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While the Line of the Night should probably go to LeBron James (2.95) for leading his team to a win against the Defending National Champion San Antonio Spurs, his 9-24 shooting actually put him below teammate Anderson Varejao (3.16) on the fantasy basketball rater.
Line of the Night: The REAL Line of the Night goes to Linas Kleiza (5.73) for his 41 point, 9 rebound performance against the Jazz of Utah.
Honorable Mentions: Manu Ginobli (5.70) was ever so close to having the LotN, but he didn’t take/make quite as many free throws as Kleiza, and only had 4 rebounds to go with his 4 assists and 2 steals. Also, 31 points is not 41 points; Leandro Barbosa (4.83) was tied for 3rd on the night with Kobe Bryant, but I’d rather have Kobe’s game than Barbosa’s. You could say that pretty much any night, right? Marcus Camby (4.43) went a little bit nutzo last night, blocking 11 shots and grabbing 24 rebounds. Why didn’t he get LotN, you ask? Well, he only shot 4-13 for 8 points. That’s not going to get it done ever. Camby’s offensive foil (if you will) Allen Iverson (4.44) had a decent game with 28 points, 9 assists, and 3 steals.
Waiver Wire Line of the Night: If you need a little PG help, check if Jordan Farmar (4.38) is available. He was #8 on the rater last night, and over the past month has been making 1.6 threes, with 1.1 steals. Only 2.5 assists/game, though, so make sure you’ve got help there. In the last week (since Bynum went down) he’s been up to 2.5 threes a game, and his points are up +2 a game. He’s at 135 on the Yahoo rankings and 121 on the GMTR Player Rater.
The Biggest Loser: When there’s so few games (3) played, it always makes it hard to find a Biggest Loser. I mean, even Carlos Boozer (2.07) who’s down at #35 of 59 had 18 points and 11 rebounds. It’s hard to fault someone for a double-double. But if we look a little closer, we see that Larry Hughes (2.33), while rated higher than Boozer, put up only 4 points on 2-7 shooting. He did have 3 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals, and a block, but all that came in 30 minutes of playing time. Usually 30 minutes is the magic number for fantasy playing time, but Hughes is averaging 28 minutes this season, and is still available in the GMTR Readers’ league.
