News from March 24. The NBA named Kevin Durant (OKC) and Joe Johnson (Bro) as Players of the Week. Durant averaged 40.3 points, 11.7 rebounds, and 6 assists as Oklahoma City went 3-0. Johnson averaged 22 points and 5 rebounds as Brooklyn went 4-0. Philadelphia signed Jarvis Varando for the rest of the season after he completed his 2nd 10-day contract. Philadelphia signed Casper Ware to a 10-day contract. Philadelphia elected not to signed Darius Johnson-Odom to a 2nd 10-day contract after he completed his first 10-day contract. Milwaukee elected not to signed Chris Wright to a 2nd 10-day contract after he completed his first 10-day contract. Miami activated Greg Oden. San Antonio activated Tim Duncan and placed Matt Bonner on IL. Hou 100, Cha 89 at Cha Terrence Jones (Hou) had 18 points on 9-15 FG and 7 rebounds. James Harden (Hou) had 31 points including 11-19 FG and 4-7 3-pointers and 5 assists. Dwight Howard (Hou) had 10 points and 10 rebounds. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 22 points. Al Jefferson (Cha) had 20 points and 11 rebounds. Hou shot 47.6% (39-82) FG and Cha shot 37.2% (32-86) FG. Pho 102, Atl 95 at Atl Channing Frye (Pho) had 18 points including 4-9 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Eric Bledsoe (Pho) had 20 points including 3-3 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Goran Dragic (Pho) had 19 points and 6 assists. DeMarre Carroll (Atl) had 19 points. Paul Millsap (Atl) had 19 points including 7-10 FT and 5 rebounds. Pho shot 14-16 FT and Atl shot 27-33 FT. Kyle Korver (Atl, back spasms) did not play. Mia 93, Por 91 at Mia LeBron James (Mia) had 32 points including the game winning layup with 11.4 seconds left, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 steals, and 5 turnovers. Chris Bosh (Mia) had 15 points and 8 rebounds. Chris Anderson (Mia) had 13 points and 11 rebounds including 5 offensive. Damian Lillard (Por) had 19 points on 3-15 FG, 1-8 3-pointers, and 12-14 FT and 6 assists. Maurice Williams (Por) had 17 points. Chi 89, Ind 77 at Chi Kirk Hinrich (Chi) had 18 points. Joakim Noah (Chi) had 10 points, 8 rebounds, 8 assists, 4 steals, and 5 blocks. Taj Gibson (Chi) had 23 points including 9-15 FG and 8 rebounds including 5 offensive. Paul George (Ind) had 21 points including 8-22 FG and 1-6 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, and 4 steals. George Hill (Ind) had 17 points. Mem 109, Min 92 at Mem Zach Randolph (Mem) had 17 points including 7-11 FG. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 14 points and 12 rebounds. Mike Conley (Mem) had 23 points including 9-12 FG, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Kevin Love (Min) had 16 points including 6-18 FG and 7 rebounds. Gorgui Dieng (Min) had 11 points and 17 rebounds including 7 offensive. Mem shot 52.7% (48-91) FG and Min shot 37.8% (34-90) FG. J.J. Barea (Min, sprained left foot) and Nikola Pekovic (Min, sore right ankle) did not play. NO 109, Bro 104 OT at NO Anthony Davis (NO) had 24 points, 14 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Tyreke Evans (NO) had 33 points on 13-19 FG and 6-10 FT, 10 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 steals, and 7 turnovers. Brian Roberts (NO) had 17 points and 6 assists. Paul Pierce (Bro) had 25 points including 4-11 3-pointers. Deron Williams (Bro) had 23 points 8 rebounds, and 5 assists. Eric Gordon (NO, left knee tendinitis), Jason Smith (NO, right knee cartilage), and Andrei Kirilenko (Bro, sprained left ankle) did not play. OKC 117, Den 96 at OKC Kevin Durant (OKC) had 27 points, 8 assists, and 5 turnovers. Reggie Jackson (OKC) had 16 points, 11 assists, and 3 steals. Caron Butler (OKC) had 23 points. Ty Lawson (Den) had 25 points including 13-16 FT and 7 assists. Timofey Mozgov (Den) had 12 points and 9 rebounds. OKC out-scored Den 41-24 in the 1st quarter. Russell Westbrook (OKC, rest), Wilson Chandler (Den, strained left groin), J.J. Hickson (Den, torn right ACL), Nate Robinson (Den, sprained left ACL), and Jan Vesely (Den, left rib contusion) did not play. SA 113, Phi 91 at SA Kawhi Leonard (SA) had 15 points and 5 rebounds. Tim Duncan (SA) had 19 points including 9-12 FG and 5 rebounds. Austin Daye (SA) had 22 points including 6-10 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Thaddeus Young (Phi) had 17 points including 7-20 FG and 5 rebounds. Michael Carter-Williams (Phi) had 17 points including 5-20 FG and 7 rebounds. SA shot 55.7% (44-79) FG and Phi shot 40.9% (36-88) FG. Det 114, Uta 94 at Uta Greg Monroe (Det) had 18 points on 9-15 FG and 11 rebounds. Andre Drummond (Det) had 19 points including 9-10 FG and 14 rebounds. Rodney Stuckey (Det) had 19 points. Gordon Hayward (Uta) had 32 points including 9-10 FT and 6 assists. Enes Kanter (Uta) had 14 points and 8 rebounds. Det shot 55.4% (46-83) FG and Utah shot 41% (34-83) FG. LAC 106, Mil 98 at LAC Blake Griffin (LAC) had 27 points, 14 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 blocks, and 5 turnovers. Darren Collison (LAC) had 15 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 6 assists. Chris Paul (LAC) had 14 points, 7 assists, and 3 steals. Ramon Sessions (Mil) had 28 points including 13-21 FG, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists. Zaza Pachulia (Mil) had 14 points on 7-11 FG, 6 rebounds, and 8 assists. Nate Wolters (Mil, fractured left hand) did not play. Schedule for Tuesday, March 25 (All times Central) Toronto @ Cleveland 6:00 pm Portland @ Orlando 6:00 pm Oklahoma City @ Dallas 7:00 pm TNT New York @ LA Lakers 9:30 pm TNT Schedule for Wednesday, March 26 (All times Central) Brooklyn @ Charlotte 6:00 pm Phoenix @ Washington 6:00 pm Toronto @ Boston 6:30 pm Cleveland @ Detroit 6:30 pm Atlanta @ Minnesota 7:00 pm LA Clippers @ New Orleans 7:00 pm Miami @ Indiana 7:00 pm ESPN Denver @ San Antonio 7:30 pm New York @ Sacramento 9:00 pm Memphis @ Utah 9:30 pm ESPN ---- 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