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All Hawaii times

Pro basketball

National Basketball Association

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

W L Pct GB

Philadelphia 23 17 .575 —

Boston 20 18 .526 2

New York 18 21 .462 4½

Toronto 13 26 .333 9½

New Jersey 13 27 .325 10

Southeast Division

Miami 30 9 .769 —

Orlando 25 15 .625 5½

Atlanta 23 16 .590 7

Washington 9 29 .237 20½

Charlotte 5 32 .135 24

Central Division

Chicago 33 8 .805 —

Indiana 23 14 .622 8

Milwaukee 15 24 .385 17

Cleveland 14 23 .378 17

Detroit 13 26 .333 19

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Southwest Division

W L Pct GB

San Antonio 26 12 .684 —

Memphis 23 15 .605 3

Dallas 23 17 .575 4

Houston 21 19 .525 6

New Orleans 9 30 .231 17½

Northwest Division

Oklahoma City 31 8 .795 —

Denver 22 18 .550 9½

Minnesota 21 19 .525 10½

Utah 19 19 .500 11½

Portland 19 20 .487 12

Pacific Division

L.A. Clippers 22 15 .595 —

L.A. Lakers 23 16 .590 —

Phoenix 17 21 .447 5½

Golden State 15 21 .417 6½

Sacramento 13 26 .333 10

Wednesday’s results

Utah 99, Charlotte 93

Toronto 116, Houston 98

Washington 106, L.A. Lakers 101

Philadelphia 103, Boston 71

Miami 89, Atlanta 86

Oklahoma City 115, Phoenix 104

Minnesota 106, Portland 94

Chicago 106, Milwaukee 104

New Jersey 101, L.A. Clippers 100

San Antonio 118, New York 105

Cleveland 100, Denver 99

Sacramento 99, New Orleans 98

Memphis 110, Golden State 92

Today’s games

Orlando at Chicago, 3 p.m.

Dallas at Phoenix, 5:30 p.m.

Pro hockey

National Hockey League

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

N.Y. Rangers 65 42 16 7 91 180 137

Pittsburgh 66 40 21 5 85 212 170

Philadelphia 65 37 21 7 81 213 193

New Jersey 66 37 24 5 79 184 176

N.Y. Islanders 66 28 29 9 65 155 195

Northeast Division

Boston 65 39 23 3 81 214 154

Ottawa 68 35 25 8 78 209 201

Buffalo 67 31 28 8 70 166 188

Toronto 67 30 30 7 67 200 209

Montreal 67 25 32 10 60 174 189

Southeast Division

Florida 65 31 22 12 74 163 184

Winnipeg 67 32 27 8 72 176 187

Washington 66 32 28 6 70 175 188

Tampa Bay 66 31 29 6 68 187 226

Carolina 67 25 27 15 65 177 203

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Central Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

St. Louis 67 42 18 7 91 174 132

Detroit 67 43 21 3 89 211 156

Nashville 66 38 21 7 83 188 171

Chicago 68 36 25 7 79 203 200

Columbus 66 21 38 7 49 156 216

Northwest Division

Vancouver 67 41 18 8 90 211 166

Colorado 68 35 29 4 74 178 181

Calgary 67 30 25 12 72 164 185

Minnesota 67 28 29 10 66 144 187

Edmonton 66 26 34 6 58 175 198

Pacific Division

Dallas 67 36 26 5 77 179 180

Phoenix 67 33 25 9 75 173 170

San Jose 65 33 24 8 74 181 166

Los Angeles 66 31 23 12 74 147 143

Anaheim 67 29 28 10 68 170 188

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

Wednesday’s results

Buffalo 3, Carolina 2, OT

Pittsburgh 3, Toronto 2

Today’s games

Buffalo at Boston, 2 p.m.

N.Y. Islanders at New Jersey, 2 p.m.

Florida at Philadelphia, 2 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Washington, 2 p.m.

Los Angeles at Columbus, 2 p.m.

N.Y. Rangers at Ottawa, 2:30 p.m.

Anaheim at St. Louis, 3 p.m.

Colorado at Nashville, 3 p.m.

San Jose at Dallas, 3:30 p.m.

Minnesota at Phoenix, 4 p.m.

Montreal at Edmonton, 4:30 p.m.

Winnipeg at Vancouver, 5 p.m.

College basketball

MEN

TOURNAMENT

Big 12 Conference

First Round

Oklahoma St. 76, Texas Tech 60

Texas A&M 62, Oklahoma 53

Big East Conference

Second Round

Georgetown 64, Pittsburgh 52

Louisville 61, Seton Hall 55

South Florida 56, Villanova 47

UConn 71, West Virginia 67, OT

Big Sky Conference

Championship

Montana 85, Weber St. 66

Conference USA

First Round

East Carolina 68, Rice 66

Marshall 74, SMU 56

UTEP 67, Houston 62, OT

Mid-American Conference

Second Round

Toledo 75, Cent. Michigan 72

W. Michigan 71, N. Illinois 54

Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference

Quarterfinals

Hampton 59, Savannah St. 46

Norfolk St. 71, Howard 61

Northeast Conference

Championship

LIU 90, Robert Morris 73

Pacific-12 Conference

First Round

Oregon St. 69, Washington St. 64

Stanford 85, Arizona St. 65

UCLA 55, Southern Cal 40

Colorado 53, Utah 41

Patriot League

Championship

Lehigh 82, Bucknell 77

Southland Conference

Quarterfinals

Lamar 76, Northwestern St. 69

First Round

McNeese St. 78, UTSA 74, OT

S.F. Austin 68, Sam Houston St. 46

Texas-Arlington 96, Nicholls St. 48

Southwestern Athletic Conference

First Round

MVSU 63, Jackson St. 60

Texas Southern 75, Alabama A&M 62

Women

STATE

Louisiana Tech 63, Hawaii 54

TOURNAMENT

Big 12 Conference

First Round

Missouri 72, Oklahoma St. 68

Texas Tech 81, Texas 58

Conference USA

First Round

East Carolina 59, Tulsa 49

Rice 64, Houston 50

SMU 53, Marshall 52

Southern Miss. 71, UCF 49

Horizon League

Quarterfinals

Detroit 79, Cleveland St. 43

Green Bay 77, Valparaiso 53

Ill.-Chicago 66, Butler 53

Wright St. 91, Loyola of Chicago 67

Mid-American Conference

Second Round

Cent. Michigan 58, Ohio 55

N. Illinois 61, Akron 60

Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference

Quarterfinals

Hampton 61, Norfolk St. 40

Howard 57, SC State 42

Mountain West Conference

First Round

Boise St. 68, Colorado St. 63

New Mexico 61, UNLV 58

San Diego St. 68, Air Force 58

Wyoming 61, TCU 44

Pacific-12 Conference

First Round

Arizona 61, UCLA 57

Colorado 55, Utah 41

Washington 72, Oregon 56

Washington St. 65, Oregon St. 56

Southwestern Athletic Conference

Quarterfinals

Alcorn St. 54, Southern U. 44

MVSU 70, Texas Southern 47

Western Athletic Conference

First Round

Louisiana Tech 63, Hawaii 54

Idaho 67, San Jose St. 63

Louisiana Tech 63, Hawaii 54

Utah St. 75, Nevada 66

Transactions

BASEBALL

National League

BASEBALL

American League

NEW YORK YANKEES—Agreed to terms with 2B David Adams, OF Zoilo Almonte, RHP Dellin Betances, LHP Cesar Cabral, C Francisco Cervelli, 2B Corban Joseph, RHP George Kontos, 3B Brandon Laird, OF Justin Maxwell, OF Melky Mesa, RHP Brad Meyers, RHP William Mitchell, RHP Ivan Nova, SS Eduardo Nunez, SS Ramiro Pena, RHP David Phelps, RHP Michael Pineda, C Austin Romine and RHP Cory Wade on one-year contracts.

SEATTLE MARINERS—Announced the retirement of INF Carlos Guillen.

BASKETBALL

National Basketball Association

NBA—Fined Dallas G Jason Kidd $25,000 for for public criticism of officiating after Monday’s game.

LOS ANGELES LAKERS—Assigned G Darius Morris to Los Angeles of the D-League.

FOOTBALL

National Football League

BUFFALO BILLS—Re-signed WR Ruvell Martin.

INDIANAPOLIS COLTS—Released QB Peyton Manning.

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS—Released CB Marcus Trufant.

HOCKEY

National Hockey League

DETROIT RED WINGS—Assigned F Chris Connor to Grand Rapids (AHL). Extended their affiliation agreement with Grand Rapids (AHL) for five years through the 2016-17 season.

MONTREAL CANADIENS—Reassigned F Andreas Engqvist and F Louis Leblanc to Hamilton (AHL).

TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING—Recalled G Dustin Tokarski from Norfolk (AHL).

SOCCER

Major League Soccer

CHICAGO FIRE—Signed D Arne Friedrich.

D.C. UNITED—Signed M Lance Rozeboom.

FC DALLAS—Named Fernando Clavijo technical director.

NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION—Placed MF Sainey Nyassi on the DL.

COLLEGE

BIG EAST CONFERENCE—Announced Temple will join the conference for football next season and all other sports in 2013.

ARIZONA—Suspended G Josiah Turner indefinitely for violating team rules.

LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE—Announced the resignation of Errol Rogers woman’s basketball coach.

NEBRASKA—Named Terry Joseph defensive secondary coach.

Pro baseball

Major League spring training

AMERICAN LEAGUE

W L Pct

Boston 3 0 1.000

Detroit 5 0 1.000

Seattle 5 1 .833

Los Angeles 2 1 .667

Oakland 4 2 .667

Kansas City 3 2 .600

Toronto 3 2 .600

Baltimore 2 2 .500

Cleveland 2 2 .500

Minnesota 3 3 .500

Texas 2 2 .500

New York 2 3 .400

Tampa Bay 1 4 .200

Chicago 0 3 .000

NATIONAL LEAGUE

W L Pct

Houston 4 1 .800

Milwaukee 2 1 .667

San Francisco 3 2 .600

Chicago 2 2 .500

Cincinnati 2 2 .500

Los Angeles 1 1 .500

New York 2 2 .500

Washington 2 2 .500

Philadelphia 2 3 .400

Pittsburgh 2 3 .400

Colorado 1 2 .333

Miami 1 2 .333

Arizona 1 4 .200

Atlanta 1 4 .200

San Diego 1 4 .200

St. Louis 0 2 .000

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

Wednesday’s results

Tampa Bay 4, N.Y. Yankees 0

Washington 3, St. Louis 3, tie

Houston 10, Philadelphia 3

N.Y. Mets 7, Miami 0

Baltimore 6, Minnesota 0

Detroit 5, Atlanta 1

Toronto (ss) 3, Boston 3, tie

Toronto (ss) 8, Pittsburgh 6

Chicago Cubs 6, Kansas City 4

San Francisco 8, Colorado 6

Texas 6, San Diego (ss) 2

Milwaukee 10, Chicago White Sox 6

Seattle 6, L.A. Angels 4

Oakland 3, L.A. Dodgers 3, tie

San Diego (ss) 5, Cincinnati 0

Cleveland 10, Arizona 2

Tennis

BNP Paribas Open

At Indian Wells, Calif.

Singles

Women

First Round

Jamie Hampton, United States, def. Polona Hercog, Slovenia, 6-0, 6-1.

Kimiko Date-Krumm, Japan, def. Pauline Parmentier, France, 6-1, 6-3.

Galina Voskoboeva, Kazakhstan, def. Marina Erakovic, New Zealand, 5-7, 6-3, 7-5.

Timea Bacsinszky, Switzerland, def. Anne Keothavong, Britain, 6-4, 2-6, 7-5.

Klara Zakopalova, Czech Republic, def. Laura Pous-Tio, Spain, 6-1, 6-1.

Jarmila Gajdosova, Australia, def. CoCo Vandeweghe, United States, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3.

Mona Barthel, Germany, def. Jill Craybas, United States, 6-1, 6-2.

Sorana Cirstea, Romania, def. Iveta Benesova, Czech Republic, 4-6, 7-5, 7-6 (5).

Elena Baltacha, Britain, def. Arantxa Rus, Netherlands, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3.

Carla Suarez Navarro, Spain, def. Tsvetana Pironkova, Bulgaria, 6-4, 6-2.

Vania King, United States, def. Sara Errani, Italy, 7-6 (3), 6-4.

Elena Vesnina, Russia, def. Casey Dellacqua, Australia, 6-4, 7-5.