Score board
NBA
NEW YORK: NBA results on Tuesday (home team in CAPS):
NY Knicks 113 WASHINGTON 100 (OT)
Houston 93 CLEVELAND 83
Orlando 103 DETROIT 85
MINNESOTA 104 Philadelphia 88
SAN ANTONIO 85 Charlotte 65
DENVER 124 Boston 118
UTAH 119 Golden State 109
Sacramento 105 PORTLAND 94
SEATTLE 108 Memphis 101
LA LAKERS 122 Atlanta 93
Standings
Eastern Conference
Atlantic Division
W L PCT GB
Boston 41 10 .804 -
Toronto 28 23 .549 13
New Jersey 23 30 .434 19
Philadelphia 23 31 .426 19 1/2
NY Knicks 16 37 .302 26
Central Division
Detroit 39 14 .736 -
Cleveland 29 24 .547 10
Chicago 21 31 .404 17 1/2
Indiana 21 32 .396 18
Milwaukee 19 34 .358 20
Southeast Division
Orlando 34 21 .618 -
Washington 25 28 .472 8
Atlanta 21 29 .420 10 1/2
Charlotte 19 35 .352 14 1/2
Miami 9 42 .176 23
Western Conference
Northwest Division
Utah 35 19 .648 -
Denver 33 20 .623 1 1/2
Portland 28 25 .528 6 1/2
Seattle 14 38 .269 20
Minnesota 11 41 .212 23
Pacific Division
Phoenix 37 16 .698 -
LA Lakers 36 17 .679 1
Golden State 32 21 .604 5
Sacramento 24 28 .462 12 1/2
LA Clippers 17 33 .340 18 1/2
Southwest Division
New Orleans 36 15 .706 -
San Antonio 35 17 .673 1 1/2
Dallas 35 18 .660 2
Houston 33 20 .623 4
Memphis 14 39 .264 23
Wednesday's games
Orlando at Toronto
Cleveland at Indiana
New York at Philadelphia
Chicago at New Jersey
Detroit at Milwaukee
Dallas at New Orleans
LA Lakers at Phoenix
Atlanta at Sacramento
Boston at Golden State
Memphis at LA Clippers
Thursday's games
Miami at Houston
San Antonio at Minnesota
Seattle at Portland
NHL
NEW YORK: NHL results on Tuesday (home team in CAPS):
Boston 3 CAROLINA 2 (SO)
TORONTO 3 Columbus 1
PITTSBURGH 3 Florida 2
OTTAWA 3 Philadelphia 2 (SO)
MONTREAL 6 NY Rangers 5 (SO)
NASHVILLE 5 Edmonton 4
Vancouver 3 MINNESOTA 2 (OT)
ST. LOUIS 5 Chicago 1
Calgary 4 PHOENIX 1
SO = Shootout
SOCCER
Champions League
PARIS:European Champions League second round first elg results on Tuesday:
At Rome: AS Roma (ITA) 2 (Pizarro 24, Mancini 58) Real Madrid (ESP) 1 (Raul 8)
At Liverpool, England: Liverpool (ENG) 2 (Kuyt 85, Gerrard 90) Inter Milan (ITA) 0
At Gelsenkirchen, Germany: Schalke 04 (GER) 1 (Kuranyi 4) FC Porto (POR) 0
At Athens: Olympiakos (GRE) 0 Chelsea (ENG) 0
English Championship
LONDON: English league The Championship results on Tuesday:
Southampton 0 Plymouth 2
Postponed - Frozen pitches
Sheffield Wednesday v Coventry
Wolverhampton v Scunthorpe
Tennis
Qatar Open WTA
DOHA: Results from the second day of the $2.5 million Qatar Open WTA tournament on Tuesday (x denotes seed):
1st rd
Olga Govortsova (BLR) bt Sania Mirza (IND) 4-6, 7-6 (7/5), 3-2 retired; Ai Sugiyama (JPN) bt Agnes Savay (HUN x13) 7-6 (7/3), 6-0; Tathiana Garbin (ITA) bt Ursula Radwanska (POL) 6-2, 7-5; Dinara Safina (RUS x11) bt Katerina Srebotnik (SLO) 6-2, 6-4; Li Na (CHN) bt Elena Likhovtseva (RUS) 6-1, 0-6, 6-4; Nathalie Dechy (FRA) bt Shuai Peng (CHN) 1-6, 6-4, 6-1; Ayumi Morita (JPN) bt Elena Vesnina (RUS) 6-3, 6-4; Patty Schnyder (SUI x9) bt Tamira Paszek (AUT) 6-4, 6-0; Karin Knapp (ITA) bt Julia Georges (GER) 6-1, 6-4.
2nd rd
Vera Zvonareva (RUS) bt Francesca Schiavone (ITA x17) 2-6, 6-3, 6-4; Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) bt Marion Bartoli (FRA x8) 6-2, 6-3.
Rotterdam Open
Rotterdam: Results from the second day of the Rotterdam Open here on Tuesday:
1st rd
Nikolay Davydenko (RUS x2) bt Jan Hernych (CZE) 6-3, 6-3; Michael Llodra (FRA) bt Raemon Sluiter (NED) 6-1, 7-6 (8/6); David Ferrer (ESP x3) bt Simon Bolelli (ITA) 6-4, 7-5; Nicolas Mahut (FRA) bt Tommy Robredo (ESP) 7-5, 6-4; Robin Soderling (SWE) bt Marcos Baghdatis (CYP x8) 6-3, 3-6, 6-4; Gilles Simon (FRA) bt Feliciano Lopez (ESP) 6-3, 6-4.
Buenos Aires ATP Open
BUENOS AIRES: Results from the second day of the $466,000 ATP tournament on Tuesday: 1st rd: Jose Acasuso (ARG) bt Carlos Moya (ESP x3) 6-2, 6-4; Filippo Volandri (ITA x8) bt Nicolas Massu (CHI) 6-4, 6-2; Nicolas Almagro (ESP x5) bt Martin Vassallo Arguello (ARG) 7-6 (7/5), 7-6 (7/2); Daniel Gimeno Traver (ESP) bt Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo (ESP) 2-6, 6-1, 6-2; Juan Pablo Brzezicki (ARG) bt Nicolas Lapentti (ECU) 6-3, 6-2; Oscar Hernandez (ESP) bt Eric Prodon (FRA) 6-4, 6-3; Thomaz Bellucci (BRA) bt Werner Eschauer (AUT) 6-4, 6-4; Juan Ignacio Chela (ARG x4) bt Santiago Ventura (ESP) 5-7, 6-3, 6-2; Fabio Fognini (ITA) bt Eduardo Schwank (ARG) 6-2, 6-1; Sergio Roitman (ARG) bt Ivo Minar (CZE) 4-0, retired; Igor Andreev (RUS x6) bt Albert Montanes (ESP) 6-3, 6-7 (8/10), 7-6 (7/4); Agustin Calleri (Arg) bt Juan Monaco (Arg x2) 6-4, 2-6, 6-3.
ATP San Jose
SAN JOSE, California: Results on Tuesday in the $436,000 SAP Open ATP tennis tournament:
1st rd
Denis Gremelmayr (GER) bt Sam Querrey (USA x7) 5-7, 7-6 (7/1), 6-3; Robby Ginepri (USA) bt Jesse Witten (USA) 6-2, 5-7, 6-4; Benjamin Becker (GER) bt Marcos Daniel (BRA) 6-1, 3-0 retired groin; Mardy Fish (USA) d Tim Smyczek (USA) 6-3, 6-4; James Blake (USA x2) bt Sam Warburg (USA) 6-3, 6-1.
Bogota Cup
BOGOTA: Bogota Cup women's singles first round results on Tuesday:
Carla Suarez Navarro (Spa) bt Bethanie Mattek (USS) 7-5 6-2; Sorana Cirstea (Rom) bt Camille Pin (Fra) 2-6 6-2 6-4; Martina Mueller (Ger x9) bt Viky Nunez Fuentes (Col) 7-5 7-6(5); Edina Gallovits (Rom x7) bt Sunitha Rao (Ind) 6-1 6-2; Maria Elena Camerin (Ita) bt Maret Ani (Est) 4-6 6-3 6-2; Nuria Llagostera (Spa) bt Tatjana Malek (Ger) 6-4 6-2; Catalina Castano (Col) bt Kaia Kanepi (Est) 6-3 7-5; Lourdes Dominguez (Spa) bt Maria Irigoyen (Arg) 6-4 6-0; Rossana De Los Rios (Par) bt Emilie Loit (Fra x4) 7-5 6-3; Yvonne Meusburger (Aut x5) bt Jill Craybas (USA) 6-4 6-4.
(China Daily 02/21/2008 page23)
