Score board
NBA
NEW YORK: Results from the NBA games on Tuesday (home teams in CAPS):
Golden State 135 ATLANTA 118
ORLANDO 102 Toronto 87
DETROIT 100 Seattle 97
Charlotte 109 MINNESOTA 89
CHICAGO 112 Memphis 97
SAN ANTONIO 81 New Jersey 70
Phoenix 97 PORTLAND 92
LA Lakers 117 SACRAMENTO 105
Standings
Eastern Conference
Atlantic Division
W L PCT GB
Boston 46 12 .793 -
Toronto 32 27 .542 14 1/2
Philadelphia 28 33 .459 19 1/2
New Jersey 26 34 .433 21
NY Knicks 18 42 .300 29
Central Division
Detroit 44 16 .733 -
Cleveland 34 26 .567 10
Chicago 24 36 .400 20
Indiana 24 36 .400 20
Milwaukee 22 38 .367 22
Southeast Division
Orlando 39 23 .629 -
Washington 29 30 .492 8 1/2
Atlanta 24 34 .414 13
Charlotte 21 39 .350 17
Miami 11 46 .193 25 1/2
Western Conference
Northwest Division
Utah 39 22 .639 -
Denver 35 24 .593 3
Portland 31 30 .508 8
Seattle 16 44 .267 22 1/2
Minnesota 12 47 .203 26
Pacific Division
LA Lakers 43 18 .705 -
Phoenix 40 20 .667 2 1/2
Golden State 37 22 .627 5
Sacramento 27 33 .450 15 1/2
LA Clippers 19 39 .328 22 1/2
Southwest Division
San Antonio 42 17 .712 -
New Orleans 40 19 .678 2
Houston 39 20 .661 3
Dallas 39 22 .639 4
Memphis 14 46 .233 28 1/2
NHL
NEW YORK: Results from the NHL games on Tuesday (home teams in CAPS):
Buffalo 5 PHILADELPHIA 2
NY Islanders 4 NY RANGERS 3 (SO)
Florida 1 BOSTON 0 (OT)
Pittsburgh 2 TAMPA BAY 0
New Jersey 4 TORONTO 1
Chicago 4 MINNESOTA 2
ST. LOUIS 3 Los Angeles 2
Nashville 5 EDMONTON 1
CALGARY 1 Columbus 0
COLORADO 2 Vancouver 1
Standings
Eastern Conference
Atlantic Division
W L T Otl Gf Ga PTS
Pittsburgh 38 23 0 7 200 185 83
New Jersey 38 23 0 6 176 157 82
NY Rangers 34 24 0 9 178 168 77
Philadelphia 33 26 0 8 205 194 74
NY Islanders 32 29 0 7 168 196 71
Northeast Division
Montreal 36 22 0 9 213 190 81
Ottawa 37 24 0 6 217 202 80
Boston 35 24 0 7 179 181 77
Buffalo 32 26 0 9 205 194 73
Toronto 29 29 0 10 187 212 68
Southeast Division
Carolina 34 29 0 5 203 213 73
Washington 31 28 0 8 197 202 70
Florida 30 31 0 8 182 196 68
Atlanta 29 31 0 7 178 219 65
Tampa Bay 26 33 0 7 183 215 59
Western Conference
Central Division
Detroit 43 18 0 6 209 150 92
Nashville 34 25 0 8 198 191 76
Chicago 32 28 0 6 191 190 70
Columbus 30 28 0 10 164 177 70
St. Louis 29 27 0 10 164 182 68
Northwest Division
Minnesota 37 25 0 5 181 181 79
Calgary 35 23 0 9 187 185 79
Colorado 35 26 0 6 185 181 76
Vancouver 32 24 0 10 173 169 74
Edmonton 31 31 0 5 183 205 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 37 0 5 195 227 57
SOCCER
European Champions League
PARIS: European Champions League last 16 second leg results on Tuesday:
At Barcelona, Spain: Barcelona (ESP) 1 (Xavi 3) Celtic (SCO) 0
Barcelona win 4-2 on aggregate
At Manchester, England: Manchester United (ENG) 1 (Ronaldo 41) Lyon (FRA) 0
Manchester United win 2-1 on aggregate
At Milan, Italy: AC Milan (ITA) 0 Arsenal (ENG) 2 (Fabregas 84, Adebayor 90+2)
Arsenal win 2-0 on aggregate
At Seville, Spain: Sevilla (ESP) 3 (Alves 5, Keita 9, Kanoute 41) Fenerbahce (TUR) 2 (Deivid 20, 79)
Fenerbahce win 3-2 on penalties after tie finished 5-5 after extra-time.
English Championship
LONDON: English Football League The Championship results on Tuesday:
Blackpool 1 Barnsley 1
Charlton 1 Bristol City 1
Crystal Palace 0 Cardiff 0
Hull 2 Burnley 0
Ipswich 1 Sheffield United 1
Leicester 0 Preston 1
Plymouth 4 Colchester 1
Sheffield Wednesday 0 West Brom 1
Watford 1 Norwich 1
Wolverhampton 2 Southampton 2
Standings
W D L Gf Ga Pts
Bristol City 18 11 7 45 42 65
Watford 17 11 8 57 43 62
Stoke 17 11 8 59 48 62
West Brom 18 7 10 71 42 61
Charlton 15 11 10 52 42 56
Plymouth 15 10 11 49 37 55
Ipswich 14 11 11 53 44 53
Hull 14 11 10 44 39 53
Burnley 13 12 11 49 48 51
Wolverhampton 13 12 10 35 36 51
Crystal Palace 12 14 10 39 35 50
Blackpool 11 13 12 49 47 46
Norwich 12 10 14 35 44 46
Cardiff 11 12 12 42 42 45
QPR 11 11 13 46 50 44
Barnsley 10 13 13 38 51 43
Sheff Utd 9 14 12 36 40 41
Southampton 10 11 15 46 59 41
Leicester 9 13 14 34 34 40
Preston 11 7 18 34 41 40
Coventry 11 6 17 37 50 39
Sheff Wed 10 6 18 34 41 36
Scunthorpe 8 11 16 34 51 35
Colchester 6 14 15 47 59 32
Tennis
Dubai Open
DUBAI: First-round results of the ATP Dubai Open on Tuesday (x denotes seeding): Andy Roddick (USA x6) bt Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP) 6-2, 6-4; Novak Djokovic (SRB x3) bt Marin Cilic (CRO) 6-4, 6-3; Tomas Berdych (CZE x8) bt Gael Monfils (FRA) 6-3, 6-2; Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA) bt Joseph Sirianni (AUS) 6-4, 6-4; Mikhail Ledovskikh (RUS) bt Mahmoud Nader (UAE) 6-1, 6-1; Rafael Nadal (ESP x2) bt Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) 3-6, 6-1, 6-4; Feliciano Lopez (ESP) bt Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) 6-3, 4-6, 6-4; Olivier Rochus (BEL) bt Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) 6-1, 6-2.
Las Vegas ATP
LAS VEGAS, Nevada: First-round results on Tuesday in the $500,000 ATP Las Vegas tournament: Chris Guccione (AUS) bt Victor Hanescu (ROM) 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7/5); Peter Luczak (AUS) bt Mischa Zverev (GER) 6-2, 1-0 retired right knee; Julien Benneteau (FRA) bt Jonas Bjorkman (SWE) 6-4, 7-6 (7/4); John Isner (USA) bt Alejandro Falla (COL) 4-6, 6-3, 6-4; Potito Starace (ITA x5) bt Carlos Berlocq (ARG) 7-6 (7/5), 6-0; Fernando Gonzalez (CHI x1) bt Dudi Sela (ISR) 6-2, 7-6 (7/2); Kevin Anderson (RSA) bt Michael Llodra (FRA x6) 6-2, 7-6 (7/2); Amer Delic (USA) bt Jurgen Melzer (AUT) 7-5, 7-6 (7/2); Ernests Gulbis (LAT) bt Nicolas Massu (CHI) 7-5, 4-6, 6-4; Marcos Baghdatis (CYP x3) bt Vince Spadea (USA) 7-6 (5), 6-1.
WTA Bangalore Open
BANGALORE, India: First-round results on the second day of the $600,000 WTA Bangalore Open on Tuesday: Vera Zvonareva (RUS x7) bt Monica Niculescu (ROU) 4-6, 6-3, 6-1; Peng Shuai (CHN) bt Anne Kremer (LUX) 6-1, 6-2; Olga Savchuk (UKR) bt Katie O'Brien (GBR) 6-4, 2-6, 7-5; Tzipora Obziler (ISR) bt Angelika Bachmann (GER) 6-2, 6-3; Sanda Mamic (CRO) bt Chan Yung-Jan (TPE) 6-2, 6-2; Anastasia Rodionova (RUS) bt Sun Tiantian (CHN) 4-6, 7-6 (7/2), 6-4; Agnes Szatmari (ROU) bt Isha Lakhani (IND) 6-2, 6-2.
(China Daily 03/06/2008 page23)
