WASHINGTON -- Tiger Woods is not sure whether his ailing back will allow him to play in the Masters, which is two weeks away. "For Augusta, its actually still a little too soon, to be honest with you," Woods said Monday at a news conference to announce that Quicken Loans is the new title sponsor of his golf tournament. "Thats kind of the frustrating thing about this." The Masters is the only major tournament the 38-year-old Woods has never missed. Four of his 14 major championships came at Augusta National, including his first in 1997. He last won the green jacket in 2005. This years Masters is April 10-13. Woods is off to the worst start of his 18 years on tour, and hes been troubled lately by back problems. He stopped playing in the final round at the Honda Classic on March 2 because of what he called back spasms and pain in his lower back. He tried to defend his title the following week at Doral, only for his back to flare up again in the final round, when he shot a 78, the highest Sunday score of his PGA Tour career and his first closing round without a birdie. Then last week, Woods withdrew from the Arnold Palmer Invitational because of persistent back pain. "Ive had a couple weeks off and getting treatment and just working on trying to get ready for Augusta," Woods said Monday. "As of right now, its still too soon, which is, as I said, pretty frustrating." This has been the longest sustained problem Woods has had with his lower back. He first showed signs of back pain at Bethpage Black at The Barclays in 2012, which he attributed to a soft bed at his hotel. He felt twinges during the final round of the PGA Championship last year, and when his back bothered him in the final round of The Barclays two weeks later, he said it was unrelated. 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Jordan Clarkson led the Lakers with 14, followed by Jordan Hill and Wayne Ellington, who both had 13 points. Jeremy Lin chipped in 12 points, Nick Young added 11 and Carlos Boozer managed 10 points. Kobe Bryant finished 2-for-12 shooting for a season-low four points. He also had team highs of eight rebounds, seven assists and six turnovers. Bryant missed Mondays loss in Portland, as well as three games in late December, to rest his body. The Clippers led by 10 after one quarter, 22 at the half and 36 after three quarters. The loss was a frustrating one and Lakers skipper Byron Scott didnt mince words. Its very disappointing, he said. We came out soft. They punched us. I told them to man up. Bottom line, we were soft. The Lakers will welcome the Trail Blazers, Miami Heat and Cleveland Cavaliers duriing this residency.dddddddddddd The Magic have dropped four straight and lost the opener of a four-game road trip on Wednesday with a 93-90 loss to the Denver Nuggets. Nikola Vucevic had 20 points and 11 boards for the Magic, who had a two-game road winning streak snapped. Victor Oladipo and Evan Fournier posted 17 and 14 points, respectively, with Oladipo also dishing out six assists. Ahead 67-64 with 9:35 to play, the Nuggets created some distance with an 11-4 run. Nate Robinson scored nine points during the surge, which gave Denver a 78-68 edge with 5:49 left. Vucevics slam and Andrew Nicholsons 3-pointer around a Kenneth Faried turnover pulled Orlando within 93-90 with 56.4 seconds to go. The Magic had a chance to tie following misses by Lawson and Robinson, but Fourniers last- second 3-pointer fell short. Our guys have character and Ive never doubted that, said Magic coach Jacque Vaughn. Well continue to build that character. Overall, some good contributions off the bench and guys were ready to play when their numbers were called. The two teams have split the last six meetings, but the Lakers have taken three of the last four encounters in Los Angeles. ' ' 'was impressed with his play after he took over on Sunday after Clowney was injured. "He got pressure on the quarterback, played the run well and he just has to continue to get better and better," OBrien said. "And I think hell do that." Mercilus struggled early in camp in the first season under defensive co-ordinator Romeo Crennel. Hes recently turned a corner and the Texans have noted a change in his play. "I think hes learning the scheme," OBrien said. "Its different than what he played in the previous scheme. Its not the easiest thing to learn right away for some players. Hes improved the last two weeks." The Texans drafted Clowney after a three-year career at South Carolina where he had 130 tackles, 24 sacks, 47 tackles for losses and 20 quarterback pressures. He also caused a school-record nine fumbles and deflected seven passes. The 21-year-old also set a South Carolina record with 13 sacks in 2012. The travel to face the Raiders on Sunday. ' ' '5.40 earned run average before he was waived on Aug.New York, NY (SportsNetwork.com) - Kevin Klein scored the winning goal with 1:15 to play in overtime as the New York Rangers nabbed a 4-3 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Monday. In the extra session, Klein wound up with the puck in the high slot and cranked a shot that went through a screen and past Marc-Andre Fleury foor the win.dddddddddddd J.T. Miller, Kevin Hayes and Rick Nash all scored for the Rangers, who snapped a two-game slide. Henrik Lundqvist stopped 32 shots in the win. Nick Spaling and Steve Downie each posted a goal and an assist for the Penguins, who have lost two of three. Fleury stopped 25 shots in the loss. ' ' 'e Shot Ht. Wt. Cedar Rapids (USHL) USA 30/06/97 L 60 185 lbs. ' ' '