Basketball

NBA results on Friday (home team in CAPS)

ORLANDO 86 New Jersey 70

Miami 84 PHILADELPHIA 78

ATLANTA 102 Washington 88

NY KNICKS 115 Indiana 100

Toronto 114 MEMPHIS 110 (OT)

Portland 100 CHICAGO 89

San Antonio 114 OKLAHOMA CITY 105

SACRAMENTO 120 Boston 95

PHOENIX 109 Detroit 101

Milwaukee 120 GOLDEN STATE 98

LA LAKERS 97 Minnesota 92

(OT denotes overtime)

Biathlon

BiathlonWorld Cup

Results of the women's 7.5km sprint at Khanty Mansiysk in Russia and the overall world cup table:

1. Magdalena Neuner (GER) 22mins 11secs 5 (2 penalties)

2. Vita Semerenko (UKR) at 3.2 (0)

3. Darya Domracheva (BLR) at 16.2 (1)

4. Kaisa Mkrainen (FIN) at 17.5 (2)

5. Helena Ekholm (SWE) at 25.4 (0)

Overall world cup standings after 24 out of 26 races:

1. Magdalena Neuner (GER) 1153 pts

2. Darya Domracheva (BLR) 1109

3. Tora BERGER (NOR) 989

Golf

LPGA Founders Cup

Leading second-round scores here on Friday in the LPGA Tour Founders Cup (USA unless noted, par-72):

135 - Yani Tseng (TPE) 65-70

136 - I.K. Kim (KOR) 70-66, Meena Lee (KOR) 69-67, Mika Miyazato (JPN) 69-67, Ai Miyazato (JPN) 68-68, Na Yeon Choi (KOR) 67-69

137 - Paula Creamer 69-68, Karin Sjodin (SWE) 69-68, Karrie Webb (AUS) 68-69, Inbee Park (KOR) 68-69, Jiyai Shin (KOR) 66-71, Hee Young Park (KOR) 65-72

138 - Kristy McPherson 73-65, Katherine Hull (AUS) 72-66, Julieta Granada (PAR) 70-68, Pat Hurst 69-69, Stacy Lewis 68-70, Hee Kyung Seo (KOR) 67-71

139 - Se Ri Pak (KOR) 70-69, Hee-Won Han (KOR) 69-70, Jennifer Song 69-70, Belen Mozo (ESP) 68-71, So Yeon Ryu (KOR) 68-71, Mindy Kim 68-71, Katie Futcher 68-71, Christine Song 67-72, Danielle Kang 68-71, Seon Hwa Lee (KOR) 70-69

Transitions Championship

Leading second-round scores here on Friday in the US PGA Tour's $5.5 million Transitions Championship (USA unless noted, par-71):

132 - Jason Dufner 66-66

134 - Padraig Harrington (IRL) 61-73, William McGirt 66-68

135 - Chris Couch 67-68, George McNeill 67-68, Luke Donald (ENG) 67-68, Sang-Moon Bae (KOR) 69-66, Ken Duke 68-67

136 - Jim Furyk 66-70, John Senden (AUS) 66-70, Sergio Garcia (ESP) 68-68, Kenny Perry 66-70

137 - Chris DiMarco 70-67, Jason Bohn 66-71, Webb Simpson 68-69, Justin Rose (ENG) 67-70, Jamie Lovemark 70-67, Jeff Overton 68-69, Cameron Tringale 66-71, Kevin Streelman 68-69, Ernie Els (RSA) 70-67, Retief Goosen (RSA) 69-68, Jerry Kelly 69-68, Scott Piercy 69-68

138 - Kevin Chappell 69-69, Bryce Molder 67-71, John Mallinger 72-66, Bo Van Pelt 70-68, Andres Romero (ARG) 70-68, Chez Reavie 68-70, Michael Thompson 68-70, Kyle Reifers 70-68, Will Claxton 64-74

Andalucia Open

Leading and selected second round scores at the Andalucia Open at the Aloha GC, Andalucia, Spain on Friday (GBR/IRL unless stated, par 72):

136 - Eduardo De La Riva (ESP) 67-69

137 - Damien McGrane 69-68, Tommy Fleetwood 68-69, Miguel Angel Jimenez (ESP) 69-68, Matteo Manassero (ITA) 64-73, Pablo Larrazabal (ESP) 68-69

138 - Robert Rock 69-69, Hennie Otto (RSA) 67-71, Oliver Wilson 71-67, Joakim Lagergren (SWE) 68-70, David Lynn 70-68, Michael Hoey 69-69, Raphael Jacquelin (FRA) 70-68, Edoardo Molinari (ITA) 73-65

139 - Alex Haindl (RSA) 68-71, Andrea Pavan (ITA) 70-69, Mark Foster 69-70, Graeme Storm 70-69, Marcus Fraser (AUS) 69-70, Simon Khan 70-69

140 - Gareth Maybin 72-68, Marcel Siem (GER) 69-71, Jaco Van Zyl (RSA) 69-71, Darren Fichardt (RSA) 69-71, Julien Quesne (FRA) 68-72, Lloyd Kennedy 67-73, Oliver Fisher 71-69, Niclas Fasth (SWE) 67-73, Ignacio Garrido (ESP) 69-71, Gregory Havret (FRA) 71-69

Ice hockey

NHL results on Friday (home team in CAPS)

OTTAWA 2 Montreal 1 (OT)

WINNIPEG 3 Washington 2

Chicago 4 DALLAS 1

EDMONTON 3 Calgary 1

Los Angeles 4 ANAHEIM 2

Soccer

Dutch league

Result on Friday:

Vitesse Arnhem 2 Heracles 0

Russian Premier League

Results on Friday:

Dynamo Moscow 1 Zenit St Petersburg 5

Portuguese league

Results on Friday:

Nacional 0 Porto 2 (Janko 21, Sandro 90+4)

Benfica 3 (Cardozo 26, 48, Gaitan 44) Beira Mar 1 (Cassio 90+1)

Tennis

ATP/WTA Indian Wells

Results from the 10th day of the ATP/WTA Indian Wells tournament here on Friday (x denotes seeding):

Men's quarterfinals

Roger Federer (SUI x3) bt Juan Martin del Potro (ARG x9) 6-3, 6-2

Rafael Nadal (ESP x2) bt David Nalbandian (ARG) 4-6, 7-5, 6-4

Women's semifinals

Victoria Azarenka (BLR x1) bt Angelique Kerber (GER x18) 6-4, 6-3

(China Daily 03/18/2012 page7)