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ByTimReynolds TheAssociatedPress CLEVELAND For all the criticism of Golden State's Draymond Green and his penchant for committing flagrant fouls during these play- offs, Wednesday may have brought the harshest words yet. The critic: Green himself. Saying he let the Warriors down and that he was a "terrible team- mate," Green spoke on how it pained him to be suspended for Game 5 of the NBA Finals — and how he will make amends Thurs- day night in Game 6, when the Warriors visit the Cleveland Cava- liers and get a second shot at win- ning what would be their second straight championship. "I owe to my teammates to come back and give all that I have, all that I can do to better this situa- tion," Green said. "I have strong be- lief that if I play Game 5, we win. But I didn't because I put myself in a situation where I wasn't able to play." Golden State leads the series 3-2, but now knows it will play the rest of the series without starting cen- ter Andrew Bogut because of a left NBA FINALS GREEN VOWS TO BE BETTER FOR TEAM Golden State's power forward will be available for Game 6 a er serving a one game suspension GoldenState Warriors forward Green and Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James have words during the second half of Game 4of the NBA Finals on Friday. The Warriors won 108-97. RON SCHWANE — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS TONY DEJAK — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Golden State Warriors' Draymond Green will return for Game 6of the NBA Finals against the Cleveland Cavaliers on Thursday night. By Doug Ferguson The Associated Press OAKMONT, PA. One year before Jordan Spieth was born, Phil Mickelson made his professional debut with a 68 in the 1992 U.S. Open at Pebble Beach and was two shots out of the lead. The next day, he shot 81 and missed the cut. All these years later, Mickel- son is still chasing the one major he thought he would have won by now. He turns 46 on Thursday when the U.S. Open returns to Oakmont for the ninth time, and that only adds to the urgency. No one that old has ever won the U.S. Open. Only three play- ers that old have won a major — Julius Boros, Jack Nicklaus and Old Tom Morris. But the only time Mickel- son showed his age is when he flew home to San Diego for the eighth-grade graduation of daughter Sophia. "It's just important for me to be there for that stuff," Mick- elson said Wednesday. "At 46 years old now, come tomorrow, those are the difference that I'll have, where a lot of the young guys in their 20s don't really have to think about it yet. But it's also brought me some of the greatest joy in my life." The U.S. Open? Not so much. His six runner-up finishes are a record. His double bogey on the 72nd hole at Winged Foot is the one moment that still eats at him. And it's hard for him to ignore the significance of win- ning a U.S. Open, which is all that keeps him from the career Grand Slam. "I could BS you and tell you I don't think about it," he said. GOLF Mickelson keeps chasing elusive US Open By Janie McCauley The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO With such a big cushion on the scoreboard, this might have been just a time for Johnny Cueto to start that spon- taneous wiggling, dancing and having fun on the mound. All that movement earned him a costly, debated balk his last time out. Cueto stuck to his delivery and did just fine. He struck out nine over seven innings for his team- leading 10th victory, and the San Francisco Giants completed a sweep of the Milwaukee Brewers with a 10-1 win Wednesday. "Today was a good day to do it, winning by a lot of runs," he said with a smile about celebrating some from the mound. "It didn't come out." Buster Posey hit a bases-loaded, two-run single in the third to get things going on a big offensive day, and Matt Duffy followed with an RBI single against Jimmy Nel- son (5-6) as the Giants used a bal- anced hitting attack on the way to their fifth straight win. "I gain confidence when my teammates are scoring runs for me," Cueto said. "I hope we con- tinue doing that." Four Giants had three hits to help NL West-leading San Fran- cisco (41-26) move a season-high 15 games over .500. Cueto (10-1) won his eighth straight against the Brewers, sev- enth consecutive decision overall and the Giants improved to 12-2 in his outings, including April 5 at Milwaukee. Cueto, who pitched for the Cincinnati Reds in the NL Central, is 11-3 in 20 career starts against Milwaukee. "It was nice to get some runs and make it a little easier," man- ager Bruce Bochy said. "We've been playing a lot of tight games so it was nice to be able to take him out after seven and give him a breather." After a season-best four-hit night in Tuesday's 3-2 win, Posey had two more singles and finished the series 8 for 12 to raise his av- erage from .251 to .274. In the third, Duffy later scored on Milwaukee's second throwing error of the inning to make it 4-0. The Giants added on a four-run fourth, too, highlighted by Angel Pagan's run-scoring double and RBI singles from Joe Panik and Jarrett Parker. Gregor Blanco, Duffy, Pagan and Panik all had three hits as the Giants wrapped up their homes- tand with an 11th victory in the last 13 games at AT&T Park. "We didn't do ourselves any favors," Brewers manager Craig Counsell said of a four-error day. "We didn't play a good defensive game." After a leadoff single to Jona- than Villar, Cueto still faced the minimum through three with Vil- lar getting caught stealing. Cueto became the 13th pitcher to win as many as eight straight against Milwaukee in the club's history and the Giants earned their fifth sweep this season. NATIONAL LEAGUE Cueto, Giants trounce Brewers Staff reports CASPER, WYOMING Taylor San- tos walked away with his first national championship in the tie- down roping at the 2014 College National Finals Rodeo (CNFR) as a freshman. When he earned that title he was competing for Cal Poly State University — San Luis Obispo. He qualified again last year com- peting for Cal Poly. Then in the fall, he made the journey to Texas moving to Huntsville and joining the ranks of the Sam Houston State University Bearkats. He had a blazing-fast run in the third round at the first per- formance of the rodeo on Tues- day night, stopping the clock in 7.5 seconds. That is the fastest time here so far through two pre- liminary rounds held on Monday and Tuesday. His success in the third round gave him command of the over- all standings. He has a total time of 29.2 seconds on three runs. Ben Walker from the University of Tennessee — Martin is in sec- ond with 31.3. Santos, who is from Creston, was just one-tenth of a second off of the arena record of 7.4 seconds set at the 2015 CNFR by Blane Cox from Hill (Hillsboro, Texas) Col- lege. He now has to wait through three more performances to see if he qualifies for Saturday night's final round and has a chance to earn another championship here. Last year's Rookie of the Year in the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association in the steer wrestling is also having success here. J.D. Struxness from Appleton, Minn., has been attending Northwest- ern Oklahoma State University. His coach, Stockton Graves, has plenty of steer wrestling experi- ence which may be rubbing off. Struxness is leading the third round of competition with a 4.0-second run and the overall standings with a total time of 13.9 seconds on three. If he qualifies for the finals on Saturday night and leaves Casper in that first- place position it would be his first National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association steer wrestling title. The following are current lead- ers from the College National Fi- nals Rodeo after the first perfor- mance Tuesday night, courtesy of the National Intercollegiate Ro- deo Association. Bareback Riding: (third round) 1, Chad Rutherford, McNeese State University, 76 points. 2, Lo- gan Patterson, Panhandle State University, 72. 3, EdMiles Har- vey, University of New Mexico, 69. 4, Cache Hill, University of Great Falls, 67.5. (total on three) 1, Lo- gan Patterson, Panhandle State University, 209. 3, Cache Hill, University of Great Falls, 203.5. 4, Blake Smith, Dickisnson State University, 201. Tie-Down Roping: (third round) 1, Taylor Santos, Sam Houston State University, 7.5 sec- onds. 2, Ben Walker, University of Tennessee — Martin, 8.3. 3, Jarrett Oestmann, Iowa Central Community College, 10.1. 4, Taylor Skinner, Montana State Univer- sity, 14.7. (total on three) 1, Taylor Santos, Sam Houston State Uni- versity, 29.2. 2, Ben Walker, Uni- versity of Tennessee — Martin, 31.3. 3, Bryce Bott, Casper Col- lege, 51.7. (on two) Jarrett Oest- mann, Iowa Central Community College, 19.0. Steer wrestling: (third round) 1, J.D. Struxness, Northwestern Oklahoma State University, 4.0 COLLEGE RODEO Santoshavingsuccessagain Former champion dominating at National Finals NBAFINALS Up Next: Warriors at Cleveland When: Thursday, 6 p.m. TV: ABC Series: Warriors lead 3-2 TUNEIN FINALS PAGE 2 US OPEN PAGE 2 RODEO PAGE 2 GIANTS PAGE 2 SPORTS » redbluffdailynews.com Thursday, June 16, 2016 MORE AT FACEBOOK.COM/RBDAILYNEWS AND TWITTER.COM/REDBLUFFNEWS B1