Scoreboard
Pro basketball
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National Basketball Association
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
W L Pct GB
New York 20 7 .741 —
Brooklyn 14 12 .538 5½
Boston 13 13 .500 6½
Philadelphia 13 15 .464 7½
Toronto 9 19 .321 11½
Southeast Division
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Miami 18 6 .750 —
Atlanta 16 9 .640 2½
Orlando 12 15 .444 7½
Charlotte 7 20 .259 12½
Washington 3 22 .120 15½
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Chicago 15 11 .577 —
Indiana 16 12 .571 —
Milwaukee 14 12 .538 1
Detroit 9 21 .300 8
Cleveland 6 23 .207 10½
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Southwest Division
W L Pct GB
San Antonio 21 8 .724 —
Memphis 18 7 .720 1
Houston 14 12 .538 5½
Dallas 12 16 .429 8½
New Orleans 5 22 .185 15
Northwest Division
W L Pct GB
Oklahoma City 21 5 .808 —
Denver 15 13 .536 7
Portland 13 12 .520 7½
Minnesota 13 12 .520 7½
Utah 15 14 .517 7½
Pacific Division
W L Pct GB
L.A. Clippers 21 6 .778 —
Golden State 18 10 .643 3½
L.A. Lakers 13 14 .481 8
Phoenix 11 17 .393 10½
Sacramento 8 18 .308 12½
Saturday’s Games
Atlanta 92, Chicago 75
Detroit 96, Washington 87
Miami 105, Utah 89
Houston 121, Memphis 96
Indiana 81, New Orleans 75
Cleveland 94, Milwaukee 82
Denver 110, Charlotte 88
Portland 96, Phoenix 93
L.A. Lakers 118, Golden State 115, OT
Sunday’s Games
Brooklyn 95, Philadelphia 92
New York 94, Minnesota 91
Utah 97, Orlando 93
San Antonio 129, Dallas 91
L.A. Clippers 103, Phoenix 77
Portland at Sacramento, late
Monday’s Games
No games scheduled
Today’s Games
Boston at Brooklyn, 7 a.m.
New York at L.A. Lakers, 10 a.m.
Oklahoma City at Miami, 12:30 p.m.
Houston at Chicago, 3 p.m.
Denver at L.A. Clippers, 5:30 p.m.
College basketball
AP Men’s Top 25
The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Dec. 23, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week’s ranking:
Record Pts Prv
1. Duke (63) 11-0 1,623 1
2. Michigan (2) 12-0 1,551 2
3. Arizona 11-0 1,463 4
4. Louisville 11-1 1,422 5
5. Indiana 11-1 1,383 6
6. Kansas 10-1 1,309 9
7. Missouri 10-1 1,157 12
8. Cincinnati 12-0 1,144 11
9. Syracuse 10-1 1,140 3
10. Ohio St. 9-2 965 7
11. Minnesota 12-1 878 13
12. Illinois 12-1 875 10
13. Gonzaga 11-1 824 14
14. Florida 8-2 772 8
15. Georgetown 10-1 674 15
16. Creighton 11-1 589 17
17. San Diego St. 11-1 557 18
18. Butler 9-2 512 19
19. Michigan St. 11-2 416 20
20. UNLV 11-1 382 21
21. Notre Dame 12-1 337 22
22. Oklahoma St. 10-1 318 24
23. NC State 9-2 264 25
24. Pittsburgh 12-1 189 —
25. Kansas St. 9-2 152 —
Others receiving votes: New Mexico 66, Kentucky 37, Temple 36, Wyoming 28, North Carolina 16, VCU 16, Wichita St. 11, Maryland 7, Oregon 6, UConn 6.
AP Women’s Top 25
The top 25 teams in the The Associated Press’ women’s college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Dec. 23, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week’s ranking:
Record Pts Prv
1. Stanford (24) 11-0 982 1
2. UConn (14) 10-0 964 2
3. Baylor (2) 9-1 931 3
4. Duke 10-0 883 4
5. Notre Dame 9-1 824 5
6. Georgia 12-0 790 6
7. Kentucky 9-1 774 7
8. California 9-1 687 8
9. Maryland 8-2 671 9
10. Penn St. 10-2 621 11
11. Purdue 11-1 537 13
12. Louisville 11-2 522 14
13. Tennessee 7-3 517 10
14. Oklahoma St. 8-0 466 15
15. Dayton 12-0 454 16
16. North Carolina 11-1 349 17
17. UCLA 7-2 307 12
18. Oklahoma 9-2 286 18
19. South Carolina 11-1 254 21
20. Texas 8-2 195 20
21. Florida St. 10-1 183 23
22. Kansas 9-2 162 19
23. Colorado 10-0 156 25
24. Texas A&M 8-4 118 22
25. Arkansas 10-1 107 —
Others receiving votes: Nebraska 52, Iowa St. 39, Miami 32, Ohio St. 25, West Virginia 23, Vanderbilt 20, Duquesne 19, Michigan St. 14, Michigan 11, Syracuse 10, Villanova 6, Iowa 4, Toledo 2, UTEP 2, Utah 1.
Monday’s Sports
Transactions
BASEBALL
Frontier League
RIVER CITY RASCALS — Exercised the 2013 contract options on INF Will Block and RHP Steven Grife.
ROCKFORD RIVERHAWKS — Exercised the 2013 contract options on OF Brandon Anderson, RHP Nick Anderson, LHP Andrew Armstrong, INF Evan Button, RHP Mickey Cassidy, RHP Nelson Curry, RHP Jordan Goldschmidt, RHP Garrett Granitz, INF Matt Greener, RHP Cody Hallahan, OF Michael Hur, INF Carlos Luciano, INF Ted Obregon, RHP Drew Rucinski, C Michael Thomas, C Greg Van Horn, LHP Ziggie VanderWall, INF Trevor Whyte, RHP Jordan Cudney, LHP Jon Gulbransen, LHP Nick Cicio, LHP Darrin Tew, LHP Alex Szymanski, LHP Brad Schnitzer, OF Devin Shepherd and RHP Brett Scarpetta. Declined options on INF Justino Cuevas, RHP Tyree Hayes and OF Rudy Wilson.
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS MINERS — Sent INF Will Block and RHP Steven Grife to River City to complete earlier trades.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
SACRAMENTO KINGS — Reinstated C DeMarcus Cousins.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
BUFFALO BILLS — Placed TE Scott Chandler on injured reserve.
CHICAGO BEARS — Released WR Dane Sanzenbacher. Signed LS Patrick Mannelly to a one-year contract extension.
NEW YORK JETS — Waived WR Mardy Gilyard.
COLLEGE
ARKANSAS — Named Joel Thomas running backs coach.
TEXAS TECH — Suspended CB Cornelius Douglas, LB Chris Payne and DT Leon Mackey from the Meineke Car Care Bowl.
College football
FBS bowl glance
Thursday
Poinsettia Bowl
At San Diego
BYU 23, San Diego State 6
Friday
Beef ‘O’ Brady’s Bowl
At St. Petersburg, Fla.
Central Florida 38, Ball State 17
Saturday
New Orleans Bowl
Louisiana-Lafayette 43, East Carolina 34
MAACO Bowl
Las Vegas
Boise State 28, Washington 26
Monday
Hawaii Bowl
At Honolulu
SMU (6-6) vs. Fresno State (9-3), late
Wednesday, Dec. 26
Little Caesars Pizza Bowl
At Detroit
Central Michigan (6-6) vs. Western Kentucky (7-5), 2:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Thursday, Dec. 27
Military Bowl
At Washington
Bowling Green (8-4) vs. San Jose State (10-2), 10 a.m. (ESPN)
Belk Bowl
At Charlotte, N.C.
Duke (6-6) vs. Cincinnati (9-3), 1:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Holiday Bowl
At San Diego
Baylor (7-5) vs. UCLA (9-4), 4:45 p.m. (ESPN)
Friday, Dec. 28
Independence Bowl
At Shreveport, La.
Louisiana-Monroe (8-4) vs. Ohio (8-4), 9 a.m. (ESPN)
Russell Athletic Bowl
At Orlando, Fla.
Virginia Tech (6-6) vs. Rutgers (9-3), 12:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Meineke Car Care Bowl
At Houston
Minnesota (6-6) vs. Texas Tech (7-5), 4 p.m. (ESPN)
Pro football
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
East
W L T Pct PF PA
y-New Eng.11 4 0 .733 529 331
Miami 7 8 0 .467 288 289
N.Y. Jets 6 9 0 .400 272 347
Buffalo 5 10 0 .333 316 426
South
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y-Houston 12 3 0 .800 400 303
x-Indy 10 5 0 .667 329 371
Tennessee 5 10 0 .333 292 451
Jacksonville 2 13 0 .133 235 406
North
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y-Baltimore 10 5 0 .667 381 321
x-Cincinnati 9 6 0 .600 368 303
Pittsburgh 7 8 0 .467 312 304
Cleveland 5 10 0 .333 292 344
West
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y-Denver 12 3 0 .800 443 286
San Diego 6 9 0 .400 326 329
Oakland 4 11 0 .267 269 419
Kansas City 2 13 0 .133 208 387
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
East
W L T Pct PF PA
Washington 9 6 0 .600 408 370
Dallas 8 7 0 .533 358 372
N.Y. Giants 8 7 0 .533 387 337
Philadelphia 4 11 0 .267 273 402
South
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y-Atlanta 13 2 0 .867 402 277
New Orleans 7 8 0 .467 423 410
Tampa Bay 6 9 0 .400 367 377
Carolina 6 9 0 .400 313 325
North
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y-Green Bay 11 4 0 .733 399 299
Minnesota 9 6 0 .600 342 314
Chicago 9 6 0 .600 349 253
Detroit 4 11 0 .267 348 411
West
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x-San Fran.10 4 1 .700 370 260
x-Seattle 10 5 0 .667 392 232
St. Louis 7 7 1 .500 286 328
Arizona 5 10 0 .333 237 330
x-clinched playoff spot
y-clinched division
Saturday’s Game
Atlanta 31, Detroit 18
Sunday’s Games
Green Bay 55, Tennessee 7
Indianapolis 20, Kansas City 13
New Orleans 34, Dallas 31, OT
Minnesota 23, Houston 6
Carolina 17, Oakland 6
Miami 24, Buffalo 10
Cincinnati 13, Pittsburgh 10
New England 23, Jacksonville 16
Washington 27, Philadelphia 20
St. Louis 28, Tampa Bay 13
San Diego 27, N.Y. Jets 17
Denver 34, Cleveland 12
Chicago 28, Arizona 13
Baltimore 33, N.Y. Giants 14
Seattle 42, San Francisco 13
Sunday, Dec. 30
Jacksonville at Tennessee, 8 a.m.
Green Bay at Minnesota, 8 a.m.
Carolina at New Orleans, 8 a.m.
N.Y. Jets at Buffalo, 8 a.m.
Miami at New England, 8 a.m.
Baltimore at Cincinnati, 8 a.m.
Cleveland at Pittsburgh, 8 a.m.
Houston at Indianapolis, 8 a.m.
Philadelphia at N.Y. Giants, 8 a.m.
Dallas at Washington, 8 a.m.
Chicago at Detroit, 8 a.m.
Tampa Bay at Atlanta, 8 a.m.
Oakland at San Diego, 11:25 a.m.
Arizona at San Francisco, 11:25 a.m.
St. Louis at Seattle, 11:25 a.m.
Kansas City at Denver, 11:25 a.m.
