NBA standings

National Basketball Association

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

W L Pct GB

x-New York 41 26 .612 —

x-Brooklyn 40 28 .588 1 1/2

Boston 36 32 .529 5 1/2

Philadelphia 26 42 .382 15 1/2

Toronto 26 43 .377 16

Southeast Division

W L Pct GB

y-Miami 54 14 .794 —

Atlanta 38 31 .551 16 1/2

Washington 25 43 .368 29

Orlando 18 52 .257 37

Charlotte 16 52 .235 38

Central Division

W L Pct GB

x-Indiana 43 26 .623 —

Chicago 36 31 .537 6

Milwaukee 34 34 .500 8 1/2

Detroit 23 47 .329 20 1/2

Cleveland 22 47 .319 21

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Southwest Division

W L Pct GB

x-San Antonio 53 16 .768 —

Memphis 46 22 .676 6 1/2

Houston 38 31 .551 15

Dallas 33 36 .478 20

New Orleans 24 46 .343 29 1/2

Northwest Division

W L Pct GB

x-Oklahoma City 51 19 .729 —

x-Denver 48 22 .686 3

Utah 34 35 .493 16 1/2

Portland 33 36 .478 17 1/2

Minnesota 24 43 .358 25 1/2

Pacific Division

W L Pct GB

x-L.A. Clippers 47 22 .681 —

Golden State 39 31 .557 8 1/2

L.A. Lakers 36 34 .514 11 1/2

Sacramento 25 44 .362 22

Phoenix 23 47 .329 24 1/2

x-clinched playoff spot

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Friday’s Games

New York 99, Toronto 94

Indiana 102, Milwaukee 78

Oklahoma City 97, Orlando 89

Portland 104, Atlanta 93

Miami 103, Detroit 89

Houston 116, Cleveland 78

New Orleans 90, Memphis 83

Dallas 104, Boston 94

San Antonio 104, Utah 97, OT

San Antonio 104, Utah 97, OT

Minnesota 117, Phoenix 86

Washington 103, L.A. Lakers 100

Saturday’s Games

Detroit at Charlotte, 7 p.m.

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

Indiana at Chicago, 8 p.m.

Boston at Memphis, 8 p.m.

Sacramento at Denver, 9 p.m.

Washington at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.

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

Sunday’s Games

Atlanta at Milwaukee, 3 p.m.

Charlotte at Miami, 6 p.m.

San Antonio at Houston, 7 p.m.

Chicago at Minnesota, 7 p.m.

Portland at Oklahoma City, 7 p.m.

Utah at Dallas, 7:30 p.m.

Brooklyn at Phoenix, 9 p.m.

Philadelphia at Sacramento, 9 p.m.

Monday’s Games

Atlanta at Indiana, 7 p.m.

Miami at Orlando, 7 p.m.

Memphis at Washington, 7 p.m.

Denver at New Orleans, 8 p.m.

Philadelphia at Utah, 9 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.

 

Cavaliers’ box

CLEVELAND (78)

Gee 3-9 4-4 11, Thompson 3-6 2-4 8, Zeller 1-3 0-0 2, Livingston 5-10 4-5 14, Ellington 6-13 0-0 13, Walton 3-5 0-0 7, Gibson 0-9 0-0 0, Speights 3-8 0-0 6, Quinn 2-5 0-0 4, Miles 3-8 2-2 9, K.Jones 2-7 0-0 4, Casspi 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 31-86 12-15 78.

HOUSTON (116)

Parsons 5-11 2-3 13, Motiejunas 3-5 3-6 10, Asik 6-8 1-3 13, Lin 2-7 0-1 4, Harden 5-9 7-9 20, Beverley 4-7 2-2 11, Smith 2-3 0-0 4, Delfino 3-7 0-0 8, Robinson 6-7 3-3 15, Garcia 3-5 0-0 7, Anderson 5-6 0-0 11, Brooks 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 44-77 18-27 116.

Cleveland 25 18 18 17 — 78

Houston 28 30 29 29 — 116

3-Point Goals—Cleveland 4-20 (Walton 1-1, Miles 1-3, Gee 1-4, Ellington 1-4, Casspi 0-1, Quinn 0-1, Gibson 0-6), Houston 10-29 (Harden 3-5, Delfino 2-6, Beverley 1-2, Anderson 1-2, Garcia 1-3, Motiejunas 1-3, Parsons 1-4, Brooks 0-2, Lin 0-2). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Cleveland 39 (Thompson 8), Houston 61 (Smith 13). Assists—Cleveland 14 (Livingston, Speights, Quinn, Miles, Walton 2), Houston 26 (Lin 6). Total Fouls—Cleveland 24, Houston 18. Technicals—Houston defensive three second. A—15,694 (18,023).

 

H.S. scores

Ohio High School Athletic Association

Boys’ Basketball State Tournament Scores

Thursday’s State Semifinals

Division III

Ottawa-Glandorf 61, Ironton 60, OT

Versailles 63, Leavittsburg LaBrae 52

State championship

Ottawa-Glandorf 67, Versailles 46

Division II

Akr. SVSM 70, Vincent Warren 51

Cols. Watterson 53, Kettering Alter 42

State championship

Cols. Watterson 55, Akr. SVSM 52

Friday’s State Semifinal Games

Division IV

Cle. VASJ 67, Troy Christian 36

Leipsic 61, Fairfield Christian 58

State championship

Satruday, 5:15 p.m.

Division I

Mentor 80, Cols. Northland 69

Tol. Rogers 58, Cin. Walnut Hills 51

State championship:

Saturday, 8:30 p.m.

 

NHL standings

National Hockey League

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Pittsburgh 32 24 8 0 48 114 83

New Jersey 31 14 11 6 34 78 85

N.Y. Rangers 30 15 13 2 32 71 73

N.Y. Islanders 31 13 15 3 29 90 105

Philadelphia 30 13 16 1 27 81 92

Northeast Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Montreal 30 20 5 5 45 97 75

Boston 29 20 6 3 43 84 61

Ottawa 32 17 9 6 40 83 70

Toronto 31 16 12 3 35 94 90

Buffalo 31 12 15 4 28 84 99

Southeast Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Winnipeg 32 16 14 2 34 81 96

Carolina 30 15 13 2 32 85 86

Washington 31 14 16 1 29 89 88

Tampa Bay 31 13 17 1 27 101 95

Florida 31 9 16 6 24 77 111

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Central Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Chicago 30 24 3 3 51 102 66

Detroit 31 15 11 5 35 85 80

St. Louis 29 16 11 2 34 87 83

Columbus 31 13 12 6 32 73 80

Nashville 31 12 13 6 30 75 84

Northwest Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Minnesota 30 18 10 2 38 79 71

Vancouver 30 15 9 6 36 83 83

Edmonton 29 11 11 7 29 72 85

Calgary 29 11 14 4 26 82 101

Colorado 29 11 14 4 26 75 92

Pacific Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Anaheim 30 22 4 4 48 100 76

Los Angeles 30 17 11 2 36 88 75

San Jose 30 13 11 6 32 71 79

Dallas 30 14 13 3 31 78 88

Phoenix 31 13 14 4 30 80 87

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

Friday’s Games

Pittsburgh 4, N.Y. Islanders 2

Columbus 5, Calgary 1

Washington 6, Winnipeg 1

Detroit 5, Anaheim 1

Saturday’s Games

Ottawa 5, Tampa Bay 3

Minnesota 2, San Jose 0

Vancouver at Los Angeles, 4 p.m.

Boston at Toronto, 7 p.m.

Buffalo at Montreal, 7 p.m.

Florida at New Jersey, 7 p.m.

Columbus at Nashville, 8 p.m.

Colorado at Dallas, 8 p.m.

St. Louis at Edmonton, 10 p.m.

Sunday’s Games

Florida at N.Y. Islanders, 5 p.m.

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

Philadelphia at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Winnipeg, 8 p.m.

Vancouver at Colorado, 8 p.m.

St. Louis at Calgary, 8 p.m.

Detroit at Anaheim, 8 p.m.

Monday’s Games

Toronto at Boston, 7 p.m.

New Jersey at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m.

Los Angeles at Chicago, 8 p.m.

Edmonton at Nashville, 8 p.m.

Minnesota at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

Detroit at Phoenix, 10 p.m.

San Jose at Anaheim, 10 p.m.

 

Blue Jackets

Calgary 0 1 0 — 1

Columbus 1 3 1 — 5

First Period—1, Columbus, Boll 2 (Gillies, MacKenzie), 16:56. Penalties—Jackman, Cal (tripping), 2:15; Brassard, Clm (hooking), 18:28.

Second Period—2, Calgary, Glencross 13 (Stajan, Stempniak), 4:24. 3, Columbus, Foligno 4 (Umberger, Nikitin), 13:05. 4, Columbus, Foligno 5 (Umberger, Tyutin), 13:56. 5, Columbus, Anisimov 7, 14:20. Penalties—McGrattan, Cal (unsportsmanlike conduct), 14:36; Giordano, Cal (roughing), 20:00.

Third Period—6, Columbus, Gillies 1 (Johnson, MacKenzie), 13:14. Penalties—Sarich, Cal (tripping), 4:27; MacKenzie, Clm (tripping), 18:38.

Shots on Goal—Calgary 6-11-8—25. Columbus 7-13-8—28.

Power-play opportunities—Calgary 0 of 2; Columbus 0 of 4.

Goalies—Calgary, Kiprusoff 5-7-2 (28 shots-23 saves). Columbus, Bobrovsky 11-6-5 (25-24).

A—13,853 (18,144). T—2:24.

Referees—Brian Pochmara, Mike Hasenfratz. Linesmen—David Brisebois, Brian Murphy.

 

MLB standings

Major League Baseball

Spring Training Standings

AMERICAN LEAGUE

W L Pct

Kansas City 19 6 .760

Baltimore 16 7 .696

Seattle 18 8 .692

Cleveland 15 10 .600

Detroit 16 11 .593

Chicago 11 10 .524

Tampa Bay 14 13 .519

Boston 14 14 .500

Minnesota 13 13 .500

Texas 13 13 .500

Oakland 10 12 .455

Houston 11 14 .440

Toronto 11 15 .423

New York 11 17 .393

Los Angeles 6 15 .286

NATIONAL LEAGUE

W L Pct

Atlanta 18 12 .600

Colorado 13 11 .542

Arizona 13 13 .500

New York 11 11 .500

Philadelphia 13 13 .500

Chicago 14 15 .483

St. Louis 12 13 .480

San Francisco 11 12 .478

San Diego 13 15 .464

Pittsburgh 12 14 .462

Miami 11 13 .458

Washington 11 14 .440

Los Angeles 10 15 .400

Milwaukee 9 14 .391

Cincinnati 9 15 .375

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

Friday’s Games

Philadelphia 7, Atlanta 6

Pittsburgh 6, Tampa Bay (ss) 4

Detroit 4, Washington 3

N.Y. Yankees 9, Minnesota 7

Baltimore 6, Tampa Bay (ss) 3

Toronto 1, Boston 0

Houston 3, St. Louis 2

Chicago Cubs 4, Milwaukee 1

Kansas City 13, L.A. Angels 9

Colorado (ss) 14, Texas 9

Cincinnati 6, L.A. Dodgers 5

San Francisco 11, Colorado (ss) 6

N.Y. Mets 4, Miami 2

Arizona 7, Cleveland 5

Seattle 3, San Diego 1

Oakland 4, Chicago White Sox 4, tie

Saturday’s Games

Minnesota 6, Tampa Bay 4

Detroit 10, N.Y. Yankees 6

Atlanta (ss) 10, Toronto 5

Miami 6, St. Louis 5

Atlanta (ss) 3, Houston 2

Philadelphia 13, Baltimore 4

N.Y. Mets 3, Washington 1

Pittsburgh 5, Boston 3

Cleveland vs. Seattle, 4:05 p.m.

Oakland vs. San Francisco, 4:05 p.m.

Arizona vs. Kansas City, 4:05 p.m.

L.A. Angels (ss) vs. Chicago Cubs, 4:05 p.m.

Milwaukee vs. L.A. Angels (ss), 4:05 p.m.

Texas vs. Cincinnati, 4:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox vs. L.A. Dodgers, 10:05 p.m.

San Diego vs. Colorado, 10:10 p.m.

Sunday’s Games

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

N.Y. Mets (ss) vs. St. Louis at Jupiter, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Toronto vs. Minnesota at Fort Myers, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Atlanta vs. Washington at Viera, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Detroit vs. N.Y. Mets (ss) at Port St. Lucie, Fla., 1:10 p.m.

Chicago Cubs vs. Cleveland at Goodyear, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers vs. Oakland at Phoenix, 4:05 p.m.

Cincinnati vs. Texas at Surprise, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.

 

Reds’ boxscore

FRIDAY’S GAME

Reds 6, Dodgers 5

Oakland Cincinnati

ab r h bi ab r h bi

Heisey cf 2 2 1 0 C.Crawfrd dh 3 1 0 0

D.Robinson cf 2 0 0 0 M.Wllach dh 1 0 0 0

B.Phillips 2b 2 0 0 0 D.Gordon ss 2 1 0 0

Burriss 2b 0 1 0 0 O.Mrtinez ss 1 0 0 0

Votto 1b 3 1 0 0 Hairstn Jr. lf 3 0 0 0

Hannahan 1b 2 0 1 2 B.Smith lf 0 1 0 0

Ludwick lf 3 0 1 1 Ad.Gnzalz 1b 3 0 1 0

Paul lf 1 0 0 1 C.Jacobs 1b 1 0 0 0

Bruce rf 2 0 1 1 L.Cruz 3b 3 2 2 4

Phipps rf 2 0 0 0 Barden 3b 1 0 1 1

Frazier 3b 3 0 1 1 Puig cf 2 0 1 0

D.Vidal 3b 1 0 1 0 Angle cf 2 0 0 0

Cozart ss 3 0 0 0 E.Herrera 2b 2 0 1 0

C.Izturis ss 1 0 0 0 D.Sweeny 2b 1 0 0 0

Mesoraco c 1 0 0 0 A.Ellis c 2 0 0 0

Olivo c 2 1 1 0 Federowicz c 1 0 1 0

Leake p 3 0 0 0 Castllanos rf 3 0 1 0

Chapman p 0 0 0 0 N.Buss pr-rf 1 0 0 0

Marshall p 0 0 0 0

Arredondo p 0 0 0 0

J.Silva ph 0 1 0 0

D.Wolford p 0 0 0 0

Totals 33 6 7 6 Totals 32 5 8 5

 

Cincinnati 200 010 003 — 6

Los Angeles 300 100 010 — 5

 

E—Ludwick (1), D.Vidal (1), A.Ellis (1), Puig (1). DP—Cincinnati 1, Los Angeles 4. LOB—Cincinnati 8, Los Angeles 5. 2B—Olivo (2), Barden (3), Puig (4). HR—L.Cruz 2 (4). SB—Bruce (1), C.Crawford (1). CS—E.Herrera (2). SF—Paul.

IP H R ER BB SO

Cincinnati

Leake 5 5 4 4 3 2

Chapman 1 1 0 0 0 1

Marshall 1 0 0 0 1 1

Arredondo W,2-1 1 1 1 1 1 0

D.Wolford S,1-1 1 1 0 0 0 0

Los Angeles (NL)

Kershaw 6 4 3 2 3 8

M.Lowe 1-3 0 0 0 1 1

P.Rodriguez 1 0 0 0 0 0

Moylan 2-3 1 0 0 0 2

Wall L,0-2 BS,1-1 1-3 2 3 3 2 1

G.Aguasviva 2-3 0 0 0 0 1

HBP—by Kershaw (Heisey). WP—Wall. PB—Mesoraco.

Umpires—Home, Brad Myers; First, Paul Schrieber; Second, Bruce Dreckman; Third, Clint Fagan.

T—3:09. A—12,342 (13,000).

 

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

Iowa 68, Indiana State 52

Providence 75, Charlotte 66

Stony Brook 71, Massachusetts 58

Mercer 75, Tennessee 67

Baylor 112, Long Beach State 66

Southern Mississippi 78, Charleston Southern 71

Arizona State 83, Detroit 68

Second Round

Thursday, March 21

Maryland 62, Denver 52

Friday, March 22

Baylor 89, Arizona State 85

Iowa 75, Stony Brook 63

Saturday, March 23

Alabama 66, Stanford 54

Sunday, March 24

St. John’s (17-15) at Virginia (22-11), 11 a.m.

Monday, March 25

Robert Morris (24-10) at Providence (18-14), 7 p.m.

Mercer (24-11) at BYU (22-11), 9 p.m.

Louisiana Tech (27-6) at Southern Mississippi (26-9), 10 p.m.

 

NCAA tourney

NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament

Friday’s Scores

Duke 73, Albany 61

Temple 76, North Carolina State 72

Mississippi 57, Wisconsin 46

Miami, Fla. 78, Pacific 49

Creighton 67, Cincinnati 63

La Salle 63, Kansas State 61

Indiana 83, James Madison 62

Illinois 57, Colorado 49

Florida Gulf Coast 78, Georgetown 68

Ohio State 95, Iona 70

North Carolina 78, Villanova 71

Florida 79, Northwestern State 47

San Diego State 70, Oklahoma 55

Iowa State 76, Notre Dame 58

Kansas 64, Western Kentucky 57

Minnesota 83, UCLA 63

 

Ohio State box

OHIO ST. 95, IONA 70

IONA (20-14)

Ridley 2-6 4-4 8, Jones 3-14 2-2 9, Sledge 6-13 7-8 20, Laury 6-10 2-2 14, Armand 5-17 3-4 17, Anderson 0-0 0-0 0, Boateng 0-0 0-0 0, Gomez 0-1 0-0 0, Bowman 1-3 0-0 2, Moikobu 0-1 0-1 0, Dennis 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 23-65 18-21 70.

OHIO ST. (27-7)

Thomas 8-12 5-6 24, Craft 2-8 0-0 4, Thompson 6-10 8-8 20, Williams 1-2 0-0 2, Smith, Jr. 5-10 0-0 12, Scott 3-6 0-0 7, Ross 2-9 2-4 7, Rogers 0-1 0-0 0, Ravenel 5-7 1-1 11, Della Valle 0-2 2-2 2, Lorbach 0-0 1-2 1, McDonald 2-4 1-2 5. Totals 34-71 20-25 95.

Halftime—Ohio St. 43-33. 3-Point Goals—Iona 6-28 (Armand 4-12, Sledge 1-3, Jones 1-8, Gomez 0-1, Ridley 0-2, Bowman 0-2), Ohio St. 7-15 (Thomas 3-3, Smith, Jr. 2-4, Scott 1-1, Ross 1-4, Craft 0-1, Thompson 0-1, Della Valle 0-1). Fouled Out—Laury. Rebounds—Iona 40 (Laury, Ridley 8), Ohio St. 44 (Thompson 10). Assists—Iona 13 (Laury 5), Ohio St. 25 (Scott 10). Total Fouls—Iona 18, Ohio St. 17. A—NA.