NBA standings

National Basketball Association

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

W L Pct GB

y-Toronto 44 30 .595 —

Brooklyn 33 40 .452 10 1/2

Boston 33 41 .446 11

Philadelphia 18 57 .240 26 1/2

New York 14 60 .189 30

Southeast Division

W L Pct GB

z-Atlanta 56 19 .747 —

x-Washington 41 33 .554 14 1/2

Miami 34 40 .459 21 1/2

Charlotte 31 42 .425 24

Orlando 22 52 .297 33 1/2

Central Division

W L Pct GB

x-Cleveland 48 27 .640 —

x-Chicago 45 29 .608 2 1/2

Milwaukee 36 38 .486 11 1/2

Indiana 32 42 .432 15 1/2

Detroit 29 45 .392 18 1/2

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Southwest Division

W L Pct GB

x-Memphis 51 24 .680 —

x-Houston 50 24 .676 1/2

San Antonio 48 26 .649 2 1/2

Dallas 45 29 .608 5 1/2

New Orleans 39 34 .534 11

Northwest Division

W L Pct GB

x-Portland 48 25 .658 —

Oklahoma City 42 32 .568 6 1/2

Utah 33 41 .446 15 1/2

Denver 28 46 .378 20 1/2

Minnesota 16 58 .216 32 1/2

Pacific Division

W L Pct GB

z-Golden State 61 13 .824 —

x-L.A. Clippers 49 26 .653 12 1/2

Phoenix 38 37 .507 23 1/2

Sacramento 26 47 .356 34 1/2

L.A. Lakers 20 53 .274 40 1/2

x-clinched playoff spot

y-clinched division

z-clinched conference

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Tuesday’s Games

Detroit 105, Atlanta 95

Brooklyn 111, Indiana 106

San Antonio 95, Miami 81

Golden State 110, L.A. Clippers 106

Wednesday’s Games

Philadelphia at Washington, 7 p.m.

San Antonio at Orlando, 7 p.m.

Detroit at Charlotte, 7 p.m.

Indiana at Boston, 7:30 p.m.

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

Dallas at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m.

Sacramento at Houston, 8 p.m.

Chicago at Milwaukee, 8 p.m.

Toronto at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

Denver at Utah, 9 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Portland, 10 p.m.

New Orleans at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m.

Thursday’s Games

Miami at Cleveland, 8 p.m.

Houston at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

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

 

NHL standings

National Hockey League

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

x-Montreal 77 47 22 8 102 203 174

x-Tampa Bay 78 47 24 7 101 250 204

Detroit 76 40 23 13 93 221 208

Boston 77 39 25 13 91 204 198

Ottawa 76 38 26 12 88 220 204

Florida 77 35 27 15 85 192 210

Toronto 77 29 42 6 64 201 245

Buffalo 76 21 47 8 50 148 255

Metropolitan Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

x-N.Y. Rangers 76 48 21 7 103 231 179

Pittsburgh 76 42 23 11 95 210 190

N.Y. Islanders 77 45 27 5 95 235 215

Washington 77 42 25 10 94 227 190

Columbus 76 37 35 4 78 210 234

Philadelphia 76 30 29 17 77 198 219

New Jersey 77 31 33 13 75 170 197

Carolina 76 28 37 11 67 176 208

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Central Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

x-Nashville 78 47 22 9 103 224 193

St. Louis 76 46 23 7 99 229 190

Chicago 76 46 24 6 98 217 176

Minnesota 76 44 25 7 95 219 186

Winnipeg 77 39 26 12 90 217 204

Dallas 77 37 30 10 84 239 248

Colorado 76 35 29 12 82 206 213

Pacific Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

x-Anaheim 78 49 22 7 105 227 216

Vancouver 77 45 27 5 95 224 208

Calgary 77 42 28 7 91 229 204

Los Angeles 76 37 25 14 88 201 192

San Jose 76 37 30 9 83 212 215

Edmonton 76 23 40 13 59 185 255

Arizona 77 23 46 8 54 161 256

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

x-clinched playoff spot

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Tuesday’s Games

Ottawa 2, Detroit 1, SO

Vancouver 5, Nashville 4, SO

Boston 3, Florida 2

Washington 4, Carolina 2

Columbus 3, New Jersey 2, OT

Toronto 3, Tampa Bay 1

N.Y. Rangers 3, Winnipeg 2

Wednesday’s Games

Toronto at Buffalo, 7:30 p.m.

Philadelphia at Pittsburgh, 8 p.m.

Edmonton at Anaheim, 10 p.m.

Colorado at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.

Thursday’s Games

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

Washington at Montreal, 7:30 p.m.

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

Boston at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

Carolina at Florida, 7:30 p.m.

N.Y. Rangers at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

Calgary at St. Louis, 8 p.m.

Vancouver at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.

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

 

Blue Jackets’ box

New Jersey 1 0 1 0 — 2

Columbus 0 2 0 1 — 3

First Period—1, New Jersey, Cammalleri 26 (Gelinas, Henrique), 19:04 (pp). Penalties—Goloubef, Clm (hooking), 8:09; Morin, Clm (roughing), 17:49; Elias, NJ (tripping), 19:51.

Second Period—2, Columbus, Foligno 27 (Wennberg, Johansen), 1:49 (pp). 3, Columbus, Dubinsky 10 (penalty shot), 4:44. Penalties—T.Zajac, NJ (roughing), 15:47.

Third Period—4, New Jersey, Cammalleri 27 (Zubrus, Larsson), 17:31 (sh). Penalties—Gomez, NJ (high-sticking), 5:28; Elias, NJ (tripping), 16:42.

Overtime—5, Columbus, J.Johnson 7 (Savard, Johansen), :56. Penalties—None.

Shots on Goal—New Jersey 10-8-8-0—26. Columbus 11-13-6-1—31.

Power-play opportunities—New Jersey 1 of 2; Columbus 1 of 4.

Goalies—New Jersey, Schneider 26-28-9 (31 shots-28 saves). Columbus, Bobrovsky 26-17-2 (26-24).

A—14,524 (18,144). T—2:20.

Referees—Ghislain Hebert, Rob Martell. Linesmen—Andy McElman, Brian Murphy.

 

MLB standings

Major League Baseball

Spring Training Standings

NATIONAL LEAGUE

W L Pct

Los Angeles 16 9 .640

New York 18 11 .621

Pittsburgh 15 10 .600

Cincinnati 14 11 .560

San Diego 15 12 .556

St. Louis 12 11 .522

Miami 13 12 .520

Arizona 15 14 .517

Colorado 15 14 .517

Chicago 14 15 .483

Atlanta 13 15 .464

Milwaukee 11 14 .440

Washington 10 14 .417

Philadelphia 11 16 .407

San Francisco 10 20 .333

AMERICAN LEAGUE

W L Pct

Oakland 20 9 .690

Kansas City 18 10 .643

Boston 15 10 .600

Toronto 17 12 .586

New York 15 13 .536

Houston 11 10 .524

Los Angeles 13 13 .500

Tampa Bay 12 12 .500

Cleveland 13 15 .464

Minnesota 12 14 .462

Seattle 11 16 .407

Chicago 10 15 .400

Baltimore 11 17 .393

Detroit 10 18 .357

Texas 9 17 .346

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

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Tuesday’s Games

Pittsburgh 7, Detroit 3

N.Y. Mets 2, Washington 0

Boston 11, Tampa Bay (ss) 8

Miami 3, St. Louis 2

Tampa Bay (ss) 4, Baltimore 3

Minnesota 3, N.Y. Yankees 1

Toronto 10, Philadelphia 6

Chicago White Sox 2, L.A. Dodgers 1

San Francisco 4, Colorado 3

Chicago Cubs 15, Texas (ss) 10

Cleveland 8, Seattle 6

Cincinnati 10, Milwaukee 4

Oakland 13, L.A. Angels 10

Arizona 8, Texas (ss) 7

Houston 8, Atlanta 5

Kansas City 4, San Diego 1

Wednesday’s Games

Boston (ss) vs. Minnesota at Fort Myers, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

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

Atlanta vs. Philadelphia at Clearwater, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Detroit vs. Houston at Kissimmee, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Toronto vs. Boston (ss) at Fort Myers, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Washington vs. Miami at Jupiter, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

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

L.A. Dodgers vs. Kansas City at Surprise, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.

L.A. Angels vs. Oakland at Mesa, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.

Milwaukee vs. Chicago Cubs at Mesa, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.

San Diego vs. Chicago White Sox (ss) at Glendale, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.

Cleveland vs. San Francisco at Scottsdale, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.

Arizona vs. Cincinnati at Goodyear, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (ss) vs. Seattle at Peoria, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.

Texas vs. Colorado at Scottsdale, Ariz., 4:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh vs. Baltimore at Sarasota, Fla., 7:05 p.m.

 

Reds’ boxscore

Reds 10, Brewers 4

Cincinnati Milwaukee

ab r h bi ab r h bi

Negron 2b 2 0 1 1 C.Gomez cf 2 1 0 0

Ju.Diaz p 0 0 0 0 H.Gomez ss 1 0 0 0

A.Blandino ph 1 0 0 0 Lucroy c 3 1 3 0

R.Medina lf 1 0 0 0 E.Herrera 3b 1 0 0 0

T.Frazier 3b 3 1 0 0 Braun rf 2 1 1 1

S.Selsky rf 1 0 1 1 L.Jimenz 2b 1 0 0 0

Votto 1b 3 0 0 0 Ar.Ramirz 3b 3 0 0 0

Badenhop p 0 0 0 0 L.Schafer lf 1 0 0 0

C.Wallach c 1 0 0 0 Lind 1b 3 0 1 1

Byrd lf 2 1 1 0 M.Long rf 1 1 1 0

Winker pr-lf 2 1 0 0 K.Davis lf 3 0 1 1

Cingrani p 0 0 0 0 T.Taylor cf 1 0 0 0

Bruce rf 3 2 2 3 Gennett 2b 3 0 0 0

Domingez 3b 2 0 0 0 Centeno c 1 0 0 0

B.Pena c 4 1 2 1 Segura ss 1 0 0 0

B.Greene 2b 0 1 0 0 G.Parra 1b 2 0 1 1

B.Hamilton cf 3 1 1 0 Fiers p 1 0 1 0

J.Silva cf 1 0 0 0 Rogers ph 1 0 0 0

Cozart ss 5 2 3 2 Cotts p 0 0 0 0

M.Lorenzen p 1 0 0 0 A.Pena p 0 0 0 0

A.Chapman p 0 0 0 0 Clark ph 1 0 0 0

C.Rogers p 0 0 0 0 W.Smith p 0 0 0 0

Curtis ph 1 0 0 0 Dillard p 0 0 0 0

M.Smith 1b 2 0 2 1 N.Ashley ph 1 0 0 0

Totals 38 10 13 9 Totals 33 4 9 4

 

Cincinnati 000 305 011 — 10

Milwaukee 100 002 001 — 4

 

E—M.Lorenzen (1), C.Gomez (2). DP—Milwaukee 3. LOB—Cincinnati 9, Milwaukee 5. 2B—Cozart (2), M.Long (1), Fiers (1). HR—Bruce (3). CS—Negron (2). S—M.Lorenzen.

IP H R ER BB SO

Cincinnati

M.Lorenzen W,3-0 4 4 1 1 2 2

A.Chapman 1-3 0 0 0 0 0

C.Rogers 2-3 0 0 0 0 1

Badenhop 1 3 2 2 0 0

Ju.Diaz 1 0 0 0 0 3

Cingrani 2 2 1 1 0 1

Milwaukee

Fiers L,1-2 5 3 3 3 4 3

Cotts 1-3 5 5 5 0 0

A.Pena 1 2-3 1 0 0 0 2

W.Smith 1 3 1 1 0 2

Dillard 1 1 1 1 1 2

HBP—by Badenhop (Braun), by Cotts (Byrd), by Dillard (B.Greene).

Umpires—Home, Clint Fagan; First, Paul Schrieber; Second, Jim Reynolds; Third, Jordan Baker.

T—3:04. A—3,214 (7,000).

 

NIT results

National Invitation Tournament

All Times EDT

First Round

Tuesday, March 17

George Washington 60, Pittsburgh 54

Miami 75, NC Central 71

Rhode Island 88, Iona 75

Louisiana Tech 89, Central Michigan 79

Tulsa 70, William & Mary 67

Alabama 79, Illinois 58

Murray State 81, UTEP 66

Texas A&M 81, Montana 64

Stanford 77, UC Davis 64

Wednesday, March 18

Arizona State 68, UConn 61

Temple 73, Bucknell 67

Old Dominion 65, Charleston Southern 56

Richmond 84, St. Francis (NY) 74

Illinois State 69, Green Bay 56

Vanderbilt 75, Saint Mary’s (Cal) 64

South Dakota State 86, Colorado State 76

Second Round

Friday, March 20

Vanderbilt 92, South Dakota State 77

Saturday, March 21

Miami 73, Alabama 66

Sunday, March 22

Temple 90, George Washington 77

Richmond 76, Arizona State 70

Stanford 74, Rhode Island 66

Monday, March 23

Louisiana Tech 84, Texas A&M 72

Old Dominion 50, Illinois State 49

Murray State 83, Tulsa 62

Quarterfinals

Tuesday, March 24

Miami 63, Richmond 61

Stanford 78, Vanderbilt 75

Wednesday, March 25

Old Dominion 72, Murray State 69

Temple 77, Louisiana Tech 59

Semifinals

At Madison Square Garden

New York

Tuesday, March 31

Miami 60, Temple 57

Stanford 67, Old Dominion 60

Championship

Thursday, April 2

Miami (25-12) vs. Stanford (23-13), 9 p.m.