News from March 27. The NBA named James Harden (Hou) and DeMar DeRozan (Tor) as Players of the Week for the week ending March 26. Harden averaged 33 points, 6.3 rebounds, and 13.3 assists as Houston went 3-0. DeRozan averaged 33.3 points, 5.3 rebounds, and 5.7 assists as Toronto went 3-0. Cleveland activated Kay Felder and Iman Shumpert and placed Kyle Korver (sore left foot) and Larry Sanders on IL. Dallas activated Manny Harris and Jarrod Uthoff and placed Seth Curry (left shoulder injury) and A.J. Hammons on IL. Detroit activated Michael Gbinje and Henry Ellenson and placed Reggie Bullock and Reggie Jackson (left knee injury) on IL. New York activated Carmelo Anthony and placed Lance Thomas on IL. San Antonio activated Danny Green and placed Joel Anthony on IL. Utah activated Shelvin Mack and placed Alec Burks on IL. OKC 92, Dal 91 at Dal Taj Gibson (OKC) had 13 points and 6 rebounds. Victor Oladipo (OKC) had 15 points and 9 rebounds. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 37 points including the game winning jumper with 7.2 seconds left, 13 rebounds, 10 assists, and 6 turnovers. Wesley Matthews (Dal) had 15 points. Nerlens Noel (Dal) had 15 points, 8 rebounds, and 4 steals. OKC scored the last 14 points of the game, with 12 by Westbrook. SA 103, Cle 74 at SA Kawhi Leonard (SA) had 25 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 steals. LaMarcus Aldridge (SA) had 14 points including 4-11 FG and 7 rebounds. Pau Gasol (SA) had 14 points. LeBron James (Cle) had 17 points, 8 rebounds, and 8 assists. Tristan Thompson (Cle) had 11 points including 4-12 FG and 1-6 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. SA out-scored Cle 64-40 in the 1st half. SA shot 47.7% (41-86) FG and Cle shot 37.3% (31-83) FG. Iman Shumpert (Cle, sore right knee) did not play. Sac 91, Mem 90 at Sac Willie Cauley-Stein (Sac) had 12 points and 9 rebounds. Buddy Hield (Sac) had 14 points. Darren Collison (Sac) had 23 points including the game winning free throws with 5.7 seconds left and 7 assists. Mike Conley (Mem) had 22 points including 8-23 FG and 1-7 3-pointers and 9 assists. Zach Randolph (Mem) had 17 points including 5-18 FG and 15 rebounds including 7 offensive. Sac shot 46.3% (31-67) FG and Mem shot 34.4% (31-90) FG. Arron Afflalo (Sac, personal reasons) and Marc Gasol (Mem, strained left foot) did not play. Uta 108, NO 100 at Uta Joe Ingles (Uta) had 19 points. Rudy Gobert (Uta) had 20 points including 8-11 FG, 19 rebounds, and 5 blocks. Rodney Hood (Uta) had 20 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 16 rebounds. Anthony Davis (NO) had 36 points including 11-14 FT and 17 rebounds. Jrue Holiday (NO) had 19 points and 5 assists. Gordon Hayward (Uta, left quad contusion), Omer Asik (NO, ill), and DeMarcus Cousins (NO, sprained right ankle) did not play. Tor 131, Orl 112 at Tor DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 36 points on 13-21 FG and 9-14 FT. Jonas Valanciunas (Tor) had 17 points including 7-9 FG and 9 rebounds. Cory Joseph (Tor) had 15 points, 6 rebounds, 13 assists, and 5 turnovers. Evan Fournier (Orl) had 20 points. Elfrid Payton (Orl) had 22 points and 9 assists. Tor shot 59% (49-83) FG and Orl shot 48.9% (43-88) FG. DeMarre Carroll (Tor, sore lower back) did not play. NY 109, Det 95 at NY Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 21 points, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Kristaps Prozingis (NY) had 25 points including 10-16 FG, 8 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Derrick Rose (NY) had 27 points including 12-17 FG and 6 assists. Marcus Morris (Det) had 20 points. Andre Drummond (Det) had 10 points and 15 rebounds including 5 offensive. NY shot 53.6% (45-84) FG and Det shot 42.9% (36-84) FG. Schedule for Tuesday, March 28 (All times Central) Milwaukee @ Charlotte 6:00 pm Minnesota @ Indiana 6:00 pm Philadelphia @ Brooklyn 6:30 pm Phoenix @ Atlanta 6:30 pm Miami @ Detroit 6:30 pm Golden State @ Houston 7:00 pm NBATV Denver @ Portland 9:00 pm Washington @ LA Lakers 9:30 pm NBATV Schedule for Wednesday, March 29 (All times Central) Atlanta @ Philadelphia 6:00 pm Oklahoma City @ Orlando 6:00 pm NBATV Milwaukee @ Boston 6:30 pm Charlotte @ Toronto 6:30 pm Miami @ New York 6:30 pm Indiana @ Memphis 7:00 pm Dallas @ New Orleans 7:00 pm Golden State @ San Antonio 8:30 pm ESPN Washington @ LA Clippers 9:30 pm Utah @ Sacramento 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