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BASEBALL

American League

CLEVELAND INDIANS—Optioned LHP Jeremy Sowers to Buffalo (IL). Purchased the contract of INF Michael Aubrey from Buffalo.



Basketball



NBA playoffs



Quarterfinals

Friday’s Games

Cleveland 74, Boston 69, series tied 3-3

L.A. Lakers 108, Utah 105, L.A. Lakers win series 4-2

Today’s Game

Cleveland at Boston, 2:30 p.m.

Monday’s Game

San Antonio at New Orleans, 7:30 p.m.

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SEMIFINALS

(Best-of-7)

Wednesday, May 21

New Orleans-San Antonio winner at L.A. Lakers, 8 p.m.

Friday, May 23

New Orleans-San Antonio winner at L.A. Lakers, 8 p.m.

Sunday, May 25

L.A. Lakers at New Orleans-San Antonio winner, 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday, May 27

L.A. Lakers at New Orleans-San Antonio winner, 8 p.m.

Thursday, May 29

New Orleans-San Antonio winner at L.A. Lakers, 8 p.m., if necessary Saturday, May 31

L.A. Lakers at New Orleans-San Antonio winner, 7:30 p.m., if necessary

Monday, June 2

New Orleans-San Antonio winner at L.A. Lakers, 8 p.m., if necessary



NBA boxscores



Friday, May 16

At Cleveland

CAVALIERS 74, CELTICS 69

BOSTON (69)

Pierce 5-15 4-4 16, Garnett 11-21 3-4 25, Perkins 2-4 1-2 5, Rondo 1-4 0-0 2, R.Allen 3-8 3-3 9, P.Brown 0-1 0-0 0, Posey 0-2 0-0 0, Davis 2-8 0-0 4, House 3-5 0-0 8. Totals 27-68 11-13 69.

CLEVELAND (74)

James 9-23 13-15 32, Wallace 0-3 0-0 0, Ilgauskas 3-11 1-1 7, West 4-7 0-0 10, Szczerbiak 2-11 4-4 9, Varejao 2-6 0-1 4, Smith 3-4 3-4 9, Pavlovic 1-6 0-0 3, Da.Jones 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 24-73 21-25 74.

Boston 18 15 17 19 — 69

Cleveland 18 24 17 15 — 74

3-Point Goals—Boston 4-16 (House 2-3, Pierce 2-6, Garnett 0-2, Posey 0-2, R.Allen 0-3), Cleveland 5-16 (West 2-3, Pavlovic 1-3, James 1-3, Szczerbiak 1-6, Da.Jones 0-1). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Boston 43 (Garnett 8), Cleveland 53 (James 12). Assists—Boston 19 (Rondo 5), Cleveland 10 (James 6). Total Fouls—Boston 25, Cleveland 16. Technicals—Boston defensive three second, Cleveland defensive three second. A—20,562 (20,562).



Friday, May 16

At Salt Lake City

LAKERS 108, JAZZ 105

L.A. LAKERS (108)

Radmanovic 5-7 0-0 12, Odom 4-8 5-7 13, Gasol 7-17 3-4 17, Fisher 4-5 7-8 16, Bryant 9-19 15-17 34, Walton 1-5 0-0 3, Farmar 0-2 0-0 0, Vujacic 5-7 0-0 12, Turiaf 0-0 1-2 1. Totals 35-70 31-38 108.

UTAH (105)

Kirilenko 4-10 2-2 12, Boozer 5-16 2-2 12, Okur 6-18 0-0 16, Williams 9-21 1-1 21, Brewer 5-11 3-3 13, Harpring 0-4 7-8 7, Millsap 6-7 3-5 15, Korver 1-4 2-2 5, Price 0-1 2-2 2, Miles 1-5 0-0 2. Totals 37-97 22-25 105.

L.A. Lakers 33 29 24 22 — 108

Utah 20 23 27 35 — 105

3-Point Goals—L.A. Lakers 7-11 (Radmanovic 2-3, Vujacic 2-3, Fisher 1-1, Walton 1-2, Bryant 1-2), Utah 9-24 (Okur 4-6, Kirilenko 2-3, Williams 2-8, Korver 1-3, Price 0-1, Miles 0-3). Fouled Out—Boozer. Rebounds—L.A. Lakers 43 (Gasol 13), Utah 62 (Boozer 14). Assists—L.A. Lakers 19 (Bryant 6), Utah 22 (Williams 14). Total Fouls—L.A. Lakers 24, Utah 26. A—19,911 (19,911).



Baseball



ML standings



American League

East Division

W L Pct GB

Tampa Bay 25 18 .581 —

Boston 25 19 .568 1/2

Baltimore 22 19 .537 2

Toronto 21 23 .477 4 1/2

New York 20 23 .465 5

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Cleveland 22 21 .512 —

Chicago 21 20 .512 —

Minnesota 21 20 .512 —

Kansas City 20 21 .488 1

Detroit 16 26 .381 5 1/2

West Division

W L Pct GB

Los Angeles 25 20 .556 —

Oakland 23 20 .535 1

Texas 21 22 .488 3

Seattle 16 27 .372 8

Friday’s Games

Milwaukee at Boston, ppd., Rain

N.Y. Mets at N.Y. Yankees, ppd., Rain

Philadelphia 10, Toronto 3

Baltimore 5, Washington 3

Kansas City 7, Florida 6

Cincinnati 4, Cleveland 3

Atlanta 3, Oakland 2

Texas 16, Houston 8

Tampa Bay 3, St. Louis 1

Minnesota 4, Colorado 2

Arizona 4, Detroit 3

L.A. Angels 4, L.A. Dodgers 2

San Diego 6, Seattle 4

Chicago White Sox 2, San Francisco 0

Saturday’s Games

N.Y. Mets 7, N.Y. Yankees 4

St. Louis 9, Tampa Bay 8, 10 innings

Boston 5, Milwaukee 3, 1st game

Cincinnati 4, Cleveland 2

L.A. Dodgers 6, L.A. Angels 3

Milwaukee at Boston, (n)

Houston at Texas, (n)

Toronto at Philadelphia, (n)

Washington at Baltimore, (n)

Oakland at Atlanta, (n)

Kansas City at Florida, (n)

Minnesota at Colorado, (n)

Detroit at Arizona, (n)

Chicago White Sox at San Francisco, (n)

San Diego at Seattle, (n)

Today’s Interleague Games

Kansas City (Greinke 4-1) at Florida (Badenhop 1-2), 12:10 p.m.

Cleveland (Lee 6-0) at Cincinnati (Volquez 6-1), 12:15 p.m.

Oakland (Duchscherer 3-2) at Atlanta (Reyes 1-1), 12:35 p.m.

Milwaukee (Villanueva 2-4) at Boston (Beckett 4-3), 12:35 p.m.

Toronto (Marcum 4-2) at Philadelphia (Kendrick 3-2), 12:35 p.m.

Washington (Lannan 3-4) at Baltimore (Guthrie 2-3), 12:35 p.m.

Tampa Bay (Jackson 2-3) at St. Louis (Lohse 3-2), 1:15 p.m.

Minnesota (Slowey 0-3) at Colorado (Francis 0-4), 2:05 p.m.

Houston (Backe 2-5) at Texas (Gabbard 1-0), 2:05 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Lowe 2-3) at L.A. Angels (Jer.Weaver 2-5), 2:35 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Danks 3-3) at San Francisco (Cain 2-3), 3:05 p.m.

San Diego (Estes 1-0) at Seattle (F.Hernandez 2-4), 3:10 p.m.

Detroit (Robertson 1-4) at Arizona (Johnson 3-1), 3:10 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (Ol.Perez 3-3) at N.Y. Yankees (Wang 6-1), 7:05 p.m.



National League

East Division

W L Pct GB

Florida 23 18 .561 —

Philadelphia 24 19 .558 —

New York 21 19 .525 1 1/2

Atlanta 21 20 .512 2

Washington 18 25 .419 6

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Chicago 26 17 .605 —

Houston 24 19 .558 2

St. Louis 25 20 .556 2

Pittsburgh 21 22 .488 5

Milwaukee 20 22 .476 5 1/2

Cincinnati 20 23 .465 6

West Division

W L Pct GB

Arizona 27 15 .643 —

Los Angeles 22 20 .524 5

San Francisco 17 26 .395 10 1/2

San Diego 16 27 .372 11 1/2

Colorado 15 27 .357 12

Friday’s Game

Chicago Cubs 7, Pittsburgh 4

Saturday’s Game

Pittsburgh 7, Chicago Cubs 6

Today’s Games

Pittsburgh (Dumatrait 1-1) at Chicago Cubs (Marquis 1-3),1:20 p.m.



Boxscores



INTERLEAGUE

Cardinals 9, Rays 8, 10 innings

TAMPA BAY ST. LOUIS

ab r h bi ab r h bi

Iwmra 2b 6 0 1 0 Schmkr cf 5 2 2 0

Crwfrd lf 5 2 3 2 Miles 2b 5 2 4 0

Upton cf 5 2 3 0 Pujols 1b 5 2 2 2

CPena 1b 3 1 1 3 CDuncn lf 5 0 0 0

Lngoria 3b 4 0 2 2 Glaus 3b 4 1 1 2

Nvarro c 5 0 2 0 Ldwick rf 4 2 2 3

Gross rf 4 1 1 0 YMolna c 4 0 1 1

Bartlett ss 5 2 4 0 Wnwrg p 3 0 0 0

Garza p 1 0 0 0 Flores p 0 0 0 0

Glover p 0 0 0 0 Sprngr p 0 0 0 0

CFloyd ph 1 0 1 1 McCllln p 0 0 0 0

Howell p 0 0 0 0 AKndy ph 1 0 0 0

Gomes ph 1 0 0 0 Frnklin p 0 0 0 0

AReyes p 0 0 0 0 BRyan ss 4 0 1 0

TMiller p 0 0 0 0

Hinske ph 1 0 0 0

Wheler p 0 0 0 0

Totals 41 8 18 8 Totals 40 9 13 8

Tampa Bay 120 001 310 0 — 8

St. Louis 200 141 000 1 — 9

One out when winning run scored.

E—Bartlett (5), YMolina (4). DP—Tampa Bay 1, St. Louis 2. LOB—Tampa Bay 10, St. Louis 5. 2B—Upton (10), CFloyd (2), Miles (3). HR—CPena (9), Pujols (9), Ludwick 2 (10). SB—Upton (8). CS—Crawford (3), Upton (5), Gross (1), Miles (2). S—Garza. SF—Longoria.

IP H R ER BB SO

Tampa Bay

Garza 4 1-3 10 7 6 2 1

Glover 2-3 0 0 0 0 2

Howell 1 1 1 1 0 1

AReyes 2 0 0 0 0 1

TMiller 1 1 0 0 0 1

Wheeler L,0-3 1-3 1 1 1 0 1

St. Louis

Wainwright 5 2-3 12 4 4 1 2

Flores 1-3 3 3 3 0 0

Springer 1 2 0 0 0 2

McClellan 1 1 1 1 2 0

Franklin W,2-1 2 0 0 0 2 2

Flores pitched to 3 batters in the 7th. PB—YMolina. T—3:43. A—43,907 (43,975).



Mets 7, Yankees 4

NEW YORK (NL) NEW YORK (AL)

ab r h bi ab r h bi

JReyes ss 5 1 2 1 Damon lf 3 1 1 0

Church rf 4 2 1 0 BAbreu rf 4 1 2 1

DWrght 3b 5 2 3 2 Jeter ss 4 1 3 2

Beltran cf 5 2 3 1 HMatsu dh 4 0 0 0

Alou lf 3 0 1 0 Giambi 1b 4 1 2 1

EnChvz lf 0 0 0 0 Cano 2b 4 0 1 0

Dlgado 1b 5 0 2 1 MlCbra cf 3 0 0 0

Easley dh 4 0 0 0 AlGnzlz 3b 3 0 0 0

MAnsn dh 1 0 0 0 SDncan ph 1 0 0 0

Schndr c 3 0 0 1 Moeller c 3 0 0 0

LCstillo 2b 3 0 1 1 Ensbrg ph 1 0 0 0

Totals 38 7 13 7 Totals 34 4 9 4

New York (NL) 000 300 301 — 7

New York (AL) 200 000 110 — 4

DP—New York (AL) 1. LOB—New York (NL) 9, New York (AL) 5. 2B—BAbreu (9), Jeter (6). 3B—Beltran (3). HR—JReyes (3), DWright (8), BAbreu (5), Jeter (2), Giambi (8). SB—DWright (6), Beltran (5). CS—Alou (1), LCastillo (1).

IP H R ER BB SO

New York (NL)

JSantana W,5-2 7 2-3 7 4 4 2 5

BWagner S,9 1 1-3 2 0 0 0 1

New York (AL)

Pettitte L,3-5 6 7 3 3 2 7

Farnsworth 1 3 3 3 1 1

ERamirez 1 1 0 0 1 1

Chamberlain 1 2 1 1 0 2

HBP—by Pettitte (Alou). T—3:08. A—55,093 (56,936).



Friday, May 16

Rangers 16, Astros 8

HOUSTON TEXAS

ab r h bi ab r h bi

Pence rf 4 1 1 1 Kinsler 2b 3 3 1 1

KMatsu 2b 5 0 2 1 MiYong ss 6 3 2 3

Tejada ss 5 1 1 1 Hmlton cf 5 4 5 5

Brkmn dh 4 1 2 0 Brdley dh 5 0 2 0

CaLee lf 4 1 2 1 DaMph rf 6 2 3 3

Erstad 1b 4 1 2 2 Boggs lf 5 0 1 2

Wggntn 3b 4 1 1 0 Ctlnotto 1b 3 0 0 0

Bourn cf 4 2 1 1 Shltn 1b 2 1 1 1

Towles c 4 0 0 1 Sltlmch c 5 2 1 1

RVzqez 3b 4 1 1 0

Totals 38 8 12 8 Totals 44 16 17 16

Houston 020 051 000 — 8

Texas 301 400 26x — 16

E—KMatsui (8), Tejada (5), Wigginton (3), Bourn (3), Towles (1), Ponson (2). LOB—Houston 4, Texas 11. 2B—KMatsui (9), Tejada (12), CaLee (13), Erstad 2 (8), Boggs (4). 3B—Kinsler (1), Hamilton (3). HR—MiYoung (4), Hamilton 2 (10), DaMurphy (5), Shelton (2), Sltalamacchia (1). SB—Bourn (18), Kinsler (12).

IP H R ER BB SO

Houston

Chacon 3 1-3 6 8 5 4 0

Borkowski 2 2 0 0 0 1

WWright L,3-1 1 1-3 3 2 2 2 1

Brocail 1-3 0 0 0 0 1

Villarreal 1 6 6 2 1 0

Texas

Ponson 5 9 7 3 0 2

FFrancisco 1 3 1 1 1 1

JWright W,2-1 1 0 0 0 0 0

Benoit 1 0 0 0 0 0

Mathis 1 0 0 0 0 1

FFrancisco pitched to 1 batter in the 7th. WP—Ponson. T—3:16. A—32,117 (48,911).



Reds 4, Indians 2

CLEVELAND CINCINNATI

ab r h bi ab r h bi

Szmore cf 4 0 2 0 CPttson cf 4 0 0 0

Peralta ss 5 0 1 0 Hairstn ss 3 1 1 0

Dllucci lf 4 0 1 0 Grf Jr. rf 4 0 0 0

VMrtnz c 4 0 1 0 BPhllps 2b 4 0 2 1

BFrnco rf 4 2 3 1 Votto 1b 4 1 1 0

Garko 1b 4 0 2 1 EEcarn 3b 3 1 1 0

JCrroll 3b 0 0 0 0 Dunn lf 4 1 1 3

ACabra 2b 4 0 0 0 Bako c 3 0 0 0

Kbyshi p 0 0 0 0 Harang p 2 0 0 0

Blake 3b 3 0 0 0 Httberg ph 1 0 0 0

Crmna p 3 0 0 0 Wthers p 0 0 0 0

RPerez p 0 0 0 0 Bray p 0 0 0 0

Aubrey 1b 1 0 0 0

Totals 36 2 10 2 Totals 32 4 6 4

Cleveland 010 000 010 — 2

Cincinnati 000 001 003 — 4

No outs when winning run scored.

E—Peralta 2 (5), Garko (3). DP—Cincinnati 1. LOB—Cleveland 9, Cincinnati 6. 2B—VMartinez (8), Garko (8), Hairston (6). HR—BFrancisco (1), Dunn (9). SB—Sizemore 2 (9), BFrancisco (1), Hairston (4). CS—Hairston (2).

IP H R ER BB SO

Cleveland

Carmona 7 1-3 4 1 1 0 4

RPerez 1-3 0 0 0 0 1

Kobayashi L,2-1 1-3 2 3 3 0 0

Cincinnati

Harang 7 8 1 1 1 5

Weathers 1 2 1 1 0 0

Bray W,1-0 1 0 0 0 1 2

Kobayashi pitched to 3 batters in the 9th.

HBP—by Kobayashi (EEncarnacion), by Carmona (Hairston). WP—Carmona.

T—2:51. A—42,023 (42,319).



Red Sox 5, Brewers 3

MILWAUKEE BOSTON

ab r h bi ab r h bi

Weeks 2b 3 1 0 0 Ellsbry cf 5 1 2 1

MCmrn cf 5 1 1 2 Pedroia 2b 5 0 0 0

Braun lf 5 1 3 1 Ortiz dh 2 2 2 3

Fielder dh 4 0 2 0 MRmrz lf 3 0 1 0

Hart rf 3 0 0 0 Yukilis 3b 4 0 1 0

Hardy ss 4 0 0 0 JDrew rf 3 0 0 1

Dillon 1b 4 0 1 0 Varitek c 4 1 2 0

BHall 3b 4 0 2 0 Casey 1b 4 0 2 0

Kendall c 3 0 0 0 Lowell 3b 0 0 0 0

Lugo ss 4 1 1 0

Cora ss 0 0 0 0

Totals 35 3 9 3 Totals 34 5 11 5

Milwaukee 000 000 201 — 3

Boston 130 000 01x — 5

E—BHall (6), Youkilis (1). DP—Milwaukee 2. LOB—Milwaukee 10, Boston 9. 2B—Fielder 2 (9), Ellsbury (3), Varitek 2 (10), Casey (7). HR—MCameron (4), Braun (11), Ortiz (8). CS—Weeks (2). S—Hart.

IP H R ER BB SO

Milwaukee

Suppan L,2-3 6 9 4 4 2 1

McClung 1 2-3 1 1 1 1 0

Shouse 1-3 1 0 0 0 0

Boston

Mtszka W,7-0 6 2-3 7 2 0 2 6

JLopez 0 0 0 0 1 0

Delcarmen 1 1-3 1 0 0 0 0

Papelbon S,12 1 1 1 1 0 0

JLopez pitched to 1 batter in the 7th.

HBP—by Matsuzaka (Kendall), by Suppan (MRamirez).

T—3:03. A—37,409 (36,984).



Dodgers 6, Angels 3

LOS ANGELES (NL) LOS ANGELES (AL)

ab r h bi ab r h bi

Pierre lf 4 2 0 0 Willits rf 4 0 1 0

Ethier rf 4 0 1 1 Mth Jr. cf 5 0 0 0

Martin c 4 0 3 1 Grrero dh 3 1 1 0

Loney 1b 5 0 0 0 GAndsn lf 4 1 3 0

MaSwy dh 4 0 0 0 Ktchm 1b 4 0 0 1

AJones cf 3 1 0 0 Izturis 2b 4 0 0 1

Dewitt 3b 4 2 2 2 Quinlan 3b 3 0 1 0

Maza 2b 4 0 2 1 JRivra ph 1 1 1 0

Hu ss 3 1 0 0 Mathis c 2 0 0 0

Napoli ph 1 0 0 0

EAybar ss 4 0 1 1

Totals 35 6 8 5 Totals 35 3 8 3

Los Angeles (NL) 022 000 110 — 6

Los Angeles (AL) 000 200 001 — 3

E—Loney (3), Izturis (2). DP—Los Angeles (NL) 1. LOB—Los Angeles (NL) 7, Los Angeles (AL) 8. 2B—Dewitt (6), GAnderson (8), JRivera (2). HR—Dewitt (4). SB—Pierre (15). CS—Martin (4).

IP H R ER BB SO

Los Angeles (NL)

Park 4 3 2 1 2 3

Kuo W,3-1 4 3 0 0 0 4

Saito 1 2 1 1 0 0

Los Angeles (AL)

ESantana L,6-1 6 5 4 4 3 5

Oliver 1 0 1 0 1 0

Bootcheck 2 3 1 1 0 0

HBP—by Park (Guerrero), by ESantana (Pierre).

T—3:12. A—43,906 (45,257).



NATIONAL LEAGUE



Pirates 7, Cubs 6

PITTSBURGH CHICAGO

ab r h bi ab r h bi

FSnchz 2b 5 2 3 0 ASrano lf 5 3 5 3

McLuth cf 5 2 3 3 Theriot ss 5 0 2 1

Bay lf 4 0 0 0 DLee 1b 5 0 0 0

AdLrch 1b 5 1 2 1 ArRmz 3b 3 0 0 0

Nady rf 3 0 0 1 Fkdme rf 4 0 0 0

Mntkw 3b 3 1 1 1 Soto c 3 1 1 0

RPalno c 4 0 1 0 Derosa 2b 4 1 2 0

Bixler ss 4 0 1 1 Mrmol p 0 0 0 0

Duke p 2 1 0 0 ReJnsn cf 4 1 1 1

Yates p 0 0 0 0 Zmbrno p 2 0 0 0

DMarte p 0 0 0 0 Wuertz p 0 0 0 0

Mchels ph 1 0 0 0 Eyre p 0 0 0 0

Capps p 0 0 0 0 Cedeno ph 1 0 0 0

Lieber p 0 0 0 0

Fntenot 2b 1 0 0 0

Totals 36 7 11 7 Totals 37 6 11 5

Pittsburgh 010 130 002 — 7

Chicago 030 100 101 — 6

E—Bay (1), Bixler (6). DP—Pittsburgh 1, Chicago 1. LOB—Pittsburgh 6, Chicago 6. 2B—FSanchez (10), AdLaRoche (6), ASoriano (7), Soto (14), Derosa (9). HR—McLouth (12), ASoriano 2 (10). SF—Nady.

IP H R ER BB SO

Pittsburgh

Duke 6 1-3 8 4 4 1 4

Yates 2-3 1 1 1 1 0

DMarte W,3-0 1 0 0 0 0 0

Capps S,10 1 2 1 1 0 1

Chicago

Zambrano 4 7 5 4 3 3

Wuertz 2 2-3 1 0 0 0 1

Eyre 1-3 0 0 0 0 1

Lieber 1 1 0 0 0 3

Marmol L,1-1 1 2 2 2 0 2

Yates pitched to 1 batter in the 8th, Zambrano pitched to 5 batters in the 5th. PB—Soto 2. T—2:44. A—41,686 (41,160).



College Scores



Big 12



Oklahoma 6, Arkansas 5

Oklahoma 013 001 000 01 — 6 13 0

Arkansas 102 000 200 00 — 5 13 1

Mathis and Vandever; Dixon, Henry (4) and Cloer. W—Mathis, 29-5. L—Henry, 20-13. Sv—None. HRs—Long, Trott, Dixon.



Baylor 13, Texas Tech 3

Baylor 304 120 021 — 13 16 1

Texas Tech 010 010 100 — 3 8 0

Fritsch, Thurman (5), Linebaugh (9) and Glime; Bettis, Large (4), Gonzalez (8), Brolsma (9) and Kreder. W—Thurman, 3-1. L—Bettis, 4-5. HRs—Baylor, Campbell (4), Weems (7), Hansen (6). Texas Tech, Seefeld (11).



Football



Arena standings



NATIONAL CONFERENCE

Eastern Division

W L T Pct PF PA

Dallas 9 1 0 .900 494 455

Philadelphia 9 2 0 .818 702 558

Cleveland 6 4 0 .600 578 582

New York 6 4 0 .600 504 478

Columbus 2 8 0 .200 474 545

Southern Division

W L T Pct PF PA

New Orleans 7 4 0 .636 611 539

Orlando 7 4 0 .636 617 600

Georgia 5 5 0 .500 584 548

Tampa Bay 5 6 0 .455 577 591

AMERICAN CONFERENCE

Central Division

W L T Pct PF PA

Chicago 8 2 0 .800 588 461

Colorado 4 6 0 .400 516 561

Grand Rapids 3 8 0 .273 615 658

Kansas City 2 8 0 .200 491 591

Western Division

W L T Pct PF PA

San Jose 6 5 0 .545 605 581

Arizona 4 6 0 .400 502 594

Los Angeles 4 7 0 .364 609 681

Utah 2 9 0 .182 636 680

Friday’s Game

Tampa Bay 58, Grand Rapids 50

Saturday’s Games

Columbus at Philadelphia, (n)

Arizona at Dallas, (n)

Cleveland at Colorado, (n)

Utah at San Jose, (n)

Today’s Games

Orlando at Kansas City, 1 p.m.

Georgia at New York, 2 p.m.

Monday’s Game

Los Angeles at Chicago, 7 p.m.



Hockey



NHL playoffs



CONFERENCE FINALS

Thursday, May 15

Philadelphia 4, Pittsburgh 2, Pittsburgh leads series 3-1

Saturday, May 17

Dallas 2, Detroit 1, Detroit leads series 3-2

Sunday, May 18

Philadelphia at Pittsburgh, 2 p.m.

Monday, May 19

Detroit at Dallas, 7 p.m.

Tuesday, May 20

Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, 6:30 p.m., if necessary

Wednesday, May 21

Dallas at Detroit, 6:30 p.m., if necessary

Thursday, May 22

Philadelphia at Pittsburgh, 6:30 p.m., if necessary



NHL summary



At Detroit

STARS 2, RED WINGS 1

Dallas 1 1 0 — 2

Detroit 1 0 0 — 1

First Period—1, Dallas, Daley 1 (Richards, Hagman), 9:21. 2, Detroit, Hudler 4 (Kronwall, Filppula), 15:30 (pp).

Second Period—3, Dallas, Lundqvist 2 (Turco), 6:04.

Third Period—None.

Shots on Goal—Dallas 10-6-5—21. Detroit 14-13-12—39.

Goalies—Dallas, Turco. Detroit, Osgood. A—20,066 (20,066). T—2:32.