KEY POINTS:
BASKETBALL
NBA
Portland 115 Chicago 109, Denver 80 San Antonio 77, Phoenix 104 Seattle 96. Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC DIVISION WLPCTGB 1. Boston273.900-2. Toronto1715.531113. New Jersey1516.48412 1/24. Philadelphia1418.438145. NY Knicks822.26719CENTRAL DIVISION 1. Detroit257.781-2. Cleveland1517.469103. Indiana1518.45510 1/24. Chicago1219.38712 1/25. Milwaukee1219.38712 1/2SOUTHEAST DIVISION 1. Orlando2212.647-2. Atlanta1514.5174 1/23. Washington1515.50054. Charlotte1119.36795. Miami824.25013WESTERN CONFERENCE NORTHWEST DIVISION 1. Denver1912.613-2. Portland2013.606-3. Utah1816.5292 1/24. Seattle923.28110 1/25. Minnesota427.12915PACIFIC DIVISION 1. Phoenix239.719-2. LA Lakers1911.63333. Golden State1914.5764 1/24. Sacramento1218.400105. LA Clippers1020.33312SOUTHWEST DIVISION 1. San Antonio219.700-2. Dallas2111.65613. New Orleans2111.65614. Houston1517.46975. Memphis922.29012 1/2
BOWLS
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
(Christchurch)
Women. -
Singles final: Siti Zalina (Malaysia) bt Marie Watson (United) 21-20.
Pairs final: Bev Crowe and Jo Babich (Carlton-Cornwall) bt Karin Ware and Maureen Doherty (Beckenham) 25-4.
Men. -
Singles final: Russell Meyer (Cabramatta) bt Brendon Gibson (Johnsonville) 21-15.
Pairs semifinals: Gary Lawson and Andrew Curtain (Eastbourne) bt Andrew Todd (Burnside) and Ross Bell (Cabramatta) 19-4, Kevin Robinson (Putaruru) and Steve Posa (Belfast) bt Doug Wilson (Moonee Ponds) and Justin Goodwin (Wollongong RSL) 22-7.
Pairs final: Lawson and Curtain bt Robinson and Posa 21-10.
CRICKET
AUSTRALIA v INDIA
(Sydney)
SECOND TEST
Third day
AUSTRALIA
First innings 463INDIA
First innings (overnight 216-3)
W. Jaffer b Lee 3R. Dravid c Hayden b Johnson 53V. V. S. Laxman c Hussey b Hogg 109S. Tendulkar not out 154S. Ganguly c Hussey b Hogg 67Y. Singh lbw b Lee 12M. Singh Dhoni c Gilchrist b Lee 2A. Kumble c Gilchrist b Lee 2H. Singh c Hussey b Johnson 63R. P. Singh c Gilchrist b Clark 13I. Sharma c and b Lee 23Extras (4b, 13lb, 8nb, 6w) 31 - - Total (138.2 overs) 532Fall: 1/8, 2/183, 3/185, 4/293, 5/321, 6/330, 7/345, 8/474, 9/501, 10/532.
Bowling: B . Lee 32.2-5-119-5 (7nb), M. Johnson 37-2-148-2 (1nb, 5w), S. Clark 25-3-80-1 (1w), A. Symonds 7-1-19-0, B. Hogg 30-2-121-2, M. Clarke 7-1-28-0.
AUSTRALIA
Second innings
P. Jaques not out 8M. Hayden not out 5Extras 0 - - Total (for 0 wkts, 5 overs) 13Bowling: R. P. Singh 2-0-7-0, I. Sharma 1-0-4-0, H. Singh 1-1-0-0, A. Kumble 1-0-2-0.
SOUTH AFRICA v WEST INDIES
(Cape Town)
SECOND TEST
Second day
WEST INDIES
First innings (overnight 8-240)
C. Gayle c McKenzie b Nel 46D. Ganga c Boucher b Steyn 3R. Morton c Ntini b Kallis 23M. Samuels c Boucher b Ntini 51S. Chanderpaul not out 65D. Bravo c Kallis b Ntini 0D. Ramdin lbw b Steyn 21R. Lewis b Steyn 0J. Taylor c and b Steyn 8D. Powell c Kallis b Nel 0F. Edwards c De Villiers b Nel 2Sundries (5b 10lb 8nb 1w) 24 - - Total 243Overs: 92
Fall: 1/12, 2/71, 3/77, 4/183, 5/185, 6/220, 7/220, 8/237, 9/241.
Bowling: Steyn 20-5-60-4 (8nb), Ntini 22-7-63-2, Nel 22-5-61-3 (1w), Kallis 9-1-11-1, Harris 19-5-33-0.
SOUTH AFRICA
First innings
G. Smith c Ramdin b Taylor 28N. McKenzie c Gayle b Taylor 23H. Amla lbw b Bravo 32J. Kallis c Ramdin b Bravo 36A. Prince not out 55A. De Villiers c Ramdin b Bravo 2M. Boucher not out 35Sundries (4b 3lb) 7Five for 218Overs: 85
Fall: 1/46, 2/61, 3/120, 4/123, 5/131.
Bowling: Powell 19-3-69-0, Edwards 4.5-1-12-0, Samuels 7.1-3-13-0, Taylor 18-6-45-2, Bravo 24-8-46-3, Lewis 12-3-26-0.
STATE LEAGUE
At QEII Park in Christchurch. -
Canterbury 127 in 42.5 overs (Beth McNeill 30, Haidee Tiffen 27; Rachel Candy 5-24, Aimee Mason 3-21) lost to Central Districts 129-5 in 37.2 overs (Sara McGlashan 57, Mason 31; Michelle Mitchell 2-27) by five wickets.
At Blake Park in Mt Maunganui. -
Northern Districts 168 in 46.5 overs (Tamara Gould 52, Mandie Godliman 49; Emma Campbell 4-39, Sarah Tsukigawa 2-20, Clare Taylor 2-22) lost to Otago 171-5 in 39.5 overs (Abigail Kitchen 51, Katey Martin 21no) by five wickets.
UNDER-19 TOURNAMENT
(Christchurch)
Canterbury 254 and 175 (Nick Johnston 57; Ajaz Patel 4-36, Jack Dowd 3-25) lost to Auckland 283 and 150-1 (Michael Guptill-Bunce 85no, Shaun McCann 40no) by nine wickets.
Central Districts 238 and 281-9 dec (Dean Robinson 101, George Worker 80; Jason Trembath 4-70, Jono Hickey 4-98) bt Northern Districts 318-9 dec and 195 (Jono Hickey 40, Trent Boult 33no; BJ Barrett 4-13, Peter Younghusband 3-68) by six runs.
Otago 271 and 309-6 dec (Cameron Clark 97, Hamish Rutherford 57) drew with Wellington 296 and 241-5 (Fraser Colson 58, Josh McLaughlan 53, Harry Baum 47).
Points: Auckland 16, Canterbury 8, Central Districts 6, Wellington 4, Northern Districts 2, Otago 0.
CROQUET
NORTH ISLAND MEN'S CHAMPS
(Takapuna)
Robert Jackson (Manurewa - Franklin/Manukau) 4 wins 1, Jerry Guest (UK) 3 wins 2.
GOLF
MERCEDES CHAMPIONSHIP
(Hawaii)
US unless noted.68 - Nick Watney
69 - Daniel Chopra (Sweden)
70 - Jonathan Byrd, Angel Cabrera (Argentina), Aaron Baddeley (Australia)
71 - Mike Weir (Canada), Brandt Snedeker
72 - Stephen Ames (Canada), Steve Flesch, Rory Sabbatini (South Africa)
73 - Justin Leonard, Steve Stricker, Hunter Mahan, Woody Austin, Scott Verplank
74 - George McNeill, Jim Furyk, Mark Wilson, Charles Howell, Vijay Singh (Fiji)
75 - Chad Campbell, Joe Ogilvie, Mark Calcavecchia, Fred Funk, Charley Hoffman
76 - Brian Bateman, Zach Johnson, Henrik Stenson (Sweden)
79 - KJ Choi (Korea)
80 - Boo Weekley
81 - Paul Goydos
ICE HOCKEY
NHL
Boston 2 Washington 0, Florida 4 NY Islanders 3, Montreal 6 Tampa Bay 3, Pittsburgh 6 Toronto 2, Minnesota 6 Dallas 3, Nashville 5 Edmonton 2, Phoenix 4 Chicago 2, Vancouver 3 NY Rangers 0, Columbus 4 Los Angeles 3, Calgary 3 San Jose 2.
EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC DIVISION
W L OTL GF GA PTS1. New Jersey221439593472. Pittsburgh22162117114463. NY Rangers20174100101444. NY Islanders2016397108435. Philadelphia1914411510542NORTHEAST W L OTL GF GA PTS 1. Ottawa25104139110542. Montreal20137122112473. Boston20164104105444. Buffalo19163115107415. Toronto1617811813340SOUTHEAST
W L OTL GF GA PTS 1. Carolina20184130137442. Atlanta20201116136413. Florida19193104112414. Washington16205112127375. Tampa Bay1522411814034WESTERN CONFERENCE CENTRAL DIVISION W L OTL GF GA PTS 1. Detroit308314589632. Columbus1916610399443. St. Louis191459699434. Chicago19173116117415. Nashville1918210811640NORTHWEST W L OTL GF GA PTS 1. Vancouver2314410893502. Calgary21147123122493. Minnesota23152109110484. Colorado21163117117455. Edmonton1721410812938PACIFIC DIVISION W L OTL GF GA PTS 1. San Jose2212610292502. Dallas23154126110503. Anaheim20175103113454. Phoenix20181103105415. Los Angeles1525211913732
SOFTBALL
UNDER-19 TOURNAMENT
(Hastings)
Southland 8 Otago 7, Marlborough 16 Waikato 6, Hawkes Bay 3 Hutt Valley 2, North Harbour 7 Canterbury 5, Auckland 11 Southland 1, Marlborough 4 Wellington 4.
TENNIS
ASB CLASSIC
(Auckland)
Semifinals
SOVEREIGN SINGLES
Prefix number denote seeds
Lindsay Davenport (US) bt (6) Tamira Paszek (AUT) 6-4 6-3, Aravene Rezai (FRA) bt (WC) Marina Erakovic (NZ) 6-3 7-5.
SOVEREIGN DOUBLES
Mariya Koryttseva (UKR)/Lilia Osterloh (US) bt (1) Emilie Loit (FRA)/Meilen Tu (US) 2-6 6-4 10-6.
QATAR OPEN
4-Ivan Ljubicic (CRO) bt Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) 6-3 6-7 (4-7) 6-3, 3-Andy Murray (GBR) bt Thomas Johansson (SWE) 7-6 (7-4) 6-0, Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) bt Agustin Calleri (ESP) 6-3 6-0, 1-Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) bt 8-Dmitry Tursunov (RUS) 7-5 6-3.
CHENNAI OPEN
Men's singles: * Robin Haase (Netherlands) beat Lovro Zovko (Croatia) 6-1 7-5.
1-Rafael Nadal (Spain) beat Rajeev Ram (US) 6-2 6-1
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (Spain) beat 7-Werner Eschauer
(Austria) 4-6 7-5 7-6(3)
Marin Cilic (Croatia) beat 5-Nicolas Mahut (France) 6-2 6-4
AUSTRALIAN HARDCOURT
(Gold Coast)
Semifinals: Na Li (China) bt 4-Patty Schnyder (Switzerland) 3-6 6-3 7-5.
THUNDERCATS
NATIONAL SURFCROSS
(Whangamata)
Ruff Rider (450 points) 1, Novo Tec (375) 2, Hell's Pizza (356) 3, Goodyear (349) 4, Bit Defender (322) 5, Demon Energy Black (286) 6, Yokohama (275) 7, Jungle Coffee (269) 8, Line 7 (254) 9, Zee Coffee (217) 10.
