BASKETBALL

L.A. Clippers L.A. Lakers

Phoenix

y-houston San Antonio New Orleans Dallas Memphis

Portland Oklahoma City Utah Minnesota Denver 39 32

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60 43 43 22 20

45 44 42 42 40 34 41

56

14 31 31 51 54

28 31 32 33 34 .534 .438

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.811 .581 .581 .301 .270

.616 .587 .568 .560 .541 15 22

36

— 17 17 37½ 40

— 2 3½ 4 5½

x-cleveland x-indiana Milwaukee Detroit Chicago x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division x-vegas

Anaheim Los Angeles Calgary Edmonton Vancouver Arizona

x-nashville x-winnipeg Minnesota Colorado St. Louis Dallas Chicago

44 43 39 34 24

29 31 34 40 49

Charlotte 137, New York 128, OT Detroit 112, L.A. Lakers 106 Philadelphia 123, Denver 104 Memphis 101, Minnesota 93 Boston 102, Phoenix 94

San Antonio at Washington, 4 p.m. Denver at Toronto, 4:30 p.m. Chicago at Houston, 5 p.m. Cleveland at Miami, 5 p.m. Portland at New Orleans, 5 p.m.

.603 — .581 1½ .534 5 .459 10½ .329 20

Milwaukee at L.A. Clippers, 7:30 p.m. x-tampa Bay x-boston Toronto Florida Montreal Detroit Ottawa Buffalo 76 74 76 74 77 76 75 76 51 47 45 39 28 27 26 24 21 17 24 28 37 38 38 40 4 10 7 7 12 11 11 12

Minnesota at Nashville, 5 p.m. Philadelphia at Dallas, 5:30 p.m. Columbus at Edmonton, 6 p.m. Anaheim at Vancouver, 7 p.m. 106 273 217 104 245 189 97 257 216 85 226 224 68 196 245 65 194 237 63 204 266 60 177 250

Washington 76 45 24 7 97 240 223 Pittsburgh 76 43 27 6 92 251 233 Columbus 76 42 29 5 89 215 208 Philadelphia 76 38 25 13 89 230 228 New Jersey 75 39 28 8 86 225 225 Carolina 76 34 31 11 79 212 240 N.Y. Rangers 76 33 35 8 74 221 245 N.Y. Islanders 76 31 35 10 72 242 276

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. x-clinched playoff spot

Florida 3, N.Y. Islanders 0 Carolina 4, Ottawa 1 Buffalo 3, Toronto 2 Washington 4, N.Y. Rangers 2 Montreal 4, Detroit 2 Arizona 4, Tampa Bay 1 San Jose 4, Chicago 3, SO Vegas 4, Colorado 1 Calgary at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.

Carolina at New Jersey, 4 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Ottawa, 4:30 p.m. Pittsburgh at Detroit, 4:30 p.m. Boston at Winnipeg, 5 p.m. 2. (2) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 500, 0, 50. 3. (5) Ryan Blaney, Ford, 500, 0, 52. 4. (1) Martin Truex Jr, Toyota, 500, 0, 33. 5. (8) Kevin Harvick, Ford, 500, 0, 42. 6. (3) Joey Logano, Ford, 500, 0, 35. 7. (16) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet, 500, 0, 30. 8. (25) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 500, 0, 36. 9. (21) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, 500, 0, 28. 10. (4) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 500, 0, 43. 11. (11) Kurt Busch, Ford, 500, 0, 33. 12. (6) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 500, 0, 41. 13. (15) Paul Menard, Ford, 500, 0, 24. 14. (10) Aric Almirola, Ford, 500, 0, 23. 15. (18) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 499, 0, 24. 16. (7) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 499, 0, 21. 17. (13) Erik Jones, Toyota, 497, 0, 20. 18. (23) Daniel Suarez, Toyota, 497, 0, 19. 19. (14) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 497, 0, 18. 20. (20) William Byron, Chevrolet, 497, 0, 17. 21. (24) Michael Mcdowell, Ford, 497, 0, 16. 22. (32) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet, 496, 0, 15. 23. (22) Chris Buescher, Chevrolet, 496, 0, 14. 24. (29) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 496, 0, 13. 25. (28) David Ragan, Ford, 495, 0, 12. 26. (26) Jamie Mcmurray, Chevrolet, 495, 0, 11. 27. (35) Cole Whitt, Chevrolet, 493, 0, 10. 28. (37) D.J. Kennington, Toyota, 493, 0, 9. 29. (33) Ross Chastain, Chevrolet, 493, 0, 0. 30. (12) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 493, 0, 7. 31. (38) JJ Yeley, Chevrolet, 493, 0, 0. 32. (31) Matt Dibenedetto, Ford, 488, 0, 5. 33. (27) Trevor Bayne, Ford, 486, 0, 4. 34. (19) Darrell Wallace Jr, Chevrolet, 486, 0, 3. 35. (30) Harrison Rhodes, Chevrolet, 482, 0, 2. 36. (34) Gray Gaulding, Toyota, 481, 0, 1. 37. (17) Ricky Stenhouse Jr, Ford, 481, 0, 1.

81.666 mph. 3 hours, 13 minutes, 14 seconds. 1.146 seconds. 4 for 33 laps. 11 among 6 drivers. M.truex 1-4; Ky.busch 5-26; D.hamlin 27-51; Ky.busch 52; D.hamlin 53-135; B.keselowski 136; R.blaney 137142; D.hamlin 143-145; R.blaney 146-284; C.bowyer 285-385; Ky.busch 386; C.bowyer 387-500

C.bowyer, 2 times for 213 laps; R.blaney, 2 times for 143 laps; D.hamlin, 3 times for 108 laps; Ky.busch, 3 times for 21 laps; M.truex, 1 time for 3 laps; B.keselowski, 1 time for 0 laps. K.harvick, 3; C.bowyer, 1; A.dillon, 1; M.truex, 1.

1. Ky.busch, 257; 2. M.truex, 249; 3. R.blaney, 233; 4. J.logano, 232; 5. B.keselowski, 226; 6. D.hamlin, 217; 7. K.harvick, 212; 8. C.bowyer, 210; 9. K.larson, 195; 10. Ku.busch, 177; 11. A.almirola, 171; 12. E.jones, 152; 13. A.dillon, 148; 14. A.bowman, 145; 15. P.menard, 139; 16. R.newman, 135.