Day 134 of 170: It's a Monster of a Day

Categorized as: Author: Nels, Fantasy Basketball, LA Lakers
Posted on: March 12th, 2008

So, it appears that NBA.com has switched over to Chinese time or something. I was able to vote for the All-Star Dancer match-ups for 3/11 (that was yesterday, btw) this morning, and now I can vote on the match-ups for 3/12. But they still have Ricky Davis as the number player for yesterday. And we all know that can’t possibly be true.

So, I’m switching to BasketballMonster.com for today. The scores will be different, but I imagine they rankings will be close to what they would be on NBA.com.

Line of the Night: Kobe Bryant (2.18) had a HUGE night according to Basketball Monster, beating out the next best player (Amare Stoudemire) by nearly a point. And when the scale goes to 2.18, a single point is pretty big deal. Kobe had 34/7/7 with 4 threes while shooting 60% and 100%. He also had 4 steals and a block. Yeah, that’s a pretty nice line.

Honorable Mentions: Amare (1.19) checked in with a 29/13/4 on 70.6% and 100%. Drew Gooden helped the Bulls upset the Jazz with 24/10/5 and 3 blocks. Interesting… if you include Turnovers, Drew Gooden actually beats out Stoudemire by 0.07 points.

Waiver Wire Line of the Night: He might still be available, and with Yi Jianlian out for a while Charlie Villanueva (1.06) clocked in at 4th place last night, getting 24/16/3 with a block and a steal.

Another one who might have already been picked up is Nick Young (0.86) who had 22/5/1 with 2 threes last night for the Wizards.

The Biggest Loser: NBA.com is looking like a pretty big loser in my books right now. Especially when you consider that Basketball Monster has a schedule grid that shows how many games each team has. Those aren’t always easy to come by, so it’s good to know that it’s there for you (and only took me 134 days to find).

Really, though (and watch out, I’m liking this Basketball Monster stat page), Chris Wilcox was on the complete opposite end from the top 3 guys with a -1.03. He had 13 points, but only 5 rebounds, and shot 37.5% from the field, and 1/5 from the line. Add 3 turnovers and the fact that accomplished all that (and nothing else) in 28 minutes, and you’ve got a pretty big loser on your hands.

Sorry to leave this so dry and short, but I’m just trying to get it out today after waiting so long to see if NBA.com updated their stats. Did I mention that I used BasketballMonster.com for today’s ratings? I feel like I owe it to them to throw the name out there as much as possible.

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