Basketball

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

CLEVELAND 99 Utah 79

OKLAHOMA CITY 113 Memphis 107

Golden State 126 NY KNICKS 103

Chicago 100 DALLAS 91

SAN ANTONIO 92 Charlotte 82

LA LAKERS 126 Sacramento 122

PHOENIX 116 New Orleans 104

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

W L Pct GB

Toronto 32 26 .552 -

Brooklyn 27 29 .482 4

New York 21 38 .356 11

Boston 20 39 .339 12

Philadelphia 15 43 .259 17

Southeast Division

Miami 41 14 .745 -

Washington 30 28 .517 12

Charlotte 27 31 .466 15

Atlanta 26 31 .456 16

Orlando 18 42 .300 25

Central Division

Indiana 44 13 .772 -

Chicago 32 26 .552 12

Cleveland 24 36 .400 21

Detroit 23 35 .397 21

Milwaukee 11 46 .193 33

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Southwest Division

San Antonio 42 16 .724 -

Houston 39 19 .672 3

Dallas 36 24 .600 7

Memphis 32 25 .561 9

New Orleans 23 35 .397 19

Northwest Division

Oklahoma City 44 15 .746 -

Portland 40 18 .690 3

Minnesota 28 29 .491 15

Denver 25 32 .439 18

Utah 21 37 .362 22

Pacific Division

LA Clippers 40 20 .667 -

Golden State 36 23 .610 3

Phoenix 34 24 .586 5

Sacramento 20 38 .345 19

LA Lakers 20 39 .339 19

NBA leaders, through Feb 28

Scoring

G FG FT PTS AVG

Durant, OKC 58 605 494 1834 31.6

Anthony, NYK 56 557 338 1577 28.2

James, MIA 53 528 299 1430 27.0

Love, MIN 54 464 377 1435 26.6

Harden, HOU 50 369 380 1227 24.5

Griffin, LAC 60 542 362 1457 24.3

Aldridge, POR 53 518 229 1267 23.9

Curry, GOL 56 462 225 1338 23.9

DeRozan, TOR 56 444 335 1272 22.7

George, IND 57 437 275 1287 22.6

Cousins, SAC 49 387 319 1093 22.3

Nowitzki, DAL 58 451 251 1247 21.5

Irving, CLE 57 437 242 1218 21.4

Lillard, POR 58 404 261 1232 21.2

Dragic, PHX 54 392 243 1112 20.6

Thomas, SAC 58 403 275 1190 20.5

Davis, NOR 50 392 239 1024 20.5

Jefferson, CHA 49 438 125 1003 20.5

Gay, SAC 52 395 217 1058 20.3

Wall, WAS 58 418 253 1161 20.0

FG Percentage

FG FGA PCT

Jordan, LAC 245 366 .669

Drummond, DET 335 547 .612

Howard, HOU 398 677 .588

James, MIA 528 912 .579

Horford, ATL 238 420 .567

Wade, MIA 311 564 .551

Diaw, SAN 225 412 .546

Ibaka, OKC 385 705 .546

Johnson, TOR 244 448 .545

Faried, DEN 253 467 .542

Rebounds

G OFF DEF TOT AVG

Jordan, LAC 60 244 593 837 14.0

Love, MIN 54 172 540 712 13.2

Drummond, DET 58 314 430 744 12.8

Howard, HOU 58 192 535 727 12.5

Noah, CHI 56 209 434 643 11.5

Cousins, SAC 49 149 413 562 11.5

Aldridge, POR 53 125 477 602 11.4

Bogut, GOL 51 145 389 534 10.5

Jefferson, CHA 49 99 409 508 10.4

Randolph, MEM 55 175 390 565 10.3

Assists

G AST AVG

Curry, GOL 56 496 8.9

Lawson, DEN 45 396 8.8

Wall, WAS 58 499 8.6

Rubio, MIN 57 487 8.5

Jennings, DET 56 445 7.9

Lowry, TOR 58 446 7.7

Teague, ATL 54 376 7.0

Nelson, ORL 55 375 6.8

Williams, BRO 40 259 6.5

James, MIA 53 341 6.4

Golf

EPGA Tshwane Open

Leading scores after second round of European Tour-Sunshine Tour co-sanctioned Tshwane Open tournament at par-72, 7,281-metre (7,964-yard) The Els Club Copperleaf near Pretoria on Friday (RSA unless noted):

131 - Ross Fisher (ENG) 66-65

132 - Morten Madsen (DEN) 67-65

133 - Simon Dyson (ENG) 65-68, Carlos Del Moral (ESP) 68-65

134 - Darren Fichardt 66-68, Trevor Fisher jnr 65-69, Michael Hoey (NIR) 69-65, Jake Roos 69-65

135 - Gaganjeet Bhullar (IND) 70-65, Edoardo Molinari (ITA) 70-65, Chris Wood (ENG) 67-68

136 - Jean Hugo 68-68, Hennie Otto 71-65, Danie van Tonder 66-70

137 - Jaco Ahlers 71-66, Oliver Bekker 70-67, Justing Harding 70-67, Kevin Phelan (IRL) 68-69

138 - Lucas Bjerregaard (DEN) 67-71, Merrick Bremner 69-69, Nacho Elvira (ESP) 71-67, Jared Harvey 66-72, David Howell (ENG) 69-69, Maximilian Kieffer (GER) 68-70, Mikko Korhonen (FIN) 70-68, Erik van Rooyen 66-72, Andy Sullivan (ENG) 69-69

USPGA Honda Classic

Leading second-round scores on Friday in the US PGA Tour $6 million Honda Classic (USA unless noted, par-70):

129 - Rory McIlroy (NIR) 63-66

130 - Brendon de Jonge (ZIM) 66-64

132 - Russell Henley 64-68

133 - Lee Westwood (ENG) 68-65, Russell Knox (SCO) 70-63

134 - Jamie Donaldson (WAL) 65-69, Ryan Palmer 68-66, William McGirt 65-69

135 - Daniel Summerhays 70-65, Chris Stroud 69-66, Boo Weekley 68-67, John Senden (AUS) 72-63, Thomas Bjorn (DEN) 69-66, Luke Donald (ENG) 67-68, Derek Ernst 66-69, Will MacKenzie 67-68, Brendan Steele 69-66

136 - Jason Kokrak 70-66, Jhonattan Vegas (VEN) 70-66, Mark Wilson 67-69, Chris Kirk 69-67, Rory Sabbatini (RSA) 65-71

137 - David Lingmerth (SWE) 69-68, Adam Scott (AUS) 68-69, Stewart Cink 69-68, Graeme McDowell (NIR) 70-67, George McNeill 70-67, David Hearn (CAN) 67-70, Billy Hurley 70-67, Jamie Lovemark 69-68, Ben Crane 69-68, Zach Johnson 67-70, Keegan Bradley 69-68, Ted Potter 71-66, Noh Seung-yul (KOR) 69-68, Troy Merritt 68-69, Brice Garnett 66-71

LPGA HSBC Women's Champions

Round two scores from the $1.4 million HSBC Women's Champions in Singapore on Friday (par 72):

135 - Karrie Webb (AUS) 66-69

137 - Angela Stanford (USA) 68-69

138 - Teresa Lu (TPE) 68-70

140 - Anna Nordqvist (SWE) 73-67, Morgan Pressel (USA) 71-69, Danielle Kang (USA) 70-70, Paula Creamer (USA) 67-73, Caroline Hedwall (SWE) 67-73

141 - Nicole Castrale (USA) 73-68, Choi Nayeon (KOR) 71-70, Suzann Pettersen (NOR) 71-70, Azahara Munoz (ESP) 69-72

142 - Jang Ha-na (KOR) 73-69, Lydia Ko (NZL) 73-69, Brittany Lincicome (USA) 71-71, Ryu So-yeon (KOR) 71-71, Lexi Thompson (USA) 71-71, Park In-bee (KOR) 70-72

Ice Hockey

Results of National Hockey League games on Friday (home teams in CAPS):

BUFFALO 4 San Jose 2

COLORADO 4 Phoenix 2

Minnesota 2 VANCOUVER 1 (SO)

ANAHEIM 1 St. Louis 0

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

W L OT Pts GF GA

Boston 37 16 5 79 180 130

Montreal 33 21 7 73 155 149

Tampa Bay 33 21 5 71 170 148

Toronto 32 22 7 71 182 187

Detroit 28 20 12 68 159 165

Ottawa 26 23 11 63 170 197

Florida 22 30 7 51 143 188

Buffalo 18 34 8 44 122 180

Metropolitan Division

Pittsburgh 40 15 4 84 191 144

NY Rangers 33 24 3 69 157 147

Philadelphia 30 24 6 66 165 174

Washington 28 23 9 65 176 179

Columbus 29 25 5 63 172 166

New Jersey 25 22 13 63 140 148

Carolina 26 24 9 61 147 165

NY Islanders 23 30 8 54 169 204

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Central Division

St. Louis 39 14 6 84 196 137

Chicago 35 12 14 84 208 165

Colorado 38 17 5 81 182 161

Minnesota 33 21 7 73 150 148

Dallas 28 21 10 66 168 165

Winnipeg 29 26 6 64 171 177

Nashville 26 24 10 62 149 182

Pacific Division

Anaheim 42 14 5 89 197 147

San Jose 38 17 6 82 184 149

Los Angeles 33 22 6 72 147 132

Vancouver 28 24 10 66 148 162

Phoenix 27 22 11 65 167 176

Calgary 22 30 7 51 137 181

Edmonton 20 34 7 47 153 202

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

NHL scoring leaders, through Feb 28

GP G A PTS

Sidney Crosby, Pit 59 29 51 80

Phil Kessel, Tor 61 32 35 67

Ryan Getzlaf, Anh 57 29 38 67

John Tavares, NYI 59 24 42 66

Alex Ovechkin, Was 56 41 22 63

Patrick Kane, Chi 60 27 36 63

Corey Perry, Anh 61 30 30 60

Evgeni Malkin, Pit 48 18 42 60

Kyle Okposo, NYI 60 24 35 59

Nicklas Backstrom, Was 60 12 47 59

Patrick Sharp, Chi 61 28 30 58

Martin St. Louis, TB 59 27 31 58

Joe Thornton, SJ 61 8 50 58

3 tied with 57 pts.

Soccer

Dutch Championship

Result on Friday:

Heracles 1 SC Heerenveen 2

French Ligue 1

Result on Friday:

Evian TG 2 (Barbosa 61, Wass 77) Nantes 0

German Bundesliga

Result on Friday:

Hertha Berlin 0 SC Freiburg 0

Scottish Premiership

Result on Friday:

Hibernian 1 (Forster 45) Dundee Utd 3 (Ciftci 43, Gunning 56, El Alagui 83)

Spanish La Liga

Result on Friday:

Athletic Bilbao 4 (Aduriz 6, 18, 74, Gurpegi 80) Granada 0

Tennis

ATP Dubai Championship

Results on Friday (x-denotes seedings):

Semifinals

Roger Federer (SUI x4) bt Novak Djokovic (SRB x1) 3-6, 6-3, 6-2; Tomas Berdych (CZE x3) bt Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER x7) 7-5, 7-5.

ATP Brazil Open

Results on Friday:

Quarterfinals

Paolo Lorenzi (ITA) bt Juan Monaco (ARG) 7-6 (), 6-7 (4), 6-4; Federico Delbonis (ARG) bt Albert Montanes (ESP) 6-4, 6-3; Thomaz Bellucci (BRA) bt Martin Klizan (SVK) 6-3, 6-3; Tommy Haas (GER x1) bt Horacio Zeballos (ARG) 6-3, 5-7, 6-2.

ATP/WTA Acapulco International

Results on Friday:

Men's semifinals

Kevin Anderson (RSA x5) bt Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR) 6-1, 5-7, 6-4; Grigor Dimitrov (BUL x4) bt Andy Murray (GBR x2) 4-6, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (3).

Women's semifinals

Dominika Cibulkova (SVK x1) bt Zhang Shuai (CHN x8) 4-2 - retired; Christina McHale (USA) bt Caroline Garcia (FRA) 3-6, 6-2, 7-5.

WTA Brazil Tennis Cup

Results on Friday:

Semifinals

Klara Zakopalova (CZE x3) bt Carla Suarez (ESP x1) 6-3, 3-6, 6-2; Garbine Muguruza (ESP x2) bt Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) 6-2, 6-3.

China Daily

(China Daily 03/02/2014 page11)