News from April 13. The NBA named Brandon Roy (Por) and Ben Gordon (Chi) as Players of the Week. Roy averaged 22.3 points and 5.5 assists as Portland went 4-0. Gordon averaged 26.7 points as Chicago went 3-0. Toronto signed Quincy Douby for the rest of the season and for next season. San Antonio activated Tim Duncan and placed Marcus Williams on IL. Oklahoma City activated Nick Collison and placed Thabo Sefolosha on IL. Denver activated Kenyon Martin and placed Sonny Weems on IL. Houston activated Yao Ming and placed James White on IL. New Jersey activated Devin Harris and placed Keyon Dooling on IL. Cleveland placed Ben Wallace on IL. Shawn Taggat (forward, Memphis, junior) declared himself eligible for the NBA draft. Dal 96, Min 94 at Dal Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 34 points including 16-17 FT and 9 rebounds. J.J. Barea (Dal) had 12 points and 3 steals. Jason Terry (Dal) had 22 points including 10-15 FG and the game winning 18-foot baseliner with .2 seconds left. Mike Miller (Min) had 18 points including 4-5 3-pointers, 10 rebounds, and 9 assists. Craig Smith (Min) had 24 points including 10-13 FG and 8 rebounds. Dal shot 24-27 FT and Min shot 10-12 FT. Josh Howard (Dal, sore left ankle) did not play. Hou 86, NO 66 at Hou Luis Scola (Hou) had 8 points and 15 rebounds. Yao Ming (Hou) had 22 points and 7 rebounds. Von Wafer (Hou) had 13 points. David West (NO) had 14 points and 10 rebounds. James Posey (NO) had 12 points. Hou shot 45.9% (34-74) FG and NO shot 34.6% (28-81) FG. Den 118, Sac 98 at Den Carmelo Anthony (Den) had 21 points including 7-10 FT, 9 rebounds, 9 assists, and 3 steals. J.R. Smith (Den) had 45 points including 13-22 FG and 11-18 3-pointers. Linas Kleiza (Den) had 17 points including 6-7 FG and 7 rebounds. Bobby Jackson (Sac) had 18 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 12 assists. Ike Diogu (Sac) had 32 points including 14-20 FG and 11 rebounds. Den shot 27-36 FT and Sac shot 9-15 FT. Beno Udrih (Sac, sore left ankle) did not play. Chi 91, Det 88 at Det Joakim Noah (Chi) had 11 points and 13 rebounds. Ben Gordon (Chi) had 19 points. Derrick Rose (Chi) had 24 points, 5 rebounds, and 8 assists. Tayshaun Prince (Det) had 19 points and 6 rebounds. Richard Hamilton (Det) had 25 points. Uta 106, LAC 85 at Uta Carlos Boozer (Uta) had 20 points and 13 rebounds. Deron Williams (Uta) had 17 points on 3-11 FG and 11-12 FT and 9 assists. Paul Millsap (Uta) had 19 points and 11 rebounds including 7 offensive. Marcus Camby (LAC) had 17 points, 10 rebounds, and 3 steals. DeAndre Jordan (LAC) had 16 points, 11 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Uta shot 32-39 FT and LAC shot 10-18 FT. Zach Randolph (LAC, mild concussion) and Al Thornton (LAC, sore right shoulder) did not play. Cle 117, Ind 109 at Ind LeBron James (Cle) had 37 points including 11-14 FT, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers. Zydrunas Ilgauskas (Cle) had 16 points and 10 rebounds. Delonte West (Cle) had 20 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 steals. Maurice Williams (Cle) had 18 points, 6 rebounds, and 8 assists. Danny Granger (Ind) had 38 points including 4-10 3-pointers and 10-11 FT and 5 rebounds. Troy Murphy (Ind) had 17 points, 13 rebounds, and 3 steals. Brandon Rush (Ind) had 27 points including 11-17 FG. Mil 98, Orl 80 at Mil Richard Jefferson (Mil) had 24 points including 5-8 3-pointers and 7 assists. Ramon Sessions (Mil) had 19 points on 4-11 FG and 11-12 FT, 8 rebounds, and 7 assists. Charlie Villanueva (Mil) had 18 points and 7 rebounds. Marcin Gortat (Orl) had 10 points and 18 rebounds including 7 offensive. Courtney Lee (Orl) had 17 points including 5-14 FG. Mil shot 44.3% (35-79) FG and Orl shot 31.8% (28-88) FG. Luke Ridnour (Mil, birth of son), Dwight Howard (Orl, sore left knee), J.J. Redick (Orl, back spasms), and Hedo Turkoglu (Orl, sprained left knee) did not play. Por 113, OKC 83 at Por Travis Outlaw (Por) had 21 points including 9-14 FG and 5 rebounds. Brandon Roy (Por) had 20 points including 7-10 FG. Greg Oden (Por) had 16 points including 7-11 FG and 9 rebounds. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 15 points including 4-16 FG and 7 assists. Earl Watson (OKC) had 16 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Por shot 51.1% (45-88) FG and OKC shot 40.2% (33-82) FG. Nicolas Batum (Por, ill) did not play. SA 101, GS 72 at GS Tim Duncan (SA) had 16 points and 13 rebounds including 5 offensive. Tony Parker (SA) had 17 points and 5 rebounds. Drew Gooden (SA) had 20 points and 15 rebounds including 5 offensive. Anthony Randolph (GS) had 24 points, 16 rebounds, and 4 steals. C.J. Watson (GS) had 18 points and 5 rebounds. Jamal Crawford (GS, strained lower back), Monta Ellis (GS, left ankle), Corey Maggette (GS, post concussion syndrome), and Brandan Wright (GS, left shoulder) did not play. Pho 119, Mem 110 at Pho Shaquille O'Neal (Pho) had 19 points including 8-11 FG and 4 steals. Steve Nash (Pho) had 18 points including 7-10 FG and 12 assists. Jason Richardson (Pho) had 18 points and 8 rebounds. Rudy Gay (Mem) had 26 points including 9-12 FG and 3-3 3-pointers. O.J. Mayo (Mem) had 20 points including 1-6 3-pointers and 7 turnovers. Hakim Warrick (Mem) had 26 points including 5-14 FG, 6 assists, and 7 steals. Greg Buckner (Mem, sore left shoulder) and Quinton Ross (Mem, strained left quad) did not play. NJ 91, Cha 87 at NJ Vince Carter (NJ) had 17 points including 5-16 FG, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, and 4 blocks. Brook Lopez (NJ) had 18 points and 20 rebounds including 8 offensive. Jarvis Hayes (NJ) had 15 points including 3-3 3-pointers. Boris Diaw (Cha) had 13 points and 5 rebounds. Raymond Felton (Cha) had 19 points and 5 assists. Tor 97, Was 96 at Was Shawn Marion (Tor) had 25 points and 15 rebounds including 6 offensive. Chris Bosh (Tor) had 25 points including 10-12 FT and the game winning 3-pointer with 9.9 seconds left, 15 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 5 assists. Pops Mensah-Bonsu (Tor) had 9 points, 12 rebounds including 8 offensive, and 5 steals. Caron Butler (Was) had 28 points including 8-11 FT, 9 rebounds, and 3 steals. Antawn Jamison (Was) had 23 points including 1-6 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Andrea Bargnani (Tor, sore left heel), Gilbert Arenas (Was, rest), and Andray Blatche (Was, sore left knee) did not play. Schedule for Tuesday, April 14 (All times Central) Miami @ Atlanta 6:00 pm Boston @ Philadelphia 7:00 pm TNT Utah @ LA Lakers 9:30 pm TNT ---- Patricia Bender pbender@eskimo.com For NBA stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/index.html For Mavs stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/mavs.html