Scoreboard
Published 12:19 am Wednesday, March 22, 2017
NBA standings
National Basketball Association
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
W L Pct GB
Boston 45 26 .634 —
Toronto 42 29 .592 3
New York 27 43 .386 17 1/2
Philadelphia 26 44 .371 18 1/2
Brooklyn 14 56 .200 30 1/2
Southeast Division
W L Pct GB
Washington 42 28 .600 —
Atlanta 37 33 .529 5
Miami 35 36 .493 7 1/2
Charlotte 31 39 .443 11
Orlando 26 45 .366 16 1/2
Central Division
W L Pct GB
x-Cleveland 46 23 .667 —
Indiana 36 34 .514 10 1/2
Milwaukee 34 35 .493 12
Detroit 34 37 .479 13
Chicago 33 38 .465 14
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Southwest Division
W L Pct GB
x-San Antonio 54 16 .771 —
x-Houston 49 22 .690 5 1/2
Memphis 40 31 .563 14 1/2
Dallas 30 40 .429 24
New Orleans 30 41 .423 24 1/2
Northwest Division
W L Pct GB
Utah 43 28 .606 —
Oklahoma City 40 30 .571 2 1/2
Denver 33 37 .471 9 1/2
Portland 32 37 .464 10
Minnesota 28 42 .400 14 1/2
Pacific Division
W L Pct GB
z-Golden State 57 14 .803 —
L.A. Clippers 42 29 .592 15
Sacramento 27 43 .386 29 1/2
Phoenix 22 49 .310 35
L.A. Lakers 20 50 .286 36 1/2
x-clinched playoff spot
z-clinched division
Tuesday’s Games
Toronto 122, Chicago 120, OT
Brooklyn 98, Detroit 96
Miami 112, Phoenix 97
New Orleans 95, Memphis 82
Golden State 112, Dallas 87
San Antonio 100, Minnesota 93
Milwaukee at Portland, 10 p.m.
L.A. Clippers at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m.
Wednesday’s Games
Charlotte at Orlando, 7 p.m.
Indiana at Boston, 7:30 p.m.
Atlanta at Washington, 8 p.m.
Detroit at Chicago, 8 p.m.
Philadelphia at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m.
Cleveland at Denver, 9 p.m.
Milwaukee at Sacramento, 10:30 p.m.
New York at Utah, 10:30 p.m.
Thursday’s Games
Phoenix at Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m.
Toronto at Miami, 7:30 p.m.
L.A. Clippers at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.
Memphis at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m.
New York at Portland, 10 p.m.
Friday’s Games
Brooklyn at Washington, 7 p.m.
Cleveland at Charlotte, 7 p.m.
Denver at Indiana, 7 p.m.
Detroit at Orlando, 7 p.m.
Phoenix at Boston, 7:30 p.m.
Atlanta at Milwaukee, 8 p.m.
New Orleans at Houston, 8 p.m.
Philadelphia at Chicago, 8 p.m.
Minnesota at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m.
Sacramento at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.
MLB standings
Major League Baseball
Exhibition Standings
AMERICAN LEAGUE
W L Pct.
New York 18 6 .750
Seattle 15 9 .625
Minnesota 13 9 .591
Los Angeles 13 10 .565
Oakland 11 10 .524
Chicago 12 11 .522
Baltimore 12 11 .522
Kansas City 12 12 .500
Tampa Bay 11 11 .500
Boston 11 12 .478
Cleveland 11 12 .478
Detroit 11 13 .458
Houston 10 12 .455
Texas 9 14 .391
Toronto 7 14 .333
NATIONAL LEAGUE
W L Pct.
Pittsburgh 16 7 .696
St. Louis 14 7 .667
Milwaukee 14 10 .583
Arizona 13 10 .565
Colorado 12 11 .522
Los Angeles 13 13 .500
Washington 10 10 .500
New York 12 13 .480
CINCINNATI 12 13 .480
Philadelphia 10 12 .455
Chicago 9 11 .450
San Francisco 11 14 .440
Miami 7 13 .350
San Diego 8 15 .348
Atlanta 6 18 .250
Tuesday’s Games
Washington 3, Atlanta 1
Houston 2, Miami 1
Philadelphia 9, Minnesota 5
Pittsburgh 5, Tampa Bay 4
Toronto 5, Baltimore 2
L.A. Angels 9, CINCINNATI 1
Milwaukee 5, L.A. Dodgers 4
San Francisco 5, San Diego 3
Arizona 4, Kansas City 2
Boston vs. N.Y. Yankees at Tampa, Fla., 6:35 p.m.
Chicago White Sox vs. Texas, 9:05 p.m.
Oakland vs. Seattle at Peoria, Ariz., 10:10 p.m.
Wednesday’s Games
Minnesota vs. Houston at West Palm Beach, Fla., 1:05 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees vs. Philadelphia at Clearwater, Fla., 1:05 p.m.
Washington vs. St. Louis at Jupiter, Fla., 1:05 p.m.
Detroit vs. Toronto at Dunedin, Fla., 1:07 p.m.
Miami vs. N.Y. Mets at Port St. Lucie, Fla., 1:10 p.m.
Oakland vs. Chicago White Sox at Glendale, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.
San Diego vs. Kansas City at Surprise, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.
San Francisco vs. Milwaukee at Phoenix, 4:05 p.m.
Cleveland vs. Colorado at Scottsdale, Ariz., 4:10 p.m.
L.A. Angels (ss) vs. Seattle at Peoria, Ariz., 4:10 p.m.
Texas vs. L.A. Angels (ss) at Tempe, Ariz., 4:10 p.m.
Tampa Bay vs. Baltimore at Sarasota, Fla., 6:05 p.m.
Chicago Cubs vs. CINCINNATI at Goodyear, Ariz., 9:05 p.m.
Thursday’s Games
Miami vs. St. Louis at Jupiter, Fla., 1:05 p.m.
Minnesota vs. Philadelphia at Clearwater, Fla., 1:05 p.m.
N.Y. Mets vs. Washington at West Palm Beach, Fla., 1:05 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees vs. Tampa Bay at Port Charlotte, Fla., 1:05 p.m.
Pittsburgh vs. Boston at Fort Myers, Fla., 1:05 p.m.
CINCINNATI vs. Chicago White Sox at Glendale, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.
Colorado vs. Cleveland at Goodyear, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.
Milwaukee vs. Oakland at Mesa, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.
Chicago Cubs vs. Arizona at Scottsdale, Ariz., 4:10 p.m.
L.A. Angels vs. San Diego at Peoria, Ariz., 4:10 p.m.
Detroit vs. Atlanta at Kissimmee, Fla., 6:05 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers vs. Texas at Surprise, Ariz., 7:05 p.m.
Seattle vs. San Francisco at Scottsdale, Ariz., 9:05 p.m.
Reds’ boxscore
Angels 9, Reds 1
Los Angeles Cincinnati
ab r h bi ab r h bi
Calhoun rf 4 0 1 1 J.Praza 2b 3 0 1 0
J.Jones pr 1 0 0 0 T.Renda 2b 1 0 1 0
M.Trout cf 2 0 0 0 Z.Czart ss 3 0 1 0
Pnnngtn ph 1 0 1 0 Z.Vncej ss 1 0 0 0
C..Cron dh 3 0 0 0 J.Votto 1b 3 0 1 0
J.Krger ph 1 0 0 0 Wallach 1b 1 0 0 0
Vlbuena 1b 3 0 0 0 R.Rburn rf 3 1 1 1
Yng Jr. lf 2 2 2 1 Elzalde rf 1 0 0 0
Espnosa 2b 3 1 1 0 Jnnings cf 3 0 1 0
Navarro 2b 2 0 0 0 P.Ervin cf 1 0 0 0
J.Marte 3b 3 1 1 1 J.Wnker lf 3 0 0 0
L.Tjada pr 0 1 0 0 Irbrren lf 1 0 0 0
B.Rvere lf 3 1 1 0 Alcntra 3b 3 0 0 0
LaMarre rf 0 1 0 0 Kvlehan 3b 1 0 0 0
C.Perez c 2 0 0 0 Brnhart c 3 0 2 0
Sanchez c 1 1 1 1 Brantly c 1 0 0 0
Fontana ss 2 0 1 2 Co.Reed sp 2 0 0 0
Wlliams pr 1 1 1 1 C.Wlker ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 9 10 7 Totals 35 1 8 1
Los Angeles 000 000 531 = 9
Cincinnati 000 100 000 = 1
E-Fontana (2), Renda (3), Wallach (3). DP-Los Angeles 3, Cincinnati 0. LOB-Los Angeles 5, Cincinnati 7. 2B-Marte (3), Fontana (2), Renda (4), Barnhart (1). HR-Young Jr. (1), Raburn (3). CS-Revere (2), Peraza (2).
IP H R ER BB SO
Los Angeles
Ramirez 5 4 1 1 0 6
Valdez W, 3-0 1 2 0 0 0 2
Ege 1 2 0 0 0 3
Miller 1 0 0 0 0 1
O’Grady 1 0 0 0 0 1
Cincinnati
Reed 5 2-3 1 0 0 2 5
Mitchell L, 0-1 BS 1 3 5 0 3 1
Chacin 1-3 0 0 0 1 0
Cingrani 1 4 3 3 1 2
Coleman 1 2 1 1 0 0
WP-Ramirez.
Umpires-Home, Dana DeMuth; First, Chris Guccione; Second, Alan Porter; Third, Toby Basner.
T-2:51. A-3,514
Free agents
NEW YORK (AP) – The 26 remaining free agents:
AMERICAN LEAGUE
BALTIMORE (1) – Nolan Reimold, of.
CHICAGO (1) – Justin Morneau, dh.
CLEVELAND (2) – Marlon Byrd, of; Coco Crisp, of.
HOUSTON (1) – Doug Fister, rhp.
KANSAS CITY (1) – Luke Hochevar, rhp.
LOS ANGELES (2) – Tim Lincecum, rhp; C.J. Wilson, lhp.
NEW YORK (2) – Billy Butler, of; Mark Teixeira, 1b.
OAKLAND (1) – Sam Fuld, of.
TAMPA BAY (1) – Alexei Ramirez, ss.
TEXAS (1) – Colby Lewis, rhp.
TORONTO (1) – Dioner Navarro, c.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
ATLANTA (1) – A.J. Pierzynski, c.
CHICAGO (1) – David Ross, c.
CINCINNATI (1) – Alfredo Simon, rhp.
MIAMI (1) – Jeff Francoeur, of.
MILWAUKEE (1) – Chris Capuano, lhp.
NEW YORK (1) – Kelly Johnson, 2b-3b.
PHILADELPHIA (1) – Ryan Howard, 1b.
ST. LOUIS (1) – Jerome Williams, rhp.
SAN DIEGO (1) – Edwin Jackson, rhp.
SAN FRANCISCO (3) – Javier Lopez, lhp; Angel Pagan, of; Jake Peavy, rhp.
Baseball poll
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) – The top 25 teams in the Baseball America poll through March 19 (selected by the staff of Baseball America):
Record Prv
1. Louisville 19-0 1
2. Oregon State 17-1 4
3. Texas Christian 14-5 3
4. Louisiana State 17-5 6
5. Cal State Fullerton 14-5 7
6. Clemson 16-4 9
7. South Carolina 14-5 10
8. Texas Tech 17-4 11
9. Arizona 15-4 12
10. North Carolina 15-5 13
11. Mississippi 14-6 18
12. Florida Gulf Coast 18-3 21
13. Florida 13-8 5
14. Florida State 14-7 2
15. Louisiana-Lafayette 11-6 14
16. St. John’s 14-2 19
17. Stanford 11-5 17
18. Missouri 19-1 NR
19. Virginia 15-5 15
20. Baylor 16-4 16
21. Oklahoma State 14-6 23
22. Washington 12-6 25
23. Michigan 15-4 24
24. Oklahoma 21-3 NR
25. East Carolina 13-7 8
NHL standings
National Hockey League
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Montreal 73 41 23 9 91 200 182
Ottawa 72 40 24 8 88 191 187
Boston 73 38 29 6 82 209 195
Toronto 71 33 23 15 81 216 210
Tampa Bay 72 34 29 9 77 197 202
Florida 72 31 30 11 73 183 208
Buffalo 74 30 32 12 72 183 214
Detroit 72 29 32 11 69 180 213
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
x-Washington 72 47 17 8 102 232 161
Pittsburgh 72 46 17 9 101 252 199
x-Columbus 71 47 18 6 100 228 164
N.Y. Rangers 73 45 24 4 94 233 192
N.Y. Islanders 71 33 26 12 78 210 218
Carolina 71 31 27 13 75 186 206
Philadelphia 72 33 31 8 74 188 216
New Jersey 72 27 33 12 66 167 211
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
x-Chicago 73 47 20 6 100 222 183
Minnesota 72 44 22 6 94 235 180
St. Louis 72 39 28 5 83 201 195
Nashville 72 36 25 11 83 212 202
Winnipeg 73 33 33 7 73 220 232
Dallas 72 29 33 10 68 196 233
Colorado 72 20 49 3 43 140 238
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
San Jose 73 42 24 7 91 198 169
Edmonton 72 39 24 9 87 209 186
Anaheim 72 38 23 11 87 186 178
Calgary 73 41 28 4 86 203 197
Los Angeles 72 34 31 7 75 175 181
Vancouver 72 29 34 9 67 166 211
Arizona 73 27 37 9 63 178 233
NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.
x-clinched playoff spot
Tuesday’s Games
Pittsburgh 3, Buffalo 1
New Jersey 3, N.Y. Rangers 2, OT
Washington 4, Calgary 2
Ottawa 3, Boston 2
Detroit 2, Montreal 1, OT
Arizona 5, Tampa Bay 3
Carolina 4, Florida 3
Winnipeg 3, Philadelphia 2
Vancouver 5, Chicago 4, OT
Minnesota 3, San Jose 2
St. Louis 4, Colorado 2
Wednesday’s Games
Toronto at Columbus, 7 p.m.
N.Y. Islanders at N.Y. Rangers, 8 p.m.
Edmonton at Anaheim, 10 p.m.
Thursday’s Games
Tampa Bay at Boston, 7 p.m.
Columbus at Washington, 7 p.m.
New Jersey at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m.
Carolina at Montreal, 7:30 p.m.
Arizona at Florida, 7:30 p.m.
Calgary at Nashville, 8 p.m.
Vancouver at St. Louis, 8 p.m.
Philadelphia at Minnesota, 8 p.m.
Dallas at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.
Edmonton at Colorado, 9 p.m.
Winnipeg at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.
Friday’s Games
N.Y. Islanders at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.
San Jose at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.
Winnipeg at Anaheim, 10 p.m.
H.S. pairings
Ohio High School Athletic Association
Boys’ State Basketball Tournament
At OSU Schottenstein Center
Home Team Listed First. Rankings are from Associated Press Final State Poll.
Division II
No. 8 Wauseon (26-1) vs. Cols. Eastmoor Academy (22-6), Thursday at 10:45 a.m.
No. 11 Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary (23-5) vs. No. 2 Trotwood-Madison (26-2), Thursday at 2:00 p.m.
State Final: Saturday at 10:45 a.m.
Division IV
Delphos St. John’s (21-4) vs. Cle. Hts. Lutheran East (18-9), Thursday at 5:15 p.m.
Columbus Wellington (21-7) vs. Lima Perry (24-3), Thursday at 8:30 p.m.
State Final: Saturday at 2:00 p.m.
Division III
No. 8 Cle. Villa Angela-St. Joseph (21-6) vs. No. 4 Proctorville Fairland (25-1), Friday at 10:45 a.m.
No. 10 Cin. Roger Bacon (24-4) vs. Archbold (22-5), Friday at 2:00 p.m.
State Final: Saturday at 5:15 p.m.
Division I
No. 2 Pickerington Central (26-2) vs. No. 1 Cin. Archbishop Moeller (27-0), Friday at 5:15 p.m.
Lakewood St. Edward (23-5) vs. No. 4 Massillon Jackson (26-2), Friday at 8:30 p.m.
State Final: Saturday at 8:30 p.m.
NIT pairings
National Invitation Tournament
First Round
Tuesday, March 14
Illinois 82, Valparaiso 57
Mississippi 91, Monmouth 83
Oakland 74, Clemson 69
Georgia Tech 75, Indiana 63
Colorado State 81, College of Charleston 74
Richmond 71, Alabama 64
Boise State 73, Utah 68
CS Bakersfield 73, California 66
Wednesday, March 15
Syracuse 90, UNC-Greensboro 77
Belmont 78, Georgia 69
UCF 79, Colorado 74
Akron 78, Houston 75
TCU 66, Fresno State 59
Iowa 87, South Dakota 75
Illinois State 85, UC Irvine 71
Texas-Arlington 105, BYU 89
Second Round
Saturday, March 18
Mississippi 85, Syracuse 80
Sunday, March 19
Georgia Tech 71, Belmont 57
TCU 94, Iowa 92, OT
Richmond 87, Oakland 83
Monday, March 20
UCF 63, Illinois State 62
Texas-Arlington 85, Akron 69
Illinois 71, Boise State 56
CS Bakersfield 81, Colorado State 63
Quarterfinals
Tuesday, March 21
TCU 86, Richmond 68
Georgia Tech 74, Mississippi 66
Wednesday, March 22
Illinois (20-14) at UCF (23-11), 7 p.m.
CS Bakersfield (24-9) at Texas-Arlington (27-8), 9 p.m.
Semifinals
At Madison Square Garden
New York
Tuesday, March 28
TCU (22-15) vs. Illinois-UCF winner, 7 or 9:30 p.m.
Georgia Tech (20-15) vs. CS Bakersfield-Texas Arlington winner, 7 or 9:30 p.m.
Championship
Thursday, March 30
Semifinal winners, 8 p.m.
CIT pairings
CollegeInsider.com Tournament
Second Round
Saturday, March 18
UMBC 87, Saint Francis (Pa.) 79
Monday, March 20
Campbell 73, UT Martin 56
Liberty 66, Samford 58
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 82, Weber State 73
Wednesday, March 22
Idaho (19-13) at Texas State (21-13), 8 p.m.
Quarterfinals
March 23-26
TBD at Furman (22-11)
TBD at Fort Wayne (20-12)
TBD at St. Peter’s (20-13)
Semifinals
Wednesday, March 29
Game One, 7 p.m.
Game Two, 9 p.m.
Championship
Friday, March 31
Semifinal winners, 9 p.m.