Basketball

Results of NBA games on Friday (home team in CAPS):

LA Clippers 109 NY KNICKS 95

Charlotte 111 ORLANDO 101

Miami 101 PHILADELPHIA 86

TORONTO 94 Minnesota 89

WASHINGTON 96 Chicago 93

LA Lakers 107 BOSTON 104

Utah 110 DETROIT 89

MEMPHIS 91 Sacramento 90

Portland 109 SAN ANTONIO 100

Dallas 110 PHOENIX 107

Cleveland 117 DENVER 109

OKLAHOMA CITY 127 Golden State 121

STANDINGS

Eastern Conference

Atlantic Division

W L Pct GB

Toronto 20 18 .526 -

Brooklyn 16 22 .421 4

New York 15 25 .375 6

Boston 14 27 .341 7 1/2

Philadelphia 13 26 .333 7 1/2

Southeast Division

Miami 28 11 .718 -

Atlanta 20 19 .513 8

Washington 19 19 .500 8 1/2

Charlotte 17 24 .415 12

Orlando 10 30 .250 18 1/2

Central Division

Indiana 31 7 .816 -

Chicago 18 20 .474 13

Detroit 16 23 .410 15 1/2

Cleveland 15 25 .375 17

Milwaukee 7 31 .184 24

Western Conference

Southwest Division

W L Pct GB

San Antonio 31 9 .775 -

Houston 26 15 .634 5 1/2

Dallas 24 17 .585 7 1/2

Memphis 20 19 .513 10 1/2

New Orleans 15 23 .395 15

Northwest Division

Portland 30 9 .769 -

Oklahoma City 30 10 .750 1/2

Denver 20 19 .513 10

Minnesota 18 21 .462 12

Utah 14 27 .341 17

Pacific Division

LA Clippers 28 13 .683 -

Golden State 25 16 .610 3

Phoenix 22 17 .564 5

LA Lakers 15 25 .375 12 1/2

Sacramento 14 24 .368 12 1/2

Ice Hockey

Results of NHL games on Friday (home team in CAPS):

COLUMBUS 5 Washington 1

CHICAGO 4 Anaheim 2

STANDINGS

Western Conference

Pacific Division

W L OT Pts GF GA

Anaheim 36 9 5 172 124 77

San Jose 30 12 6 153 117 66

Los Angeles 29 14 5 124 97 63

Vancouver 24 16 9 124 125 57

Phoenix 22 16 9 136 143 53

Calgary 16 26 6 107 153 38

Edmonton 15 30 5 129 178 35

Central Division

Chicago 31 8 11 181 137 73

St. Louis 32 9 5 164 104 69

Colorado 30 12 5 137 118 65

Minnesota 26 19 5 122 123 57

Dallas 21 19 7 134 145 49

Nashville 21 21 7 117 146 49

Winnipeg 21 23 5 138 148 47

Eastern Conference

Atlantic Division

W L OTL GF GA PTS

Boston 30 15 2 136 104 62

Tampa Bay 28 15 5 137 115 61

Montreal 27 16 5 123 115 59

Toronto 24 20 5 136 149 53

Ottawa 21 18 9 138 151 51

Detroit 20 17 10 118 128 50

Florida 18 22 7 109 144 43

Buffalo 13 27 6 83 129 32

Metropolitan Division

Pittsburgh 34 12 2 156 115 70

Philadelphia 24 19 5 128 136 53

NY Rangers 25 21 3 120 126 53

Washington 22 18 8 141 146 52

New Jersey 20 18 11 113 120 51

Columbus 23 20 4 134 132 50

Carolina 19 18 9 111 130 47

NY Islanders 19 23 7 134 157 45

Rallying

Dakar 2014

Results on Friday after the 12th and penultimate stage (699km/350km special) from El Salvador to La Serena in Chile:

Auto

Stage

1. Stephane Peterhansel (FRA/Mini) 3hr 38min 19sec, 2. Nasser Al-Attiyah (QAT/Mini) at 3:38, 3. Nani Roma (ESP/Mini) 5:58, 4. Giniel De Villiers (RSA/Toyota) 10:48, 5. Krzysztof Holowczyc (POL/Mini) 18:06, 6. Ronan Chabot (FRA/Smg) 18:24, 7. Boris Garafulic (CHI/Mini) 25:26, 8. Lucio Alvarez (ARG/Ford) 26:15, 9. Orlando Terranova (ARG/Mini) 29:50, 10. Christian Lavieille (FRA/Haval) 31:09.

Overall

1. Stephane Peterhansel (FRA/Mini) 48hr 45min 45sec, 2. Nani Roma (ESP/Mini) 26sec, 3. Nasser Al-Attiyah(QAT/Mini) 54:07, 4. Giniel De Villiers (RSA/Toyota) 1 h 21:13, 5. Orlando Terranova (ARG/Mini) 1 h 27:57, 6. Krzysztof Holowczyc (POL/Mini) 3 h 57:25, 7. Marek Dabrowski (POL/Toyota) 5 h 26:09, 8. Christian Lavieille (FRA/Haval) 5 h 34:59, 9. Martin Kaczmarski (POL/Mini) 6 h 55:33, 10. Vladimir Vasilyev (RUS/Mini) 7 h 00:59.

Moto

Stage

1. Cyril Despres (FRA/Yamaha) 3hr 58min 18sec, 2. Marc Coma (ESP/Ktm) 2:17, 3. Olivier Pain (FRA/Yamaha) 5:53, 4. Helder Rodrigues (POR/Honda) 7:21, 5. Jordi Viladoms (ESP/Ktm) 9:10, 6. Daniel Gouet (CHI/Honda) 9:52, 7. Kuba Przygonski (POL/Ktm) 10:45, 8. David Casteu (FRA/Ktm) 11:03, 9. Ivan Jakes (SVK/Ktm) 12:04, 10. Javier Pizzolito (ARG/Honda) 12:49.

Overall

1. Marc Coma (ESP/Ktm) 52hr 40min 16, 2. Jordi Viladoms (ESP/Ktm) 1 h 59:49, 3. Olivier Pain (FRA/Yamaha) 2 h 10:16, 4. Cyril Despres (FRA/Yamaha) 2 h 14:01, 5. Helder Rodrigues (POR/Honda) 2 h 20:39, 6. Kuba Przygonski (POL/Ktm) 2 h 37:23, 7. Joan Barreda (ESP/Honda) 3 h 04:54, 8. Daniel Gouet (CHI/Honda) 3 h 17:10, 9. Stefan Svitko (SVK/Ktm) 3 h 52:45, 10. David Casteu (FRA/Ktm) 4 h 01:42.

Tennis

Australian Open

Results on Saturday (x-denotes seedings):

Men's singles

3rd round

Stephane Robert (FRA) bt Martin Klizan (SVK) 6-0, 7-6 (2), 6-4; Roger Federer (SUI x6) bt Teymuraz Gabashvili (RUS) 6-2, 6-2, 6-3; Roberto Bautista (ESP) bt Beno Paire (FRA x27) 6-2, 6-1, 6-4; Andy Murray (GBR x4) bt Feliciano Lopez (ESP x26) 7-6 (2), 6-4, 6-2; Kei Nishikori (JPN x16) bt Donald Young (USA) 7-5, 6-1, 6-0; Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA x10) bt Gilles Simon (FRA x18) 7-6 (5), 6-4, 6-2.

Women's singles

3rd round

Simona Halep (ROM x11) bt Zarina Diyas (KAZ) 6-1, 6-4; Dominika Cibulkova (SVK x20) bt Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP x16) 6-1, 6-0; Jelena Jankovic (SRB x8) bt Kurumi Nara (JPN) 6-4, 7-5; Maria Sharapova (RUS x3) bt Alize Cornet (FRA) 6-1, 7-6 (6); Sloane Stephens (USA x13) bt Elina Svitolina (UKR) 7-5, 6-4; Agnieszka Radwanska (POL x5) bt Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) 5-7, 6-2, 6-2; Garbine Muguruza (ESP) bt Caroline Wozniacki (DEN x10) 4-6, 7-5, 6-3; Victoria Azarenka (BLR x2) bt Yvonne Meusburger (AUT) 6-1, 6-0.

China Daily

(China Daily 01/19/2014 page11)