NBA
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
W L Pct GB
x-Boston 49 19 .721 —
New York 42 24 .636 6
Toronto 24 44 .353 25
Philadelphia 23 44 .343 25 1/2
Brooklyn 23 45 .338 26
Southeast Division
W L Pct GB
Atlanta 32 36 .471 —
Orlando 32 37 .464 1/2
Miami 29 38 .433 2 1/2
Charlotte 17 50 .254 14 1/2
Washington 15 51 .227 16
Central Division
W L Pct GB
y-Cleveland 56 11 .836 —
Milwaukee 38 29 .567 18
Indiana 37 29 .561 18 1/2
Detroit 37 31 .544 19 1/2
Chicago 28 39 .418 28
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Southwest Division
W L Pct GB
Houston 43 25 .632 —
Memphis 43 25 .632 —
Dallas 33 36 .478 10 1/2
San Antonio 28 38 .424 14
New Orleans 18 50 .265 25
Northwest Division
W L Pct GB
x-Oklahoma City 56 12 .824 —
Denver 43 25 .632 13
Minnesota 40 29 .580 16 1/2
Portland 29 39 .426 27
Utah 15 53 .221 41
Pacific Division
W L Pct GB
L.A. Lakers 41 25 .621 —
Golden State 39 28 .582 2 1/2
L.A. Clippers 38 30 .559 4
Sacramento 33 33 .500 8
Phoenix 31 37 .456 11
x-clinched playoff spot
y-clinched division
Sunday’s games
Philadelphia 130, Dallas 125
Orlando 108, Cleveland 103
L.A. Lakers 107, Phoenix 96
Portland 105, Toronto 102
Brooklyn 122, Atlanta 114
L.A. Clippers 123, Charlotte 88
Minnesota 128, Utah 102
Oklahoma City 121, Milwaukee 105
Monday’s games
Miami at New York, 7:30 p.m.
Detroit at New Orleans, 8 p.m.
Indiana at Minnesota, 8 p.m.
Philadelphia at Houston, 8 p.m.
Chicago at Utah, 9 p.m.
Denver at Golden State, 10 p.m.
Memphis at Sacramento, 10 p.m.
Toronto at Phoenix, 10 p.m.
Washington at Portland, 10 p.m.
San Antonio at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m.
Tuesday’s games
Atlanta at Charlotte, 7 p.m.
Brooklyn at Boston, 7:30 p.m.
Milwaukee at Golden State, 10 p.m.
Cleveland at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.
College basketball
Men’s ap top 25 poll
The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, and total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking.
Record Pts Pvs
1. Duke (49) 31-3 1463 1
2. Houston (6) 30-4 1394 2
3. Florida (2) 30-4 1370 4
4. Auburn (2) 28-5 1291 3
5. St. John’s 30-4 1225 6
6. Tennessee 27-7 1174 8
7. Alabama 25-8 1120 5
8. Michigan St. 27-6 1080 7
9. Texas Tech 25-8 926 9
10. Louisville 27-7 809 13
11. Maryland 25-8 764 11
12. Clemson 27-6 746 10
13. Wisconsin 26-9 732 18
14. Michigan 25-9 681 22
15. Iowa St. 24-9 641 12
16. Memphis 29-5 636 16
17. BYU 24-9 563 17
18. Kentucky 22-11 511 15
19. Texas A&M 22-10 457 14
20. Saint Mary’s 28-5 306 19
21. Arizona 22-12 253 -
22. Purdue 22-11 227 20
23. Missouri 22-11 159 21
24. Gonzaga 25-8 151 -
25. Oregon 24-9 115 23
Others receiving votes: Drake 107, Marquette 69, UC San Diego 57, Illinois 55, VCU 28, Creighton 28, Mississippi 13, McNeese St. 4, UConn 4, Colorado St. 4, Kansas 3, High Point 3, UCLA 3, Akron 3.
Women’s ap top 25 poll
The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ women’s college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, and total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking.
Record Pts Pvs
1. UCLA (19) 30-2 779 1
2. South Carolina (8) 30-3 761 2
3. UConn (5) 31-3 737 3
4. Southern Cal 28-3 713 4
5. Texas 31-3 689 5
6. TCU 31-3 626 6
7. Duke 26-7 608 7
8. Notre Dame 26-5 566 8
9. NC State 26-6 564 9
10. LSU 28-5 502 10
11. Oklahoma 25-7 473 11
12. North Carolina 27-7 424 12
13. Kentucky 22-7 391 13
14. Baylor 27-7 387 14
15. Ohio St. 25-6 369 15
16. West Virginia 24-7 339 16
17. Oklahoma St. 25-6 247 17
18. Maryland 23-7 215 18
19. Kansas St 26-7 209 19
20. Tennessee 22-9 149 20
21. Alabama 23-8 137 21
22. Florida St. 23-8 124 23
23. Creighton 26-6 102 22
24. South Dakota St. 29-3 83 24
25. Mississippi 20-10 58 25
Others receiving votes: Vanderbilt 41, Michigan 31, Michigan St. 20, Louisville 14, Iowa 14, Georgia Tech 8, James Madison 7, Harvard 5, Fairfield 5, California 3.
NHL
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Florida 68 41 24 3 85 221 184
Tampa Bay 66 38 23 5 81 234 179
Toronto 66 39 24 3 81 210 197
Ottawa 66 36 25 5 77 195 187
Montreal 66 32 27 7 71 197 216
Detroit 67 32 29 6 70 194 211
Boston 68 30 30 8 68 184 218
Buffalo 65 26 33 6 58 206 230
Metropolitan Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Washington 67 44 15 8 96 244 175
Carolina 67 41 22 4 86 217 178
New Jersey 68 36 26 6 78 204 177
N.Y. Rangers 68 33 29 6 72 204 204
Columbus 66 31 27 8 70 217 221
N.Y. Islanders 66 30 28 8 68 179 196
Pittsburgh 69 28 31 10 66 202 250
Philadelphia 68 28 32 8 64 192 232
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Winnipeg 68 47 17 4 98 237 156
Dallas 66 42 21 3 87 225 174
Colorado 68 41 24 3 85 228 197
Minnesota 67 37 25 5 79 184 194
St. Louis 68 33 28 7 73 202 202
Utah 67 30 26 11 71 190 198
Nashville 66 25 33 8 58 171 214
Chicago 67 20 38 9 49 182 237
Pacific Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Vegas 67 39 20 8 86 222 184
Edmonton 67 39 24 4 82 214 194
Los Angeles 65 36 20 9 81 185 169
Vancouver 67 31 25 11 73 185 203
Calgary 65 30 24 11 71 169 190
Anaheim 67 29 31 7 65 179 211
Seattle 68 29 34 5 63 203 221
San Jose 68 18 41 9 45 178 255
Note: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Top three teams in each division and two wild cards per conference advance to playoffs.
Sunday’s games
Detroit 3, Vegas 0
Colorado 4, Dallas 3, OT
Edmonton 3, N.Y. Rangers 1
N.Y. Islanders 4, Florida 2
Utah 3, Vancouver 1
St. Louis 7, Anaheim 2
Winnipeg 3, Seattle 2, OT
Monday’s games
Buffalo at Boston, 7 p.m.
New Jersey at Columbus, 7 p.m.
Philadelphia at Tampa Bay, 7 p.m.
Calgary at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.
Los Angeles at Minnesota, 8 p.m.
Tuesday’s games
Calgary at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m.
Detroit at Washington, 7 p.m.
N.Y. Islanders at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.
Ottawa at Montreal, 7 p.m.
Anaheim at Dallas, 8 p.m.
St. Louis at Nashville, 8 p.m.
Seattle at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.
Utah at Edmonton, 9 p.m.
Winnipeg at Vancouver, 10 p.m.
AHL
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
GP W L O S Pt GF GA
Hershey 58 37 15 5 1 80 194 170
WB/Scranton 58 33 17 7 1 74 204 166
Providence 59 33 19 4 3 73 192 152
Charlotte 57 33 18 3 3 72 180 148
Lehigh Valley 60 30 23 5 2 67 181 195
Springfield 59 30 23 2 4 66 193 194
Hartford 61 25 29 5 2 57 170 204
Bridgeport 60 13 40 4 3 33 156 245
North Division
GP W L O S Pt GF GA
Laval 58 39 16 2 1 81 185 151
Rochester 58 35 17 3 3 76 199 158
Toronto 58 31 18 3 6 71 171 159
Cleveland 58 28 20 5 5 66 166 180
Syracuse 58 27 19 8 4 66 171 152
Belleville 57 28 21 4 4 64 170 178
Utica 57 23 28 4 2 52 149 179
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central Division
GP W L O S Pt GF GA
Milwaukee 60 31 19 4 6 72 180 162
Texas 56 34 19 3 0 71 195 171
Grand Rapids 60 32 22 4 2 70 168 165
Chicago 58 30 25 3 0 63 169 179
Rockford 58 25 27 5 1 56 166 177
Iowa 58 21 32 4 1 47 162 210
Manitoba 58 21 33 1 3 46 139 204
Pacific Division
GP W L O S Pt GF GA
Colorado 57 34 15 5 3 76 201 140
Ontario 57 34 19 3 1 72 182 166
Coach. Valley 59 32 20 2 5 71 195 172
Abbotsford 59 33 23 2 1 69 191 174
Calgary 60 31 22 4 3 69 196 200
San Jose 58 29 21 4 4 66 199 187
Tucson 59 29 25 3 2 63 189 193
Bakersfield 56 25 22 6 3 59 165 181
San Diego 58 23 27 5 3 54 182 205
Henderson 59 24 31 3 1 52 171 214
Note: Two points are awarded for a win, one point for an overtime or shootout loss. Top four teams in each division advance to playoffs.
Sunday’s games
Providence 4, Springfield 1
WB/Scranton 5, Lehigh Valley 3
Charlotte 3, Toronto 2
Hershey 5, Chicago 2
Iowa 6, Manitoba 2
Milwaukee 2, Rockford 1
Ontario 3, Henderson 2
Abbotsford 1, Calgary 0
Tucson 6, San Jose 5
Monday’s games
No games scheduled
Tuesday’s games
Ontario at Texas, 8 p.m.
Bakersfield at Colorado, 9:05 p.m.
MLB
Spring Training
Sunday’s games
Chicago Cubs 4, Giants 2
Baltimore (ss) 7, Detroit 1
Pittsburgh 4, N.Y. Yankees (ss) 3
Boston 6, Minnesota 5
Philadelphia 12, Baltimore (ss) 1
N.Y. Yankees (ss) 7, Tampa Bay (ss) 5
Tampa Bay (ss) 11, Washington 5
Toronto 6, Atlanta 2
Houston 5, N.Y. Mets 0
Miami 11, St. Louis 5
San Francisco 7, Athletics 3
Seattle 8, Cincinnati 3
Chicago White Sox 7, Texas 6
San Diego (ss) 4, L.A. Angels 2
Milwaukee 8, Cleveland 2
Kansas City 10, Colorado 2
Arizona 5, San Diego (ss) 4
Monday’s games
Atlanta vs Boston (ss) at North Port, Fla., 1:05 p.m.
Boston (ss) vs Baltimore at Fort Myers, Fla., 1:05 p.m.
Detroit vs Pittsburgh (ss) at Lakeland, Fla., 1:05 p.m.
Philadelphia vs Toronto (ss) at Clearwater, Fla., 1:05 p.m.
Pittsburgh (ss) vs Minnesota at Bradenton, Fla., 1:05 p.m.
Washington vs St. Louis at West Palm Beach, Fla., 1:05 p.m.
Toronto (ss) vs N.Y. Yankees at Dunedin, Fla., 1:07 p.m.
N.Y. Mets (ss) vs Tampa Bay at Port St Lucie, Fla., 1:10 p.m.
Miami vs N.Y. Mets (ss) at Jupiter, Fla., 1:10 p.m.
Athletics vs Seattle at Mesa, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.
Chicago White Sox vs San Francisco at Phoenix, 4:05 p.m.
Kansas City vs Arizona (ss) at Surprise, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.
Arizona (ss) vs L.A. Angels at Scottsdale, Ariz., 4:10 p.m.
San Diego vs Milwaukee at Peoria, Ariz., 4:10 p.m.
Cleveland vs Cincinnati at Goodyear, Ariz., 9:05 p.m.
Odds
BetMGM Sportsbook
NBA
Favorite Line (O/U) Underdog
Tuesday
at Charlotte Off (Off) Atlanta
at Boston Off (Off) Brooklyn
at Golden St Off (Off) Milwaukee
at LA Clippers Off (Off) Cleveland
College Basketball
Favorite Line Underdog
Tuesday
at Alabama St 3 1/2 St. Francis (PA)
at St. Bonaventure 4 1/2 Kent St
at Georgia Tech 4 1/2 Jacksonville
at Mid Tenn 2 1/2 Chattanooga
at Oklahoma St 5 1/2 Wichita St
at Arkansas St 4 1/2 St. Louis
N Carolina 4 1/2 at San Diego St
at Stanford 6 1/2 CSU Northridge
at Santa Clara 10 1/2 UC Riverside
NHL
Favorite Line Underdog
Tuesday
Ottawa -134/+112 at Montreal
at Pittsburgh -114/-105 NY Islanders
at NY Rangers -210/+172 Calgary
at Washington -196/+162 Detroit
St. Louis -118/-102 at Nashville
at Dallas -360/+280 Anaheim
Seattle -156/+130 at Chicago
at Edmonton -192/+158 Utah
Winnipeg -146/+122 at Vancouver
Transactions
BASEBALL
MLB
American League
ATHLETICS: Optioned 3B Darell Hernaiz to Las Vegas (PCL).
BOSTON RED SOX: Reassigned RHPs Austin Adams, Isaiah Campbell and Noah Davis to minor league camp.
CHICAGO WHITE SOX: Optioned OF Dominic Fletcher to Charlotte (IL). Reassigned RHPs Mason Adams, Justin Dunn, Jonathan Heasley and Peyton Pallette, Cs Kyle Teel and Edgar Quero, INFs Andre Lipcius and Cal Mitchell and OFs Zach DeLoach and Corey Julks to minor league camp.
DETROIT TIGERS: Optioned 3B Jace Jung and LHP Sean Guenther to Toledo (IL).
National League
WASHINGTON NATIONALS: Reassigned OF Daylen Lile and INFs Yohandy Morales and Cayden Wallace to minor league camp. Optioned INF Darren Baker to Rochestser (IL).
BASKETBALL
NBA
DALLAS MAVERICKS: Assigned F/C Anthony Davis to Texas (G League).
FOOTBALL
NFL
CINCINNATI BENGALS: Signed LB Oren Burks to a two-year contract. Re-signed WRs Ja’Marr Chase and Tee Higgins to four-year contract extensions.
MIAMI DOLPHINS: Signed LB K.J. Britt and QB Zach Wilson to contracts.
HOCKEY
NHL
DALLAS STARS: Loaned D Kyle Capobianco to Texas (AHL).
COLLEGE
IONA: Fired head men’s basketball coach Tobin Anderson.
Golf
THE PLAYERS Championship
At TPC Sawgrass
Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.
Purse: $25 million
Yardage: 7,352; Par: 72
Final Round
x-Rory McIlroy 67-68-73-68—276
J.J. Spaun 66-68-70-72—276
Akshay Bhatia 67-66-75-70—278
Lucas Glover 66-70-71-71—278
Tom Hoge 71-70-71-66—278
Bud Cauley 68-71-66-74—279
Corey Conners 71-71-66-71—279
Danny Walker 73-70-66-70—279
Robert Macintyre 69-70-72-69—280
Collin Morikawa 70-65-77-69—281
Davis Thompson 72-68-71-70—281
Patrick Cantlay 69-70-70-73—282
Jake Knapp 69-68-72-73—282
Tommy Fleetwood 71-66-75-71—283
Denny McCarthy 68-74-70-71—283
Aaron Rai 68-74-72-69—283
Sam Ryder 68-71-72-72—283
Alex Smalley 68-67-72-76—283
Sepp Straka 70-68-71-74—283
Daniel Berger 70-73-69-72—284
Keegan Bradley 70-72-72-70—284
Ryan Fox 72-70-72-70—284
Joe Highsmith 69-72-73-70—284
Stephan Jaeger 68-71-70-75—284
Min Woo Lee 67-66-78-73—284
Shane Lowry 72-71-74-67—284
Matthew McCarty 70-69-75-70—284
Max McGreevy 68-71-70-75—284
Scottie Scheffler 69-70-72-73—284
Harris English 72-66-76-71—285
Russell Henley 72-70-74-69—285
Will Zalatoris 70-66-78-71—285
Rico Hoey 73-69-78-66—286
Kurt Kitayama 72-70-78-66—286
Taylor Moore 71-68-73-74—286
J.T. Poston 73-68-69-76—286
Justin Thomas 78-62-73-73—286
Si Woo Kim 71-70-78-68—287
Justin Lower 72-71-71-73—287
Taylor Pendrith 69-70-73-75—287
Davis Riley 74-66-73-74—287
Ryan Gerard 72-69-69-78—288
Billy Horschel 67-71-77-73—288
Tom Kim 70-73-69-76—288
Chris Kirk 70-71-70-77—288
Matt Kuchar 71-71-73-73—288
Mac Meissner 74-69-70-75—288
Hayden Springer 72-69-75-72—288
Jesper Svensson 72-70-72-74—288
Jacob Bridgeman 69-69-76-75—289
Beau Hossler 70-69-77-73—289
Byeong Hun An 73-69-76-72—290
Sahith Theegala 73-67-77-73—290
Joel Dahmen 76-66-74-75—291
Charley Hoffman 74-65-79-73—291
Matthieu Pavon 70-72-76-73—291
Camilo Villegas 66-76-75-74—291
Carson Young 73-67-78-73—291
Jordan Spieth 70-71-73-78—292
Jhonattan Vegas 73-68-79-73—293
Will Chandler 71-70-76-77—294
Austin Eckroat 69-73-74-78—294
Sungjae Im 76-66-76-76—294
Trey Mullinax 68-73-80-73—294
Chandler Phillips 68-73-76-77—294
Cameron Young 70-70-81-73—294
Emiliano Grillo 68-70-85-72—295
Isaiah Salinda 69-71-78-78—296
C.T. Pan 71-72-77-77—297
Sami Valimaki 70-71-82-74—297
Rickie Fowler 68-71-82-79—300
Xander Schauffele 72-71-77-81—301
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