News from March 13. The NBA named Karl-Anthony Towns (Min) and John Wall (Was) as Players of the Week for the week ending March 12. Towns averaged 29 points and 12.3 rebounds as Minnesota went 2-1. Wall averaged 29.8 points and 11.3 assists as Washington went 4-0. The NBA fined Andre Iguodala (GS) $10,000 for making inappropriate comments during a post-game interview following Friday's GS-Min game. Cleveland signed Larry Sanders for the rest of the season and released Andrew Bogut. Philadelphia elected not to sign Justin Harper to a 2nd 10-day contract after he completed his 1st 10-day contract. Chandler Parson (Mem) is out indefinitely with a partial tear of the meniscus in his left knee. Atlanta activated Dwight Howard and placed Ryan Kelly on IL. Chicago activated Nikola Mirotic and placed Isaiah Canaan on IL. Dallas activated Manny Harris and Jarrod Uthoff and placed A.J. Hammons on IL. Denver activated Malik Beasley and placed Wilson Chandler on IL. San Antonio activated Kawhi Leonard and placed Dejounte Murray on IL. Washington activated Sheldon McClellan and placed Daniel Ochefu on IL. Tor 100, Dal 78 at Tor Norman Powell (Tor) had 19 points including 6-8 FG and 5 rebounds. Jonas Valanciunas (Tor) had 14 points and 12 rebounds. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 25 points including 10-17 FG and 6 rebounds. Harrison Barnes (Dal) had 18 points. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 17 points and 7 rebounds. Tor shot 47.4% (37-78) FG and Dal shot 36.5% (31-85) FG. Tor out-rebounded Dal 55-34 including 9-7 offensive. Chi 115, Cha 109 at Cha Jimmy Butler (Chi) had 23 points, 6 rebounds, and 11 assists. Dwyane Wade (Chi) had 23 points and 5 assists. Rajon Rondo (Chi) had 20 points, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists. Nikola Mirotic (Chi) had 24 points including 5-12 3-pointers and 11 rebounds. Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (Cha) had 22 points including 9-12 FG and 6 rebounds. Marvin Williams (Cha) had 13 points, 18 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 5 assists. Jeremy Lamb (Cha) had 26 points including 10-17 FG. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 21 points including 3-12 FG and 10 assists. Nicolas Batum (Cha, migraine) and Johnny O'Bryant (Cha, sprained right ankle) did not play. Mem 113, Mil 93 at Mem Vince Carter (Mem) had 24 points on a perfect 8-8 FG, 6-6 3-pointers, and 2-2 FT, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 13 points, 7 rebounds, and 7 assists. Mike Conley (Mem) had 20 points, 10 assists, and 3 steals. Giannis Antetokounmpo (Mil) had 18 points and 5 rebounds. Malcolm Brogdon (Mil) had 15 points and 8 assists. Chandler Parsons (Mem, left knee) did not play. SA 107, Atl 99 at SA Kawhi Leonard (SA) had 31 points including 8-10 FT, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. David Lee (SA) had 14 points on 7-8 FG and 6 rebounds. Patty Mills (SA) had 15 points and 9 assists. Dennis Schroder (Atl) had 22 points and 10 assists. Tim Hardaway (Atl) had 17 points. Tony Parker (SA, sore lower back) did not play. Min 119, Was 104 at Min Karl-Anthony Towns (Min) had 39 points including 17-26 FG and 13 rebounds. Ricky Rubio (Min) had 22 points, 5 rebounds, 19 assists, 3 steals, and 6 turnovers. Nemanja Bjelica (Min) had 16 points including 6-7 FG and 10 rebounds. Bradley Beal (Was) had 20 points including 7-21 FG and 3-11 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, and 3 steals. John Wall (Was) had 27 points including 14-19 FT and 5 assists. Uta 114, LAC 108 at Uta Gordon Hayward (Uta) had 27 points including 4-5 3-pointers. George Hill (Uta) had 19 points, 8 rebounds, and 6 assists. Joe Ingles (Uta) had 18 points including 3-4 3-pointers. Chris Paul (LAC) had 33 points including 5-11 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists. J.J. Redick (LAC) had 16 points. Sac 120, Orl 115 at Sac Darren Collison (Sac) had 19 points, 13 assists, and 3 steals. Willie Cauley-Stein (Sac) had 18 points and 7 rebounds. Anthony Tolliver (Sac) had 19 points including 5-7 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Nikola Vucevic (Orl) had 23 points on 10-17 FG and 3-3 3-pointers and 9 rebounds. Evan Fournier (Orl) had 21 points including 4-11 FG and 5 rebounds. Elfrid Payton (Orl) had 13 points, 10 rebounds, and 13 assists. Den 129, LAL 101 at Den Danilo Gallinari (Den) had 18 points and 5 assists. Nikola Jokic (Den) had 18 points and 9 rebounds. Jamal Murray (Den) had 22 points including 5-8 3-pointers. Will Barton (Den) had 22 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 6 assists. Ivaca Zubac (LAL) had 25 points including 12-15 FG and 16 rebounds. Jordan Clarkson (LAL) had 19 points. Den shot 53.6% (45-84) FG and LAL shot 43.3% (42-97) FG. Darrell Arthur (Den, rest) did not play. Schedule for Tuesday, March 14 (All times Central) Detroit @ Cleveland 6:00 pm NBATV Oklahoma City @ Brooklyn 6:30 pm Indiana @ New York 6:30 pm Portland @ New Orleans 7:00 pm Philadelphia @ Golden State 9:30 pm Schedule for Wednesday, March 15 (All times Central) Dallas @ Washington 6:00 pm Charlotte @ Indiana 6:00 pm Minnesota @ Boston 6:30 pm New Orleans @ Miami 6:30 pm Utah @ Detroit 6:30 pm Memphis @ Chicago 7:00 pm LA Lakers @ Houston 7:00 pm Portland @ San Antonio 7:00 pm ESPN Sacramento @ Phoenix 9:00 pm Milwaukee @ LA Clippers 9:30 pm ESPN ---- 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