<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">NEW YORK, April 1 -- The Miami Heat?s Lamar Odom and the Los Angeles Lakers? Kobe Bryant were today named Eastern Conference and Western Conference Players of the Month, respectively, for games played during the month of March. Odom averaged 17.4 points on .453 shooting (82-of-181 FGA), 10.9 rebounds, 3.9 assists and 1.29 steals over 37.1 minutes per game while leading the Heat to a 12-3 record in March. He scored a season-high 30 points and grabbed a career-high 19 rebounds and handed out 11 assists to lead the Heat to a 102-96 victory over the Sacramento Kings. </div> http://www.nba.com/news/pom_040401.html