Basketball
Results of NBA games on Wednesday (home teams in CAPS):
Chicago 102 PHILADELPHIA 94
BROOKLYN 104 Charlotte 99
BOSTON 101 Miami 96
MEMPHIS 96 Utah 86
Toronto 107
NEW ORLEANS 100
NEW YORK 92 Indiana 86
Minnesota 123 DALLAS 122 (OT)
DENVER 118 Detroit 109
PHOENIX 109 Orlando 93
San Antonio 125 LA LAKERS 109
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
W L Pct GB
Toronto 38 29 .567 -
Brooklyn 35 31 .530 2
New York 28 40 .412 10
Boston 23 46 .333 16
Philadelphia 15 53 .221 23
Southeast Division
x-Miami 46 20 .697 -
Washington 35 32 .522 11
Charlotte 33 36 .478 14
Atlanta 31 35 .470 15
Orlando 19 50 .275 28
Central Division
x-Indiana 50 18 .735 -
Chicago 38 30 .559 12
Cleveland 26 42 .382 24
Detroit 25 42 .373 24
Milwaukee 13 55 .191 37
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Southwest Division
San Antonio 51 16 .761 -
Houston 45 22 .672 6
Memphis 40 27 .597 11
Dallas 41 28 .594 11
New Orleans 27 40 .403 24
Northwest Division
Oklahoma City 49 18 .731 -
Portland 44 24 .647 5
Minnesota 34 32 .515 14
Denver 31 37 .456 18
Utah 22 47 .319 28
Pacific Division
LA Clippers 48 21 .696 -
Golden State 43 26 .623 5
Phoenix 39 29 .574 8
Sacramento 24 44 .353 23
LA Lakers 22 45 .328 25
x-clinched playoff spot
NBA leaders, through March 19
Scoring
G FG FT PTS AVG
Durant, OKC 66 686 576 2101 31.8
Anthony, NYK 65 650 381 1827 28.1
James, MIA 63 627 350 1699 27.0
Love, MIN 63 540 435 1669 26.5
Harden, HOU 59 441 432 1449 24.6
Griffin, LAC 69 628 413 1680 24.3
Curry, GOL 66 537 257 1546 23.4
Aldridge, POR 60 572 258 1405 23.4
DeRozan, TOR 65 504 412 1476 22.7
Cousins, SAC 58 460 371 1291 22.3
George, IND 68 504 345 1510 22.2
Nowitzki, DAL 67 523 286 1438 21.5
Davis, NOR 58 467 303 1239 21.4
Jefferson, CHA 60 562 149 1276 21.3
Lillard, POR 68 473 311 1440 21.2
Irving, CLE 64 487 263 1354 21.2
Thomas, SAC 68 472 332 1399 20.6
Dragic, PHX 64 462 278 1304 20.4
Gay, SAC 62 464 264 1251 20.2
Wall, WAS 67 477 277 1322 19.7
FG percentage
FG FGA PCT
Jordan, LAC 284 428 .664
Drummond, DET 381 618 .617
Howard, HOU 448 761 .589
James, MIA 627 1097 .572
Johnson, TOR 303 541 .560
Faried, DEN 341 610 .559
Diaw, SAN 258 466 .554
Wade, MIA 384 702 .547
Ibaka, OKC 437 805 .543
Jones, HOU 306 565 .542
Rebounds
G OFF DEF TOT AVG
Jordan, LAC 69 277 673 950 13.8
Love, MIN 63 191 617 808 12.8
Drummond, DET 66 352 491 843 12.8
Howard, HOU 66 221 596 817 12.4
Cousins, SAC 58 188 494 682 11.8
Noah, CHI 66 237 506 743 11.3
Aldridge, POR 60 144 520 664 11.1
Vucevic, ORL 51 163 389 552 10.8
Jefferson, CHA 60 118 508 626 10.4
Davis, NOR 58 193 409 602 10.4
Assists
G AST AVG
Paul, LAC 50 547 10.9
Lawson, DEN 54 486 9.0
Wall, WAS 67 584 8.7
Rubio, MIN 66 567 8.6
Curry, GOL 66 562 8.5
Jennings, DET 65 510 7.8
Lowry, TOR 67 524 7.8
Teague, ATL 63 441 7.0
Nelson, ORL 61 422 6.9
James, MIA 63 404 6.4
Ice Hockey
Results of National Hockey League games on Wednesday (home teams in CAPS):
Tampa Bay 5 TORONTO 3
CHICAGO 4 St. Louis 0
WINNIPEG 5 Colorado 4 (OT)
VANCOUVER 2 Nashville 0
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
W L OT Pts GF GA
Boston 47 17 5 99 223 149
Tampa Bay 38 24 7 83 203 181
Montreal 38 25 7 83 180 177
Toronto 36 27 8 80 208 219
Detroit 31 24 13 75 178 190
Ottawa 28 27 13 69 194 229
Florida 26 35 8 60 172 223
Buffalo 19 42 8 46 133 205
Metropolitan Division
Pittsburgh 45 19 4 94 214 168
Philadelphia 36 25 7 79 195 195
NY Rangers 37 29 4 78 185 174
Columbus 35 27 6 76 196 187
Washington 33 27 10 76 204 209
New Jersey 29 27 13 71 168 180
Carolina 30 30 9 69 172 195
NY Islanders 26 35 9 61 195 239
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central Division
St. Louis 47 15 7 101 226 156
Chicago 40 15 15 95 237 182
Colorado 44 20 6 94 216 192
Minnesota 36 23 10 82 171 168
Dallas 32 25 11 75 194 197
Winnipeg 32 30 9 73 199 208
Nashville 29 31 10 68 165 208
Pacific Division
Anaheim 45 17 7 97 220 175
San Jose 45 18 7 97 216 168
Los Angeles 38 25 6 82 168 148
Phoenix 33 25 11 77 192 196
Vancouver 32 30 10 74 172 194
Calgary 28 34 7 63 168 203
Edmonton 25 36 9 59 176 225
Soccer
UEFA Champions League
Results of last-16, second-leg matches on Wednesday:
In Manchester, UK
Manchester United 3 (van Persie 25-pen, 45+1, 52) Olympiakos 0
Man Utd won 3-2 on aggregate
In Dortmund, Germany
Borussia Dortmund 1 (Kehl 38) Zenit St. Petersburg 2 (Hulk 16, Rondon 73)
Dortmund won 5-4 on aggregate
Quarterfinal lineup
Bayern Munich (GER); Atletico Madrid (ESP); Barcelona (ESP); Paris Saint-Germain (FRA); Real Madrid (ESP); Chelsea (ENG); Manchester United (ENG); Borussia Dortmund (GER)
Draw will take place at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland on Friday
Leading scorers in the 2013-14 tournament following the conclusion of the last 16:
13: Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid/ESP)
10: Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Paris SG/FRA)
8: Lionel Messi (Barcelona/ESP)
7: Diego Costa (Atletico Madrid/ESP)
6: Sergio Aguero (Man City/ENG), Robert Lewandowski (Borussia Dortmund/GER)
5: Alvaro Negredo (Man City/ENG), Arturo Vidal (Juventus/ITA)
4: Gareth Bale (Real Madrid/ESP), Karim Benzema (Real Madrid/ESP), Edinson Cavani (Paris SG/FRA), Gonzalo Higuain (Napoli/ITA), Hulk (Zenit Saint Petersburg/RUS), Thomas Mueller (Bayern Munich/GER), Raul Garcia (Atletico Madrid/ESP), Robin van Persie (Man Utd/ENG)
AFC Champions League
Results from group games on Wednesday:
Group B
Bunyodkar (UZB) 1 (Shodiev 90) Foolad Kouzestan (IRI) 1 (Karami 74)
Al Fateh (KSA) 0 El Jaish (QAT) 0
Group D
Foolad Sepahan (IRI) 1 (van Dijk 74) Al Ahli (UAE) 2 (Khalil 39, al-Hamadi 90)
Al Sadd (QAT) 2 (al-Bloushi 26, Nadir Belhadj 66) Al Hilal (KSA) 2 (Thiago Neves 45, 56)
Group F
Sanfrecce Hiroshima (JPN) 2 (Takahagi 53, Shiotani 79) FC Seoul (KOR) 1 (Rafael 60)
Beijing Guoan (CHN) 2 (Shao Jiayi 45, Utaka 63) Central Coast Mariners (AUS) 1 (Fitzgerald 85-pen)
Group H
Western Sydney Wanderers (AUS) 1 (Haliti 3) Kawasaki Frontale (JPN) 0
Ulsan Hyundai (KOR) 1 (Rafinha 57-pen) Guizhou Renhe (CHN) 1 (Yang Hao 86)
Tennis
ATP/WTA Miami
Results on Wednesday:
Men's 1st rd
Adrian Mannarino (FRA) bt Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) 6-4, 7-5; Matthew Ebden (AUS) bt Lukasz Kubot (POL) 4-6, 6-4, 6-4; Albert Montanes (ESP) bt Michel Przysiezny (POL) 5-7, 7-6 (5), 6-3; Teimuraz Gabashvili (RUS) bt Marcel Granollers (ESP) 6-4, 6-3; Thiemo de Bakker (NED) bt Victor Hanescu (ROM) 6-3, 6-2; Jeremy Chardy (FRA) bt Juan Monaco (ARG) 7-5, 3-6, 7-6 (5); Alejandro Gonzalez (COL) bt Malek Jaziri (TUN) 7-6 (9), 6-1; Julien Benneteau (FRA) bt Kyle Edmund (GBR) 6-7 (2), 6-3, 6-2; Ivan Dodig (CRO) bt Andrei Golubev (KAZ) 4-6, 6-1, 6-4; Radek Stepanek (CZE) bt Daniel Brands (GER) 6-3, 6-0; Jiri Vesely (CZE) bt Filippo Volandri (ITA) 6-4, 7-6 (1); Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) bt Santiago Giraldo (COL) 1-6, 6-2, 7-5; Horacio Zeballos (ARG) bt David Goffin (BEL) 7-5, 6-3; Dominic Thiem (AUT) bt Lukas Rosol (CZE) 7-6 (6), 6-4; Ivo Karlovic (CRO) bt Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA) 7-6 (3), 7-6 (5); Marinko Matosevic (AUS) bt Alejandro Falla (COL) 1-6, 6-4, 7-6 (6).
Women's 1st rd
Vania King (USA) bt Estrella Cabeza Candela (ESP) 6-0, 6-0; Rebecca Peterson (SWE) bt Mona Barthel (GER) 6-4, 4-2 - ret.; Peng Shuai (CHN) bt Karolina Pliskova (CZE) 7-5, 6-0; Lauren Davis (USA) bt Zhang Shuai (CHN) 6-2, 6-3; Patricia Mayr-Achlietner (AUT) bt Karin Knapp (ITA) 3-6, 6-1, 6-4; Paula Ormaechea (ARG) bt Katarzyna Piter (POL) 7-6 (0), 6-1; Kiki Bertens (NED) bt Victoria Duval (USA) 7-6 (5), 6-1; Virginie Razzano (FRA) bt Heather Watson (GBR) 6-4, 6-0; Olga Govortsova (CZE) bt Shahar Peer (ISR) 2-6, 6-0, 6-3; Nadia Petrova (RUS) bt Ursula Radwanska (POL) 7-5, 1-6, 6-4; Coco Vandeweghe (USA) bt Marina Erakovic (NZL) 6-4, 7-6 (6); Donna Vekic (CRO) bt Kimiko Date-Krumm (JPN) 7-6 (2), 6-2; Christine McHale (USA) bt Zheng Jie (CHN) 6-4, 6-2; Madison Keys (USA) bt Anett Kontaveit (EST) 6-3, 6-2; Alison Riske (USA) bt Nadiya Kichenok (UKR) 1-6, 7-5, 6-2; Zarina Diyas (KAZ) bt Alexandra Cadantu (ROM) 6-4, 3-6, 6-2; Andrea Petkovic (GER) bt Maria Teresa Torro (ESP) 6-3, 6-4; Yvonne Meusburger (AUT) bt Lourdes Dominguez Lino (ESP) 6-3, 6-0; Ajla Tomljanovic (CRO) bt Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) 7-6 (4), 6-4; Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (CZE) bt Monica Niculescu (ROM) 6-3, 6-4.
(China Daily 03/21/2014 page23)