Basketball
Results of NBA games on Thursday (home team in CAPS):
OKLAHOMA CITY 105 LA Clippers 91
DENVER 97 Chicago 87
EASTERN CONFERENCE
ATLANTIC DIVISION
W L PCT GB
1. Toronto 5 7 .417 -
2. Philadelphia 5 8 .385 1/2
3. Boston 4 9 .308 1 1/2
4. NY Knicks 3 8 .273 1 1/2
5. Brooklyn 3 8 .273 1 1/2
CENTRAL DIVISION
1. Indiana 10 1 .909 -
2. Chicago 6 4 .600 3 1/2
3. Detroit 4 7 .364 6
4. Cleveland 4 8 .333 6 1/2
5. Milwaukee 2 8 .200 7 1/2
SOUTHEAST DIVISION
1. Miami 9 3 .750 -
2. Atlanta 7 5 .583 2
3. Charlotte 6 6 .500 3
4. Washington 4 7 .364 4 1/2
5. Orlando 4 7 .364 4 1/2
WESTERN CONFERENCE
NORTHWEST DIVISION
1. Portland 10 2 .833 -
2. Oklahoma City 8 3 .727 1 1/2
3. Minnesota 7 6 .538 3 1/2
4. Denver 5 6 .455 4 1/2
5. Utah 1 12 .077 9 1/2
PACIFIC DIVISION
1. Golden State 8 4 .667 -
2. LA Clippers 8 5 .615 1/2
3. Phoenix 5 6 .455 2 1/2
4. LA Lakers 5 7 .417 3
5. Sacramento 4 7 .364 3 1/2
SOUTHWEST DIVISION
1. San Antonio 10 1 .909 -
2. Dallas 8 4 .667 2 1/2
3. Houston 8 5 .615 3
4. Memphis 7 5 .583 3 1/2
5. New Orleans 5 6 .455 5
Saturday's games
Phoenix at Charlotte
Milwaukee at Philadelphia
Washington at Toronto
Indiana at Boston
Atlanta at Detroit
San Antonio at Memphis
Brooklyn at Minnesota
Cleveland at New Orleans
Utah at Dallas
Chicago at Portland
Golden State at LA Lakers
Cricket
First Ashes Test
Scoreboard at the close of play on the second day of the first Test between Australia and England at the Gabba on Friday:
Australia first innings 295 (B. Haddin 94, M. Johnson 64. C. Broad 6-81).
England first innings 136 (M. Carberry 40.
Johnson 4-61, R. Harris 3-28).
Australia second innings 65-0 (D. Warner 45 no).
Golf
World Cup
Leading second-round scores of Handa World Cup of Golf at Royal Melbourne G C on Friday:
INDIVIDUAL
134 - Thomas Bjorn, Denmark 66-68
135 - Kevin Streelman USA 66-69
138 - Ricardo Santos, Portugal 69-69, Jason Day, Australia 68-70
139 - Martin Laird, Scotland 67-72, Stuart Manley, Wales 67-72, Hideto Tanihara, Japan 72-67, Matt Kuchar, USA 71-68
141 - Tony Lascuna, Philippines 70-71, Oscar Fraustro, Mexico 74-67, Gregory Bourdy, France 72-69, K J Choi, South Korea 67-74, Kiradech Aphibarnrat, Thailand 71-70, David Hearn, Canada 70-71
142 - Anirban Lahiri, India 72-70, Danny Willett, England 68-73, Vijay Singh, India 73-69, Ryo Ishikawa, Japan 71-71, Francesco Molinari, Italy 75-67, Miguel Angel Jimenez, Spain 75-69
TEAM SCORES
USA (Streelman/Kuchar) 274
Denmark (Bjorn/Olesen) 277
Japan (Ishikawa/Tanihara) 281
Australia (Day/Scott) 281
Portugal (Santos/Lima) 282
Scotland (Laird/Gallacher) 284
Thailand (Aphibarnrat/Marksaeng) 285
France (Bourdy/Dubuisson) 285
Canada (Hearn/Fritsch) 285
LPGA Titleholders
NAPLES, United States - Leading first-round scores on Thursday in the LPGA Titleholders (USA unless noted, par-72)
64 - Sandra Gal (GER)
65 - Rebecca Lee-Bentham (CAN)
66 - Feng Shanshan (CHN), Lexi Thompson, Anna Nordqvist (SWE)
67 - Sandra Changkija
68 - Park In-yee (KOR), Brittany Lang, Yoo Sun-young (KOR), Brittany Lincicome, Jane Park, Dewi Claire Schreefel (NED)
69 - Meena Lee (KOR), Lee Il-yee (KOR), Juli Inkster, Cristie Kerr, Cindy LaCrosse, Mo Martin, Ayako Uehara (JPN), Ai Miyazato (JPN), Karine Icher (FRA), Park Hee-young (KOR)
70 - Karrie Webb (AUS), Moriya Jutanugarn (THA), Mika Miyazato (JPN), Ryu So-Yeon (KOR), Natalie Gulbis, Catriona Matthew (SCO), Pornanong Phatlum (THA)
71 - Stacy Lewis, Chella Choi (KOR), Lydia Ko (NZL), Candie Kung (TPE), Lizette Salas, Choi Na-yeon (KOR), Gerina Piller, Stacy Prammanasudh, Morgan Pressel, Jennifer Johnson
Ice Hockey
Results of NHL games on Thursday (home team in CAPS):
St. Louis 3 BOSTON 2 (SO)
PHILADELPHIA 4 Buffalo 1
Nashville 4 TORONTO 2
DETROIT 4 Carolina 3
Chicago 6 WINNIPEG 3
NY Rangers 3 DALLAS 2
Colorado 4 PHOENIX 3 (OT)
EDMONTON 4 Florida 1
New Jersey 2 LOS ANGELES 1 (OT)
SAN JOSE 5 Tampa Bay 1
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
W L OT Pts Gf Ga
Boston 14 6 2 30 61 41
Tampa Bay 14 8 0 28 67 60
Toronto 13 8 1 27 64 53
Detroit 10 6 7 27 58 65
Montreal 11 9 2 24 58 47
Ottawa 8 10 4 20 63 71
Florida 6 13 4 16 50 76
Buffalo 5 18 1 11 43 76
Metropolitan Division
Pittsburgh 14 8 0 28 63 48
Washington 12 9 1 25 69 63
New Jersey 9 8 5 23 48 53
NY Rangers 11 11 0 22 46 54
Philadelphia 9 10 2 20 44 51
Carolina 8 10 4 20 43 63
Columbus 8 11 3 19 54 65
NY Islanders 8 11 3 19 63 73
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central Division
Chicago 15 4 4 34 85 69
St. Louis 15 3 3 33 73 49
Colorado 16 5 0 32 68 45
Minnesota 14 5 4 32 61 53
Dallas 11 8 2 24 60 59
Nashville 11 9 2 24 52 65
Winnipeg 10 11 3 23 64 72
Pacific Division
San Jose 14 3 5 33 77 51
Anaheim 15 6 3 33 75 63
Phoenix 14 4 4 32 76 70
Los Angeles 15 6 2 32 64 50
Vancouver 11 8 4 26 58 61
Calgary 7 11 4 18 60 81
Edmonton 7 15 2 16 64 84
NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.
Saturday's games
NY Islanders at Pittsburgh
Montreal at Washington
Florida at Calgary
Tampa Bay at Anaheim
Columbus at Vancouver
NFL
Result from NFL match on Thursday (home team in CAPS):
New Orleans 17 ATLANTA 13
China Daily
(China Daily 11/23/2013 page15)