Basketball
Results of NBA games on Saturday (home team in CAPS)
PHILADELPHIA 123 Detroit 98
DALLAS 103 Sacramento 100
LA Clippers 118 HOUSTON 107
WASHINGTON 101 Atlanta 97
Miami 88 MILWAUKEE 67
SAN ANTONIO 96 New Orleans 80
STANDINGS
Eastern Conference
Atlantic Division
W L PCT GB x-Toronto 41 31 .569 -
Brooklyn 38 33 .535 2 1/2
NY Knicks 30 43 .411 11 1/2
Boston 23 49 .319 18
Philadelphia 16 57 .219 25 1/2
CENTRAL DIVISION
W L PCT GB
y-Indiana 52 21 .712 -
x-Chicago 40 32 .556 11 1/2
Cleveland 29 45 .392 23 1/2
Detroit 26 47 .356 26
Milwaukee 14 59 .192 38
SOUTHEAST DIVISION
W L PCT GB
y-Miami 50 22 .694 -
Washington 38 35 .521 12 1/2
Charlotte 35 38 .479 15 1/2
Atlanta 31 41 .431 19
Orlando 21 52 .288 29 1/2
Western Conference
NORTHWEST DIVISION
W L PCT GB
x-Oklahoma City 53 19 .736 -
Portland 47 27 .635 7
Minnesota 36 35 .507 16 1/2
Denver 32 41 .438 21 1/2
Utah 23 50 .315 30 1/2
PACIFIC DIVISION
W L PCT GB
LA Clippers 52 22 .703 -
Golden State 45 27 .625 6
Phoenix 44 29 .603 7 1/2
Sacramento 25 48 .342 26 1/2
LA Lakers 24 48 .333 27
SOUTHWEST DIVISION
W L PCT GB
x-San Antonio 57 16 .781 -
Houston 49 23 .681 7 1/2
Memphis 43 29 .597 13 1/2
Dallas 44 30 .595 13 1/2
New Orleans 32 41 .438 25
x-clinched playoff spot
y-clinched division
Cricket
World Twenty20
Super 10 Group One match in Chittagong on Saturday: South Africa 196-5 in 20 overs (A.B. de Villiers 69 not out, Hashim Amla 56) def. England 193-7 in 20 overs (Alex Hales 38, Jos Buttler 34, Ravi Bopara 31; Wayne Parnell 3-31, Imran Tahir 2-27).
Super 10 Group One match in Chittagong on Saturday: The Netherlands 151-4 in 20 overs (Peter Borren 49) lost to New Zealand 152-4 in 19 overs (Brendon McCullum 65; Timm van der Gugten 3-30).
Golf
PGA Texas Open
Leading third-round scores on Saturday in the $6.2 million (4.5 million euros) US PGA Tour Texas Open (USA unless noted):
204 - Steven Bowditch (AUS) 69-67-68
207 - Matt Kuchar 70-72-65, Andrew Loupe 67-70-70
208 - Pat Perez 68-71-69
209 - Kevin Na 70-70-69
210 - Daniel Summerhays 72-68-70, Chad Collins 71-66-73
211 - Ryan Palmer 72-71-68, Zach Johnson 70-71-70, Will MacKenzie 69-72-70
212 - Jim Furyk 70-74-68, Geoff Ogilvy (AUS) 74-69-69, Jerry Kelly 71-71-70
213 - Stephen Ames (CAN) 74-71-68, Jordan Spieth 75-70-68, Bo Van Pelt 69-73-71, Andrew Svoboda 73-73-67, Chesson Hadley 69-73-71, Wes Roach 75-66-72, Freddie Jacobson (SWE) 70-70-73
214 - Carl Pettersson (SWE) 70-73-71, Brice Garnett 70-73-71, Justin Hicks 69-73-72
215 - Russell Knox (SCO) 74-70-71, Charley Hoffman 70-75-70, William McGirt 72-71-72, Martin Flores 71-71-73, Trevor Immelman (RSA) 70-71-74, Brendon Todd 71-76-68
LPGA Kia Classic
Leading third-round scores on Saturday in Carlsbad, California (par 72, USA unless noted):
206 - Cristie Kerr 68-68-70, Lizette Salas 69-68-69
208 - Dori Carter 70-64-74, Ayako Uehara (JPN) 70-71-67, Feng Shanshan (CHN) 68-71-69, Anna Nordqvist (SWE) 73-68-67
209 - Ji Eun-hee (KOR) 71-73-65, Stacy Lewis 70-66-73, Lexi Thompson 69-70-70, Chella Choi (KOR) 74-65-70
210 - Karrie Webb (AUS) 75-68-67, Julieta Granada (PAR) 70-70-70, Ashleigh Simon (RSA) 71-69-70, P.K. Kongkraphan (THA) 72-73-65, Azahara Munoz (ESP) 69-72-69
211 - Paula Creamer 67-72-72, Mariajo Uribe 67-71-73, Mo Martin 70-74-67
Ice Hockey
Results of NHL games on Saturday (home team in CAPS):
Boston 4 WASHINGTON 2
COLORADO 3 San Jose 2
Tampa Bay 4 BUFFALO 3 (OT)
Detroit 4 TORONTO 2
Montreal 4 FLORIDA 1
NY ISLANDERS 2 New Jersey 1 (SO)
Columbus 3 CAROLINA 2 (OT)
Anaheim 5 VANCOUVER 1
LOS ANGELES 4 Winnipeg 2
Dallas 4 ST. LOUIS 2
Minnesota 3 PHOENIX 1
Soccer
English Premier League
Games played on Saturday:
Arsenal 1 (Flamini 53) Manchester City 1 (Silva 18)
Crystal Palace 1 (Terry 52-og) Chelsea 0
Manchester United 4 (Rooney 20, 45-pen, Mata 57, Hernandez 90) Aston Villa 1 (Westwood 13)
Southampton 4 (Rodriguez 45, 89, Lambert 49, Lallana 70) Newcastle 0
Stoke 1 (Odemwingie 62) Hull 0
Swansea 3 (De Guzman 30, 38, Routledge 75) Norwich 0
West Brom 3 (Amalfitano 2, Dorrans 9, Thievy 90+4) Cardiff 3 (Mutch 30, Caulker 73, Daehli 90+5)
French Ligue 1
Games played on Saturday:
Sochaux 1 (Sunzu 25) Marseille 1 (Nkoulou 90)
AC Ajaccio 2 (Faty 4, Tallo 33) Toulouse 2 (Sylla 37, Chantome 61)
Evian TG 1 (Mongongu 86-pen) Monaco 0
Montpellier 0 Valenciennes 0
Nantes 0 Bordeaux 0
Reims 1 (Fortes 49) Lorient 1 (Aboubakar 45-pen)
German Bundesliga
Games played on Saturday:
Bayern Munich 3 (Pizarro 31, 40, Shaqiri 34) Hoffenheim 3 (Modeste 23, Salihovic 44, Firmino 75)
Bayer Leverkusen 1 (Kiessling 53-pen) Eintracht Braunschweig 1 (Reichel 47)
VfB Stuttgart 2 (Gentner 9, Harnik 19) Borussia Dortmund 3 (Reus 30, 68-pen, 83)
VfL Wolfsburg 2 (Olic 69, Naldo 89) Eintracht Frankfurt 1 (Aigner 11)
Mainz 05 3 (Bungart 23, Hitz 38-og, Geis 83) FC Augsburg 0
Freiburg 3 (Krmas 23, Mehmedi 53-pen, Klaus 65) Nuremberg 2 (Pogatetz 7, Drmic 45-pen)
Italian Serie A
Games played on Saturday:
Bologna 0 Atalanta 2 (De Luca 22, Estigarribia 26)
AC Milan 3 (Balotelli 4, Kaka 27, 54) Chievo 0
Spanish La Liga
Games played on Saturday:
Espanyol 0 Barcelona 1 (Messi 76-pen)
Celta Vigo 1 (Nolito 87-pen) Sevilla 0
Athletic Bilbao 1 (Muniain 6) Atletico Madrid 2 (Diego Costa 22, Koke 55)
Real Madrid 5 (Ronaldo 15, Carvajal 55, Bale 68, 70, Morata 78) Rayo Vallecano 0
Tennis
Miami Masters
Results on Saturday at the Tennis Center at Crandon Park (seedings in parentheses): Women's final
Serena Williams (USA x1) bt Li Na (CHN x2) 7-5, 6-1
China Daily
(China Daily 03/31/2014 page23)