game, Week 16: Green Bay Packers 35, Chicago Bears 21 The Packers' victory ensures home-field advantage throughout the playoffs, and allows the Atlanta Falcons to claim an NFC Wild Card place at the expense of the Bears, who are eliminated. Basketball NBA season opening day: New York Knicks 106, Boston Celtics 104 Miami Heat 105, Dallas Mavericks 94 Chicago Bulls 88, Los Angeles Lakers 87 Oklahoma City Thunder 97, Orlando Magic 89 Los Angeles Clippers 105, Golden State Warriors 86 December 24, 2011 (Saturday) December 23, 2011 (Friday) Darts PDC World Championship in London, England, second round: Mark Walsh 3–4 Kevin Painter James Wade 4–0 Jelle Klaasen Steve Farmer 4–2 Kevin Münch December 22, 2011 (Thursday) Basketball Euroleague Regular Season Matchday 10 (teams in bold advance to the Top 16): Group A: Bennet Cantù 76–83 Fenerbahçe Ülker Gescrap Bizkaia 77–72 Caja Laboral SLUC Nancy 74–79 Olympiacos Final standings: Fenerbahçe Ülker, Olympiacos 6–4, Bennet Cantù, Gescrap Bizkaia, Caja Laboral 5–5, SLUC Nancy 3–7. Group C: Anadolu Efes 66–75 Real Madrid Spirou Charleroi 69–86 Maccabi Tel Aviv Partizan Mt:s Belgrade 66–72 EA7 Emporio Armani Final standings: Real Madrid 8–2, Maccabi Tel Aviv 7–3, Anadolu Efes 5–5, EA7 Emporio Armani, Partizan Mt:s Belgrade 4–6, Spirou Charleroi 2–8. Darts PDC World Championship in London, England, second round: Wayne Jones 4–0 Roland Scholten Adrian Lewis 4–2 Robert Thornton Wes Newton 3–4 Justin Pipe Football (soccer) Liga de Fútbol Profesional Torneo Apertura Final, second leg (first leg score in parentheses): Universitario 1–1 (0–2) The Strongest. The Strongest win 4–1 on points. The Strongest win their eighth league title. Snowboarding World Cup in Carezza, Italy: Slalom men: Benjamin Karl Simon Schoch Siegfried Grabner Parallel slalom standings (after 4 of 11 events) & Overall standings: (1) Karl 3250 points (2) Roland Fischnaller 2530 (3) Andreas Prommegger 2350 Slalom women: Patrizia Kummer Isabella Laböck Anke Karstens Parallel slalom standings (after 4 of 11 events) & Overall standings: (1) Fränzi Mägert-Kohli 2460 points (2) Julia Dujmovits 2150 (3) Amelie Kober 1860 December 21, 2011 (Wednesday) Alpine skiing Men's World Cup in Flachau, Austria: Slalom: Ivica Kostelić 1:48.94 (55.11, 53.83) André Myhrer 1:49.01 (55.46, 53.55) Cristian Deville 1:49.03 (55.25, 53.78) Slalom standings (after 3 of 11 races): (1) Kostelić 245 points (2) Deville 180 (3) Myhrer 170 Overall standings (after 12 of 45 races): (1) Marcel Hirscher 425 points (2) Aksel Lund Svindal 416 (3) Ted Ligety 385 Basketball Euroleague Regular