March 31 scoreboard

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All Hawaii times

All Hawaii times

Pro basketball

National Basketball Association

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

W L Pct GB

Boston 29 22 .569 —

Philadelphia 28 23 .549 1

New York 26 26 .500 3½

New Jersey 18 35 .340 12

Toronto 17 35 .327 12½

Southeast Division

W L Pct GB

Miami 37 13 .740 —

Orlando 32 20 .615 6

Atlanta 31 22 .585 7½

Washington 12 39 .235 25½

Charlotte 7 42 .143 29½

Central Division

W L Pct GB

x-Chicago 42 11 .792 —

Indiana 30 20 .600 10½

Milwaukee 24 27 .471 17

Detroit 18 33 .353 23

Cleveland 17 32 .347 23

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Southwest Division

W L Pct GB

San Antonio 35 14 .714 —

Dallas 30 23 .566 7

Memphis 27 22 .551 8

Houston 28 24 .538 8½

New Orleans 13 38 .255 23

Northwest Division

W L Pct GB

Oklahoma City 39 12 .765 —

Denver 28 24 .538 11½

Utah 27 25 .519 12½

Minnesota 25 28 .472 15

Portland 24 28 .462 15½

Pacific Division

W L Pct GB

L.A. Lakers 31 20 .608 —

L.A. Clippers 30 21 .588 1

Phoenix 25 26 .490 6

Golden State 20 30 .400 10½

Sacramento 18 33 .353 13

Friday’s results

Denver 99, Charlotte 88

Miami 113, Toronto 101

Washington 97, Philadelphia 76

Atlanta 100, New York 90

Milwaukee 121, Cleveland 84

Chicago 83, Detroit 71

Houston 98, Memphis 89

Boston 100, Minnesota 79

Dallas 100, Orlando 98

Sacramento 104, Utah 103

New Jersey 102, Golden State 100

L.A. Clippers 98, Portland 97

Today’s games

New Orleans at L.A. Lakers, 9:30 a.m.

Charlotte at Detroit, 1:30 p.m.

Cleveland at New York, 1:30 p.m.

Atlanta at Philadelphia, 1:30 p.m.

Indiana at San Antonio, 2:30 p.m.

Memphis at Milwaukee, 2:30 p.m.

New Jersey at Sacramento, 4 p.m.

Utah at L.A. Clippers, 4:30 p.m.

Glantz-Culver line

NCAA basketball tournament

Today

Final Four

At New Orleans

Favorite Line O/U Underdog

Kentucky 8½ (138) Louisville

Ohio St. 2½ (136½) Kansas

Pro baseball

Major leagues

American League

East Division

W L Pct GB

Baltimore 0 0 .000 —

Boston 0 0 .000 —

New York 0 0 .000 —

Tampa Bay 0 0 .000 —

Toronto 0 0 .000 —

Central Division

Chicago 0 0 .000 —

Cleveland 0 0 .000 —

Detroit 0 0 .000 —

Kansas City 0 0 .000 —

Minnesota 0 0 .000 —

West Division

Oakland 1 1 .500 —

Seattle 1 1 .500 —

Los Angeles 0 0 .000 —

Texas 0 0 .000 —

Wednesday’s result

Seattle 3, Oakland 1, 11 innings

Thursday’s result

Oakland 4, Seattle 1

April 5

Boston at Detroit, 7 a.m.

Toronto at Cleveland, 9 a.m.

National League

April 4

St. Louis at Florida, 1 p.m.

Spring training

Friday’s results

Detroit 6, Baltimore 3

Pittsburgh 3, Tampa Bay 3, tie

Minnesota (ss) 4, Toronto 1

St. Louis 4, N.Y. Mets 3

Boston 9, Minnesota (ss) 7

Cincinnati 6, Cleveland 5

L.A. Dodgers (ss) 6, Chicago Cubs 3

Milwaukee 9, L.A. Dodgers (ss) 4

L.A. Angels 9, Arizona 2

Atlanta (ss) 3, Houston (ss) 1

Washington 3, Miami 2

Houston (ss) 5, Atlanta (ss) 1

N.Y. Yankees 13, Philadelphia 9

Kansas City 7, Chicago White Sox 2

San Diego 8, San Francisco 7

Texas 5, Colorado 3

College basketball

MEN

NCAA tournament

FINAL FOUR

At New Orleans

National Semifinals

Today

Kentucky (36-2) vs. Louisville (30-9), 12:09 p.m.

Ohio State (31-7) vs. Kansas (31-6), 2:49 p.m.

National Championship

Monday

Semifinal winners, 9 p.m.

College Basketball Invitational

Championship Series

(Best-of-3)

Friday

Pittsburgh 71, Washington State 65, Pittsburgh wins championship 2-1

WOMEN

NCAA tournament

FINAL FOUR

At National Semifinals

Sunday

Notre Dame (34-3) vs. UConn (33-4), 12:30 p.m.

Baylor (38-0) vs. Stanford (35-1), 3 p.m.

National Championship

Tuesday

Semifinal winners, 2:30 p.m.

Transactions

BASEBALL

COMMISSIONER’S OFFICE—Suspended free agent minor league LHP Lary Vasquez 50 games after testing positive for metabolites of Stanozolol in violation of the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program, effective upon signing with a major league organization.

American League

CLEVELAND INDIANS—Optioned LHP Nick Hagadone and INF Russ Canzler to Columbus (IL). Reassigned C Luke Carlin, INF Andy LaRoche, LHP Chris Seddon, RHP Chris Ray and RHP Robinson Tejeda to minor league camp. Placed RHP Matt Bush on the restricted list.

KANSAS CITY ROYALS—Agreed to terms with OF Alex Gordon on a four-year contract.

LOS ANGELES ANGELS—Selected the contract of RHP Jason Isringhausen from Salt Lake (PCL). Optioned OF Mike Trout to Salt Lake.

NEW YORK YANKEES—Agreed to terms with OF-DH Jack Cust on a minor league contract. Released INF Russell Branyan from his minor league contract, then re-signed him to a new minor league contract. Assigned C Craig Tatum outright to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL).

National League

ATLANTA BRAVES—Agreed to terms with RHP Livan Hernandez on a one-year contract.

COLORADO ROCKIES—Optioned RHP Guillermo Moscoso and LHP Drew Pomeranz to Colorado Springs (PCL). Assigned C Wilkin Castillo and OF Andrew Brown to their minor league camp.

HOUSTON ASTROS—Released RHP Livan Hernandez.

PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES—Traded INF/OF Matt Rizzotti to Minnesota for cash considerations.

PITTSBURGH PIRATES—Traded RHP Ryota Igarashi to Toronto for a player to be named or cash considerations.

SAN DIEGO PADRES—Agree to terms with RHP Cory Luebke on a four-year contract.

SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS—Released INF Mike Fontenot. Placed 2B Freddy Sanchez, RHP Ryan Vogelsong, LHP Eric Surkamp and LHP Dan Runzler on the 15-day DL; Sanchez, Surkamp and Runzler retroactive to March 26, and Vogelsong to March 27.

WASHINGTON NATIONALS—Selected the contract of OF Rick Ankiel from Syracuse (IL).

BASKETBALL

National Basketball Association

NBA—Fined L.A. Clippers F Reggie Evans $25,000 for making an obscene gesture during Monday’s game against New Orleans.

CLEVELAND CAVALIERS—Signed G Lester Hudson to a 10-day contract.

HOUSTON ROCKETS—Assigned F Malcolm Thomas to Rio Grande Valley (NBADL).

NEW JERSEY NETS—Signed F Dennis Horner to a 10-day contract.

FOOTBALL

National Football League

NFL—Suspended N.Y. Giants RB Andre Brown four games for violating the league policy on performance enhancing substances.

CAROLINA PANTHERS—Traded RB Mike Goodson to Oakland for OT Bruce Campbell.

CINCINNATI BENGALS—Agreed to terms with LB Manny Lawson.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS—Re-signed WR Deion Branch. Signed FB Tony Fiammetta and FB Spencer Larsen.

SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS—Waived WR Dontavia Bogan.

HOCKEY

National Hockey League

BOSTON BRUINS—Reassigned D Zach McKelvie to Reading (ECHL) from Providence (AHL).

CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS—Assigned F Phillip Danault to Rockford (AHL).

EDMONTON OILERS—Recalled LW Magnus Paajarvi from Oklahoma City (AHL) and then returned him to Ohlahoma City.

NEW YORK ISLANDERS—Returned G Kevin Poulin to Bridgeport (AHL).

SAN JOSE SHARKS—Signed C Travis Oleksuk to an entry-level contract.

SOCCER

FIFA—Suspended Salvadoran player Alexander Larin for three games.

Major League Soccer

MLS—Suspended Houston M Adam Moffat one game and fined him an undisclosed amount for a reckless challenge which endangered the safety of his opponent during a game against Seattle on March 23. Fined Seattle M Alvaro Fernandez an undisclosed amount for embellishment of contact during the same game.

NEW YORK RED BULLS—Terminated the contract of F Luke Rodgers.

COLLEGE

MONTANA—Named Mick Delaney interim football coach and Jean Gee interim athletic director.

Pro hockey National Hockey League

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

x-N.Y. Rangers 78 50 21 7 107 217 173

x-Pittsburgh 78 48 24 6 102 264 208

x-Philadelphia 77 45 24 8 98 248 214

New Jersey 78 44 28 6 94 214 205

N.Y. Islanders 77 33 33 11 77 190 230

Northeast Division

x-Boston 77 45 28 4 94 251 189

Ottawa 77 39 28 10 88 236 227

Buffalo 78 38 30 10 86 205 215

Toronto 78 33 36 9 75 218 249

Montreal 78 29 35 14 72 200 218 Southeast Division

Florida 78 37 25 16 90 192 215

Washington 78 39 31 8 86 209 221

Winnipeg 78 36 34 8 80 211 230

Carolina 78 31 31 16 78 208 232

Tampa Bay 77 35 35 7 77 220 266

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Central Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

x-St. Louis 78 48 20 10 106 202 151

x-Nashville 78 45 25 8 98 223 203

x-Detroit 78 46 27 5 97 240 195

Chicago 78 43 26 9 95 235 225

Columbus 78 26 45 7 59 185 253 Northwest Division

y-Vancouver 78 48 21 9 105 236 189

Colorado 80 41 33 6 88 205 209

Calgary 79 35 29 15 85 192 219

Minnesota 77 32 35 10 74 164 212

Edmonton 78 31 38 9 71 208 230

Pacific Division

Los Angeles 78 39 27 12 90 182 166

Dallas 78 42 31 5 89 207 209

Phoenix 78 38 27 13 89 202 202

San Jose 78 39 29 10 88 211 201

Anaheim 77 33 33 11 77 194 213

x-clinched playoffs; y-clinched division

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

Friday’s results

Winnipeg 4, Carolina 3, OT

Columbus 4, Florida 1

N.Y. Rangers 4, Montreal 1

Pittsburgh 5, Buffalo 3

Nashville 4, Detroit 1

Colorado 4, Calgary 1

Los Angeles 4, Edmonton 1

Vancouver 5, Dallas 2

Today’s games

Winnipeg at Carolina, 1 p.m.

Florida at Columbus, 1 p.m.

Montreal at N.Y. Rangers, 1:30 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Buffalo, 1:30 p.m.

Nashville at Detroit, 1:30 p.m.

Colorado at Calgary, 3 p.m.

Los Angeles at Edmonton, 3:30 p.m.

Dallas at Vancouver, 4 p.m.

Tennis

Sony Ericsson Open At Key Biscayne, Fla.

Men’s quarterfinals

Andy Murray (4), Britain, def. Rafael Nadal (2), Spain, walkover.

Novak Djokovic (1), Serbia, def. Juan Monaco (21), Argentina, 6-0, 7-6 (5).

Soccer

Major League Soccer

Friday’s result

D.C. United 4, FC Dallas 1

Golf

LPGA-Kraft Nabisco Championship

At Rancho Mirage, Calif.

Yardage: 6,738; Par: 72—142

Second round

Yani Tseng 68-68—136

Haeji Kang 69-68—137

Sun Young Yoo 69-69—138

Lindsey Wright 67-71—138

Na Yeon Choi 72-67—139

Karin Sjodin 72-67—139

Se Ri Pak 70-69—139

Eun-Hee Ji 71-69—140

Momoko Ueda 71-69—140

Vicky Hurst 70-70—140

I.K. Kim 70-70—140

Amy Yang 66-74—140

Maria Hjorth 73-68—141

Cristie Kerr 71-70—141

Hee Kyung Seo 69-72—141

Shanshan Feng 72-70—142

Ha-Neul Kim 71-71—142

Nicole Castrale 69-73—142

Paula Creamer 69-73—142

Jodi Ewart 69-73—142

Katherine Hull 69-73—142

Christina Kim 74-69—143

Mi Jung Hur 73-70—143

Jennifer Johnson 72-71—143

Hee Young Park 72-71—143

Jiyai Shin 72-71—143

Jennifer Song 72-71—143

Angela Stanford 72-71—143

Sandra Gal 71-72—143

Ai Miyazato 71-72—143

Pornanong Phatlum 71-72—143

Karrie Webb 71-72—143

Among failed to qualify

Michelle Wie 73-77—150

Shell Houston Open

At Humble, Texas

Second round

Yardage: 7,457; Par: 72 (36-36)

Note: Play suspended by darkness with 79 golfers still on the course

Leaderboard

1. Brian Davis -11 F

1. Louis Oosthuizen -11 F

3. Jeff Maggert -10 10

4. Tommy Gainey -9 F

4. Greg Owen -9 F

4. Phil Mickelson -9 F

4. J.B. Holmes -9 F

4. James Driscoll -9 7

9. John Huh -8 F

9. Jonas Blixt -8 F

9. Angel Cabrera -8 8

12. Brandt Jobe -7 F

12. John Senden -7 F

12. Henrik Stenson -7 F

12. Kyle Reifers -7 F

12. Harris English -7 F

12. Carl Pettersson -7 8