NBA standings

National Basketball Association

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

W L Pct GB

x-Toronto 50 24 .676 —

Boston 43 32 .573 7 1/2

New York 30 46 .395 21

Brooklyn 21 54 .280 29 1/2

Philadelphia 9 66 .120 41 1/2

Southeast Division

W L Pct GB

x-Atlanta 45 31 .592 —

Miami 43 31 .581 1

Charlotte 43 31 .581 1

Washington 36 39 .480 8 1/2

Orlando 32 43 .427 12 1/2

Central Division

W L Pct GB

y-Cleveland 53 22 .707 —

Detroit 40 35 .533 13

Indiana 39 36 .520 14

Chicago 38 37 .507 15

Milwaukee 31 44 .413 22

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Southwest Division

W L Pct GB

y-San Antonio 63 12 .840 —

Memphis 41 34 .547 22

Dallas 37 38 .493 26

Houston 37 39 .487 26 1/2

New Orleans 28 47 .373 35

Northwest Division

W L Pct GB

y-Oklahoma City 53 23 .697 —

Portland 40 36 .526 13

Utah 37 38 .493 15 1/2

Denver 32 45 .416 21 1/2

Minnesota 25 50 .333 27 1/2

Pacific Division

W L Pct GB

y-Golden State 68 7 .907 —

x-L.A. Clippers 47 28 .627 21

Sacramento 30 45 .400 38

Phoenix 20 55 .267 48

L.A. Lakers 16 59 .213 52

x-clinched playoff spot

y-clinched division

Thursday’s Games

Chicago 103, Houston 100

Cleveland 107, Brooklyn 87

Orlando 114, Indiana 94

New Orleans 101, Denver 95

Oklahoma City 119, L.A. Clippers 117

Portland 116, Boston 109.

Friday’s Games

Philadelphia at Charlotte, 7 p.m.

Dallas at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

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

Orlando at Milwaukee, 8 p.m.

Toronto at Memphis, 8 p.m.

Cleveland at Atlanta, 8 p.m.

Minnesota at Utah, 9 p.m.

Miami at Sacramento, 10 p.m.

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

Washington at Phoenix, 10:30 p.m.

Saturday’s Games

Indiana at Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m.

Detroit at Chicago, 8 p.m.

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

Sacramento at Denver, 9 p.m.

Miami at Portland, 10 p.m.

 

Cavaliers’ box

BROOKLYN (87)

Bogdanovic 5-12 3-4 14, Young 9-18 0-0 18, Sims 0-3 4-6 4, Larkin 4-7 3-4 13, Ellington 0-8 0-0 0, Kilpatrick 2-9 0-0 4, Brown 3-9 0-0 6, Robinson 5-13 0-3 10, Sloan 4-9 2-2 11, McCullough 3-6 1-2 7, Reed 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 35-94 13-21 87.

CLEVELAND (107)

James 8-11 8-10 24, Love 6-10 3-4 19, Mozgov 4-6 2-3 10, Irving 4-14 2-2 10, Smith 3-8 0-0 8, Thompson 2-4 0-0 4, Dellavedova 0-6 0-0 0, Shumpert 1-4 4-5 6, Frye 5-10 0-0 13, Jefferson 2-4 0-0 5, Williams 2-5 0-0 5, Jones 1-2 0-0 3, McRae 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 38-87 19-24 107.

Brooklyn 22 17 24 24 = 87

Cleveland 29 34 26 18 = 107

3-Point Goals—Brooklyn 4-21 (Larkin 2-2, Sloan 1-3, Bogdanovic 1-5, McCullough 0-1, Ellington 0-3, Brown 0-3, Kilpatrick 0-4), Cleveland 12-38 (Love 4-8, Frye 3-6, Smith 2-7, Jones 1-2, Williams 1-2, Jefferson 1-3, Shumpert 0-2, Dellavedova 0-3, Irving 0-5). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Brooklyn 64 (Robinson 11), Cleveland 57 (Love 10). Assists—Brooklyn 26 (Larkin 8), Cleveland 29 (James 11). Total Fouls—Brooklyn 19, Cleveland 17. A—20,562 (20,562).

 

NHL standings

National Hockey League

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Florida 77 43 25 9 95 221 191

Tampa Bay 77 44 28 5 93 214 185

Boston 77 40 29 8 88 223 209

Detroit 77 38 28 11 87 198 212

Ottawa 78 36 33 9 81 222 237

Montreal 78 36 36 6 78 208 224

Buffalo 78 32 35 11 75 189 211

Toronto 77 28 38 11 67 187 226

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

z-Washington 76 54 16 6 114 237 177

Pittsburgh 77 44 25 8 96 224 192

N.Y. Rangers 77 43 25 9 95 222 203

N.Y. Islanders 76 42 25 9 93 214 196

Philadelphia 76 38 25 13 89 198 200

Carolina 78 34 28 16 84 191 211

New Jersey 78 37 33 8 82 175 197

Columbus 77 30 39 8 68 198 241

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Central Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

x-Dallas 78 47 22 9 103 256 221

x-St. Louis 77 46 22 9 101 206 186

x-Chicago 77 44 26 7 95 213 192

Nashville 78 39 26 13 91 217 204

Minnesota 78 38 29 11 87 212 193

Colorado 77 39 34 4 82 205 218

Winnipeg 77 31 39 7 69 195 225

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

x-Los Angeles 77 46 26 5 97 211 180

x-Anaheim 76 43 23 10 96 204 181

x-San Jose 78 43 29 6 92 230 203

Arizona 77 34 36 7 75 200 230

Calgary 78 32 40 6 70 213 251

Vancouver 77 28 36 13 69 176 223

Edmonton 79 30 42 7 67 194 234

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

x-clinched playoff spot

z-clinched conference

Thursday’s Games

Buffalo 4, Toronto 1

N.Y. Islanders 4, Columbus 3

Pittsburgh 5, Nashville 2

Carolina 4, N.Y. Rangers 3

Montreal 3, Tampa Bay 0

Florida 3, New Jersey 2

Ottawa 3, Minnesota 2

Dallas 4, Arizona 1

Los Angeles 3, Calgary 0

Vancouver 4, San Jose 2

Friday’s Games

Minnesota at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

Boston at St. Louis, 8 p.m.

Chicago at Winnipeg, 8 p.m.

Washington at Colorado, 9 p.m.

Vancouver at Anaheim, 10 p.m.

Saturday’s Games

Pittsburgh at N.Y. Islanders, 1 p.m.

Ottawa at Philadelphia, 1 p.m.

Dallas at Los Angeles, 4 p.m.

Detroit at Toronto, 7 p.m.

New Jersey at Tampa Bay, 7 p.m.

Montreal at Florida, 7 p.m.

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

Columbus at Carolina, 7 p.m.

San Jose at Nashville, 8 p.m.

Calgary at Edmonton, 10 p.m.

Washington at Arizona, 10 p.m.

 

Blue Jackets’ box

Columbus 1 1 1 = 3

N.Y. Islanders 3 0 1 = 4

First Period—1, Columbus, Dubinsky 15 (Jenner), 4:14. 2, N.Y. Islanders, Tavares 28 (Strome, Bailey), 7:25. 3, N.Y. Islanders, Hickey 5 (Okposo, Nielsen), 17:51. 4, N.Y. Islanders, Tavares 29 (Kulemin, Strait), 18:32. Penalties—Prout, Clm, served by Hartnell, minor-major (high-sticking, fighting), 19:34; Lee, NYI, major (fighting), 19:34.

Second Period—5, Columbus, Saad 25 (Wennberg, Savard), 15:48 (pp). Penalties—Cizikas, NYI (tripping), 2:36; Hartnell, Clm (roughing), 14:20; Martin, NYI, served by Strome (interference, roughing), 14:20.

Third Period—6, Columbus, Jenner 29 (Atkinson), :37. 7, N.Y. Islanders, Lee 14 (Boychuk, Nielsen), 5:23 (pp). Penalties—Savard, Clm (tripping), 4:14; Hickey, NYI (tripping), 17:14.

Shots on Goal—Columbus 2-10-12—24. N.Y. Islanders 15-6-6—27.

Power-play opportunities—Columbus 1 of 3; N.Y. Islanders 1 of 2.

Goalies—Columbus, Bobrovsky 13-19-1 (27 shots-23 saves). N.Y. Islanders, Greiss 21-11-4 (24-21).

A—13,857 (15,795). T—2:30.

Referees—Francis Charron, Greg Kimmerly. Linesmen—Greg Devorski, Tony Sericolo.

 

MLB standings

Major League Baseball

Spring Training Standings

NATIONAL LEAGUE

W L Pct

Washington 18 4 .818

Arizona 22 8 .733

Philadelphia 15 10 .600

Colorado 15 12 .556

Milwaukee 14 13 .519

CINCINNATI 15 16 .484

Los Angeles 13 15 .464

St. Louis 11 13 .458

Miami 10 13 .435

Chicago 11 17 .393

San Francisco 12 19 .387

San Diego 10 19 .345

New York 7 17 .292

Pittsburgh 8 20 .286

Atlanta 6 20 .231

AMERICAN LEAGUE

W L Pct

Toronto 17 6 .739

Los Angeles 16 8 .667

Minnesota 19 10 .655

Detroit 17 11 .607

Houston 17 11 .607

Cleveland 16 12 .571

Texas 17 13 .567

Chicago 15 13 .536

Seattle 15 14 .517

Tampa Bay 12 12 .500

New York 13 15 .464

Kansas City 14 19 .424

Baltimore 11 15 .423

Oakland 11 16 .407

Boston 12 18 .400

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

Thursday’s Games

St. Louis 9, N.Y. Yankees (ss) 1

Detroit 10, N.Y. Yankees (ss) 6

Pittsburgh 13, Tampa Bay 8

Minnesota 7, Boston 4

Baltimore 6, Atlanta 1

Cleveland 3, Cincinnati 1

Colorado 6, Arizona 3

Chicago Cubs 5, N.Y. Mets 1

Milwaukee 6, Houston 1

L.A. Angels 2, L.A. Dodgers 1

San Francisco 3, Oakland 1

Friday’s Games

Tampa Bay (ss) vs. Detroit at Lakeland, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

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

Milwaukee at Houston, 2:10 p.m.

Chicago Cubs vs. N.Y. Mets at Las Vegas, 4:05 p.m.

Baltimore at Philadelphia, 6:05 p.m.

Minnesota at Washington, 6:05 p.m.

Boston vs. Toronto at Montreal, 7:05 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Miami, 7:10 p.m.

Cleveland at Texas, 8:05 p.m.

Kansas City at Arizona, 9:40 p.m.

L.A. Angels at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 p.m.

Colorado vs. Seattle at Peoria, Ariz., 10:10 p.m.

Chicago White Sox at San Diego, 10:10 p.m.

Oakland at San Francisco, 10:15 p.m.

Saturday’s Games

Minnesota at Washington, 12:05 p.m.

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

Boston vs. Toronto at Montreal, 1:05 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Miami, 1:10 p.m.

Cincinnati vs. Pittsburgh at Indianapolis, Ind., 1:35 p.m.

Cleveland at Texas, 2:05 p.m.

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

Kansas City at Arizona, 3:10 p.m.

San Francisco at Oakland, 4:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox at San Diego, 4:10 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at L.A. Angels, 9:05 p.m.

 

Reds’ boxscore

Indians 3, Reds 1

Cincinnati Cleveland

ab r h bi ab r h bi

Cozart ss 3 0 0 0 R.Davis cf 3 0 0 0

Iribaren ss 1 0 0 0 Naquin cf 1 0 0 0

Suarez 3b 3 0 1 0 Kipnis 2b 1 0 0 0

DeJesus Jr 3b 1 0 0 0 J.Ramirez 2b 2 1 1 0

Votto 1b 2 0 1 0 T.Hnkins p2b 0 1 0 0

Pacheco 1b 1 0 0 0 Lindor ss 2 0 1 0

Br.Phillips 2b 2 0 0 0 Y.Medina ss 2 0 0 0

Peraza 2b 2 0 0 0 Napoli dh 2 1 0 0

Bruce rf 2 0 0 0 R.Perez dh 1 0 0 0

J.Duran rf 1 0 0 0 C.Sntana 1b 2 0 0 0

Mesoraco c 1 1 0 0 N.Rodrigz 1b 1 0 0 0

R.Cabrera c 2 0 0 0 Gomes c 1 0 1 0

Schebler lf 3 0 1 0 Quiroz c 2 0 0 0

Duvall lf 1 0 1 0 J.Lucas c 0 0 0 0

J.Cave dh 4 0 1 0 Byrd lf 2 0 0 0

B.Hamiltn cf 3 0 1 1 B.Myles lf 1 0 1 0

B.Smith cf 0 0 0 0 Uribe 3b 2 0 0 0

M.Mrtinz 3b 2 0 0 0

Cowgill rf 3 0 1 0

J.Smith rf 0 0 0 0

Totals 32 1 6 1 Totals 30 3 5 0

 

Cincinnati 010 000 000 = 1

Cleveland 002 000 10x = 3

 

E-Suarez (2), C.Reed (1), Gomes (2), N.Rodriguez (1). DP-Cincinnati 1. LOB-Cincinnati 7, Cleveland 8. 2B-Duvall (4), J.Ramirez (6), Lindor (7), Gomes (3), Cowgill (5). SB-Suarez (3). CS-Schebler (1).

IP H R ER BB SO

Cincinnati

C.Reed L,1-2 4 1-3 3 2 0 4 6

Hoover 2-3 0 0 0 0 1

Sampson 1 1-3 1 1 1 1 2

Cingrani 2-3 0 0 0 0 0

Ohlendorf 1 1 0 0 0 1

Cleveland

Carrasco W,2-1 6 2-3 5 1 1 2 6

Chamberlain 2-3 0 0 0 0 1

B.Shaw 2-3 0 0 0 0 1

Otero S,1-2 1 1 0 0 0 1

HBP-by Carrasco (Mesoraco). WP-C.Reed, Sampson. PB-Mesoraco, R.Cabrera. Umpires-Home, Tripp Gibson; First, Todd Tichenor; Second, Gabe Morales. T-2:32. A-4,450 (10,311).

 

NIT pairings

National Invitation Tournament

First Round

Tuesday, March 15

South Carolina 88, High Point 66

Florida State 84, Davidson 74

Ohio State 72, Akron 63, OT

Creighton 72, Alabama 54

Washington 107, Long Beach State 102

Florida 97, North Florida 68

Valparaiso 84, Texas Southern 73

San Diego State 79, IPFW 55

Saint Mary’s (Cal) 58, New Mexico State 56

Wednesday, March 16

Wagner 79, St. Bonaventure 75

Georgia 93, Belmont 84

Monmouth 90, Bucknell 80

George Washington 82, Hofstra 80

Virginia Tech 86, Princeton 81, OT

Georgia Tech 81, Houston 62

BYU 97, UAB 79

Second Round

Thursday, March 17

Valparaiso 81, Florida State 69, 7 p.m.

Friday, March 18

BYU 80, Virginia Tech 77

Saturday, March 19

Creighton 87, Wagner 54

Sunday, March 20

Florida 74, Ohio State 66

Saint Mary’s (Cal) 77, Georgia 65

Monday, March 21

George Washington 87, Monmouth 71

Georgia Tech 83, South Carolina 66

San Diego State 93, Washington 78

Quarterfinals

Tuesday, March 22

Valparaiso 60, Saint Mary’s (Cal) 44

BYU 88, Creighton 82

Wednesday, March 23

George Washington 82, Florida 77

San Diego State 72, Georgia Tech 56

Semifinals

At Madison Square Garden

New York

Tuesday, March 29

Valparaiso 72, BYU 70

George Washington 65, San Diego State 46

Championship

Thursday, March 31

George Washington 76, Valparaiso 60

 

Women’s NIT

Women’s National Invitation Tournament

First Round

Wednesday, March 16

Michigan 81, Wright State 53

Minnesota 87, Milwaukee 80

Tulane 53, Alabama 52

South Dakota 74, Creighton 68

Thursday, March 17

IUPUI 63, Central Michigan 55

Bucknell 74, Akron 70

Ohio 76, Marshall 68

Virginia Tech 68, Elon 59

Villanova 67, Liberty 51

Hofstra 76, Harvard 50

Rutgers 57, Georgetown 55

Georgia Tech 73, Mercer 56

Wake Forest 72, Charlotte 69

Virginia 52, VCU 50

TCU 97, Texas Rio Grand Valley 73

Arkansas State 68, Southern 45

Northern Iowa 64, Nebraska 62

Ball State 77, Iowa 72

Saint Louis 70, UALR 69

Drake 95, Sacred Heart 59

UT Martin 79, Memphis 73

Western Kentucky 89, Dayton 72

San Diego 69, Northwestern 65

Oregon 84, Long Beach State 76

Gonzaga 88, UC Riverside 54

UTEP 66, Abilene Christian 62

Eastern Michigan 74, Saint Mary’s (CA) 73

Friday, March 18

Temple 74, Drexel 66

Quinnipiac 90, Maine 44

Florida Gulf Coast 78, Bethune-Cookman 61

Utah 95, Montana State 61

Fresno State 59, Santa Clara 53

Second Round

Saturday, March 19

Michigan 95, Bucknell 72

Hofstra 82, Villanova 73

San Diego 59, IUPUI 48

Northern Iowa 64, Drake 58

TCU 85, Eastern Michigan 81

Sunday, March 20

Ohio 64, Virginia Tech 57

Virginia 71, Rutgers 55

Temple 64, Quinnipiac 62

South Dakota 101, Minnesota 89

Monday, March 21

Tulane 64, Georgia Tech 61

Florida Gulf Coast 67, Wake Forest 48

Saint Louis 59, Ball State 55

Western Kentucky 64, UT Martin 57

UTEP 74, Arkansas State 68

Utah 92, Gonzaga 77

Oregon 84, Fresno State 59

Third Round

Tuesday, March 22

Hofstra 65, Virginia 57

Michigan 78, San Diego 51

Wednesday, March 23

Florida Gulf Coast 73, Tulane 61

Oregon 73, Utah 63

Thursday, March 24

Temple 75, Ohio 61

South Dakota 51, Northern Iowa 50

UTEP 79, TCU 71

Friday, March 25

Western Kentucky 78, Saint Louis 76, OT

Quarterfinals

Sunday, March 27

South Dakota 68, Western Kentucky 54

Monday, March 28

Florida Gulf Coast 61, Hofstra 46

Michigan 77, Temple 76

Oregon 71, UTEP 67

Semifinals

Wednesday, March 30

South Dakota 88, Oregon 54

Thursday, March 31

Michigan (21-13) at Florida Gulf Coast (32-5), 8 p.m.

Championship

Saturday, April 2

South Dakota (31-6) vs. Michigan-Florida Gulf Coast winner, 3 p.m.

 

NIT finals

GEORGE WASHINGTON 76, VALPARAISO 60

GEORGE WASHINGTON (28-10)

Larsen 5-9 6-6 18, Cavanaugh 4-11 3-3 12, Watanabe 3-7 0-0 6, Garino 4-9 4-5 14, McDonald 4-6 5-6 13, Mitola 1-3 0-0 3, Jorgensen 0-1 0-2 0, Swan 0-2 0-0 0, Roland 1-1 2-2 5, Hart 1-3 2-2 5, Goss 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 23-52 22-26 76.

VALPARAISO (30-7)

Peters 6-14 1-1 15, Fernandez 3-4 0-0 6, Carter 3-5 1-1 9, D. Walker 2-7 0-0 5, Hammink 2-8 4-4 9, Nickerson 3-5 0-0 6, T. Walker 2-7 0-0 5, Joseph 0-0 0-0 0, Skara 1-6 0-0 2, Williams 0-0 0-0 0, Davidson 1-2 0-0 3, Adekoya 0-1 0-0 0, Levingston Simon 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 23-59 6-6 60.

Halftime—George Washington 32-31. 3-Point Goals—George Washington 8-19 (Larsen 2-3, Garino 2-4, Mitola 1-1, Roland 1-1, Hart 1-2, Cavanaugh 1-4, Swan 0-1, Watanabe 0-3), Valparaiso 8-28 (Carter 2-4, Peters 2-7, Davidson 1-2, T. Walker 1-4, Hammink 1-4, D. Walker 1-5, Skara 0-2). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—George Washington 33 (McDonald 8), Valparaiso 34 (Peters 10). Assists—George Washington 16 (McDonald 4), Valparaiso 16 (Carter 7). Total Fouls—George Washington 14, Valparaiso 20. A—7,016.

 

CBI pairings

College Basketball Invitational

First Round

Tuesday, March 15

Morehead State 84, Siena 80

Wednesday, March 16

Vermont 79, Western Carolina 74

UNC-Greensboro 69, Houston Baptist 65

Ohio 94, Albany (NY) 90, OT

Duquesne 120, Nebraska-Omaha 112

Eastern Washington 79, Pepperdine 72

Nevada 79, Montana 75

Seattle 68, Idaho 63

Quarterfinals

Monday, March 21

Morehead State 82, Duquesne 72

Ohio 72, UNC Greensboro 67

Nevada 85, Eastern Washington 70

Vermont 73, Seattle 54

Semifinals

Wednesday, March 23

Morehead State 77, Ohio 72

Nevada 86, Vermont 72

Championship Series

(Best-of-3)

Monday, March 28: Morehead State 86, Nevada 83

Wednesday, March 30: Nevada 77, Morehead State 68, seried tied 1-1

Friday, April 1: Morehead State (23-13) at Nevada (23-14), 9 p.m.

 

Player of Year

Denzel Valentine, Michigan State 34

Buddy Hield, Oklahoma 31

Coach of Year

Bill Self, Kansas 21

Chris Mack, Xavier 15

Dana Altman, Oregon 13

Tom Izzo, Michigan State 3

Billy Kennedy, Texas A&M 3

Tony Bennett, Virginia 2

Tom Crean, Indiana 2

Kevin Willard, Seton Hall 2

Jay Wright, Villanova 2

Greg Gard, Wisconsin 1

Tubby Smith, Texas Tech 1