Basketball

NBA results on Friday (home team in CAPS)

Memphis 102 TORONTO 99

ATLANTA 99 Milwaukee 94

Chicago 112 CLEVELAND 91

BOSTON 107 New Jersey 94

PHILADELPHIA 105 Golden State 83

NEW ORLEANS 97 Dallas 92

Denver 117 HOUSTON 105

SAN ANTONIO 102 Charlotte 72

UTAH 99 Miami 98

LA LAKERS 115 Sacramento 107

PHOENIX 81 LA Clippers 78

Golf

Honda Classic

Leading second-round scores here on Friday in the US PGA Tour's $5.7 million Honda Classic (USA unless noted, par-70):

132 - Tom Gillis 68-64, Justin Rose (ENG) 66-66

133 - Rory McIlroy (NIR) 66-67, Dicky Pride 66-67

134 - Vaughn Taylor 68-66, Brian Harman 73-61, Jimmy Walker 67-67

135 - Harris English 66-69, Keegan Bradley 67-68, Charles Howell 68-67

136 - Bob Estes 67-69, Jeff Overton 71-65, Ted Potter 72-64, Ken Duke 67-69, Ben Crane 67-69, Rocco Mediate 69-67, Davis Love 64-72

137 - Graeme McDowell (NIR) 73-64, Carl Pettersson (SWE) 67-70, John Huh 68-69, Charl Schwartzel (RSA) 71-66, Stewart Cink 70-67, Kevin Stadler 66-71, Greg Chalmers (AUS) 68-69, Ryan Palmer 66-71

138 - Ernie Els (RSA) 70-68, Padraig Harrington (IRL) 70-68, Erik Compton 67-71, Brian Davis (ENG) 68-70, Martin Flores 66-72

Ice hockey

NHL results on Friday (home team in CAPS)

New Jersey 5 WASHINGTON 0

Chicago 2 OTTAWA 1

TAMPA BAY 4 NY Rangers 3 (OT)

DETROIT 6 Minnesota 0

Dallas 3 EDMONTON 1

ANAHEIM 3 Calgary 2

(OT indicates overtime win)

Soccer

English Championship

Blackpool 1 Hull City 1

Portuguese league

Results on Friday:

Benfica 2 (Cardozo 41, 48) FC Porto 3 (Hulk 6, Rodriguez 64, Maicon 87)

Tennis

ATP Delray Beach

Results on Friday (x denotes seeding):

Quarterfinals

John Isner (USA x1) bt Bernard Tomic (AUS x8) 6-3, 6-2; Marinko Matosevic (AUS) bt Ernests Gulbis (LAT) 3-6, 6-1, 6-1; Dudi Sela (ISR) bt Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER x5) 6-4, 6-7 (4/7), 6-0; Kevin Anderson (RSA x7) bt Andy Roddick (USA x4) 2-6, 7-6 (11/9), 6-4

WTA Malaysian Open

Results on Saturday (x denotes seeding):

Quarterfinals

Eleni Daniilidou (GRE) bt Olivia Rogowska (AUS) 6-2, 3-6, 6-2; Jelena Jankovic (SRB x2) bt Ayumi Morita (JPN x6) - walkover

ATP and WTA Acapulco Open

Results on Friday:

Men's semifinals

Fernando Verdasco (ESP x8) bt Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) 6-3, 6-3

Women's semifinals

Sara Errani (ITA x3) bt Roberta Vinci (ITA x1) 6-4, 6-1

ATP Dubai Open

Results on Friday (x denotes seeding):

Semifinals

Andy Murray (SCO x3) bt Novak Djokovic (SRB x1) 6-2, 7-5; Roger Federer (SUI x2) bt Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG x8) 7-6 (7/5), 7-6 (8/6).

(China Daily 03/04/2012 page7)