News from March 5. The NBA named Anthony Davis (NO) and DeMar DeRozan (Tor) as Players of the Week for the week ending March 4. Davis averaged 34 points and 15.3 rebounds as New Orleans went 3-0. DeRozan averaged 20.8 points and 5.8 assists as Toronto went 4-0. Cleveland elected not to sign Marcus Thornton to a 2nd 10-day contract after he completed his 1st 10-day contract. Indiana signed Trevor Booker. Memphis signed Xavier Rathan-Mayes to a 10-day contract. Milwaukee signed Shabazz Muhammad. Washington signed Ramon Sessions to a 2nd 10-day contract. Boston placed Kyrie Irving (sore left knee) on IL. Cleveland placed Tristan Thompson (sprained right ankle) on IL. Memphis activated Deyonta Davis and Marc Gasol and placed Ben McLemore on IL. Miami activated Derrick Jones and Tyler Johnson and placed Jordan Mickey on IL. Orlando activated Arron Afflalo and placed Rashad Vaughn (sore right knee) on IL. Phoenix activated Alec Peters and Davon Reed and placed Troy Daniels (hyperextended right knee) on IL. San Antonio activated LaMarcus Aldridge and Brandon Paul and placed Matt Costello and Derrick White on IL. Cle 112, Det 90 at Cle LeBron James (Cle) had 31 points including 11-17 FG and 5-7 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, and 7 assists. Larry Nance (Cle) had 22 points including 9-15 FG and 15 rebounds. Rodney Hood (Cle) had 13 points including 4-12 FG. Blake Griffin (Det) had 25 points, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists. Andre Drummond (Det) had 15 points on a perfect 5-5 FG and 5-5 FT and 9 rebounds. Ind 92, Mil 89 at Ind Bojan Bogdanovic (Ind) had 29 points including 9-13 FG and 5-7 3-pointer. Victor Oladipo (Ind) had 14 points including 5-19 FG, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, and 10 turnovers. Thaddeus Young (Ind) had 10 points and 7 rebounds. Giannis Antetokounmpo (Mil) had 18 points, 12 rebounds, and 5 blocks. Jabari Parker (Mil) had 15 points including 7-10 FG and 5 rebounds. Tyler Zeller (Ind, sore back) did not play. Mia 125, Pho 103 at Mia Hassan Whiteside (Mia) had 24 points including 10-13 FG, 14 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Goran Dragic (Mia) had 17 points including 7-10 FG. Justise Winslow (Mia) had 12 points, 12 rebounds, 5 assists, and 4 steals. T.J. Warren (Pho) had 19 points on 9-15 FG. Devin Booker (Pho) had 31 points including 12-22 FG and 4-9 3-pointers and 5 assists. Bos 105, Chi 89 at Chi Jaylen Brown (Bos) had 21 points including 9-13 FG. Jayson Tatum (Bos) had 14 points and 5 rebounds. Al Horford (Bos) had 13 points on 6-8 FG and 7 rebounds. Denzel Valentine (Chi) had 20 points including 7-11 FG and 4-6 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Lauri Markkanen (Chi) had 12 points. Bos out-scored Chi 55-29 in the 1st half. Bos shot 48.8% (41-84) FG and Chi shot 39.5% (32-81) FG. SA 100, Mem 98 at SA Tony Parker (SA) had 23 points including 10-14 FG. Danny Green (SA) had 14 points including 3-4 3-pointers. Davis Bertans (SA) had 17 points. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 23 points and 10 rebounds. JaMychal Green (Mem) had 14 points, 15 rebounds, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers. Dillon Brooks (Mem) had 21 points and 5 turnovers. SA shot 24-31 FT and Mem shot 6-9 FT. Mario Chalmers (Mem, right hamstring) did not play. Uta 94, Orl 80 at Uta Joe Ingles (Uta) had 18 points including 4-8 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, 8 assists, and 3 steals. Rudy Gobert (Uta) had 21 points including 9-10 FG and 17 rebounds. Donovan Mitchell (Uta) had 19 points including 1-7 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Nikola Vucevic (Orl) had 15 points, 12 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Aaron Gordon (Orl) had 13 points including 4-8 FG and 1-6 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Uta shot 49.3% (36-73) FG and Orl shot 34.1% (29-85) FG. Por 108, LAL 103 at LAL Jusuf Nurkic (Por) had 16 points and 16 rebounds. C.J. McCollum (Por) had 22 points including 8-13 FT, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Damian Lillard (Por) had 39 points including 6-11 3-pointers and 9-12 FT, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Julius Randle (LAL) had 21 points and 9 rebounds. Isaiah Thomas (LAL) had 19 points including 5-21 FG and 1-9 3-pointers and 7 assists. Schedule for Tuesday, March 6 (All times Central) Philadelphia at Charlotte 6:00 pm Atlanta at Toronto 6:00 pm Miami at Washington 6:00 pm Houston at Oklahoma City 7:00 pm TNT Denver at Dallas 7:30 pm New York at Portland 9:00 pm Brooklyn at Golden State 9:30 pm New Orleans at LA Clippers 9:30 pm TNT Schedule for Wednesday, March 7 (All times Central) Utah at Indiana 6:00 pm Toronto at Detroit 7:00 pm ESPN Memphis at Chicago 7:00 pm Houston at Milwaukee 7:00 pm New Orleans at Sacramento 9:00 pm Cleveland at Denver 9:30 pm ESPN Orlando at 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