News from March 14. The NBA named Tracy McGrady (Hou) and Paul Pierce (Bos) as Players of the Week. McGrady averaged 31.7 points, 6 rebounds, and 3.3 steals as Houston went 3-0. Pierce averaged 28.3 points and 8.3 rebounds as Boston went 3-0. Larry Brown (Det) underwent surgery on his left hip. He will be out at least a week. Minnesota activated Eddie Griffin and placed Ervin Johnson on IR with right knee patella tendinitis. Atlanta activated Tony Delk and placed Michael Stewart on IR with back spasms. Memphis activated Dahntay Jones and placed Andre Emmett on IR with left knee tendinitis. Portland activated Derek Anderson and placed Zach Randolph on IR with a bruised left knee. Randolph is expected to undergo arthroscopic surgery on his right femur next week and will be out for the rest of the season. Utah signed Randy Livingston to a 2nd 10-day contract. Mia 110, Mil 71 at Mia Shaquille O'Neal (Mia) had 21 points on 9-16 FG and 3-8 FT, 9 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Damon Jones (Mia) had 15 points on 6-8 FG. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 29 points including 10-12 FG. Michael Redd (Mil) had 14 points and 5 rebounds. Marcus Fizer (Mil) had 11 points and 7 rebounds. Mia shot 55.4% (41-74) FG and Mil shot 32.1% (25-78) FG. Mem 104, Por 83 at Mem Lorenzen Wright (Mem) had 19 points including 7-9 FG and 9 rebounds. Earl Watson (Mem) had 16 points, 5 rebounds, 7 assists, and 5 turnovers. Mike Miller (Mem) had 27 points. Joel Przybilla (Por) had 10 points, 14 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Damon Stoudamire (Por) had 20 points including 4-8 3-pointers. Mem shot 24-30 FT and Por shot 11-13 FT. Jason Williams (Mem, sprained right ankle), Stromile Swift (Mem, sprained left ankle), Derek Anderson (Por, back spasms), and Darius Miles (Por, personal reasons) did not play. Hou 97, GS 94 at GS Juwan Howard (Hou) had 18 points and 7 rebounds. Tracy McGrady (Hou) had 20 points on 9-29 FG and 7 rebounds. Yao Ming (Hou) had 14 points and 15 rebounds including 6 offensive. Troy Murphy (GS) had 24 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 9 rebounds. Mickeal Pietrus (GS) had 21 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 7 rebounds including 5 offensive. Zarko Cabarkapa (GS) had 26 points including 5-7 3-pointers and 10 rebounds. Calbert Cheaney (GS, sprained right ankle) and Mike Dunleavy (GS, sprained right ankle) did not play. SA 112, NO 89 at SA Tim Duncan (SA) had 18 points and 13 rebounds including 5 offensive. Beno Udrih (SA) had 25 points including 9-13 FG and 3-3 3-pointers. Brent Barry (SA) had 17 points, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists. Jackson Vroman (NO) had 17 points and 5 rebounds. Speedy Claxton (NO) had 16 points including 7-11 FG, 7 assists, and 3 steals. SA shot 54.7% (41-75) FG and NO shot 43.3% (39-90) FG. SA shot 17-21 FT and NO shot 9-10 FT. Tony Parker (SA, left quad contusion), Manu Ginobili (SA, strained right groin), George Lynch (NO, death of mother-in-law), and Chris Andersen (NO, infected left elbow) did not play. Was 95, LAL 81 at Was Brendan Haywood (Was) had 16 points including 7-7 FG. Larry Hughes (Was) had 21 points including 7-23 FG, 12 rebounds, 7 assists, and 4 steals. Gilbert Arenas (Was) had 21 points including 6-17 FG and 5 assists. Caron Butler (LAL) had 20 points and 11 rebounds including 5 offensive. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 18 points including 6-22 FG and 4-12 3-pointers and 6 assists. Was shot 26-36 FT and LAL shot 9-12 FT. Anthony Peeler (Was, sore knee) and Juan Dixon (Was, sprained right ankle) did not play. Det 114, Atl 108 OT at Atl Tayshaun Prince (Det) had 31 points including 13-19 FG and 7 rebounds. Rasheed Wallace (Det) had 28 points including 4-6 3-pointers, 12 rebounds including 6 offensive, 3 blocks, and 3 steals. Chauncey Billups (Det) had 22 points including 5-10 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists. Richard Hamilton (Det) had 23 points and 6 assists. Al Harrington (Atl) had 37 points including 17-28 FG. Tyronn Lue (Atl) had 27 points and 10 assists. Predrag Drobnjak (Atl, flu) did not play. Bos 119, Cha 110 at Cha Paul Pierce (Bos) had 15 points on 2-9 FG and 11-12 FT, 6 rebounds, and 9 assists. Antoine Walker (Bos) had 25 points, 9 rebounds, and 5 assists. Ricky Davis (Bos) had 27 points including 12-15 FG and 6 assists. Emeka Okafor (Cha) had 16 points and 12 rebounds including 5 offensive. Matt Carroll (Cha) had 18 points including 4-11 FG. Bos shot 58% (47-81) FG and Cha shot 44.9% (40-89) FG.