Score board
NBA
NEW YORK: NBA results on Wednesday (home team in CAPS):
PHILADELPHIA 121 Chicago 99
ATLANTA 115 Milwaukee 96
New Orleans 100 CLEVELAND 99
BOSTON 117 Phoenix 97
TORONTO 89 Detroit 82
NY KNICKS 103 Miami 96 (OT)
NEW JERSEY 124 Indiana 117
HOUSTON 97 Minnesota 86
SAN ANTONIO 97 LA Clippers 88
Washington 104 SEATTLE 99
SACRAMENTO 107 Memphis 106
Charlotte 108 LA Lakers 95
Standings
Eastern Conference
Atlantic Division
W L PCT GB
Boston 56 15 .789 -
Philadelphia 37 35 .514 19 1/2
Toronto 36 35 .507 20
New Jersey 31 41 .431 25 1/2
NY Knicks 20 51 .282 36
Central Division
Detroit 50 21 .704 -
Cleveland 40 32 .556 10 1/2
Indiana 29 43 .403 21 1/2
Chicago 28 43 .394 22
Milwaukee 24 46 .343 25 1/2
Southeast Division
Orlando 46 27 .630 -
Washington 37 34 .521 8
Atlanta 31 40 .437 14
Charlotte 26 45 .366 19
Miami 13 58 .183 32
Western Conference
Northwest Division
Utah 47 25 .653 -
Denver 43 28 .606 3 1/2
Portland 38 34 .528 9
Minnesota 18 52 .257 28
Seattle 17 55 .236 30
Pacific Division
LA Lakers 49 23 .681 -
Phoenix 47 24 .662 1 1/2
Golden State 43 27 .614 5
Sacramento 32 39 .451 16 1/2
LA Clippers 21 50 .296 27 1/2
Southwest Division
New Orleans 49 21 .700 -
Houston 49 23 .681 1
San Antonio 49 23 .681 1
Dallas 45 26 .634 4 1/2
Memphis 18 53 .254 31 1/2
Thursday's games
Dallas at Denver
Miami at Detroit
Portland at Golden State
NHL
NEW YORK: NHL results on Wednesday (home team in CAPS)
COLUMBUS 4 Chicago 0
MINNESOTA 3 Edmonton 1
COLORADO 6 Vancouver 3
ANAHEIM 2 Los Angeles 1 (SO)
SO = shootout
SOCCER
International friendly results
PARIS: International football friendly collated results on Wednesday:
At Paris: France 1 (Ribery 32-pen) England 0
At Elche, Spain: Spain 1 (Villa 78) Italy 0
At Bucharest: Romania 3 (Marica 45, D. Niculae 60, M. Niculae 75) Russia 0
At Kiev: Ukraine 2 (Shevchenko 54, Nazarenko 58) Serbia 0
At Sofia: Bulgaria 2 (Lazarov 49, Guenchev 90) Finland 1 (Litmanen 22-pen)
At Tallinn: Estonia 2 (Stalteri 59-og, Zahovaiko 90) Canada 0
At Atteridgeville, South Africa: South Africa 3 (Moriri 31, McCarthy 47, Tshabalala 63) Paraguay 0
At Zalaegerszeg, Hungary: Hungary 0 Slovenia 1 (Sisic 59)
At Vilnius: Lithuania 1 (Klimavicius 38) Azerbaijan 0
At Minsk: Belarus 2 (Kutuzov 35, Hleb 64) Turkey 2 (Tuncay Sanli 38, Tumer Metin 71)
At Cairo: Egypt 0 Argentina 2 (Aguero 66, Burdisso 85)
At Zenica, Bosnia: Bosnia 2 (Damjanovic 17, 20) Macedonia 2 (Maznov 41, 45)
At Podgorica: Montenegro 3 (Bruzanovic 8, Boskovic 37, Djalovic 60) Norway 1 (Carew 72)
At Tel Aviv : Israel 1 (Benayoun 30) Chile 0
At Luxembourg: Luxembourg 0 Wales 2 (Eastwood 38, 48)
At Dusseldorf, Germany: Portugal 1 (Nuno Gomes 75) Greece 2 (Karagounis 32, 59)
At Krakow, Poland: Poland 0 United States 3 (Bocanegra 12, Onyewu 35, Lewis 73)
At Basel, Switzerland: Switzerland 0 Germany 4 (Klose 23, Gomez, 61, 67, Podolski 89)
At London: Brazil 1 (Pato 72) Sweden 0
At Belfast: Northern Ireland 4 (Lafferty 25, 36, Healy 33, Kobiashvili 87-og) Georgia 1 (Healy 55-og)
At Glasgow: Scotland 1 (Miller 30) Croatia 1 (Kranjcar 10)
At Vienna: Austria 3 (Ivanschitz 6, Prodl 18, 35) Netherlands 4 (Huntelaar 37, 86, Heitinga 67, Vennegoor of Hesselink 82)
At Bratislava: Slovakia 1 (Mintal 87) Iceland 2 (Thorvaldsson 70, Gudjohnsen 82)
At Herning, Denmark: Denmark 1 (Bendtner 25) Czech Republic 1 (Koller 42)
At Brussels: Morocco 4 (Alloudi 14, Sektoui 34, El Zhar 85, Benjelloun 89) Belgium 1 (Witsel 50)
At London: Ghana 1 (Essien 55) Mexico 2 (Salcido 77, Pardo 86-pen)
At Andorra: Andorra 0 Latvia 3 (Ivanovs 11, Perepletkins 24, Rimkus 41)
At Valetta: Malta (Mifsud 2-pen, 17, 21-pen, 59, 69, Pace 35, Said 86) Liechtenstein 1 (Burgmeier 51)
At Paris: Ivory Coast 0 Tunisia 2 (Chikhaoui 54, Zouaghi 79)
At Yerevan: Armenia 1 (Manucharyan 68) Kazakhstan 0
At Algiers: Algeria 1 (Ghiles 90-pen) Congo 1 (Mbokani 25)
Tennis
ATP-WTA Miami
MIAMI: Results here on Wednesday from the first day of a $7.54 million ATP and WTA hardcourt tournament (x denotes seeding):
Men's 1st rd
Nicolas Mahut (FRA) bt Florian Mayer (GER) 7-6 (8/6), 6-3; Marin Cilic (CRO) bt Kristof Vliegen (BEL) 6-3, 6-2; Xavier Malisse (BEL) bt Oscar Hernandez (ESP) 6-1, 6-1; Andreas Seppi (ITA) bt Marc Gicquel (FRA) 2-6, 6-4, 6-2; Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG) bt Jesse Levine (USA) 7-5, 6-1; Dmitry Tursunov (RUS) bt Evgeny Korolev (RUS) 4-6, 6-4, 6-2; Benjamin Becker (GER) bt Sergio Roitman (ARG) 6-3, 6-4; Sam Warburg (USA) bt Potito Starace (ITA) 7-6 (7/2), 6-2; Sam Querrey (USA) bt Carlos Berlocq (ARG) 7-6 (7/4), 6-3; Albert Montanes (ESP) bt Kei Nishikori (JPN) 7-5, 6-2; Sebastien Grosjean (FRA) bt Gustavo Kuerten (BRA) 6-1, 7-5; Nicolas Kiefer (GER) bt Tommy Haas (GER) 4-6, 7-6 (9), 6-4; Fabrice Santoro (FRA) bt Jonas Bjorkman (SWE) 6-1, 6-0; Pablo Cuevas (Uru) bt Vince Spadea (USA) 6-4, 6-2; Kevin Anderson (RSA) bt Agustin Calleri (ARG) 7-6 (5), 3-6, 7-6(4); Michael Berrer (GER) bt Robin Haase (NED) 6-4 6-4.
Women's 1st rd
Chan Yung-Jan (TPE) bt Ioana Raluca Olaru (ROM) 6-1, 2-6, 6-1; Edina Gallovits (ROM) bt Klara Zakopalova (CZE) 6-4, 6-1; Angelique Kerber (GER) bt Akgul Amanmuradova (UZB) 7-5, 6-1; Marta Domachowska (POL) bt Jill Craybas (USA) 6-4, 0-6, 7-6 (8/6); Marina Erakovic (NZL) bt Martina Muller (GER) 6-4, 6-7 (4/7), 6-2; Elena Vesnina (RUS) bt Elena Likhovtseva (RUS) 6-4, 6-4; Sara Errani (ITA) bt Akiko Morigami (JPN) 6-2, 3-6, 6-4; Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) bt Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL) 6-4, 7-5; Michelle Larcher de Brito (POR) bt Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) 3-6 7-6(3) 6-3; Vania King (USA) bt Meghann Shaughnessy (USA) 3-6 6-4 6-1; Anastasia Rodionova (RUS) bt Casey Dell'Acqua (AUS) 6-2 7-6(1); Rossana De Los Rios (PAR) bt Yvonne Meusburger (AUT) 6-2 4-6 6-4; Ashley Harkleroad (USA) bt Emmanuelle Gagliardi (SUI) 6-4 6-3; Tatiana Perebiynis (UKR) bt Gisela Dulko (ARG) 6-4 7-6(1); Kaia Kanepi (EST) bt Petra Kvitova (CZE) 3-6 7-5 7-5; Nathalie Dechy (FRA) bt Saori Nakamura (JPN) 6-0 6-0.
(China Daily 03/28/2008 page23)
