THE END OF CIVILIZATION AS WE KNOW IT: According to a report by TMZ, the $250,000 in jewelry 
stolen from Khloe Kardashian may have been taken by Lamar Odom’s drug dealers to settle a debt with the fallen star.
QUOTE OF THE WEEK: Boston Celtics coach Brad Stevens, after Friday’s win over Brooklyn in which his team had 20 assists on 31 baskets and also survived 28 turnovers:
“We shared the ball pretty well with our team, and theirs.”
TANKAPALOOZA!: The Bucks were in danger of winning consecutive games for the first time this season after beating Utah on Monday but lost at home to the Kings, never leading in the second half.
LINE OF THE WEEK: LeBron James, Miami vs. Charlotte, March 3: 41 minutes, 22-33 FGs, 8-10 3-pointers, 9-12 FTs, seven rebounds, five assists, two turnovers, 61 points in a 124-107 win. Although it seems like it was a year ago, James became the 22nd player in NBA history to score 60 points as he established a career high and a franchise record. In the third quarter alone, he scored 25 points on 9-of-11 shooting, including 5-of-5 from the arc. “The King” turned the 38 points and 19 rebounds by Charlotte’s Al Jefferson into an afterthought.
LINE OF THE WEEK BY SOMEONE NOT NAMED LEBRON JAMES: James Harden, Houston vs. Portland, March 9: 47 minutes, 12-28 FG, 7-12 3-pointers, 10-11 FTs, 10 rebounds, six assists, one block, six steals, four turnovers, 41 points in a 118-113 overtime win. There were a lot of candidates, and almost all had some ties to the Thunder. Kevin Durant dropped 42, Russell Westbrook had a triple-double in 21 minutes in the same game, and Gerald Green (41) and Jodie Meeks (42) both had career highs against Oklahoma City. But the winner is Harden, a former member of the Thunder who sparked a comeback with 17 points in the fourth quarter, including the tying three with 8.8 seconds to go.
LINE OF THE WEAK: Paul George, Indiana at Charlotte, March 5: 34 minutes, 0-9 FGs, 0-4 3-pointers, 2-2 FTs, seven rebounds, one assist, zero steals, one block, five turnovers, four fouls, two points in a 109-87 loss. It was the 
worst shooting night of George’s career and accentuated by a minus-38.
TRILLION WATCH: Another excellent week for the heroes of zeros. There were 2 trillions by Rockets newcomer Troy Daniels at Orlando and Bulls rookie Tony Snell on Wednesday, the Heat trio of Udonis Haslem, Rashard Lewis and Toney Douglas – each with a minus-8 – at San Antonio on Thursday and Spurs forward Matt Bonner vs. Orlando on Saturday. Suns rookie Archie Goodwin had a 3 trillion vs. Oklahoma City on Thursday, Pistons rookie and category mainstay Kentavious Caldwell-Pope had a 3 trillion Sunday vs. Boston and Cavaliers center Tyler Zeller had a 4 trillion vs. New York on Saturday. But the week’s big winner was Pacers forward Rasual Butler, who had a 5 trillion at Charlotte on Wednesday.
GAME OF THE WEEK: Golden State at LA Clippers, March 12. There are a lot of good games – the Rockets visit the Thunder and the Heat, the Spurs host the Blazers – but none have the simmering animus that exists between these Pacific Division rivals. The Clippers have won seven in a row and can pretty much clinch the Pacific Division with a win. But if the Warriors win, they will be within three games in the loss column and hold the tiebreaker.
GAME OF THE WEAK: Orlando at Milwaukee, March 10. Resistible force meets movable object as the worst road team visits the worst home team. Oh joy, oh happy day.
TWO MINUTES: Well, it’s over. Hawks sharpshooter Kyle Korver came up empty in five tries Wednesday in Portland, ending his record 3-pointer streak at 127 games. He shot nearly 47 percent (337-of-718) from the arc during the streak and obliterated the previous mark of 89 set by Dana Barros, who shot 44 percent during his run. He had 31 games of just one 3-pointer and 30 games with at least four. The teams that did the best job containing 
Korver were the Warriors (4-of-13, .308), Thunder (8-of-25, .320) and Nets (9-of-27, .333). The teams Korver lit up were the Kings (16-of-24, .667) and Suns (13-of-18, .722). Ironically, Korver had made at least two threes in 11 straight games before Wednesday, his second-longest streak within the streak; he had 12 straight games of two or more last season. And the Hawks showed some class by not having Korver chase the streak in garbage time, the way Barros did in embarrassing fashion. “Keeping Kyle healthy and keeping the group moving forward is important to us,” Hawks coach Mike Budenholzer said. As for Korver, he said, “I’m a little bummed for sure, but it was good while it lasted.” The longest current streak now belongs to Stephen Curry at 53 games, although he has just one in each of his last three games. … Speaking of threes, in his last 11 games, Wizards forward Trevor Ariza is shooting a staggering 46-of-72 (.639) from the arc. He has made at least four 3-pointers seven times in that span, including a game with 10 and another with eight. … Yes, the Spurs are probably the best-passing team in the NBA. And yes, San Antonio had 39 assists on 43 baskets in Tuesday’s win at Cleveland. But the stat crew at Quicken Loans Arena was giving out assists like they were candy bars on Halloween. ESPN’s highlight package for that game shows five baskets by the Spurs, and the middle three buckets should not have assists but did, according to the play-by-play. Assists are passes that lead directly to baskets, not passes to guys who are covered but dramatically change direction and use escape dribbles or multiple dribbles to score baskets. What a joke. … Since All-Star Weekend, TNT has televised six games. One was an overtime affair between Houston and Golden State. The other five were decided by a combined 143 points. … Just to keep things in a bit of perspective regarding the 60-point games this season by Carmelo Anthony and LeBron James, Wilt Chamberlain scored 60 
points in a game 32 times. All other NBA players have combined to do it 30 times. … The Wizards have won eight of their last nine games and are positioned well to avoid Miami and Indiana in the first round. No matter whom they face in the postseason, their bench has been upgraded with the return to health of 34-year-old Al Harrington and the additions of 37-year-old Andre Miller and 32-year-old Drew Gooden, In Wednesday’s home win over Utah, Gooden scored 12 points, Harrington eight and Miller had six assists. “We had the AARP group in there,” coach Randy Wittman cracked. … The Bulls had a season-low three turnovers Sunday vs. New York and a season-high 28 turnovers Monday at Brooklyn. … Miami’s consecutive losses in Houston and San Antonio marked the first time in the Big Three Era that the Heat did not hold a lead of any kind in consecutive games.
Trivia Answer: Chris Paul, Rajon Rondo, Steve Nash, Andre Miller. … Happy 52nd Birthday, Tim McCormick. … Yeah, Royce White and DeMarcus Cousins, potentially in the same locker room. That sounds like a plan.
Chris Bernucca is the managing editor of SheridanHoops.com. His columns appear Monday during the season. You can follow him on Twitter.