Sport in Short: Basketball

NBA: San Antonio Spurs 103 Chicago Bulls 99; Los Angeles Lakers 112 Washington Bullets 110 (OT); Portland Trail Blazers 124 Utah Jazz 113; Miami Heat 122 Dallas Mavericks 106; New Jersey Nets 100 Houston Rockets 83; Indiana Pacers 112 Charlotte Hornets 105; Los Angeles Clippers 116 Seattle SuperSonics 95.

----------------------------------------------------------------- EASTERN CONFERENCE ----------------------------------------------------------------- Atlantic Division ----------------------------------------------------------------- W L Pct GB New York Knicks 24 14 .632 - New Jersey Nets 23 17 .575 2 Boston Celtics 21 19 .525 4 Orlando Magic 17 17 .500 5 Philadelphia 76ers 16 21 .432 7 Miami Heat 12 25 .324 11 Washington Bullets 11 27 .289 13 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Central Division ----------------------------------------------------------------- Chicago Bulls 27 13 .675 - Cleveland Cavaliers 24 16 .600 3 Charlotte Hornets 18 19 .486 7 Indiana Pacers 19 21 .475 8 Atlanta Hawks 18 20 .474 8 Detroit Pistons 17 21 .447 9 Milwaukee Bucks 15 23 .395 11 ----------------------------------------------------------------- WESTERN CONFERENCE ----------------------------------------------------------------- Midwest Division ----------------------------------------------------------------- W L Pct GB Utah Jazz 25 13 .658 - San Antonio Spurs 24 13 .649 Houston Rockets 22 17 .564 3 Denver Nuggets 12 25 .324 13 Minnesota Timberwolves 7 27 .206 16 Dallas Mavericks 3 33 .083 21 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Pacific Division ----------------------------------------------------------------- Phoenix Suns 27 8 .771 - Seattle SuperSonics 27 11 .711 1 Portland Trail Blazers 27 11 .711 1 Los Angeles Lakers 20 18 .526 8 Los Angeles Clippers 20 19 .513 9 Golden State Warriors 19 20 .487 10 Sacramento Kings 15 22 .405 13 -----------------------------------------------------------------