Score board
NBA
NEW YORK: Results of the NBA games on Wednesday (home teams in CAPS):
PHILADELPHIA 96 Miami 85
ATLANTA 107 Indiana 95
ORLANDO 110 New York 96
Washington 108 CHARLOTTE 104
Detroit 101 NEW JERSEY 83
New Orleans 116 MEMPHIS 98
SAN ANTONIO 94 Chicago 79
DENVER 125 Milwaukee 105
UTAH 99 Dallas 90
Boston 89 SACRAMENTO 69
GOLDEN STATE 105 Minnesota 101
Standings
Eastern Conference
Atlantic Division
W L Pct GB
Boston 23 3 .885 --
Toronto 15 14 .517 9 1/2
New Jersey 12 16 .429 12
Philadelphia 12 16 .429 12
New York 8 20 .286 16
Southeast Division
Orlando 19 11 .633 --
Atlanta 15 12 .556 2 1/2
Washington 14 13 .519 3 1/2
Charlotte 10 16 .385 7
Miami 8 21 .276 10 1/2
Central Division
Detroit 21 7 .750 --
Indiana 15 14 .517 6 1/2
Cleveland 13 16 .448 8 1/2
Milwaukee 11 16 .407 9 1/2
Chicago 9 17 .346 11
Western Conference
Southwest Division
San Antonio 20 7 .741 --
Dallas 19 10 .655 2
New Orleans 18 10 .643 2 1/2
Houston 13 15 .464 7 1/2
Memphis 8 20 .286 12 1/2
Northwest Division
Denver 17 11 .607 --
Portland 16 12 .571 1
Utah 16 14 .533 2
Seattle 8 20 .286 9
Minnesota 4 23 148 12 1/2
Pacific Division
Phoenix 19 9 .679 --
LA Lakers 18 10 .643 1
Golden State 17 12 .586 2 1/2
Sacramento 11 16 .407 7 1/2
LA Clippers 9 17 .346 9
Thursday's games
Cleveland at Dallas
Boston at Seattle
Phoenix at L.A. Clippers
NHL
NEW YORK: Results of the NHL games on Wednesday (home teams in CAPS):
Ottawa 5 BUFFALO 3
COLUMBUS 2 Atlanta 0
WASHINGTON 3 Tampa Bay 2
NY RANGERS 4 Carolina 2
NY ISLANDERS 4 Toronto 3 (OT)
Detroit 5 ST. LOUIS 0
CHICAGO 5 Nashville 2
DALLAS 8 Minnesota 3
San Jose 3 LOS ANGELES 2
Standings
Eastern Conference
Atlantic Division
W L OT Pts GF GA New Jersey 20 13 3 43 88 85
NY Rangers 18 15 4 40 87 90 NY Islanders 18 15 2 38 82 95
Pittsburgh 18 16 2 38 103 108
Philadelphia 16 14 4 36 106 102 Northeast Division
Ottawa 24 8 4 52 125 94
Boston 18 14 4 40 94 94
Montreal 17 13 6 40 103 102
Buffalo 19 15 1 39 113 101
Toronto 15 14 8 38 109 113
Southeast Division
Carolina 19 16 3 41 120 121
Atlanta 18 18 1 37 101 122
Florida 17 16 3 37 92 97
Tampa Bay 15 19 3 33 108 121
Washington 14 19 4 32 95 112
Western Conference
Central Division
Detroit 27 7 3 57 133 82
Chicago 19 15 2 40 110 101
St. Louis 18 13 3 39 88 90
Columbus 16 14 6 38 87 87
Nashville 16 17 2 34 96 106
Northwest Division
Colorado 21 13 2 44 109 101
Vancouver 20 13 4 44 97 87
Minnesota 20 14 2 42 93 98
Calgary 17 13 7 41 106 108
Edmonton 16 18 3 35 96 111
Pacific Division
Dallas 22 12 4 48 117 95
San Jose 19 12 5 43 91 85
Anaheim 18 15 5 41 95 104 Phoenix 17 16 1 35 86 91 Los Angeles 12 24 2 26 101 128
Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss or shootout loss.
SOCCER
English Premier League
LONDON: English Premier League results on Wednesday:
Birmingham 3 (Downing 22-og, Forssell 45, McSheffrey 90-pen) Middlesbrough 0
Chelsea 4 (Shevchenko 45-pen, 50, Alex 66, Ballack 88) Aston Villa 4 (Maloney 14, 44, Laursen 72, Barry 90-pen)
Derby 1 (McEveley 67) Liverpool 2 (Torres 12, Gerrard 90)
Everton 2 (Neville 51, Cahill 70) Bolton 0
Portsmouth 0 Arsenal 0
Sunderland 0 Manchester Utd 4 (Rooney 20, Saha 30, 86-pen, Ronaldo 45)
Tottenham 5 (Keane 27, 62, Huddlestone 45, 71, Defoe 90) Fulham 1 (Dempsey 60)
West Ham 1 (Solano 42) Reading 1 (Kitson 60)
Wigan 1 (Taylor 65) Newcastle 0
Standings
W D L Gf Ga Pts
Man Utd 14 3 2 36 9 45
Arsenal 13 5 1 36 15 44
Chelsea 11 5 3 29 14 38
Liverpool 10 6 2 33 12 36
Man City 10 4 4 25 20 34
Everton 10 3 6 34 18 33
Portsmouth 8 7 4 29 19 31
Aston Villa 8 6 5 33 25 30
West Ham 7 5 6 23 16 26
Blackburn 7 5 6 23 25 26
Newcastle 7 5 7 26 29 26
Reading 6 4 9 25 36 22
Tottenham 5 6 8 35 32 21
Birmingham 5 3 11 21 30 18
Bolton 4 5 10 21 29 17
Middlesbrough 4 5 10 17 33 17
Wigan 4 4 11 19 34 16
Fulham 2 8 9 20 34 14
Sunderland 3 5 11 17 38 14
Derby 1 4 14 9 43 7
English Championship
LONDON: English Football League The Championship results on Wednesday:
Barnsley 3 Stoke 3
Burnley 1 Sheffield Wednesday 1
Colchester 1 Southampton 1
Coventry 0 Crystal Palace 2
Hull 2 Wolverhampton 0
Leicester 2 Ipswich 0
Norwich 1 Charlton 1
Plymouth 2 QPR 1
Preston 0 Scunthorpe 1
Sheffield Utd 1 Blackpool 1
Watford 2 Cardiff 2
West Bromwich 4 Bristol City 1
Standings
W D L Gf Ga Pts
West Bromwich 13 5 6 51 29 44
Watford 13 5 6 39 30 44
Stoke 11 8 5 39 30 41
Bristol City 11 8 5 31 30 41
Charlton 11 6 7 34 28 39
Plymouth 10 7 7 33 26 37
Ipswich 10 6 8 40 33 36
Wolverhampton 9 8 7 23 22 35
Crystal Palace 8 10 6 29 26 34
Burnley 8 10 6 33 31 34
Hull 9 7 8 30 28 34
Barnsley 8 8 8 29 32 32
Southampton 9 5 10 33 39 32
Sheffield Utd 8 7 9 29 29 31
Cardiff 7 9 8 30 31 30
Coventry 8 5 10 26 37 29
Blackpool 6 9 9 29 31 27
Leicester 5 11 8 23 23 26
Scunthorpe 6 8 10 26 33 26
Norwich 7 5 12 22 32 26
Sheffield Wed 7 4 12 26 31 25
Preston 6 6 12 23 29 24
QPR 5 9 10 23 35 24
Colchester 4 10 10 36 42 22
Scottish Premier League
GLASGOW: Scottish Premier League results on Wednesday:
Dundee Utd 0 Celtic 2 (Vennegoor of Hesselink 68, McManus 74)
Falkirk 1 (Aafjes 35) Inverness CT 0
Gretna 1 (Jenkins 90) Aberdeen 1 (Lovell 86)
Hearts 0 St Mirren 1 (McGinn 17)
Kilmarnock 2 (Nish 36, Taouil 75) Hibernian 1 (Shiels 90-pen)
Rangers 3 (Cousin 42, Porter 70-og, Boyd 90) Motherwell 1 (Quinn 65)
Standings
W D L Gf Ga Pts
Celtic 12 4 3 48 17 40
Rangers 12 2 3 41 15 38
Motherwell 10 2 7 25 22 32
Dundee United 9 2 8 25 22 29
Hibernian 7 7 5 27 24 28
Aberdeen 7 5 7 26 29 26
Falkirk 7 4 8 31 34 25
Inverness CT 8 1 10 25 33 25
Kilmarnock 5 6 8 21 27 21
Hearts 5 5 9 29 33 20
St. Mirren 5 4 9 11 29 19
Gretna 2 4 12 16 40 10
(China Daily 12/28/2007 page22)
