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Line of the Night: Louis Williams (1.36). Williams is not your prototypical PG, but the dude can score and score well. Just look at last night’s game against the Grizzlies: 31 points on 12-16 shooting, 5 assists, 4 threes and 6 steals. Williams led the team in scoring, while Andre Iguodala led the team in assists with 9. Like Mo Williams, from a fantasy perspective, Sweet Lou is more of a shooting guard with above average assists than anything, but as long as you know what you’re getting from him, there’s nothing wrong with what he can give you.
Honorable Mentions: Lebron James (1.26) had a 40/9/7 and was 13-14 from the line as the Cavs rolled the Pacers; 33 points and 10 boards for Rudy Gay (1.1), who at least early in the season appears to have bounced back from his disappointing 2008-09 one; and Monta Ellis (1.04) played every single second of the Warriors/Blazers game (along with Anthony Morrow) and managed to use his time wisely with 34 points, 8 assists and 6 steals.
Waiver Wire Line of the Night: James Harden (0.96). A game after connecting for a career-high 24 points off the bench for the Thunder, Harden outdid himself by scoring a new career high 25 points on 8-11 shooting and 4-6 from three. Harden is only owned in 27% of leagues right now, so he’s more than likely available in yours. BUT, all the signs point to this being a fluky run for Harden. Both games were blowouts in which Harden got some extra run, he shot 8-11 in this game (compared to the 40% he’s shooting on the season), and he still only averaged about 28 minutes in these two games. I’m not buying just yet.
Anthony Morrow (0.85) continues to tease people by alternating great fantasy games with horrible ones. In yesterday’s win over the Blazers, Morrow had 23 points and 6 boards in 48 minutes; and a 27 points explosion for Rasual Butler (0.72) as he led the team in scoring off the bench against Denver. Unfortunately, his season-to-date performance has been the complete opposite of what he did in this game.
The Biggest Loser: Zydrunas Ilgauskas (-0.62). Maybe you were like me and plugged Ilgauskas into your lineup after Shaq got hurt. Oh what a bad move that was. Big Z stumbled his way to a 1-12 shooting night scoring 4 points in 29 minutes on the court.
All Eyez on Me: Some soon-to-be classics today for sure:
New York (2-9) at New Jersey (0-12) – Devin Harris is going to return for this game. The Nets needs him about as much as the Grizzlies DIDN’T need Allen Iverson, which is to say a whole lot. And get those record books ready. The NBA record for losses to start the season is 17.
Atlanta (11-2) at New Orleans (5-8) – How good is Atlanta? Unfortunately, this game won’t tell us much. Although the Hornets have won two straight, expect the Hawks to roll in this one. When they met a week ago, every Hawks starter with the exception of Marvin Williams had a very good game.
Minnesota (1-11) at Portland (9-5) – Canis Hoopus gives us a little insight on what is going on in the heads of the average Wolves fan right now. The answer is the Twins, of course. I’m not sure how much longer the Jonny Flynn experiment is going to go, but the team’s best PG is clearly Ramon Sessions.
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