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Atlantic Division

W L Pct GBx-Boston 49 14 .778 —Philadelphia 29 30 .492 18New Jersey 27 35 .435 21Z\xNew York 25 35 .417 22½Toronto 23 40 .365 26Southeast Division

W L Pct GBOrlando 45 16 .738 —Atlanta 34 28 .548 11½Miami 33 28 .541 12Charlotte 27 35 .435 18½Washington 14 48 .226 31Z\xCentral Division

W L Pct GBx-Cleveland 48 13 .787 —Detroit 31 29 .517 16½Chicago 29 34 .460 20Milwaukee 29 36 .446 21Indiana 27 37 .422 22Z\xWESTERN CONFERENCESouthwest Division

W L Pct GBSan Antonio 41 20 .672 —Houston 40 23 .635 2New Orleans 38 22 .633 2½Dallas 37 25 .597 4½Memphis 16 44 .267 24Z\xNorthwest Division

W L Pct GBDenver 40 23 .635 —Utah 39 23 .629 ½Portland 38 23 .623 1Minnesota 18 43 .295 21Oklahoma City 16 45 .262 23Pacific Division

W L Pct GBL.A. Lakers 50 12 .806 —Phoenix 34 28 .548 16Golden State 21 41 .339 29L.A. Clippers 15 47 .242 35Sacramento 13 49 .210 37x-clinched playoff spotFriday's GamesCharlotte 98, Atlanta 91Orlando 105, New Jersey 102Miami 108, Toronto 102Boston 105, Cleveland 94Detroit 108, Golden State 91Houston 116, Phoenix 112Chicago 117, Milwaukee 102San Antonio 100, Washington 78L.A. Lakers 110, Minnesota 90Utah 97, Denver 91Saturday's GamesDetroit at Atlanta, 7 p.m.Miami at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m.Charlotte at New York, 7:30 p.m.Philadelphia at Memphis, 8 p.m.Oklahoma City at New Orleans, 8 p.m.Golden State at Milwaukee, 8:30 p.m.Washington at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.Minnesota at Portland, 10 p.m.Indiana at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.Sunday's GamesUtah at Toronto, 12:30 p.m.Orlando at Boston, 1 p.m.Phoenix at San Antonio, 3:30 p.m.New York at New Jersey, 6 p.m.Memphis at Houston, 7 p.m.Philadelphia at Oklahoma City, 7 p.m.Denver at Sacramento, 9 p.m.

SCOREBOARDSaturday, March 7Oklahoma City at New Orleans (8 p.m. EST). The Thunder have won three in a row for the first time this season, all of them without top scorer Kevin Durant, while the Hornets are riding a season-best six-game win streak.STARSFriday• Dwyane Wade, Heat, had 42 points, eight assists and six rebounds in Miami's 108-102 victory over Toronto. The NBA's leading scorer topped 40 points for the fourth time in seven games.• Deron Williams, Jazz, had 25 points and 11 assists, his 11th straight game with 10 or more, helping Utah rally from a 19-point deficit to beat Denver 97-91 and extend its winning streak to 10 games.• Dwight Howard, Magic, had 26 points and 15 rebounds to help Orlando rally to beat the New Jersey Nets 105-102.• Paul Pierce, Celtics, scored 29 points to lead Boston to a 105-94 victory over Cleveland.• Ben Gordon, Bulls, scored 34 points, including 21 in the first half of Chicago's 117-102 win over Milwaukee.• Aaron Brooks, Rockets, scored a career-high 30 points and drove past Shaquille O'Neal for the winning basket in Houston's 116-112 win over the Phoenix Suns.CREEPING CLOSERBoston tightened the race for the best record in the Eastern Conference and home-court advantage through the conference finals with a 105-94 victory over Cleveland. The Cavaliers (48-13) lead Boston (49-14) in winning percentage .787 to .778, though the Celtics took the lead in the head-to-head tiebreaker, 2-1, with an April 12 game in Cleveland remaining.BIRTHDAY BOYShaquille O'Neal scored 17 points on his 37th birthday, but Phoenix lost 116-112 to Houston on Friday night and slipped three games behind Dallas in the race for the No. 8 playoff spot in the West. Earlier in the day, Suns coach Alvin Gentry presented O'Neal with a chocolate birthday cake after the shootaround, and Goran Dragic sang "Happy Birthday" in his native Slovenian.MOVING ON UPKobe Bryant's second basket of the game late in the second quarter of the Lakers' 110-90 victory over Minnesota allowed him to pass Robert Parish for 18th on the NBA's career scoring list, and he now has 23,354 points. Parish achieved his 23,334 points over 21 seasons, while Bryant is in his 12th year.SHOOTING WOESNew Jersey shot 1-for-8 over the last 6:16 as Orlando rallied from eight points down and beat the Nets 105-102 on Friday night. ... LeBron James was just 5-of-15 from the field, going more than 13 minutes without a field goal in the second half, as Cleveland lost 105-94 in Boston.STREAKSCharlotte used a near-perfect first quarter to build a big lead and beat the Atlanta Hawks 98-91 on Friday night for its franchise record-tying fifth straight victory. ... The resurgent Detroit Pistons won their fourth straight by routing short-handed Golden State 108-91.FIGHTING HAWKSAtlanta played the entire second half of its 98-91 loss at Charlotte on Friday night without power forward Josh Smith, who got into a heated exchange with coach Mike Woodson at halftime that could be heard in the hallway outside the locker room. Neither Smith nor Woodson commented on the incident after the game.SIDELINEDMilwaukee's Luke Ridnour hurt his right thumb early in the fourth quarter of the Bucks' 117-102 loss at Chicago after he was bumped and didn't return to the game. He broke the thumb last month. ... Golden State leading rebounder Andris Biedrins didn't play in a loss to Detroit because of personal reasons. The Warriors were also without G Monta Ellis (left ankle stiffness) and F Brandon Wright (partial dislocation of his left shoulder).SPEAKING"Once you start hitting a couple of shots, whether it's free throws or whether you get to the basket, but especially if it's jump shots, your confidence builds and builds. You feel like you can't miss and when you do miss you look at the rim like, 'What's going on?' That's a feeling that we all love to experience. I've been experience it for a couple of games now. I just hope when it dies down, it doesn't die down too bad." — Dwyane Wade, after he scored 42 points in Miami's 108-102 victory over Toronto, his fourth 40-point game in his last seven outings.

EASTBrown 61, Harvard 59Columbia 58, Princeton 44Cornell 83, Penn 58Yale 74, Dartmouth 62MIDWESTNotre Dame 74, St. John's 55TOURNAMENTSAmerica East ConferenceFirst RoundHartford 65, Maine 56Colonial Athletic AssociationFirst RoundGeorgia St. 54, Delaware 41Hofstra 79, UNC Wilmington 66James Madison 70, William & Mary 48Towson 73, Drexel 62Horizon LeagueSecond RoundCleveland St. 67, Ill.-Chicago 64Wright St. 80, Wis.-Milwaukee 70Metro Atlantic Athletic ConferenceFirst RoundCanisius 74, Loyola, Md. 68Marist 43, Iona 40Missouri Valley ConferenceQuarterfinalsBradley 67, S. Illinois 55Creighton 63, Wichita St. 62Illinois St. 78, Evansville 68N. Iowa 73, Indiana St. 69Ohio Valley ConferenceSemifinalsAustin Peay 67, Murray St. 50Morehead St. 63, Tenn.-Martin 55Southern ConferenceFirst RoundAppalachian St. 86, Georgia Southern 75Coll. of Charleston 69, UNC Greensboro 56Elon 62, Wofford 55Samford 57, Furman 52West Coast ConferenceFirst RoundPepperdine 93, San Francisco 85San Diego 62, Loyola Marymount 56

Times ESTSaturday's GamesNo. 1 Connecticut at No. 3 Pittsburgh, NoonNo. 4 Oklahoma vs. Oklahoma State, 3:30 p.m.No. 5 Memphis vs. Tulane, 1 p.m.No. 6 Louisville at West Virginia, 9 p.m.No. 9 Kansas vs. Texas, 4 p.m.No. 12 LSU at Auburn, 4 p.m.No. 13 Marquette vs. No. 25 Syracuse, 2 p.m.No. 15 Missouri at Texas A&M, 2 p.m.No. 16 Washington vs. Washington State, 5:30 p.m.No. 17 Xavier at Richmond, 7 p.m.No. 20 UCLA vs. Oregon, 3:30 p.m.No. 21 Arizona State vs. California, 2 p.m.No. 22 Butler vs. Wright State in Horizon League semifinals, 7 p.m.No. 24 Florida State vs. Virginia Tech, 2 p.m.Times EDTSunday's GamesNo. 2 North Carolina vs. No. 7 Duke, 4 p.m.No. 8 Michigan State vs. No. 19 Purdue, NoonNo. 10 Wake Forest vs. No. 18 Clemson, 6 p.m.No. 14 Gonzaga in WCC semifinals at Orleans Arena, Las Vegas, 9:30 p.m.

PIAA ChampionshipsClass AAAAFirst RoundDowningtown East 51, Spring Grove 32West Chester Henderson 47, Central 40Hazleton Area 48, Central Dauphin East 39Red Lion 30, Central Bucks East 29Cardinal O'Hara 56, Council Rock North 41Wilson 44, William Allen 37Upper Darby 63, Bethlehem Liberty 45Lower Merion 49, Carlisle 31Cheltenham 51, Reading 46Northampton 63, University City 25Central Dauphin 51, Great Valley 38Downingtown West 53, Archbishop Ryan 47Mount Lebanon 51, Baldwin 39Erie McDowell 64, Gateway 37State College 44, Oakland Catholic 40Fox Chapel 64, Schenley 52Class AAFirst RoundDelone Catholic 45, Freire Charter 40Tamaqua 50, Loyalsock 46Lancaster Mennonite 73, Springfield Montco 43South Williamsport 54, Wilkes-Barre Meyers 45Dunmore 50, Lewisburg 27Notre Dame-Green Pond 48, Kennedy Kenrick 26Mid Valley 52, St. Pius X 48York Catholic 63, Bodine 40Sto Rox 43, Marion Center 39Girard 55, South Fayette 30Southern Huntingdon 77, Our Lady of the Sacred Heart 69Washington 61, Cranberry 50Bishop McCort 67, Jeannette 37Greenville 41, Seton-LaSalle 34North Star 54, Riverside 48Villa Maria Academy 74, Beaver 52

PIAA ChampionshipsClass AAAFirst RoundYork Suburban 46, Abington Heights 38Strath Haven 76, Franklin Learning Center 56Danville 82, Southern Lehigh 76Crestwood 54, Eastern York 42Neumann-Goretti 98, Steelton-Highspire 71Susquehanna Township 72, Holy Redeemer 46Shamokin 51, Pottsville 39Archbishop Carroll 56, Phoenixville 50Holy Ghost Prep 54, Wyomissing 44Lancaster Catholic 55, Greater Johnstown 45Hampton 76, Erie East 60General McLane 51, Moon 50Chartiers Valley 79, Perry Traditional Academy 69Greensburg Salem 66, Clearfield 56Highlands 95, Somerset 66Farrell 84, Oliver 73Class AFirst RoundGreenwood 64, Harmony 42Math, Civics & Science 48, Church Farm 44Williams Valley 68, Saint John Neumann 57Girard College 85, Camp Hill 76Mansfield 50, Old Forge 39Reading Central Catholic 60, Faith Christian 49Millville 45, Marian Catholic 40Scotland School 67, Bishop Carroll 57Sewickley Academy 81, North Clarion 64Northern Bedford 53, Johnsonburg 52Tussey Mountain 59, Clarton 57Kennedy Catholic 40, Keystone 30Shade 60, Neshannock 47Serra Catholic 84, Conemaugh Valley 56Homer Center 51, Vision Quest 46Elk County Catholic 67, Union 62