Score board
NBA
NEW YORK: Results ot the NBA games on Tuesday (home teams in CAPS):
New Orleans 98 ORLANDO 97
Philadelphia 108 NEW JERSEY 99
MILWAUKEE 119 New York 115, OT
Detroit 94 MINNESOTA 90
Boston 106 CHICAGO 92
SAN ANTONIO 116 Golden State 92
DENVER 126 Phoenix 120
SACRAMENTO 99 Houston 98
Standings
Eastern Conference
Atlantic Division
W L Pct GB
y-Boston 59 15 .797 --
Toronto 38 36 .514 21
Philadelphia 38 37 .507 21 1/2
New Jersey 31 44 .413 28 1/2
New York 20 54 .270 39
Southeast Division
y-Orlando 47 28 .627 --
Washington 38 36 .514 8 1/2
Atlanta 34 40 .459 12 1/2
Charlotte 28 46 .378 18 1/2
Miami 13 61 .176 33 1/2
Central Division
y-Detroit 53 21 .716 --
x-Cleveland 41 33 .554 12
Indiana 31 43 .419 22
Chicago 29 45 .392 24
Milwaukee 25 48 .342 27 1/2
Western Conference
Southwest Division
New Orleans 51 22 .699 --
San Antonio 52 23 .693 --
Houston 49 25 .662 2 1/2
Dallas 46 28 .622 5 1/2
Memphis 19 55 .257 32 1/2
Northwest Division
Utah 49 26 .653 --
Denver 46 29 .613 3
Portland 38 36 .514 10 1/2
Minnesota 19 54 .260 29
Seattle 17 57 .230 31 1/2
Pacific Division
LA Lakers 50 24 .676 --
Phoenix 50 25 .667 1/2
Golden State 45 29 .608 5
Sacramento 34 40 .459 16
LA Clippers 22 52 .297 28
x-clinched playoff spot
y-clinched division
Wednesday's games
Toronto at Atlanta
Indiana at Boston
Milwaukee at Washington
Cleveland at Charlotte
New Orleans at Miami
New York at Memphis
Minnesota at Utah
Golden State at Dallas
LA Clippers at Seattle
Portland at LA Lakers
Thursday's games
Chicago at Cleveland
LA Clippers at Sacramento
Houston at Portland
NHL
NEW YORK: Results of the NHL games on Tuesday (home teams in CAPS):
Florida 3 ATLANTA 2
WASHINGTON 4 Carolina 1
New Jersey 2 NY ISLANDERS 1, OT
Montreal 3 OTTAWA 0
Nashville 4 ST. LOUIS 3, OT
Buffalo 4 Toronto 3, SO
Calgary 3 EDMONTON 2
Colorado 4 VANCOUVER 2
SAN JOSE 5 Los Angeles 2
Standings
Eastern Conference
Atlantic Division
W L Otl Pts GF GA
x-Pittsburgh 46 26 8 100 243 212
x-New Jersey 44 28 7 95 200 190
NY Rangers 41 27 11 93 205 192
Philadelphia 40 28 11 91 241 229
NY Islanders 34 37 9 77 190 237
Northeast Division
y-Montreal 45 25 10 100 256 220
Ottawa 42 30 8 92 252 243
Boston 40 28 11 91 208 215
Buffalo 38 30 12 88 251 239
Toronto 36 33 11 83 228 249
Southeast Division
Carolina 42 32 6 90 243 243
Washington 41 31 8 90 235 229
Florida 37 34 9 83 211 220
Atlanta 33 40 8 74 212 271
Tampa Bay 31 39 9 71 219 253
Western Conference
Central Division
y-Detroit 52 20 7 111 248 175
Nashville 40 31 9 89 226 224
Chicago 38 33 8 84 229 228
Columbus 34 33 12 80 190 208
St. Louis 31 35 13 75 196 233
Northwest Division
x-Minnesota 43 28 9 95 217 213
x-Colorado 43 31 7 93 227 216
Calgary 41 29 10 92 221 223
Vancouver 39 31 10 88 211 206
Edmonton 40 35 6 86 233 250
Pacific Division
y-San Jose 49 21 10 108 218 185
x-Anaheim 45 27 8 98 198 186
x-Dallas 43 29 7 93 232 199
Phoenix 37 36 6 80 206 222
Los Angeles 31 42 7 69 224 260
Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss or shootout loss.
x-clinched playoff spot
y-clinched division
Wednesday's games
Boston at New Jersey
Tampa Bay at Carolina
Philadelphia at Pittsburgh
Detroit at Chicago
Thursday's games
Tampa Bay at Washington
NY Rangers at NY Islanders
Buffalo at Montreal
Ottawa at Toronto
Columbus at Detroit
St. Louis at Nashville
Calgary at Minnesota
Dallas at Phoenix
San Jose at Los Angeles
Edmonton at Vancouver
Tennis
ATP-WTA Miami
MIAMI: Results on Wednesday from the seventh day of a $7.54 million ATP and WTA hardcourt tournament (x denotes seed):
Men's 4th rd
Rafael Nadal (ESP x2) bt Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA) 6-4, 6-4; James Blake (USA x9) bt Radek Stepanek (CZE) 6-3, 6-4; Igor Andreev (RUS) bt Guillermo Canas (ARG x15) 6-4, 7-6 (8/6); Tomas Berdych (CZE x10) bt Dmitry Tursunov (RUS) 6-2, 6-2; Roger Federer (SUI x1) bt Jose Acasuso (ARG) 7-6 (7/5), 6-2; Nikolay Davydenko (RUS x4) bt Mario Ancic (CRO) 4-6, 6-3, 7-5; Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) bt Mikhail Youzhny (RUS x11) 3-6, 6-0, 6-3; Andy Roddick (USA x6) bt Julien Benneteau (FRA) 4-6, 6-3, 6-2.
Women's quarterfinals
Serena Williams (USA x8) bt Justine Henin (BEL x1) 6-2, 6-0; Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS x3) bt Venus Williams (USA x6) 6-4, 6-4.
(China Daily 04/03/2008 page23)
