Basketball

Results of NBA games on Thursday (home team in CAPS):

Portland 100 ATLANTA 85

HOUSTON 120 Philadelphia 98

MILWAUKEE 108 LA Lakers 105

LA Clippers 109 DALLAS 103

STANDINGS

Eastern Conference

Atlantic Division

W L PCT GB Toronto 40 31 .563 -

Brooklyn 37 33 .529 2 1/2

NY Knicks 30 42 .417 10 1/2

Boston 23 48 .324 17

Philadelphia 15 57 .208 25 1/2

CENTRAL DIVISION

W L PCT GB

Indiana 52 20 .722 -

Chicago 40 31 .563 11 1/2

Cleveland 29 44 .397 23 1/2

Detroit 26 45 .366 25 1/2

Milwaukee 14 58 .194 38

SOUTHEAST DIVISION

W L PCT GB

Miami 48 22 .686 -

Washington 36 35 .507 12 1/2

Charlotte 35 37 .486 14

Atlanta 31 40 .437 17 1/2

Orlando 20 52 . 278 29

Western Conference

NORTHWEST DIVISION

W L PCT GB

Oklahoma City 52 19 .732 -

Portland 46 27 .630 7

Minnesota 35 35 .500 16 1/2

Denver 32 40 .444 20 1/2

Utah 23 49 .319 29 1/2

PACIFIC DIVISION

W L PCT GB

LA Clippers 51 22 .699 -

Golden State 44 27 .620 6

Phoenix 43 29 .597 7 1/2

Sacramento 25 46 .352 25

LA Lakers 24 47 .338 26

SOUTHWEST DIVISION

W L PCT GB

San Antonio 55 16 .775 -

Houston 49 22 .690 6

Memphis 43 28 .606 12

Dallas 43 30 .589 13

New Orleans 31 40 .437 24

x-clinched playoff spot

y-clinched division

Cricket

World Twenty20

Super 10 Group One match at Chittagong, Bangladesh, on Thursday: England 190-4 in 19.2 overs (Alex Hales 116 not out, Eoin Morgan 57; Nuwan Kulasekara 4-32) def. Sri Lanka 189-4 in 20 overs (Mahela Jayawardene 89, Tillakaratne Dilshan 55; Chris Jordan 2-28, Jade Dernbach 2-42).

Super 10 Group One match in Chittagong: South Africa 145-9 in 20 overs (Hashim Amla 43; Ahsan Malik 5-19) def. the Netherlands 139 all out in 18.4 overs (Stephan Myburgh 51; Imran Tahir 4-21, Dale Steyn 2-19).

Golf

PGA Texas Open

Leading scores on Thursday in the fog-delayed first round of the $6.2 million event (USA unless noted):

68 - Pat Perez, Danny Lee (NZL)

69 - Will MacKenzie, Noh Seung-yul (KOR), Cameron Beckman, Chesson Hadley

70 - Aaron Baddeley (AUS), Freddie Jacobson (SWE), Michael Thompson, Charlie Beljan, Carl Pettersson (SWE), Stuart Appleby (AUS), Zach Johnson, Jim Furyk, Charley Hoffman, Ben Curtis, Heath Slocum, Alex Aragon, Jim Renner, Brice Garnett, Brian Harman

71 - Ted Potter, Brendon Todd, Erik Compton, Brooks Koepka, Alex Prugh, James Hahn, Cameron Tringale.

LPGA Kia Classic

Leading scores after first round in Carlsbad on Thursday (par 72, USA unless noted):

67 - Paula Creamer, Mariajo Uribe (COL)

68 - Cristie Kerr, Feng Shanshan (CHN), Jodi Ewart Shadoff (ENG), Lee Mi-hyang (KOR)

69 - Park In-bee (KOR), Lexi Thompson, Tiffany Joh, Azahara Munoz (ESP), Lizette Salas

70 - Becky Morgan (WAL), Pak Se-ri (KOR), Michelle Wie, Ai Miyazato (JPN), Julieta Granada (PAR), Dori Carter, Sun Yoo Young (KOR), Stacy Lewis, Ayako Uehara (JPN), Mo Martin, Ryu So-yeon Ryu (KOR), Marina Alex, Rebecca Lee-Bentham (CAN), Caroline Masson (GER), Kelly Tan (MAS), Katie Burnett, Brooke Pancake, Victoria Elizabeth.

Ice Hockey

Results of NHL games on Thursday (home team in CAPS):

BOSTON 3 Chicago 0

Phoenix 3 NEW JERSEY 2 (SO)

Los Angeles 3 PITTSBURGH 2

Montreal 5 DETROIT 4

TAMPA BAY 3 NY Islanders 2 (SO)

Carolina 3 FLORIDA 0

ST. LOUIS 5 Minnesota 1

NASHVILLE 6 Buffalo 1

COLORADO 3 Vancouver 2 (OT)

Winnipeg 4 SAN JOSE 3

Soccer

French Cup

Thursday's quarterfinal result:

Rennes 2 (Grosicki 34, Alessandrini 90) Lille 0

Italian Serie A

Result of game on Thursday:

Inter 0 Udinese 0

Spanish La Liga

Results of games on Thursday:

Real Sociedad 1 (Vela 23) Valladolid 0

Getafe 0 Villarreal 1 (Perbet 5)

Levante 1 (Diop 26) Real Betis 3 (Salva Sevilla 13, Jorge Molina 70, Rub? Castro 77)

Almeria 2 (D?z 53, Garcia Perez Roldan 55) Valencia 2 (Se. Keita 1, Vargas 34)

Tennis

Miami Masters

The 10th day of the WTA and ATP tournament (x denotes seeded player):

Men's quarterfinals

Tomas Berdych (CZE x7) bt Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR x22) 6-4, 7-6 (3). Rafael Nadal (ESP x1) bt Milos Raonic (CAN x12) 4-6, 6-2, 6-4.

Women's semifinals

Serena Williams (USA x1) bt Maria Sharapova (RUS x4) 6-4, 6-3. Li Na (CHN x2) bt Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) 7-5, 2-6, 6-3

China Daily

(China Daily 03/29/2014 page15)