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Line of the Night: While there were only three games yesterday, the fantasy performances were strong. Jason Terry (1.27), who is quietly putting together yet another great year, led the pack by taking advantage of the Golden Ticket to score 36 points, with 6 rebounds, 9 assists and 6 threes in 42 minutes. For those of you who don’t follow the Mavs closely, Terry has actually started the last 10 games, with the disappointing Josh Howard moving more to a 6th (or sometimes 9th) man role.
Honorable Mentions: Vince Carter (1.22) busted out of his shooting slump in a major way scoring 48 points while shooting 19-27 from the field (adding 6 threes); Pau Gasol (1.14) led the Kobe-less Lakers with 21 points, 19 rebounds and 5 blocked shots; and Jason Kidd (0.88) also took advantage of the Warriors’ “defense” with 17 points, 12 assists and 4 threes.
Waiver Wire Line of the Night: If there is one thing that Anthony Morrow (0.92) can do, it’s shoot the basketball. The Warriors small forward was 12-20 from the field against the Mavs, scoring 33 points while going 5-9 from three with 11 boards. With Corey Maggette expected to miss the Warriors next game as well with a dislocated finger, Morrow is a definite start on Wednesday and makes a decent long-term add in the average fantasy league.
The last time Chris Paul missed some games, Peja Stojakovic (0.79) went on a nice little scoring run. Last night was no exception, as Peja shot 11-18 against the Magic, hitting 5 threes on his way to 29 points. Peja also makes a nice short-term add if you need a SG/SF who can hit some threes; and with Erick Dampier missing the game for Dallas and Eduardo Najera picking up three fouls in a few nanoseconds to start last night’s game, Drew Gooden (0.43) got 41 minutes of run and made the most of it with 24 points and 10 boards in the Mavs win.
The Biggest Loser: Richard Jefferson (-0.5)? I don’t know, it feels like I’m beating a dead dog with Jefferson, but with only 3 games there are not many bad performances to choose from. If you still own Jefferson on your team, please slap yourself in the face and then drop him as soon as you come to your senses.
All Eyez on Me: A fairly full slate of games today, including:
Sacramento (16-34) at New York (19-31) – The Kings are playing like Betty White out there. Maybe they need a snickers bar or maybe they need someone other than Tyreke Evans to step it up a little. I’m looking directly at the disappointing, Kevin Martin, who has to be affected by all the trade rumors floating around about him. But please excuse me while I masturbate to the Kevin Martin for Ray Allen trade rumor.
Oh, and the Nate Robinson starting PG experiment is officially dead.
Chicago (24-25) at Indiana (18-33) – Brad Miller 4 lyfe. With Joakim Noah expected to miss this game with plantar fasciitis and Tyrus Thomas in the doghouse (and not the good Snoop Dogg one) Brad Miller is going to get plenty of run in this game. He’s worth a start for those of you in daily leagues.
Dallas (32-19) at Denver (34-17) – Chauncey Billups and Carmelo Anthony are both questionable for this game, with Carmelo apparently targeting either a return today or Thursday instead of sitting out through the all-star break as is almost expected by all injury players at this point in the season. Billups is more likely to play tonight and should be put back into your lineups as soon as possible.
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