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Basketball

Results from the NBA games on Tuesday (home team in CAPS):

NY Knicks 100 BROOKLYN 97

CLEVELAND 100 LA Lakers 94

Denver 101 DETROIT 94

Washington 77 NEW ORLEANS 70

LA Clippers 94 CHICAGO 89

EASTERN CONFERENCE

ATLANTIC DIVISION

W L PCT GB

NY Knicks 16 5 .762 -

Philadelphia 12 9 .571 4

Brooklyn 11 9 .550 4

Boston 11 9 .550 4

Toronto 4 18 .182 12

CENTRAL DIVISION

Chicago 11 9 .550 -

Milwaukee 10 9 .526

Indiana 10 11 .476 1

Detroit 7 17 .292 6

Cleveland 5 17 .227 7

SOUTHEAST DIVISION

Miami 14 5 .737 -

Atlanta 12 6 .667 1

Orlando 8 12 .400 6

Charlotte 7 13 .350 7

Washington 3 15 .167 10

WESTERN CONFERENCE

NORTHWEST DIVISION

Oklahoma City 17 4 .810 -

Utah 12 10 .545 5

Denver 11 11 .500 6

Minnesota 9 9 .500 6

Portland 9 12 .429 8

PACIFIC DIVISION

LA Clippers 15 6 .714 -

Golden State 14 7 .667 1

LA Lakers 9 13 .409 6

Sacramento 7 13 .350 7

Phoenix 7 15 .318 8

SOUTHWEST DIVISION

San Antonio 18 4 .818 -

Memphis 14 4 .778 2

Dallas 11 10 .524 6

Houston 9 11 .450 8

New Orleans 5 15 .250 12

soccer

English Premier League

Tuesday's result:

Sunderland 3 (McClean 3, Fletcher 28, Sessegnon 90) Reading 0

W D L Gf Ga Pts

Man Utd 13 0 3 40 23 39

Man City 9 6 1 30 14 33

Chelsea 8 5 3 28 17 29

Everton 6 8 2 27 20 26

Tottenham 8 2 6 29 25 26

West Brom 8 2 6 24 21 26

Arsenal 6 6 4 26 16 24

Swansea 6 5 5 26 21 23

Stoke 5 8 3 14 12 23

Liverpool 5 7 4 22 20 22

West Ham 6 4 6 21 20 22

Norwich 5 7 4 17 24 22

Fulham 5 5 6 27 27 20

Newcastle 4 5 7 18 23 17

Sunderland 3 7 6 17 21 16

Southampton 4 3 9 22 32 15

Aston Villa 3 6 7 12 23 15

Wigan 4 3 9 17 30 15

Reading 1 6 9 19 31 9

QPR 0 7 9 13 29 7

Leading scorers in the EPL after Monday's match:

12 goals: Michu (Swansea City)

11 goals: van Persie (Manchester United)

10 goals: Ba (Newcastle), Suarez (Liverpool)

9 goals: Defoe (Tottenham)

8 goals: Fellaini (Everton)

7 goals: Tevez (Manchester City), S. Fletcher (Sunderland)

6 goals: Bale (Tottenham), Dzeko (Manchester City), Jelavic (Everton), Lambert (Southampton), Mata (Chelsea), Rooney (Manchester United), Torres (Chelsea)

5 goals: Aguero (Manchester City), Berbatov (Fulham), Hernandez (Manchester United), Long (West Bromwich), Lukaku (West Bromwich), K. Nolan (West Ham)

English League Cup

Results on Tuesday (aet denotes after extra time):

Quarterfinals

Bradford 1 (Thompson 16) Arsenal 1 (Vermaelen 88) aet

Bradford won 3-2 on penalties

Norwich 1 (Morison 19) Aston Villa 4 (Holman 21, Weimann 79, 85, Benteke 90)

English FA Cup

Results on Tuesday (aet denotes after extra time):

2nd rd replays

Hereford 1 Cheltenham 2 aet

Southend 1 Bury 1 aet, Southend won 3-2 on penalties

French League

Results on Tuesday:

Nice 1 (Cvitanich 66-pen) Rennes 0

Valenciennes 0 Paris Saint Germain 4 (Ibrahimovic 28, 49, 54, Lavezzi 82)

Lille 2 (Basa 55, Payet 83) Toulouse 0

W D L Gf Ga Pts

Lyon 10 4 2 29 15 34

PSG 9 5 3 32 12 32

Marseille 9 2 5 20 19 29

Saint Etienne 7 5 4 24 11 26

Valenciennes 7 5 5 29 21 26

Bordeaux 6 8 2 20 13 26

Nice 6 8 3 23 21 26

Rennes 8 2 7 23 22 26

Lille 6 7 4 19 16 25

Lorient 6 6 4 26 27 24

Toulouse 6 5 6 23 19 23

Montpellier 5 5 6 22 19 20

Bastia 5 4 7 21 33 19

Brest 5 3 8 17 22 18

Reims 4 5 7 13 15 17

Sochaux 4 4 8 16 23 16

Ajaccio 4 6 6 15 22 16

Evian 4 4 8 17 27 16

Troyes 1 6 9 17 33 9

Nancy 1 6 9 11 27 9

Note: Ajaccio deducted two points (plus one suspended) because of incidents following league match with Lyon on May 13 last season.

Italian Cup

Round of Last 16 result on Tuesday:

AS Roma 3 (Pjanic 21, Osvaldo 31, Destro 51) Atalanta 0

Scottish Cup

Results on Tuesday:

4th rd replays

Inverness CT 2 (McKay 9-pen, 54) Ross County 1 (Vigurs 41)

Motherwell 1 (Higdon 90-pen) Aberdeen 2 (Fallon 51, Shaughnessy 61)

Spanish Cup

Result of last 16 first leg game on Tuesday:

Osasuna 0 Valencia 2

(China Daily 12/13/2012 page23)