Day 46 of 170: Where Vince Carter Goes 0 for 13

Categorized as: Author: Patrick, Fantasy Basketball
Posted on: December 13th, 2008

Line of the Night: Brandon Roy (1.22) had 2 OTs to work with against the Clippers and while the Blazers eventually lost the game 120-112, Roy is a winner on GMTR (which is really all you can hope for in life). Playing 53 minutes, Roy scored a career-high 38 points on 15-30 shooting (7-7 from the line), dishing 9 assists and blocking 2 shots.

Honorable Mentions: 42 points for Danny Granger (1.14), who probably single handedly won you your FT% category this week by going 13-13 from the line. He would have been in the running for LotN if not for the 6 TOs; A season-high 38 points and 11 rebounds for Zach Randolph (1.09), but the boos by the Portland crowd are still like daggers of hurt; Lebron (1.0) had a pedestrian (for him) 28/7/7 line; and Rodney Stuckey (1.0) already looks like sweet goodness in Detroit’s starting lineup. Yesterday he scored 21, with 8 assists 4 threes, and 3 steals.

Waiver Wire Line of the Night: Provided that Stuckey is now gone in every league imaginable, time to take a quick look at Anderson Varejao (0.85), who’s starting while Zydrunas Ilgauskas is out with a sprained ankle. While Varejao isn’t going to do a lot of anything, what he does do a lot of times is put up games like the following: 17 points, 7 boards, 2 steals, and 2 blocks. He’s worth a pickup as long as Big Z is out and he’s getting 30+ minutes a game.

He’s Back: Tracy McGrady (0.87) returned for Houston and had 24 points and 10 rebounds in 35 minutes. It also means that I can FINALLY stop fretting about the Von Wafer/Luther Head situation that’s been keeping me up at night.

Biggest Loser: Vince Carter (-0.88). Pretty much the worst game of Carter’s career, he couldn’t buy a shot last night. Carter went 0-13 from the field and finished with 3 points, 4 boards, and 3 assists as New Jersey got smoked by Toronto 101-79.

All Eyez on Me: Thanks to the ice storm that rolled through the Northeastern US, I’m without cable or Internet at the moment, so I’ll be watching It’s a Wonderful Life for the 127th time or something like that, but if I could, I’d be checking out: Cleveland (20-3) at Atlanta (13-9) as the Cavs go for their 12th straight win. Expect Ilgauskas to sit again.

Golden State (7-16) at Denver (15-7) should be an exciting game. Watch for Melo to score 34 points in a quarter tonight as well as the continued awesomeness of Chauncey Billups. Plus, we’ve been having intermittent Chris Andersen sightings.

Orlando (17-6) at Utah (15-9) – Expect Dwight Howard to be in the lineup despite leaving Orlando’s last game with knee pain. Don’t worry Howard owners, it does not appear to be anything serious – just a tweak – but I guess we’ll see how he looks on the court tonight.

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Tags: Brandon Roy, Chauncey Billups, Rodney Stuckey, Tracy McGrady, Vince Carter