Give Me The Rock
this is fantasy basketball
Not every sporting event is a historic clash of titans whose results will be scribed into the annals of time. Not everything can be the greatest, or historic, or sometimes even memorable. I’m afraid this was one of those nights. This is not a night we’ll be remembering at the end of the season. But don’t worry, 60% of the time I give 100% effort on these posts.
Line of the Night: Since there were two performances well above the rest last night, this one’s a tie. Amare Stoudemire (5.4) had 30 points, 15 rebounds and 4 blocked shots as he led the Suns past the Clippers 108-88. Paul Pierce (5.4) was the only one of the big three who got it going against Seattle, scoring 37 (10-11 from the line) with 6 rebounds, 4 assists and 5 threes as the Celtics topped the Sonics 104-96. Interesting fact of the day: Boston, with 24 wins, has now matched their win total from all of last season.
Honorable Mentions: The rest of the lines weren’t anything I’d write to my moms about. LeBron James (4.1) had a nice looking 24/8/7, but was only 9 of 21 from the field and 5-10 from the line; Kevin Garnett (4.0) went for 23 and 14 on 8 for 22 shooting; Kevin Durant (3.9) scored 25; and Dirk Nowitzki (3.6) had 20 rebounds (along with 19 points).
Waiver Wire Line of the Night: Kurt Thomas (3.9). We are severely lacking an interesting waiver wire guy today, so 35 year old Kurt Thomas? Why not? Thomas only scored 7 points, but had a season high 14 rebounds and 4 blocks to go along with it. While I’d be nervous relying on him in any consistent fashion, he’s currently starting for the Sonics over Nick Collison and seeing his minutes steadily increase into the high 20’s a game.
Delonte West (3.6), in his second game back from injury, played 25 minutes against his former team, scoring 19 and adding 8 assists. I would consider adding West, who could be a decent low upside add if you’re looking for a guard who can do a little bit of everything.
Goat of the Night: The Cleveland Cavaliers’ power forwards. Drew Gooden (1.7) hit 2 of the 11 shots he took on the night. Anderson Varejao (1.5) only missed 2 shots (out of 3) scoring 2 points with 6 rebounds and 0 assists. The game recap says that Gooden drew a lot of praise for keeping Dirk in check all night. Sure. Way to keep a guy with an injured wrist and groin to 20 rebounds. Next time I’m looking for a raise, I’m going to tell the boss that I deserve it because at least I didn’t take a crap in his office this year.
Dishonorable Mentions: Finally, it doesn’t affect many people fantasy wise, but Scot Pollard’s (1.2) only stat was a single turnover in 14 minutes off the bench for the Celtics. That’s a lot of time to be running up and down the court without anything to do besides looking like a bad ass Cro-Magnon.
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