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ByBrettMartel TheAssociatedPress NEWORLEANS AnthonyDavis scored 23 of his 29 points in the second half, including two free throws with 9 seconds left, and the New Orleans Pel- icans moved into eighth place in the Western Conference with a 103-100 victory over the Golden State Warriors on Tues- day night. Stephen Curry scored 25 points, hitting five 3-point- ers, but his final attempt that would have tied the game went in and out. That allowed the Pelicans to move back into the West's last playoff spot by a half-game over Oklahoma City, which lost to San Antonio. Now New Orleans, which has not participated in the postseason since 2011, has five games left to hold on to a play- off spot and owns a tiebreaker over the Thunder. The Pelicans, who overcame a double-digit halftime deficit, also needed a late surge to pull out arguably their biggest vic- tory this season. After Curry's layup gave the Warriors a 95-92 lead with 3:04 left, the Pelicans re- sponded with an 8-0 run dur- ing which they benefited from three Golden State turnovers. NBA PelicanstopWarriors, moveintoeighthspot GoldenStatematchesseason-highlosingstreakatameretwogames GERALDHERBERT—THEASSOCIATEDPRESS New Orleans Pelicans forward Anthony Davis (23) pulls down a crucial rebound in front of Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green in the final minute of the second half Tuesday in New Orleans. GERALD HERBERT — ASSOCIATED PRESS Golden State's Stephen Curry (30) drives to the basket in front of New Orleans' Ryan Anderson on Tuesday in New Orleans. PELICANS103,WARRIORS100 Up next: Portland Trail Blazers at Golden State Warriors, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, TV on TNT. THESCORE By Josh Dubow The Associated Press SANJOSE San Jose general man- ager Doug Wilson said his team might need to take a step back- ward after last year's historic playoff collapse if the Sharks wanted to eventually reach their goal of a Stanley Cup champion- ship. That step was bigger than even Wilson anticipated and has left the Sharks out of the playoffs for the first time since the 2002- 03 season. San Jose was officially elim- inated from playoff contention Monday night and will be play- ing out the string in the final two games for the first time in more than a decade. "We've been through a lot to- gether and it hasn't been a lot of fun the past few months," coach Todd McLellan said Tuesday. "Let's make sure we're still play- ing for each other and we're still playing hard." The Sharks play in Edmon- ton on Thursday and then fin- ish the season in Los Angeles on Saturday when they could have a chance to knock the Kings out of the playoffs to provide perhaps a slight bright spot to a disap- pointing season. After that, the team will face an uncertain future with the sta- NHL Sharksmissplayoffs,1sttimesince2003 San Jose never quite recovered from historic playoff loss in rough follow-up this season GEORGE NIKITIN — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Dallas Stars' Colton Sceviour (22) scores a goal past San Jose Sharks goalie Alex Stalock during the first period Monday in San Jose. For the past year, the 17-year- old has lived in a shelter in Afghanistan's capital, hoping for a new life away from the sexual abuse that turned her family inside out. Her father abused her from age 9. ABUSE ForAfghanwomen, violence still common FULL STORY ON PAGE B6 Global warming is harming Americans' health, President Barack Obama said Tuesday as he announced steps gov- ernment and businesses will take to better understand and deal with the problem. WASHINGTON, D.C. Obama: Climate change hurts Americans' health FULL STORY ON PAGE B5 By Rich Greene rgreene@redbluffdailynews.com @richgreenenews on Twitter RED BLUFF Tehama County PAL will raffle of a baseball bat signed by the 2014 World Series cham- pion San Francisco Giants on Monday, in conjunction with the team's home opener. Money raised by the fund- raiser will be used to support the county's Junior Giants and Read Around the Bases programs. Raffle tickets are $5 and are still available at the Tehama County Library. The drawing will be held at 4:30 p.m. Monday at the library. You need not be present to win. The Junior Giants is a sum- mer baseball league, run free of charge for children ages 5-18. It is sponsored by the San Fran- cisco Giants Community Fund. PAL has programs set up in Corning, Cottonwood, Los Mo- linos, Rancho Tehama and Red Bluff. Autographed names on the bat include: Ehire Adrianza, Joa- quin Arias, Madison Bumgarner, Brandon Belt, Gregor Blanco, Bruce Bochy, Matt Cain, Santiago Casilla, Tyler Colvin, Eric Cordier, Brandon Crawford, Chris Domin- quez, Tim Flannery, Juan Gutier- rez, Heath Hembree, Tim Hud- son, Derek Law, Tim Lincecum, Javier Lopez, Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens, Angel Pagan, Joe Panik, Jake Peavy, Hunter Pence, Juan Perez, Buster Posey, Guillermo Quiroz, Sergio Romo, Dan Run- zler, Hector Sanchez, Pablo San- doval, Ryan Vogelsong FUNDRAISER SF Giants bat with autographs set in raffle Donations to raise money for Tehama County PAL RICH GREENE — RED BLUFF DAILY NEWS A baseball bat autographed by the World Series champion San Francisco Giants will be raffled off Monday to raise money for Tehama County Pal. Tickets are $5and available at the library. By Doug Ferguson The Associated Press AUGUSTA, GA. Tiger Woods hit the ball so pure that he felt like a 14-time major champion. Before long, the swing left him and he re- sembled a guy who couldn't break 80. He became so frustrated that he even threw a few clubs because of a game that had never been so maddening. This wasn't Woods playing in the Masters. This was the last seven weeks when he was trying to decide if he should even show up. "I worked my (tail) off," Woods said Tuesday with a smile of sat- isfaction. "That's the easiest way to kind of describe it. I worked hard. ... People would never un- derstand how much work I put into it to come and do this again. But it was sunup to sundown, GOLF Woods back at the Masters and expecting to win again The Red Bluff Spartans (14- 3) play Etna (7-3) at 10a.m. today in the opening round of the Shasta Lake Bass Easter Baseball Classic hosted by Central Valley. BASEBALL Spartans open up play at CV tournament The Red Bluff Derby Girls visit the Southern Oregon Rollergirls at 5p.m. Saturday in Medford, Oregon at the Medford Armory. ROLLER DERBY Red Bluff Derby Girls visiting Oregon for bout MASTERS PAGE 2 SHARKS PAGE 2 WARRIORS PAGE 2 SPORTS » redbluffdailynews.com Wednesday, April 8, 2015 MORE AT FACEBOOK.COM/RBDAILYNEWS AND TWITTER.COM/REDBLUFFNEWS B1