Score board

NBA

NEW YORK: NBA results on Wednesday (home team in CAPS):

Chicago 95 WASHINGTON 84

CHARLOTTE 98 Utah 92

ATLANTA 117 Miami 111 (OT)

INDIANA 102 Philadelphia 85

Detroit 87 BOSTON 85

NY KNICKS 108 Cleveland 90

Sacramento 102 MILWAUKEE 89

MEMPHIS 88 San Antonio 85

Golden State 111 MINNESOTA 98

Orlando 97 HOUSTON 92

DALLAS 108 Phoenix 105

PORTLAND 101 Toronto 96

New Orleans 107 SEATTLE 93

Standings

Eastern Conference

Atlantic Division W L Pct GB

Boston 20 3 .870 --

Toronto 15 12 .556 7

New Jersey 10 15 .400 11

Philadelphia 10 15 .400 11

New York 8 17 .320 13

Southeast Division

Orlando 18 9 .667 --

Washington 13 11 .542 3 1/2

Atlanta 13 12 .520 4

Charlotte 9 14 .391 7

Miami 7 18 .280 10

Central Division

Detroit 18 7 .720 --

Indiana 14 12 .538 4 1/2

Cleveland 11 15 .423 7 1/2

Milwaukee 10 15 .400 8

Chicago 9 14 .391 8

Western Conference

Southwest Division

San Antonio 18 7 .720 --

Dallas 18 9 .667 1

New Orleans 16 10 .615 2 1/2

Houston 12 13 .480 6

Memphis 8 17 .320 10

Northwest Division

Denver 14 10 .583 --

Portland 14 12 .538 1

Utah 14 13 .519 1 1/2

Seattle 7 19 .269 8

Minnesota 3 21 .125 11

Pacific Division

Phoenix 18 8 .692 --

LA Lakers 15 9 .625 2

Golden State 15 11 .577 3

Sacramento 11 14 .440 6 1/2

LA Clippers 9 15 .375 8

Thursday's games

New Jersey at Miami

LA Lakers at Cleveland

Houston at Denver

Friday's games

Utah at Orlando

Chicago at Boston

Atlanta at Washington

LA Lakers at Philadelphia

New York at Charlotte

Indiana at Minnesota

Memphis at Detroit

LA Clippers at Dallas

Denver at Portland

Toronto at Seattle

NHL

NEW YORK: NHL results on Wednesday (home team in CAPS):

Buffalo 2 NY ISLANDERS 1

DETROIT 6 Los Angeles 2

CHICAGO 5 Nashville 2

ANAHEIM 2 Colorado 1 (OT)

Standings

Eastern Conference

Atlantic Division

W L OTL GF GA PTS

New Jersey 18 13 3 84 84 39

NY Rangers 17 13 3 76 75 37

Philadelphia 16 13 3 99 93 35

Pittsburgh 16 15 2 92 98 34

NY Islanders 15 15 2 72 89 32

Northeast Division

Ottawa 22 7 3 112 83 47

Boston 18 12 3 87 81 39

Montreal 16 12 5 95 93 37

Buffalo 17 14 1 101 89 35

Toronto 14 13 7 104 107 35

Southeast Division

Carolina 18 14 3 110 111 39

Florida 16 16 2 86 91 34

Atlanta 15 17 1 92 114 31

Tampa Bay 14 17 3 103 113 31

Washington 13 18 3 88 102 29

Western Conference

Central Division

Detroit 25 6 3 122 78 53

St. Louis 16 12 2 79 79 34

Chicago 16 15 2 98 94 34

Columbus 14 13 6 82 83 34

Nashville 14 16 2 87 97 30

Northwest Division

Minnesota 19 12 2 83 83 40

Colorado 19 13 2 102 97 40

Vancouver 18 12 4 91 81 40

Calgary 17 13 5 104 104 39

Edmonton 16 16 3 93 105 35

Pacific Division

Dallas 19 11 4 100 86 42

San Jose 18 11 4 84 75 40

Anaheim 17 15 5 90 102 39

Phoenix 16 16 0 82 87 32

Los Angeles 12 21 2 95 119 26

SOCCER

UEFA Cup

PARIS: UEFA Cup results on Wednesday:

Group E

At Zurich: FC Zurich (SUI) 0 Bayer Leverkusen (GER) 5 (Gresko 19, Bulykin 23, 57, Barnetta 50, Kiessling 80)

At Toulouse, France: Toulouse (FRA) 2 (Santos 41, 53) Spartak Moscow (RUS) 1 (Dzjuba 61-pen)

Standings

W D L Gf Ga Pts

Bayer Leverkusen 3 0 1 8 2 9 - qualified

Spartak Moscow 2 1 1 4 3 7 - qualified

FC Zurich 2 0 2 4 7 6 - qualified

Sparta Prague 1 1 2 4 5 4

Toulouse 1 0 3 4 7 3

Group F

At Munich, Germany: Bayern Munich (GER) 6 (Toni 25, 38, 64, 66, Lell 78, Lahm 81) Aris Saloniki (GRE) 0

At Braga, Portugal: Braga (POR) 2 (Linz 11, Wender 66) Red Star Belgrade (SRB) 0

Standings

W D L Gf Ga Pts

Bayern Munich 2 2 0 12 5 8 - qualified

Sporting Braga 1 3 0 5 3 6 - qualified

Bolton 1 3 0 5 4 6 - qualified

Aris Saloniki 1 2 1 5 8 5

Red Star Belgrade 0 0 4 2 9 0

Group G

At Getafe, Spain: Getafe (ESP) 2 (Pablo 6, Celestini 50) Anderlecht (BEL) 1 (Thereau 90)

At Tel Aviv: Hapoel Tel Aviv (ISR) 1 (Fabio Junior 45) Aalborg (DEN) 3 (Risgaard 27, Jakobsen 50-pen, Enevoldsen 66)

Standings

W D L Gf Ga Pts

Getafe 3 0 1 7 5 9 - qualified

Tottenham 2 1 1 7 5 7 - qualified

Anderlecht 1 2 1 5 4 5 - qualified

Aalborg 1 1 2 7 7 4

Hapoel Tel-Aviv 1 0 3 3 8 3

Group H

At Athens: Panionios (GRE) 2 (Djebbour 6-pen, Makos 20) Bordeaux (FRA) 3 (Cavenaghi 40, 75, Moimbe 87)

At Istanbul: Galatasaray (TUR) 0 Austria Vienna (AUT) 0

Standings

W D L Gf Ga Pts

Bordeaux 4 0 0 9 5 12 - qualified

Helsingborgs 2 1 1 8 5 7 - qualified

Galatasaray 1 1 2 6 5 4 - qualified

Panionios 1 1 2 4 7 4

Austria Vienna 0 1 3 1 6 1

Playing Thursday

Group A

AZ Alkmaar (NED) v Everton (ENG)

Larissa (GRE) v Nuremberg (GER)

Group B

Aberdeen (SCO) v FC Copenhagen (DEN)

Atletico Madrid (ESP) v Panathinaikos (GRE)

Group C

Fiorentina (ITA) v Mlada Boleslav (CZE)

AEK Athens (GRE) v Villarreal (ESP)

Group D

Hamburg (GER) v FC Basel (SUI)

Rennes (FRA) v Dinamo Zagreb (CRO)

English League Cup

LONDON: English League Cup results on Wednesday:

Quarter-finals

Chelsea 2 (Lampard 59, Shevchenko 90) Liverpool 0

Played Tuesday

Blackburn 2 (Santa Cruz 42, 60) Arsenal 3 (Diaby 6, Eduardo 29, 104) -- after extra time

Manchester City 0 Tottenham 2 (Defoe 5, Malbranque 82)

Played December 12

West Ham 1 (Cole 12) Everton 2 (Osman 40, Yakubu 88)

Italian Cup

ROME: Italian Cup last-16 first leg results on Wednesday:

Torino 3 Roma 1

Lazio 2 Napoli 1

Reggina 1 Inter Milan 4

Udinese 0 Palermo 0

Playing Thursday

AC Milan v Catania

Already played

Empoli 2 Juventus 1

Ascoli 1 Fiorentina 1

Cagliari 1 Sampdoria 0

(China Daily 12/21/2007 page22)