News from April 14. The NBA named Shawn Marion (Pho) and Tracy McGrady (Orl) as Players of the Week. Marion averaged 26.5 points, 9.3 rebounds, and 3.8 steals as Phoenix went 4-0. McGrady averaged 36.3 points, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists as Orlando went 3-0. With their win over Utah, San Antonio clinched the Midwest Division title and home court advantage throughout the playoffs. Dallas activated Michael Finley and placed Popeye Jones on IR with a sprained right ankle. Atlanta signed Mikki Moore for the rest of the season. Seattle activated Ronald Murray and placed Elden Campbell on IR with right gluteal contusion. Chicago named John Paxson as executive vice president and GM. USA Basketball named Karl Malone (Uta) and Mike Bibby (Sac) to Team USA. The 2 join Ray Allen (Sea), Tim Duncan (SA), Jason Kidd (NJ), and Tracy McGrady (Orl) on the team. The team will compete in this summer's FIBA Americas Olympic Qualifying Tournament to try to obtain an Olympic berth for the 2004 Olympics. The rest of the team will be announced later. Dal 109, Sea 106 at Dal Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 39 points on 14-21 FG and 11-13 FT, 10 rebounds, and 7 assists. Raef LaFrentz (Dal) had 17 points and 9 rebounds. Nick Van Exel (Dal) had 15 points and 7 assists. Rashard Lewis (sea) had 21 points including 8-10 FT. Ray Allen (Sea) had 35 points on 10-28 FG, 4-10 3-pointers, and 11-11 FT and 6 rebounds. SA 91, Uta 83 at Uta Tim Duncan (SA) had 21 points including 9-16 FG, 15 rebounds, 9 assists, and 6 blocks. Tony Parker (SA) had 25 points including 11-17 FG and 5 assists. Emanual Ginobili (SA) had 14 points and 4 steals. Karl Malone (Uta) had 20 points including 6-10 FT and 7 rebounds. Andrei Kirilenko (Uta) had 18 points. NO 87, NJ 74 at NJ Jamal Mashburn (NO) had 17 points including 7-22 FG and 5 rebounds. P.J. Brown (NO) had 14 points and 9 rebounds. Baron Davis (NO) had 19 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. Richard Jefferson (NJ) had 21 points and 8 rebounds. Kenyon Martin (NJ) had 23 points and 15 rebounds. NO shot 44% (33-75) FG and NJ shot 33.8% (25-74) FG. Dikembe Mutombo (NJ, personal reasons) did not play. Atl 100, Orl 84 at Atl Ira Newble (Atl) had 23 points and 10 rebounds. Jason Terry (Atl) had 23 points including 9-11 FG and 7 assists. Dion Glover (Atl) had 11 points including 4-13 FG, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists. Tracy McGrady (Orl) had 22 points on 6-18 FG and 8-11 FT, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Drew Gooden (Orl) had 15 points on 3-9 FG and 9-10 FT and 10 rebounds. Atl shot 49.3% (36-73) FG and Orl shot 31.4% (27-86) FG. Glenn Robinson (Atl, inflamed left Achilles) and Nazr Mohammed (Atl, right foot injury) did not play. Det 89, Cle 88 at Det Clifford Robinson (Det) had 15 points and 7 rebounds. Richard Hamilton (Det) had 16 points including 7-20 FG. Corliss Williamson (Det) had 18 points including 8-10 FT. Zydrunas Ilgauskas (Cle) had 22 points including 9-14 FG, 8 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Ricky Davis (Cle) had 25 points, 9 rebounds, and 12 assists. Det shot 40% (30-75) FG and Cle shot 52.1% (38-73) FG. Det shot 22-28 FT and Cle shot 11-13 FT. Ben Wallace (Det, sprained left MCL) and Dajuan Wagner (Cle, right knee surgery) did not play. LAC 122, GS 113 at GS Elton Brand (LAC) had 26 points, 23 rebounds including 12 offensive, 5 assists, and 4 steals. Andre Miller (LAC) had 20 points including 7-20 FG, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Eric Piatkowski (LAC) had 27 points including 9-14 FG and 5-7 3-pointers and 9 rebounds. Antawn Jamison (GS) had 26 points and 9 rebounds. Jason Richardson (GS) had 29 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Chris Mills (GS, tendinitis left Achilles) and Danny Fortson (GS, suspended) did not play. NY 93, Was 79 at Was Latrell Sprewell (NY) had 13 points and 10 rebounds. Allan Houston (NY) had 23 points including 9-13 FG. Shandon Anderson (NY) had 18 points including 7-11 FG and 3-4 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Michael Jordan (Was) had 21 points and 8 rebounds. Larry Hughes (Was) had 16 points. Charles Oakley (Was, sore right knee) did not play.