SECTION B CLASSIFIEDS • CARTOONS • ALOHA TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 2018 BRIEFS & MORE ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ Tony Finau - alo o Amerika Samoa & C M Tonga - Tauva Tagapolo Y K saunia: Leua Aiono Frost asalo e to’atele e le o taumulimuli i taumafaiga a nisi o fanauM i le Fa’agatama o le Tapolo po’o le Golf, peita’i e mautinoa e gafatia e le ituaiga malosi e maua i a tatou fanau ni pine mai lea fo’i fa’agatama, pe a o’o lava ina matua’i tapena lelei fanau i lea taaloga. O le ali’i o Tony Finau, o se atali’i e tupuga mai Amerika Samoa ma Tonga, ua ta’uta’ua lana taumafaiga i lea fa’agatama, ona o lana ta na tasi lava ae ulu i le Ta’amilosaga PGA Tour lea e ta’a’alo ai tagata Polofesa i le Tapolo, “The Masters”, i le aai o Augusta, le setete o Georgia. I se lipoti fa’asalalau e faapea, o lana ta na tasi lava ae ulu, ona matua fa’atumulia lea o lona fi afi a, tamo’e mai ma le fi afi a, ae mapeva ai lona vae, peita’i, sa ia taua, “Ou te mafaia lava ona fa’aauau le ta’amilosaga a le Masters!” Ua fa’ailoa i ata tapu’ea e le au fa’asalalau le taimi tonu lava na mapeva ai le vae o Finau, ma lana ta fou ua logologoa nei, ma ua avea fo’i ma tala tutasi i le Le ali’i o Tony Finau, i lona a a tele i le aso Lulu, Aperila 4, 2018 i le taaloga Tapolo a le Masters i Augusta, Georgia, ona e tasi taimi nei i mekasini ma nusi- lana ta ae maua le manuia. [ata: AP/Carlie Riedel] pepa uma i tala o ta’aloga. O lona tala’aga ua fa’alauiloa E ese mai nei ta’amilosaga mai i ona fa’amaumauga, o se tetele, ae le mafai ona ia tu’ua atali’i e usita’i ma fa’alogo i ai lona auai fa’atasi ma lona ona matua i fautuaga fo’i ina ia uso laititi, Gipper Finau i le i’u manuia ana aoaoga. I le 17 o ta’amilosaga a le Big Break i le ona tausaga, ua fi lifi lia ai e ia le tausaga 2009. Tapolo e avea ma ta’aloga e fes- E ui la ina o lea e faaauau oasoani mo le lumana’i o sailiga mai lava ana taumafaiga e o’o o le atamai ma ona fa’ailoga i le mai i lenei tausaga, ae o le Kolisi. O le tausaga lava lea na fa’ai’uga o le ta’amilosaga a le amata ai ona tauva fa’apolofesa. PGA Tour 2015, lea sa ia tulaga Na soifua o ia ia, Setema 8 ai, na maua ai e ia le aotelega C M 24,1989, i Salt Lake City, o ana fa’ailoga e $2,071,921. Ua Y K Utah ma o lona umi lea ua i ai avea le atali’i ma milionea i lana nei 6”4inisi ae 200 pauna le ta’aloga o ta’alo fa’apolofesa ai. mamafa. Ae o lea lava la e taumafai i O lana ulua’i PGA Tour i le taimi nei, ua 28 ona tausaga, Kanata o le tausaga e 2013, lea ua iloga e tagata maimoa ma i sa maua ai e ia le tulaga tolu ma latou e naunau i lea fa’agatama, sa tutusa i la’ua ma se tasi ua loa e le toe fa’avaivai le aga’i mai ona ta’alo i lea lava fa’agatama. i luga a lenei alo talavou, ua Mai lena ta’amilosaga sa ia tali tutusa ma le ala sa uia mai mauaina ai sona avanoa i le e Tiger Woods ma le tama fo’i Web.Com Tour i le 2014 ma sa mai Fiti o VJ. maua ai e Finau le manumalo O le tala mai na ofo tagata Le ali’i o Tony Finau, i le aso To , Aperila 5, 2018 i le ta’amilosaga o le Masters mo le ta’aloga i le Stone Brag Classic, lea na uma, aua e moni lava na mapeva Tapolo i Augusta, Georgia. [ata: AP/David Goldman] toe tauva ai ma maua ai e ia le vae o Finau, ae na ona toe le tulaga 8 i le fa’aiuga o lena se’i lava o le vae fa’aauau ma maimoa mai, o nisi ua fa’ao’o nei,” o se tala lea a Finau ua toeititi lava lea ua mafai ona tauvaga. le ta’aloga, ae fa’ato’a faia mai a latou fe’au fa’amalulu fa’asalalauaina e le au tusitala i ta’a’alo i lea Masters, talu mai O iina fo’i la na toe mau- mulimuli ai lana talavai e va’ai ona o lo’u fa’amanu’alia ai Amerika. le tausaga e 1997 lea na umia sali ai lana Card e ulufale ai i tonu ai se afaina o lona vae o i fo’i, fai si fa’atamala, ae aua Ua lipotia e faapea, afai e ai e Tiger Woods lona malo i le PGA 2015, lea ua fa’aauau ai. o a outou tatalo lea e lagona le mafai ona fa’aauau e Finau le na’o 12 ta ma fa’amau ai i mai ai pea ona lautogia e ulufale “O se aso ua ese, grazy tele, ai le malosi, tusa po’o le a e lana ta’aloga lea, o lona uiga o le taua’aoina atu ia te ia o lona i Ta’amilosaga uma a le PGA ae ou te fa’afetaia le tapua’iga fa’aauau lava le auai o le tou le a na’o le to’a 86 tagata o le jacket lanu Meamata o le PGA Tours e o’o i le Masters. uma a ou aiga ma ou tagata o lo’o atali’i i le ta’amilosaga o loma a fa’aauau ona tauva, ma o se Tour o lena tausaga. Page B2 samoa news, Tuesday, April 10, 2018 (Photos: Maelynn) Denver Nuggets guard Jamal Murray (27) shoots against Portland Trail Blazers guard CJ McCollum (3) during the rst quarter of an NBA basketball game Monday, April 9, 2018, in Denver. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey) Nuggets beat Trail Blazers 88-82 for 6th straight win By ARNIE STAPLETON, AP Sports Writer 3-pointer gave Oklahoma City a 106-105 win DENVER (AP) — The Denver Nuggets are at Denver that eliminated the Nuggets from last playing playoff-caliber basketball. One more win year’s playoff party. and they’ll be doing it for real. This time, it was Denver that came up big in Facing elimination and an 11-point defi cit the end. midway through the third quarter Monday night, TIP-INS the Nuggets rallied past the Portland Trail Blazers Trail Blazers: F Ed Davis returned to action 88-82 for their sixth consecutive victory. after missing four games with a sprained right “That was another playoff game. That was ankle, and Stotts said the boost he provided was just tough, physical for 48 minutes,” Nuggets bigger than his 5.4-point and 7.4-rebound aver- coach Michael Malone said. ages. “What he offers on the court is unique, as One more win Wednesday night at Minne- far as his rebounding, his screen setting, his fi n- sota and the Nuggets will end a fi ve-year playoff ishing around the paint, all those things,” Stotts drought. said. “His presence in the locker room, his pres- The Trail Blazers have lost four straight but ence on the bench. Just the intangibles. He’s been still harbor hopes of clinching the third seed in a very integral part of what we’ve done this year.” the Western Conference playoffs. Nuggets: Malone said he decided to bring “At the end of the day this team is going to Gary Harris off the bench rather than start him make a shot. I’m not worried about that,” said because he didn’t want to mess with the chem- Jusuf Nurkic, who had 20 points and 19 rebounds. istry the Nuggets had developed while going “We have one more at home (against Utah) and 7-4 in his absence. ... Barton had averaged 18.5 it’s probably going to be for the third spot. We’re points, 5.3 rebounds and 3.7 assists while starting going to fi ght for that.” in Harris’ place the previous 11 games. The Nuggets kept their season alive thanks to TECHNICAL SPARK: Malone drew a tech- Nikola Jokic’s 10th triple-double of the season nical for arguing a no-foul call when Jamal and a stifl ing defense on a night their starters Murray went down hard with 6:18 left in the third made just 22 of 61 shots. quarter and the Nuggets trailing 62-53. “I told them at halftime, I was honest, I said, The Nuggets outscored Portland 35-20 ‘Fellas, if we lose, we’re out.’ I knew some of afterward. these other teams had won games. And I felt we “Coaches are funny that way,” Devin Harris played like our lives were on the line,” Malone said. “I thought it was the right thing to do. Obvi- said. “It wasn’t pretty, but I thought our defense ously, I thought Jamal got fouled. But he used it was phenomenal.” to kind of fi re us up and we needed a little bit The Trail Blazers scored 25 points off 18 of an energy pick-up right there and I thought offensive rebounds but managed only one bucket Coach gave it to us.” and two offensive boards in the fourth quarter, NO HELP: when they were held to 13 points.