News from March 26. The NBA named Kevin Durant (OKC) and Joe Johnson (Atl) as Players of the Week. Durant averaged 29.5 points and 10.3 rebounds as Oklahoma City went 3-1. Johnson averaged 23.2 points and 5.4 rebounds as Atlanta went 4-1. Houston signed Earl Boykins to a 10-day contract. Toronto signed Alan Anderson to a 10-day contract. New Jersey elected not to sign Jerry Smith to a 2nd 10-day contract after he completed his 1st 10-day contract. The LA Clippers placed Maurice Williams (sprained left big toe) on IL. New York activated Jared Jeffries and placed Amare Stoudemire on IL. Stoudemire is out indefinitely with a bulging disk in his back. Austin Rivers (freshman, Duke, guard), Renardo Sidney (junior, Mississippi State, forward), and Dion Waiters (sophomore, Syracuse, guard) declared themselves eligible for the NBA draft. Ind 105, Mia 90 at Ind Danny Granger (Ind) had 25 points and 9 rebounds. Darren Collison (Ind) had 20 points and 4 steals. Paul George (Ind) had 16 points and 10 rebounds. LeBron James (Mia) had 24 points and 9 rebounds. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 24 points, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Hou 113, Sac 106 OT at Hou Chandler Parsons (Hou) had 16 points, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists. Luis Scola (Hou) had 18 points and 14 rebounds. Patrick Patterson (Hou) had 24 points including 10-16 FG. DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) had 38 points on 15-26 FG and 8-12 FT and 14 rebounds including 7 offensive. Marcus Thornton (Sac) had 27 points. Den 108, Chi 91 at Chi Ty Lawson (Den) had 27 points and 9 rebounds. Arron Afflalo (Den) had 22 points. Al Harrington (Den) had 17 points and 5 rebounds. Carlos Boozer (Chi) had 14 points on 7-9 FG and 7 rebounds. C.J Watson (Chi) had 17 points including 3-4 3-pointers, 8 assists, and 5 turnovers. Danilo Gallinari (Den, fractured left thumb) and Derrick Rose (Chi, strained groin) did not play. Bos 102, Cha 95 at Cha Paul Pierce (Bos) had 36 points including 15-18 FT, 10 rebounds, and 3 steals. Brandon Bass (Bos) had 15 points and 5 rebounds. Kevin Garnett (Bos) had 24 points. Gerald Henderson (Cha) had 21 points including 9-14 FG. Byron Mullens (Cha) had 18 points and 7 rebounds. Ray Allen (Bos, sore right ankle) and DeSagana Diop (Cha, strained right hamstring) did not play. NY 89, Mil 80 at NY Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 28 points including 12-12 FT and 12 rebounds. Tyson Chandler (NY) had 13 points and 9 rebounds including 5 offensive. Baron Davis (NY) had 13 points including 3-12 FG, 5 rebounds, 7 assists, and 9 turnovers. Brandon Jennings (Mil) had 15 points including 6-22 FG and 0-7 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Mike Dunleavy (Mil) had 26 points including 10-14 FG and 5-8 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. NY shot 30-35 FT and Mil shot 12-18 FT. Jeremy Lin (NY, sore right knee) did not play. Uta 105, NJ 84 at NJ Paul Milsap (Uta) had 24 points including 10-14 FG and 13 rebounds. Al Jefferson (Uta) had 19 points including 9-14 FG and 8 rebounds. Alec Burks (Uta) had 15 points and 5 rebounds. Deron Williams (NJ) had 17 points including 7-21 FG, 11 assists, and 5 turnovers. Gerald Green (NJ) had 20 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 3 steals. Uta shot 51.9% (42-81) FG and NJ shot 35.8% (29-81) FG. Orl 117, Tor 101 at Tor Ryan Anderson (Orl) had 28 points including 9-15 FG and 8-13 3-pointers and 6 assists. Dwight Howard (Orl) had 23 points including 7-10 FT and 10 rebounds. Jameer Nelson (Orl) had 18 points on 8-11 FG and 7 assists. Gary Forbes (Tor) had 21 points including 4-7 3-pointers. Linas Kleiza (Tor) had 18 points including 7-10 FG. DeMar DeRozan (Tor, sore right ankle) did not play. LAC 97, NO 85 at LAC Chris Paul (LAC) had 25 points, 10 assists, and 4 steals. Blake Griffin (LAC) had 20 points including 8-10 FG, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. Nick Young (LAC) had 17 points including 4-8 3-pointers. Carl Landry (NO) had 14 points, 7 rebounds, and 10 assists. Al-Farouq Aminu (NO) had 15 points on 7-8 FG. Det 79, Was 77 at Was Tayshaun Prince (Det) had 18 points. Greg Monroe (Det) had 10 points including 3-4 FG, 10 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Rodney Stuckey (Det) had 24 points including the game winning 20-footer with .2 seconds left. John Wall (Was) had 14 points, 7 rebounds, and 9 assists. Jamal Crawford (Was) had 20 points, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Chris Kaman (NO, flu) did not play. Trevor Booker (Was, right knee tendinitis) did not play. Schedule for Tuesday, March 27 (All times Central) Cleveland at Philadelphia 6:00 pm NBATV Atlanta at Milwaukee 7:00 pm Minnesota at Memphis 7:00 pm Houston at Dallas 7:30 pm San Antonio at Phoenix 9:00 pm Oklahoma City at Portland 9:00 pm LA Lakers at Golden State 9:30 pm Schedule for Wednesday, March 28 (All times Central) Denver at Toronto 6:00 pm Orlando at New York 6:00 pm ESPN Minnesota at Charlotte 6:00 pm Detroit at Cleveland 6:00 pm NBATV Utah at Boston 6:30 pm Indiana at New Jersey 6:30 pm Chicago at Atlanta 6:30 pm San Antonio at Sacramento 9:00 pm NBATV Phoenix at LA Clippers 9:30 pm New Orleans at Golden State 9:30 pm ---- Patricia Bender pbender@eskimo.com For Trianglons puzzles: http://www.trianglons.com For NBA stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/index.html For Mavs stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/mavs.html