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Line of the Night: JR Smith is apparently the retailer who waits until Thanksgiving to turn a profit. After only playing 20 minutes against the Bulls, and then being benched against the Clippers for being late to practice, JR Smith (1.01) thought it was time for him to make his impression felt. Hopefully everyone was sitting back, relaxed, and had on their seatbelts. Smith had 32/5/4 off of 5 three pointers and 62% shooting. Of course, the Nuggets still lost to the Hornets. And as Mr. Number-Two-Last-Night will tell you (I’m sure) being second on the player rater is fine if it comes with the W. Chris Paul (0.98) had 22/4/10 to lead the Hornets to victory.
Other Honorable Mentions: Rasual Butler (0.84) had 19/2/2 with 15 of those points coming off of three-pointers. He shot 87.5% from the field, thus excluding himself from Waiver Wire Line of the Night consideration.
Dwight Howard (0.68) beastified things once again with 26/14/2 with a steal and 3 blocks to take out the Wizards. Out of only 4 teams playing last night, the Wizards don’t have a top performer until Caron Butler (0.34) checks in at number 8.
Waiver Wire Line of the Night: Anthony Johnson (0.28) came in at number 10 with 7/4/12 in 38 minutes. Jameer Nelson is supposed to be out for another week, so if Johnson is available and you’ve got someone expendable on your roster, you could do worse.
The Biggest Loser: Besides the Washinton Wizards a team, Nene Hilario (-0.37) had a relatively weak game compared to what he’d been putting up recently: 9/2/1, no blocks, no steals. This seems like just an off game for Hilario, so you should be safe leaving him in your lineup.
Chauncey Billups (-0.06) also had an off game - which obviously factored heavily in the Nuggets loss -
shooting only 33% from the field, to end up with 12 points, 5 assists and a steal. Again, he’s been very solid since joining the Nuggets (and was always a rock even before that), so he should be fine to leave in your lineup.
All Eyez On Me: New Orleans v. Portland tonight should be a battle for the future of the league. Chris Paul is a LotN threat every game, and while Brandon Roy doesn’t have the kind of efficiency that makes top fantasy players, he is the kind of player who wins games for his team.
Dallas v. LA Lakers should be an interesting examination of the physics of rising and falling fortunes.
Atlanta v. Toronto should be a good fantasy matchup in addition to being pretty fun to watch.
LotN might come from LeBron James, though, since Cleveland is playing against the Warriors, who seem to force their opponents into fast-paced, high-scoring, fantasy-friendly box scores.
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