News from March 18. The NBA named LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had John Wall (Was) as Players of the Week. Aldridge averaged 27 points, 10.7 rebounds, and 3 blocks as Portland went 2-1. Wall averaged 24 points, 5.5 rebounds, and 11 assists as Washington went 3-1. Golden State elected not to signed Malcolm Thomas to a 2nd 10-day contract. New Orleans signed Terrel Harris to a 2nd 10-day contract. Detroit head coach Lawrence Frank returned to the bench after missing the last 6 games due to his ill wife. Andrew Bynum (Phi) is scheduled to undergo arthroscopic surgery on both knees and will not play this season. Cleveland activated Kevin Jones. Jones was recalled from the NBADL. Brooklyn placed Tornike Shengelia on IL. Indiana activated Ben Hansbrough and placed David West (sprained lower back) on IL. Portland placed Victor Claver on IL. Washington activated A.J. Price and placed Chris Singleton on IL. Dal 127, Atl 113 at Atl Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 22 points including 7-11 FG, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. O.J. Mayo (Dal) had 17 points on 7-11 FG and 3-4 3-pointers. Darren Collison (Dal) had 24 points including 10-14 FG and 5 assists. Jeff Teague (Atl) had 19 points and 7 assists. Al Horford (Atl) had 16 points and 11 rebounds. Rodrigue Beaubois (Dal, broken bone left hand) did not play. NY 90, Uta 83 at Uta Chris Copeland (NY) had 14 points and 6 rebounds. Raymond Felton (NY) had 19 points and 3 steals. J.R. Smith (NY) had 20 points including 9-10 FT and 5 rebounds. Gordon Hayward (Uta) had 17 points and 4 blocks. Al Jefferson (Uta) had 10 points including 4-13 FG and 11 rebounds. Tyson Chandler (NY, strained neck) did not play. Pho 99, LAL 76 at Pho Wesley Johnson (Pho) had 14 points including 6-17 FG and 9 rebounds. Goran Dragic (Pho) had 12 points, 10 assists, and 5 turnovers. Luis Scola (Pho) had 14 points and 9 rebounds. Steve Nash (LAL) had 19 points including 6-17 FG and 5 rebounds. Dwight Howard (LAL) had 16 points including 6-18 FG and 11 rebounds including 5 offensive. Pho shot 48.3% (42-87) FG and LAL shot 33.3% (29-87) FG. Kobe Bryant (LAL, sprained left ankle) did not play. GS 93, NO 72 at NO David Lee (GS) had 20 points including 7-9 FG and 11 rebounds. Stephen Curry (GS) had 30 points including 6-9 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, and 7 turnovers. Klay Thompson (GS) had 13 points on 5-15 FG and 5 rebounds. Brian Roberts (NO) had 21 points and 9 rebounds. Anthony Davis (NO) had 16 points and 7 rebounds. GS shot 50% (35-70) FG and NO shot 33.7% (28-83) FG. Eric Gordon (NO) did not play. Mem 92, Min 77 at Mem Zach Randolph (Mem) had 14 points on 7-11 FG and 10 rebounds. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 16 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists, and 4 blocks. Mike Conley (Mem) had 20 points and 6 assists. Alexey Shved (Min) had 12 points. Mickael Gelabale (Min) had 11 points including 4-5 FG and 7 rebounds. Mem shot 48.8% (40-82) FG and Min shot 33.7% (29-86) FG. Kevin Love (Min, right hand surgery) did not play. Den 119, Chi 118 OT at Chi Andre Iguodala (Den) had 12 points including 3-14 FG and the game winning 3-pointer with 7.1 seconds left, 10 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Wilson Chandler (Den) had 35 points including 13-21 FG and 9 rebounds. Corey Brewer (Den) had 16 points and 3 steals. Luol Deng (Chi) had 21 points including 9-23 FG and 5 assists. Marco Belinelli (Chi) had 18 points including 7-20 FG, 8 rebounds, and 4 steals. Nate Robinson (Chi) had 34 points including 13-22 FG and 6-8 3-pointers, 7 assists, and 7 turnovers. Kirk Hinrich (Chi, injured right foot) did not play. Mia 105, Bos 103 at Bos LeBron James (Mia) had 37 points including 16-29 FG and the game winning long jumper with 10.5 seconds left, 7 rebounds, 12 assists, and 5 turnovers. Mario Chalmers (Mia) had 21 points including 4-5 3-pointers. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 16 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Jeff Green (Bos) had 43 points on 14-21 FG, 5-7 3-pointers, and 10-13 FT, 7 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Paul Pierce (Bos) had 17 points, 8 rebounds, 8 assists, and 7 turnovers. Kevin Garnett (Bos, leg injury) did not play. Bro 119, Det 82 at Det Deron Williams (Bro) had 31 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 5 assists. Brook Lopez (Bro) had 18 points including 7-10 FG and 7 rebounds including 5 offensive. Andray Blatche (Bro) had 15 points and 8 rebounds. Greg Monroe (Det) had 17 points including 8-10 FG, 7 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Will Bynum (Det) had 18 points, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Bro shot 54.2% (45-83) FG and Det shot 43.6% (34-78) FG. Kris Humphries (Bro, tight lower back) and Brandon Knight (Det, sprained left ankle) did not play. Ind 111, Cle 90 at Cle Tyler Hansbrough (Ind) had 18 points and 11 rebounds including 5 offensive. Gerald Green (Ind) had 20 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Roy Hibbert (Ind) had 12 points, 9 rebounds, and 5 blocks. Tristan Thompson (Cle) had 20 points including 9-16 FG and 11 rebounds including 6 offensive. C.J. Miles (Cle) had 21 points including 4-8 3-pointers. Cha 119, Was 114 at Cha Josh McRoberts (Cha) had 17 points and 7 rebounds. Gerald Henderson (Cha) had 27 points including 10-11 FT and 8 assists. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 18 points, 7 assists, and 3 steals. Ben Gordon (Cha) had 19 points including 7-10 FG. Nene (Was) had 21 points including 9-11 FG, 7 rebounds, and 7 assists. John Wall (Was) had 25 points, 5 assists, and 6 turnovers. Emeka Okafor (Was) had 17 points and 9 rebounds. Phi 101, Por 100 at Phi Thaddeus Young (Phi) had 19 points including 9-15 FG and 4 steals. Spencer Hawes (Phi) had 18 points on 9-14 FG and 13 rebounds. Jrue Holiday (Phi) had 27 points, 8 rebounds, and 6 assists. Dorell Wright (Phi) had 16 points including 5-14 FG, 8 rebounds, and 3 blocks. LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 32 points and 14 rebounds including 5 offensive. Damian Lillard (Por) had 27 points including 5-7 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, and 7 assists. Schedule for Tuesday, March 19 (All times Central) Orlando @ Indiana 6:00 pm Portland @ Milwaukee 7:00 pm Denver @ Oklahoma City 7:00 pm LA Clippers @ Sacramento 9:00 pm Schedule for Wednesday, March 20 (All times Central) Toronto @ Charlotte 6:00 pm Miami @ Cleveland 6:00 pm Orlando @ New York 6:30 pm Milwaukee @ Atlanta 6:30 pm Oklahoma City @ Memphis 7:00 pm Boston @ New Orleans 7:00 pm Utah @ Houston 7:00 pm Brooklyn @ Dallas 7:00 pm ESPN Golden State @ San Antonio 7:30 pm Washington @ Phoenix 9:00 pm Philadelphia @ LA Clippers 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