News from March 20. The NBA named Damian Lillard (Por) and Hassan Whiteside (Mia) as Players of the Week for the week ending March 3/19. Lillard averaged 35.3 points as Portland went 3-1. Whiteside averaged 20 points and 13.7 rebounds as Miami went 2-1. Houston signed Troy Williams for the rest of the season after he finished his 1st 10-day contract. Minnesota signed Omri Casspi for the rest of the season. Atlanta activated Mike Dunleavy and DeAndre Bembry and placed Kent Bazemore (bone bruise right knee) and Paul Millsap (left knee tightness) on IL. Boston activated Isaiah Thomas and placed Demetrius Jackson on IL. New York activated Kristaps Porzingis and placed Maurice Ndour on IL. Orlando activated Jodie Meeks and placed Stephen Zimmerman on IL. Washington activated Markieff Morris and placed Daniel Ochefu on IL. LAC 114, NY 105 at LAC Blake Griffin (LAC) had 30 points including 12-19 FG and 3-4 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Chris Paul (LAC) had 13 points, 5 rebounds, and 13 assists. Austin Rivers (LAC) had 17 points. Kristaps Porzingis (NY) had 18 points and 11 rebounds. Derrick Rose (NY) had 18 points and 5 assists. GS 111, OKC 95 at OKC Klay Thompson (GS) had 34 points including 12-21 FG and 7-15 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Stephen Curry (GS) had 23 points including 7-12 3-pointers, 6 assists, and 5 turnovers. JaVale McGee (GS) had 10 points, 5 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Victor Oladipo (OKC) had 17 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 15 points including 4-16 FG and 1-6 3-pointers, 8 rebounds, 7 assists, and 5 turnovers. GS out-scored OKC 67-44 in the 2nd and 3rd quarters. Hou 125, Den 124 at Hou James Harden (Hou) had 39 points including 4-11 3-pointers and 9-11 FT and the game winning coast-to-coast layup with 2.4 seconds left, 7 rebounds, 11 assists, 4 steals, and 6 turnovers. Patrick Beverly (Hou) had 14 points including 4-5 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Eric Gordon (Hou) had 18 points including 4-7 3-pointers. Nikola Jokic (Den) had 22 points, 13 rebounds, 8 assists, and 5 turnovers. Gary Harris (Den) had 28 points including 10-16 FG and 3 steals. Will Barton (Den) had 24 points including 4-5 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, and 8 assists. Bos 110, Was 102 at Bos Al Horford (Bos) had 16 points, 9 rebounds, and 5 assists. Avery Bradley (Bos) had 20 points including 20 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 9 rebounds. Isaiah Thomas (Bos) had 25 points including 2-10 3-pointers and 9-11 FT. Bradley Beal (Was) had 19 points and 5 turnovers. John Wall (Was) had 16 points, 8 assists, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Ind 107, Uta 100 at Ind Jeff Teague (Ind) had 21 points including 3-4 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Paul George (Ind) had 19 points including 6-20 FG, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists. Myles Turner (Ind) had 16 points, 6 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Gordon Hayward (Uta) had 38 points including 16-24 FG. Rudy Gobert (Uta) had 16 points, 14 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 8 blocks. Orl 112, Phi 109 OT at Orl Nikola Vucevic (Orl) had 26 points and 13 rebounds including 5 offensive. Evan Fournier (Orl) had 19 points including 6-10 FT. Aaron Gordon (Orl) had 17 points including 9-11 FT. Robert Covington (Phi) had 24 points, 13 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 4 steals. Richaun Holmes (Phi) had 24 points including 11-19 FG and 14 rebounds including 5 offensive. Nik Stauskas (Phi) had 20 points including 6-17 FG, 5 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Gerald Henderson (Phi, rest), Jahlil Okafor (Phi, sore right knee), and Tiago Splitter (Phi, right calf) did not play. Cha 105, Atl 90 at Cha Nicolas Batum (Cha) had 16 points and 6 assists. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 16 points including 4-8 3-pointers. Marvin Williams (Cha) had 13 points and 8 rebounds. Dennis Schroder (Atl) had 20 points and 6 assists. Dwight Howard (Atl) had 13 points and 10 rebounds. Johnny O'Bryant (Cha, sprained right ankle) did not play. Schedule for Tuesday, March 21 (All times Central) Chicago @ Toronto 6:00 pm ESPN Detroit @ Brooklyn 6:30 pm Phoenix @ Miami 6:30 pm Memphis @ New Orleans 7:00 pm Golden State @ Dallas 7:30 pm San Antonio @ Minnesota 8:30 pm ESPN Milwaukee @ Portland 9:00 pm LA Clippers @ LA Lakers 9:30 pm Schedule for Wednesday, March 22 (All times Central) Charlotte @ Orlando 6:00 pm Indiana @ Boston 6:30 pm Detroit @ Chicago 7:00 pm Philadelphia @ Oklahoma City 7:00 pm Atlanta @ Washington 7:00 pm ESPN Cleveland @ Denver 8:00 pm Milwaukee @ Sacramento 9:30 pm New York @ Utah 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