NBA standings

National Basketball Association

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

W L Pct GB

New York 39 26 .600 —

Brooklyn 39 28 .582 1

Boston 36 30 .545 3 1/2

Philadelphia 26 40 .394 13 1/2

Toronto 26 41 .388 14

Southeast Division

W L Pct GB

y-Miami 52 14 .788 —

Atlanta 37 30 .552 15 1/2

Washington 23 43 .348 29

Orlando 18 50 .265 35

Charlotte 15 52 .224 37 1/2

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Indiana 42 26 .618 —

Chicago 36 30 .545 5

Milwaukee 34 32 .515 7

Detroit 23 46 .333 19 1/2

Cleveland 22 45 .328 19 1/2

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Southwest Division

W L Pct GB

x-San Antonio 51 16 .761 —

Memphis 45 21 .682 5 1/2

Houston 36 31 .537 15

Dallas 32 35 .478 19

New Orleans 22 46 .324 29 1/2

Northwest Division

W L Pct GB

x-Oklahoma City 50 18 .735 —

Denver 47 22 .681 3 1/2

Utah 34 33 .507 15 1/2

Portland 31 36 .463 18 1/2

Minnesota 23 42 .354 25 1/2

Pacific Division

W L Pct GB

L.A. Clippers 46 22 .676 —

Golden State 39 30 .565 7 1/2

L.A. Lakers 36 33 .522 10 1/2

Sacramento 24 44 .353 22

Phoenix 23 45 .338 23

x-clinched playoff spot

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Tuesday’s Games

Indiana 95, Orlando 73

Denver 114, Oklahoma City 104

Milwaukee 102, Portland 95

Sacramento 116, L.A. Clippers 101

Wednesday’s Games

Miami at Cleveland, 7 p.m.

Toronto at Charlotte, 7 p.m.

Orlando at New York, 7:30 p.m.

Milwaukee at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.

Brooklyn at Dallas, 8 p.m.

Utah at Houston, 8 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Memphis, 8 p.m.

Boston at New Orleans, 8 p.m.

Golden State at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m.

Washington at Phoenix, 10 p.m.

Philadelphia at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.

Thursday’s Games

Portland at Chicago, 8 p.m.

Philadelphia at Denver, 9 p.m.

Minnesota at Sacramento, 10 p.m.

 

NHL standings

National Hockey League

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Pittsburgh 31 23 8 0 46 110 81

N.Y. Rangers 29 15 12 2 32 70 70

New Jersey 30 13 11 6 32 74 84

N.Y. Islanders 29 13 13 3 29 86 96

Philadelphia 30 13 16 1 27 81 92

Northeast Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Montreal 29 19 5 5 43 92 73

Boston 28 19 6 3 41 82 60

Ottawa 30 16 8 6 38 77 65

Toronto 29 15 12 2 32 86 83

Buffalo 30 11 15 4 26 79 95

Southeast Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Winnipeg 30 16 12 2 34 80 86

Carolina 29 15 12 2 32 84 82

Tampa Bay 29 13 15 1 27 96 86

Washington 29 12 16 1 25 79 87

Florida 30 8 16 6 22 74 110

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Central Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Chicago 29 24 2 3 51 100 62

St. Louis 29 16 11 2 34 87 83

Detroit 29 14 10 5 33 78 75

Columbus 30 12 12 6 30 68 79

Nashville 30 11 13 6 28 70 81

Northwest Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Minnesota 28 16 10 2 34 73 69

Vancouver 29 14 9 6 34 81 82

Edmonton 28 11 11 6 28 69 81

Calgary 27 11 12 4 26 78 91

Colorado 28 10 14 4 24 71 89

Pacific Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Anaheim 28 21 3 4 46 95 69

Los Angeles 29 17 10 2 36 88 73

Phoenix 30 13 13 4 30 79 85

San Jose 28 12 10 6 30 67 74

Dallas 28 13 12 3 29 73 84

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

Tuesday’s Games

N.Y. Rangers 3, New Jersey 2

Ottawa 5, N.Y. Islanders 3

Florida 4, Carolina 1

Columbus 4, Nashville 3

Buffalo 3, Montreal 2, OT

Pittsburgh 2, Washington 1

Winnipeg 3, Boston 1

Vancouver 3, St. Louis 2

Los Angeles 3, Phoenix 2

Wednesday’s Games

Tampa Bay at Toronto, 7 p.m.

Minnesota at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

Dallas at Colorado, 9:30 p.m.

San Jose at Edmonton, 9:30 p.m.

Chicago at Anaheim, 10 p.m.

Thursday’s Games

Toronto at Buffalo, 7 p.m.

Montreal at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m.

Florida at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m.

New Jersey at Carolina, 7 p.m.

Boston at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m.

Washington at Winnipeg, 8 p.m.

Calgary at Nashville, 8 p.m.

Vancouver at Phoenix, 10 p.m.

Dallas at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.

 

Blue Jackets

Nashville 0 1 2 — 3

Columbus 0 2 2 — 4

First Period—None. Penalties—Clune, Nas (hooking), 12:47; Boychuk, Nas (high-sticking), 17:59.

Second Period—1, Columbus, Tyutin 2 (Umberger, Johnson), 4:08. 2, Columbus, Letestu 7 (Prospal, Prout), 9:39. 3, Nashville, Bourque 10 (Josi, Legwand), 14:45. Penalties—Atkinson, Clm (slashing), 11:27.

Third Period—4, Columbus, Nikitin 3 (Prospal, Johnson), 10:00 (pp). 5, Columbus, Brassard 5 (Letestu, Prospal), 12:41. 6, Nashville, Mueller 1 (Clune, Weber), 17:59. 7, Nashville, Fisher 7 (Yip, Weber), 18:46. Penalties—Legwand, Nas (cross-checking), 8:29.

Shots on Goal—Nashville 9-11-15—35. Columbus 14-10-7—31.

Power-play opportunities—Nashville 0 of 1; Columbus 1 of 3.

Goalies—Nashville, Rinne 10-10-5 (31 shots-27 saves). Columbus, Bobrovsky 10-6-5 (35-32).

A—13,364 (18,144). T—2:27.

Referees—Francois St. Laurent, Don Van Massenhoven. Linesmen—Darren Gibbs, Brian Murphy.

 

Reds’ boxscore

Reds 10, White Sox 6

Cincinnati Colorado

ab r h bi ab r h bi

Wise rf 3 1 1 0 D.Robinsn cf 3 3 3 1

B.Short pr-rf 1 0 0 0 Y.Rdrigez cf 2 0 1 0

Beckham 2b 4 1 1 1 B.Phillips 2b 3 2 2 1

St.Tolleson 2b 1 0 1 0 Donald 2b 0 0 0 0

Keppinger 3b 2 2 2 0 Votto 1b 3 1 1 1

Gillaspie 3b 1 0 0 0 Hessman 1b 1 0 0 0

A.Dunn 1b 3 1 2 4 Heisey lf 3 2 2 4

J.Bell pr-1b 1 0 0 0 Paul lf 2 0 0 0

Konerko dh 4 0 1 0 Bruce rf 2 1 1 1

M.Tracy ph-dh 1 0 0 0 Phipps rf 1 0 0 0

Viciedo lf 2 0 1 1 Frazier 3b 3 0 1 2

Jr.Danks lf-cf 2 0 1 0 D.Vidal 3b 1 0 0 0

Al.Ramirez ss 4 0 0 0 Burriss ss 3 0 1 0

Ang.Snchez ss 1 0 0 0 C.Izturis ss 1 0 0 0

Flowers c 4 0 1 0 Mesoraco c 2 1 1 0

Bry.Andersn c 0 0 0 0 Olivo c 1 0 0 0

Tekotte cf 4 1 1 0 H.Bailey p 2 0 0 0

J.Greene lf 0 0 0 0 M.Parra p 0 0 0 0

Arredondo p 0 0 0 0

J.Winker ph 1 0 0 0

M.Wiley p 0 0 0 0

L.Hyde p 0 0 0 0

Totals 38 6 12 6 Totals 34 10 13 10

 

Chicago 302 001 000 — 6

Cincinnati 320 500 00x — 10

 

E—A.Dunn (1), Al.Ramirez (2), Heisey (1), Frazier (1). DP—Chicago 2, Cincinnati 3. LOB—Chicago 10, Cincinnati 6. 2B—St.Tolleson (2), Flowers (4), D.Robinson (1), Y.Rodriguez (3). 3B—Viciedo (1). HR—Beckham (2), A.Dunn (3), Heisey (3), Bruce (4). SB—Tekotte (2). S—H.Bailey.

IP H R ER BB SO

Chicago (AP)

Joh.Danks L,0-2 3 1-3 11 10 10 2 0

Troncoso 2-3 1 0 0 0 1

Lindstrom 1 0 0 0 1 0

Thornton 1 0 0 0 0 0

Reed 1 0 0 0 0 1

Veal 1 1 0 0 1 1

Cincinnati

H.Bailey W,1-0 4 1-3 9 5 4 1 5

M.Parra 1 1-3 1 1 1 4 1

Arredondo 1 1-3 0 0 0 0 2

M.Wiley 1 1 0 0 0 1

L.Hyde 1 1 0 0 0 0

HBP—by Troncoso (Mesoraco).

Umpires—Home, Tony Randazzo; First, Mike Everitt; Second, Angel Campos; Third, Lance Barrett.

T—3:00. A—2,853 (10,311).

 

MLB standings

Major League Baseball

Spring Training Standings

AMERICAN LEAGUE

W L Pct

Kansas City 17 6 .739

Seattle 17 7 .708

Baltimore 14 6 .700

Cleveland 14 8 .636

Tampa Bay 14 9 .609

Detroit 14 10 .583

Boston 13 11 .542

Chicago 10 9 .526

Texas 12 12 .500

Minnesota 11 12 .478

Houston 9 12 .429

Oakland 9 12 .429

Toronto 9 13 .409

New York 9 15 .375

Los Angeles 5 13 .278

NATIONAL LEAGUE

W L Pct

Atlanta 14 11 .560

Colorado 11 10 .524

San Diego 13 13 .500

St. Louis 11 11 .500

Arizona 11 12 .478

Philadelphia 11 12 .478

Miami 10 11 .476

Washington 10 11 .476

Chicago 12 14 .462

San Francisco 9 11 .450

New York 8 10 .444

Pittsburgh 10 13 .435

Milwaukee 9 12 .429

Los Angeles 9 13 .409

Cincinnati 8 14 .364

NOTE: Split-squad games count in the standings; games against non-major league teams do not.

Tuesday’s Games

Philadelphia 4, N.Y. Yankees 1

St. Louis 5, Miami 4

Toronto 10, Houston 6

Tampa Bay 11, Detroit 5

Baltimore 8, Boston 7

Milwaukee 6, L.A. Angels 1

Cincinnati 10, Chicago White Sox 6

Colorado 7, Kansas City 2

L.A. Dodgers 7, Oakland 1

Chicago Cubs 5, Texas 4

San Diego 6, Arizona 2

Seattle 6, San Francisco 3

Wednesday’s Games

Boston vs. N.Y. Yankees at Tampa, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Toronto vs. Baltimore at Sarasota, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Washington vs. Miami at Jupiter, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Pittsburgh vs. Atlanta at Kissimmee, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Cleveland vs. L.A. Angels at Tempe, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.

San Francisco (ss) vs. San Diego at Peoria, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers vs. Kansas City at Surprise, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.

Milwaukee vs. San Francisco (ss) at Scottsdale, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.

Arizona vs. Chicago White Sox at Glendale, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets vs. Houston at Kissimmee, Fla., 6:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay vs. Minnesota at Fort Myers, Fla., 7:05 p.m.

Thursday’s Games

Toronto vs. Tampa Bay at Port Charlotte, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

St. Louis vs. N.Y. Mets at Port St. Lucie, Fla., 1:10 p.m.

Oakland vs. Cincinnati at Goodyear, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.

Milwaukee vs. Chicago White Sox at Glendale, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.

Cleveland vs. Arizona at Scottsdale, Ariz., 4:10 p.m.

Washington vs. Atlanta at Kissimmee, Fla., 6:05 p.m.

Houston vs. Detroit at Lakeland, Fla., 6:05 p.m.

 

Boys’ D-3 All-Ohio

COLUMBUS (AP) — The 2012-13 Associated Press Division III All-Ohio boys basketball team, based on the recommendations of a media panel:

DIVISION III

FIRST TEAM: Isaac McGlone, Carroll Bloom-Carroll, 6-2, sr., 20.6; Shon Smith, Beverly Fort Frye, 5-8, sr., 20.4; Kevin Johnson, Cin. Summit Country Day, 6-2, sr., 19.4; Peyton Aldridge, Leavittsburg LaBrae, 6-7, jr., 19.6; John Davis III, Beachwood, 5-10, jr., 20.3; Zac Carter, Ironton, 5-9, sr., 24.1; T.J. Metzger, Ottawa-Glandorf, 6-1, sr., 16.9; Evan Bradds, Jamestown Greeneview, 6-9, sr., 23.1.

Players of the year: Kevin Johnson, Cin. Summit Country Day; Isaac McGlone, Carroll Bloom-Carroll; John Davis III, Beachwood.

Coaches of the year: Jim Linder, Haviland Wayne Trace; Brian Terrill, Richwood North Union; Brian Neal, St. Bernard Roger Bacon.

SECOND TEAM: Ryan Logan, Fredericktown, 6-7, sr., 23.0; Cody Schau, Martins Ferry, 6-3, sr., 27.1; Jeremy Quinlan, Brookfield, 6-3, sr., 23.2; Ryan Geise, Findlay Liberty-Benton, 6-0, jr., 13.5; Tim Ludlow, Burton Berkshire, 6-4, sr., 23.4; Austin McBee, Minford, 6-0, sr., 21.3.

THIRD TEAM: Drew Crabtree, Richwood North Union, 6-0, sr., 16.1; Jacob Bailey, Belmont Union Local, 6-0, sr., 20.6; Ryan Strollo, Youngs. Ursuline, 6-2, sr., 16.7; Austen Reiser, East Palestine, 6-3, sr., 21.7; Tyson Dietrich, Archbold, 6-3, sr., 14.6; David Linane, Gates Mills Gilmour Acad., 5-11, sr., 17.4; Ishmael Hargrove, Bedford Chanel, 6-4, jr., 13.2; Trey Fletcher, Ironton, 6-6, sr., 20.5; Chase Lawson, Sardinia Eastern Brown, 6-2, sr., 18.3; Andrew Benintendi, Cincinnati Madeira, 5-11, sr., 25.1.

Special Mention

Daniel Aronowicz, Gahanna Cols. Acad.; Joey Schmitz, Carroll Bloom-Carroll; Duane Troyer, Sugarcreek Garaway; Korey Lafferre, Woodsfield Monroe Central; Zach Roe, Lore City Buckeye Trail; Kyle Ahrens, Versailles; Carlas Jackson, St. Bernard Roger Bacon; Zach Stopper, Columbia Station Columbia; Mitch Seelinger, Kirtland; Tim Cross, Andover Pymatuning Valley; Ethan Nobbe, Wickliffe; Jayllen Carter, Portsmouth; Javon Thompson, Chesapeake; Craigen Moore, Piketon; Trent Arey, Peebles; Alex Bates, Smithville; Drew Kline, West Salem Northwestern; Derek Drewes, Defiance Tinora; Lance Foor, Paulding; Martyce Kimbrough, Lima Cent. Cath.

Honorable Mention

Dakota Hoffman, Belpre; Shawn Parsons, Stewart Federal Hocking; Marc Carter, Nelsonville-York; Michael Hafer, Portsmouth West; Dylan Miller, Wheelersburg; Trevor White, Ironton; Wes Beam, Chillicothe Zane Trace; Brandon Barnes, South Point; Conor Markins, Coal Grove Dawson-Bryant; Alec Smith, Lynchburg-Clay; Nathan Scott, Sardinia Eastern Brown; Zach Farmer, Piketon; Luke Hammond, Oak Hill; Hayden Dunn, Lucasville Valley; Jordan West, Lucasville Valley.

 

Boys’ D-4 All-Ohio

COLUMBUS (AP) — The 2012-13 Associated Press Division IV All-Ohio boys basketball team, based on the recommendations of a media panel:

FIRST TEAM: Jett Speelman, Newark Cath., 6-7, sr., 18.3; Max Kapron, Malvern, 6-5, sr., 19.4; Ryan Arington, Cin. Christian, 6-6, sr., 24.2; Chad Oliver, Bristolville Bristol, 5-11, sr., 24.7; Duane Gibson Jr., Cleve. VASJ, 6-3, sr., 11.9; Chad Lands, Beaver Eastern, 5-10, sr., 21.2; Zach Garber, Vanlue, 6-10, sr., 23.0; Eric Cellier, Tol. Christian, 6-2, sr., 21.7.

Players of the year: Zach Garber, Vanlue; Jett Speelman, Newark Catholic.

Coaches of the year: Michael Bates, Cols. Africentric; Josh Sagester, New Madison Tri-Village; Eric Rosenbeck, St. Henry.

SECOND TEAM: Steven Carpenter, Lancaster Fairfield Christian, 6-3, jr., 19.8; Brandon Bailey, Bowerston Conotton Valley, 6-6, sr., 22.0; Matt Knight, Windham, 6-0, sr., 16.8; Wade Gelhaus, Fort Recovery, 6-5, sr., 19.7; Kyle Stahl, St. Henry, 6-4, sr., 18.5; Curtis Geise, Delphos St. John’s, 5-10, sr., 20.4; Kyle Pipenger, New Madison Tri-Village, 6-3, sr., 21.4; Demonte Flannigan, Cleve. VASJ, 6-8, sr., 15.9; Justin Mahlmeister, Ironton St. Joseph, 6-4, sr., 18.0.

THIRD TEAM: Kenny Robinson, Cols. Africentric, 6-1, sr., 15.1; Brett Price, Hannibal River, 6-2, sr., 20.2; Daylen Williams, Youngs. Christian, 6-0, sr., 17.4; Brandyn Reinhart, New Riegel, 6-4, sr., 21.3; Ben Riehle, Edgerton, 6-4, sr., 18.5; Rico Jones, Richmond Hts., 6-1, sr., 11.9; Tavares Pickett, Beaver Eastern, 6-3, sr., 15.0.

Special Mention

Justin Potochnik, Lancaster Fairfield Christian; Bryce Staats, Danville; Teryn Jarrett, Beallsville; Jonathon Wiechman, Caldwell; Zach Herrington, Steubenville Cath.; Darryl “DJ” Iles, Fayetteville-Perry; Alex Meyer, Jackson Center; Grant Zawadzki, Troy Christian; Carlton Bragg, Cleve. VASJ; Jameel Moore, Richmond Hts.; Devin Gabriel, North Ridgeville Lake Ridge Acad.; Tyson Lautanen, Fairport Harbor Harding; Shane Buckley, New Boston Glenwood; J.P. Kayser, Portsmouth Notre Dame; Justin Crager, Sciotoville Community East; Max Carnahan, Reedsville Eastern; Tristen Wolfe, Racine Southern; Doc Seip, Mowrystown Whiteoak; Quentin Williams, Leesburg Fairfield; Matt Seitz, McDonald; Chase Moyer, Dalton; Josh Woodrich, Kidron Central Christian; Nate Scott, Wellsville; Nick Ballone, Lowellville; Hunter Van Camp, Mogadore.

Honorable Mention

Tyler Rowe, Willow Wood Symmes Valley; Kevin Lewis, Portsmouth Notre Dame; Patrick Bias, Sciotoville Community East; Levi Cook, South Webster; Austin Shriver, Waterford; Elijah Rader, Corning Miller; Seth Goddard, South Webster; Brayden Greer, Crown City South Gallia.

 

Ohio U. box

DENVER 61, OHIO 57

OHIO (24-10)

Hall 1-3 0-0 2, Keely 5-11 2-3 12, Offutt 0-0 0-0 0, Cooper 5-14 3-3 16, Kellogg 2-6 0-0 5, Johnson 2-4 0-0 4, Smith 1-4 2-2 4, Taylor 2-4 0-0 4, Baltic 1-2 0-0 2, Wilkins 3-5 0-0 8. Totals 22-53 7-8 57.

DENVER (22-9)

O’Neale 3-10 2-2 8, Udofia 6-8 2-7 14, Love 2-3 1-2 6, Olson 5-9 4-4 15, Hallam 0-4 2-4 2, Griffin 5-5 4-8 14, Byrd 1-2 0-2 2. Totals 22-41 15-29 61.

Halftime—Ohio 32-30. 3-Point Goals—Ohio 6-12 (Cooper 3-5, Wilkins 2-3, Kellogg 1-3, Taylor 0-1), Denver 2-10 (Love 1-2, Olson 1-5, Hallam 0-1, O’Neale 0-2). Fouled Out—Hall. Rebounds—Ohio 35 (Baltic 15), Denver 23 (Griffin 10). Assists—Ohio 9 (Cooper 4), Denver 13 (O’Neale 3). Total Fouls—Ohio 23, Denver 15. A—2,094.

 

NIT

National Invitation Tournament

All Times EDT

First Round

Tuesday, March 19

Maryland 86, Niagara 70

St. John’s 63, Saint Joseph’s 61

Louisiana Tech 71, Florida State 66

Robert Morris 59, Kentucky 57

Alabama 62, Northeastern 43

Virginia 67, Norfolk State 56

Denver 61, Ohio 57

BYU 90, Washington 79

Stanford 58, Stephen F. Austin 57

Wednesday, March 20

Indiana State (18-14) at Iowa (21-12), 7 p.m.

Charlotte (21-11) at Providence (17-14), 7;15 p.m.

Stony Brook (24-7) at Massachusetts (21-11), 7:15 p.m.

Mercer (23-11) at Tennessee (20-12), 8 p.m.

Long Beach State (19-13) at Baylor (18-14), 9 p.m.

Charleston Southern (19-12) at Southern Mississippi (25-9), 9:15 p.m.

Detroit (20-12) at Arizona State (21-12), 10 p.m.