News from March 10. The NBA named James Harden (Hou) and Carmelo Anthony (NY) as Players of the Week. Harden averaged 30.3 points and 6.8 assist as Houston went 4-0. Anthony averaged 29 points and 5.3 rebounds as New York went 3-1. Boston signed Chris Babb to a 2nd 10-day contract. New York signed Earl Clark and Shannon Brown to 2nd 10-day contracts. Anthony Bennett (Cle) is expected to be out 3 weeks with a strained left knee. Brooklyn placed Andrei Kirilenko on IL. Miami activated DeAndre Liggins and placed Greg Oden on IL. Orlando activated Victor Oladipo and placed Adonis Thomas on IL. LAC 112, Pho 105 at LAC Blake Griffin (LAC) had 37 points on 14-16 FG and 9-10 FT, 6 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. DeAndre Jordan (LAC) had 8 points, 17 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 3 blocks. Darren Collison (LAC) had 20 points. Chris Paul (LAC) had 17 points, 5 rebounds, and 11 assists. Goran Dragic (Pho) had 23 points including 9-11 FT, 5 assists, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Markieff Morris (Pho) had 16 points and 6 rebounds. Jared Dudley (LAC, back spasms) did not play. Atl 112, Uta 110 at Uta Paul Millsap (Atl) had 23 points and 8 rebounds. Kyle Korver (Atl) had 26 points including 4-4 3-pointers. Jeff Teague (Atl) had 14 points including 3-10 FG and 6 assists. Marvin Williams (Uta) had 18 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 steals. Trey Burke (Uta) had 23 points on 9-15 FG and 5-8 3-pointers. Mil 105, Orl 98 at Mil Khris Middleton (Mil) had 21 points including 5-8 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists. Brandon Knight (Mil) had 24 points including 1-9 3-pointers and 6 assists. Ersan Ilyasova (Mil) had 16 points and 11 rebounds. Maurice Harkless (Orl) had 14 points. Nikola Vucevic (Orl) had 12 points, 12 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Mil shot 21-25 FT and Orl shot 5-8 FT. NY 123, Phi 110 at NY Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 22 points including 9-7 3-pointers, 9 rebounds, and 5 assists. J.R. Smith (NY) had 22 points including 4-11 3-pointers and 5 assists. Amare Stoudemire (NY) had 23 points including 9-10 FG and 6 rebounds. Tim Hardaway (NY) had 28 points including 9-13 FG and 5-7 3-pointers. Michael Carter-Williams (Phi) had 23 points, 13 rebounds, and 10 assists. Thaddeus Young (Phi) had 18 points including 8-22 FG, 9 rebounds, and 5 assists. Tony Wroten (Phi) had 23 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Tyson Chandler (NY, personal reasons) did not play. Mia 99, Was 90 at Mia LeBron James (Mia) had 23 points on 10-15 FG and 3-4 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, 8 assists, and 3 steals. Chris Bosh (Mia) had 22 points including 101-4 FG and 7 rebounds. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 22 points, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Marcin Gortat (Was) had 14 points and 18 rebounds including 9 offensive. Bradley Beal (Was) had 18 points and 5 rebounds. Bro 101, Tor 97 at Bro Paul Pierce (Bro) had 15 points, 4 steals, and 6 turnovers. Shaun Livingston (Bro) had 18 points including 7-10 FG. Deron Williams (Bro) had 18 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 5 assists. Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 21 points including 4-8 3-pointers, 8 rebounds, and 7 assists. Amir Johnson (Tor) had 16 points and 5 rebounds. Kevin Garnett (Bro, back) did not play. Cha 105, Den 98 at Cha Al Jefferson (Cha) had 26 points, 13 rebounds, and 3 steals. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 24 points including 12-12 FT, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists. Gary Neal (Cha) had 19 points including 7-9 FG and 3-3 3-pointers. Ty Lawson (Den) had 24 points and 6 assists. Kenneth Faried (Den) had 15 points including 7-10 FG and 9 rebounds. Gerald Henderson (Cha, strained right calf) and Nate Robinson (Den, torn left ACL) did not play. Schedule for Tuesday, March 11 (All times Central) Boston @ Indiana 6:00 pm Sacramento @ Detroit 6:30 pm San Antonio @ Chicago 7:00 pm Portland @ Memphis 7:00 pm Milwaukee @ Minnesota 7:00 pm Houston @ Oklahoma City 7:00 pm NBATV Dallas @ Golden State 9:30 pm Schedule for Wednesday, March 12 (All times Central) Brooklyn @ Miami 6:00 pm ESPN Denver @ Orlando 6:00 pm Sacramento @ Philadelphia 6:00 pm Detroit @ Toronto 6:00 pm Charlotte @ Washington 6:00 pm New York @ Boston 6:30 pm Memphis @ New Orleans 7:00 pm Dallas @ Utah 8:00 pm Portland @ San Antonio 8:30 pm ESPN Cleveland @ Phoenix 9:00 pm Golden State @ LA Clippers 9:30 pm ---- 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