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Line of the Night: Chris Paul (1.45). I can’t put it any better than At the Hive… Chris Paul is just good at basketball. So good it makes my stomach tingle. Paul became the third fastest player to 3,000 assists last Monday and followed up that performance with a 39 point, 5 rebound, 7 assist game in an overtime win against the Mavs. Paul also added a couple steals and 3 threes.
Honorable Mentions: Nothing better than an overtime to pad those fantasy stats. David West (1.09) used the Hornets/Mavs OT game to score 25 point with 10 boards and 3 steals; Monta Ellis (1.03) put up a 24/7/12/5 steal line against the Grizzlies; Jason Thompson (1.01) had a double-double (22/12) for the Kings; and Dwyane Wade (0.9) dropped 40 for the Heat to pull out a close one in Washington, 93-89.
Waiver Wire Line of the Night: It’s a tie between Denver point guard Ty Lawson (0.82) and Orlando forward Matt Barnes (0.82). Lawson scored 23 points and was 3-3 from behind the arc in 28 minutes off the bench against the Nets. Out of all the rookie PGs in all the world, who would have though Lawson would be the one off to the fast start? However, the return of JR Smith, who has served 5 games of a 7 game suspension, is going to crowd the Nuggets backcourt and definitely reduce Lawson’s minutes. Barnes, who got the start and scored 13 points with 11 boards and 5 assists, is in a similar spot as Lawson. Vince Carter sat because of a sprained ankle (and my 30-man team weeps) and Rashard Lewis is still serving his 10-game suspension. When they return, Barnes is the guy going to get the squeeze.
Desperate for Scoring? Anthony Morrow (0.56) just likes to shoot. And that works on the GSW as Morrow came off the bench for 24 points on 10-12 shooting.
Desperate for Big Men? Erick Dampier (0.8) had 16 points, 14 boards and 3 blocks in the Hornets/Mavs overtime game; Chuck Hayes (0.64) had 14 points and 14 boards in an overtime game against the Lakers; and Oleksiy Pecherov (0.59) dropped a career-high 24 points on the Celtics of all teams. Pecherov will get big minutes as long as Love remains out.
Do you smell what Pecherov is cooking? Brian Scalabrine does
The Biggest Loser: So much for Phoenix being undefeated. The Magic blew out the Suns last night, thanks in part to Jason Richardson’s (-0.56) zero point performance. J-Rich was 0-4 from the floor and finished with 3 boards and 4 assists in only 21 minutes. All the Suns starters not named Amare got a lot of rest in this one. Channing Frye (-0.07) also had a miserable 19 minutes on the court, but at least he hit a three, which is exactly what most people need out of their center.
All Eyez on Me: Only two games for the NBA today (which I’m sure is why Nels eventually runs out of material and has to turn to the NBA dancers on Friday… not that I’m complaining or anything).
Chicago (2-2) at Cleveland (3-2) – Via Blog a Bull, it appears that Tyrus Thomas will not be traveling to Cleveland for this game. He apparently contracted some kind of “flu” shortly after his contract was not extended. Probably H$N$. Expect rookie Taj Gibson to take his spot in the lineup for now.
San Antonio (2-1) at Utah (1-3) – The drums of death beating down on Richard Jefferson’s career are temporarily silent, after the man scored 21 points in the Spurs last game. Going forward, you can’t like the fact that the Spurs are going to limit the amount of minutes Jefferson sees on the court to under 30 a game. Maybe Manu can work with 25 minutes a game and still be solid fantasy-wise, but normal human beings can’t. I’d recommend you trade him, but I’m not sure who is buying.
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