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Line of the Night: Nels predicted that Dwyane Wade would walk home with the line of the night today in large part due to the fact that Miami was matched up against Golden State. He picked the right team, just the wrong player. Yes, it’s Shawn Marion (1.02) with his first LotN of the year. His game wasn’t one for the ages, just classic Shawn Marion – 21 points, 15 boards, 3 steals and a block – as Miami beat Golden State 130-129 in overtime.
Wade (0.36), in case you were wondering, had 37 points and 13 assists and probably would have topped Marion if he could have kept his turnovers (7 last night) under control. Yes, we count turnovers in our game scores.
Honorable Mentions: Emeka Okafor (0.87) blocked a season high 5 shots while adding 24 and 10; Jamal Crawford (0.77) appears to be fitting in with his new team about as well as Zach Randolph and Al Harrington – which is to say – like a glove. Not THE Glove… who doesn’t actually fit like a glove, but… ok, I’ll stop. Crawford scored 40 points and remembered to pass the ball too (7 assists); Mike Miller (0.7) bounced back from a biggest loser performance with 19 points, 10 boards and 5 threes; and Raymond Felton (0.62) went for 14 points and 14 assists.
Waiver Wire Line of the Night: As the following scores would indicate, there were no Anthony Morrow-like free agent explosions yesterday. Just some solid play from a couple of Warriors. CJ Watson (0.32) has been dropped from an awful lot of teams since the Jamal Crawford trade. But Stephen Jackson or no Stephen Jackson, Watson continues to get some play off the bench. Yesterday, he had 4 steals in 27 minutes; and Brandan Wright (0.17) got his sixth start of the season thanks to a Kelenna Azubuike injury. He had 15 points and 2 blocks in 31 minutes. Of course, Wright got 6 minutes in the Warriors previous game against the Knicks, so buyer beware.
Biggest Loser: After a quick glance, I didn’t see any horrendous performances truly worthy of the biggest loser, so we’ll give this one to Don Nelson’s motivational skills: Says Nelson after the game:
“I like the team for the future. I’ve got a lot of guys that aren’t ready yet, we have some deficiencies as a team. One of them is passing. We’re not a good passing team. Our trade helps that, gives us another passer. We’re not strong defenders.â€
All Eyez on Me: Portland (12-6) @ New York (8-8) – I’m not one to go predicting lines of the night, but this game will likely have some strong fantasy performances. I refuse to believe, however, that Al Harrington will be one of them. Al Harrington does not play 4 good games in a row.
Toronto (8-8) @ Denver (12-6) – Jermaine O’Neal looks ready to return to the Raptors, but probably won’t, because he’s soft like cream cheese. Or cheese Whiz. Or some other delicious cheese flavored spread.
Utah (11-7) @ Sacramento (5-14) – Give me the injuries: Andrei Kirilenko received a cortisone shot yesterday and will likely miss today’s game. Boozer is still out. John Salmons is questionable with a groin strain. And of course, Brevin Knight is doubtful. For life. But Kevin Martin might return after practicing with the team on Monday.
Tags: Al Harrington, Don Nelson, Dwyane Wade, Emeka Okafor, Jamal Crawford, Kevin Martin, Shawn Marion, Zach Randolph
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