NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION

Chicago Bulls 94 Orlando Magic 113, Detroit Pistons 83 New Jersey Nets 75, Houston Rockets 85 Milwaukee Bucks 81, LA Clippers 92 Philadelphia 76ers 100, Oklahoma City 107 Golden State Warriors 100, Toronto Raptors 107 Denver Nuggets 114

BOWLS

CROWN GREEN BOWLS PANEL, BOLTONJOHN WAKEFIELD HANDICAP (Gbr & Irl unless stated)

Quarter-finals: (13) Martin Bacon bt (11) Chris Morrison 41-38, (12) Glyn Cookson bt (12) Duncan Watkins 41-35, (15) Brian Darbyshire bt (12) Martin Gilpin 41-38, (13) Dave Jenkinson bt (10) Noel Burrows 41-36

Semi-finals: (12) Glyn Cookson bt (13) Martin Bacon 41-28, (13) Dave Jenkinson bt (15) Brian Darbyshire 41-39

Final: (12) Glyn Cookson bt (13) Dave Jenkinson 41-35

DARTS

PDC WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

Quarter-finals: James Wade (Eng) bt Paul Nicholson (Aus) 5-3; Raymond van Barneveld (Ned) bt Jelle Klaasen (Ned) 5-1.

Today's semi-final line-up: Phil Taylor (Eng) v Mervyn King (Eng); James Wade (Eng) v Raymond van Barneveld (Ned).

ICE HOCKEY

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE

Boston Bruins 4 Pittsburgh Penguins 2, Chicago Blackhawks 4 Detroit Red Wings 6, Nashville Predators 1 Vancouver Canucks 2, Toronto Maple Leafs 1 Buffalo Sabres 4, Washington Capitals 7 Tampa Bay Lightning 4.

RUGBY UNION

THE MAGNERS LEAGUE

Glasgow 25 Edinburgh 20, Leinster 26 Connacht 18.

SKIING

FIS WORLD CUP

Leading final positions after Men's HS140, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany: 1 Wolfgang Loitzl (Aut) (1st Jump: 134.5m & 2nd Jump: 136.5m) 276.3pts, 2 Simon Ammann (Swi) (140 & 134.5) 274.6, 3 Harri Olli (Fin) (133 & 131.5) 258.6, 4 Gregor Schlierenzauer (Aut) (134 & 130.5) 257.6, 5 Martin Koch (Aut) (134.5 & 128) 249, 6 Thomas Morgenstern (Aut) (128 & 132) 248.5, 7 Anders Jacobsen (Nor) (134 & 126) 247, 8 Martin Schmitt (Ger) (135 & 124) 245.2, 9 Dimitry Vassiliev (Rus) (131 & 126) 239.6, 10 Matti Hautamaeki (Fin) (130.5 & 124) 237.1, 11 Emmanuel Chedal (Fra) (128.5 & 125) 233.8, 12 Andreas Kuettel (Swi) (128 & 121.5) 225.6, 13 Roman Koudelka (Cze) (124 & 124.5) 223.8, 14 Michael Uhrmann (Ger) (126.5 & 121.5) 222.9, 15 Ville Larinto (Fin) (125 & 123) 221

Men's Ski Jumping FIS World Cup Standings: 1 Simon Ammann (Swi) 765pts, 2 Gregor Schlierenzauer (Aut) 610, 3 Wolfgang Loitzl (Aut) 539, 4 Thomas Morgenstern (Aut) 314, 5 Ville Larinto (Fin) 305, 6 Harri Olli (Fin) 284, 7 Martin Schmitt (Ger) 280, 8 Martin Koch (Aut) 230, 9 Dimitry Vassiliev (Rus) 214, 10 Anders Bardal (Nor) 203