Score board
NBA
NEW YORK: NBA results on Monday (home team in CAPS):
CHARLOTTE 107 Indiana 103 (OT)
Orlando 112 CHICAGO 110 (OT)
DETROIT 114 Milwaukee 69
Golden State 112 HOUSTON 95
Toronto 97 NEW ORLEANS 92
UTAH 111 Portland 101
LA CLIPPERS 91 Minnesota 82
Philadelphia 98 SEATTLE 90
Standings
Eastern Conference
Atlantic Division
W L Pct GB
Boston 26 3 .897 --
Toronto 17 15 .531 10 1/2
New Jersey 14 16 .467 12 1/2
Philadelphia 14 17 .452 13
New York 8 21 .276 18
Southeast Division
Orlando 22 11 .667 --
Atlanta 15 13 .536 4 1/2
Washington 15 14 .517 5
Charlotte 11 18 .379 9
Miami 8 23 .258 13
Central Division
Detroit 24 7 .774 --
Indiana 15 17 .469 9 1/2
Cleveland 14 17 .452 10
Chicago 11 18 .379 12
Milwaukee 11 19 .367 12 1/2
Western Conference
Southwest DivisionSan Antonio 21 8 .724 --
Dallas 20 11 .645 2
New Orleans 20 11 .645 2
Houston 15 16 .484 7
Memphis 8 22 .267 13 1/2
Northwest Division
Denver 18 12 .600 --
Portland 18 13 .581 1/2
Utah 17 16 .515 2 1/2
Seattle 9 22 .290 9 1/2
Minnesota 4 26 .133 14
Pacific Division
Phoenix 22 9 .710 --
LA Lakers 19 11 .633 2 1/2
Golden State 19 13 .594 3 1/2
Sacramento 11 18 .379 10
LA Clippers 10 19 .345 11
NHL
NEW YORK: NHL results on Monday (home team in CAPS):
BOSTON 5 Atlanta 2
COLUMBUS 4 Edmonton 2
St. Louis 2 DETROIT 0
San Jose 3 MINNESOTA 2
NY Islanders 4 CAROLINA 1
PHOENIX 4 Colorado 3 (SO)
Nashville 1 DALLAS 0
CALGARY 2 Vancouver 1
*SO denotes shootout win
Standings
Eastern Conference
Atlantic Division
W L OTL GF GA PTS
New Jersey 21 14 3 92 91 45
NY Rangers 20 15 4 97 94 44
Philadelphia 19 14 4 115 105 42
Pittsburgh 20 16 2 109 111 42
NY Islanders 20 16 2 94 104 42
Northeast Division
Ottawa 25 9 4 136 104 54
Montreal 19 13 7 116 109 45
Boston 19 16 4 102 105 42
Buffalo 19 16 2 114 105 40
Toronto 15 16 8 112 124 38
Southeast Division
Carolina 20 18 3 126 132 43
Florida 18 18 3 98 106 39
Atlanta 19 20 1 111 132 39
Washington 15 19 5 106 122 35
Tampa Bay 15 21 3 112 130 33
Western Conference
Central Division
Detroit 29 8 3 141 88 61
St. Louis 19 14 4 94 96 42
Columbus 18 15 6 98 94 42
Chicago 19 15 3 112 104 41
Nashville 18 18 2 103 114 38
Northwest Division
Vancouver 22 14 4 105 93 48
Minnesota 22 15 2 103 107 46
Colorado 21 15 3 115 112 45
Calgary 19 14 7 116 117 45
Edmonton 16 20 4 103 122 36
Pacific Division
Dallas 23 13 4 122 100 50
San Jose 22 12 5 100 89 49
Anaheim 19 17 5 101 112 43
Phoenix 18 18 1 94 101 37
Los Angeles 14 24 2 107 131 30
Note: Overtime losses (OTL) are worth one point in the standings and are not included in the loss column (L)
TENNIS
Qatar Open
DOHA: Results of the Qatar Open championships on Monday (x denotes seed):
1st rd: Thomas Johansson (SWE) bt Igor Andreev (RUS) 6-1, 6-0; Filippo Volandri (ITA) bt Diego Hartfield (ARG) 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (7/3); Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER x6) bt Oscar Hernandez (ESP) 6-3, 6-1; Fabrice Santoro (FRA) bt Andreas Seppi (ITA) 6-4, 1-6, 6-2; Michael Berrer (GER) bt Abdulla Haji (QAT) 6-3, 6-1; Hyung-Taik Lee (KOR) bt Max Mirnyi (BLR) 6-3, 6-2; Ivan Ljubicic (CRO x4) bt Stefan Koubek (AUT) 6-4, 6-4.
ATP Chennai Open
Chennai, India: Results from the $436,000 ATP Chennai Open tennis tournament on Tuesday:
First round: Robin Haase (NED) bt Marcos Baghdatis (CYP x2) 6-3, 6-4; Werner Eschauer (AUT x7) bt Bartolome Salva-Vidal (ESP) 7-6 (7/3), 5-7, 6-4; Kristof Vliegen (BEL) bt Marc Gicquel (FRA x8) 7-6 (7/5), 6-4; Lovro Zovko (CRO) bt Thierry Ascione (FRA) 6-4, 6-0.
Australian women's hardcourt
GOLD COAST, Australia: Australian Women's Hardcourt first round results on Tuesday:
First round: Tatjana Malek (GER) bt Aiko Nakamura (JPN) 7-5, 6-3; Monique Adamczak (AUS) bt Elena Vesnina (RUS) 7-6 (7/4), 3-6, 7-5; Li Na (CHN) bt Sybille Bammer (AUT x7) 6-4, 4-6, 6-4; Flavia Pennetta (ITA) bt Timea Bacsinszky (SUI) 6-4, 6-1; Julia Schruff (GER) bt Lourdes Dominguez Lino (ESP) 6-2, 6-1; Nicole Vaidisova (CZE x1) bt Casey Dellacqua (AUS) 5-7, 7-5, 6-0; Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) bt Virginie Razzano (FRA) 6-2, 6-2
Second round: Victoria Azarenka (BLR) bt Yuliana Fedak (UKR) 6-4, 6-2
Auckland women's classic
AUCKLAND: Auckland Classic women's singles first round results on Tuesday:
Aravane Rezai (Fra) bt Zhang Shuai (Chn) 6-3, 6-3; Vera Zvonareva (Rus x1) bt Sacha Jones (NZL) 6-0, 6-1; Eleni Daniilidou (Gre x7) bt Elena Baltacha (GBR) 6-1 6-2; Sofia Arvidsson (Swe) bt Ahsha Rolle (USA) 6-4 7-5; Camille Pin (Fra) bt Martina Mueller (Ger) 6-3 6-1; Marina Erakovic (NZL) bt Ellen Barry (NZL) 6-1 6-1; Sara Errani (Ita) bt Michaella Krajicek (Ned x4) 7-5 6-7 (7-4) 6-2; Sofia Arvidsson (Sw) bt Ahsha Rolle (USA) 6-4 7-5.
Hopman Cup
PERTH, Australia: Results from Hopman Cup tennis tournament at the Burswood Dome here on Tuesday:
Group B, India bt Australia, 2-1
Women's singles: Sania Mirza (IND) bt Alicia Molik (AUS) 6-2, 2-6, 6-4
Men's singles: Peter Luczak (AUS) bt Rohan Bopanna (IND) 7-6 (7/2), 6-3
Mixed doubles: Mirza/Bopanna (IND) bt Molik/Luczak (AUS) 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (13/11).
Adelaide International
ADELAIDE: Results from the Adelaide International men's first round matches on Tuesday:
First round:
Jarkko Nieminen (FIN x3) bt Ivo Klec (SVK) 6-2, 6-4; Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA x2) bt Julien Benneteau (FRA) 7-6 (7/2), 7-5; Chris Guccione (AUS) bt Wayne Odesnik (USA) 7-5, 7-6 (7/5); Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA x6) bt Victor Hanescu (ROM) 6-3, 4-6, 7-5; Evgeny Korolev (RUS) bt Alun Jones (AUS) 6-2, 7-6 (7/5); Vincent Spadea (USA) bt Sebastien Grosjean (FRA x8) 4-6, 6-1, 6-3; Lleyton Hewitt (AUS x1) bt Dudi Sela (ISR) 6-2, 6-2; Jose Acasuso (ARG) bt Alejandro Falla (COL) 6-3, 7-6 (7/3).
(China Daily 01/02/2008 page23)
