Score board
Baseball
NEW YORK: MLB results on Wednesday (home team in CAPS):
Kansas City 4 DETROIT 0
Milwaukee 8 CHICAGO CUBS 2
Boston 5 OAKLAND 0
Washington 1 PHILADELPHIA 0
BALTIMORE 9 Tampa Bay 6
Toronto 5 NY YANKEES 2
CLEVELAND 7 Chicago White Sox 2
ATLANTA 10 Pittsburgh 2
NY Mets 13 FLORIDA 0
CINCINNATI 6 Arizona 5
LA Angels 1 MINNESOTA 0
ST. LOUIS 8 Colorado 3
NBA
NEW YORK: Results of the NBA games on Wednesday (home teams in CAPS):
ATLANTA 127 Toronto 120
BOSTON 92 Indiana 77
Milwaukee 110 WASHINGTON 109
Cleveland 118 CHARLOTTE 114
New Orleans 106 MIAMI 77
MEMPHIS 130 New York 114
UTAH 117 Minnesota 100
DALLAS 111 Golden State 86
LA Clippers 102 SEATTLE 84
LA LAKERS 104 Portland 91
Standings
Eastern Conference
Atlantic Division
W L Pct GB y-Boston 60 15 .800 --
Philadelphia 38 37 .507 22
Toronto 38 37 .507 22
New Jersey 31 44 .413 29
New York 20 55 .267 40
Southeast Division
y-Orlando 47 28 .627 --
Washington 38 37 .507 9
Atlanta 35 40 .467 12
Charlotte 28 47 .373 19
Miami 13 62 .173 34
Central Division
y-Detroit 53 21 .716 --
x-Cleveland 42 33 .560 11 1/2 Indiana 31 44 .413 22 1/2 Chicago 29 45 .392 24
Milwaukee 26 48 .351 27
Western Conference
Southwest Division
New Orleans 52 22 .703 --
San Antonio 52 23 .693 1/2
Houston 49 25 .662 3
Dallas 47 28 .627 5 1/2
Memphis 20 55 .267 32 1/2
Northwest Division
Utah 50 26 .658 --
Denver 46 29 .613 3 1/2
Portland 38 37 .507 11 1/2
Minnesota 19 55 .257 30
Seattle 17 58 .227 32 1/2
Pacific Division
LA Lakers 51 24 .680 --
Phoenix 50 25 .667 1
Golden State 45 30 .600 6
Sacramento 34 40 .459 16 1/2
LA Clippers 23 52 .307 28
x-clinched playoff spot
y-clinched division
Thursday's games
Chicago at Cleveland
LA Clippers at Sacramento
Houston at Portland
Friday's games
Charlotte at Toronto
Philadelphia at Atlanta
San Antonio at Utah
Miami at Washington
Golden State at Memphis
New York at New Orleans
New Jersey at Detroit
Indiana at Milwaukee
Minnesota at Phoenix
Houston at Seattle
Dallas at LA Lakers
NHL
NEW YORK: Results of the NHL games on Wednesday (home teams in CAPS):
NEW JERSEY 3 Boston 2 (S.O.)
CAROLINA 6 Tampa Bay 2
PITTSBURGH 4 Philadelphia 2
CHICAGO 6 Detroit 2
Standings
Eastern Conference
Atlantic Division
W L Otl Pts GF GA y-Pittsburgh 47 26 8 102 247 214
x-New Jersey 45 28 7 97 203 192
NY Rangers 41 27 11 93 205 192
Philadelphia 40 29 11 91 243 233
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 12 92 210 218
Buffalo 38 30 12 88 251 239
Toronto 36 33 11 83 228 249
Southeast Division
Carolina 43 32 6 92 249 245
Washington 41 31 8 90 235 229
Florida 37 34 9 83 211 220
Atlanta 33 40 8 74 212 271
Tampa Bay 31 40 9 71 221 259
Western Conference
Central Division
y-Detroit 52 21 7 111 250 181
Nashville 40 31 9 89 226 224
Chicago 39 33 8 86 235 230
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
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
Friday's games
Florida at Carolina
New Jersey at Philadelphia
NY Islanders at NY Rangers
Boston at Ottawa
Phoenix at Dallas
Nashville at Chicago
SOCCER
European Champions League
PARIS: Champions League quarter-final, first leg results on Wednesday:
At London: Arsenal (ENG) 1 (Adebayor 23) Liverpool (ENG) 1 (Kuyt 26)
At Istanbul: Fenerbahce (TUR) 2 (Kazim-Kazim 65, Deivid 81) Chelsea (ENG) 1 (Deivid 13-og)
Tuesday
At Rome: Roma (ITA) 0 Manchester United (ENG) 2 (Ronaldo 39, Rooney 66)
At Gelsenkirchen, Germany: Schalke 04 (GER) 0 Barcelona (ESP) 1 (Krkic 12)
2nd legs
April 8
At Liverpool, England
Liverpool (ENG) v Arsenal (ENG)
At London
Chelsea (ENG) v Fenerbahce (TUR)
April 9
At Manchester, England
Manchester United (ENG) v Roma (ITA)
At Barcelona
Barcelona (ESP) v Schalke 04 (GER)
Tennis
ATP/WTA Miami
MIAMI: Results on Wednesday from the eighth day of a $7.54 million ATP and WTA hardcourt tournament (x denotes seed):
Men's quarterfinals
Rafael Nadal (ESP x2) bt James Blake (USA) 3-6, 6-3, 6-1; Tomas Berdych (CZE x10) bt Igor Andreev (RUS x31) 6-4, 6-4.
Women's quarterfinals
Jelena Jankovic (SRB x4) bt Elena Dementieva 6-1, 3-1 (ret); Vera Zvonareva (RUS x19) bt Dinara Safina (RUS x13) 7-5, 6-4.
Men's doubles quarterfinals
Mahesh Bhupathi/Mark Knowles (IND/BAH x4) bt Paul Hanley/Leander Paes (AUS/IND x8) 6-2, 6-7 (8), 10-6 tiebreak; Jeff Coetzee/Wesley Moodie (RSA) bt Arnaud Clement/Michael Llodra (Fra x7) 4-6, 6-3, 10-5 tiebreak; Bob/Mike Bryan (USA x1) bt Simon Aspelin/Julian Knowle (SWE/AUT x5) 6-4, 6-3; Martin Damm/Pavel Vizner (Cze x6) bt Richard Gasquet/Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (Fra) 4-6, 6-4, 14-12 tiebreak. Women's doubles quarterfinals
Katarina Srebotnik/Ai Sugiyama (SLO/JPN x2) bt Lindsay Davenport/Daniela Hantuchova (USA/SVK) 6-4, 3-6, 10-4 tiebreak; Kveta Peschke/Rennae Stubbs (CZE/AUS x3) bt Elena Likhovtseva/Lisa Raymond (RUS/USA x8) 3-6, 6-3, 10-6 tiebreak; Victoria Azarenka/Shahar Peer (BLR/ISR x7) bt Svetlana Kuznetsova/Amelie Mauresmo (RUS/FRA) 7-5, 4-6, 10-6 tiebreak.
(China Daily 04/04/2008 page23)
