News from March 30. The NBA named Stephen Curry (GS) and Brook Lopez (Bro) as Players of the Week for the week ending March 29. Curry averaged 30 points and 8 assists as Golden State went 4-0. Lopez averaged 28.8 points and 8.5 rebounds as Brooklyn went 3-1. Minnesota elected not to sign Sean Kilpatrick to a 2nd 10-day contract after he completed his 1st 10-day contract. Atlanta activated Jeff Teague and placed Austin Daye on IL. Memphis activated Jarnell Stokes and placed Tony Allen on IL. Minnesota activated Anthony Bennett and Robbie Hummel and placed Kevin Garnett (sore left knee) and Nikola Pekovic (sore right ankle) on IL. Phoenix activated Marcus Thornton and placed Brandon Knight on IL. Por 109, Pho 86 at Por Damian Lillard (Por) had 19 points and 7 assists. LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 17 points and 7 rebounds. Nicolas Batum (Por) had 16 points including 4-6 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. T.J. Warren (Pho) had 13 points. Gerald Green (Pho) had 13 points. Uta 104, Min 84 at Min Gordon Hayward (Uta) had 22 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, and 4 steals. Trevor Booker (Uta) had 17 points including 7-11 FG and 13 rebounds including 5 offensive. Trey Burke (Uta) had 19 points and 6 rebounds. Andrew Wiggins (Min) had 17 points including 5-15 FG and 5 rebounds. Zach LaVine (Min) had 21 points including 1-6 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Uta shot 47.6% (39-82) FG and Min shot 36.8% (28-76) FG. Derrick Favors (Uta, back spasms), Gary Neal (Min, sprained left ankle), Gorgui Dieng (Min, concussion), Kevin Martin (Min, strained left hamstring), and Ricky Rubio (Min, sore right ankle) did not play. Mem 97, Sac 83 at Mem Mike Conley (Mem) had 18 points. Jeff Green (Mem) had 16 points. Zach Randolph (Mem) had 15 points and 7 rebounds. Rudy Gay (Sac) had 24 points. Ray McCallum (Sac) had 12 points. DeMarcus Cousins (Sac, rest) did not play. Tor 99, Hou 96 at Tor DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 42 points including 12-17 FT, 11 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Jonas Valanciunas (Tor) had 15 points, 9 rebounds, and 5 blocks. Amir Johnson (Tor) had 8 points and 16 rebounds including 6 offensive. James Harden (Hou) had 31 points including 10-12 FT, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Trevor Ariza (Hou) had 15 points including 5-15 FG, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists. Dwight Howard (Hou, rest) and Donatas Motiejunas (Hou, lower back pain) Atl 101, Mil 88 at Atl DeMarre Carroll (Atl) had 23 points including 9-13 FG, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists. Al Horford (Atl) had 18 points and 7 rebounds. Paul Millsap (Atl) had 15 points and 9 rebounds. Giannis Antetokounmpo (Mil) had 18 points including 7-9 FG and 6 rebounds. Zaza Pachulia (Mil) had 17 points including 8-10 FG and 13 rebounds including 5 offensive. Jared Dudley (Mil, sore left back) did not play. LAL 113, Phi 111 OT at Phi Wayne Ellington (LAL) had 20 points including 4-6 3-pointers. Jordan Clarkson (LAL) had 26 points on 9-15 FG and 8-10 FT and the game winning layup with .9 seconds left, 6 rebounds, 11 assists, and 3 steals. Jabari Brown (LAL) had 22 points including 7-10 FG and 3-4 3-pointers. Nerlens Noel (Phi) had 19 points including 5-10 FT and 14 rebounds including 7 offensive. Isaiah Canaan (Phi) had 18 points and 3 steals. Jeremy Lin (LAL, upper respiratory infection), Carlos Boozer (LAL, upper respiratory infection), Kobe Bryant (LAL, right rotator cuff surgery), Ronnie Price (LAL, right elbow surgery), Nick Young (LAL, fractured left knee cap), Jerami Grant (Phi, upper respiratory infection), Luc Mbah a Moute (Phi, sore left shoulder), and Jason Richardson (Phi, left knee injury) did not play. Bos 116, Cha 104 at Cha Avery Bradley (Bos) had 30 points and 8 rebounds. Evan Turner (Bos) had 15 points including 7-11 FG, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Marcus Smart (Bos) had 14 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 steals. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 28 points and 12 rebounds. Maurice Williams (Cha) had 19 points including 6-17 FG. Schedule for Tuesday, March 31 (All times Central) Indiana @ Brooklyn 6:30 pm Atlanta @ Detroit 6:30 pm San Antonio @ Miami 7:00 pm TNT Golden State @ LA Clippers 9:30 pm TNT Schedule for Wednesday, April 1 (All times Central) Detroit @ Charlotte 6:00 pm San Antonio @ Orlando 6:00 pm Philadelphia @ Washington 6:00 pm Indiana @ Boston 6:30 pm NBATV Brooklyn @ New York 6:30 pm Sacramento @ Houston 7:00 pm Chicago @ Milwaukee 7:00 pm Toronto @ Minnesota 7:00 pm Dallas @ Oklahoma City 7:00 pm Denver @ Utah 8:00 pm LA Clippers @ Portland 9:00 pm NBATV New Orleans @ LA Lakers 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