Score board
NBA
NEW YORK: NBA results on Monday (home team in CAPS):
Philadelphia 106 LA CLIPPERS 80
New Orleans 100 NY KNICKS 88
UTAH 116 Dallas 110
Standings:
Eastern Conference
Atlantic DIVISION
W L PCT GB
Boston 46 12 .793 -
Toronto 32 26 .552 14
Philadelphia 28 33 .459 19 1/2
New Jersey 26 33 .441 20 1/2
NY Knicks 18 42 .300 29
Central Division
Detroit 43 16 .729 -
Cleveland 34 26 .567 9 1/2
Indiana 24 36 .400 19 1/2
Chicago 23 36 .390 20
Milwaukee 22 38 .367 21 1/2
Southeast Division
Orlando 38 23 .623 -
Washington 29 30 .492 8
Atlanta 24 33 .421 12
Charlotte 20 39 .339 17
Miami 11 46 .193 25
Western Conference
Northwest Division
Utah 39 22 .639 -
Denver 35 24 .593 3
Portland 31 29 .517 7 1/2
Seattle 16 43 .271 22
Minnesota 12 46 .207 25 1/2
Pacific Division
LA Lakers 42 18 .700 -
Phoenix 39 20 .661 2 1/2
Golden State 36 22 .621 5
Sacramento 27 32 .458 14 1/2
LA Clippers 19 39 .328 22
Southwest Division
San Antonio 41 17 .707 -
New Orleans 40 19 .678 1 1/2
Houston 39 20 .661 2 1/2
Dallas 39 22 .639 3 1/2
Memphis 14 45 .237 27 1/2
NHL
NEW YORK: NHL results on Monday (home team in CAPS):
WASHINGTON 10 Boston 2
ANAHEIM 3 Ottawa 1
SAN JOSE 6 Montreal 4
Standings:
Eastern Conference
Atlantic Division
W L T Otl Gf Ga Pts
Pittsburgh 37 23 0 7 198 185 81
New Jersey 37 23 0 6 172 156 80
NY Rangers 34 24 0 8 175 164 76
Philadelphia 33 25 0 8 203 189 74
NY Islanders 31 29 0 7 164 193 69
Northeast Division
Montreal 36 22 0 9 213 190 81
Ottawa 37 24 0 6 217 202 80
Boston 35 24 0 6 179 180 76
Buffalo 31 26 0 9 200 192 71
Toronto 29 28 0 10 186 208 68
Southeast Division
Carolina 34 29 0 5 203 213 73
Washington 31 28 0 8 197 202 70
Florida 29 31 0 8 181 196 66
Atlanta 29 31 0 7 178 219 65
Tampa Bay 26 32 0 7 183 213 59
Western Conference
Central Division
Detroit 43 18 0 6 209 150 92
Nashville 33 25 0 8 193 190 74
Columbus 30 27 0 10 164 176 70
Chicago 31 28 0 6 187 188 68
St. Louis 28 27 0 10 161 180 66
Northwest Division
Minnesota 37 24 0 5 179 177 79
Calgary 34 23 0 9 186 185 77
Vancouver 32 23 0 10 172 167 74
Colorado 34 26 0 6 183 180 74
Edmonton 31 30 0 5 182 200 67
Pacific Division
Dallas 41 23 0 5 207 171 87
Anaheim 38 23 0 7 173 165 83
San Jose 37 21 0 8 176 159 82
Phoenix 33 28 0 5 176 176 71
Los Angeles 26 36 0 5 193 224 57
Tennis
Dubai Open
DUBAI: Results of the first day of the Dubai Open on Monday (x denotes seeding):
1st rd: Nikolay Davydenko (RUS x5) bt Mohammed Ghareeb (KUW) 6-4, 6-0; Richard Gasquet (FRA x7) bt Dmitry Tursunov (RUS) 6-4, 6-4; Andy Murray (GBR) bt Roger Federer (SUI x1) 6-7 (6/8), 6-3, 6-4; Fabrice Santoro (FRA) bt Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) 6-3, 6-4; Igor Andreev (RUS) bt Jan Minar (CZE) 6-3, 6-4; Jan Hernych (CZE) bt Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) 6-4, 6-4; David Ferrer (ESP x4) bt Tommy Haas (GER) 6-3, 6-0; Fernando Verdasco (ESP) bt Rainer Schuttler 7-6 (9/7), 4-6, 6-1.
Las Vegas ATP
LAS VEGAS, Nevada: Results on Monday in the $500,000 ATP tennis tournament:
1st rd: Guillermo Canas (ARG x4) bt Thomas Johansson (SWE) 6-3, 7-6 (7/3); Nicholas Kiefer (GER x8) bt Benjamin Becker (GER) 6-4, 6-3; Evgeny Korolev (RUS) bt Sergio Roitman (ARG) 6-4, 4-6, 6-3; Sam Querrey (USA) bt Sebastien Grosjean (FRA) 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (10/8); Robby Ginepri (USA) bt Xavier Malisse (BEL) 2-6, 6-3, 6-4; Lleyton Hewitt (AUS x2) bt Marat Safin (RUS) 6-2, 6-1.
WTA Bangalore Open
BANGALORE, India: Results of the $600,000 WTA Bangalore Open on Monday:
First round: Akgul Amanmuradova (UZB) bt Yaroslava Shvedova (RUS) 6-3, 3-6, 6-3; Aiko Nakamura (JPN) bt Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA) 6-7 (5/7), 6-1, 6-2; Sybille Bammer (AUT x6) bt Akiko Morigami (JPN) 2-6, 6-3, 7-5; Agnes Szavay (HUN x5) bt Shikha Uberoi (IND) 6-1, 6-4.
(China Daily 03/05/2008 page22)
