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ByIanQuillen TheAssociatedPress WASHINGTON Bradley Beal made a career-high seven 3-pointers and finished with 31 points as the Washington Wiz- ards recovered after giving up a late lead and beat the Sacra- mento Kings 101-95 in overtime Monday night. John Wall had 19 points and 11 assists for the Wizards, but committed a career-high 11 turnovers. Washington had a season- high 24 giveaways, but held the Kings to three points in over- time after seeing an eight-point lead evaporate over the final 5:12 of regulation. DeMarcus Cousins had 36 points and a season-high 20 re- NBA Beal hits career-high 7 3s, Wizards beat Kings TigerWoodsreturns to competition, and Ernie Els is more curious about his head than any of his back surgeries that kept him out 15 months. CHUCK BURTON — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE By Doug Ferguson The Associated Press NASSAU, BAHAMAS Tiger Woods has gone through two back surgeries since he last played a golf tournament 15 months ago. He had another back surgery that knocked him out of the Masters for the first time in 2014. He had four knee surgeries be- fore that. None of that matters to Er- nie Els when Woods returns to competition this week. Els is more curious about what's going on in his head. "The talent's there. It's been proven. It doesn't go away," Els said. "It's what you think of yourself. It's what you think where you are. We look at this great player, but he's not seeing the same stuff in his own mind. A lot of us are like that. When you've achieved as much as he has ... it's a shock to the system not to play as good as you have been. To look at other peo- ple looking at you like, 'Hey, you're not the same guy,' that's hard to take." Els, perhaps more than any other player, has a deep golfing connection with Woods. He was the player Woods sought out 20 years ago at Royal Lytham & St. Annes GOLF Tigergetsbacktogolf Woods hasn't won a tournament since 2013 WOODS PAGE 2 By Josh Dubow The Associated Press ALAMEDA Khalil Mack has given the Oakland Raiders a motto to live by this season: By any means. No matter what hurdles have presentedthemselves,theRaid- ershaveprovedadeptatdealing with them. Three early starts in the first four weeks. A full week in Flor- ida between road games. A "home" game at high altitude in Mexico City. Thencamethelatestexample onSundayagainstCarolina.The Raiderscameintothegameona short week after beating Hous- ton in Mexico City, while the Panthers had extra time off fol- lowing a Thursday game. QuarterbackDerekCarrthen hurt the pinkie on his throwing hand on the second play of the second half, helping spur 25 straight points by the Panthers before Carr led a late comeback and Mack sealed the 35-32 win Sunday with a strip sack. By any means. "I've even borrowed it a cou- ple of times. It rubs off," coach Jack Del Rio said Monday. "You likeit,right?Itmakessense.Be- cause whatever we have to do, by any means. It's awesome and it's really been what we've been about." The Raiders (9-2) have lived by that motto to move to the top of the standings in the AFC. They lead Kansas City by one game in the division and are tied with New England for the best record in the conference. Not that it has come easy. Seven of the nine wins have RAIDERS Obstaclescan'tkeep teamfromAFClead Seven of nine wins are by seven points or less PHOTOS BY MARCIO JOSE SANCHEZ — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Raiders quarterback Derek Carr celebrates a er a win over the Carolina Panthers in Oakland on Sunday. Raiders defensive end Khalil Mack (52) celebrates with teammates a er recovering a fumble by Carolina quarterback Cam Newton (1) during the second half. RAIDERS PAGE 2 PHOTO BY MIKE EHRMANN — GETTY IMAGES 49ers QB Colin Kaepernick shakes hands with Miami QB Ryan Tannehill on Sunday. By Cam Inman Bay Area News Group ORLANDO,FLA. One obvious pos- itive Chip Kelly took from the 49ers' 10th straight defeat was Colin Kaepernick's steady im- provement "in all aspects" since reprising his starting role six games ago. Scoring points, however, is a vital area the 49ers haven't pro- gressed enough. The 49ers (1-10) set a francise record for consecutive losses Sun- day when they fell 31-24 at Miami, with Kaepernick getting tackled two yards shy of a tying touch- down run on the final play. It wasn't a triumphant end- ing but that game was Kaeper- nick's best to date, especially sta- tistically. He set season highs by throwing three touchdown passes and rushing for 113 yards. "He's made a progression from game to game, where you can see improvement from him, which is what you're looking for," Kelly said Monday on a media confer- ence call from Orlando, where the 49ers are practicing this week ahead of Sunday's game at Chi- cago. "It's in all facets," Kelly said of Kaepernick's progress. "It's in everything: his pocket presence, his accuracy, his understanding of protections. All that stuff has improved from the Buffalo game." Sunday's 24 points were the most they've scored in Kaeper- nick's six starts. Overall, the 49ers are averaging 20.7 points per game, ranking them 22nd in the league through Sunday's games. Kelly said his offense did a "nice job" Sunday, when they amassed 475 yards, their second- largest output in his first season as coach. "The offense did a nice job. I just wish with 475 yards of offense you'd have more than 24 points," Kelly said. Kelly rued how the 49ers of- fense got stopped by their own mistakes on "all but one" drive. Garrett Celek's lost fumble in the red zone particularly stung. Kelly also pointed out how mul- tiple penalties made their work harder, and those got called on right tackle Trent Brown (face- mask, twice), Joe Staley (hold- ing) and Kaepernick (delay of game). Kelly credited Kaepernick's improvement to simply gain- ing more repetition in the new scheme, having been limited with health issues through the offseason and part of train- ing camp while Blaine Gabbert served as QB1. 49ERS Kelly says Ka pe rn ic k is improving 49ERS PAGE 2 KINGS PAGE 2 SPORTS » redbluffdailynews.com Tuesday, November 29, 2016 MORE AT FACEBOOK.COM/RBDAILYNEWS AND TWITTER.COM/REDBLUFFNEWS B1