Give Me The Rock

Line of the Night: It’s just time to accept the fact that the New York Knicks are the fantasy version of King Midas – everything they touch turns to gold, including Stephon Marbury’s brain. And with Golden State coming to town, everyone is a winner, especially Al Harrington (1.16). Harrington scored 36 points, with 12 rebounds and 5 threes as the Knicks beat down the Warriors, 138-125.

Honorable Mentions: Chauncey Billups (1.06) only played 25 minutes, but managed to score a season-high 27 points while going 12-12 from the line and hitting 3 threes; a career-high 37 points and 21 rebounds for David Lee (1.06) who has been on fire the past week and looks to be rewarding everyone who spent a high draft pick on him; Antawn Jamison (1.04) went for 26/13/5 in a Wizards’ loss; and 32 and 21 for Dwight Howard (0.90). He’s no David Lee, but who is, really.

Waiver Wire Line of the Night: With Tracy McGrady out of the lineup with a sore knee, Luther Head (0.96) started and scored 21 points, adding 5 boards and 4 assists. Head is a decent start as long as McGrady is out (as he likely will today) and completely useless once McGrady is back in the lineup.

Matt Bonner (0.84) scored 17 points, was 3-4 from behind the arc and grabbed 5 boards in 22 minutes off the bench for the Spurs. However, his playing time is too inconsistent to warrant a pickup; Kevin Love (0.79) was recently dropped in a couple of the leagues I’m playing in. Last night he notched his first career triple-double with 18 and 12 in 29 minutes off the bench.

The Biggest Loser: Mike Miller’s (-0.57) shot wasn’t falling last night and the results were 2-10 from the field (0-6 from three) as he finished with 4 points and no rebounds in 29+ minutes.

All Eyez on Me: Portland (11-6) @ Detroit (10-5) – Expect Iverson to return to the starting lineup for Detroit, so if you were an idiot like me and took him out of your lineup on Friday, make sure to get him back in there. Also, to anyone who spot started Rodney Stuckey, thank him for his work and get him out of your lineup. Greg Oden – who has struggled since returning to the starting lineup – has got the prescription he needs for a good game: Kwame Brown.

New Jersey (8-7) @ Phoenix (11-6) – Expect Nash to return from a right thigh contusion in this game.

Houston (11-6) @ Denver (11-6) - Tracy McGrady will miss his third straight game tonight (as will Brent Barry), so ride Luther Head if you need help at shooting guard.

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