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THE HERALD ■ FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 2012
PAGE 30 ■ SPORTS
Pacers bounce back By The Associated Press
INDIANAPOLIS — After a bad loss at New Jersey the previous night, the Indiana Pacers were determined to NBA bounce back at home. Danny Granger scored 25 points to lead the Pacers to a 93-89 victory over the Washington Wizards on Thursday night. David West had 14 points and eight rebounds for the Pacers and George Hill also scored 14 points. Indiana recovered after a 16-point loss at New Jersey on Wednesday night to win for the third time in four games. “We knew what we had to do,” Hill said. “We knew that we blew one last night and we can’t let that happen at home. “We knew that we would have to give a good effort and stay with them for the full game. ... All we have to do is to continue to fight every night and not let down.” Jordan Crawford scored 20 points and Nene had 16 points and 13 rebounds for Washington, which has lost five straight. The Wizards’ last lead came with 1:20 left in the third quarter at 69-68. But an eight-point quarter from Tyler Hansbrough, including two free throws with 1.6 seconds left, allowed the Pacers rally. They went in to the final quarter with a 72-69 lead off a 12-3 run. Heat 106, Mavericks 85: LeBron James and Chris Bosh each finished with 19 points and nine rebounds, Dwyane Wade and Udonis Haslem scored 16 apiece. Mario Chalmers scored 12 points and Norris Cole added 10 for Miami, which swept its two games with Dallas this season and snapped a two-game losing streak. Dirk Nowitzki scored 25 for Dallas, but was held to 1-for-9 shooting in the second half. Lamar Odom had 12 points for the Mavericks, who were outrebounded 44-29. Thunder 102, Lakers 93: Russell Westbrook scored 36 points, Kevin Durant added 21 and West-leading Oklahoma City beat the Lakers for its fifth consecutive victory. The Thunder shot 46 percent, ending their streak of hitting 50 percent or better in their four previous games. Andrew Bynum had 25 points and 13 rebounds and Kobe Bryant added 23 points for the Lakers, who have lost their last two at home and are 0-2 against the Thunder this season. Oklahoma City pulled away to open the fourth quarter with a 10-0 run that stretched its lead to 88-70 while Westbrook kept Bryant tied up offensively. Westbrook and Durant scored four points each in the spurt that had Laker fans booing. Trail Blazers 99, Hornets 93: LaMarcus Aldridge had 25 points and 12 rebounds, and Portland pulled away from short-handed New Orleans. Wesley Matthews added 18 points and Luke Babbitt had a career-high 16 points, including four 3-pointers, for the Trail Blazers, who are 4-4 since the dismissal of head coach Nate McMillan. Marco Belinelli had 27 points and Carl Landry had 24 for the Hornets. Landry’s dunk with 4:09 left tied it at 89, Aldridge’s fadeaway jumper put Portland back in front, and Raymond Felton and Nicolas Batum hit back-to-back 3-pointers to make it 97-90 with 58.9 seconds left.
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Local schedule All Times EDT ■■TODAY, MARCH 30 Prep Baseball Northeast Dubois at Heritage Hills (V/JV) . . . . Prep Softball Jasper at Sullivan (V/JV) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Northeast Dubois at Heritage Hills (JV/V) . . . . ■■SATURDAY, MARCH 31 Prep Baseball Jasper at Castle (F) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Southport at Jasper (V) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . North Posey at Forest Park (V/JV) . . . . . . . . . Jasper at Castle (JV) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Southport at Southridge (V) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Prep Boys Golf Jasper at Seymour Invitational . . . . . . . . . . . . Prep Softball Jasper at Barr-Reeve (V) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ■■SUNDAY, APRIL 1 No events scheduled
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Prep baseball AT EVANSVILLE VARSITY n Southridge 9, Evansville Bosse 3 Southridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 003 060 0 — 9-9-1 Evansville Bosse . . . . . . . . . 020 100 0 — 3-7-1 Pitchers and catchers: (S) Seger, L. Messmer (5) and Nordhoff; (EB) Haefner, Smith (5) and Ford. WP: Seger (1-0). LP: Haefner. Doubles: (S) Seger, Tretter; (EB) Smith AT DUBOIS VARSITY n Northeast Dubois 19, Bloomfield 3 Bloomfield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 010 02 — 3-5-3 Northeast Dubois . . . . . . . . (11)02 6x — 19-10-0 Pitchers and catchers: (NED) M. Weisheit, Kunz (5) and Terwiske; (B) S. Bond, B. Query (1), Qualkenbush (4) and Abrams and Z. Query (4). WP: M. Weisheit (1-0). LP: S. Bond. Doubles: (NED) Riecker Home runs: (NED) Gordon (1st, 1 on)
Prep softball AT ELNORA VARSITY n North Daviess 9, Northeast Dubois 1 Northeast Dubois . . . . . . . . . 100 000 0 North Daviess . . . . . . . . . . . 020 205 x LP: M. Rasche (0-1). JUNIOR VARSITY n Northeast Dubois 6, North Daviess 4 WP: Jacob.
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College basketball ■■MEN’S NCAA TOURNAMENT All Times EDT FINAL FOUR AT NEW ORLEANS/Mercedes-Benz Superdome National Semifinals Saturday’s Games Kentucky (36-2) vs. Louisville (30-9), 6:09 p.m. Ohio State (31-7) vs. Kansas (31-6), 8:49 p.m. National Championship Monday’s Game Semifinal winners, 9 p.m. ■■MEN’S NIT AT NEW YORK/Madison Square Garden Championship Thursday’s Game Stanford 75, Minnesota 51 ■■MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL INVITATIONAL All Times EDT Championship series, Best-of-3 Today’s Game Washington State (19-16) at Pittsburgh (21-17), 7 p.m. (Series tied 1-1) ■■WOMEN’S NCAA TOURNAMENT All Times EDT FINAL FOUR AT DENVER/Pepsi Center National Semifinals Sunday’s Games Notre Dame (34-3) vs. Connecticut (33-4), 6:30 p.m. Baylor (38-0) vs. Stanford (35-1), 9 p.m. National Championship Tuesday’s Game Semifinal winners, 8:30 p.m. ■■WOMEN’S NIT All Times EDT Championship Saturday’s Game James Madison (29-7) at Oklahoma State (21-12), 3 p.m.
Pro baseball ■■MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL All Times EDT SPRING TRAINING NATIONAL LEAGUE W L Pct St. Louis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 8 .636 San Diego . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 12 .600 San Francisco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 11 .593 Colorado . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 11 .577 Los Angeles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 11 .522 Houston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 13 .500 Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 15 .483 Miami . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 11 .476 Philadelphia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 14 .462 Milwaukee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 14 .440 Cincinnati . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 16 .429 Arizona . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 15 .423 Washington . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 14 .417 Atlanta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 15 .375 Pittsburgh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 17 .320 New York . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 16 .304 AMERICAN LEAGUE W L Pct Toronto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 4 .846 Oakland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 5 .737 Detroit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 7 .682 Los Angeles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 10 .615 Seattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 8 .600 Minnesota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 12 .571 New York . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 11 .542 Boston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 11 .522 Kansas City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 13 .519
Baltimore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 11 .500 Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 15 .444 Texas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 17 .346 Tampa Bay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 16 .333 Cleveland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 19 .240 Thursday’s Games Minnesota 11, Pittsburgh 6 Washington (ss) 6, Atlanta 3 Miami 3, St. Louis 1 Philadelphia 2, Tampa Bay 1 Toronto 3, Boston 2 L.A. Angels 11, Kansas City 8 Cincinnati 9, Milwaukee 3 Colorado 6, Cleveland (ss) 3 Chicago White Sox 3, L.A. Dodgers 1 San Diego 12, Chicago Cubs 11 Arizona 5, Cleveland (ss) 4 Washington (ss) 5, Detroit 3 N.Y. Mets 9, Houston 1 Baltimore 4, N.Y. Yankees 3 San Francisco 6, Texas 2 Today’s Games N.Y. Mets vs. St. Louis at Jupiter, Fla., 1:05 p.m. Minnesota (ss) vs. Toronto at Dunedin, Fla., 1:05 p.m. Boston vs. Minnesota (ss) at Fort Myers, Fla., 1:05 p.m. Tampa Bay vs. Pittsburgh at Bradenton, Fla., 1:05 p.m. Detroit vs. Baltimore at Sarasota, Fla., 1:05 p.m. Arizona vs. L.A. Angels at Tempe, Ariz., 4:05 p.m. Milwaukee vs. L.A. Dodgers (ss) at Glendale, Ariz., 4:05 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (ss) vs. Chicago Cubs at Mesa, Ariz., 4:05 p.m. Cleveland vs. Cincinnati at Goodyear, Ariz., 4:05 p.m. Miami vs. Washington at Viera, Fla., 6:05 p.m. Houston (ss) vs. Atlanta (ss) at Kissimmee, Fla., 6:05 p.m. Philadelphia vs. N.Y. Yankees at Tampa, Fla., 7:05 p.m. Atlanta (ss) vs. Houston (ss) at Kissimmee, Fla., 7:05 p.m. Chicago White Sox vs. Kansas City at Surprise, Ariz., 9:05 p.m. San Francisco vs. San Diego at Peoria, Ariz., 10:05 p.m. Texas vs. Colorado at Scottsdale, Ariz., 10:10 p.m. Saturday’s Games Toronto vs. Philadelphia at Clearwater, Fla., 1:05 p.m. Pittsburgh (ss) vs. Minnesota at Fort Myers, Fla., 1:05 p.m. Baltimore vs. Pittsburgh (ss) at Bradenton, Fla., 1:05 p.m. St. Louis vs. Washington at Viera, Fla., 1:05 p.m. Detroit vs. Atlanta at Kissimmee, Fla., 1:05 p.m. N.Y. Yankees vs. Houston at Kissimmee, Fla., 1:05 p.m. Boston vs. Tampa Bay at Port Charlotte, Fla., 1:05 p.m. N.Y. Mets vs. Miami at Jupiter, Fla., 1:05 p.m. Milwaukee vs. San Diego (ss) at Peoria, Ariz., 3:05 p.m. Arizona (ss) vs. Kansas City at Surprise, Ariz., 4:05 p.m. L.A. Angels vs. Chicago Cubs at Mesa, Ariz., 4:05 p.m. Colorado vs. Chicago White Sox at Glendale, Ariz., 4:05 p.m. L.A. Dodgers vs. Arizona (ss) at Scottsdale, Ariz., 4:10 p.m. Cincinnati vs. San Francisco at Scottsdale, Ariz., 6:05 p.m. San Diego (ss) vs. Seattle at Peoria, Ariz., 9:05 p.m. Texas vs. Cleveland at Goodyear, Ariz., 10:05 p.m. Sunday’s Games Tampa Bay vs. Baltimore at Sarasota, Fla., 1:05 p.m. Houston vs. Detroit (ss) at Lakeland, Fla., 1:05 p.m. Pittsburgh vs. Toronto at Dunedin, Fla., 1:05 p.m. Philadelphia vs. Atlanta at Kissimmee, Fla., 1:05 p.m. Detroit (ss) vs. N.Y. Mets at Port St. Lucie, Fla., 1:10 p.m. N.Y. Yankees at Miami, 1:10 p.m. Minnesota vs. Boston at Fort Myers, Fla., 1:35 p.m. Chicago Cubs vs. L.A. Angels at Tempe, Ariz., 4:05 p.m. San Francisco vs. Milwaukee at Phoenix, 4:05 p.m. Chicago White Sox vs. Cincinnati at Goodyear, Ariz., 4:05 p.m. San Diego vs. Texas at Surprise, Ariz., 4:05 p.m. Arizona vs. L.A. Dodgers at Glendale, Ariz., 4:05 p.m. Kansas City vs. Seattle at Peoria, Ariz., 4:05 p.m. Cleveland vs. Colorado at Scottsdale, Ariz., 4:10 p.m.
Pro basketball ■■NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION All Times EDT EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Philadelphia . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 22 .560 — Boston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 22 .560 — New York . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 25 .510 2½ Toronto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 34 .333 11½ New Jersey . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 35 .327 12 Southeast Division W L Pct GB Miami . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 13 .735 — Orlando . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 19 .627 5 Atlanta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 22 .577 7½ Washington . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 39 .220 25½ Charlotte . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 41 .146 28½ Central Division W L Pct GB x-Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 11 .788 — Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 20 .600 10 Milwaukee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 27 .460 17 Detroit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 32 .360 22 Cleveland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 31 .354 22 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB San Antonio . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 14 .714 — Memphis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 21 .563 7½ Dallas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 23 .558 7½ Houston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 24 .529 9 New Orleans . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 38 .255 23 Northwest Division W L Pct GB Oklahoma City . . . . . . . . . . . 39 12 .765 — Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 24 .529 12 Denver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 24 .529 12 Minnesota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 27 .481 14½ Portland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 27 .471 15 Pacific Division W L Pct GB L.A. Lakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 20 .608 — L.A. Clippers . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 21 .580 1½ Phoenix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 26 .490 6 Golden State . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 29 .408 10 Sacramento . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 33 .340 13½ x-clinched playoff spot Thursday’s Games Indiana 93, Washington 89 Miami 106, Dallas 85 Portland 99, New Orleans 93 Oklahoma City 102, L.A. Lakers 93 Today’s Games Denver at Charlotte, 7 p.m.
Miami at Toronto, 7 p.m. Philadelphia at Washington, 7 p.m. New York at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m. Milwaukee at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m. Detroit at Chicago, 8 p.m. Memphis at Houston, 8 p.m. Boston at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Dallas at Orlando, 8 p.m. Sacramento at Utah, 9 p.m. New Jersey at Golden State, 10:30 p.m. Portland at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m. Saturday’s Games New Orleans at L.A. Lakers, 3:30 p.m. Charlotte at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. Cleveland at New York, 7:30 p.m. Atlanta at Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m. Indiana at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m. Memphis at Milwaukee, 8:30 p.m. New Jersey at Sacramento, 10 p.m. Utah at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m. Sunday’s Games Chicago at Oklahoma City, 1 p.m. Miami at Boston, 3:30 p.m. Denver at Orlando, 6 p.m. Washington at Toronto, 6 p.m. Indiana at Houston, 7 p.m. New Orleans at Phoenix, 9 p.m. Minnesota at Portland, 9 p.m. Golden State at L.A. Lakers, 9:30 p.m. AT INDIANAPOLIS/Bankers Life Fieldhouse ■■Indiana 93, Washington 89 Washington . . . . . . . . . 26 23 20 20 — 89 Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 22 20 21 — 93 WASHINGTON — Singleton 3-6 1-1 8, Booker 2-6 2-4 6, Nene 5-12 6-6 16, Wall 4-9 5-8 13, Crawford 8-20 1-2 20, Seraphin 4-8 0-0 8, Martin 4-7 0-2 10, Mason 1-5 0-0 3, Vesely 1-2 1-2 3, Mack 1-3 0-0 2, Cook 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 33-78 16-25 89. INDIANA — Granger 8-15 6-6 25, West 6-12 2-2 14, Hibbert 3-9 3-3 9, Collison 1-6 2-2 5, George 3-10 1-2 7, Hill 4-7 5-5 14, Hansbrough 2-5 4-8 8, Amundson 1-3 0-0 2, Barbosa 2-7 0-2 4, Jones 1-5 2-2 5. Totals 31-79 25-32 93. 3-point field goals — Washington 7-22 (Crawford 3-10, Martin 2-4, Singleton 1-2, Mason 1-4, Wall 0-1, Mack 0-1), Indiana 6-16 (Granger 3-5, Jones 1-2, Hill 1-3, Collison 1-4, George 0-1, Barbosa 0-1). Rebounds — Washington 58 (Nene 13), Indiana 51 (West 8). Assists — Washington 17 (Mack 4), Indiana 19 (Collison 7). Team fouls — Washington 22, Indiana 23. A — 11,505. ■■NBA LEADERS SCORING G FG FT PTS AVG Bryant, LAL . . . . . . . . . 51 508 348 1438 28.2 Durant, OKC . . . . . . . . . 51 499 317 1412 27.7 Love, MIN . . . . . . . . . . 48 424 335 1278 26.6 James, MIA . . . . . . . . . 48 472 292 1274 26.5 Westbrook, OKC . . . . . . 51 471 254 1246 24.4 Wade, MIA . . . . . . . . . . 40 347 204 911 22.8 D. Williams, NJN . . . . . . 47 350 225 1032 22.0 Aldridge, POR . . . . . . . . 49 425 197 1048 21.4 Nowitzki, DAL . . . . . . . . 48 359 239 1012 21.1 Griffin, LAC . . . . . . . . . . 50 423 200 1048 21.0 Howard, ORL . . . . . . . . 51 402 262 1066 20.9 Ellis, MIL . . . . . . . . . . . 44 346 173 917 20.8 Lee, GOL . . . . . . . . . . . 48 378 180 936 19.5 Paul, LAC . . . . . . . . . . . 45 316 181 874 19.4 Parker, SAN . . . . . . . . . 46 344 189 891 19.4 Jefferson, UTA . . . . . . . 46 390 109 890 19.3 J. Johnson, ATL . . . . . . 46 326 125 873 19.0 Thornton, SAC . . . . . . . 43 296 132 816 19.0 Pierce, BOS . . . . . . . . . 47 292 233 891 19.0 Gay, MEM . . . . . . . . . . 47 352 142 886 18.9 FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE FG FGA PCT Chandler, NYK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192 283 .678 Howard, ORL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402 691 .582 Bynum, LAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344 592 .581 Gortat, PHX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345 615 .561 McGee, DEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240 441 .544 Boozer, CHI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365 679 .538 Nash, PHX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233 434 .537 Griffin, LAC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423 789 .536 James, MIA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472 885 .533 Ibaka, OKC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196 369 .531 REBOUNDING G OFF DEF TOT AVG Howard, ORL . . . . . . . . 51 187 553 740 14.5 Love, MIN . . . . . . . . . . 48 201 466 667 13.9 Bynum, LAL . . . . . . . . . 47 154 418 572 12.2 Cousins, SAC . . . . . . . . 48 207 326 533 11.1 Humphries, NJN . . . . . . 49 185 351 536 10.9 Griffin, LAC . . . . . . . . . . 50 160 381 541 10.8 Gasol, LAL . . . . . . . . . . 51 144 390 534 10.5 Gortat, PHX . . . . . . . . . 51 138 370 508 10.0 Smith, ATL . . . . . . . . . . 52 106 406 512 9.8 Noah, CHI . . . . . . . . . . 50 184 308 492 9.8 ASSISTS G AST AVG Nash, PHX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 527 11.2 Rondo, BOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 433 10.8 Paul, LAC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 394 8.8 Calderon, TOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 397 8.6 D. Williams, NJN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 388 8.3 Rubio, MIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 336 8.2 Parker, SAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 369 8.0 Rose, CHI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 271 8.0 Wall, WAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 388 7.8 Conley, MEM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 336 7.3
Pro hockey ■■NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE All Times EDT EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA x-N.Y. Rangers . . . 77 49 21 7 105 213 172 x-Pittsburgh . . . . . 77 47 24 6 100 259 205 x-Philadelphia . . . . 77 45 24 8 98 248 214 New Jersey . . . . . 78 44 28 6 94 214 205 N.Y. Islanders . . . . 77 33 33 11 77 190 230 Northeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Boston . . . . . . . . 77 45 28 4 94 251 189 Ottawa . . . . . . . . . 77 39 28 10 88 236 227 Buffalo . . . . . . . . 77 38 29 10 86 202 210 Toronto . . . . . . . . 78 33 36 9 75 218 249 Montreal . . . . . . . 77 29 34 14 72 199 214 Southeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Florida . . . . . . . . . 77 37 24 16 90 191 211 Washington . . . . . 78 39 31 8 86 209 221 Winnipeg . . . . . . . 77 35 34 8 78 207 227 Tampa Bay . . . . . . 77 35 35 7 77 220 266 Carolina . . . . . . . . 77 31 31 15 77 205 228 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA x-St. Louis . . . . . . 78 48 20 10 106 202 151 x-Detroit . . . . . . . 77 46 26 5 97 239 191 x-Nashville . . . . . . 77 44 25 8 96 219 202 Chicago . . . . . . . . 78 43 26 9 95 235 225 Columbus . . . . . . 77 25 45 7 57 181 252 Northwest Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA y-Vancouver . . . . . 77 47 21 9 103 231 187 Colorado . . . . . . . 79 40 33 6 86 201 208 Calgary . . . . . . . . 78 35 28 15 85 191 215 Minnesota . . . . . . 77 32 35 10 74 164 212 Edmonton . . . . . . 77 31 37 9 71 207 226
Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Dallas . . . . . . . . . 77 42 30 5 89 205 204 Phoenix . . . . . . . . 78 38 27 13 89 202 202 Los Angeles . . . . . 77 38 27 12 88 178 165 San Jose . . . . . . . 78 39 29 10 88 211 201 Anaheim . . . . . . . 77 33 33 11 77 194 213 x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division Thursday’s Games Washington 3, Boston 2, SO Chicago 4, St. Louis 3, SO Philadelphia 7, Toronto 1 New Jersey 6, Tampa Bay 4 N.Y. Islanders 5, Pittsburgh 3 Minnesota 3, Florida 2, OT Phoenix 2, San Jose 0 Friday’s Games Winnipeg at Carolina, 7 p.m. Florida at Columbus, 7 p.m. Montreal at N.Y. Rangers, 7:30 p.m. Pittsburgh at Buffalo, 7:30 p.m. Nashville at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. Colorado at Calgary, 9 p.m. Los Angeles at Edmonton, 9:30 p.m. Dallas at Vancouver, 10 p.m. Saturday’s Games Boston at N.Y. Islanders, 1 p.m. Ottawa at Philadelphia, 1 p.m. Buffalo at Toronto, 7 p.m. Montreal at Washington, 7 p.m. New Jersey at Carolina, 7 p.m. Winnipeg at Tampa Bay, 7 p.m. Columbus at St. Louis, 8 p.m. Chicago at Nashville, 8 p.m. Los Angeles at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Anaheim at Phoenix, 9 p.m. Calgary at Vancouver, 10 p.m. Dallas at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.
Transactions THURSDAY’S SPORTS TRANSACTIONS ■■BASEBALL American League KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Optioned RHP Louis Coleman and RHP Jeremy Jeffress to Omaha (PCL). Assigned LHP Francisley Bueno, LHP Tommy Hottovy, C Max Ramirez and INF Kevin Kouzmanoff to their minor legue camp. NEW YORK YANKEES — Agreed to terms with INF/ OF Steve Pearce on a minor league contract. National League CHICAGO CUBS — Optioned RHP Randy Wells, LHP Scott Maine, LHP Travis Wood, OF Dave Sappelt and C Welington Castillo to Iowa (PCL). Assigned RHP Blake Parker, INF Edgar Gonzalez, INF Matt Tolbert and C Blake Lalli to minor league camp. PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Selected the contract of OF Juan Pierre from Lehigh Valley (IL). Optioned C Erik Kratz to minor league camp. Reassigned UT Tim Kennelly to minor league camp. PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Reassigned 1B/OF Nick Evans, C Jake Fox, C Eric Fryer and RHP Ryota Igarashi to minor league camp. Released SS Josh Rodriguez. ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Selected the contract of RHP Scott Linebrink from Memphis (PCL). WASHINGTON CAPITALS — Optioned LHP Alahualpa Severino and RHP Ryan Perry to Syracuse (IL). Reassigned INF Andres Blanco to minor league camp. Released OF Jason Michaels. ■■FOOTBALL National Football League DENVER BRONCOS — Re-signed DE Jason Hunter. SAN DIEGO CHARGERS — Agreed to terms with DT Antonio Garay on a two-year contract. ■■COLLEGE FLORIDA — Reinstated TE A.C. Leonard to the football team. ILLINOIS — Named John Groce men’s basketball coach. NORTH CAROLINA — Announced F Harrison Barnes, F John Henson and G Kendall Marshall will enter the NBA draft.
On the air All Times EST ■■TODAY, MARCH 30 TELEVISION 1:30 p.m. — Prep basketball: ESPNHS National Invitational (ESPN2) 3 p.m. — Pro tennis: Sony Ericsson Open (ESPN2) 7 p.m. — Pro tennis: Sony Ericsson Open (ESPN2) 7 p.m. — Men’s college volleyball: Loyola-Chicago at Ohio State (BTN) 8 p.m. — NBA basketball: Dallas Mavericks at Orlando Magic (ESPN) 9 p.m. — Boxing: Friday Night Fights (ESPN2) 10:30 p.m. — NBA basketball: Portland Trail Blazers at Los Angeles Clippers (ESPN) RADIO 5 p.m. — Prep softball: Jasper at Sullivan (WITZ 104.7 FM/990 AM) 7:45 p.m. — CHL hockey: Missouri Mavericks at Evansville Icemen (WITZ 104.7 FM/990 AM) 9:30 p.m. — Indiana Sports Talk (WITZ 104.7 FM/990 AM; WAXL 103.3 FM) ■■SATURDAY, MARCH 31 TELEVISION 9:55 a.m. — English Premier League soccer: Sunderland vs. Manchester City (ESPN2) Noon — Prep basketball: ESPNHS National Invitational (ESPN2) 12:30 p.m. — Pro tennis: Sony Ericsson Open (CBS) 2 p.m. — Prep basketball: ESPNHS National Invitational (ESPN) 3 p.m. — PGA golf: Shell Houston Open, third round (NBC) 4:30 p.m. — College softball: Baylor at Missouri (FOXSMW) 6 p.m. — Men’s college basketball: NCAA Tournament national semifinals, Kentucky vs. Louisville (CBS) 8:30 p.m. — Men’s college basketball: NCAA Tournament national semifinals, Kansas vs. Ohio State (CBS) 8:30 p.m. — NBA basketball: Indiana Pacers at San Antonio Spurs (FOXSMW) RADIO 12:45 p.m. — MLB baseball: Spring Training, St. Louis Cardinals vs. Washington Nationals (WQKZ 98.5 FM) 12:45 p.m. — Prep baseball: Southport at Jasper (WITZ 104.7 FM/990 FM) 12:55 p.m. — Prep baseball: North Posey at Forest Park (WQKZ 98.5 FM) 7:45 p.m. — CHL hockey: Missouri Mavericks at Evansville Icemen (WITZ 104.7 FM/990 AM) 9:30 p.m. — Indiana Sports Talk (WITZ 104.7 FM/990 AM; WAXL 103.3 FM)
