Day 89 of 170: Yao Ming Hurts Knee!

Categorized as: Fantasy Basketball
Posted on: January 24th, 2009

…but x-rays were negative and it doesn’t appear to be serious. Sorry if I got anyone worked up there.

Line of the Night: A couple of very different, by equally great fantasy performances last night by Gerald Wallace (1.69) and Kevin Durant (1.67). Wallace was a nice little package of fantasy efficiency – he scored 28 points off 11-13 shooting and went 3-3 from three with 8 rebounds, 5 assists, and 5 steals. On the other hand, Durant ran wild with 46 in a loss to the Clippers. The dude also grabbed 15 rebounds and went 24-26 from the line.

Honorable Mentions: Tim Duncan (1.28) had his 28th double-double of the season with 30 points and 15 rebounds; and Eric Gordon (1.14) scored a career-high 41 points and hit 5 threes in the Clippers win over OKC.

Waiver Wire Line of the Night: No one will be excited to hear this, but Flip Murray (0.91)is the first free agent on this list. Flip scored a season high 25 points as the Hawks blew out the Bucks, 117-87. He not only fails my free agent test by shooting 11-13 from the floor, the fact that he scored 25 points in only 24 minutes on the court in a blowout game should discourage you from picking him up.

Brandon Bass’ (0.62) minutes are also on the rise thanks to the departure of DeSagana Diop to the Bobcats. Bass scored a season high 18 points for Dallas and saw about 29 minutes on the court.

The Biggest Loser: Besides all the Yao Ming (-0.39) owners who had heart attacks when he left last night’s game after injuring his knee in the first quarter?

Besides that? Ok, Steve Nash (-0.72), who is clearly playing with a significant injury, had 4 points, 5 assists and 6 turnovers as the Suns got manhandled by the Bobcats, 98-76.

All Eyez on Me: New York (18-24) at Philadelphia (20-21) – After missing the last 16 games, tonight looks to be the night that Elton Brand returns from his dislocated shoulder. Unfortunately, the Sixers are now thinking about giving him that awkward “its not you, its us” breakup speech after their strong play in his absence.

Cleveland (33-8) at Utah (25-18) – LeBron heads to Salt Lake City to face off against the AK-less Jazz in EnergySolutions Arena. The Jazz would benefit from some LeBron solutions, as the King is averaging 30+ points a game in his 11 games against Utah.

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