wants to keep jockey John Velazquez on his colt for the Preakness, and it seems likely that will happen. Animal Kingdom's regular rider, Robby Albarado, broke his nose and had facial cuts and abra- sions after a spill Wednesday. He took himself off his mounts Thursday and Friday. That influ- enced the decision of Barry Irwin, who oversees the Team Valor part- nership that owns Animal King- dom. Irwin and Motion agreed to go with Velazquez, who was avail- able after Uncle Mo was scratched Friday. Albarado said he took the days off to prepare for the Derby, a decision he said "backfired." Uncle Mo's trainer, Todd Pletcher, said Sunday the colt wouldn't run in either of the final two Triple Crown races while the lingering ailment that is bothering him is diagnosed. That leaves Velazquez free to continue riding Animal Kingdom. "It would be a very hard deci- sion from me to get off this horse to go to another one," the jockey said after winning his first Derby in 13 tries. "That's just the way it is." Irwin said it's likely but not yet certain Animal Kingdom will continue on the Triple Crown trail. "I'm pretty sure we're going to do it, but I want to talk about it," he said Sunday. "I'm a careful guy, so let's see how he's doing. If you've got a horse that's amazing, Scoreboard MLB American League At A Glance By The Associated Press East Division WL Pct GB Tampa Bay 20 14 .588 — New York 18 13 .581 1/2 Boston 16 18 .471 4 Toronto 15 19 .441 5 Baltimore 14 19 .4245 1/2 Central Division WL Pct GB Cleveland 22 10 .688 — Kansas City 18 15 .5454 1/2 Detroit 17 18 .4866 1/2 Minnesota 12 20 .375 10 Chicago 12 22 .353 11 West Division Los Angeles 19 15 .559 — Texas A’s 17 17 .500 2 Seattle 16 18 .471 3 ——— Saturday’s Games National League At A Glance By The Associated Press WL Pct GB 18 16 .529 1 Boston 4, Minnesota 0 Tampa Bay 8, Baltimore 2 Detroit 9, Toronto 0 Kansas City 4, Oakland 3 Texas 7, N.Y.Yankees 5 Cleveland 4, L.A. Angels 3 Chicago White Sox 6, Seattle 0 Sunday’s Games Detroit 5, Toronto 2 Boston 9, Minnesota 5 Tampa Bay 5, Baltimore 3 N.Y.Yankees at Texas, 2:05 p.m. Oakland at Kansas City, 2:10 p.m. Cleveland at L.A. Angels, 3:35 p.m. Chicago White Sox at Seattle, 4:10 p.m. Monday’s Games Detroit (Scherzer 5-0) at Toronto (Morrow 1- 1), 4:07 p.m. Minnesota (Blackburn 2-4) at Boston (Beck- ett 2-1), 4:10 p.m. Oakland (Cahill 5-0) at Texas (C.Wilson 4- 1), 5:05 p.m. Chicago White Sox (E.Jackson 2-4) at L.A. Angels (E.Santana 1-3), 7:05 p.m. East Division WL Pct GB Philadelphia 22 11 .688 — Florida 20 13 .6062 1/2 Atlanta 29 16 .5434 1/2 Washington 16 18 .471 7 New York 15 19 .441 8 Central Division WL Pct GB St. Louis 20 15 .571 — Cincinnati 18 16 .5291 1/2 Pittsburgh 17 17 .5002 1/2 Chicago 15 18 .455 4 Milwaukee 14 20 .4125 1/2 Houston 13 21 .3826 1/2 West Division WL Pct GB Colorado 18 14 .563 — Giants 18 16 .529 1 Los Angeles 16 19 .4573 1/2 Arizona 15 18 .4553 1/2 San Diego 14 20 .412 5 ——— Saturday’s Games Chicago Cubs 3, Cincinnati 2 Milwaukee 4, St. Louis 0 Philadelphia 3, Atlanta 0 Pittsburgh 6, Houston 1 N.Y. Mets 4, L.A. Dodgers 2 Washington 5, Florida 2 Arizona 6, San Diego 0 San Francisco 3, Colorado 2 Sunday’s Games L.A. Dodgers 4, N.Y. Mets 2 Florida 8, Washington 0 Pittsburgh 5, Houston 4 St. Louis 3, Milwaukee 1 Cincinnati 2, Chicago Cubs 0 San Diego 4, Arizona 3 San Francisco 3, Colorado 0 Atlanta 5, Philadelphia 2 Monday’s Games L.A. Dodgers (Billingsley 2-1) at Pittsburgh (Karstens 2-1), 7:05 p.m. Philadelphia (Blanton 0-1) at Florida (Vazquez 2-2), 7:10 p.m. Cincinnati (T.Wood 1-3) at Houston (An.Rodriguez 0-0), 8:05 p.m. San Diego (Latos 0-4) at Milwaukee (Greinke 0-1), 8:10 p.m. N.Y. Mets (Capuano 2-3) at Colorado (Chacin 4-2), 8:40 p.m. Tuesday’s Games L.A. Dodgers at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m. Philadelphia at Florida, 7:10 p.m. Washington at Atlanta, 7:10 p.m. Cincinnati at Houston, 8:05 p.m. St. Louis at Chicago Cubs, 8:05 p.m. San Diego at Milwaukee, 8:10 p.m. N.Y. Mets at Colorado, 8:40 p.m. Arizona at San Francisco, 10:15 p.m. NHL Playoff Glance CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS (Best-of-7) EASTERN CONFERENCE Tampa Bay 4,Washington 0 Friday, April 29:Tampa Bay 4, Washington 2 Sunday, May 1: Tampa Bay 3, Washington 2, OT Tuesday, May 3: Tampa Bay 4, Washington 3 Wednesday, May 4: Tampa Bay 5, Wash- ington 3 Boston 4, Philadelphia 0 Saturday, April 30: Boston 7, Philadelphia 3 Monday, May 2: Boston 3, Philadelphia 2, OT Wednesday, May 4: Boston 5, Philadelphia 1 Friday, May 6: Boston 5, Philadelphia 1 WESTERN CONFERENCE Vancouver 3, Nashville 2 Thursday, April 28:Vancouver 1, Nashville 0 Saturday, April 30: Nashville 2, Vancouver 1, 2OT Tuesday, May 3: Vancouver 3, Nashville 2, OT Thursday, May 5:Vancouver 4, Nashville 2 Saturday, May 7: Nashville 4, Vancouver 3 Monday, May 9: Vancouver at Nashville, 5 p.m. x-Wednesday, May 11: Nashville at Vancou- ver, TBA San Jose 3, Detroit 2 Friday, April 29: San Jose 2, Detroit 1, OT Sunday, May 1: San Jose 2, Detroit 1 Wednesday, May 4: San Jose 4, Detroit 3, OT Friday, May 6: Detroit 4, San Jose 3 Sunday, May 8: Detroit 4, San Jose 3 Tuesday, May 10: San Jose at Detroit, 5 p.m. x-Thursday, May 12: Detroit at San Jose, TBA Pacquiao wins lopsided decision over Mosley LAS VEGAS (AP) — Manny Pac- quiao caught Shane Mosley early, then chased him the rest of the night. Not much more he could do against an aging fighter who seemed only to want to survive. Pacquiao won a lopsided 12-round decision Saturday night, retaining his ver- sion of the welterweight title in a fight that was roundly booed over the late rounds because Mosley refused to trade punches. Pacquiao won every round on two ring- side scorecards in extending the remark- able run that has made him the most excit- ing fighter in the sport. He also won the ungrudging respect of a veteran fighter who has been in with some of the best in the world. "I fought the best fighter in the world," Mosley said. "He has exceptional power, power that I've never been hit like this before." Pacquiao knocked down Mosley with a left hook in the third round, a punch that sapped Mosley's willingness to engage. Pacquiao ran after Mosley the rest of the fight, but the former champion who has never been stopped in 18 years in the ring managed to stay away enough to finish the 12th round upright. Pacquiao won 120-108 on one score- card, 120-107 on a second and 119-108 on the third. The Associated Press had him winning 118-110. For Mosley, the fight was strikingly similar to his bout a year ago against Floyd Mayweather Jr. — except this time Mosley didn't even land a big punch like he did early on against Mayweather. Mosley's biggest moment on this night came when referee Kenny Bayless mis- takenly ruled that Mosley knocked Pac- quiao down in the 10th round when he didn't even hit him with a punch. The knockdown that wasn't spurred Pacquiao on as he went after Mosley the rest of the round and again in the 11th. By then the crowd was cheering "Knock him out! Knock him out!" but Pacquiao — bothered by a cramp in his left leg since the fourth round — didn't have enough to finish him off. "It wasn't my best performance," Pac- quiao said. "I did my best. I did not expect this result." The closest Mosley got to Pacquiao all night came at the beginning of the 12th round when he hugged Pacquiao before the two went about finishing their busi- ness. That took some of the fire out of Pacquiao, who didn't really go after the knockout in the final round. Promoter Bob Arum defended putting Mosley in the ring against Pacquiao despite signs in Mosley's last two fights that his reflexes were slipping. "Nobody can really perform against him," Arum said. "Some of these guys are pretty good fighters, but nobody in their whole experience has ever faced some- body like Pacman. Everybody is going to look the same way." Pacquiao (54-3-2, 38 knockouts) was a 7-1 favorite and also the favorite of the crowd that gathered expecting to see another one of his thrilling performances. That he couldn't deliver was the only bad part of the night for a fighter who doubles as a congressman in his native Philip- pines. It wasn't the distractions of trying to do two jobs well, Pacquiao said, but leg prob- lems that first cropped up in his fight last November against Antonio Margarito. "I thought Shane did a great job, he had some speed," Pacquiao said. "I couldn't move because my left leg got tight. It's a problem I've been having lately. I'm going to work on my legs in future training camps." Mosley (46-7-1-1) said he thought he did a good job despite losing round after round, and wouldn't blame his bad perfor- mance on the fact he is 39 and has been fighting ever since he was a child. Mosley was tentative from the open- ing bell, moving backward and unwill- ing to engage Pacquiao. With good rea- son, because a left hook by Pacquiao found its mark with a minute left in the third round and put Mosley on the can- vas for only the third time in his 18-year pro career. you can go for the Preakness. But your regular, average Derby win- ner has a real tough time coming back." Animal Kingdom proved his pedigree as a turf horse wrong in the Derby. "Some of the best horses were ones who were able to handle both (turf and dirt)," Motion said. "He appears to be one of those great horses that can handle both." There are 20 people in the Team Valor partnership that owns Animal Kingdom.