Basketball

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

INDIANA 91 Chicago 79

New York 93 PHILADELPHIA 92

Oklahoma City 119 TORONTO 118 (2OT)

BROOKLYN 114 Boston 98

MIAMI 91 Memphis 86

New Orleans 111 Atlanta 105

DALLAS 122 Denver 106

PHOENIX 98 Detroit 92

San Antonio 99 SACRAMENTO 79

Washington 117 LA LAKERS 107

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

W L Pct GB

Toronto 38 30 .559 -

Brooklyn 36 31 .537 1

New York 29 40 .420 9

Boston 23 47 .329 16

Philadelphia 15 54 .217 23

Southeast Division

x-Miami 47 20 .701 -

Washington 36 33 .522 12

Charlotte 33 36 .478 15

Atlanta 31 36 .463 16

Orlando 19 50 .275 29

Central Division

x-Indiana 51 18 .739 -

Chicago 38 31 .551 13

Cleveland 26 43 .377 25

Detroit 25 43 .368 25

Milwaukee 13 56 .188 38

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Southwest Division

San Antonio 52 16 .765 -

Houston 46 22 .676 6

Dallas 42 28 .600 11

Memphis 40 28 .588 12

New Orleans 28 40 .412 24

Northwest Division

Oklahoma City 51 18 .739 -

Portland 45 24 .652 6

Minnesota 34 33 .507 16

Denver 31 38 .449 20

Utah 22 47 .319 29

Pacific Division

LA Clippers 48 21 .696 -

Golden State 44 26 .629 4

Phoenix 40 29 .580 8

Sacramento 24 45 .348 24

LA Lakers 22 46 .324 25

x-clinched playoff spot

Golf

Arnold Palmer Invitational

Leading scores on Friday after the second round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational (par 72, USA unless noted):

130 - Adam Scott (AUS) 62-68

137 - JB Holmes 68-69, Chesson Hadley 69-68, Francesco Molinari (ITA) 67-70

138 - Keegan Bradley 71-67, Jamie Donaldson (WAL) 67-71, Jason Kokrak 67-71, Brandt Snedeker 67-71, Morgan Hoffmann 67-71

139 - Freddie Jacobson (SWE) 71-68, Matt Every 69-70, Ryo Ishikawa (JPN) 65-74, Ian Poulter (ENG) 68-71, John Merrick 65-74, Charles Howell 68-71

140 - Padraig Harrington (IRL) 70-70, Erik Compton 72-68, Aaron Baddeley (AUS) 70-70, Harris English 69-71, Sam Saunders 69-71, Noh Seung-yul (KOR) 72-68, Pat Perez 70-70, Ryan Moore 68-72

141 - Kevin Chappell 71-70, Chris Kirk 69-72, Stewart Cink 71-70, Kevin Na 70-71, Trevor Immelman (RSA) 69-72

WD - Rory Sabbatini (RSA) 81

LPGA Founders Cup

Leading scores on Friday after the second round of the LPGA Founders Cup (par 72, USA unless noted):

131 - Mirim Lee (KOR) 64-67

133 - Lydia Ko (NZL) 67-66

134 - Yoo Sun-young (KOR) 69-65

135 - Chella Choi (KOR) 69-66, Jessica Korda 69-66, Ryu So-yeon (KOR) 68-67, Park In-bee (KOR) 66-69

136 - Lizette Salas 69-67, Jodi Ewart Shadoff (ENG) 67-69, Amy Yang (KOR) 67-69, Ji Eun-hee (KOR) 66-70, Michelle Wie 66-70

137 - Stacy Lewis 66-71, Karrie Webb (AUS) 66-71, Morgan Pressel 65-72

138 - Park Hee-young (KOR) 73-65, Anna Nordqvist (SWE) 72-66, Victoria Elizabeth 71-67, Jaye Marie Green 70-68, Belen Mozo (ESP) 70-68, Candie Kung (TPE) 70-68, Sarah Jane Smith (AUS) 69-69, Lexi Thompson 69-69, Heather Bowie Young 68-70, Mo Martin 67-71, Pornanong Phatlum (THA) 67-71, Haru Nomura (JPN) 67-71, Pernilla Lindberg (SWE) 66-72

Ice Hockey

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

NY Rangers at Columbus

Carolina at Chicago

Boston at Colorado

Nashville at Calgary

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

W L OT Pts GF GA

Boston 48 17 5 101 225 149

Tampa Bay 39 24 7 85 208 185

Montreal 38 26 7 83 182 180

Toronto 36 27 8 80 208 219

Detroit 32 24 13 77 183 194

Ottawa 28 28 13 69 198 234

Florida 26 36 8 60 173 225

Buffalo 20 42 8 48 136 206

Metropolitan Division

Pittsburgh 45 19 5 95 218 173

Philadelphia 37 25 7 81 199 197

NY Rangers 38 29 4 80 188 175

Columbus 36 28 6 78 200 192

Washington 33 27 11 77 205 211

New Jersey 30 27 13 73 172 183

Carolina 30 31 9 69 174 198

NY Islanders 26 35 9 61 195 239

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Central Division

St. Louis 47 15 7 101 226 156

Chicago 41 15 15 97 240 184

Colorado 44 21 6 94 216 194

Minnesota 36 23 11 83 174 172

Dallas 32 26 11 75 196 201

Winnipeg 32 30 9 73 199 208

Nashville 30 31 10 70 171 213

Pacific Division

Anaheim 46 18 7 99 219 170

Anaheim 45 18 7 97 222 178

Los Angeles 39 25 6 84 170 149

Phoenix 34 25 11 79 194 197

Vancouver 32 30 10 74 172 194

Calgary 28 35 7 63 173 209

Edmonton 25 37 9 59 177 228

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

NHL scoring leaders

Through March 21

GP G A PTS

Sidney Crosby, Pit 69 33 58 91

Ryan Getzlaf, Anh 66 29 47 76

Phil Kessel, Tor 71 35 39 74

Tyler Seguin, Dal 67 31 41 72

Claude Giroux, Phi 69 24 48 72

Alex Ovechkin, Was 67 46 23 69

Corey Perry, Anh 70 36 33 69

Patrick Sharp, Chi 71 30 39 69

Patrick Kane, Chi 69 29 40 69

Kyle Okposo, NYI 69 27 42 69

Nicklas Backstrom, Was 71 13 56 69

Joe Thornton, SJ 71 11 58 69

Evgeni Malkin, Pit 58 21 47 68

2 tied with 67 pts.

Soccer

French Lige I

Result on Friday:

Lorient 0 Paris Saint Germain 1 (Thiago Motta 41)

German Bundesliga

Result on Friday:

SC Freiburg 3 (Schuster 15, Klaus 53, Mehmedi 59) Werder Bremen 1 (Petersen 70)

Scottish Premiership

Result on Friday:

Hearts 1 (Wilson 78) Dundee Utd 2 (Graham 35, Ciftci 70)

Spanish La Liga

Result on Friday:

Celta Vigo 0 Malaga 2 (Camacho 24, 32)

Tennis

ATP/WTA Miami

Results on Friday:

Men's 2nd rd

David Ferrer (ESP x4) bt Teimuraz Gabashvili (RUS) 6-4, 6-0; Roger Federer (SUI x5) bt Ivo Karlovic (CRO) 6-4, 7-6 (4); Richard Gasquet (FRA x9) bt Alejandro Gonzalez (COL) 7-6 (7), 6-4; Kevin Anderson (RSA x17) bt Horacio Zeballos (ARG) 6-4, 6-3; Florian Mayer (GER) bt Ivan Dodig (CRO) 6-3, 6-2; Tommy Robredo (ESP x16) bt Dominic Thiem (AUT) 6-4, 7-6 (8); Novak Djokovic (SRB x2) bt Jeremy Chardy (FRA) 6-4, 6-3; Grigor Dimitrov (BUL x15) bt Alberto Montanes (ESP) 6-1, 6-7 (5), 6-3; Andreas Seppi (ITA) bt Radek Stepanek (CZE) 7-6 (10/8), 4-6, 6-4; Feliciano Lopez (ESP) bt Jiri Vesely (CZE) 6-2, 7-6 (3); Thiemo de Bakker (NED) bt Fernando Verdasco (ESP) 7-6 (4), 6-7 (3), 6-2; Kei Nishikori (JPN) bt Marinko Matosevic (AUS) 6-4, 6-1; Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) bt Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) 3-6, 7-6 (1), 7-6 (5); Julien Benneteau (FRA) bt Ernests Gulbis (LAT) 6-4, 4-6, 7-5; Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA x11) bt Adrian Mannarino (FRA) 6-2, 6-4; Andy Murray (GBR x6) bt Matthew Ebden (AUS) 3-6, 6-0, 6-1.

Women's 2nd rd

Li Na (CHN x2) bt Alisa Kleybanova (RUS) walkover, viral illness; Varvara Lepchenko (USA) bt Jelena Jankovic (SRB x7) 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 (2); Dominika Cibulkova (SVK x10) bt Yvonne Meusburger (AUT) 6-1, 6-2; Elena Vesnina (RUS) bt Alison Riske (USA) 6-2, 6-2; Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (CZE) bt Roberta Vinci (ITA x13) 6-4, 2-6, 7-5; Alja Tomljanovic (CRO) bt Garbine Muguruza (ESP) 3-6, 7-6 (6), 6-1; Elina Svitolina (UKR) bt Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) 1-6, 6-1, 6-2; Alize Cornet (FRA) bt Andrea Petkovic (GER) 6-2, 6-7 (0), 6-4; Madison Keys (USA) bt Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) 6-4, 6-2; Kaia Kanepi (EST) bt Christine McHale (USA) 7-6 (5), 7-6 (0); Casey Dellacqua (AUS) bt Jana Cepelova (CZE) 6-4, 1-6, 6-4; Agnieszka Radwanska (POL x3) bt Romina Oprandi (SUI) 6-0, 6-4; Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) bt Chanelle Scheepers (RSA) 6-4, 6-1; Sloane Stephens (USA) bt Zarina Diyas (KAZ) 7-5, 6-3; Caroline Wozniacki (DEN x11) bt Monica Puig (PUR) 6-1, 1-6, 6-3; Venus Williams (USA) bt Anna Schmiedlova (SVK) 6-3, 6-3.

China Daily

(China Daily 03/23/2014 page11)