NBA standings

National Basketball Association

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

W L Pct GB

Philadelphia 7 3 .700 —

New York 6 4 .600 1

Boston 4 5 .444 2 1/2

Toronto 4 7 .364 3 1/2

New Jersey 2 9 .182 5 1/2

Southeast Division

W L Pct GB

Miami 8 3 .727 —

Orlando 7 3 .700 1/2

Atlanta 7 4 .636 1

Charlotte 2 8 .200 5 1/2

Washington 1 9 .100 6 1/2

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Chicago 10 2 .833 —

Indiana 7 3 .700 2

Cleveland 4 5 .444 4 1/2

Milwaukee 3 6 .333 5 1/2

Detroit 2 8 .200 7

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Southwest Division

W L Pct GB

San Antonio 7 4 .636 —

Dallas 6 5 .545 1

Memphis 3 6 .333 3

Houston 3 7 .300 3 1/2

New Orleans 3 7 .300 3 1/2

Northwest Division

W L Pct GB

Oklahoma City 10 2 .833 —

Portland 7 3 .700 2

Denver 7 4 .636 2 1/2

Utah 6 4 .600 3

Minnesota 3 7 .300 6

Pacific Division

W L Pct GB

L.A. Lakers 8 4 .667 —

L.A. Clippers 5 3 .625 1

Phoenix 4 5 .444 2 1/2

Sacramento 4 7 .364 3 1/2

Golden State 3 6 .333 3 1/2

Wednesday’s Games

Indiana 96, Atlanta 84

Sacramento 98, Toronto 91

New York 85, Philadelphia 79

Chicago 78, Washington 64

Oklahoma City 95, New Orleans 85

Dallas 90, Boston 85

San Antonio 101, Houston 95, OT

Denver 123, New Jersey 115

L.A. Lakers 90, Utah 87, OT

Orlando 107, Portland 104

L.A. Clippers 95, Miami 89, OT

Thursday’s Games

Charlotte at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.

New York at Memphis, 8 p.m.

Detroit at Milwaukee, 8 p.m.

Cleveland at Phoenix, 9 p.m.

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

Friday’s Games

Detroit at Charlotte, 7 p.m.

Indiana at Toronto, 7 p.m.

Washington at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

Sacramento at Houston, 8 p.m.

Minnesota at New Orleans, 8 p.m.

Chicago at Boston, 8 p.m.

Milwaukee at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

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

New Jersey at Phoenix, 9 p.m.

Cleveland at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m.

Miami at Denver, 10:30 p.m.

 

College scores

Wednesday’s College Basketball Scores

EAST

Albany (NY) 86, New Hampshire 63

Boston U. 77, Maine 68

Bucknell 70, Colgate 57

George Washington 69, Rhode Island 61

Holy Cross 73, Navy 69

Lafayette 75, Army 63

Lehigh 71, American U. 60

Longwood 79, Brown 77

Northeastern 64, Hofstra 62

Old Dominion 68, Delaware 66, OT

Rutgers 62, Pittsburgh 39

Saint Joseph’s 80, Fordham 62

St. Bonaventure 81, Dayton 73

Stony Brook 89, UMBC 49

Syracuse 79, Villanova 66

UMass 85, Charlotte 75

William & Mary 66, Towson 49

SOUTH

Alabama 69, LSU 53

Georgia Tech 82, NC State 71

Kentucky 68, Auburn 53

Marshall 61, UAB 59

Maryland 70, Wake Forest 64

McNeese St. 57, Lamar 54

Memphis 60, Southern Miss. 58

Mississippi 71, Arkansas 63

Northwestern St. 80, Nicholls St. 79

Tennessee St. 77, Morehead St. 72

UCF 74, Houston 63

MIDWEST

Akron 56, Bowling Green 55

Cent. Michigan 60, E. Michigan 56

Kent St. 71, Miami (Ohio) 67

Marquette 83, St. John’s 64

Michigan 66, Northwestern 64, OT

Missouri 76, Iowa St. 69

Nebraska 70, Penn St. 58

Ohio 60, Buffalo 52

Temple 72, Saint Louis 67

W. Michigan 77, N. Illinois 68

Xavier 78, Duquesne 50

SOUTHWEST

Kansas 81, Texas Tech 46

Rice 68, SMU 52

Stephen F. Austin 67, Cent. Arkansas 56

TCU 88, Texas-Pan American 58

Texas 61, Texas A&M 51

Texas A&M-CC 50, UTSA 49

Texas-Arlington 66, Sam Houston St. 40

Tulsa 59, UTEP 48

FAR WEST

Colorado St. 79, Denver 75

 

Ohio U. box

OHIO 60, BUFFALO 52

BUFFALO (8-5)

Oldham 2-8 0-1 4, Filzen 0-4 3-3 3, McCrea 4-13 0-0 8, Watt 8-10 2-2 18, Barnett 1-5 0-0 3, Watson II 1-4 2-2 5, Raley-Ross 0-0 0-0 0, Nuiriankh 0-0 0-0 0, Ford 1-3 0-0 2, Robinson 2-2 5-9 9, Downing 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 19-50 12-17 52.

OHIO (13-3)

Offutt 2-7 1-3 6, Cooper 5-15 5-7 15, Kellogg 4-10 2-2 14, Smith 2-5 0-0 4, Baltic 3-10 6-11 12, Hall 0-2 1-2 1, Johnson 1-3 2-2 4, Taylor 1-5 0-0 2, Keely 1-2 0-0 2, Goard 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 19-59 17-27 60.

Halftime—Ohio 31-25. 3-Point Goals—Buffalo 2-12 (Watson II 1-3, Barnett 1-4, Oldham 0-2, Filzen 0-3), Ohio 5-22 (Kellogg 4-9, Offutt 1-4, Baltic 0-1, Hall 0-1, Johnson 0-1, Cooper 0-3, Taylor 0-3). Fouled Out—Barnett. Rebounds—Buffalo 39 (Watt 12), Ohio 42 (Smith 10). Assists—Buffalo 7 (Oldham 5), Ohio 8 (Cooper 5). Total Fouls—Buffalo 25, Ohio 19. A—6,284.

 

Marshall box

MARSHALL 61, UAB 59

MARSHALL (12-4)

Tinnon 4-10 0-1 8, Goff 4-5 1-1 9, Pitts 4-13 0-0 9, Johnson 2-6 2-2 7, Kane 8-18 4-7 21, Hanner 0-1 0-0 0, Pena 1-3 0-0 3, Spikes 0-3 0-0 0, Coleman 2-4 0-1 4. Totals 25-63 7-12 61.

UAB (5-10)

Soko 8-11 1-1 18, Moore 9-19 4-6 22, Swing 3-11 3-4 11, Williams 1-6 0-0 2, Taylor 1-4 0-1 2, Tyler 2-4 0-0 4, Whitaker 0-2 0-0 0, Purifoy 0-1 0-0 0, Scotland-Williamson 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 24-58 8-12 59.

Halftime—UAB 31-28. 3-Point Goals—Marshall 4-16 (Pena 1-3, Kane 1-3, Johnson 1-4, Pitts 1-5, Coleman 0-1), UAB 3-12 (Swing 2-8, Soko 1-1, Whitaker 0-1, Taylor 0-1, Williams 0-1). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Marshall 45 (Tinnon 19), UAB 34 (Soko 11). Assists—Marshall 8 (Kane 3), UAB 9 (Soko, Swing 3). Total Fouls—Marshall 18, UAB 14. A—3,127.

 

NHL standings

National Hockey League

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

N.Y. Rangers 40 27 9 4 58 118 83

Philadelphia 41 25 12 4 54 139 122

New Jersey 43 24 17 2 50 119 124

Pittsburgh 42 21 17 4 46 124 112

N.Y. Islanders 40 15 19 6 36 96 126

Northeast Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Boston 39 27 11 1 55 146 76

Ottawa 44 23 15 6 52 140 144

Toronto 42 22 15 5 49 135 131

Buffalo 42 18 19 5 41 107 123

Montreal 42 16 19 7 39 109 117

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Florida 42 21 13 8 50 109 116

Washington 41 22 17 2 46 119 120

Winnipeg 42 20 17 5 45 112 124

Tampa Bay 41 17 20 4 38 113 141

Carolina 44 14 23 7 35 113 148

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Central Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

St. Louis 42 25 12 5 55 110 89

Chicago 43 25 13 5 55 139 125

Detroit 42 26 15 1 53 135 99

Nashville 42 23 15 4 50 115 115

Columbus 42 11 26 5 27 101 142

Northwest Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Vancouver 44 27 14 3 57 144 108

Minnesota 43 22 15 6 50 101 105

Colorado 44 23 20 1 47 115 124

Calgary 44 20 19 5 45 109 127

Edmonton 42 16 22 4 36 112 121

Pacific Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

San Jose 39 23 11 5 51 116 94

Los Angeles 43 21 15 7 49 93 95

Dallas 41 23 17 1 47 114 119

Phoenix 43 20 17 6 46 109 111

Anaheim 41 13 22 6 32 104 135

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

Wednesday’s Games

Washington 1, Pittsburgh 0

New Jersey 2, Edmonton 1, OT

Thursday’s Games

Montreal at Boston, 7 p.m.

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

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

Carolina at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m.

Phoenix at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

Vancouver at St. Louis, 8 p.m.

Colorado at Nashville, 8 p.m.

San Jose at Winnipeg, 8:30 p.m.

Minnesota at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.

Anaheim at Calgary, 9:30 p.m.

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

Friday’s Games

Tampa Bay at Washington, 7 p.m.

Phoenix at Columbus, 7 p.m.

Toronto at Buffalo, 7:30 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Florida, 7:30 p.m.

Anaheim at Edmonton, 9:30 p.m.

 

NFL playoffs

NFL Playoff Schedule

Wild-card Playoffs

Saturday, Jan. 7

Houston 31, Cincinnati 10

New Orleans 45, Detroit 28

Sunday, Jan. 8

New York Giants 24, Atlanta 2

Denver 29, Pittsburgh 23, OT

Divisional Playoffs

Saturday, Jan. 14

New Orleans at San Francisco, 4:30 p.m.

Denver at New England, 8 p.m.

Sunday, Jan. 15

Houston at Baltimore, 1 p.m.

N.Y. Giants at Green Bay, 4:30 p.m.

Conference Championships

Sunday, Jan. 22

TBD

Pro Bowl

Sunday, Jan. 29

At Honolulu

NFC vs. AFC

Super Bowl

Sunday, Feb. 5

At Indianapolis

 

Transactions

Wednesday’s Sports Transactions

BASKETBALL

National Basketball Association

SAN ANTONIO SPURS—Waived F Ike Diogu. Signed F Malcolm Thomas.

FOOTBALL

National Football League

BUFFALO BILLS—Named William Inge assistant defensive line coach.

INDIANAPOLIS COLTS—Named Ryan Grigson general manager.

NEW YORK JETS—Named Tony Sparano offensive coordinator.

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS—Signed RB Vai Taua.

COLLEGE

AKRON—Named Alan Arrington offensive line coach, Jeff Bowden special teams coordinator/outside receivers coach, Trent Boykin running backs coach, A.J. Milwee quarterbacks coach, John Pont recruiting coordinator/inside receivers coach, Todd Stroud defensive line coach, Mike Woodford safeties coach, Ben Murphy director of operations and John Grieco strength and conditioning coach.

ARIZONA—Named Jeff Casteel defensive coordinator.

AUBURN—Named Brian VanGorder for defensive coordinator.

BAYLOR—Announced junior QB Robert Griffin III will enter the NFL draft.

BOISE STATE—Named Robert Prince offensive coordinator.

FLORIDA—Named Brent Pease offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach.

GEORGIA—Announced junior TE Orson Charles will enter the NFL draft.

HAWAII—Named Thom Kaumeyer defensive coordinator.

KANSAS—Named Clint Bowen special teams coordinator and defensive assistant, and Jeff Blasko assistant special teams coordinator and tight ends coach.

N.C. STATE—Promoted linebackers coach Jon Tenuta to associate head coach for defense.

SMU—Named Jason Phillips an assistant football coach.

TEXAS TECH—Named Art Kaufman defensive coordinator.