Basketball

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

CHARLOTTE 105 Minnesota 93

Washington 105 ORLANDO 101 (OT)

Indiana 101 PHILADELPHIA 94

TORONTO 99 Memphis 86

Phoenix 87 BOSTON 80

Denver 111 MIAMI 107

Portland 111 NEW ORLEANS 103

SAN ANTONIO 119 LA Lakers 85

LA Clippers 96 UTAH 87

Cleveland 103 GOLDEN STATE 94

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

W L Pct GB

Toronto 37 27 .578 -

Brooklyn 33 30 .524 3

New York 26 40 .394 12

Boston 22 44 .333 16

Philadelphia 15 50 .231 22

Southeast Division

x-Miami 44 19 .698 -

Washington 34 31 .523 11

Charlotte 32 34 .485 13

Atlanta 28 35 .444 16

Orlando 19 48 .284 27

Central Division

x-Indiana 48 17 .738 -

Chicago 36 29 .554 12

Cleveland 26 40 .394 22

Detroit 25 40 .385 23

Milwaukee 13 52 .200 35

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Southwest Division

San Antonio 49 16 .754 -

Houston 44 21 .677 5

Dallas 39 27 .591 10

Memphis 38 27 .585 11

New Orleans 26 39 .400 23

Northwest Division

Oklahoma City 48 17 .738 -

Portland 43 23 .652 5

Minnesota 32 32 .500 15

Denver 29 36 .446 19

Utah 22 44 .333 26

Pacific Division

LA Clippers 47 20 .701 -

Golden State 41 26 .612 6

Phoenix 37 28 .569 9

Sacramento 23 42 .354 23

LA Lakers 22 44 .333 24

x-clinched playoff spot

Cricket

Australia beat South Africa by six wickets in the third and final Twenty20 at SuperSport Park on Friday.

Australia win the series 2-0. The first match was washed out.

Scores:

South Africa 128-7 in 20 overs (Q. de Kock 41; M. Starc 2-16) vs Australia 129-4 in 15 overs (A. Finch 39, Imran Tahir 2-21)

Cycling

Paris-Nice

Results and standings from Friday's 221.5km sixth stage of the Paris-Nice race from Saint-Saturnin-les-Avignon to Fayence:

Stage

1. Carlos Betancur (COL/AG2R La Mondiale) 5hr 12min 11sec (average: 42.6 km/h), 2. Rui Costa (POR/LAM) s.t., 3. Zdenek Stybar (CZE/OPQ) at 03sec, 4. Geraint Thomas (GBR/SKY) s.t., 5. Arthur Vichot (FRA/FDJ) s.t., 6. Cyril Gautier (FRA/EUC) 7, 7. Jakob Fuglsang (DEN/AST) s.t., 8. Tony Gallopin (FRA/LTB) s.t., 9. Stefan Denifl (AUT/IAM) s.t., 10. Gorka Izaguirre (ESP/MOV) s.t.

Overall

1. Carlos Betancur (COL/AG2R) La Mondiale 27hr 04min 48sec, 2. Geraint Thomas (GBR/SKY) at 8sec, 3. Rui Costa (POR/LAM) 18, 4. Zdenek Stybar (CZE/OPQ) 22, 5. Jose Joaquin Rojas (ESP/MOV) 24, 6. Jakob Fuglsang (DEN/AST) 25, 7. Arthur Vichot (FRA/FDJ) 27, 8. Jan Bakelants (BEL/OPQ) 29, 9. Cyril Gautier (FRA/EUC) 31, 10. Stefan Denifl (AUT/IAM) s.t.

Golf

EPGA Hassan II Trophy

Leading scores of the second round on Friday in the Trophee Hassan II, a European Tour event at the 6,356-meter (6,951-yard), par-72 Golf du Palais Royal:

130 Alejandro Canizares, Spain 62-68

131 Seve Benson, England 63-68

135 Rafa Cabrera-Bello, Spain

136 Magnus A Carlsson, Sweden 65-71; David Horsey, England 72-64; Connor Arendell, United States 65-71

137 Gregory Bourdy, France 68-69

138 Michael Hoey, Northern Ireland 68-70; Robert Karlsson, Sweden 71-67; Marcel Siem, Germany 69-69; George Coetzee, South Africa 69-69; Tommy Fleetwood, England 66-72; James Morrison, England 69-69

USPGA Valspar Championship

Leading scores of the secodn round on Friday at the Valspar Championship, a $5.7 million US PGA Tour event at the 7,340-yard, par-71 Copperhead Course at Innisbrook Resort and Golf Club:

135 Robert Garrigus 69-66

138 Kevin Na 70-68

139 Pat Perez 68-71; Justin Rose 71-68; Matteo Manassero 69-70; Matt Every 68-71

140 Scott Langley 71-69; Jim Furyk 71-69; John Merrick 70-70; Greg Chalmers 68-72; Luke Guthrie 70-70

141 Tommy Gainey 69-72; Carl Pettersson 71-70; Michael Thompson 72-69; Freddie Jacobson 70-71; David Hearn 71-70; Charles Howell III 71-70; Harris English 72-69; Jordan Spieth 71-70; Brian Harman 71-70; Michael Putnam 69-72

142 Ricky Barnes 70-72; Nicolas Colsaerts 69-73; Bill Haas 69-73; Charley Hoffman 70-72; Ken Duke 71-71; Kevin Streelman 73-69; Justin Leonard 71-71; Rory Sabbatini 70-72; Woody Austin 71-71; Ben Crane 70-72; Stephen Ames 72-70; Jason Kokrak 74-68; Eric Axley 72-70.

Ice Hockey

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

San Jose 4 NY ISLANDERS 3

WASHINGTON 4 Vancouver 3

DETROIT 2 Edmonton 1 (SO)

FLORIDA 5 New Jersey 3

Nashville 3 CHICAGO 2

NY Rangers 4 WINNIPEG 2

Calgary 4 DALLAS 3 (SO)

Anaheim 6 COLORADO 4

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

W L OT Pts GF GA

Boston 44 17 5 93 210 145

Toronto 36 24 8 80 201 207

Tampa Bay 35 24 7 77 191 175

Montreal 35 25 7 77 167 170

Detroit 30 23 13 73 174 184

Ottawa 28 25 12 68 185 213

Florida 25 35 7 57 166 217

Buffalo 19 39 8 46 131 196

Metropolitan Division

Pittsburgh 44 17 4 92 206 159

NY Rangers 36 28 4 76 177 169

Columbus 34 26 6 74 193 183

Philadelphia 33 25 7 73 184 190

Washington 31 27 10 72 197 205

New Jersey 29 25 13 71 166 173

Carolina 29 28 9 67 167 187

NY Islanders 25 34 9 59 191 232

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Central Division

St. Louis 45 14 7 97 219 150

Colorado 43 19 5 91 206 180

Chicago 38 15 14 90 227 178

Minnesota 35 22 9 79 163 162

Dallas 32 23 11 75 191 185

Winnipeg 30 29 9 69 186 199

Nashville 29 28 10 68 163 197

Pacific Division

Anaheim 44 16 7 95 216 171

San Jose 44 17 7 95 213 165

Los Angeles 38 23 6 82 164 142

Phoenix 31 25 11 73 185 191

Vancouver 30 29 10 70 163 187

Calgary 27 33 7 61 163 199

Edmonton 23 36 9 55 169 223

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

Nordic skiing

World Cup

Nordic skiing World Cup results from Falun, Sweden on Friday:

Men's 1.4km classic sprint

1. Teodor Peterson (SWE) 2:55.97, 2. Emil Joensson (SWE) s.t., 3. Calle Halfvarsson (SWE) at 1.01, 4. Alex Harvey (CAN) 1.20, 5. Sergey Ustyugov (RUS) 1.26, 6. Eirik Brandsdal (NOR) 4.44

Final World Cup sprint standings

1. Ola Vigen Hattestad (NOR) 363 pts (crystal globe), 2. Eirik Brandsdal (NOR) 355, 3. Josef Wenzl (GER) 306, 4. Toedor Peterson (SWE) 297, 5. Nikita Kriukov (RUS) 277

Overall World Cup standings (after 26 of 28 races)

1. Martin Johnsrud Sundby (NOR) 1288 pts (crystal globe), 2. Alexander Legkov (RUS) 817, 3. Chris Jespersen (NOR) 739, 4. Calle Halfvarsson (SWE) 568, 5. Alex Harvey (CAN) 556, 6. Petter Northug (NOR) 539

Women's 1.2km classic sprint

1. Marit Bjoergen (NOR) 2:50.46, 2. Ingvild Flugstad Oestberg (NOR) 0.29, 3. Stina Nilsson (SWE) 1.34, 4. Kikkan Randall (USA) 6.84, 5. Krista Lahteenmaki (FIN) 8.49, 6. Sophie Caldwell (USA) 9.86

Final World Cup sprint standings

1. Kikkan Randall (USA) 558 pts (crystal globe), 2. Denise Herrmann (GER) 496, 3. Marit Bjoergen (NOR) 433, 4. Ingvild Flugstad Oestberg (NOR) 426, 5. Maiken Falla Caspersen (SWE) 320

Overall World Cup standings (after 26 of 28 races)

1. Therese Johaug (NOR) 1295 pts, 2. Marit Bjoergen (NOR) 1292, 3. Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen (NOR) 974, 4. Heidi Weng (NOR) 791, 5. Kikkan Randall (USA) 790

Soccer

Argentine championship

Results of Final matches on Friday:

Atletico Rafaela 3 Velez Sarsfield 1

Dutch championship

Result on Friday:

Cambuur 3 RKC Waalwijk 2

French Ligue 1

Result on Friday:

Reims 1 (Devaux 67) Marseille 1 (Gignac 80)

German Bundesliga

Result on Friday:

FC Augsburg 1 (Werner 5) Schalke 04 2 (Huntelaar 33, 49)

Scottish Premiership

Result on Friday:

Kilmarnock 0 Celtic 3 (Commons 57, 59, 86)

Spanish La Liga

Result on Friday:

Getafe 3 (Marica 6, Lpez 39, Lafita 72) Grenada 3 (Riki 35, El-Arabi 62, 77)

Tennis

BNP Paribas Open

Results on Friday:

Men's quarterfinals

John Isner (USA x12) bt Ernests Gulbis (LAT x20) 7-6 (4), 7-6 (3); Novak Djokovic (SRB x2) bt Julien Benneteau (FRA) 6-1, 6-3.

Women's semifinals

Flavia Pennetta (ITA x20) bt Li Na (CHN x1) 7-6 (5), 6-3; Agnieszka Radwanska (POL x2) bt Simona Halep (ROM x6) 6-3, 6-4.

Men's doubles semifinals

Alexander Peya/Bruno Soares ( AUT/BRA x2) bt Roger Federer/Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) 6-4, 6-1.

Women's doubles semifinals

Hsieh Su-wei/Peng Shuai (TPE/CHN x1) bt Svetlana Kuznetsova/Samantha Stosur (RUS/AUS) 3-6, 7-6 (5), 10-2.

(China Daily 03/16/2014 page11)