News from March 14. The NBA named Stephen Curry (GS) and Kemba Walker (Cha) as Players of the Week for the week ending March 13. Curry averaged 30.5 points, 5.5 rebounds, and 5.8 assists as Golden State went 4-0. Walker averaged 27.8 points, 5 rebounds, and 6.8 assists as Charlotte went 4-0. Denver sign Axel Toupane to a 2nd 10-day contract after he finished his 1st 10-day contract. Charlotte activated Spencer Hawes and placed P.J. Hairston on IL. Chicago activated Cameron Bairstow and placed Pau Gasol on IL. Golden State activated Kevon Looney and placed Andre Iguodala on IL. Washington activated Alan Anderson and Bradley Beal and placed Drew Gooden and Jarell Eddie on IL. Dal 107, Cha 96 at Cha Chandler Parsons (Dal) had 24 points including 9-14 FG and 5-9 3-pointers, 9 rebounds, and 3 steals. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 23 points and 11 rebounds. Deron Williams (Dal) had 15 points and 5 assists. Nicolas Batum (Cha) had 20 points and 7 assists. Marvin Williams (Cha) had 19 points and 7 rebounds. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 25 points, 9 assists, and 5 turnovers. Spencer Hawes (Cha, lower back strain) did not play. Mia 124, Den 119 at Mia Joe Johnson (Mia) had 18 points and 5 assists. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 19 points, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers. Hassan Whiteside (Mia) had 18 points including 6-7 FG and 10 rebounds. Justise Winslow (Mia) had 20 points. Kenneth Faried (Den) had 24 points including 11-11 FG and 11 rebounds including 6 offensive. Emmanuel Mudiay (Den) had 23 points, 10 assists, and 5 turnovers. Gary Harris (Den) had 18 points and 3 steals. Mia shot 59.5% (47-79) FG and Den shot 52.7% (49-93) FG. Chi 109, Tor 107 at Tor Nikola Mirotic (Chi) had 17 points and 5 rebounds. E'Twaun Moore (Chi) had 17 points on 8-11 FG. Doug McDermott (Chi) had 29 points including 9-11 FG and 4-5 3-pointers. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 27 points and 5 rebounds. Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 33 points including 11-13 FT, 11 rebounds, 7 assists, and 3 steals. Mike Dunleavy (Chi, stomach virus) and Derrick Rose (Chi, left abductor strain) did not play. Was 124, Det 81 at Was Marcin Gortat (Was) had 16 points and 6 rebounds. John Wall (Was) had 15 points, 5 rebounds, and 12 assists. Nene (Was) had 20 points including 8-9 FG. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (Det) had 18 points. Andre Drummond (Det) had 7 points including 3-9 FG and 12 rebounds including 5 offensive. Was shot 56.7% (51-90) FG and Det shot 40.5% (32-79) FG. Hou 130, Mem 81 at Hou Donatas Motiejunas (Hou) had 18 points and 6 rebounds. James Harden (Hou) had 15 points, 7 rebounds, 8 assists, 3 blocks, and 5 turnovers. Trevor Ariza (Hou) had 16 points including 4-7 3-pointers. Matt Barnes (Mem) had 14 points and 7 rebounds. Jarell Martin (Mem) had 17 points on 4-12 FG and 9-10 FT and 8 rebounds. Hou shot 54.1% (46-85) FG and Mem shot 29.7% (30-101) FG. Chris Andersen (Mem, left shoulder subluxation), Mike Conley (Mem, sore left foot), Vince Carter (Mem, strained left calf), and Zach Randolph (Mem, sore right knee) did not play. OKC 128, Por 94 at OKC Kevin Durant (OKC) had 20 points, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 17 points including 7-11 FG, 10 rebounds, and 16 assists. Enes Kanter (OKC) had 26 points including 9-15 FG and 7 rebounds. Damian Lillard (Por) had 21 points. C.J. McCollum (Por) had 15 points including 5-17 FG. OKC out-scored Por 66-42 in the 1st half. OKC shot 59% (49-83) FG and Por shot 34.1% (31-91) FG. Pho 107, Min 104 at Pho P.J. Tucker (Pho) had 23 points, 12 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 5 assists. Tyson Chandler (Pho) had 15 points including 5-7 FG and 11 rebounds including 5 offensive. Mirza Teletovic (Pho) had 21 points including 5-9 3-pointers and the game winning 3-pointer with 1.2 seconds left and 8 rebounds. Andrew Wiggins (Min) had 22 points including 9-14 FG. Zach LaVine (Min) had 28 points including 10-15 FG. Ricky Rubio (Min) had 13 points including 3-11 FG, 17 assists, and 4 steals. Uta 94, Cle 85 at Uta Derrick Favors (Uta) had 19 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Rodney Hood (Uta) had 28 points including 4-9 3-pointers. Shelvin Mack (Uta) had 17 points, 7 rebounds, and 10 assists. LeBron James (Cle) had 23 points and 12 rebounds including 6 offensive. Kevin Love (Cle) had 12 points including 4-11 FG and 9 rebounds. Gordon Hayward (Uta, plantar faciitis right foot) did not play. GS 125, NO 107 at GS Klay Thompson (GS) had 18 points including 7-11 FG. Stephen Curry (GS) had 27 points including 4-9 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Draymond Green (GS) had 14 points, 12 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Anthony Davis (NO) had 22 points on 6-20 FG and 10-11 FT and 12 rebounds including 5 offensive. Toney Douglas (NO) had 22 points including 4-10 3-pointers. Ryan Anderson (NO) had 19 points. GS shot 58% (47-81) FG and NO shot 37.6% (35-93) FG. Alexis Ajinca (NO, fractured sternum), Norris Cole (NO, lower back), and Eric Gordon (NO, fractured right ring finger) did not play. ---- 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