Score board
Nba
NEW YORK: NBA results on Monday (home team in CAPS)
Toronto 102 INDIANA 98
Washington 95 NEW ORLEANS 92
DALLAS 102 Chicago 94
SAN ANTONIO 89 Atlanta 74
Detroit 98 DENVER 93
Boston 104 LA CLIPPERS 76
Standings:
Eastern Conference
Atlantic Division
W L PCT GB
Boston 43 12 .782 -
Toronto 31 24 .564 12
New Jersey 25 31 .446 18 1/2
Philadelphia 25 32 .439 19
NY Knicks 17 39 .304 26 1/2
Central Division
Detroit 42 15 .737 -
Cleveland 32 24 .571 9 1/2
Chicago 22 34 .393 19 1/2
Indiana 22 35 .386 20
Milwaukee 21 35 .375 20 1/2
Southeast Division
Orlando 36 22 .621 -
Washington 27 29 .482 8
Atlanta 22 32 .407 12
Charlotte 19 37 .339 16
Miami 9 44 .170 24 1/2
Western Conference
Northwest Division
Utah 36 20 .643 -
Denver 33 23 .589 3
Portland 29 27 .518 7
Seattle 15 40 .273 20 1/2
Minnesota 11 43 .204 24
Pacific Division
LA Lakers 39 17 .696 -
Phoenix 38 18 .679 1
Golden State 33 22 .600 5 1/2
Sacramento 26 29 .473 12 1/2
LA Clippers 19 35 .352 19
Southwest Division
San Antonio 38 17 .691 -
New Orleans 37 18 .673 1
Dallas 38 19 .667 1
Houston 36 20 .643 2 1/2
Memphis 14 42 .250 24 1/2
Nhl
NEW YORK: NHL results on Monday (home team in CAPS)
Philadelphia 4 BUFFALO 3 (o.p.)
Toronto 5 OTTAWA 0
Standings:
Eastern Conference
Atlantic Division
W L T Otl Gf Ga Pts
New Jersey 37 21 0 5 170 148 79
Pittsburgh 35 21 0 7 186 171 77
NY Rangers 32 24 0 8 166 158 72
Philadelphia 31 25 0 7 192 182 69
NY Islanders 30 26 0 7 156 180 67
Northeast Division
Ottawa 36 21 0 6 210 188 78
Montreal 33 21 0 9 196 180 75
Boston 32 23 0 6 165 167 70
Buffalo 30 24 0 9 188 178 69
Toronto 27 28 0 9 177 200 63
Southeast Division
Carolina 32 28 0 5 194 207 69
Washington 28 27 0 8 177 196 64
Florida 28 30 0 7 175 189 63
Atlanta 29 30 0 4 169 203 62
Tampa Bay 25 30 0 7 177 203 57
Western Conference
Central Division
Detroit 42 17 0 5 200 141 89
Nashville 32 24 0 8 186 181 72
Columbus 29 26 0 9 156 166 67
St. Louis 28 24 0 10 159 173 66
Chicago 29 27 0 6 178 180 64
Northwest Division
Calgary 33 22 0 8 180 178 74
Minnesota 34 23 0 5 170 168 73
Vancouver 32 22 0 8 167 157 72
Colorado 31 26 0 6 172 174 68
Edmonton 28 30 0 5 169 190 61
Pacific Division
Dallas 39 22 0 5 196 163 83
Anaheim 36 23 0 7 167 163 79
San Jose 33 21 0 8 161 151 74
Phoenix 32 26 0 5 173 171 69
Los Angeles 26 34 0 4 186 212 56
Soccer
English Premier League
LONDON: English Premier League result on Monday:
Manchester City 0 Everton 2 (Yakubu 30, Lescott 38)
Portuguese league
LISBON: Portuguese league result on Monday:
Academica 1 (Kaka 59) Boavista 1 (Mateus 61)
Tennis
Acapulco WTA and ATP
ACAPULCO, Mexico: First-day results on Monday from the Acapulco tennis tournaments, counting for both the ATP (536,000 euros) and WTA circuits (121,000 euros):
Men's 1st rd: Juan Monaco (ARG x3) bt Juan Pablo Brzezicki (ARG) 6-3, 2-6, 6-3; Nicolas Almagro (ESP x6) bt Jiri Vanek (CZE) 6-1, 6-2; Albert Montanes (ESP x7) bt Igor Andreev (RUS) 7-6 (7/4), 6-3; Marcel Granollers-Pujol (ESP) bt Bruno Rodriguez (MEX) 6-3, 6-3;
Women's 1st rd: Flavia Pennetta (ITA x1) bt Ekaterina Bychkova (RUS) 6-4, 6-1; Yvonne Meusburger (AUT x6) bt Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK) 6-4, 7-6 (7/4); Jill Craybas (USA) bt Rossana de los Rios (PAR) 6-2, 6-2; Lourdes Dominguez Lino (ESP) bt Rika Fujiwara (JPN) 7-5, 6-3; Julia Schruff (GER) bt Greta Arn (HUN) 6-2, 6-7 (6/8), 7-6 (7/5); Melissa Torres Sandoval (MEX) bt Maria Elena Camerin (ITA) 3-6, 7-5, 7-5;
Memphis ATP/WTA
MEMPHIS, Tennessee: ATP/WTA tennis results here on Monday (x denotes seeding):
Men's 1st rd: Jurgen Melzer (AUT x7) bt John Isner (USA) 6-7 (8/10), 6-3, 7-6 (7/4); Chris Guccione (AUS) bt Robert Kendrick (USA) 7-6 (8/6), 7-6 (7/5); Florent Serra (FRA) bt Marcos Daniel (BRA) 6-1, 6-2; Jonas Bjorkman (SWE) bt Paul Capdeville (CHI) 6-3, 6-1;Alejandro Falla (COL) bt Dudi Sela (ISR) 6-4, 6-2; Tommy Hass (GER x3) bt Diego Hartfield (ARG) 6-3, 6-2
Women's1st rd: Julia Goerges (GER) bt Lilia Osterloh (USA) 7-6 (7/3), 7-6 (7/3); Olga Govortsova (BLR x5) bt Mashona Washington (USA) 6-4, 6-2; Michelle Larcher Brito (POR) bt Stephanie Cohen-Aloro (FRA), 7-5, 1-0 retired virus; Evgeniya Rodina (RUS) bt Anastasiya Yakimova (BLR) 7-5, 6-4; Melinda Czink (HUN) bt Olga Poutchkova (RUS) 6-3, 3-6, 6-4; Lindsay Davenport (USA x4) bt Sabine Lisicki (GER) 7-5, 6-3; Stephanie Dubois (CAN) bt Vania King (USA) 6-2, 2-6, 6-1;Amber Liu (USA) bt Yuliana Fedak (UKR) 6-4, 6-3; Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS) bt Brenda Schultz-McCarthy (NED) 6-3, 5-7, 6-2;
Zagreb ATP
ZAGREB: Results from the $550,000 (370,000-euro) Zagreb ATP tournament on Monday (x denotes seeding):
1st rd: Simone Bolelli (ITA) bt Rainer Schuettler (GER) 6-3, 6-2; Janko Tipsarevic (SRB x7) bt Mischa Zverev (GER) 6-3, 6-1; Stefan Koubek (AUT) bt Franko Skugor (CRO) 2-6, 7-6 (7/2), 6-0; Olivier Rochus (BEL) bt Fabrice Santoro (FRA x4) 6-3, 2-0 retd;
Dubai Open
DUBAI: WTA Dubai Open results here on Monday (x denotes seeding):
1st rd: Dinara Safina (RUS) bt Selima Sfar (TUN) 6-1, 6-3; Alona Bondarenko (UKR) bt Maria Kirilenko (RUS) 3-6, 6-3, 6-2; Elena Dementieva (RUS x8) Patty Schnyder (SUI) 7-5, 6-0.
(China Daily 02/27/2008 page24)
