NBA standings

National Basketball Association

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

W L Pct GB

Toronto 38 18 .679 —

Boston 34 25 .576 5 1/2

New York 24 35 .407 15 1/2

Brooklyn 16 42 .276 23

Philadelphia 8 49 .140 30 1/2

Southeast Division

W L Pct GB

Miami 32 25 .561 —

Atlanta 31 27 .534 1 1/2

Charlotte 29 27 .518 2 1/2

Washington 26 30 .464 5 1/2

Orlando 25 31 .446 6 1/2

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Cleveland 41 15 .732 —

Indiana 31 26 .544 10 1/2

Chicago 30 26 .536 11

Detroit 29 29 .500 13

Milwaukee 24 34 .414 18

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Southwest Division

W L Pct GB

San Antonio 49 9 .845 —

Memphis 33 23 .589 15

Dallas 30 28 .517 19

Houston 29 29 .500 20

New Orleans 23 34 .404 25 1/2

Northwest Division

W L Pct GB

Oklahoma City 41 17 .707 —

Portland 30 28 .517 11

Utah 28 29 .491 12 1/2

Denver 23 35 .397 18

Minnesota 18 40 .310 23

Pacific Division

W L Pct GB

Golden State 52 5 .912 —

L.A. Clippers 37 20 .649 15

Sacramento 24 32 .429 27 1/2

Phoenix 14 44 .241 38 1/2

L.A. Lakers 11 48 .186 42

Thursday’s Games

Golden State 130, Orlando 114

Boston 112, Milwaukee 107

New Orleans 123, Oklahoma City 119

Brooklyn 116, Phoenix 106

Houston 119, Portland 105

San Antonio 96, Utah 78

Friday’s Games

Charlotte at Indiana, 7 p.m.

Washington at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

Cleveland at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.

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

Chicago at Atlanta, 8 p.m.

Denver at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

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

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

Saturday’s Games

Miami at Boston, 3 p.m.

Minnesota at New Orleans, 7 p.m.

Portland at Chicago, 8 p.m.

San Antonio at Houston, 8 p.m.

Detroit at Milwaukee, 8:30 p.m.

Golden State at Oklahoma City, 8:30 p.m.

Brooklyn at Utah, 9:30 p.m.

Memphis at Phoenix, 9:30 p.m.

 

NHL standings

National Hockey League

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Florida 60 35 18 7 77 167 139

Tampa Bay 60 34 22 4 72 165 149

Boston 61 33 22 6 72 190 170

Detroit 61 30 20 11 71 153 158

Ottawa 62 29 27 6 64 179 192

Montreal 61 29 27 5 63 167 168

Buffalo 61 24 30 7 55 144 167

Toronto 59 21 28 10 52 145 176

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Washington 59 44 11 4 92 197 137

N.Y. Rangers 61 35 20 6 76 175 156

N.Y. Islanders 59 33 19 7 73 170 146

Pittsburgh 59 30 21 8 68 155 156

New Jersey 62 30 25 7 67 139 149

Carolina 62 28 24 10 66 152 164

Philadelphia 60 27 22 11 65 148 163

Columbus 62 25 29 8 58 162 191

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Central Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Dallas 62 38 18 6 82 202 178

Chicago 63 38 20 5 81 177 151

St. Louis 63 35 19 9 79 157 152

Nashville 62 30 21 11 71 162 158

Colorado 63 32 27 4 68 169 176

Minnesota 61 27 24 10 64 159 155

Winnipeg 60 26 30 4 56 158 179

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Los Angeles 60 36 20 4 76 161 139

Anaheim 59 32 19 8 72 147 141

San Jose 59 32 21 6 70 177 161

Vancouver 60 24 24 12 60 147 171

Arizona 61 27 28 6 60 166 188

Calgary 60 26 30 4 56 162 184

Edmonton 62 22 34 6 50 152 190

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

Thursday’s Games

Philadelphia 3, Minnesota 2

Columbus 6, New Jersey 1

Toronto 3, Carolina 1

Florida 3, Arizona 2

N.Y. Rangers 2, St. Louis 1

Nashville 3, Chicago 1

Winnipeg 6, Dallas 3

N.Y. Islanders 2, Calgary 1, OT

Vancouver 5, Ottawa 3

Los Angeles 2, Edmonton 1

Friday’s Games

Tampa Bay at New Jersey, 7 p.m.

Minnesota at Washington, 7 p.m.

Boston at Carolina, 7 p.m.

Edmonton at Anaheim, 10 p.m.

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

Saturday’s Games

Arizona at Philadelphia, 1 p.m.

Winnipeg at Pittsburgh, 3 p.m.

Florida at Columbus, 3 p.m.

St. Louis at Nashville, 3 p.m.

N.Y. Rangers at Dallas, 4 p.m.

Toronto at Montreal, 7 p.m.

Detroit vs. Colorado at Denver, CO, 8 p.m.

Ottawa at Calgary, 10 p.m.

Buffalo at Los Angeles, 11 p.m.

 

Blue Jackets’ box

New Jersey 0 1 0 = 1

Columbus 3 2 1 = 6

First Period—1, Columbus, Foligno 7 (Calvert), 5:20. 2, Columbus, Foligno 8 (Calvert, Karlsson), 8:12. 3, Columbus, Saad 23 (Karlsson, Calvert), 19:13. Penalties—Tootoo, NJ, major (fighting), 8:18; Campbell, Clm, major (fighting), 8:18; Dubinsky, Clm (holding stick), 10:14; Foligno, Clm (holding), 13:03.

Second Period—4, New Jersey, Boucher 5 (Zajac, Severson), 1:38. 5, Columbus, Foligno 9 (Savard, Karlsson), 13:32. 6, Columbus, Dubinsky 14 (Foligno, Murray), 18:47 (pp). Penalties—Dubinsky, Clm (boarding), 4:38; Blandisi, NJ (hooking), 17:37.

Third Period—7, Columbus, Bourque 3, 18:59. Penalties—Prout, Clm (interference), 4:55; Gionta, NJ (tripping), 9:22.

Shots on Goal—New Jersey 7-13-6—26. Columbus 11-7-6—24.

Power-play opportunities—New Jersey 0 of 4; Columbus 1 of 2.

Goalies—New Jersey, Schneider 26-20-6 (11 shots-8 saves), Kinkaid (0:00 second, 13-10). Columbus, Korpisalo 11-7-4 (26-25).

A—12,590 (18,144). T—2:23.

Referees—Justin St. Pierre, Chris Lee. Linesmen—Brandon Gawryletz, Steve Barton.

 

H.S. scores

Ohio High School Athletic Association

Thursday’s Boys’ Basketball Scores

Division I

N. Ridgeville 63, Westlake 61

Division II

Cols. DeSales 78, London 47

Cols. South 66, Caledonia River Valley 58

Delaware Buckeye Valley 79, Cols. Beechcroft 76

Johnstown-Monroe 62, Granville 40

Division III

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Division IV

Hicksville 62, Pioneer N. Central 46

Holgate 63, W. Unity Hilltop 61, 2OT

Newark Cath. 70, Gahanna Christian 48

 

Thursday’s Girls’ Basketball

Tournament Results

Division I

Cols. Northland 41, Hilliard Bradley 25

Euclid 57, Mentor 45

New Albany 53, Thomas Worthington 52

Newark 49, Logan 39

Notre Dame Academy 49, Tol. Start 42

Reynoldsburg 60, Worthington Kilbourne 57

Division II

Akr. Hoban 58, Norton 42

Bellevue 59, Upper Sandusky 53

Cle. VASJ 45, Geneva 41

Elyria Cath. 49, Parma Padua 36

Ottawa-Glandorf 41, Celina 23

Shaker Hts. Hathaway Brown 62, St. Vincent-St. Mary 60

Shelby 58, Ontario 57

Tol. Cent. Cath. 63, Oak Harbor 53

Tol. Rogers 60, Clyde 23

Wapakoneta 29, Lima Bath 24

Division III

Attica Seneca E. 73, Ashland Crestview 65

Columbus Grove 63, Coldwater 44

Findlay Liberty-Benton 56, Ft. Recovery 43

Metamora Evergreen 49, Genoa Area 32

Tontogany Otsego 44, Archbold 35

Willard 58, Mt. Blanchard Riverdale 48

Division IV

Arlington 51, Delphos St. John’s 30

Carey 74, Fremont St. Joseph 46

Cols. Wellington 39, Sugar Grove Berne Union 34

Danville 59, Delaware Christian 25

Defiance Ayersville 51, Stryker 39

Fairfield Christian 37, Lancaster Fisher Cath. 27

Fostoria St. Wendelin 66, Old Fort 44

Gorham Fayette 45, Holgate 39

Granville Christian 46, Grove City Christian 40

Maria Stein Marion Local 48, Convoy Crestview 47

Minster 63, McGuffey Upper Scioto Valley 47

New London 59, Norwalk St. Paul 42

Ottoville 52, Leipsic 28

S. Webster 61, Reedsville Eastern 51

Tiffin Calvert 66, New Washington Buckeye Cent. 56

Waterford 65, Portsmouth Notre Dame 26

 

Free agents

NEW YORK (AP) – The 47 remaining free agents (q-did not accept qualifying offer):

AMERICAN LEAGUE

CLEVELAND (1) – Ryan Raburn, dh.

DETROIT (3) – Joe Nathan, rhp; Alfredo Simon, rhp; Randy Wolf, lhp.

KANSAS CITY (2) – Franklin Morales, lhp; Alex Rios, of.

LOS ANGELES (4) – David DeJesus, of; David Freese, 3b; David Murphy, of; Shane Victorino, of.

MINNESOTA (2) – Neal Cotts, lhp; Torii Hunter, of.

OAKLAND (1) – Barry Zito, lhp.

SEATTLE (1) – Joe Beimel, lhp.

TAMPA BAY (1) – Grady Sizemore, of.

TEXAS (3) – q-Yovani Gallardo, rhp; Drew Stubbs, of; Will Venable, of.

TORONTO (3) – Mark Buehrle, lhp; Jeff Francis, lhp; LaTroy Hawkins, rhp.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

CHICAGO (4) – Chris Denorfia, of; q-Dexter Fowler, of; Dan Haren, rhp; Austin Jackson, of.

CINCINNATI (1) – Sean Marshall, lhp.

COLORADO (1) – Justin Morneau, 1b.

MILWAUKEE (1) – Kyle Lohse, rhp.

NEW YORK (1) – Juan Uribe, 3b.

PHILADELPHIA (4) – Chad Billingsley, rhp; Aaron Harang, rhp; Cliff Lee, lhp; Jerome Williams, rhp.

PITTSBURGH (3) – A.J. Burnett, rhp; Corey Hart, 1b; Aramis Ramirez, 3b.

ST. LOUIS (1) – Randy Choate, lhp.

SAN DIEGO (1) – Josh Johnson, rhp.

SAN FRANCISCO (5) – Jeremy Affeldt, lhp; Marlon Byrd, of; Tim Hudson, rhp; Tim Lincecum, rhp; Marco Scutaro, 2b.

WASHINGTON (4) – q-Ian Desmond, ss; Nate McLouth, of; Matt Thornton, lhp; Dan Uggla, 2b.