Score board

NBA

NEW YORK: Results in the NBA on Sunday (home team in CAPS):

LA Lakers 95 NY KNICKS 90

DETROIT 94 Houston 82

Golden State 105 CLEVELAND 96

BOSTON 103 Orlando 91

Denver 106 SACRAMENTO 105

Standings

Eastern Conference

Atlantic Division

W L Pct GB

Boston 22 3 .880 --

Toronto 15 14 .517 9

New Jersey 12 15 .444 11

Philadelphia 11 16 .407 12

New York 8 19 .296 15

Southeast Division

Orlando 18 11 .621 --

Atlanta 14 12 .538 2 1/2

Washington 13 13 .500 3 1/2

Charlotte 10 15 .400 6

Miami 8 19 .296 9

Central Division

Detroit 20 7 .741 --

Indiana 15 13 .536 5 1/2

Cleveland 12 16 .429 8 1/2

Milwaukee 11 15 .423 8 1/2

Chicago 9 16 .360 10

Western Conference

Southwest Division

San Antonio 19 7 .731 --

Dallas 19 9 .679 1

New Orleans 17 10 .630 2 1/2

Houston 13 15 .464 7

Memphis 8 19 .296 11 1/2

Northwest Division

Denver 16 11 .593 --

Portland 15 12 .556 1

Utah 15 14 .517 2

Seattle 8 19 .296 8

Minnesota 4 22 .154 11 1/2

Pacific Division

Phoenix 19 8 .704 --

LA Lakers 17 10 .630 2

Golden State 16 12 .571 3 1/2

Sacramento 11 15 .423 7 1/2

LA Clippers 9 17 .346 9 1/2

NFL

NEW YORK: Results from the NFL games on Sunday (home team in CAPS):

DETROIT 25 Kansas City 20

CHICAGO 35 Green Bay 7

INDIANAPOLIS 38 Houston 15

NY GIANTS 38 Buffalo 21

PHILADELPHIA 38 New Orleans 23

Cincinnati 19 CLEVELAND 14

JACKSONVILLE 49 Oakland 11

ARIZONA 30 Atlanta 27 (OT)

SAN FRANCISCO 21 Tampa Bay 19

Tennessee 10 NY JETS 6

SEATTLE 27 Baltimore 6

NEW ENGLAND 28 Miami 7

Washington 32 MINNESOTA 21

NHL

NEW YORK: Results from the NHL games on Sunday (home team in CAPS)

PITTSBURGH 4 Boston 2

Nashville 3 COLUMBUS 1

Atlanta 3 ST. LOUIS 2 (OT)

Ottawa 3 NY RANGERS 1

CHICAGO 3 Edmonton 2

COLORADO 3 Vancouver 1

New Jersey 1 CALGARY 0 (OT)

DALLAS 4 Montreal 1

SOCCER

Belgian league

BRUSSELS: Belgian league results on Sunday:

CS Bruges 3 Charleroi 1

Standard Liege 3 RC Genk 1

Dutch league

THE HAGUE: Dutch league results on Sunday:

VVV-Venlo 2 Vitesse 0

NEC Nijmegen 0 Feyenoord 2

Excelsior 2 Ajax 1

AZ Alkmaar 1 Roda JC Kerkrade 1

English Premier League

LONDON: English Premier League results on Sunday:

Blackburn 0 Chelsea 1 (Cole 22)

Manchester Utd 2 (Ronaldo 22, 88-pen) Everton 1 (Cahill 27)

Newcastle 2 (Viduka 27, 87) Derby 2 (Barnes 6, Miller 52)

Standings

W D L Gf Ga Pts

Arsenal 13 4 1 36 15 43

Man Utd 13 3 2 32 9 42

Chelsea 11 4 3 25 10 37

Man City 10 4 4 25 20 34

Liverpool 9 6 2 31 11 33

Everton 9 3 6 32 18 30

Portsmouth 8 6 4 29 19 30

Aston Villa 8 5 5 29 21 29

Newcastle 7 5 6 26 28 26

Blackburn 7 5 6 23 25 26

West Ham 7 4 6 22 15 25

Reading 6 3 9 24 35 21

Tottenham 4 6 8 30 31 18

Bolton 4 5 9 21 27 17

Middlesbrough 4 5 9 17 30 17

Birmingham 4 3 11 18 30 15

Fulham 2 8 8 19 29 14

Sunderland 3 5 10 17 34 14

Wigan 3 4 11 18 34 13

Derby 1 4 13 8 41 7

French league

PARIS: French league results on Sunday:

Lens v Lille - postponed (frozen pitch)

Toulouse 0 Rennes 0

Saint Etienne 0 Paris Saint Germain 1 (Luyindula 51)

Standings

W D L Gf Ga Pts

Lyon 12 3 4 38 16 39

Nancy 9 8 2 25 11 35

Bordeaux 9 6 4 27 23 33

Caen 9 4 6 23 19 31

Le Mans 9 3 7 26 26 30

Valenciennes 8 5 6 23 17 29

Nice 7 8 4 19 14 29

Lorient 6 9 4 20 19 27

Monaco 7 4 8 22 19 25

Saint Etienne 7 4 8 20 20 25

Marseille 6 7 6 20 20 25

Toulouse 6 7 6 19 21 25

Rennes 7 4 8 18 23 25

Strasbourg 6 6 7 18 20 24

Auxerre 7 2 10 17 26 23

PSG 5 7 7 16 20 22

Lille 4 9 5 18 18 21

Lens 5 5 8 16 21 20

Sochaux 3 7 9 15 25 16

Metz 1 4 14 9 31 7

Italian Serie A

MILAN: Results of the Serie A matches on Sunday

Fiorentina 5 (Mutu 42 ,45+2pen, Santana 47, 79, Montolivo 3) Adrian Cagliari 1 (Fini 6)

Inter Milan 2 (Cruz 36, Cambiasso 63) AC Milan 1 (Pirlo 18)

Juventus 2 (Salihamidzic 32, Trezeguet 59) Siena 0

Livorno 1 (Galante 26) Atalanta Bergamo 1 (Tissone 33)

Napoli 1 (Hamsyk 81) Torino 1 (Rosina 36pen)

Palermo 2 (Simplicio 34, Amauri 46) Lazio 2 (Firmani 59, Tare 81)

Reggina 3 (Vigiani 34, 79, 90+4) Catania 1 (Vargas 90+1)

Udinese 2 (Dossena 22, Di Natale 85) Empoli 2 (Raggi 50, Marzoratti 90+3)

Played on Saturday

AS Roma 2 (Totti 18pen,90) Sampdoria 0

Genoa 1 (Borriello 43pen) Parma 0

Standings

W D L Gf Ga Pts

Inter Milan 13 4 0 37 9 43

AS Roma 10 6 1 33 18 36

Juventus 10 5 2 35 15 35

Udinese 8 5 4 22 21 29

Fiorentina 7 7 3 26 16 28

Palermo 6 7 4 25 27 25

Napoli 6 5 6 25 22 23

Atalanta 5 7 4 23 21 22

Sampdoria 6 3 8 22 24 21

Catania 5 6 6 17 19 21

Genoa 4 7 6 16 23 19

AC Milan 4 6 4 21 12 18

Parma 4 6 7 19 24 18

Lazio 4 6 7 19 25 18

Torino 2 11 4 15 20 17

Livorno 3 6 7 19 27 15

Empoli 3 6 8 14 24 15

Siena 2 8 7 17 25 14

Reggina 2 7 7 12 25 13

Cagliari 2 4 11 13 33 10

Scottish Premier League

GLASGOW: Scottish Premier League result on Sunday: Aberdeen 1 (Miller 45) Rangers 1 (Adam 30)

Spanish league

MADRID: Spanish football league results on Sunday:

Atletico Madrid 1 (Simao 37) Espanyol 2 (Tamudo 53, Luis Garcia 85)

Levante 0 Deportivo La Coruna 1 (Sergio 85-pen)

Osasuna 3 (Hector Font 8, Plasil 46, Viana 90+2) Real Mallorca 1 (Guiza 48)

Valladolid 0 Real Betis 0

Villarreal 1 (Nihat 38) Recreativo Huelva 1 (Camunas 37)

Barcelona 0 Real Madrid 1 (Baptista 36)

Athletic Bilbao 1 (Koikili 45) Murcia 1 (Baiano 54-pen)

Standings

W D L Gf Ga Pts

Real Madrid 13 2 2 37 14 41

Barcelona 10 4 3 32 13 34

Espanyol 9 6 2 26 19 33

Villarreal 10 2 5 30 24 32

Atletico Madrid 9 4 5 31 19 31

Racing Santander 7 5 5 17 19 26

Valencia 8 2 7 22 28 26

Sevilla 7 2 8 32 21 23

Real Mallorca 5 6 6 26 27 21

Real Zaragoza 5 6 6 27 28 21

Getafe 6 3 8 19 21 21

Osasuna 5 5 7 20 21 20

Recreativo Huelva 5 5 7 13 20 20

Athletic Bilbao 4 7 6 16 18 19

Almeria 5 4 8 14 20 19

Murcia 4 7 6 14 20 19

Valladolid 4 6 7 21 27 18

Real Betis 4 6 7 17 23 18

Depor La Coruna 4 5 8 16 24 17

Levante 2 1 13 11 32 7

(China Daily 12/25/2007 page22)