Day 125 of 170: The Knicks are out for Blood

Categorized as: Author: Patrick, Fantasy Basketball
Posted on: March 1st, 2009

Line of the Night: As I said yesterday, Dwyane Wade (2.3) plus the New York Knicks DOES equal fantasy goodness; a whole lot of it. Wade is the second player to bust through the 2.0 game score barrier (Leandro Barbosa of all people was the first) with 46 points, 8 rebounds, 10 assists, 4 steals, 3 blocks and 3 stitches to his lip courtesy of Danilo Galinari. Wade was 16-29 from the floor and a perfect 12-12 from the line as he led the heat to a 120-115 comeback win against the Knicks.

Honorable Mentions: The only other person to finish with a score above 1 yesterday was Mehmet Okur (1.07), who finished with 25 points and hit 4 threes… a little bit of nothing compared to Wade.

Waiver Wire Line of the Night: I’m going to assume that Joakim Noah (0.55) is not owned in many leagues, especially after Brad Miller joined the Bulls. But Noah is still starting for Chicago (at least for now) and getting about 30 minutes a game. Yesterday, he pulled down a double-double, with 10 points and 15 rebounds. He also blocked a couple shots in 33 minutes on the court. Keep using him if you’ve got him.

Jamario Moon (0.51) is only owned in 29% of Yahoo leagues. After his 17 point, 12 rebound performance yesterday (he started and got 39 minutes) it’s a good idea to help increase that number a little.

The Biggest Loser: Andrei Kirilenko (-0.65) has been playing limited minutes since his return from surgery. And while AK can usually do a lot in 20 minutes on the court, yesterday was not one of those times. Kirilenko finished with 6 points, 3 rebounds and 3 turnovers against the Kings.

Another One Bites the Dust: Luol Deng (-0.68) sat out the second half of the Bulls win and afterward x-rays showed that he might have a stress fracture in his tibia. If that’s the case, he’ll be done for the year and John Salmons suddenly becomes a lot more interesting again.

All Eyez on Me: Detroit (28-29) at Boston (47-13) – The more Stephon Marbury in our lives the better, in my opinion. Detroit will likely be missing Allen Iverson for the second straight game, which means another start for Rip Hamilton. Rip scored 31 off 11-18 shooting in the Pistons last game against the Magic.

Los Angeles (48-11) at Phoenix (33-25) – Like the Detroit/Boston game you can find this game on ABC. No word on whether David Stern is going to award Kobe and Shaq with co-game balls after this one.

The Golden Ticket: Utah (36-23) at Golden State (20-38) – It is a shot at redemption for Andrei Kirilenko! But its better news for guys who can actually score, like Mehmet Okur, Boozer, and Paul Millsap.

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Tags: Andrei Kirilenko, Dwyane Wade