News from March 21. The NBA named Kevin Durant (OKC) had Kyle Lowry (Tor) as Players of the Week for the week ending March 20. Durant averaged 26.8 points, 9.5 rebounds, and 7.5 assists as Oklahoma City went 4-0. Lowry averaged 27.2 points, 6.4 rebounds, and 6.8 assists as Toronto went 4-1. Memphis signed Jordan Farmar to a 10-day contract. Memphis elected not to sign Briante Weber to a 2nd 10-day contract after he finished his 1st 10-day contract. Boston activated Jonas Jerebko and placed Coty Clarke on IL. Chicago activated Pau Gasol and placed Cameron Bairstow on IL. San Antonio activated Matt Bonner and placed Boban Marjanovic on IL. Washington activated Drew Gooden and placed Alan Anderson IL. Cha 91, SA 88 at Cha Nicolas Batum (Cha) had 15 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Courtney Lee (Cha) had 17 points and 4 steals. Jeremy Lin (Cha) had 29 points including 11-18 FG and 4-4 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. LaMarcus Aldridge (SA) had 18 points, 12 rebounds, and 5 assists. Tony Parker (SA) had 19 points, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists. Cle 124, Den 91 at Cle LeBron James (Cle) had 33 points on 12-19 FG and 8-11 FT, 11 rebounds, and 11 assists. Channing Frye (Cle) had 14 points. J.R. Smith (Cle) 15 points and 5 assists. Jusuf Nurkic (Den) had 11 points including 5-7 FG, 7 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Will Barton (Den) had 27 points including 9-12 FG and 4-5 3-pointers. Kevin Love (Cle, ill) and Kenneth Faried (Den, sore lower back) did not play. Ind 91, Phi 75 at Ind Paul George (Ind) had 15 points including 4-16 FG and 6 rebounds. Ian Mahinmi (Ind) had 12 points on 6-8 FG and 10 rebounds. Monta Ellis (Ind) had 13 points and 5 assists. Hollis Thompson (Phi) had 15 points and 6 rebounds. Isaiah Canaan (Phi) had 15 points. Robert Covington (Phi, concussion) and Richaun Holmes (Phi, strained right Achilles) did not play. Bos 107, Orl 96 at Bos Avery Bradley (Bos) had 22 points including 9-15 FG and 9 rebounds. Isaiah Thomas (Bos) had 28 points including 10-12 FT, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists. Kelly Olynyk (Bos) had 22 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Victor Oladipo (Orl) had 25 points including 10-17 FG, 8 rebounds, 5 steals, and 5 turnovers. Aaron Gordon (Orl) had 13 points and 8 rebounds. Det 92, Mil 91 at Det Marcus Morris (Det) had 21 points including 8-9 FG and 4-4 3-pointers. Andre Drummond (Det) had 14 points including the game winning putback with 2.1 seconds left and 16 rebounds including 6 offensive. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (Det) had 15 points including 6-18 FG. Giannis Antetokounmpo (Mil) had 21 points on 10-17 FG, 12 rebounds, and 5 assists. Greg Monroe (Mil) had 18 points on 9-15 FG and 10 rebounds. Khris Middleton (Mil) had 27 points including 11-16 FG. Det out-scored Mil 27-17 in the 4th quarter. Det shot 41.2 (35-85) FG and Mil shot 53.9% (41-76) FG. Det shot 13-17 FT and Mil shot 4-7 FT. Michael Carter-Williams (Mil, left hip surgery) did not play. Was 117, Atl 102 at Atl Bradley Beal (Was) had 25 points on 10-15 FG and 5-6 3-pointers. John Wall (Was) had 27 points and 14 assists. Otto Porter (Was) had 16 points and 10 rebounds. Jeff Teague (Atl) had 23 points. Al Horford (Atl) had 14 points, 9 rebounds, 9 assists, and 3 steals. Chi 109, Sac 102 at Chi Taj Gibson (Chi) had 18 points and 4 steals. Pau Gasol (Chi) had 14 points, 14 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Derrick Rose (Chi) had 18 points on 9-15 FG and 5 rebounds. Rudy Gay (Sac) had 18 points including 7-11 FG and 3-4 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) had 19 points, 18 rebounds, and 8 assists. Darren Collison (Sac) had 19 points including 4-5 3-pointers. E'Twaun Moore (Chi, left hamstring) and Ben McLemore (Sac, injured right ring finger) did not play. GS 109, Min 104 at Min Draymond Green (GS) had 24 points including 10-13 FG, 9 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 steals, and 3 blocks. Klay Thompson (GS) had 17 points including 5-14 FG and 5-5 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Stephen Curry (GS) had 19 points including 6-17 FG, 7 rebounds, 11 assists, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Andrew Wiggins (Min) had 25 points including 8-11 FT and 5 rebounds. Karl-Anthony Towns (Min) had 24 points including 11-19 FG and 11 rebounds. Zach LaVine (Min) had 19 points. Ricky Rubio (Min) had 20 points, 11 assists, 4 steals, and 6 turnovers. Mem 103, Pho 97 at Pho Zach Randolph (Mem) had 14 points and 13 rebounds. Matt Barnes (Mem) had 12 points including 4-11 FG and 9 rebounds. Lance Stephenson (Mem) had 16 points. Devin Booker (Pho) had 18 points. Jon Leuer (Pho) had 13 points, 13 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Chris Anderson (Mem, left shoulder subluxation) and Mike Conley (Mem, sore left foot) 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