News from March 28. The NBA named Klay Thompson (GS) and LeBron James (Cle) as Players of the Week for the week ending March 27. Thompson averaged 32.3 points (on 28-45 3-pointers) as Golden State went 4-0. James averaged 29 points, 8.5 rebounds, and 8.8 assists as Cleveland went 3-1. Detroit signed Lorenzo Brown to a 2nd 10-day contract after he finished his 2nd 10-day contract. Boston elected not to sign Coty Clark for the rest of the season after he finished his 2nd 10-day contract. Denver placed Jusuf Nurkic (ill) on IL. The LA Clippers activated C.J. Wilcox and placed Blake Griffin (suspended) on IL. Oklahoma City activated Kyle Singler and placed Josh Huestis on IL. Portland activated Luis Montero and placed Chris Kaman on IL. Former NBA player Vince Boryle died at age 89. He played with New York from 49-50 to 53-54 and also coached New York 3 seasons and was GM of Denver in the 80s. Dal 97, Den 88 at Den Dwight Powell (Dal) had 16 points and 7 rebounds. Raymond Felton (Dal) had 11 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. J.J. Barea (Dal) had 18 points and 11 assists. Emmanuel Mudiay (Den) had 16 points, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists. Will Barton (Den) had 23 points including 5-9 3-pointers and 8 rebounds. Dal had 4 turnovers and Den had 21 turnovers. Deron Williams (Dal, left abdominal strain) did not play. LAC 114, Bos 90 at LAC DeAndre Jordan (LAC) had 15 points, 13 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Chris Paul (LAC) had 13 points including 5-14 FG, 14 assists, and 3 steals. Austin Rivers (LAC) had 16 points. Isaiah Thomas (Bos) had 24 points on 5-14 FG and 12-13 FT. Marcus Smart (Bos) had 13 points and 5 rebounds. LAC shot 52.4% (44-84) FG and Bos shot 34.8% (31-89) FG. Por 105, Sac 93 at Por Al-Farouq Aminu (Por) had 14 points and 8 rebounds. C.J. McCollum (Por) 16 points including 4-6 3-pointers. Allen Crabbe (Por) had 21 points including 8-10 FG and 3-4 3-pointers. Omri Casspi (Sac) had 18 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Seth Curry (Sac) had 21 points. Rudy Gay (Sac, rest), DeMarcus Cousins (Sac, rest), and Rajon Rondo (Sac, rest) did not play. Uta 123, LAL 75 at Uta Rodney Hood (Uta) had 30 points including 11-13 FG and 8-9 3-pointers. Rudy Gobert (Uta) had 8 points and 19 rebounds. Shelvin Mack (Uta) had 17 points on 8-11 FG and 5 assists. Jordan Clarkson (LAL) had 12 points including 5-18 FG and 8 rebounds. Louis Williams (LAL) had 16 points. Uta shot 51.7% (46-89) FG and LAL shot 30.6% (26-85) FG. NO 99, NY 91 at NO Jrue Holiday (NO) had 22 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists, and 4 steals. Luke Babbitt (NO) had 14 points including 4-6 FG. Toney Douglas (NO) had 16 points and 5 rebounds. Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 22 points including 4-11 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Kristaps Porzingis (NY) had 16 points, 10 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Ryan Anderson (NO, left groin), Norris Cole (NO, lower back), Anthony Davis (NO, left knee), and Eric Gordon (NO, fractured right ring finger) did not play. Min 121, Pho 116 at Min Andrew Wiggins (Min) had 32 points including 17-21 FG, 5 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Karl-Anthony Towns (Min) had 27 points, 10 rebounds, and 5 assists. Ricky Rubio (Min) had 17 points, 7 rebounds, 11 assists, 3 steals, and 6 turnovers. Devin Booker (Pho) had 30 points and 5 assists. Brandon Knight (Pho) had 30 points including 10-16 FG and 7-11 3-pointers, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers. Mirza Teletovic (Pho) had 19 points. SA 101, Mem 87 at Mem LaMarcus Aldridge (SA) had 31 points on 11-16 FG and 9-11 FT and 13 rebounds. Kyle Anderson (SA) had 13 points, 7 assists, and 4 steals. Patty Mills (SA) had 17 points including 7-10 FG and 3-4 3-pointers. Matt Barnes (Mem) had 11 points and 9 rebounds. Vince Carter (Mem) had 14 points including 3-9 FG. SA shot 51.4% (37-72) FG and Mem shot 39.8% (33-83) FG. Tony Parker (SA, rest), Manu Ginobili (SA, rest), David West (SA, rest), P.J. Hairston (Mem, strained left groin), Mike Conley (Mem, sore left foot) and Zach Randolph (Mem, sprained right ankle) did not play. Atl 102, Chi 100 at Chi Jeff Teague (Atl) had 26 points, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists. Al Horford (Atl) had 14 points and 10 rebounds. Paul Millsap (Atl) had 11 points including 4-12 FG, 11 rebounds, and 6 blocks. Pau Gasol (Chi) had 19 points, 11 rebounds, and 5 assists. Derrick Rose (Chi) had 20 points including 8-25 FG, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. OKC 119, Tor 100 at Tor Kevin Durant (OKC) had 34 point including 3-10 3-pointers and 9-10 FT, 8 rebounds, and 8 assists. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 26 points including 10-16 FG, 11 rebounds, and 12 assists. Serge Ibaka (OKC) had 15 points and 8 rebounds. Norman Powell (Tor) had 18 points including 4-7 3-pointers. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 19 points including 8-22 FG and 5 assists. Mia 110, Bro 99 at Mia Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 30 points including 14-19 FG and 9 assists. Josh Richardson (Mia) had 16 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Hassan Whiteside (Mia) had 27 points including 12-16 FT and 8 rebounds. Thaddeus Young (Bro) had 20 points on 10-12 FG, 9 rebounds, and 3 steals. Brook Lopez (Bro) had 26 points including 12-20 FG. Goran Dragic (Mia, cold) 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