Victory No 3 powerboat in action at the UIM Class 1 World Powerboat Championship Grand Prix of Sanya on Friday in Sanya, Hainan province. The boat won the title. It is the first time such an event has been held in China. Eighteen racers in nine teams took part in the competition. Huang Yiming / China Daily

Basketball

Results from the NBA games on Friday (home team in CAPS):

ORLANDO 97 Washington 92

BOSTON 118 Atlanta 107

NY KNICKS 111 Charlotte 102

Toronto 99 DETROIT 82

Philadelphia 97 CLEVELAND 87

MEMPHIS 103 Houston 94

Miami 108 NEW ORLEANS 89

MINNESOTA 101 Oklahoma City 93

SAN ANTONIO 104 LA Clippers 102

DENVER 109 Brooklyn 87

Utah 105 PORTLAND 95

Golf

Houston Open

Leading second-round scores on Friday from the $6.2 million PGA Tour's Houston Open (USA unless noted, par-72):

134 - Steve Wheatcroft 67-67

135 - Jason Kokrak 66-69, DA Points 64-71

137 - Brian Davis (ENG) 67-70, Stewart Cink 71-66

138 - Bill Haas 68-70, Angel Cabrera (ARG) 66-72, Cameron Tringale 65-73

139 - John Rollins 65-74, Scott Stallings 70-69, Dustin Johnson 69-70, Henrik Stenson (SWE) 69-70, Ben Crane 69-70, Brendon de Jonge (ZIM) 71-68, Charley Hoffman 68-71, Jimmy Walker 68-71, Boo Weekley 70-69

140 - Kevin Chappell 70-70, Keegan Bradley 70-70, Hunter Haas 69-71, Bob Estes 71-69, Billy Horschel 68-72, John Merrick 68-72, Lee Westwood (ENG) 68-72, Scott Verplank 72-68, Jeff Overton 67-73

141 - Josh Teater 74-67, Steve Stricker 73-68, Wes Short 71-70, Greg Owen (ENG) 68-73, Ricky Barnes 73-68, Robert Streb 70-71, Matt Jones (AUS) 68-73, Charles Howell 69-72, Chris Kirk 71-70, Aaron Baddeley (AUS) 70-71, Brendan Steele 70-71

Trophee Hassan II

Leading and selected second round scores in the European Tour Trophee Hassan II at Golf du Palais Royal in Agadir, Morocco, on Friday (GBR/IRL unless stated; par 72):

132 - Marcel Siem (GER) 64-68

135 - Mikko Ilonen (FIN) 69-66, David Horsey 68-67

136 - Pablo Larrazabal (ESP) 72-64

138 - Craig Lee 69-69, Bernd Wiesberger (AUT) 72-66, Andreas Harto (DEN) 71-67

139 - Joost Luiten (NED) 70-69

140 - Garth Mulroy (RSA) 73-67, Chris Paisley 73-67, Simon Wakefield 68-72, Chris Lloyd 72-68

141 - Alvaro Velasco (ESP) 67-74, David Howell 71-70, Richard McEvoy 71-70, Gregory Havret (FRA) 70-71

142 - Mikael Lundberg (SWE) 73-69, Daniel Brooks 72-70, Scott Arnold (AUS) 71-71, Matthew Baldwin 72-70, Justin Walters (RSA) 71-71, Anthony Snobeck (FRA) 75-67, Oliver Fisher 73-69

143 - Richie Ramsay 74-69, Stephen Gallacher 75-68, Paul Waring 71-72, Scott Henry 72-71, Julien Quesne (FRA) 71-72, Jose Manuel Lara (ESP) 72-71, Michael Hoey 74-69

Selected:

144 - Daniel Popovic (AUS) 72-72

146 - Richard Green (AUS) 75-71, Keith Horne (RSA) 77-69

Missed cut:

148 - Brett Rumford (AUS) 73-75

149 - Daniel Gaunt (AUS) 75-74, Matthew Zions (AUS) 78-71, Kang Kyung-nam (KOR) 71-78, Jose-Maria Olazabal (ESP) 79-70

150 - Ewan Porter (AUS) 73-77

151 - Tjaart Van Der Walt (RSA) 78-73

159 - Carl Yuan (CHN) 84-75

Ice hockey

Results from the NHL games on Friday (home team in CAPS):

TAMPA BAY 5 New Jersey 4 (SO)

Anaheim 2 CHICAGO 1

DALLAS 5 Minnesota 3

Columbus 6 CALGARY 4

Soccer

French Ligue 1

Friday's results:

Paris SG 1 (Gameiro 80) Montpellier 0

Portuguese league

Friday's results:

Pacos de Ferreira 3 (Manuel Jose 15-pen, 55, Vitor 34) Gil Vicente 2 (Veira 23, Yero 81)

Tennis

Miami WTA and ATP Masters

Friday's results (x denotes seeding):

Men's Semifinals

David Ferrer (ESP x3) bt Tommy Haas (GER x15) 4-6, 6-2, 6-3; Andy Murray (GBR x2) bt Richard Gasquet (FRA x8) 6-7 (3), 6-1, 6-2.

(China Daily 03/31/2013 page7)