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Line of the Night: This is Jason Richardson’s (6.3) second line of the night, I believe, putting him in pretty rare company. I’m not going to go back and count everyone, just know it’s pretty rare to appear twice. I think. Anyway, Richardson is feeling more comfortable on both sides of the ball with his role on the Bobcats, and his game has really picked up over past month. Last night, he scored a season-high 38 points, adding 6 threes with 14 boards and 3 blocks as the Bobcats butchered the Grizzles 105 to 87.*
Honorable Mentions: Richardson’s teammate Gerald Wallace (5.1) had the second best game score last night, finishing with 28 points, 7 boards, 6 assists and 7 (!) of the teams 11 steals. G-Force is so good he almost sole my virginity back in 1996 last week; we haven’t seen much of Al Harrington (4.9) in the run down, but yesterday he scored 27 and added 5 threes, 7 rebounds and 3 steals; Corey Maggette (4.9) was 11 of 16 from the field, finishing with 31 points, 7 boards and 6 assists.
Waiver Wire Line of the Night: Last call on the strongly recommended pickup Nate Robinson (3.4), who had 19 points, 6 boards and 7 assists in 34 minutes off the bench for the Knicks. He’s probably no longer available in most leagues anyway. No, the real WWlotN yesterday was Ryan Gomes (4.2). His line of 20 points on 8-10 shooting with a couple threes and 4 steals was good for 8th on the night, right behind Danny Granger. One of the shortcuts I use to tell whether a waiver guy is for real or not is to look at his FG%. If he shot 80% on the night, he’s probably not for real. Same with Willie Green (3.9), who scored 23 while shooting over 50%. Still, a hearty “thata boy” to both Gomes and Green for their games yesterday.
The Tracy McGrady Back in the Lineup Rustastic Line of the Night: McGrady scored 9 points off 4-12 shooting and had 4 rebounds and 4 assists in 27 minutes off the bench as Houston beat San Antonio 83-81 (it’s so NOW to bring in your star players coming back from injury off the bench). Despite the rusty performance, it’s time to adjust your lineups accordingly (thanks for the help Luther Head, your services are no longer required).
The Biggest Loser: Kevin Durant (1.1). When you play with the big boys, you got to be taking the bad along with the good. Durant was benched for the remainder of the game by coach P.J. Carlesimo after forcing up a crazy three pointer in the third quarter. Durant ended up going 3-12 and finished with 6 points, 2 rebounds, and 0 assists in 25 minutes on the court.
*I listen to Sporting News Radio on my way to and from work, and one of the weakest gimmics used on occasion by the ‘announcing last night’s score guy’ is changing the middle word in X beat X to match the first letter in the winning team’s name. It’s not dramatic enough that the Kings beat the Rockets. No, the Kings killed the Rockets. And the Bobcats butchered the Grizzles. And the Hornets hogtied Dallas. And the Pistons pistol whipped the Bucks. And the Wizards whitewashed the Raptors…. Shut the hell up you f**king ESPN wannabe announcer. Just tell me who the f**k won the game, or better yet, quit your f**king lame-ass job and save me 5 minutes of my life because I have something called the Internet where I can check last night’s scores in 5 seconds. God I hate that guy.
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