News from December 30. The NBA named Kevin Durant (OKC) and Chris Bosh (Mia) as Players of the Week for the week ending December 29. Durant averaged 32 points, 10.7 rebounds, and 5.7 assists as Oklahoma City went 3-0. Bosh averaged 22.3 points and 8 rebounds as Miami went 3-1. Miami activated LeBron James and placed Chris Andersen on IL. New Orleans activated Greg Stiemsma and placed Jason Smith on IL. Dal 100, Min 98 at Min Shawn Marion (Dal) had 32 points on 14-19 FG and 4-6 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 16 points and 5 rebounds. Brandan Wright (Dal) had 14 points including 6-8 FG. Kevin Love (Min) had 36 points including 14-24 FG and 11 rebounds. Nikola Pekovic (Min) had 18 points and 10 rebounds. Kevin Martin (Min) had 19 points. Was 106, Det 99 at Det John Wall (Was) had 29 points including 14-15 FT, 7 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Trevor Ariza (Was) had 15 points, 11 rebounds, and 6 steals. Nene (Was) had 11 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Greg Monroe (Det) had 22 points and 10 rebounds. Andre Drummond (Det) had 16 points including 7-10 FG and 16 rebounds including 7 offensive. Was out-scored Det 28-12 in the 4th quarter. Rodney Stuckey (Det, sore shoulder) did not play. Chi 95, Mem 91 at Mem Carlos Boozer (Chi) had 21 points and 10 rebounds. Jimmy Butler (Chi) had 26 points including 12-14 FT. D.J. Augustin (Chi) had 10 points including 2-8 FG, 9 assists, and 4 steals. Mike Conley (Mem) had 26 points including 8-10 FT, 6 rebounds, 9 assists, and 6 steals. James Johnson (Mem) had 13 points including 4-13 FG and 10 rebounds. Luol Deng (Chi, left Achilles) did not play. NO 110, Por 108 at NO Anthony Davis (NO) had 27 points including 13-19 FG, 12 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 5 blocks. Jrue Holiday (NO) had 31 points, 7 rebounds, and 13 assists. Tyreke Evans (NO) had 20 points including 9-15 FG and the game winning jumper with 1.2 seconds left and 5 rebounds. LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 28 points and 8 rebounds. Damian Lillard (Por) had 29 points including 5-8 3-pointers and 5 assists. Mia 97, Den 94 at Den LeBron James (Mia) had 26 points including 5-9 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 10 assists. Chris Bosh (Mia) had 17 points and 5 rebounds. Ray Allen (Mia) had 13 points and 7 rebounds. Ty Lawson (Den) had 26 points including 5-8 3-pointers and 7 assists. J.J. Hickson (Den) had 12 points and 11 rebounds. Mia shot 18-28 FT and Den shot 10-11 FT. Uta 83, Cha 80 at Uta Trey Burke (Uta) had 21 points and 5 assists. Marvin Williams (Uta) had 13 points on 6-8 FG and 10 rebounds. Alec Burks (Uta) had 14 points and 6 rebounds. Al Jefferson (Cha) had 18 points including 8-23 FG and 10 rebounds. Gerald Henderson (Cha) had 19 points. Jeff Taylor (Cha, ruptured right Achilles) did not play. Pho 107, LAC 88 at LAC Goran Dragic (Pho) had 26 points including 10-15 FG, 8 assists, and 5 steals. P.J. Tucker (Pho) had 12 point and 7 rebounds. Gerald Green (Pho) had 21 points including 5-10 3-pointers. Blake Griffin (LAC) had 15 points including 5-15 FG and 5 rebounds. DeAndre Jordan (LAC) had 2 points and 19 rebounds including 6 offensive. Schedule for Tuesday, December 31 (All times Central) Atlanta at Boston 12:00 pm Cleveland at Indiana 2:00 pm Golden State at Orlando 4:00 pm Toronto at Chicago 6:00 pm Sacramento at Houston 6:00 pm Brooklyn at San Antonio 6:00 pm Portland at Oklahoma City 7:00 pm NBATV Milwaukee at LA Lakers 9:30 pm Schedule for Wednesday, January 1 (All times Central) Dallas @ Washington 5:00 PM Indiana @ Toronto 6:00 PM New Orleans @ Minnesota 7:00 PM Philadelphia @ Denver 8:00 PM Charlotte @ LA Clippers 8:30 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