Score board
NBA
NEW YORK: Results of the National Basketball Association games on Wednesday (home teams in CAPS):
TORONTO 103 Memphis 91
Utah 106 PHILADELPHIA 95
ATLANTA 96 Milwaukee 80
DETROIT 109 Cleveland 74
DALLAS 109 Minnesota 103
SAN ANTONIO 109 Washington 94
Houston 100 PHOENIX 94
Golden State 103 SACRAMENTO 96
Indiana 95 PORTLAND 89
Orlando 110 SEATTLE 94
Standings
Eastern Conference
Atlantic Division
W L PCT GB
Boston 11 2 .846 -
Toronto 8 7 .533 4
New Jersey 7 8 .467 5
NY Knicks 4 9 .308 7
Philadelphia 4 10 .286 7 1/2
Central Division
Detroit 9 5 .643 -
Cleveland 9 7 .563 1
Milwaukee 7 6 .538 1 1/2
Indiana 8 8 .500 2
Chicago 3 10 .231 5 1/2
Southeast Division
Orlando 14 3 .824 -
Washington 7 8 .467 6
Atlanta 6 8 .429 6 1/2
Charlotte 6 8 .429 6 1/2
Miami 4 10 .286 8 1/2
Western Conference
Northwest Division
Utah 11 5 .688 -
Denver 9 6 .600 1 1/2
Portland 5 10 .333 5 1/2
Minnesota 2 11 .154 7 1/2
Seattle 2 14 .125 9
Pacific Division
Phoenix 11 4 .733 -
LA Lakers 8 6 .571 2 1/2
Golden State 7 7 .500 3 1/2
LA Clippers 6 7 .462 4
Sacramento 5 10 .333 6
Southwest Division
San Antonio 13 3 .813 -
Dallas 10 5 .667 2 1/2
New Orleans 10 6 .625 3
Houston 9 7 .563 4
Memphis 5 10 .333 7 1/2
NHL
NEW YORK: Results of the National Hockey League games on Wednesday (home teams in CAPS):
St. Louis 4 BUFFALO 3
NEW JERSEY 4 Dallas 2
Florida 2 WASHINGTON 1 (SO)
NY ISLANDERS 3 Ottawa 2 (SO)
Philadelphia 3 CAROLINA 1
MINNESOTA 3 Phoenix 1
CHICAGO 5 Tampa Bay 1
COLORADO 4 Edmonton 2
Los Angeles 3 SAN JOSE 2 (SO)
SO denotes shootout
Standings
Eastern Conference
Atlantic Division
W L Otl Gf Ga Pts
Philadelphia 14 8 2 76 67 30
NY Rangers 13 9 2 53 47 28
NY Islanders 13 8 1 54 57 27
New Jersey 12 10 2 60 61 26
Pittsburgh 10 11 2 68 69 22
Northeast Division
Ottawa 16 5 2 73 56 34
Montreal 13 8 3 73 65 29
Boston 12 8 2 58 54 26
Buffalo 11 11 1 67 63 23
Toronto 8 11 6 73 90 22
Southeast Division
Carolina 13 9 3 81 75 29
Florida 12 12 1 65 70 25
Atlanta 11 12 0 61 78 22
Tampa Bay 10 12 2 75 75 22
Washington 8 15 2 58 74 18
Western Conference
Central Division
Detroit 16 6 2 81 59 34
St. Louis 14 8 0 57 49 28
Chicago 13 9 2 71 68 28
Columbus 11 9 4 63 60 26
Nashville 11 9 2 62 63 24
Northwest Division
Vancouver 13 9 2 66 60 28
Minnesota 13 9 2 64 62 28
Colorado 13 9 1 67 68 27
Calgary 10 12 3 69 76 23
Edmonton 10 14 1 59 78 21
Pacific Division
Dallas 13 8 4 74 65 30
San Jose 11 8 4 60 52 26
Anaheim 11 10 4 61 70 26
Phoenix 11 11 0 56 64 22
Los Angeles 10 13 1 66 76 21
Note: Overtime losses (OTL) are worth one point in the standings and are not included in the loss column (L)
SOCCER
European Champions League
PARIS: Results from the penultimate round of group fixtures in the European Champions League Wednesday:
Group A
At Istanbul: Besiktas (TUR) 2 (Tello 26, Bobo 88) Marseille (FRA) 1 (Taiwo 65)
At Liverpool, England: Liverpool (ENG) 4 (Torres 19, 78, Gerrard 84-pen, Crouch 87) FC Porto (POR) 1 (Lopez 33)
Standings
W D L Gf Ga Pts
FC Porto 2 2 1 6 7 8
Marseille 2 1 2 6 5 7
Liverpool 2 1 2 14 5 7
Besiktas 2 0 3 4 13 6
Group B
At Trondheim, Norway: Rosenborg (NOR) 0 Chelsea (ENG) 4 (Drogba 7, 20, Alex 40, J. Cole 73)
At Valencia, Spain: Valencia (ESP) 0 Schalke 04 (GER) 0
Standings
W D L Gf Ga Pts
Chelsea 3 2 0 9 2 11 - qualified
Rosenborg 2 1 2 5 7 7
Schalke 04 1 2 2 2 3 5
Valencia 1 1 3 2 6 4
Group C
At Bremen, Germany: Werder Bremen (GER) 3 (Rosenberg 4, Sanogo 40, Hunt 58) Real Madrid (ESP) 2 (Robinho 14, Van Nistelrooy 71)
At Rome: Lazio (ITA) 1 (Pandev 30) Olympiakos (GRE) 2 (L. Galletti 35, Kovacevic 64)
Standings
W D L Gf Ga Pts
Real Madrid 2 2 1 10 8 8
Olympiakos 2 2 1 8 7 8
Werder Bremen 2 0 3 8 10 6
Lazio 1 2 2 7 8 5
Group D
At Lisbon: Benfica (POR) 1 (Pereira 20) AC Milan (ITA) 1 (Pirlo 15)
At Glasgow: Celtic (SCO) 2 (Jarosik 45, Donati 90+2) Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR) 1 (Brandao 4)
Standings
W D L Gf Ga Pts
AC Milan 3 1 1 11 5 10 - qualified
Celtic 3 0 2 5 5 9
Shakhtar Donetsk 2 0 3 5 9 6
Benfica 1 1 3 3 5 4
Played Tuesday
Group E
At Stuttgart, Germany: VfB Stuttgart (GER) 3 (Cacau 45+2, Pardo 63, Marica 85) Rangers (SCO) 2 (Adam 28, Ferguson 70)
At Lyon, France: Lyon (FRA) 2 (Juninho 7, 79-pen) Barcelona (ESP) 2 (Iniesta 3, Messi 58-pen)
Standings
W D L Gf Ga Pts
Barcelona 3 2 0 9 2 11 - qualified
Rangers 2 1 2 7 6 7
Lyon 2 1 2 8 10 7
Stuttgart 1 0 4 6 12 3
Group F
At Kiev: Dynamo Kiev (UKR) 1 (Bangoura 64) AS Roma (ITA) 4 (Panucci 4, Giuly 32, Vucinic 36, 78)
At Manchester, England: Manchester United (ENG) 2 (Tevez 61, Cristiano Ronaldo 90+2) Sporting Lisbon (POR) 1 (Abel 21)
Standings
W D L Gf Ga Pts
Man United 5 0 0 12 3 15 - qualified
Roma 3 1 1 10 5 10 - qualified
Sporting Lisbon 1 1 3 6 8 4
Dynamo Kiev 0 0 5 4 16 0
Group G
At Moscow: CSKA Moscow (RUS) 0 PSV Eindhoven (NED) 1 (Farfan 39)
At Milan: Inter Milan (ITA) 3 (Julio Cruz 55, Ibrahimovic 66, Jimenez 90+2) Fenerbahce (TUR) 0
Standings
W D L Gf Ga Pts
Inter Milan 4 0 1 11 4 12 - qualified
Fenerbahce 2 2 1 5 5 8
PSV Eindhoven 2 1 2 3 5 7
CSKA Moscow 0 1 4 6 11 1
Group H
At Seville, Spain: Sevilla (ESP) 3 (Keita 24, Luis Fabiano 34, Kanoute 89-pen) Arsenal (ENG) 1 (Da Silva 11)
At Bucharest: Steaua Bucharest (ROM) 1 (Badea 12) Slavia Prague (CZE) 1 (Senkerik 79)
Standings
Sevilla 4 0 1 11 7 12 - qualified
Arsenal 3 1 1 12 3 10 - qualified
Slavia Prague 1 2 2 5 13 5
Steaua Bucharest 0 1 4 3 8 1
English Premier League
LONDON: English Premier League result on Wednesday: Blackburn 0 Aston Villa 4 (Carew 29, Barry 53-pen, Young 81, Harewood 89)
Standings
W D L Gf Ga Pts
Arsenal 10 3 0 29 10 33
Man Utd 9 3 2 23 7 30
Man City 9 2 3 18 14 29
Chelsea 8 4 2 21 9 28
Liverpool 7 6 0 22 6 27
Aston Villa 8 3 3 25 14 27
Portsmouth 7 5 2 25 13 26
Everton 7 2 5 26 16 23
Blackburn 6 5 3 17 17 23
West Ham 5 4 4 19 11 19
Newcastle 5 3 5 19 21 18
Fulham 2 7 5 18 22 13
Reading 4 1 9 17 31 13
Tottenham 2 6 6 24 25 12
Bolton 2 5 7 12 18 11
Birmingham 3 2 9 13 22 11
Middlesbrough 2 4 8 12 26 10
Sunderland 2 4 8 14 29 10
Wigan 2 2 10 10 25 8
Derby 1 3 10 5 33 6
(China Daily 11/30/2007 page22)
