NBA standings

National Basketball Association

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

W L Pct GB

Toronto 33 26 .559 —

Brooklyn 30 29 .508 3

New York 22 40 .355 12 1/2

Boston 20 41 .328 14

Philadelphia 15 46 .246 19

Southeast Division

W L Pct GB

Miami 43 16 .729 —

Washington 32 29 .525 12

Charlotte 28 33 .459 16

Atlanta 26 33 .441 17

Orlando 19 44 .302 26

Central Division

W L Pct GB

x-Indiana 46 15 .754 —

Chicago 34 27 .557 12

Detroit 24 37 .393 22

Cleveland 24 38 .387 22 1/2

Milwaukee 12 48 .200 33 1/2

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Southwest Division

W L Pct GB

San Antonio 45 16 .738 —

Houston 42 19 .689 3

Dallas 36 26 .581 9 1/2

Memphis 34 26 .567 10 1/2

New Orleans 24 37 .393 21

Northwest Division

W L Pct GB

Oklahoma City 46 16 .742 —

Portland 42 19 .689 3 1/2

Minnesota 30 30 .500 15

Denver 26 34 .433 19

Utah 21 40 .344 24 1/2

Pacific Division

W L Pct GB

L.A. Clippers 43 20 .683 —

Golden State 38 24 .613 4 1/2

Phoenix 36 25 .590 6

Sacramento 22 39 .361 20

L.A. Lakers 21 41 .339 21 1/2

x-clinched playoff spot

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Thursday’s Games

San Antonio 111, Miami 87

Phoenix 128, Oklahoma City 122

L.A. Clippers 142, L.A. Lakers 94

Friday’s Games

Memphis at Chicago, 7 p.m.

Sacramento at Toronto, 7 p.m.

Cleveland at Charlotte, 7 p.m.

Brooklyn at Boston, 7:30 p.m.

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

Detroit at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

Milwaukee at New Orleans, 8 p.m.

Portland at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Denver, 9 p.m.

Indiana at Houston, 9:30 p.m.

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

Saturday’s Games

Utah at Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m.

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

Charlotte at Memphis, 8 p.m.

Orlando at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m.

Washington at Milwaukee, 9 p.m.

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

 

NHL standings

National Hockey League

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Boston 62 40 17 5 85 195 138

Montreal 65 35 23 7 77 166 162

Toronto 64 33 23 8 74 189 195

Tampa Bay 63 34 24 5 73 180 163

Detroit 62 28 21 13 69 164 172

Ottawa 63 27 25 11 65 177 206

Florida 62 23 32 7 53 152 201

Buffalo 62 19 35 8 46 127 184

Metropolitan Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Pittsburgh 62 41 17 4 86 198 155

Philadelphia 63 33 24 6 72 180 184

N.Y. Rangers 63 33 26 4 70 164 160

Columbus 63 32 26 5 69 185 178

Washington 64 29 25 10 68 188 195

New Jersey 63 27 23 13 67 152 156

Carolina 62 27 26 9 63 154 175

N.Y. Islanders 65 24 32 9 57 178 220

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Central Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

St. Louis 62 42 14 6 90 206 142

Chicago 64 37 13 14 88 221 171

Colorado 63 41 17 5 87 195 168

Minnesota 62 34 21 7 75 153 150

Dallas 63 30 23 10 70 181 176

Winnipeg 64 30 27 7 67 177 184

Nashville 63 26 27 10 62 152 190

Pacific Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Anaheim 63 43 14 6 92 205 154

San Jose 64 40 17 7 87 195 157

Los Angeles 64 36 22 6 78 155 135

Phoenix 63 29 23 11 69 175 182

Vancouver 65 28 27 10 66 151 173

Calgary 62 24 31 7 55 145 186

Edmonton 64 22 34 8 52 160 208

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

Thursday’s Games

Boston 3, Washington 0

Los Angeles 3, Winnipeg 1

Buffalo 3, Tampa Bay 1

Colorado 3, Detroit 2, OT

Chicago 6, Columbus 1

St. Louis 2, Nashville 1

Dallas 6, Vancouver 1

Phoenix 5, Montreal 2

Edmonton 3, N.Y. Islanders 2, OT

San Jose 5, Pittsburgh 3

Friday’s Games

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

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

Buffalo at Florida, 7:30 p.m.

N.Y. Islanders at Calgary, 9 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Anaheim, 10 p.m.

Saturday’s Games

Ottawa at Winnipeg, 3 p.m.

St. Louis at Colorado, 3 p.m.

Philadelphia at Toronto, 7 p.m.

Boston at Tampa Bay, 7 p.m.

Carolina at New Jersey, 7 p.m.

Phoenix at Washington, 7 p.m.

Columbus at Nashville, 8 p.m.

Minnesota at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

Calgary at Vancouver, 10 p.m.

Montreal at San Jose, 10 p.m.

 

Blue Jackets’ box

Columbus 1 0 0 — 1

Chicago 2 3 1 — 6

First Period—1, Chicago, Bollig 7 (Kruger), 4:12. 2, Columbus, Johansen 25 (Atkinson, Prout), 7:56. 3, Chicago, Shaw 15 (Brookbank, Leddy), 16:44. Penalties—Schultz, Clm (interference), 13:10; Toews, Chi (hooking), 13:20.

Second Period—4, Chicago, Toews 23 (Saad, Seabrook), 8:00. 5, Chicago, Bickell 10 (Versteeg, Kruger), 12:29. 6, Chicago, Shaw 16 (Seabrook, Keith), 17:44. Penalties—Dubinsky, Clm (roughing), 18:34.

Third Period—7, Chicago, Toews 24 (Kane, Sharp), 3:04 (pp). Penalties—Horton, Clm (slashing), 2:42; Versteeg, Chi (holding), 6:29; Wisniewski, Clm (interference), 9:57; Keith, Chi (high-sticking), 11:15; Oduya, Chi (tripping), 18:29.

Shots on Goal—Columbus 8-7-8—23. Chicago 7-15-11—33.

Power-play opportunities—Columbus 0 of 4; Chicago 1 of 4.

Goalies—Columbus, Bobrovsky 23-16-3 (18 shots-14 saves), McElhinney (12:29 second, 15-13). Chicago, Crawford 24-11-10 (23-22).

A—21,179 (19,717). T—2:24.

Referees—Justin St. Pierre, Kevin Pollock. Linesmen—Tim Nowak, Anthony Sericolo.

 

MLB exhibition

Major League Baseball

Spring Training

NATIONAL LEAGUE

W L Pct

Pittsburgh 6 1 .857

Miami 5 2 .714

San Francisco 5 3 .625

Washington 4 3 .571

Milwaukee 5 4 .556

Arizona 5 5 .500

Los Angeles 3 4 .429

St. Louis 2 3 .400

Cincinnati 3 6 .333

Colorado 3 6 .333

Chicago 2 5 .286

New York 2 5 .286

Atlanta 2 6 .250

San Diego 2 6 .250

Philadelphia 1 7 .125

AMERICAN LEAGUE

W L Pct

Cleveland 7 1 .875

Tampa Bay 4 1 .800

Seattle 7 2 .778

Kansas City 5 2 .714

Baltimore 4 2 .667

Detroit 5 3 .625

Oakland 5 3 .625

Minnesota 4 3 .571

New York 5 4 .556

Houston 3 3 .500

Los Angeles 3 3 .500

Toronto 4 4 .500

Chicago 2 4 .333

Texas 2 5 .286

Boston 1 5 .167

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

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Thursday’s Games

N.Y. Mets vs. Houston at Kissimmee, Fla., ccd., Rain

St. Louis vs. Minnesota at Fort Myers, Fla., ccd., Rain

Miami 0, Boston 0, tie, 8 innings

Toronto vs. Pittsburgh at Bradenton, Fla., ccd., Rain

Philadelphia (ss) vs. Detroit at Lakeland, Fla., ccd., Rain

Tampa Bay vs. Baltimore at Sarasota, Fla., ccd., Rain

N.Y. Yankees 4, Philadelphia (ss) 3

Seattle 7, Chicago White Sox (ss) 4

San Francisco 3, Cincinnati 2

Milwaukee 5, Colorado 3

Texas 8, San Diego 4

Kansas City 6, Chicago White Sox (ss) 6, tie

Cleveland 1, Chicago Cubs 0

L.A. Angels 4, L.A. Dodgers 4, tie, 10 innings

Arizona 8, Oakland 8, tie, 10 innings

Atlanta 3, Washington 2

Friday’s Games

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

Atlanta vs. Boston at Fort Myers, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

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

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

Minnesota vs. Pittsburgh at Bradenton, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

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

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

San Diego vs. Milwaukee at Phoenix, 3:05 p.m.

San Francisco vs. Kansas City at Surprise, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox vs. Cincinnati (ss) at Goodyear, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.

Cleveland vs. Chicago Cubs (ss) at Mesa, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.

Texas vs. L.A. Dodgers at Glendale, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.

Cincinnati (ss) vs. Seattle at Peoria, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (ss) vs. L.A. Angels (ss) at Tempe, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.

Arizona vs. Oakland at Phoenix, 3:05 p.m.

L.A. Angels (ss) vs. Colorado at Scottsdale, Ariz., 3:10 p.m.

Detroit vs. N.Y. Yankees at Tampa, Fla., 7:05 p.m.

Saturday’s Games

Houston (ss) vs. Philadelphia at Clearwater, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

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

Miami vs. Atlanta (ss) at Kissimmee, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Boston (ss) vs. Baltimore (ss) at Sarasota, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

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

N.Y. Mets vs. Detroit at Lakeland, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

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

N.Y. Yankees vs. Houston (ss) at Kissimmee, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

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

Kansas City vs. Milwaukee at Phoenix, 3:05 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (ss) vs. Texas at Surprise, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.

Arizona (ss) vs. L.A. Angels at Tempe, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.

Cleveland vs. San Diego at Peoria, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.

Seattle (ss) vs. San Francisco at Scottsdale, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.

Chicago Cubs vs. Cincinnati at Goodyear, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.

Arizona (ss) vs. Chicago White Sox at Glendale, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.

Oakland vs. Colorado at Scottsdale, Ariz., 3:10 p.m.

Baltimore (ss) vs. Boston (ss) at Fort Myers, Fla., 7:05 p.m.

Seattle (ss) vs. L.A. Dodgers (ss) at Glendale, Ariz., 9:05 p.m.

 

 

Reds’ boxscore

Giants 3, Reds 2

Cincinnati San Francisco

ab r h bi ab r h bi

Bernadina lf 0 0 0 0 Pagan cf 3 0 1 1

J.Duran ph-lf 2 1 0 0 G.Brown cf 1 0 0 0

R.Santiago ss 2 0 0 0 Pence dh 3 0 0 0

H.Rdriguez ss 1 0 0 0 T.Abreu ph-dh 1 0 1 0

Heisey cf 2 0 0 0 Belt 1b 2 0 0 0

B.Smith cf 2 0 0 0 MMnicozi 1b 1 0 0 0

T.Frazier 3b 2 0 0 0 Posey c 3 0 0 0

T.Mattair 3b 2 0 1 1 Quiroz c 1 0 0 0

Mesoraco c 2 0 1 0 Sandoval 3b 1 1 1 1

T.Barnhart c 2 1 1 0 C.Dmngez 3b 1 0 0 0

D.Lutz rf 2 0 0 0 Kieschnick rf 4 1 0 0

Y.Rodriguez rf 2 0 1 1 J.Perez lf 3 1 1 1

Bourgeois dh 2 0 0 0 Hicks 2b 3 0 1 0

R.Perez dh 2 0 0 0 Adrianza ss 2 0 1 0

M.Ramirez 1b 2 0 0 0

N.Soto 1b 2 0 0 0

A.Diaz 2b 2 0 1 0

C.Nelson 2b 1 0 0 0

Totals 32 2 5 2 Totals 29 3 6 3

 

Cincinnati 000 001 001 — 2

San Francisco 000 030 00x — 3

 

E—A.Diaz (2), C.Dominguez (2). DP—Cincinnati 1. LOB—Cincinnati 6, San Francisco 6. 2B—T.Barnhart (1), Y.Rodriguez (1), J.Perez (4), Hicks (3). HR—Sandoval (1). CS—Belt (1).

IP H R ER BB SO

Cincinnati

Cingrani 3 0 0 0 3 3

Wang L,0-1 3 4 3 2 0 5

Partch 1 1 0 0 0 1

Bell 1 1 0 0 1 2

San Francisco

T.Hudson 3 2 0 0 2 3

Affeldt 1 0 0 0 0 0

S.Casilla W,1-0 1 0 0 0 0 1

Romo 1 1 1 0 1 1

A.Reifer 1 0 0 0 0 0

J.Gutierrez 1 0 0 0 0 1

Machi S,2-2 1 2 1 1 0 1

Umpires—Home, Dana DeMuth; First, Lance Barksdale; Second, Mike Everitt; Third, Alex Ortiz.

T—2:42. A—7,893 (12,000).

Marshall box

CHARLOTTE 74, MARSHALL 70

CHARLOTTE (16-13)

Ingram 4-10 0-1 9, Thorne Jr. 8-9 2-5 18, Williams 1-4 0-1 2, Henry 8-16 7-8 26, Clayton 6-8 3-4 15, Lester 0-5 0-0 0, Cherry 1-2 1-2 4, Bryan 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 28-56 13-21 74.

MARSHALL (10-21)

Smith 2-6 0-0 5, Canty 8-21 2-2 22, Thomas 6-17 3-5 17, Taylor 3-10 1-2 7, Mbao 0-0 0-0 0, Sane 3-4 0-0 6, Boykins 1-3 1-3 3, Goard 3-6 0-0 6, Manning 1-3 1-2 4. Totals 27-70 8-14 70.

Halftime—Charlotte 34-31. 3-Point Goals—Charlotte 5-18 (Henry 3-7, Cherry 1-1, Ingram 1-5, Williams 0-2, Lester 0-3), Marshall 8-23 (Canty 4-9, Thomas 2-5, Smith 1-2, Manning 1-3, Boykins 0-1, Taylor 0-3). Fouled Out—Clayton. Rebounds—Charlotte 43 (Clayton, Thorne Jr. 10), Marshall 38 (Thomas 9). Assists—Charlotte 16 (Williams 5), Marshall 12 (Canty 7). Total Fouls—Charlotte 16, Marshall 19. Technicals—Clayton, Sane. A—4,944.

 

H.S. scores

Ohio High School Athletic Association

Thursday’s Boys’ Tournament Scores

Division I

Can. Timken 53, Cuyahoga Falls 49, OT

Cle. St. Ignatius 61, Lakewood 39

Euclid 60, Garfield Hts. 58

Mansfield Sr. 56, Ashland 47

Medina 43, Green 32

Mentor 74, Cle. Glenville 54

Perrysburg 41, Findlay 38

Tol. Bowsher 63, Tol. Cent. Cath. 60

Tol. St. John’s 60, Holland Springfield 45

Division II

Alliance 67, Akr. Kenmore 46

Chagrin Falls 52, Orange 51

Cuyahoga Falls CVCA 59, Akr. Hoban 56

Dover 54, Steubenville 52, OT

Parma Hts. Holy Name 73, Lorain Clearview 58

Youngs. Mooney 60, Canfield 50

Division III

Cols. Ready 51, Cols. Hartley 41

Findlay Liberty-Benton 57, St. Henry 34

Huron 41, Willard 37

Lima Cent. Cath. 84, Carey 61

N. Robinson Col. Crawford 42, Pemberville Eastwood 36

Ottawa-Glandorf 53, Archbold 46

Paulding 53, Liberty Center 36

Worthington Christian 49, Cols. Grandview Hts. 40

Division IV

Bainbridge Paint Valley 84, S. Webster 47

Leesburg Fairfield 48, Ironton St. Joseph 31

New Madison Tri-Village 62, Ft. Loramie 37

Richmond Hts. 44, Garfield Hts. Trinity 20

Russia 48, Cin. Aiken 40

Troy Christian 73, Lockland 63

 

Ohio High School Athletic Association

Wednesday’s Girls’ Regional Scores

Division IV

Carey 44, New Riegel 39

Cuyahoga Hts. 52, Ashland Mapleton 27

Ft. Loramie 50, New Knoxville 44

Holgate 54, Convoy Crestview 46

Newark Cath. 61, Milford Center Fairbanks 35

Reedsville Eastern 47, Waterford 30

Zanesville Rosecrans 67, Berlin Center Western Reserve 31

 

College scores

Thursday’s College Basketball Scores

EAST

George Mason 59, La Salle 57

SOUTH

Alabama A&M 72, Jackson St. 59

Alabama St. 68, Grambling St. 66

Bethune-Cookman 70, Florida A&M 68

Charlotte 74, Marshall 70

FIU 74, FAU 70

Hampton 89, NC A&T 71

LSU 57, Vanderbilt 51

Md.-Eastern Shore 84, Delaware St. 70

Middle Tennessee 55, UAB 53

Morgan St. 68, Howard 66, OT

NC Central 76, Norfolk St. 70

Northwestern St. 119, Cent. Arkansas 102

Old Dominion 68, East Carolina 47

South Alabama 63, Texas St. 53

Southern Miss. 68, Tulane 51

Southern U. 91, Prairie View 59

Texas Southern 77, Alcorn St. 69

Texas-Arlington 87, Troy 86, 2OT

VCU 56, Richmond 50

W. Kentucky 75, Louisiana-Lafayette 72

MIDWEST

Butler 79, DePaul 46

Cincinnati 97, Memphis 84

Idaho 79, Chicago St. 76

Michigan St. 86, Iowa 76

Penn St. 59, Northwestern 32

UMKC 82, Seattle 73

Villanova 77, Xavier 70

SOUTHWEST

Arkansas St. 64, Louisiana-Monroe 58

Lamar 89, New Orleans 72

Louisiana Tech 70, Rice 48

Nicholls St. 75, Houston Baptist 62

Sam Houston St. 71, SE Louisiana 54

Stephen F. Austin 83, Oral Roberts 72

Texas A&M-CC 67, McNeese St. 51

Tulsa 79, North Texas 68

UTEP 61, UTSA 51

FAR WEST

E. Washington 77, Idaho St. 69

Montana 70, Sacramento St. 55

N. Arizona 61, Montana St. 48

New Mexico St. 81, Grand Canyon 57

Portland St. 66, Weber St. 59

S. Utah 77, North Dakota 71

UC Irvine 62, Cal St.-Fullerton 44

UC Riverside 78, UC Davis 65

UC Santa Barbara 86, Hawaii 77

UCLA 91, Washington 82

TOURNAMENTS

American Midwest Conference

Quarterfinals

Benedictine Springfield 73, Lyon 72

Columbia (Mo.) 79, William Woods 65

Freed-Hardeman 120, Harris-Stowe 91

Park 79, Williams Baptist 75, OT

Atlantic Sun Conference

Semifinals

Florida Gulf Coast 69, ETSU 64

Mercer 78, SC-Upstate 75, 2OT

Carolinas Conference

Championship

Limestone 69, King (Tenn.) 54

Lone Star Conference

First Round

Angelo St. 64, Cameron 59

Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference

First Round

Niagara 78, Marist 76

Rider 71, Monmouth (NJ) 60

St. Peter’s 65, Fairfield 62, OT

Mid-South Conference

First Round

Cumberlands 68, Campbellsville 60

Georgetown (Ky.) 78, Bluefield 74

Pikeville 78, Lindsey Wilson 72

St. Catharine 91, Rio Grande 74

Missouri Valley Conference

First Round

Evansville 69, Drake 61

Loyola of Chicago 74, Bradley 72

NCAA Division III

First Round

Centre 78, LaGrange 71

York (NY) 79, Rhode Island Coll. 54

Ohio Valley Conference

Second Round

E. Kentucky 84, SE Missouri 76

Morehead St. 76, Tennessee Tech 61

West Coast Conference

First Round

Loyola Marymount 67, Portland 64