Score board
NBA
NW YORK: NBA results on Wednesday (home team in CAPS):
INDIANA 107 Milwaukee 99
Toronto 107 NEW JERSEY 106
BOSTON 119 Sacramento 100
NEW YORK 112 Atlanta 104
MIAMI 93 Washington 71
Detroit 98 MINNESOTA 89
NEW ORLEANS 94 Denver 81
OKLAHOMA CITY 114 Memphis 102
Philadelphia 95 HOUSTON 93
DALLAS 117 Golden State 93
PORTLAND 88 Charlotte 74
Chicago 95 LA CLIPPERS 75
Standings
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
W L Pct GB
Boston 38 9 .809 --
Philadelphia 22 22 .500 14 1/2
New York 20 25 .444 17
New Jersey 20 26 .435 17 1/2
Toronto 19 28 .404 19
Southeast Division
Orlando 34 10 .773 --
Atlanta 26 19 .578 8 1/2
Miami 25 19 .568 9
Charlotte 19 27 .413 16
Washington 9 36 .200 25 1/2
Central Division
Cleveland 35 8 .814 --
Detroit 25 19 .568 10 1/2
Milwaukee 22 27 .449 16
Chicago 19 27 .413 17 1/2
Indiana 18 28 .391 18 1/2
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Southwest Division
San Antonio 30 14 .682 --
New Orleans 14 .667 1
Houston 28 19 .596 3 1/2
Dallas 26 19 .578 4 1/2
Memphis 11 34 .244 19 1/2
Northwest Division
Denver 30 16 .652 --
Portland 28 17 .622 1 1/2
Utah 25 21 .543 5
Minnesota 16 28 .364 13
Oklahoma City 11 35 .239 19
Pacific Division
LA Lakers 35 9 .795 --
Phoenix 25 18 .581 9 1/2
Golden State 14 32 .304 22
LA Clippers 10 35 .222 25 1/2
Sacramento 10 37 .213 26 1/2
NHL
NW YORK: NHL results on Wednesday (home team in CAPS):
PITTSBURGH 6 NY Rangers 2
CALGARY 5 Buffalo 2
Chicago 3 ANAHEIM 2
Nashville 5 VANCOUVER 3
Standings
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
W L OTL GF GA PTS
New Jersey 30 15 3 149 119 63
NY Rangers 29 17 4 132 133 62
Philadelphia 25 13 9 153 140 59
Pittsburgh 24 21 4 150 148 52
NY Islanders 13 29 5 115 164 31
Northeast Division
Boston 35 8 5 171 108 75
Montreal 27 14 6 148 132 60
Buffalo 25 19 5 147 140 55
Toronto 17 23 8 137 174 42
Ottawa 16 22 7 109 133 39
Southeast Division
Washington 30 15 4 155 141 64
Florida 22 17 8 132 134 52
Carolina 23 21 5 123 145 51
Tampa Bay 17 21 10 126 148 44
Atlanta 17 27 5 144 174 39
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central Division
Detroit 31 9 7 175 136 69
Chicago 26 12 8 155 116 60
Columbus 23 20 5 132 135 51
Nashville 21 23 3 116 137 45
St. Louis 19 23 4 133 149 42
Northwest Division
Calgary 29 14 4 151 140 62
Minnesota 24 20 3 123 108 51
Edmonton 24 20 3 134 148 51
Vancouver 22 20 7 140 142 51
Colorado 23 24 1 131 143 47
Pacific Division
San Jose 35 6 5 163 108 75
Phoenix 24 20 5 129 146 53
Anaheim 24 22 5 145 143 53
Dallas 21 18 7 132 152 49
Los Angeles 19 20 7 117 131 45
Soccer
Brazilian championehip
SAO PAULO: Results in Brazilian (home teams listed first):
Sao Paulo championship
Tuesday's games
Palmeiras 3, Marilia 0
Santo Andre 1, Ponte Preta 0
Wednesday's games
Oeste 1, Ituano 0
Mogi Mirim 2, Paulista 1
Sao Caetano 0, Barueri 1
Corinthians 2, Botafogo 0
Guarani 0, Sao Paulo 2
Rio de Janeiro championship, Guanabara Cup
Tuesday's game
Americano 3, Duque de Caxias 0
Wednesday's games
Resende 3, Cabofriense 1
Tigres do Brasil 0, Vasco 4
Fluminense 0, Madureira 0
English Premier League
LONDON: English Premier League result on Wednesday:
Blackburn Rovers 2 (Warnock 66, McCarthy 87) Bolton Wanderers 2 (Taylor 15, Davies 35)
Everton 1 (Cahill 61) Arsenal 1 (van Persie 90+2)
West Ham United 2 (Di Michele 33, Cole 51 Hull City 0
Chelsea 2 (Kalou 57, 81 Middlesbrough 0
Manchester City 2 (Wright-Phillips 17, Bellamy 77) Newcastle United 1 (Carroll 81)
Wigan Athletic 1 (Mido 83pen) Liverpool 1 (Benayoun 41)
Played on Tuesday
West Bromwich Albion 0 Manchester United 5 (Berbatov 22, Tevez 44,
Vidic 60, Ronaldo 65, 73)
Portsmouth 0 Aston Villa 1 (Heskey 21)
Tottenham Hotspur 3 (Lennon 8, Defoe 21, Dawson 25) Stoke City 1 (Beattie 57)
Sunderland 1 (Jones 55) Fulham 0
Standings
W D L Gf Ga Pts
Man United 15 5 2 39 10 50
Chelsea 14 6 3 44 13 48
Liverpool 13 9 1 37 15 48
Aston Villa 14 5 4 38 24 47
Arsenal 12 5 5 37 24 41
Everton 10 6 6 30 26 36
Wigan 9 5 9 26 24 32
West Ham 8 5 9 29 31 29
Man City 8 4 10 41 31 28
Hull City 7 6 9 29 42 27
Fulham 6 8 7 19 18 26
Sunderland 7 5 11 24 32 26
Tottenham 6 6 11 24 28 24
Portsmouth 6 6 10 22 35 24
Bolton 7 2 13 22 30 23
Newcastle 5 8 10 29 39 23
Blackburn 5 6 10 25 36 21
Middlesbrough 5 6 12 18 35 21
Stoke City 5 6 12 20 38 21
West Bromwich 6 3 14 20 42 21
German Cup
BERLIN: German Cup last 16 results on Wednesday (Bundesliga unless stated, numeral denotes division):
Karlsruhe SC 0 SV Wehen Wiesbaden (II) 1
VfL Wolfsburg 5 Hansa Rostock (II) 1
Bayer Leverkusen 3 Energie Cottbus 1
Borussia Dortmund 1 Werder Bremen 2
Italian Serie A
MILAN: Italian Serie A results on Wednesday:
AC Milan 1 (Beckham 33) Genoa 1 (Milito 87)
AS Roma 2 (Totti 24, Brighi 45+2) Palermo 1 (Cavani 31)
Atalanta Bergamo 0 Bologna 1 (Volpi 80)
Cagliari 1 (Acquafresca 37) Siena 0
Catania 0 Inter Milan 2 (Stankovic 5, Ibrahimovic 71)
Chievo Verona 1 (Mantovani 88) Lecce 1 (Vives 56)
Fiorentina 2 (Alberto Santana 47, Montolivo
79) Napoli 1 (Vitale 49)
Sampdoria 3 (Delvecchio 13, Cassano 51, Stankevicius 55) Lazio 1 (Rocchi 30)
Torino 0 Reggina 0
Udinese 2 (Quagliarella 20, Di Natale 74) Juventus 1 (Iaquinta 77pen)
Standings
W D L Gf Ga Pts
Inter Milan 15 4 2 36 15 49
Juventus 13 4 4 34 16 43
AC Milan 12 5 4 36 22 41
Genoa 10 7 4 31 19 37
AS Roma 11 3 7 31 26 36
Fiorentina 11 2 8 28 19 35
Napoli 10 3 8 28 23 33
Palermo 10 2 9 30 27 32
Cagliari 9 4 8 27 23 31
Lazio 9 4 8 32 32 31
Atalanta 8 3 10 26 25 27
Udinese 7 5 9 30 33 26
Catania 7 5 9 20 26 26
Siena 7 4 10 15 20 25
Sampdoria 6 5 10 19 25 23
Bologna 5 7 9 24 33 22
Lecce 3 10 8 20 31 19
Torino 4 5 12 21 36 17
Chievo Verona 4 5 12 14 30 17
Reggina 3 5 13 17 38 14
Spanish King's Cup
MADRID: Spanish King's Cup quarterfinal second leg results on Wednesday:
Real Betis 0 Real Mallorca 0
First leg: Real Mallorca 1 Real Betis 0.
Real Mallorca win 1-0 on aggregate.
Sporting Gijon 1 (Carmelo 1) Athletic Bilbao 2 (Gabilondo 41, Lopez 51)
First leg: Athletic Bilbao 0 Sporting Gijon 0.
Athletic Bilbao win 2-1 on aggregate.
Tennis
Australian Open
MELBOURNE: Australian Open semifinals results on Thursday (x-denotes seeding):
Women's singles
Dinara Safina (RUS x3) bt Vera Zvonareva (RUS x7) 6-3, 7-6 (4); Serena Williams (USA x2) bt Elena Dementieva (RUS x4) 6-3, 6-4.
Men's singles
Roger Federe (SUI x2) bt Andy Roddick (USA x7) 6-2, 7-5, 7-5
Men's doubles
Mahesh Bhupathi/Mark Knowles (IND/BAH x3) bt Lukasz Kubot/Oliver Marach (POL/AUT) 6-3, 6-1; Bob Bryan/Mike Bryan (USA x2) beat Lukas Dlouhy/Leander Paes (CZE/IND x4) 6-3, 6-3
Women's doubles
Daniela Hantuchova/Ai Sugiyama (SVK/JPN x9) bt Nathalie Dechy/Mara Santangelo (FRA/ITA) 6-4, 6-3; Serena Williams/Venus Williams (USA x10) bt Casey Dellacqua/Francesca Schiavone (AUS/ITA x12) 6-0, 6-2
Mixed doubles
Nathalie Dechy/Andy Ram (FRA/ISR) bt Anabel Medina Garrigues/Tommy Robredo (SPA x7) 7-6, 6-4
(China Daily 01/30/2009 page11)
