Basketball

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

INDIANA 93 Washington 66

Detroit 114 PHILADELPHIA 104

ATLANTA 83 Houston 80

MINNESOTA 119 Charlotte 92

MEMPHIS 104 Phoenix 99

Dallas 107 NEW ORLEANS 90

BROOKLYN 104 Miami 95 (2OT)

Chicago 81 MILWAUKEE 72

Cleveland 113 UTAH 102

SACRAMENTO 103 Orlando 83

Boston at GOLDEN STATE

LA CLIPPERS 123 LA Lakers 87

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

W L Pct GB

Toronto 17 17 .500 -

Brooklyn 15 21 .417 3

New York 13 22 .371 4

Boston 13 24 .351 5

Philadelphia 12 24 .333 6

Southeast Division

Miami 27 10 .730 -

Atlanta 20 17 .541 7

Washington 16 18 .471 9

Charlotte 15 22 .405 12

Orlando 10 26 .278 16

Central Division

Indiana 29 7 .806 -

Chicago 16 18 .471 12

Detroit 15 22 .405 14

Cleveland 13 23 .361 16

Milwaukee 7 28 .200 21

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Southwest Division

San Antonio 28 8 .778 -

Houston 23 14 .622 5

Dallas 21 16 .568 7

Memphis 16 19 .457 11

New Orleans 15 20 .429 12

Northwest Division

Portland 27 9 .750 -

Oklahoma City 27 9 .750 -

Denver 18 17 .514 8

Minnesota 18 18 .500 9

Utah 12 26 .316 16

Pacific Division

LA Clippers 26 13 .667 -

Golden State 25 14 .641 1

Phoenix 21 14 .600 3

LA Lakers 14 23 .378 11

Sacramento 12 22 .353 11

NBA Leaders

THROUGH JAN 10

Scoring

G FG FT PTS AVG

Durant, OKC 36 339 313 1063 29.5

Anthony, NYK 32 302 185 843 26.3

James, MIA 36 343 198 935 26.0

Love, MIN 35 299 219 905 25.9

Harden, HOU 31 232 243 771 24.9

Aldridge, POR 36 357 139 853 23.7

Cousins, SAC 33 282 213 777 23.5

Curry, GOL 36 287 141 828 23.0

George, IND 36 278 172 814 22.6

Griffin, LAC 39 325 212 869 22.3

FG Percentage

FG FGA PCT

Jordan, LAC 153 237 .646

Drummond, DET 210 351 .598

James, MIA 343 580 .591

Howard, HOU 236 411 .574

Johnson, TOR 161 283 .569

Horford, ATL 238 420 .567

Diaw, SAN 137 248 .552

Lopez, POR 144 262 .550

Faried, DEN 141 258 .547

Wade, MIA 224 411 .545

Rebounds

G OFF DEF TOT AVG

Jordan, LAC 39 157 366 523 13.4

Love, MIN 35 119 345 464 13.3

Howard, HOU 37 131 346 477 12.9

Drummond, DET 37 197 271 468 12.6

Cousins, SAC 33 105 276 381 11.5

Aldridge, POR 36 82 312 394 10.9

Randolph, MEM 33 102 243 345 10.5

Griffin, LAC 39 91 314 405 10.4

Noah, CHI 33 115 225 340 10.3

Bogut, GOL 38 102 288 390 10.3

Assists

G AST AVG

Paul, LAC 34 380 11.2

Curry, GOL 36 333 9.3

Lawson, DEN 33 283 8.6

Wall, WAS 34 291 8.6

Rubio, MIN 36 296 8.2

Jennings, DET 35 287 8.2

Holiday, NOR 34 268 7.9

Teague, ATL 37 289 7.8

Lowry, TOR 34 254 7.5

James, MIA 36 233 6.5

Golf

Volvo Golf Champions

Scores after the second round of the $4 million Volvo Golf Champions event on Friday at the Durban Country Club (par 72):

137 - Joost Luiten (NED), Tommy Fleetwood (ENG), Louis Oosthuizen (RSA)

138 - Victor Dubuisson (FRA)

139 - Matteo Manassero (ITA)

140 - Darren Clarke (NIR), Raphael Jacquelin (FRA)

141 - Branden Grace (RSA), Chris Wood (ENG), Marcel Siem (GER)

142 - Padraig Harrington (IRL), Jamie Donaldson (WAL), Dawie van der Walt (RSA), Simon Thornton (IRL)

143 - Charl Schwartzel (RSA), Brett Rumford (RSA)

144 - Darren Fichardt (RSA), Thomas Aiken (RSA), Colin Montgomerie (SCO)

145 - David Howell (ENG), Richard Sterne (RSA), Michael Hoey (ENG), David Lynn (ENG), Morten Orum Madsen (DEN)

146 - Miguel Angel Jimenez (ESP), Robert Karlsson (SWE), Mikko Ilonen (FIN)

147 - Thomas Bjorn (DEN), Gonzalo Fernandez Castano (ESP), Julien Quesne (FRA), Stephen Gallacher (SCO), Paul Casey (ENG)

148 - Peter Uihlein (USA)

149 - Kiradech Aphibarnrat (THA), Jin Jeong (KOR)

150 - Jose Maria Olazabal (ESP)

Sony Open

Scores after the second round of the $5.6 million PGA Tour's Sony Open on Friday at the Waialae Country Club course (par-70)

130 - Brian Stuard 65-65

131 - Marc Leishman (AUS) 67-64, Hideto Tanihara (JPN) 66-65

132 - Harris English 66-66

133 - Jason Kokrak 66-67, Jimmy Walker 66-67, Adam Scott (AUS) 67-66, Chris Kirk 64-69, Bae Sang-moon (KOR) 63-70, Chris Stroud 68-65

134 - Jerry Kelly 67-67, Boo Weekley 67-67, Hudson Swafford 70-64, Greg Chalmers (AUS) 68-66, Matt Every 69-65, Justin Leonard 68-66

135 - Zach Johnson 68-67, Ryan Palmer 65-70, Will Wilcox 69-66, Pat Perez 68-67, James Hahn 67-68, Brian Harman 69-66, Retief Goosen (RSA) 66-69, Jason Dufner 67-68

Ice Hockey

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

NY RANGERS 3 Dallas 2

WASHINGTON 3 Toronto 2

COLUMBUS 3 Carolina 0

NY Islanders 2 COLORADO 1 (OT)

EDMONTON 4 Pittsburgh 3 (OT)

VANCOUVER 2 St. Louis 1

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

W L OT Pts GF GA

Boston 28 14 2 58 128 98

Tampa Bay 26 14 4 56 126 106

Montreal 25 15 5 55 115 106

Detroit 19 15 10 48 115 125

Toronto 21 20 5 47 125 141

Ottawa 19 18 8 46 129 145

Florida 17 21 6 40 104 137

Buffalo 12 26 5 29 75 120

Metropolitan Division

Pittsburgh 32 12 2 66 150 111

Philadelphia 23 17 4 50 117 119

Washington 22 16 6 50 135 133

NY Rangers 23 20 3 49 114 123

Carolina 19 17 9 47 111 128

New Jersey 18 18 9 45 104 113

Columbus 20 20 4 44 120 126

NY Islanders 17 22 7 41 126 150

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Central Division

St. Louis 31 8 5 67 161 99

Chicago 29 8 9 67 169 127

Colorado 27 12 5 59 128 113

Minnesota 24 17 5 53 112 115

Dallas 20 17 7 47 125 135

Nashville 19 20 6 44 108 135

Winnipeg 19 22 5 43 125 139

Pacific Division

Anaheim 33 8 5 71 155 116

San Jose 28 11 6 62 148 115

Los Angeles 27 13 5 59 118 93

Vancouver 24 13 9 57 123 114

Phoenix 21 13 9 51 130 131

Calgary 15 23 6 36 100 142

Edmonton 15 27 5 35 123 164

NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Rallying

Dakar 2014

Results in Friday's Dakar Rally sixth stage (465km/400km timed) between San Miguel de Tucuman and Salta, in Argentina:

Auto

Stage

1. Stephane Peterhansel/Jean Paul Cottret (FRA/FRA/Mini) 2 h 42:58, 2. Nasser Al-Attiyah/Lucas Cruz (QAT/ESP/Mini) 2:43, 3. Orlando Terranova/Paulo Fiuza (ARG/POR/Mini) 5:20, 4. Giniel De Villiers/Dirk Von Zitzewitz (RSA/GER/Toyota) 6:06, 5. Carlos Sainz/Timo Gttschalk (ESP/GER/Smg) 6:31, 6. Nani Roma/Michel Prin (ESP/FRA/Mini) 6:36, 7. Vladimir Vasilyev/Vitaliy Yevtyekhov (RUS/UKR/Mini) 12:02, 8. Krzysztof Holowczyc/Konstantin Zhiltsov (POL/RUS/Mini) 12:34, 9. Federico Villagra/Jorge Perez Companc (ARG/ARG/Mini) 12:53, 10. Christian Lavieille/Jean-Pierre Garcin (FRA/FRA/Haval) 13:01.

Overall (after six stages)

1. Nani Roma/Michel Prin (ESP/FRA/Mini) 22 h 11:28, 2. Orlando Terranova/Paulo Fiuza (ARG/POR/Mini) 30:30, 3. Stphane Peterhansel/Jean Paul Cottret (FRA/FRA/Mini) 33:23, 4. Giniel De Villiers/Dirk Von Zitzewitz (RSA/GER/Toyota) 40:54, 5. Nasser Al-Attiyah/Lucas Cruz (QAT/ESP/Mini) 1 h 22:35, 6. Carlos Sainz/Timo Gttschalk (ESP/GER/Smg) 1 h 59:38, 7. Marek Dabrowski/Jacek Czachor (POL/POL/Toyota) 1 h 59:39, 8. Pascal Thomasse/Pascal Larroque (FRA/FRA/Buggy Md Rallye) 2 h 21:08, 9. Krzysztof Holowczyc/Konstantin Zhiltsov (POL/RUS/Mini) 2 h 28:57, 10. Adam Malysz/Rafal Marton (POL/POL/Toyota) 2 h 43:13.

Moto

Stage

1. Alain Duclos (FRA/Sherco) 4 h 21:34, 2. Marc Coma (ESP/Ktm) 1:15, 3. Michael Metge (FRA/Yamaha) 1:49, 4. Joan Barreda (ESP/Honda) 2:22, 5. Cyril Despres (FRA/Yamaha) 2:55, 6. Helder Rodrigues (POR/Honda) 4:21, 7. Stefan Svitko (SVK/Ktm) 7:46, 8. Kuba Przygonski (POL/Ktm) 8:12, 9. Jordi Viladoms (ESP/Ktm) 10:26, 10. Jeremias Israel Esquerre (CHI/Speedbrain) 11:13.

Overall (after six stages)

1. Marc Coma (ESP/Ktm) 23 h 08:00, 2. Joan Barreda (ESP/Honda) 42:17, 3. Alain Duclos (FRA/Sherco) 1 h 00:58, 4. Jordi Viladoms (ESP/Ktm) 1 h 08:09, 5. Jeremias Israel Esquerre (CHI/Speedbrain) 1 h 33:28, 6. Olivier Pain (FRA/Yamaha) 1 h 43:08, 7. Kuba Przygonski (POL/Ktm) 1 h 49:59, 8. Helder Rodrigues (POR/Honda) 2 h 01:24, 9. David Casteu (FRA/Ktm) 2 h 12:05, 10. Daniel Gouet (CHI/Honda) 2 h 17:26.

Soccer

English Championship

Result on Friday:

Leicester 4 Derby 1

French Ligue 1

Result on Friday:

Montpellier 1 (Niang 68) Monaco 1 (Kurzawa 52)

Spanish league

Result on Friday:

Granada 4 (Murillo 12, Recio 22, 55, El-Arabi 78) Valladolid 0

Tennis

Sydney International

Result on Saturday:

Men's final; Juan Martin del Potro (ARG x1) bt Bernard Tomic (AUS) 6-3, 6-1.

WTA Hobart International

Final result on Saturday:

Garbine Muguruza Blanco (ESP) bt Klara Zakopalova (CZE x7) 6-4, 6-0.

ATP Auckland Open

Final result on Saturday:

John Isner (USA x3) bt Lu Yen-hsun (TPE) 7-6 (4), 7-6 (7).

Kooyong Classic

Final result on Saturday:

Kei Nishikori (JPN) bt Tomas Berdych (CZE) 6-4, 7-5.

China Daily

(China Daily 01/12/2014 page11)