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)