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ORLANDO, Fla. -- A starter throughout much of his career, Jeff Green is adjusting to the role coming off the bench in his first season with the Orlando Magic.But there have been nights so far this season when it has all seemed so natural for the versatile veteran. Green certainly appeared in his element Saturday night as he knocked down several big shots as part of a second-unit that helped the Magic overcome a 12-point third-quarter deficit to come away with an 88-86 win over the Washington Wizards at home.Green led his team with 18 points off the bench as the Magic improved to .500 with its third straight win after starting the season 0-3.My job is to just go play basketball, said Green, who scored 10 of his points in the fourth quarter. It doesnt matter if I come off the bench, start, play five minutes, play 30 minutes. My job is the same. I just have to be aggressive with the minutes I play.Im just finding my rhythm and thats what its all about.Green, who is playing behind Aaron Gordon at the small forward spot, led the second unit which provided energy in both the first and second halves to pull the Magic out of double-digit deficits. The bench, which also includes Bismack Biyombo, D.J. Augustin and Mario Hezonja was so impressive that Frank Vogel left them in the game down the critical stretch as the Wizards threatened.Biyombo was huge in the paint on the defensive end, coming up with 12 rebounds and three big block shots to energize the team. Hezonja, a second-year swingman, finally broke out of his slump, by scoring eight of his nine points in the fourth quarter on clutch baskets.Thats what we need from the second unit, come in with a lot energy, scoring mentality and just be more aggressive, said Evan Fournier, who finished with 13 points.Vogel admitted that second-unit gave the team a much-needed lift.We road some of those guys out the rest of the game because of their first-quarter energy and obviously they got going late into the third and into the fourth, said Vogel, whose team has won back-to-back games at home. So credit those guys for turning the game around.The Wizards (1-4), who were playing without point guard John Wall, struggled to come up with shots down the stretch even though Markieff Morris came close to knocking down a game-winning 3-point shot at the buzzer. Morris led the team with 18 points while Bradley Beal added 15.A few missed defensive assignments, said Wizards coach Scott Brooks. They hit some 3s. They got some breaks.TIP-INS:Wizards: As expected, Wall did not play in Saturday nights game against Magic. He is not playing in back-to-back night games while still recovering from offseason surgery on both knees. Rookie Tomas Satoransky started in his place and veteran Trey Burke served as the backup.Magic: Orlando had lost 12 straight games to the Washington Wizards entering Saturday nights game. ... The Magic entered Saturday night averaging 13.2 offensive rebounds per game, which ranks second in the NBA. ... The Magic debuted their new dark grey uniforms.WATCHING IBAKA SURGEWizards coach Scott Brooks had a front seat view of Serge Ibakas transition from Spain to the NBA when the Seattle Supersonics (Oklahoma City Thunder) drafted him in 2009 and Brooks was the head coach. Ibaka was a talented player but didnt speak English initially so explaining what he wanted from Ibaka was a challenge for Brooks.My first (go-around) with him was very interesting, Brooks said. We didnt know how to communicate. Even on the basketball court the first couple of months it was very difficult but I give Serge a lot of credit. He came and took English lessons and really challenged himself to pick up the language.UP NEXTWizards: Washington returns home to face the Houston Rockets on Monday.Magic: Orlando plays at the Chicago Bulls on Monday at the United Center. Custom Hawks Jersey China . The Vancouver coach and an announced sellout crowd of 18,910 watched in dismay as the Canucks lost 7-4 to the New York Islanders on Monday night by squandering a 3-0 lead in the third period. Custom Hawks Jerseys . The Islanders dealt Thomas Vanek to the Montreal Canadiens after less than a year on Long Island. 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It was more like, to borrow an old Michael Jordan comeback phrase, Im back.Tiger Woods made it clear Tuesday during his first news conference after a 15-month injury hiatus that he has metaphorically transitioned from his Chicago Bulls glory years to the late-career unfamiliarity of the Washington Wizards.He even has a name for it: Phase 2. Thats the term Woods came up with for the second half of his career while bedridden after a third back surgery last year, unsure whether he would ever play competitive golf again.Yes, its true. The most dominant player in the history of golf -- the man who not so long ago appeared invincible against every other elite player in the world -- believed he was done. He had come to grips with the realization that he might never swing a club inside the ropes again.While questioning that career mortality, he started thinking about life after golf.Woods decided he wanted all of his business entities -- the foundation, the course design firm, the restaurant -- under a single umbrella. This shouldnt come as a surprise, nor should it be of great interest to anyone who isnt directly affected by these entities. The decision does, though, shine a light on Woods mindset at the time. It stands as residual proof that he believed he would never fully recover from those surgeries.Now that he is playing again at this weeks Hero World Challenge, Woods finally knows that Phase 2 will also involve a competitive golf schedule.The sponsors are happier than theyve ever been, he explained, because of the cross pollination, better communication has now occurred and here I am competing again.Early last year, when Woods was struggling to chip his golf ball onto the green from merely a few yards away, he tried to explain away this mental block by blaming technical changes in his swing. He contended that he was caught between patterns, which might also be a perfect way to describe his thought process during this current transition.At one point during the news conference, Tiger sounded like the Tiger of old, answering a question about his goals for this weeks return with very much the same response he has been proffering for the past two decades.ddddddddddddIm going to try to do the same thing I always do, he insisted. Im entered in an event. Im going to try to win this thing.Minutes later, when asked how hed measure his success, that hubris was replaced by the Phase 2 edition of Tiger. Its the one who understands hes no longer golfs version of the guy wearing No. 23 for the Bulls.Im playing again, he said. Im sitting here in front of you guys with a different reality, because things have improved so much that Im able to come back here and do this again. It hasnt been easy.We can forgive Woods for being caught between the old pattern and the new one, for maintaining that winning is the main goal while also admitting that just teeing it up again should be considered a victory.Old habits die hard, after all, and it will take some time for him to admit to himself -- and to the rest of us -- that he cant have the same standards. The player who for so many years set the bar to an abnormally high level needs to move it lower than it has ever been.For the time being, at least.Maybe Woods can return to the level where anything less than a win is a disappointment. Maybe the man who a year ago wasnt sure hed ever play again can restore that form. Maybe he can infuse parts of that old version of himself with his next phase, rendering a transition more gradual than he once believed.Maybe being caught between patterns wont have the same result as the last time he employed that phrase.Ive made a lot of different changes in my game, but the mindsets still the same, he explained. Physically and also equipment, practice schedules, training, all that has evolved, [but] the mindset of competing hasnt. That is to go out there and try to beat these guys. I know theyre going to try and beat me. Im going to try and beat them.This wasnt, Hello, world. This was, Im back. Well soon find out what that means for this next phase in Woods career. ' ' '