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)