News from March 15. Brandon Roy (Por) and Andrew Bogut (Mil) were named as Players of the Week. Roy averaged 27 points as Portland went 4-0. Bogut averaged 19.3 points, 13.7 rebounds, and 3.7 blocks as Milwaukee went 3-0. Sean Marks (NO) underwent surgery on his right shoulder and is out for the rest of the season. Phoenix assigned Earl Clark to the NBADL. The LA Clippers activated Eric Gordon and placed Craig Smith (migraine) on IL. Bos 119, Det 93 at Bos Paul Pierce (Bos) had 15 points. Kevin Garnett (Bos) had 14 points and 8 rebounds. Michael Finley (Bos) had 15 points on 6-7 FG and 3-4 3-pointers. Will Bynum (Det) had 16 points and 7 assists. Richard Hamilton (Det) had 14 points. Bos shot 62.2% (46-74) FG and Det shot 48.5% (33-68) FG. J.R. Giddens (Bos, surgery) did not play. LAL 124, GS 121 at GS Pau Gasol (LAL) had 26 points on 10-13 FG and 6-10 FT and 9 rebounds. Andrew Bynum (LAL) had 19 points, 14 rebounds including 7 offensive, 3 blocks, and 8 turnovers. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 29 points including 9-11 FT and 9 turnovers. Lamar Odom (LAL) had 17 points including 7-9 FG and 12 rebounds. Chris Hunter (GS) had 22 points and 7 rebounds. Stephen Curry (GS) had 29 points including 11-19 FG and 5-9 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 9 assists. Corey Maggette (GS) had 18 points on 9-15 FG. LAL shot 34-42 FT and GS shot 12-13 FT. LAL out-rebounded GS 56-25 including 14-7 offensive. LAL had 24 turnovers and GS had 5 turnovers. Andris Biedrins (GS, back surgery), Vladimir Radmanovic (GS, sore right Achilles), and Ronny Turiaf (GS, sore left knee) did not play. Uta 112, Was 89 at Uta Carlos Boozer (Uta) had 23 points and 9 rebounds. Mehmet Okur (Uta) had 14 points including 6-7 FG, 6 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Deron Williams (Uta) had 17 points, 5 rebounds, and 11 assists. Andray Blatche (Was) had 24 points and 6 rebounds including 5 offensive. Mike Miller (Was) had 14 points and 10 rebounds. Uta shot 52.4% (43-82) FG and Was shot 36.9% (31-84) FG. Andrei Kirilenko (Uta, strained left calf) and Ronnie Price (Uta, sprained right wrist) did not play. Hou 125, Den 123 at Hou Luis Scola (Hou) had 23 points including 11-18 FG and 11 rebounds. Aaron Brooks (Hou) had 31 points including 11-17 FG and the game winning jumper with 2.9 seconds left and 9 assists. Kevin Martin (Hou) had 29 points including 10-13 FT and 7 rebounds. Carmelo Anthony (Den) had 45 points and 10 rebounds including 5 offensive. Nene (Den) had 15 points including 5-14 FG, 10 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 blocks. Kenyon Martin (Den, left patella tendinitis) did not play. NY 94, Phi 84 at Phi Wilson Chandler (NY) had 12 points and 11 rebounds. Danilo Gallinari (NY) had 21 points. Toney Douglas (NY) had 20 points, 7 assists, and 3 steals. Samuel Dalembert (Phi) had 11 points, 18 rebounds including 9 offensive, and 3 blocks. Jrue Holiday (Phi) had 18 points, 8 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Andre Iguodala (Phi) had 14 points including 5-22 FG and 0-7 3-pointers and 17 rebounds including 5 offensive. Marreese Speights (Phi, right knee sprain) and Louis Williams (Phi, lower back pain) did not play. NO 108, LAC 100 at LAC David West (NO) had 24 points including 11-17 FG, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists. Morris Peterson (NO) had 17 points including 5-10 3-pointers, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists. Emeka Okafor (NO) had 12 points and 14 rebounds. Darren Collison (NO) had 18 points and 14 assists. Rasual Butler (LAC) had 19 points. Drew Gooden (LAC) had 18 points and 9 rebounds. Baron Davis (LAC) had 18 points and 17 assists. Sean Marks (NO, strained right shoulder), James Posey (NO, flu like symptoms), and Peja Stojakovic (NO, lower abdominal strain) did not play. Schedule for Tuesday, March 16 (All times Central) Charlotte @ Indiana 6:00 pm Cleveland @ Detroit 6:30 pm San Antonio @ Miami 6:30 pm Atlanta @ New Jersey 6:30 pm Chicago @ Memphis 7:00 pm Washington @ Denver 8:00 pm Minnesota @ Phoenix 9:00 pm LA Lakers @ Sacramento 9:00 pm ---- Patricia Bender pbender@eskimo.com For NBA stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/index.html For Mavs stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/mavs.html