Pro basketball
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 26 15 .634 5
Atlanta 23 16 .590 7
Washington 9 29 .237 20½
Charlotte 5 32 .135 24
Central Division
Chicago 33 9 .786 —
Indiana 23 14 .622 7½
Milwaukee 15 24 .385 16½
Cleveland 14 23 .378 16½
Detroit 13 26 .333 18½
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Southwest Division
W L Pct GB
San Antonio 26 12 .684 —
Memphis 23 15 .605 3
Dallas 23 18 .561 4½
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 18 21 .462 5
Golden State 15 21 .417 6½
Sacramento 13 26 .333 10
Friday’s results
New Jersey 83, Charlotte 74
Philadelphia 104, Utah 91
Boston 104, Portland 86
Detroit 86, Atlanta 85
Cleveland 96, Oklahoma City 90
L.A. Lakers 105, Minnesota 102
L.A. Clippers 120, San Antonio 108
Milwaukee 119, New York 114
Denver 110, New Orleans 97
Sacramento 110, Dallas 97
Today’s games
Portland at Washington, 2 p.m.
Toronto at Detroit, 2:30 p.m.
Indiana at Miami, 2:30 p.m.
Utah at Chicago, 3 p.m.
Charlotte at Oklahoma City, 3 p.m.
New Orleans at Minnesota, 3 p.m.
Houston at New Jersey, 3 p.m.
Memphis at Phoenix, 4 p.m.
Dallas at Golden State, 5:30 p.m.
Pro hockey
National Hockey League
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
N.Y. Rangers 66 42 17 7 91 181 141
Pittsburgh 66 40 21 5 85 212 170
Philadelphia 66 38 21 7 83 218 193
New Jersey 67 38 24 5 81 189 177
N.Y. Islanders 67 28 30 9 65 156 200
Northeast Division
Boston 66 40 23 3 83 217 155
Ottawa 69 36 25 8 80 213 202
Buffalo 68 31 29 8 70 167 191
Toronto 67 30 30 7 67 200 209
Montreal 68 26 32 10 62 179 192
Southeast Division
Florida 66 31 23 12 74 163 189
Washington 67 33 28 6 72 178 190
Winnipeg 68 32 28 8 72 178 190
Tampa Bay 67 31 29 7 69 189 229
Carolina 67 25 27 15 65 177 203
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
St. Louis 68 43 18 7 93 177 133
Detroit 67 43 21 3 89 211 156
Nashville 67 39 21 7 85 192 173
Chicago 68 36 25 7 79 203 200
Columbus 67 22 38 7 51 159 217
Northwest Division
Vancouver 68 42 18 8 92 214 168
Colorado 69 35 30 4 74 180 185
Calgary 67 30 25 12 72 164 185
Minnesota 68 29 29 10 68 147 189
Edmonton 67 26 35 6 58 178 203
Pacific Division
Dallas 68 37 26 5 79 183 183
Phoenix 68 33 25 10 76 175 173
San Jose 66 33 24 9 75 184 170
Los Angeles 67 31 24 12 74 148 146
Anaheim 68 29 29 10 68 171 191
NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.
Friday’s results
Pittsburgh 2, Florida 1, SO
Detroit 4, Los Angeles 3
Chicago 4, N.Y. Rangers 3
Calgary 5, Winnipeg 3
Today’s games
Washington at Boston, 8 a.m.
Edmonton at Colorado, 10 a.m.
Philadelphia at Toronto, 2 p.m.
Buffalo at Ottawa, 2 p.m.
New Jersey at N.Y. Islanders, 2 p.m.
Carolina at Tampa Bay, 2 p.m.
Columbus at St. Louis, 3 p.m.
Detroit at Nashville, 3 p.m.
Anaheim at Dallas, 3 p.m.
San Jose at Phoenix, 3 p.m.
Montreal at Vancouver, 5 p.m.
College basketball
MEN
TOURNAMENT
Atlantic 10 Conference
Quarterfinals
Saint Louis 78, La Salle 71
St. Bonaventure 71, Saint Joseph’s 68
UMass 77, Temple 71
Xavier 70, Dayton 69
Atlantic Coast Conference
Quarterfinals
Duke 60, Virginia Tech 56
Florida St. 82, Miami 71
NC State 67, Virginia 64
North Carolina 85, Maryland 69
Big 12 Conference
Semifinals
Baylor 81, Kansas 72
Missouri 81, Texas 67
Big East Conference
Semifinals
Cincinnati 71, Syracuse 68
Louisville 64, Notre Dame 50
Big Ten Conference
Quarterfinals
Michigan 73, Minnesota 69, OT
Michigan St. 92, Iowa 75
Ohio St. 88, Purdue 71
Wisconsin 79, Indiana 71
Big West Conference
Semifinals
Long Beach St. 68, UC Irvine 57
UC S.B. 64, Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo 52
Conference USA
Semifinals
Marshall 73, Southern Miss. 62
Memphis 83, UCF 52
Great West Conference
Semifinals
NJIT 88, Utah Valley 78, OT
N. Dakota 63, Texas-Pan American 59
Mid-American Conference
Semifinals
Akron 78, Kent St. 74
Ohio 77, Buffalo 74
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Semifinals
Bethune-Cookman 81, Hampton 72
Norfolk St. 58, Florida A&M 46
Mountain West Conference
Semifinals
New Mexico 72, UNLV 67
San Diego St. 79, Colorado St. 69
Pacific-12 Conference
Semifinals
Colorado 70, California 59
Oregon St. 72, Arizona 61
Southeastern Conference
Quarterfinals
Florida 66, Alabama 63
Kentucky 60, LSU 51
Mississippi 77, Tennessee 72, OT
Vanderbilt 63, Georgia 41
Southwestern Athletic Conference
Semifinals
MVSU 71, Ark.-Pine Bluff 64
Texas Southern 60, Alcorn St. 55
Western Athletic Conference
Semifinals
Louisiana Tech 78, Nevada 73
New Mexico St. 92, Hawaii 81
Transactions
BASEBALL
Major League Baseball
MLB—Suspended Toronto LHP Mitchell Taylor (Bluefield-Appalachian) and free agent RHP Matthew Rusch 50 games each for second violations for a drug of abuse under the minor league drug prevention and treatment program.
American League
BOSTON RED SOX—Agreed to terms with RHP Michael Bowden, LHP Drake Britton, RHP Chris Carpenter, LHP Felix Doubront, RHP Mark Melancon, RHP Clayton Mortensen, RHP Stolmy Pimentel, RHP Junichi Tazawa, C Luis Exposito, C Ryan Lavarnway, INF Lars Anderson, INF Will Middlebrooks, INF Oscar Tejeda, OF Ryan Kalish, OF Che-Hsuan Lin and OF Darnell McDonald on one-year contracts.
CLEVELAND INDIANS—Agreed to terms with 2B Jason Kipnis, C Lou Marson, OF Shelley Duncan, RHP Vinnie Pestano, RHP Frank Herrmann, RHP Zach McAllister, LHP Nick Hagadone, LHP Scott Barnes, OF Ezequiel Carrera, INF Lonnie Chisenhall, INF Russ Canzler and INF Juan Diaz on one-year contracts.
OAKLAND ATHLETICS—Released C Landon Powell.
National League
CHICAGO CUBS—Assigned RHP Marco Carrillo, RHP Trey McNutt, INF Jonathan Mota and OF Jae-Hoon Ha to their minor league camp.
National Basketball Association
NBA—Suspended Orlando Magic’s Hedo Turkoglu one game without pay for making contact with a game official.
LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS—Signed F Bobby Simmons to a second 10-day contract.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
ARIZONA CARDINALS—Made one-year qualifying offers to RB LaRod Stephens-Howling, CB Greg Toler, S Rashad Johnson, QB Richard Bartel, RB Alfonso Smith, DE Ronald Talley and LB Brandon Williams. Re-signed CB A.J. Jefferson and WR Stephen Williams.
BUFFALO BILLS—Agreed to terms with LB Kirk Morrison on a two-year contract.
INDIANAPOLIS COLTS—Released RB Joseph Addai, LB Gary Brackett, DB Melvin Bullitt, TE Dallas Clark and QB Curtis Painter.
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS—Signed OT Guy Whimper to a two-year contract.
NEW YORK GIANTS—Released RB Brandon Jacobs.
NEW YORK JETS—Extended the contract of QB Mark Sanchez three years.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
NHL—Suspended Washington Capitals D Mike Green, without pay, for three games for delivering an illegal hit to the head of Tampa Bay Lightning F Brett Connolly during a game on Thursday, March 8. Fined Montreal Canadiens F Erik Cole $2,500 for slew-footing Edmonton Oilers D Jeff Petry in a game on Thursday.
ANAHEIM DUCKS—Recalled C Ryan O’Marra from Syracuse (AHL).
DETROIT RED WINGS—Recalled F Joakim Andersson from Grand Rapids (AHL).
MONTREAL CANADIENS—Recalled F Louis Leblanc from Hamilton (AHL).
PHOENIX COYOTES—Recalled F Marc-Antoine Pouliot from Portland (AHL).
SOCCER
Major League Soccer
D.C. UNITED—Announced Josh Wolff will serve in the role of player/assistant coach this season.
NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION—Signed MF Jeremiah White.
SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES—Signed G Evan Newton and D Josh Suggs.
TORONTO FC—Terminated the contract of D Geovanny Caicedo.
COLLEGE
ILLINOIS—Fired men’s basketball coach Bruce Weber.
NEBRASKA—Fired men’s basketball coach Doc Sadler.
Pro baseball
Major League spring training
Friday’s results
N.Y. Yankees 3, Atlanta (ss) 0
Toronto 11, Houston 2
St. Louis 3, Minnesota 2
Philadelphia 7, Detroit 5
N.Y. Mets 5, Atlanta (ss) 3
Tampa Bay 3, Baltimore 3, tie, 10 innings
Milwaukee 12, Cleveland 2
Cincinnati (ss) 5, Kansas City 1
San Francisco 6, Cincinnati (ss) 3
Chicago Cubs 5, Chicago White Sox 1
San Diego 6, L.A. Angels 3
Arizona 8, Seattle 5
L.A. Dodgers 9, Texas 0
Oakland 6, Colorado 4
Pittsburgh 7, Boston 4
Miami 3, Washington 0
Golf
Cadillac Championship
At Doral, Fla.
Yardage: 7,334; Par: 72—144
Second round
Bubba Watson 70-62—132
Justin Rose 69-64—133
Adam Scott 66-68—134
Peter Hanson 70-65—135
Thomas Bjorn 68-68—136
Keegan Bradley 69-67—136
Charl Schwartzel 68-69—137
Martin Kaymer 73-64—137
Charles Howell III 70-67—137
Jason Dufner 66-72—138
Zach Johnson 70-68—138
Bo Van Pelt 73-65—138
Kyle Stanley 69-69—138
Luke Donald 70-68—138
Y.E. Yang 72-67—139
Hennie Otto 73-66—139
Steve Stricker 69-70—139
Tiger Woods 72-67—139
Matt Kuchar 72-67—139
Johnson Wagner 70-69—139
Puerto Rico Open
At Rio Grande, Puerto Rico
Yardage: 7,506; Par: 72—144
Second round
Matt Jones 66-67—133
George McNeill 66-70—136
Ryo Ishikawa 70-67—137
Todd Hamilton 68-69—137
Andres Romero 71-67—138
Daniel Summerhays 68-70—138
Roberto Castro 69-69—138
Boo Weekley 70-68—138
Kevin Stadler 69-69—138
Kevin Kisner 68-70—138