April 27 scoreboard
All Hawaii times
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Pro basketball
National Basketball Association
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L Pct GB
z-Chicago 50 16 .758 —
y-Miami 46 20 .697 4
x-Indiana 42 24 .636 8
y-Boston 39 27 .591 11
x-Atlanta 40 26 .606 10
x-Orlando 37 29 .561 13
x-New York 36 30 .545 14
x-Philadelphia 35 31 .530 15
Milwaukee 31 35 .470 19
Detroit 25 41 .379 25
Toronto 23 43 .348 27
New Jersey 22 44 .333 28
Cleveland 21 45 .318 29
Washington 20 46 .303 30
Charlotte 7 59 .106 43
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L Pct GB
z-San Antonio 50 16 .758 —
y-Oklahoma City 47 19 .712 3
y-L.A. Lakers 41 25 .621 9
x-Memphis 41 25 .621 9
x-L.A. Clippers 40 26 .606 10
x-Denver 38 28 .576 12
x-Dallas 36 30 .545 14
x-Utah 36 30 .545 14
Houston 34 32 .515 16
Phoenix 33 33 .500 17
Portland 28 38 .424 22
Minnesota 26 40 .394 24
Golden State 23 43 .348 27
Sacramento 22 44 .333 28
New Orleans 21 45 .318 29
x-clinched playoff spot
y-clinched division
z-clinched conference
Thursday’s results
Toronto 98, New Jersey 67
Utah 96, Portland 94
Chicago 107, Cleveland 75
Houston 84, New Orleans 77
Denver 131, Minnesota 102
Memphis 88, Orlando 76
Atlanta 106, Dallas 89
Boston 87, Milwaukee 74
New York 104, Charlotte 84
Detroit 108, Philadelphia 86
Washington 104, Miami 70
San Antonio 107, Golden State 101
Sacramento 113, L.A. Lakers 96
Playoff glance
FIRST ROUND
(x-if necessary)
(Best-of-7)
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Chicago vs. Philadelphia
Saturday, April 28: Philadelphia at Chicago , 7 a.m
Tuesday, May 1: Philadelphia at Chicago, 2 p.m.
Friday, May 4: Chicago at Philadelphia, 2 p.m.
Sunday, May 6: Chicago at Philadelphia, 7 a.m.
x-Tuesday, May 8: Philadelphia at Chicago, TBD
x-Thursday, May 10: Chicago at Philadelphia, TBD
x-Saturday, May 12: Philadelphia at Chicago, TBD
Miami vs. New York
Saturday, April 28: New York at Miami, 9:30 a.m.
Monday, April 30: New York at Miami, 1 p.m.
Thursday, May 3: Miami at New York, 1 p.m.
Sunday, May 6: Miami at New York, 9:30 a.m.
x-Wednesday, May 9: New York at Miami, TBD
x-Friday, May 11: Miami at New York, TBD
x-Sunday, May 13: New York at Miami, TBD
Indiana vs. Orlando
Saturday, April 28: Orlando at Indiana, 1 p.m.
Monday, April 30: Orlando at Indiana, 1:30 p.m.
Wednesday, May 2: Indiana at Orlando, 1:30 p.m.
Saturday, May 5: Indiana at Orlando, 8 a.m.
x-Tuesday, May 8: Orlando at Indiana, TBD
x-Friday, May 11: Indiana at Orlando, TBD
x-Sunday, May 13: Orlando at Indiana, TBD
Boston vs. Atlanta
Sunday, April 29: Boston at Atlanta, 1 p.m.
Tuesday, May 1: Boston at Atlanta, 1:30 p.m.
Friday, May 4: Atlanta at Boston, 1:30 p.m.
Sunday, May 6: Atlanta at Boston, 1 p.m.
x-Tuesday, May 8: Boston at Atlanta, TBD
x-Thursday, May 10: Atlanta at Boston, TBD
x-Saturday, May 12: Boston at Atlanta, TBD
WESTERN CONFERENCE
San Antonio vs. Utah
Sunday, April 29: Utah at San Antonio, 7 a.m.
Wednesday, May 2: Utah at San Antonio, 1 p.m.
Saturday, May 5: San Antonio at Utah, 4 p.m.
Monday, May 7: San Antonio at Utah, TBD
x-Wednesday, May 9: Utah at San Antonio, TBD
x-Friday, May 11: San Antonio at Utah, TBD
x-Sunday, May 13: Utah at San Antonio, TBD
Oklahoma City vs. Dallas
Saturday, April 28: Dallas at Oklahoma City, 3:30 p.m.
Monday, April 30: Dallas at Oklahoma City, 3:30 p.m.
Thursday, May 3: Oklahoma City at Dallas, 3:30 p.m.
Saturday, May 5: Oklahoma City at Dallas, 1:30 p.m.
x-Monday, May 7: Dallas at Oklahoma City, TBD
x-Thursday, May 10: Oklahoma City at Dallas, TBD
x-Saturday, May 12: Dallas at Oklahoma City, TBD
L.A. Lakers vs. Denver
Sunday, April 29: Denver at L.A. Lakers, 9:30 a.m.
Tuesday, May 1: Denver at L.A. Lakers, 4:30 p.m.
Friday, May 4: L.A. Lakers at Denver, 4:30 p.m.
Sunday, May 6: L.A. Lakers at Denver, 3:30 p.m.
x-Tuesday, May 8: Denver at L.A. Lakers, TBD
x-Thursday, May 10: L.A. Lakers at Denver, TBD
x-Saturday, May 12: Denver at L.A. Lakers, TBD
Memphis vs. L.A. Clippers
Sunday, April 29: L.A. Clippers at Memphis, 3:30 p.m.
Wednesday, May 2: L.A. Clippers at Memphis, 3:30 p.m.
Saturday, May 5: Memphis at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 a.m.
Monday, May 7: Memphis at L.A. Clippers, TBD
x-Wednesday, May 9: L.A. Clippers at Memphis, TBD
x-Friday, May 11: Memphis at L.A. Clippers, TBD
x-Sunday, May 13: L.A. Clippers at Memphis, TBD
Pro baseball
American League
East Division
W L Pct GB
Baltimore 12 7 .632 —
Tampa Bay 12 7 .632 —
New York 10 8 .556 1½
Toronto 10 9 .526 2
Boston 8 10 .444 3½
Central Division
Cleveland 9 8 .529 —
Chicago 10 9 .526 —
Detroit 10 9 .526 —
Kansas City 5 14 .263 5
Minnesota 5 14 .263 5
West Division
Texas 15 4 .789 —
Oakland 10 10 .500 5½
Seattle 10 10 .500 5½
Los Angeles 6 13 .316 9
Thursday’s results
Kansas City 4, Cleveland 2
Seattle 5, Detroit 4
Tampa Bay 4, L.A. Angels 3
Baltimore 5, Toronto 2
Boston 10, Chicago White Sox 3
Today’s games
Detroit (Verlander 2-1) at N.Y. Yankees (Nova 3-0), 1:05 p.m.
L.A. Angels (Weaver 3-0) at Cleveland (Masterson 0-2), 1:05 p.m.
Oakland (McCarthy 0-3) at Baltimore (Arrieta 1-1), 1:05 p.m.
Seattle (Beavan 1-2) at Toronto (R.Romero 3-0), 1:07 p.m.
Tampa Bay (Shields 3-0) at Texas (M.Harrison 3-0), 2:05 p.m.
Boston (Bard 1-2) at Chicago White Sox (Danks 2-2), 2:10 p.m.
Kansas City (Teaford 0-1) at Minnesota (Pavano 1-2), 2:10 p.m.
National League
East Division
Washington 14 5 .737 —
Atlanta 12 7 .632 2
New York 11 8 .579 3
Philadelphia 9 10 .474 5
Miami 7 11 .389 6½
Central Division
St. Louis 12 7 .632 —
Cincinnati 9 10 .474 3
Milwaukee 9 10 .474 3
Pittsburgh 8 10 .444 3½
Houston 7 12 .368 5
Chicago 6 13 .316 6
West Division
Los Angeles 13 6 .684 —
San Francisco 10 9 .526 3
Colorado 9 9 .500 3½
Arizona 9 10 .474 4
San Diego 6 14 .300 7½
Thursday’s results
San Francisco 6, Cincinnati 5
N.Y. Mets 3, Miami 2
San Diego 2, Washington 1
Today’s games
Chicago Cubs (Maholm 1-2) at Philadelphia (Halladay 3-1), 1:05 p.m.
Arizona (J.Saunders 1-1) at Miami (Zambrano 0-1), 1:10 p.m.
Houston (W.Rodriguez 1-2) at Cincinnati (Leake 0-2), 1:10 p.m.
Pittsburgh (A.J.Burnett 1-0) at Atlanta (Hanson 2-2), 1:35 p.m.
Milwaukee (Gallardo 1-1) at St. Louis (Westbrook 2-1), 2:15 p.m.
N.Y. Mets (Schwinden 0-0) at Colorado (Pomeranz 0-1), 2:40 p.m.
Washington (Detwiler 2-0) at L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 1-0), 4:10 p.m.
San Diego (Luebke 2-1) at San Francisco (Hacker 0-0), 4:15 p.m.
Hockey
National Hockey League playoffs
FIRST ROUND
(Best-of-7)
Wednesday’s result
Washington 2, Boston 1, OT, Washington wins series 4-3
Thursday’s results
NY Rangers 2, Ottawa 1, NY Rangers wins series 4-3
New Jersey 3, Florida 2, 2OT, New Jersey wins series 4-3
CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS
Today
Nashville at Phoenix, 9 p.m.
Saturday, April 28
Los Angeles at St. Louis, TBA
Sunday, April 29
Nashville at Phoenix, TBA
Monday, April 30
Los Angeles at St. Louis, TBA
Wednesday, May 2
Phoenix at Nashville, TBA
Thursday, May 3
St. Louis at Los Angeles, TBA
Friday, May 4
Phoenix at Nashville, TBA
Sunday, May 6
St. Louis at Los Angeles, TBA
Transactions
BASEBALL
Major League Baseball
MLB—Suspended Cleveland LHP Harold Guerrero (Mahoning-NYP) and Chicago White Sox RHP Andre Rienzo (Winston-Salem-Car) 50 games each for testing positive for performance-enhancing substances in violation of the minor league drug prevention and treatment program.
American League
DETROIT TIGERS—Released 3B Brandon Inge. Recalled RHP Brayan Villarreal from Toledo (IL). Selected the contractsof RHP Luke Putkonen and 1B Brad Eldred from Toledo. Optioned RHP Thad Weber to Toledo.
National League
SAN DIEGO PADRES—Placed RHP Micah Owings on the 15-day DL. Selected the contract of RHP Dale Thayer from Tucson (PCL). Transferred RHP Dustin Moseley from the 15-day DL to the 60-day DL.
BASKETBALL
Women’s National Basketball Association
ATLANTA DREAM—Signed F Chelsea Regins, F Aishah Sutherland and G Brittany Johnson.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
MINNESOTA VIKINGS—Signed WR Jerome Simpson.
NEW YORK GIANTS—Signed DT Shaun Rogers.
PITTSBURGH STEELERS—Agreed to terms with QB Byron Leftwich on a one-year contract.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
FLORIDA PANTHERS—Assigned G Jacob Markstrom to San Antonio (AHL).
LACROSSE
National Lacrosse League
COLORADO MAMMOTH—Activated F Joey Cupido from the practice squad.
SOCCER
Major League Soccer
MLS—Suspended Philadelphia Union Executive Vice President and Team Manager Peter Nowak for one game and has been fined $5,000 for leaving his team’s technical area, entering the field of play and initiating contact with an opposing player. Fined Chivas USA Head Coach Robin Fraser $500 for leaving his team’s technical area and crossing midfield. Fined Philadelphia Union $5,000 for the behavior of its players and team staff. Fined Chivas USA $2,500 for the behavior of its players and team staff.
COLORADO RAPIDS—Signed F Luis Eduardo Schmidt.
COLUMBUS CREW—Signed F Jairo Arrieta.
COLLEGE
NORTH TEXAS—Named Bart Lundy men’s assistant basketball coach.
OKLAHOMA CHRISTIAN—Named Lonny Cobble baseball coach.
SMU—Named Tim Jankovich men’s associate head basketball coach.
WEBER STATE—Named Jody Sears interim football coach.
Soccer
Major League Soccer
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA
Sport. K.C. 7 1 0 21 12 3
D.C. 3 2 3 12 12 8
New York 3 3 1 10 17 14
Chicago 2 1 2 8 6 6
Houston 2 1 2 8 5 5
Philadelphia 2 3 1 7 4 6
Columbus 2 3 1 7 6 9
N.England 2 4 0 6 5 8
Montreal 1 5 2 5 7 15
Toronto FC 0 6 0 0 4 13
WESTERN CONFERENCE
San Jose 5 1 1 16 13 5
Real S.L. 5 3 1 16 13 9
Vancouver 3 2 2 11 6 6
FC Dallas 3 3 2 11 9 11
Seattle 3 1 1 10 6 2
Los Angeles 3 3 0 9 10 10
Chivas USA 3 4 0 9 4 5
Colorado 3 4 0 9 8 10
Portland 2 4 1 7 9 11
NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.
Wednesday’s result
FC Dallas 1, Real Salt Lake 1, tie
Saturday’s games
Portland at Montreal, 8 a.m.
New England at New York, 9:30 a.m.
San Jose at Philadelphia, 1 p.m.
Vancouver at Columbus, 1:30 p.m.
Houston at D.C. United, 1:30 p.m.
Seattle FC at Chicago, 2:30 p.m.
Toronto FC at Real Salt Lake, 3 p.m.
Chivas USA at Colorado, 3 p.m.
FC Dallas at Los Angeles, 4:30 p.m.
Tennis
WTA: Porsche Grand Prix At Stuttgart, Germany
Singles first round
Mona Barthel, Germany, def. Marion Bartoli (7), France, 6-3, 6-1.
Li Na (8), China, def. Agkul Amanmuradova, Uzbekistan, 6-4, 6-4.
Petra Kvitova (3), Czech Republic, def. Francesca Schiavone, Italy, 6-2, 6-2.
Samantha Stosur (5), Australia, def. Julia Goerges, Germany, 6-2, 2-6, 6-3.
Victoria Azarenka (1), Belarus, def. Andrea Petkovic, Germany, 6-2, 4-4, retired.
Angelique Kerber, Germany, def. Caroline Wozniacki (6), Denmark, 6-1, 6-2.
ATP: Barcelona Open
At Barcelona, Spain
Singles
First Round
Milos Raonic (11), Canada, def. Nicolas Almagro (6), Spain, 6-3, 6-3.
Kei Nishikori (8), Japan, def. Albert Ramos (17), Spain, 7-6 (2), 6-3.
Andy Murray (2), Britain, def. Santiago Giraldo, Colombia, 6-1, 6-2.
Feliciano Lopez (7), Spain, def. Jarkko Nieminen, Finland, 6-3, 6-1.
Rafael Nadal (1), Spain, def. Robert Farah, Colombia, 6-2, 6-3.
Janko Tipsarevic (5), Serbia, def. Frederico Gil, Portugal, 6-2, 6-2.
David Ferrer (3), Spain, def. Albert Montanes, Spain, 6-0, 6-2.
Fernando Verdasco (9), Spain, def. Kevin Anderson (13), South Africa, 6-4, 6-4.
WTA: SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem
At Fez, Morocco
Singles
Quaterfinals
Simona Halep (5), Romania, def. Anabel Medina Garrigues (1), Spain, 6-2, 6-1.
Kiki Bertens, Netherlands, def. Garbine Muguruza Blanco, Spain, 6-1, 6-4.
Mathilde Johansson, France, def. Petra Cetkovska (3), Czech Republic, 6-3, 6-4.
Laura Pous-Tio, Spain, def. Irina-Camelia Begu, Romania, 6-4, 6-1.
Golf
Zurich Classic of New Orleans
At TPC Louisiana
Avondale, La.
Purse: $6.4 million
Yardage: 7,425; Par 72 (36-36)
First Round
Ken Duke 33-32—65
Cameron Tringale 34-31—65
Daniel Chopra 33-33—66
Steve Stricker 31-35—66
Ernie Els 31-35—66
Chris Stroud 33-33—66
Ben Curtis 34-33—67
John Rollins 33-34—67
Jason Dufner 33-34—67
David Hearn 35-33—68
Webb Simpson 34-34—68
Graham DeLaet 34-34—68
Daniel Summerhays 34-34—68
Jonas Blixt 33-35—68
Briny Baird 34-35—69
Tim Herron 34-35—69
Graeme McDowell 36-33—69
Camilo Villegas 35-34—69
Bob Estes 34-35—69
Kevin Streelman 36-33—69
J.J. Henry 34-35—69
Kyle Reifers 33-36—69
Miguel Angel Carballo 35-34—69
Kris Blanks 35-34—69
Vaughn Taylor 35-34—69
Charley Hoffman 35-34—69
Scott Verplank 33-36—69
Stuart Appleby 34-35—69
Mark Anderson 36-33—69
Troy Kelly 35-34—69
Erik Compton 36-33—69
Russell Knox 34-35—69
George McNeill 35-35—70
Brian Gay 35-35—70
Lucas Glover 34-36—70
Alex Cejka 36-34—70
Jason Kokrak 34-36—70
Garth Mulroy 34-36—70
Greg Owen 36-34—70
Greg Chalmers 35-35—70
Stephen Ames 35-35—70
Jimmy Walker 35-35—70
Mathew Goggin 35-35—70
Brian Harman 32-38—70
Colt Knost 36-34—70
Michael Putnam 36-34—70
William McGirt 36-34—70
Seung-Yul Noh 34-36—70
Hank Kuehne 34-37—71
Bubba Watson 34-37—71
Rocco Mediate 36-35—71
John Mallinger 35-36—71
Brian Davis 36-35—71
Nick O’Hern 35-36—71
J.B. Holmes 37-34—71
Bud Cauley 35-36—71
Sunghoon Kang 34-37—71
Bobby Gates 36-35—71
Nathan Green 36-35—71
Rickie Fowler 36-35—71
Chris DiMarco 35-36—71
Roland Thatcher 35-36—71
Rod Pampling 35-36—71
K.J. Choi 36-35—71
Charles Howell III 35-36—71
Jeff Maggert 37-34—71
John Peterson 36-35—71
Patrick Reed 35-36—71
