
STANDINGS
Eastern Conference Atlantic Division W L Pct GB
Boston 13 2 .867 -
New York 7 7 .500 5 1/2
Philadelphia 7 7 .500 5 1/2
New Jersey 6 7 .462 6
Toronto 6 7 .462 6
Southeast Division W L Pct GB
Orlando 10 4 .714 -
Atlanta 8 5 .615 1 1/2
Miami 7 7 .500 3
Charlotte 4 9 .308 5 1/2
Washington 2 10 .167 7
Central Division W L Pct GB
Cleveland 11 3 .786 -
Detroit 8 5 .615 2 1/2
Chicago 7 8 .467 4 1/2
Milwaukee 7 9 .438 5
Indiana 5 8 .385 5 1/2
Western Conference
Southwest Division W L Pct GB
Houston 10 5 .667 -
New Orleans 8 5 .615 1
San Antonio 7 6 .538 2
Dallas 7 7 .500 2 1/2
Memphis 4 10 .286 5 1/2
Northwest Division W L Pct GB
Denver 9 5 .643 -
Portland 9 6 .600 1/2
Utah 9 6 .600 1/2
Minnesota 3 9 .250 5
Oklahoma City 1 14 .067 8 1/2
Pacific Division W L Pct GB
L.A. Lakers 12 1 .923 -
Phoenix 10 5 .667 3
Golden State 5 9 .357 7 1/2
Sacramento 5 11 .313 8 1/2
L.A. Clippers 2 12 .143 10 1/2
Monday's Games
Charlotte 93, Philadelphia 84
Orlando 108, Milwaukee 101
Houston 107, Miami 98
San Antonio 94, Memphis 81
Chicago 101, Utah 100
Portland 91, Sacramento 90
New Orleans 99, L.A. Clippers 87
Tuesday's Games
Washington 124, Golden State 100
Cleveland 119, New York 101
Phoenix 99, Oklahoma City 98
Dallas 109, Indiana 106
L.A. Lakers 120, Seattle 93
Today's Games
Milwaukee at Atlanta, 6 p.m.
Charlotte at Toronto, 6 p.m.
Oklahoma City at Cleveland, 6 p.m.
Orlando at Philadelphia, 6:30 p.m.
Golden State at Boston, 6:30 p.m.
Phoenix at Minnesota, 7 p.m.
New York at Detroit, 7 p.m.
Indiana at Houston, 7:30 p.m.
Chicago at San Antonio, 7:30 p.m.
Memphis at Utah, 8 p.m.
Miami at Portland, 9 p.m.
New Jersey at Sacramento, 9 p.m.
Denver at L.A. Clippers, 9:30 p.m.
Thursday's Games
Orlando at Washington, 7 p.m.
New Orleans at Denver, 9:30 p.m.
NBA TODAY
SCOREBOARD
Today
Indiana at Houston (7:30 p.m. CST). Ron Artest will try and help the Rockets win their fourth straight game when they face his former team. Artest spent parts of five seasons with the Pacers before being traded to Sacramento in 2005.
STARS
Monday
*? Larry Hughes, Bulls, hit a 22-foot jumper as time expired and Chicago dealt the short-handed Jazz their first home loss of the season 101-100.
*? Yao Ming, Rockets, had 28 points and 12 rebounds to help Houston finish 3-0 on an Eastern Conference road swing with a 107-98 win over Miami.
*? D.J. Augustin, Bobcats, scored 25 points and added a career-high 11 assists to help Charlotte end a four-game skid with a 93-84 win over Philadelphia.
* ? Brandon Roy, Trail Blazers, scored a season-high 28 points and Portland rallied during the final six minutes to beat Sacramento 91-90.
WELCOME BACK
Manu Ginobili scored 12 points in his first game of the season to help the Spurs beat the Grizzlies. Ginobili missed San Antonio's first 12 games after offseason ankle surgery. He entered with 5:34 left in the first quarter and promptly made his first two shots, the first from outside the arc and the second on a dunk. He played 11 minutes.
SIDELINED
Heat forward Dorell Wright will have surgery on his left knee Tuesday, further delaying his comeback. The team said Monday night that doctors believe "loose bodies" in the knee are disrupting his rehab and recovery.
SEE YA
Eddie Jordan was fired as coach of the Washington Wizards on Monday after opening the season 1-10 without injured starters Gilbert Arenas and Brendan Haywood. The Wizards' record matches the worst start in franchise history. The only other time the team was 1-10 was in 1966, when it was called the Baltimore Bullets. Ed Tapscott, the Wizards' director of player development, took over for Jordan on an interim basis.
SHAKY START
Greg Oden, the first pick of the 2007 NBA draft, returned to the starting lineup for the first time this season since Portland's opening game. He was held to three points, six rebounds, and four turnovers in 19 ineffective minutes.
SPEAKING
"We needed a stop somewhere in that last span. We kept trading baskets and you can't win games trading baskets, especially when they hit the last one." - Utah's Ronnie Price, who had 11 points and eight assists in the Jazz's 101-100 last-second loss to the Chicago Bulls on Monday.