Score Board

Basketball

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

ATLANTA 113 Charlotte 90

NY KNICKS 116 LA Lakers 107

PORTLAND 98 San Antonio 90

EASTERN CONFERENCE

ATLANTIC DIVISION

W L PCT GB

NY Knicks 17 5 .773 -

Brooklyn 12 9 .571 4

Boston 12 9 .571 4

Philadelphia 12 10 .545 5

Toronto 4 19 .174 13

CENTRAL DIVISION

Chicago 12 9 .571 -

Milwaukee 11 9 .550

Indiana 11 11 .500 1

Detroit 7 17 .292 6

Cleveland 5 18 .217 8

SOUTHEAST DIVISION

Miami 14 6 .700 -

Atlanta 14 6 .700 -

Orlando 8 13 .381 6

Charlotte 7 15 .318 8

Washington 3 16 .158 10

WESTERN CONFERENCE

NORTHWEST DIVISION

Oklahoma City 18 4 .818 -

Utah 13 10 .565 5

Minnesota 10 9 .526 6

Denver 11 12 .478 7

Portland 10 12 .455 8

PACIFIC DIVISION

LA Clippers 16 6 .727 -

Golden State 15 7 .682 1

LA Lakers 9 14 .391 7

Phoenix 8 15 .348 8

Sacramento 7 14 .333 8

SOUTHWEST DIVISION

San Antonio 18 6 .750 -

Memphis 14 5 .737 1

Dallas 11 11 .500 6

Houston 10 11 .476 7

New Orleans 5 16 .238 11

Golf

Alfred Dunhill Championship

JOHANNESBURG - Leading scores after the first round of the Alfred Dunhill Championship on Thursday at the par-72, 6,631-meter Leopard Creek Country Club:

66 - Gregory Bourdy (FRA)

67 - Louis de Jager (RSA), Oliver Bekker (RSA), Steve Webster (ENG), Richard Bland (ENG), Darren Fichardt (RSA), Charl Schwartzel (RSA)

68 - Graeme Storm (ENG), Mark Williams (RSA), Branden Grace (RSA), Maximilian Kieffer (GER)

69 - Ockie Strydom (RSA), Richard McEvoy (ENG), Robert Rock (ENG), Oscar Floren (SWE), Tommy Fleetwood (ENG), David Drysdale (SCO), Jaco Van Zyl (RSA), Espen Kofstad (NOR), Matthew Baldwin (ENG)

70 - Charl Coetzee (RSA), James Kamte (RSA), Kristoffer Broberg (SWE), Alejandro Canizares (ESP), Danny Willett (ENG), Peter Lawrie (IRL), Thomas Aiken (RSA), Richard Sterne (RSA), Peter Uihlein (USA), David Howell (ENG), Christiaan Basson (RSA), Estanislao Goya (ARG), Keith Horne (RSA), Martin Wiegele (AUT), Tyrone van Aswegen (RSA), Richard Finch (ENG), Scott Jamieson (SCO), Matthew Southgate (ENG), JB Hansen (DEN)

Australian PGA

Scores after the first round of the OneAsia co-sanctioned US$1.25 million Australian PGA at the par-72 Palmer Coolum Resort course on Thursday (Australia unless stated):

64 - Daniel Popovic

66 - Scott Strange

67 - Zhang Xinjun (CHN), Choo Tze-Huang (SIN), Geoff Ogilvy

68 - Jason Scrivener, Ryan Haller, Stephen Dartnall, Peter Senior

69 - Brad Kennedy, Aaron Townsend, Bronson La'Cassie, Marc Leishman, Stephen Leaney, Steve Conran, Adam Bland, Josh Geary (NZL), Matthew Griffin

70 - Steven Jones, Terry Pilkadaris, Michael Wright, James Nitties, Peter Fowler, Stuart Appleby, Adam Crawford, Steven Bowditch, Cameron Percy, Nick Flanagan, Darren Clarke (NIR), Leigh McKechnie, Peter Cooke, Gavin Flint, Jason Kang (USA)

NFL

Result on Thursday (home team in CAPS):

Cincinnati 34 PHILADELPHIA 13

AMERICAN CONFERENCE

AFC EAST

W L T OTL PF PA PCT

y-New England 10 3 0 0 472 274 .769

NY Jets 6 7 0 1 245 306 .462

Buffalo 5 8 0 0 289 352 .385

Miami 5 8 0 2 240 276 .385

AFC NORTH

Baltimore 9 4 0 1 331 273 .692

Cincinnati 8 6 0 0 355 293 .571

Pittsburgh 7 6 0 0 278 264 .538

Cleveland 5 8 0 1 259 272 .385

AFC SOUTH

x-Houston 11 2 0 0 365 263 .846

Indianapolis 9 4 0 0 292 329 .692

Tennessee 4 9 0 1 271 386 .308

Jacksonville 2 11 0 3 216 359 .154

AFC WEST

y-Denver 10 3 0 0 375 257 .769

San Diego 5 8 0 1 292 281 .385

Oakland 3 10 0 0 248 402 .231

Kansas City 2 11 0 1 195 352 .154

NATIONAL CONFERENCE

NFC EAST

NY Giants 8 5 0 0 373 270 .615

Washington 7 6 0 0 343 329 .538

Dallas 7 6 0 0 300 314 .538

Philadelphia 4 10 0 1 253 375 .286

NFC NORTH

Green Bay 9 4 0 0 323 279 .692

Chicago 8 5 0 1 308 219 .615

Minnesota 7 6 0 0 283 286 .538

Detroit 4 9 0 2 320 342 .308

NFC SOUTH

y-Atlanta 11 2 0 0 337 259 .846

Tampa Bay 6 7 0 0 354 308 .462

New Orleans 5 8 0 1 348 379 .385

Carolina 4 9 0 1 265 312 .308

NFC WEST

San Francisco 9 3 1 1 316 184 .731

Seattle 8 5 0 0 300 202 .615

St. Louis 6 6 1 0 236 279 .500

Arizona 4 9 0 1 186 292 .308

x-clinched playoff spot

y-clinched division

Soccer

English FA Cup

English FA Cup result on Thursday (aet denotes after extra time):

2nd rd replay

Hastings Utd 1 Harrogate Town 1 (aet) Hastings Utd won 5-4 on penalties

French League

Results on Thursday:

Bordeaux 0 Saint-Etienne 0

Italian Cup

Round of Last 16 result on Thursday:

AC Milan 3 (Yepes 51, Niang 79, Pazzini 81) Reggina 0

Spanish Cup

Results on Thursday (Last 16 first leg matches unless stated):

Levante 0 Real Zaragoza 1

Las Palmas 1 Real Betis 1

Swimming

World short course championships

ISTANBUL - Results from second day of world short course swimming championships on Thursday (finals only):

Men

100 m backstroke

1. Matthew Grevers (USA) 49.89

2. Stanislav Donets (RUS) 49.91

3. Guilherme Guido (BRA) 50.50

100 m butterfly

1. Chad Le Clos (RSA) 48.82

2. Thomas Shields (USA) 49.54

3. Ryan Lochte (USA) 49.59

100 m breaststroke

1. Fabio Scozzoli (ITA) 57.10

2. Damir Dugonjic (SLO) 57.32

3. Kevin Cordes (USA) 57.83

400 m medley

1. Daiya Seto (JPN) 3:59.15

2. Laszlo Cesh (HUN) 4:00.50

3. David Verraszto (HUN) 4:02.87

Women

100 m backstroke

1. Olivia Smoliga (USA) 56.64

2. Mie Oestergaard Nielsen (DAN) 57.07

3. Simona Baumrtova (CZE) 57.18

50 m breaststroke

1. Ruta Meilutyte (LTU) 29.44

2. Alia Atkinson (JAM) 29.67

3. Sarah Katsoulis (AUS) 29.94

Lee Rye-jung of South Korea plays during the first round of the Hyundai China Ladies Open at the Orient Golf and Country Club in Xiamen, Fujian province, on Friday. Lee shot 7-under 65 to lead the China LPGA's season-ending tournament. Local favorite and world No 5 Feng Shanshan carded two-under 70, leaving her trailing entering the weekend's final two rounds. Provided to China Daily

(China Daily 12/15/2012 page15)