NBA standings

National Basketball Association

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

W L Pct GB

Toronto 36 17 .679 —

Brooklyn 21 31 .404 14 1/2

Boston 20 31 .392 15

Philadelphia 12 41 .226 24

New York 10 43 .189 26

Southeast Division

W L Pct GB

Atlanta 43 11 .796 —

Washington 33 21 .611 10

Charlotte 22 30 .423 20

Miami 22 30 .423 20

Orlando 17 39 .304 27

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Chicago 33 20 .623 —

Cleveland 33 21 .611 1/2

Milwaukee 30 23 .566 3

Detroit 21 33 .389 12 1/2

Indiana 21 33 .389 12 1/2

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Southwest Division

W L Pct GB

Memphis 39 14 .736 —

Houston 36 17 .679 3

Dallas 36 19 .655 4

San Antonio 34 19 .642 5

New Orleans 27 26 .509 12

Northwest Division

W L Pct GB

Portland 36 17 .679 —

Oklahoma City 28 25 .528 8

Denver 20 33 .377 16

Utah 19 34 .358 17

Minnesota 11 42 .208 25

Pacific Division

W L Pct GB

Golden State 42 9 .824 —

L.A. Clippers 35 19 .648 8 1/2

Phoenix 29 25 .537 14 1/2

Sacramento 18 34 .346 24 1/2

L.A. Lakers 13 40 .245 30

Wednesday’s Games

Orlando 89, New York 83

Toronto 95, Washington 93

San Antonio 104, Detroit 87

Boston 89, Atlanta 88

Indiana 106, New Orleans 93

Oklahoma City 105, Memphis 89

Milwaukee 111, Sacramento 103

Golden State 94, Minnesota 91

Cleveland 113, Miami 93

Dallas 87, Utah 82

Portland 102, L.A. Lakers 86

L.A. Clippers 110, Houston 95

Thursday’s Games

Cleveland at Chicago, 8 p.m.

 

Cavaliers’ box

MIAMI (93)

Deng 5-13 4-4 17, Bosh 5-17 4-5 15, Whiteside 8-15 1-3 17, Napier 3-6 0-0 6, Chalmers 6-16 4-5 18, Granger 0-1 0-0 0, Cole 3-7 0-0 7, Andersen 1-1 0-0 2, Johnson 1-4 0-0 3, Haslem 1-3 3-3 5, Hamilton 1-1 0-0 3. Totals 34-84 16-20 93.

CLEVELAND (113)

James 6-16 6-7 18, Love 5-8 1-2 12, Mozgov 9-11 2-2 20, Irving 5-14 2-2 15, Smith 4-10 0-0 10, Shumpert 5-7 0-1 13, Thompson 7-8 3-4 17, Dellavedova 1-2 0-0 2, Marion 1-1 1-1 3, Harris 1-1 0-0 3, Haywood 0-0 0-0 0, Jones 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 44-78 15-19 113.

Miami 23 25 21 24 — 93

Cleveland 38 21 26 28 — 113

3-Point Goals—Miami 9-24 (Deng 3-5, Chalmers 2-6, Johnson 1-1, Hamilton 1-1, Cole 1-3, Bosh 1-4, Granger 0-1, Napier 0-3), Cleveland 10-25 (Shumpert 3-4, Irving 3-5, Smith 2-6, Harris 1-1, Love 1-4, Dellavedova 0-1, James 0-4). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Miami 42 (Whiteside 14), Cleveland 50 (James 10). Assists—Miami 21 (Napier 8), Cleveland 32 (James, Smith 7). Total Fouls—Miami 19, Cleveland 19. Technicals—Mozgov, Smith. A—20,562 (20,562).

 

NHL standings

National Hockey League

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Tampa Bay 56 34 16 6 74 181 148

Montreal 53 35 15 3 73 143 118

Detroit 53 31 13 9 71 156 134

Boston 54 28 19 7 63 142 136

Florida 52 24 17 11 59 133 147

Ottawa 52 21 22 9 51 141 145

Toronto 55 23 28 4 50 157 170

Buffalo 55 16 36 3 35 103 191

Metropolitan Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

N.Y. Islanders 54 35 18 1 71 170 151

Pittsburgh 54 31 15 8 70 155 135

Washington 55 29 16 10 68 162 139

N.Y. Rangers 52 31 16 5 67 157 127

Philadelphia 54 23 22 9 55 146 157

New Jersey 54 21 24 9 51 122 148

Columbus 52 23 26 3 49 135 161

Carolina 52 19 26 7 45 116 139

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Central Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Nashville 54 36 12 6 78 164 129

St. Louis 54 35 15 4 74 170 133

Chicago 55 33 18 4 70 167 129

Winnipeg 56 28 18 10 66 154 146

Minnesota 53 26 20 7 59 145 145

Dallas 54 25 21 8 58 172 175

Colorado 54 22 21 11 55 137 152

Pacific Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Anaheim 55 34 14 7 75 164 154

San Jose 56 28 20 8 64 158 158

Vancouver 53 30 20 3 63 148 140

Calgary 54 30 21 3 63 156 137

Los Angeles 53 23 18 12 58 144 144

Arizona 55 20 28 7 47 126 180

Edmonton 55 15 31 9 39 125 181

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

Wednesday’s Games

Pittsburgh 4, Detroit 1

Vancouver 5, Chicago 4, OT

Washington 5, San Jose 4, OT

Thursday’s Games

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

Anaheim at Carolina, 7 p.m.

Edmonton at Montreal, 7:30 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m.

St. Louis at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m.

Winnipeg at Nashville, 8 p.m.

Florida at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

N.Y. Rangers at Colorado, 9 p.m.

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

Friday’s Games

Philadelphia at Columbus, 7 p.m.

New Jersey at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.

Florida at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

San Jose at Arizona, 9 p.m.

Boston at Vancouver, 10 p.m.

 

College basketball

Wednesday’s College Basketball Scores

EAST

Bucknell 52, Navy 51

Colgate 76, Boston U. 69

Duquesne 78, George Washington 62

Holy Cross 73, Army 64

Loyola (Md.) 62, Lafayette 43

Saint Joseph’s 65, Rhode Island 64

Stony Brook 73, UMBC 61

Syracuse 70, Boston College 56

UMass 55, St. Bonaventure 53

Vermont 96, Mass.-Lowell 53

Villanova 74, Providence 68

West Virginia 76, Kansas St. 72

SOUTH

Charleston Southern 83, Coastal Carolina 72

Davidson 92, George Mason 71

High Point 73, Winthrop 72

Jacksonville St. 72, Belmont 70

La Salle 74, VCU 69, 2OT

Louisville 69, Pittsburgh 56

Radford 80, Longwood 75

Richmond 73, Fordham 71

UCF 73, South Florida 62

UNC Wilmington 58, Coll. of Charleston 45

Virginia 51, NC State 47

Wake Forest 72, Miami 70

William & Mary 77, Elon 58

MIDWEST

Drake 60, Bradley 54

Green Bay 63, Youngstown St. 62

IPFW 69, IUPUI 54

Loyola of Chicago 66, S. Illinois 62

N. Iowa 83, Illinois St. 64

Ohio St. 75, Penn St. 55

Wichita St. 74, Indiana St. 57

SOUTHWEST

Georgia 62, Texas A&M 53

Texas 66, TCU 43

FAR WEST

Boise St. 67, Air Force 42

Oregon 80, Southern Cal 75

San Diego St. 67, Wyoming 41

UCLA 75, Oregon St. 59

 

H.S. scores

Ohio High School Athletic Association

Wednesday’s Boys’ Basketball Scores

Circleville 60, Chillicothe Zane Trace 55

Cols. Hartley 51, Cols. Bexley 47

St. Clairsville 59, Brooke, W.Va. 49

Wednesday’s Girls’ Basketball Scores

Athens 39, Nelsonville-York 36

Beverly Ft. Frye 58, Zanesville Rosecrans 28

Clarksville Clinton-Massie 57, Western Brown 45

Hillsboro 48, Bainbridge Paint Valley 20

Jackson 49, Wellston 33

Logan 62, Chillicothe 58

Mowrystown Whiteoak 53, Williamsburg 45

New Concord John Glenn 73, Zanesville Maysville 16

New Lexington 66, McConnelsville Morgan 63

Plain City Jonathan Alder 54, Washington C.H. Miami Trace 42

Seaman N. Adams 65, Manchester 29

Sugarcreek Garaway 50, W. Lafayette Ridgewood 40

Vincent Warren 56, Marietta 50

W. Union 49, Blanchester 44

Waterford 49, Crown City S. Gallia 13

Symmes Valley 58, Portsmouth Sciotoville 8

 

Ohio State box

No. 23 OHIO STATE 75, PENN STATE 55

PENN STATE (15-10)

Newbill 5-13 4-5 16, Taylor 4-9 0-1 11, Thorpe 0-6 0-0 0, Dickerson 0-1 1-2 1, Garner 3-11 2-2 9, Banks 0-3 1-2 1, Foster 2-4 1-2 5, Jack 0-1 1-2 1, Wisniewski 1-1 0-0 2, Travis 2-4 1-2 5, Moore 2-6 0-0 4. Totals 19-59 11-18 55.

OHIO STATE (19-6)

Russell 4-13 8-10 17, Tate 4-6 0-2 9, Scott 1-4 2-4 4, Thompson 6-11 7-9 22, A. Williams 1-2 3-4 5, K. Williams 3-7 0-0 7, Bates-Diop 3-8 1-1 7, Lorbach 0-0 0-0 0, McDonald 2-3 0-1 4. Totals 24-54 21-31 75.

Halftime—Ohio State 37-23. 3-Point Goals—Penn State 6-17 (Taylor 3-6, Newbill 2-4, Garner 1-5, Thorpe 0-1, Banks 0-1), Ohio State 6-16 (Thompson 3-5, Tate 1-1, K. Williams 1-3, Russell 1-5, Bates-Diop 0-2). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Penn State 38 (Travis 6), Ohio State 40 (Scott 10). Assists—Penn State 7 (Garner 3), Ohio State 15 (Russell 7). Total Fouls—Penn State 22, Ohio State 16. A—13,262.

 

Wooden leaders

Wooden Award-Late Season Top 20

Justin Anderson, Virginia

Ron Baker, Wichita State

Willie Cauley-Stein, Kentucky

Jerian Grant, Notre Dame

Montrezl Harrell, Louisville

Tyler Haws, BYU

Buddy Hield, Oklahoma

Stanley Johnson, Arizona

Tyus Jones, Duke

Frank Kaminsky, Wisconsin

Georges Niang, Iowa State

Jahlil Okafor, Duke

Kevin Pangos, Gonzaga

Bobby Portis, Arkansas

Chasson Randle, Stanford

Terry Rozier, Louisville

D’Angelo Russell, Ohio State

Juwan Staten, West Virginia

Kyle Wiltjer, Gonzaga

Delon Wright, Utah

 

H.S. girls’ poll

How a state panel of sports writers and broadcasters rates Ohio high school girls basketball teams in the Associated Press polls, by OHSAA divisions, with won-lost record and total points (first-place votes in parentheses):

DIVISION I

W-L Pts.

1, Powell Olentangy Liberty (17) 20-0 218

2, New Philadelphia (1) 21-0 193

3, Cin. Mt. Notre Dame 19-2 147

4, Springboro 18-1 135

5, Newark (1) 19-1 128

6, Sidney 19-1 119

7, Tol. Notre Dame (1) 16-2 101

8, W. Chester Lakota W. (2) 18-2 79

9, Mason (1) 15-0 62

10, Cols. Northland 17-3 18

Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, N. Royalton 15.

DIVISION II

W-L Pts.

1, Kettering Alter (20) 21-0 215

2, Tipp City Tippecanoe 21-0 188

3, Bellevue 17-1 125

4, Beloit W. Branch (2) 19-1 118

5, Lima Bath 16-1 100

6, Zanesville Maysville 18-1 95

7, Chagrin Falls 19-0 94

8, Millersburg W. Holmes 18-3 72

9, Tol. Rogers 15-5 46

10, Willard 16-2 41

Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, Cortland Lakeview 15. 11, Cle. E. Tech 15. 13, Eaton 14.

DIVISION III

W-L Pts.

1, Doylestown Chippewa (17) 21-0 207

2, Findlay Liberty-Benton (1) 18-0 178

3, Cin. Summit Country Day (1) 18-0 176

4, Gates Mills Gilmour (1) 18-1 144

5, Richwood N. Union (1) 19-1 126

6, Ashland Crestview 19-1 103

7, Wheelersburg 19-2 55

8, Cols. Africentric 16-5 51

9, Tol. Ottawa Hills 17-0 41

10, Beverly Ft. Frye 18-3 35

Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, Versailles 21. 12, Ottawa-Glandorf 15.

DIVISION IV

W-L Pts.

1, Maria Stein Marion Local (11) 18-1 193

2, Berlin Hiland (6) 19-1 185

3, New Madison Tri-Village 19-1 140

4, Greenwich S. Cent. (1) 19-0 139

5, Newark Cath. 18-2 107

6, Waterford (1) 20-1 104

7, Bridgeport 19-2 79

8, Ft. Loramie 16-3 40

9, Pettisville (1) 17-1 38

10, Convoy Crestview (1) 17-0 29

Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, Fairfield Christian 23. 12, Leipsic 15. 12, Defiance Ayersville 15. 14, Carey 14.