Score board
NBA
NEW YORK: NBA results on Wednesday (home team in CAPS):
TORONTO 96 Miami 54
PHILADELPHIA 115 Denver 113
Washington 87 ORLANDO 86
INDIANA 102 Charlotte 95
NEW JERSEY 125 Atlanta 117
CLEVELAND 89 Detroit 73
NEW ORLEANS 90 Houston 69
MINNESOTA 98 Memphis 94
Phoenix 110 SEATTLE 98
Golden State 116 LA CLIPPERS 100
Standings
Eastern Conference
Atlantic Division
W L PCT GB
Boston 54 13 .806 -
Toronto 35 33 .515 19 1/2
Philadelphia 34 34 .500 20 1/2
New Jersey 29 39 .426 25 1/2
NY Knicks 19 48 .284 35
Central Division
Detroit 49 19 .721 -
Cleveland 39 30 .565 10 1/2
Chicago 27 40 .403 21 1/2
Indiana 27 41 .397 22
Milwaukee 23 44 .343 25 1/2
Southeast Division
Orlando 45 25 .643 -
Washington 34 33 .507 9 1/2
Atlanta 29 39 .426 15
Charlotte 24 44 .353 20
Miami 12 55 .179 31 1/2
Western Conference
Northwest Division
Utah 45 24 .652 -
Denver 40 28 .588 4 1/2
Portland 35 33 .515 9 1/2
Minnesota 17 50 .254 27
Seattle 16 52 .235 28 1/2
Pacific Division
LA Lakers 46 21 .687 -
Phoenix 46 22 .676 0 1/2
Golden State 42 25 .627 4
Sacramento 31 36 .463 15
LA Clippers 21 46 .313 25
Southwest Division
New Orleans 46 21 .687 -
Houston 46 22 .676 0 1/2
San Antonio 44 23 .657 2
Dallas 44 24 .647 2 1/2
Memphis 16 51 .239 30
NHL
NEW YORK: NHL results on Wednesday (home team in CAPS):
BUFFALO 7 Tampa Bay 4
NY Rangers 2 NEW JERSEY 1 (SO)
Carolina 5 ATLANTA 3
DETROIT 3 Columbus 1
CHICAGO 5 Washington 0
Anaheim 2 DALLAS 1
SAN JOSE 4 Minnesota 3 (SO)
SO = shootout
SOCCER
Dutch league
THE HAGUE: Dutch league result on Wednesday: PSV Eindhoven 0 Ajax 0
Dutch Cup
THE HAGUE: Dutch Cup semifinal result on Wednesday:
Heracles Almelo 2 Roda JC Kerkrade 2
Kerkrade win 5-3 on aggregate
Tuesday
Feyenoord 2 NAC Breda 0
English Premier League
LONDON: English Premier League results on Wednesday:
Manchester United 2 (Ronaldo 9, 19) Bolton 0
Tottenham 4 (Woodgate 12, Berbatov 61, Huddlestone 75, Keane 88) Chelsea 4 (Drogba 3, Essien 20, Cole 52, 80)
Standings
W D L Gf Ga Pts
Man Utd 22 4 4 61 15 70
Arsenal 19 10 1 58 22 67
Chelsea 19 8 3 53 22 65
Liverpool 16 11 3 55 21 59
Everton 17 5 8 47 25 56
Portsmouth 14 8 8 44 31 50
Aston Villa 13 10 7 52 39 49
Man City 13 9 8 36 34 48
Blackburn 12 10 8 39 37 46
West Ham 12 7 11 33 36 43
Tottenham 9 9 12 58 51 36
Wigan 8 7 15 27 42 31
Middlesbrough 7 10 13 27 44 31
Newcastle 7 8 15 31 57 29
Reading 8 4 18 35 57 28
Birmingham 6 9 15 34 46 27
Sunderland 7 6 17 26 48 27
Bolton 6 7 17 28 45 25
Fulham 4 11 15 27 49 23
Derby 1 7 22 14 64 10
French Cup
PARIS: French Cup, round of 16, results on Wednesday night:
Bordeaux 2 (Fernando 96, Bellion 114) Lille 0 aet
Lorient 0 Metz 1 (Bessat 64)
Amiens 1 (Buengo 90) Arles 1 (Poirier 23) aet
Amiens won 4-2 on penalties
Carquefou 1 (Ndoye 7) Marseille 0
Tuesday
Lyon 2 (Benzema 56, 90+1) Sochaux 1 (K. Traore 90)
Dijon 3 (Boateng 53, Schumacher 62, 90+4) Tours 1 (Atik 84-pen)
Sedan 2 (Abdoun 32, Sow 90+2) Angers 0
Paris Saint Germain 2 (Arnaud 18, 67) Bastia 1 (Andre 23)
German Cup
MUNICH: German Cup semifinal results on Wednesday night:
Bayern Munich 2 (Ribery 60, Klose 66) VfL Wolfsburg 0
Tuesday
Borussia Dortmund 3 (Tinga 13, Klimowicz 71, Petric 87) Carl Zeiss Jena 0
Final: April 19 at the Olympic Stadium, Berlin.
Italian league
ROME: Italian league results on Wednesday:
AC Milan 1 (Paloschi 71) Sampdoria 2 (Maggio 12, Delvecchio 25)
Cagliari 1 (Acquafresca 18) Atalanta 0
Catania 0 Siena 0
Empoli 0 Juventus 0
Genoa 1 (Borriello) Inter Milan 1 (Suazo 11)
Lazio 3 (Pandev 44, Rocchi 58-pen, Behrami 90) AS Roma 2 (Taddei 30, Perrotta 62)
Livorno 1 (Bogdani 61) Reggina 1 (Brienza 32)
Napoli 2 (Lavezzi 23, 31) Fiorentina 0
Parma 2 (Budan 52, 90-pen) Palermo 1 (Cavani 68)
Torino 0 Udinese 1 (Pepe 25)
Standings
W D L Gf Ga Pts
Inter 20 8 1 55 18 68
AS Roma 18 7 4 52 28 61
Juventus 15 10 4 49 24 55
Fiorentina 14 8 7 43 29 50
AC Milan 12 10 7 43 25 46
Sampdoria 13 6 10 41 36 45
Udinese 12 8 9 37 38 44
Atalanta 9 10 10 44 43 37
Lazio 9 10 10 36 37 37
Genoa 9 9 11 33 41 36
Palermo 9 9 11 37 45 36
Napoli 10 6 13 39 43 36
Siena 7 11 11 31 38 32
Torino 5 16 8 30 36 31
Parma 6 11 12 35 45 29
Catania 6 10 13 24 36 28
Livorno 6 10 13 29 43 28
Reggina 5 11 13 26 42 26
Empoli 6 8 15 23 41 26
Cagliari 7 6 16 26 45 24
Cagliari penalized three points
Scottish Cup
GLASGOW: Scottish Cup quarterfinal result on Wednesday: Rangers 1 (Boyd 69) Partick Thistle 1 (Grey 67)
Spanish Cup
MADRID: Spanish Cup result on Wednesday:
Santander 1 (Munitis 7) Getafe 1 (Casquero 80)
Santander win 4-2 on aggregate
Thursday
Valencia v Barcelona (1st leg: 1-1)
Final: April 16
Tennis
ATP/WTA Indian Wells
INDIAN WELLS, California: Results on Wednesday in the WTA and ATP Masters Series hardcourt tennis tournament (x denotes seeded player):
Men's singles 4th rd
Rafael Nadal (ESP x2) bt Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) 6-7 (4/7), 7-6 (7/3), 7-5; Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) bt Lee Hyung-Taik (KOR) 6-1, 5-7, 6-4; David Nalbandian (ARG x7) bt Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP) 6-2, 6-2; Novak Djokovic (SRB x3) bt Guillermo Canas (ARG) 6-2, 6-3; Tommy Haas (GER) bt Andy Murray (GBR) 2-6, 7-5, 6-3; James Blake (USA x9) bt Richard Gasquet (FRA x8) 6-4, 6-2; Mardy Fish (USA) bt Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) 7-5, 3-6, 7-6 (7/4); Roger Federer SUI x1) bt Ian Ljubicic (CRO) 6-3, 6-4.
Women's singles quarterfinals
Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS x2) bt Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) 6-2, 6-4; Maria Sharapova (RUS x4) bt Daniela Hantuchova
(SVK x5) 7-6 (2), 6-1.
Men's doubles quarterfinals
Jonathan Erlich/Andy Ram (ISR x4) bt Mahesh Bhupathi/Mark Knowles (IND/BAH x6) 6-3, 6-4.
Women's doubles quarterfinals
Bethanie Mattek/Sania Mirza (USA/INS x7) bt Chan Yung-jan/Chuang Chia-jung (TPE x2) 7-5, 4-6, 11-9 tiebreak; Yan Zi/Zheng Jie (CHN x3) bt Iveta Benesova/Agnieszka Radwanska (CZE/POL) 6-0, 6-4; Dinara Safina/Elena Vesnina (RUS) bt Alona/Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR x4) 3-6, 7-5, 10-7 tiebreak.
(China Daily 03/21/2008 page23)
