Basketball

NBA results on Thursday (home team in CAPS):

Memphis 96 ATLANTA 77

Chicago 105 NEW YORK 102

SAN ANTONIO 93 New Orleans 81

SACRAMENTO 95 Portland 92

GOLDEN STATE 119 Utah 101

Denver 112 LA CLIPPERS 91

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

W L Pct GB

Philadelphia 16 6 .727 -

Boston 11 10 .524 4

New York 8 14 .364 8

New Jersey 8 15 .348 8

Toronto 7 16 .304 9

Southeast Division

Miami 16 6 .727 -

Atlanta 16 7 .696

Orlando 13 9 .591 3

Washington 4 18 .182 12

Charlotte 3 20 .130 13

Central Division

Chicago 19 6 .760 -

Indiana 15 6 .714 2

Milwaukee 10 11 .476 7

Cleveland 8 12 .400 8

Detroit 4 20 .167 14

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Southwest Division

San Antonio 15 9 .625 -

Dallas 14 9 .609

Memphis 12 10 .545 2

Houston 12 10 .545 2

New Orleans 4 19 .174 10

Northwest Division

Oklahoma City 17 4 .810 -

Denver 15 7 .682 2

Utah 12 9 .571 5

Portland 13 10 .565 5

Minnesota 10 12 .455 7

Pacific Division

LA Clippers 13 7 .650 -

LA Lakers 13 9 .591 1

Golden State 8 12 .400 5

Phoenix 8 13 .381 5

Sacramento 7 15 .318 7

Friday's Games

Washington at Toronto

Miami at Philadelphia

Cleveland at Orlando

Minnesota at New Jersey

Milwaukee at Detroit

Phoenix at Houston

Memphis at Oklahoma City

New York at Boston

Indiana at Dallas

LA Lakers at Denver

Golf

Qatar Masters

DOHA - Results from the first round of the 2.5-million-dollar Qatar Masters on Thursday (GBR or IRL unless stated; par 72):

66 Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (ESP)

67 John Daly (USA)

68 K J Choi (KOR), Jason Day (AUS)

69 Peter Hanson (SWE), Richard Finch, Paul Lawrie, Nicolas Colsaerts (BEL), Danny Willett

70 Anders Hansen (DEN), James Kingston (RSA), Richard Green (AUS), George Coetzee (RSA), Oliver Fisher

71 Carlos Del Moral (ESP), Francesco Molinari (ITA), Soren Hansen (DEN), Jaco Van Zyl (RSA), Ben Curtis (USA), Martin Kaymer (GER), Peter Lawrie, Pablo Larrazabal (ESP), Graeme Storm, Jose-Maria Olazabal (ESP), Shaun Micheel (USA), Michael Jonzon (SWE), Gregory Havret (FRA), Michael Hoey, Lee Westwood, Jean-Baptiste Gonnet (FRA), Martin Wiegele (AUT), Marcel Siem (GER), Andrew Dodt (AUS), David Lynn, Simon Khan, Ricardo Gonzalez (ARG)

72 Robert Jan Derksen (NED), Chris Wood, Sergio Garcia (ESP), Oliver Wilson, Maarten Lafeber (NED), Peter Hedblom (SWE), Victor Dubuisson (FRA), Alvaro Quiros (ESP), Thongchai Jaidee (THA), Lee Slattery, Marc Warren, Thorbjorn Olesen (DEN), Alejandro Canizares (ESP), Markus Brier (AUT), Rafael Cabrera Bello (ESP)

73 Soren Kjeldsen (DEN), Thomas Aiken (RSA), Mikko Ilonen (FIN), Jorge Campillo (ESP), Scott Jamieson, Gary Boyd, Niclas Fasth (SWE), Bernd Wiesberger (AUT), Marcus Fraser (AUS), Retief Goosen (RSA), Graeme McDowell, Matthew Zions (AUS), Richard McEvoy, Shiv Shankar Prasad Chowrasia (IND), Alex Cejka (GER), David Drysdale, Stephen Gallacher, Romain Wattel (FRA), Miguel Angel Jimenez (ESP), Keith Horne (RSA), Mark Foster

74 Christian Nilsson (SWE), Matteo Manassero (ITA), Phillip Price, Rhys Davies, Kenneth Ferrie, Brett Rumford (AUS), Anthony Wall, Hunter Mahan (USA), Federico Colombo (ITA)

Ice Hockey

National Hockey League results on Thursday (home team in CAPS):

Detroit 4 VANCOUVER 3 (SO)

Carolina 3 BOSTON 0

NEW JERSEY 5 Montreal 3

PHILADELPHIA 4 Nashville 1

Winnipeg 2 TAMPA BAY 1 (OT)

Minnesota 1 COLORADO 0

EDMONTON 8 Chicago 4

SAN JOSE 5 Dallas 2

SO=shootoutwin, OT=overtime

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

W L OT Pts GF GA

NY Rangers 32 12 5 69 136 100

Philadelphia 30 14 6 66 167 145

Pittsburgh 29 18 4 62 157 132

New Jersey 28 19 3 59 138 142

NY Islanders 20 22 7 47 120 145

Northeast Division

Boston 32 15 2 66 175 108

Ottawa 27 20 6 60 160 164

Toronto 26 19 6 58 156 152

Buffalo 21 24 6 48 122 151

Montreal 19 23 9 47 134 142

Southeast Division

Florida 23 15 11 57 126 138

Washington 26 20 4 56 141 145

Winnipeg 24 22 6 54 128 145

Tampa Bay 22 23 5 49 141 170

Carolina 19 25 9 47 135 164

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Central Division

Detroit 35 16 1 71 167 121

Nashville 31 17 4 66 146 135

St. Louis 29 13 7 65 124 102

Chicago 29 16 7 65 168 155

Columbus 13 32 6 32 117 172

Northwest Division

Vancouver 31 15 5 67 164 128

Minnesota 25 19 7 57 120 131

Colorado 26 25 2 54 133 148

Calgary 23 22 6 52 121 140

Edmonton 20 26 5 45 133 148

Pacific Division

San Jose 29 14 6 64 142 112

Los Angeles 25 16 10 60 114 113

Dallas 26 22 2 54 134 143

Phoenix 22 21 8 52 131 138

Anaheim 19 24 7 45 130 151

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

Friday's Games

NY Islanders at Ottawa

Winnipeg at Florida

Los Angeles at St. Louis

Chicago at Calgary

Columbus at Anaheim

Nordic skiing

World Cup

MOSCOW - Men's and women's World Cup nordic ski results and standings Thursday:

Men's sprint (1.5 km):

1. Teodor Peterson (SWE), 2. Anders Gloersen (NOR), 3. Devon Kershaw (CAN), 4. Nikolay Morilov (RUS), 5. Gleb Retivykh (RUS), 6. John Kristian Dahl (NOR)

World Cup sprint standings (after 9 of 13 races):

1. Teodor Peterson (SWE) 426 pts, 2. Alexey Petukhov (RUS) 389, 3. Dario Cologna (SUI) 340

Overall World Cup standings (after 24 of 37 races):

1. Dario Cologna (SUI) 1474 pts, 2. Petter Northug (NOR) 1181, 3. Marcus Hellner (SWE) 843, 4. Devon Kershaw (CAN) 697, 5. Alexandre Legkov (RUS) 692, 6. Maurice Manificat (FRA) 633

Women's sprint (1.5 km):

1. Justyna Kowalczyk (POL), 2. Natalia Korosteleva (RUS), 3. Anastasia Dotsenko (RUS), 4. Aino-Kaisa Saarinen (FIN), 5. Krista Lahteenmaki (FIN), 6. Jassica Diggins (USA)

World Cup sprint standings (after 9 of 13 races):

1. Kikkan Randall (USA) 499 pts, 2. Natalia Matveeva (RUS) 390, 3. Justyna Kowalczyk (POL) 352

Overall World Cup standings (after 24 of 37 races):

1. Justyna Kowalczyk (POL) 1524 pts, 2. Marit Bjoergen (NOR) 1486, 3. Therese Johaug (NOR) 1055, 4. Kikkan Randall (USA) 964, 5. Charlotte Kalla (SWE) 797

Tennis

ATP Zagreb Indoors

Results on Thursday (x denotes seeding):

2nd rd

Marcos Baghdatis (CYP x6) bt Lukasz Kubot (POL) 6-4, 6-2; Lukas Lacko (SVK) bt Alex Bogomolov Jr. (RUS x2) 6-0, 6-7 (1/7), 6-1; Mikhail Youzhny (RUS x3) bt Grega Zemlja (SLO) 6-1, 6-3; Ivan Dodig (CRO x4) bt Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) 4-6, 6-4, 6-4; Ivo Karlovic (CRO x8) bt Dudi Sela (ISR) 6-3, 6-2.

ATP Montpellier

Results on Thursday:

2nd rd

Tomas Berdych (CZE x1) bt Florent Serra (FRA) 6-0, 6-2; Nicolas Mahut (FRA) bt Florian Mayer (GER x6) 7-6 (7/3), 6-3; Gael Monfils (FRA x3) bt Michael Russell (USA) 6-3, 6-3; Jarkko Nieminen (FIN x8) bt Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA) 7-6 (7/4), 6-1.

Chile ATP

Results on Thursday:

2nd rd

Juan Monaco (ARG x1) bt Igor Andreev (RUS) 6-2, 6-1; Carlos Berlocq (ARG x7) bt Diego Junqueira (ARG) 6-1, 6-0; Federico Del Bonis (ARG) bt Thomaz Belluci (BRA x3) 6-2, 7-5; Joao Souza (BRA) bt Fernando Gonzalez (CHI) 6-3, 7-6 (8/6).

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