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Line of the Night:With Carmelo missing his 7th straight game, Chauncey Billups (1.63) took over against the Lakers with a career-high 39 points, knocking down 9 of the 13 threes he took, and adding 8 assists in 41 minutes. What more can you say about Billups? Apparently, nothing.
Honorable Mentions: Steve Nash (1.21) – with a 23/8/10 and 4 threes – fell a couple rebounds short of a triple-double in a win over the Kings; Jason Kidd (1.14) fell a bunch of stuff short of a triple-double with 17 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists, but he did add 4 steals and 2 blocks, which funny enough doesn’t get him any closer to a triple-double; David Lee (1.1) had a monster of a game with 32 points on 12-18 shooting and grabbed 15 boards, but he didn’t get a lot of help from his teammates and the Knicks still lost to the Bucks 114-107; and Dwight Howard (0.99) finished with 20 points 18 boards and 3 blocks.
Ben Gordon (0.64) looked like a rust bucket full of rust in his first three games back from injury, shooting 7 of 23 from the field in those games. But last night, Gordon got some of that old Ben Gordon form back, hitting 10-17 shots from the field and finishing with 26 points in 25 minutes for the Pistons.
Waiver Wire Line of the Night: Donte Greene (0.72). Owned in 3% of leagues out there, Greene dropped a season high 31 points on the Suns, going 11-20 from the field, with 7 rebounds and 2 blocks. Both Tyreke Evans (0.19) and Kevin Martin (-0.57) had disappointing scoring nights, and Greene was able to pick up the slack and at least keep the game… not horribly embarrassing for the Kings. Greene has started the Kings past 8 games and his previous scoring high in a game during that time was 12 points, so he remains a guy simply to keep an eye on to see if he somehow gains a whole lot more consistency.
The Biggest Loser: All the Kings with the exception of Greene and Omri Casspi had disappointing games, but the aforementioned Kevin Martin (-0.57) was the worst of the bunch. Martin only played 26 minutes of this one, but went 2-9 from the floor, scoring 5 points with 2 rebounds and 1 assist.
All Eyez on Me:
Denver (34-16) at Utah (30-18) – Anthony is again doubtful for this one, meaning we’ll get more of the Chauncey Billups’ show. Steve Luhm of The Salt Lake Tribune reported that Carlos Boozer is going to play in this game after participating in a closed practice yesterday. Speaking of Boozer, how about a Boozer/Kevin Martin trade? It’s what you call a win-win-win-win.
Los Angeles (38-13) at Portland (30-22) – Brandon Roy may return for this game and the team could certainly use him as they try to hold on to a playoff spot in a stacked Western Conference. The player to watch in this one if Roy returns is Andre Miller, who 52 point explosions aside, was actually playing better before Roy got hurt than he has in recent games.
The Golden Ticket: Oklahoma City (28-21) at Golden State (13-35) – Bad news for anyone holding onto Anthony Randolph hoping for a late season comeback. Reports are that is recovery is going slowly and that he’ll have to wear a walking boot for at least the next 30 days, meaning that it’s doubtful he’ll return at all this season.
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