Score board
NBA
NEW YORK: Results of the NBA games on Wednesday (home teams in CAPS):
Detroit 86 PHILADELPHIA 78
Dallas 102 CHARLOTTE 95
CLEVELAND 121 Washington 85
Toronto 114 BOSTON 112
Orlando 112 MEMPHIS 85
MINNESOTA 117 Phoenix 107
NEW ORLEANS 96 Portland 81
CHICAGO 108 Indiana 95
DENVER 107 Atlanta 100
SAN ANTONIO 103 LA Lakers 91
Houston 109 SEATTLE 107
LA CLIPPERS Sacramento at
Standings
Eastern conference
Atlantic division
W L PCT GB
Boston 33 7 .825 -
Toronto 23 19 .548 11
New Jersey 18 23 .439 15 1/2
Philadelphia 16 27 .372 18 1/2
NY Knicks 13 28 .317 20 1/2
Central division
Detroit 30 13 .698 -
Cleveland 23 18 .561 6
Indiana 19 24 .442 11
Chicago 17 24 .415 12
Milwaukee 16 26 .381 13 1/2
Southeast division
Orlando 27 17 .614 -
Washington 22 18 .550 3
Atlanta 17 21 .447 7
Charlotte 16 26 .381 10
Miami 8 32 .200 17
Western conference
Northwest division
Denver 25 16 .610 -
Portland 25 17 .595 0 1/2
Utah 24 18 .571 1 1/2
Seattle 9 33 .214 16 1/2
Minnesota 7 34 .171 18
Pacific division
Phoenix 30 13 .698 -
LA Lakers 27 13 .675 1 1/2
Golden State 25 18 .581 5
Sacramento 18 23 .439 11
LA Clippers 13 25 .342 14 1/2
Southwest division
New Orleans 29 12 .707 -
Dallas 28 13 .683 1
San Antonio 27 13 .675 1 1/2
Houston 23 19 .548 6 1/2
Memphis 12 30 .286 17 1/2
NHL
NEW YORK: Results of the NHL games on Wednesday (home teams in CAPS):
TORONTO 3 Washington 2
VANCOUVER 3 St. Louis 2 (SO)
Detroit 2 ANAHEIM 1
Standings
Eastern conference
Atlantic division
W L Otl Gf Ga Pts
New Jersey 28 17 3 122 111 59
Pittsburgh 27 17 4 140 129 58
Philadelphia 26 16 5 156 135 57
NY Islanders 24 19 6 123 137 54
NY Rangers 23 21 6 122 128 52
Northeast division
Ottawa 30 15 4 166 141 64
Montreal 25 15 8 150 133 58
Boston 24 19 5 125 132 53
Toronto 20 22 8 141 162 48
Buffalo 20 21 6 140 138 46
Southeast division
Carolina 24 24 4 158 170 52
Washington 22 22 5 145 155 49
Atlanta 23 25 3 140 173 49
Florida 22 24 4 127 143 48
Tampa Bay 20 24 5 141 160 45
Western conference
Central division
Detroit 37 10 4 174 110 78
Nashville 25 20 4 143 134 54
Columbus 24 20 6 127 126 54
St. Louis 22 18 7 122 132 51
Chicago 23 22 4 139 142 50
Northwest division
Calgary 25 17 8 146 143 58
Minnesota 27 19 3 135 136 57
Vancouver 26 19 5 131 121 57
Colorado 26 19 4 136 135 56
Edmonton 22 24 5 136 155 49
Pacific division
Dallas 28 19 5 153 136 61
Anaheim 27 18 6 133 132 60
San Jose 26 15 7 125 118 59
Phoenix 25 21 2 131 131 52
Los Angeles 19 29 2 140 168 40
SOCCER
Dutch league
THE HAGUE: Dutch league results on Wednesday:
Ajax Amsterdam 2 FC Utrecht 0
FC Groningen 5 NEC Nijmegen 1
De Graafschap 2 Roda JC Kerkrade 1
PSV Eindhoven 3 Sparta Rotterdam 1
SC Heerenveen 5 VVV Venlo 1
Tuesday
Heracles Almelo 2 Excelsior Rotterdam 0
AZ Alklmaar 1 NAC Breda 2
Willem II Tilburg 4 Vitesse Arnhem 0
Thursday
Feyenoord Rotterdam v FC Twente
English League Cup
LONDON: English League Cup result on Wednesday:
Semifinal, 2nd leg
Everton 0 Chelsea 1 (J. Cole 69)
Chelsea win 3-1 on aggregate
Played Tuesday
Semifinal, 2nd leg
Tottenham 5 (Jenas 3, Bendtner 27-og, Keane 48, Lennon 60, Malbranque 90+4) Arsenal (Adebayor 70)
Tottenham win 6-2 on aggregate
Final: Tottenham v Chelsea, February 24, Wembley
French league
PARIS: French football league results on Wednesday:
Valenciennes 1 (Savidan 34) Lens 2 (Hilton 44, Monnet-Paquet 64)
Caen 0 Auxerre 0
Lille 3 (Mirallas 17, Obraniak 41, Cabaye 52) Le Mans 1 (Yebda 87)
Lyon 2 (Ben Arfa 29, Benzema 74) Lorient 0
Monaco 1 (Piquionne 78) Sochaux 0
Paris Saint Germain 3 (Luyindula 5, Rothen 36, Diane 54) Metz 0
Rennes 1 (Briand 50) Nice 1 (Modeste 52)
Strasbourg 2 (Gameiro 21, Cohade 90) Toulouse 0
Nancy 1 (Brison 48) Marseille 1 (Nasri 87)
Thursday
Bordeaux v St Etienne
Standings
W D L Gf Ga Pts
Lyon 14 3 5 43 21 45
Bordeaux 11 6 4 33 25 39
Nancy 9 10 3 26 13 37
Nice 9 9 4 22 15 36
Monaco 10 4 8 28 20 34
Caen 9 7 6 24 20 34
Valenciennes 9 5 8 27 22 32
Lorient 7 9 6 21 22 30
Le Mans 9 3 10 28 33 30
Marseille 7 8 7 25 25 29
Rennes 8 5 9 22 27 29
Paris SG 7 7 8 22 21 28
Saint-Etienne 8 4 9 22 22 28
Strasbourg 7 7 8 21 22 28
Lille 5 11 5 23 21 26
Lens 7 5 9 21 25 26
Toulouse 6 8 8 22 27 26
Auxerre 7 4 11 19 31 25
Sochaux 4 8 10 18 27 20
Metz 1 5 16 11 39 8
Italian league
ROME: Italian league result on Wednesday:
Atalanta 2 (Langella 42, Tissone 68) AC Milan 1 (Gattuso 16)
Standings
W D L Gf Ga Pts
Inter Milan 15 4 0 43 13 49
Roma 12 6 1 37 19 42
Juventus 10 7 2 36 16 37
Fiorentina 9 7 3 30 18 34
Udinese 9 5 5 23 22 32
Atalanta 6 7 6 27 26 25
Sampdoria 7 4 8 25 24 25
Genoa 6 7 6 20 25 25
Palermo 6 7 6 27 33 25
AC Milan 6 6 5 28 16 24
Napoli 6 6 7 29 29 24
Catania 5 7 7 18 22 22
Livorno 5 6 7 22 28 21
Lazio 4 7 8 22 29 19
Parma 4 6 9 22 29 18
Torino 2 11 6 17 24 17
Siena 3 8 8 22 30 17
Reggina 3 8 7 15 26 17
Empoli 3 7 9 15 26 16
Cagliari 2 4 13 13 36 10
Italian Cup
ROME: Italian Cup results on Wednesday:
Quarterfinals 1st leg
Inter Milan 2 (Cruz 54, 74) Juventus 2 (Del Piero 79, Boumsong 85)
Sampdoria 1 (Ziegler 62) Roma 1 (Vucinic 69)
Udinese 3 (Ferronetti 9, Pepe 70-pen, Felipe 76) Catania 2 (Izco 12, Martinez 31)
Playing Thursday
Lazio v Fiorentina
Scottish Cup
GLASGOW: Results in the Scottish Cup on Wednesday:
Fourth round
Cove Rangers 2 Ross County 4
Rangers 6 East Stirling 0
Spanish Cup
MADRID: Spanish Cup results on Wednesday:
Quarterfinals, 1st leg
Valencia 1 (Silva 32) Atletico Madrid 0
Getafe 1 (De la Red 51) Real Mallorca 0
Thursday
Racing Santander v Athletic Bilbao
Villarreal v Barcelona
TENNIS
Australian Open
MELBOURNE: Results from day 11 of the Australian Open at Melbourne Park yesterday (x denotes seeding).
Men's singles semi-finals
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) bt Rafael Nadal (ESP x2) 6-2, 6-3, 6-2
Women's singles semi-finals
Maria Sharapova (RUS x5) bt Jelena Jankovic (SRB x3) 6-3, 6-1; Ana Ivanovic (SRB x4) bt Daniela Hantuchova 0-6, 6-3, 6-4
Men's doubles semi-finals
Arnaud Clement/Michael Llodra (FRA x7) bt Jeff Coetzee (USA)/Wesley Moodie (RSA) 6-3, 7-6 (11/9); Jonathan Erlich/Andy Ram (ISR x8) bt Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/Mark Knowles (BAH x6) 6-4, 6-4
Women's doubles semi-finals
Alona Bondarenko/Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR) bt Anabel Medina Garrigues/Virginia Ruano Pascual (EsP x10) 6-2, 6-4
Mixed doubles quarter-final
Yan Zi (CHN)/Mark Knowles (BAH x3) bt Chuang Chia-Jung (TPE)/Jonathan Erlich (ISR x6) 6-4, 6-4
Boys' singles quarter-finals
Ryan Harrison (USA x4) bt Wu Di (CHN) 3-6, 6-3, 6-0; Bernard Tomic (AUS x5) bt Cesar Ramirez (MEX x1) 6-4, 6-3; Yang Tsung-Hua (TPE x10) bt Jerzy Janowicz (POL x2) 7-5, 6-1; Yuki Bhambri (IND x8) bt Daniel Evans (GBR x3) 7-6 (7/5), 4-6, 6-3
Girls' singles quarter-finals
Jessica Moore (AUS) bt Jasmina Tinjic (CRO) 6-4, 6-0; Arantxa Rus (NED x14) bt Bojana Jovanovski (SRB x5) 6-1, 6-3; Simona Halep (ROM x10) bt Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS x1) 6-2, 6-3; Zhou Yi-Miao (CHN x11) bt Karen Barbat (DEN) 6-0, 6-3.
(China Daily 01/25/2008 page23)
