Score board
NBA
NEW YORK: Results from Wednesday's NBA games (home teams in CAPS):
ATLANTA 90 Cleveland 81
TORONTO 109 Philadelphia 96
NEW JERSEY 99 Seattle 88
Charlotte 95 BOSTON 83
Houston 101 NEW YORK 92
MILWAUKEE 98 Miami 92
LA Lakers 109 NEW ORLEANS 80
Indiana at PHOENIX
Detroit at DALLAS
Golden State at PORTLAND
Orlando at LA CLIPPERS
Standings
Eastern Conference
Atlantic Division
W L PCT GB
Boston 29 4 .879 -
Toronto 18 17 .514 12
New Jersey 18 17 .514 12
Philadelphia 14 22 .389 16 1/2
NY Knicks 9 25 .265 20 1/2
Central Division
Detroit 26 9 .743 -
Cleveland 18 18 .500 8 1/2
Indiana 16 21 .432 11
Milwaukee 15 20 .429 11
Chicago 13 20 .394 12
Southeast Division
Orlando 23 14 .622 -
Washington 17 16 .515 4
Atlanta 16 16 .500 4 1/2
Charlotte 13 21 .382 8 1/2
Miami 8 28 .222 14 1/2
Western Conference
Northwest Division
Portland 22 13 .629 -
Denver 21 13 .618 1/2
Utah 19 17 .528 3 1/2
Seattle 9 26 .257 13
Minnesota 5 29 .147 16 1/2
Pacific Division
Phoenix 25 10 .714 -
LA Lakers 23 11 .676 1 1/2
Golden State 20 16 .556 5 1/2
Sacramento 13 20 .394 11
LA Clippers 10 22 .313 13 1/2
Southwest Division
San Antonio 23 10 .697 -
Dallas 24 11 .686 -
New Orleans 23 12 .657 1
Houston 19 17 .528 5 1/2
Memphis 10 24 .294 13 1/2
NHL
NEW YORK: Results from Wednesday's NHL games (home teams in CAPS):
WASHINGTON 2 Colorado 1
Dallas 3 CHICAGO 1
ANAHEIM 5 Toronto 0
Standings:
Eastern Conference
Atlantic Division
W L Otl Gf Ga Pts
New Jersey 24 15 3 103 98 51
Pittsburgh 24 16 2 123 115 50
Philadelphia 21 15 4 122 111 46
NY Islanders 20 17 5 100 117 45
NY Rangers 20 18 5 105 109 45
Northeast Division
Ottawa 27 10 4 148 116 58
Montreal 21 13 8 130 120 50
Boston 21 17 4 108 109 46
Buffalo 19 18 4 121 119 42
Toronto 16 19 8 120 141 40
Southeast Division
Carolina 22 19 4 135 141 48
Atlanta 21 22 1 125 146 43
Florida 19 21 3 105 118 41
Washington 18 20 5 119 132 41
Tampa Bay 16 22 5 126 147 37
Western Conference
Central Division
Detroit 33 8 3 152 90 69
St. Louis 21 14 5 103 100 47
Nashville 21 19 2 121 122 44
Columbus 19 18 6 106 108 44
Chicago 19 20 4 122 129 42
Northwest Division
Vancouver 24 14 4 111 95 52
Calgary 22 15 7 130 129 51
Minnesota 23 17 2 111 117 48
Colorado 22 18 3 120 121 47
Edmonton 19 21 4 115 131 42
Pacific Division
Dallas 25 16 4 132 115 54
San Jose 23 12 6 105 94 52
Anaheim 23 17 6 117 119 52
Phoenix 22 18 1 109 108 45
Los Angeles 15 27 2 123 150 32
Note: Overtime losses (OTL) are worth one point in the standings and are not included in the loss column (L)
SOCCER
English League Cup
LONDON: English League Cup result on Wednesday:
Semifinal, 1st leg:
Arsenal 1 (Walcott 79) Tottenham 1 (Jenas 37)
Played Tuesday
Chelsea 2 (Wright-Phillips 26, Lescott 90-og) Everton 1 (Yakubu 64)
Second legs
Jan 22: Tottenham v Arsenal (2000GMT)
Jan 23: Everton v Chelsea (1945GMT)
Spanish Cup
MADRID: Spanish Cup, fifth round, first leg on Wednesday:
Athletic Bilbao 1 (Susaeta 78) Espanyol 1 (Jonathan 69)
Betis 1 (Pavone 47) Valencia 2 (Joaquin 4, 11)
Getafe 3 (Albin 35, Casquero 73, Hernandez 79) Levante 0
Recreativo 1 (Caceres 2) Villarreal 0
Sevilla 1 (Capel 43) Barcelona 1 (Henry 23)
Zaragoza 1 (Oliveira 21) Racing Santander 1 (Garay 75-pen)
Playing Thursday
Atletico Madrid v Valladolid
Mallorca v Real Madrid
Tennis
Sydney International
SYDNEY: Results from matches in the Sydney International tennis tournament played on Thursday (x denotes seed):
Women's singles semifinals
Svetlana Kuznetsova (Rus x2) bt Nicole Vaidisova (Cze) 7-5 7-6; Justine Henin (Bel x1) bt Ana Ivanovic (Ser x4) 6-2 2-6 6-4.
Men's singles quarterfinals
Radek Stepanek (CZE) bt Agustin Calleri (ARG) 6-2, 6-4; Chris Guccione (AUS) bt Tomas Berdych (CZE x4) 4-6, 7-6 (8/6), 6-4; Dmitry Tursunov (RUS) bt Sebastien Grosjean (FRA) 6-4, 6-2; Fabrice Santoro (FRA) bt Evgeny Korolev (RUS) 6-3, 6-3.
WTA Hobart International
HOBART, Australia: Results from the WTA Hobart International tennis tournament played on Thursday:
Semifinals
Eleni Daniilidou (GRE) bt Flavia Pennetta (ITA) 6-4, 6-3; Vera Zvonareva (RUS x3) bt Ashley Harkleroad (USA) 6-2, 6-1.
Auckland Open
AUCKLAND: Results from the Auckland Open quarterfinals on Thursday:
Juan Carlos Ferrero (Spa x4) bt Nicolas Massu (Chi) 4-6, 6-3, 6-4; Philipp Kohlschreiber (Ger x7) bt Florian Mayer (Ger) 6-3, 6-4; Julien Benneteau (Fra) bt David Ferrer (Spa x1) 6-4 6-0; Juan Monaco (Arg x3) bt Michael Llodra (Fra) 4-6 7-6 7-6.
Kooyong Classic
MELBOURNE: Results on Thursday at the Yooyong Classic tennis tournament: Andy Roddick (USA) Bt Marat Safin (Rus) 6-3, 6-3; Andy Murray (GBR) bt Ivan Ljubicic (Cro) 6-7 (7), 6-4, 6-2; Brydan Klein (Aus) bt Nikolay Davydenko (Rus) walkover.
(China Daily 01/11/2008 page23)
