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Day 124 of 124: Anybody Home?

When it’s the morning after the last day of regular season basketball, and the stats aren’t loading, and everyone’s rested their main guys last night anyway, and I haven’t gotten together with Patrick and Erik for our End of Year Awards yet… all I’m left with is a playoff preview… If it’s interesting to me, [...]

Day 122 of 124: Chris Paul Makes a Run At Fantasy MVP

or: The Heat hand over home court advantage to the Bulls and Celtics Line of the Night: Chris Paul (2.87) is trailing LeBron and Kevin Durant by a lot in the race for Fantasy MVP – according to the Give Me The Rock Player Rater, but his 34 points (4 threes, 10-11 from the line), [...]

Day 121 of 124: When Danny Granger is Away, Paul George Will Play

Line of the Night: With Danny Granger, Roy Hibbert and George Hill all sitting last night for the Pacers (the team is locked into the three seed in the East) Paul George (2.32) got to run wild over the Pistons and finished with 27 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 steals on the night. [...]

Day 117 of 124: Danny Granger Lines It Up

Line of the Night: Danny Granger (2.01) is no stranger to the Line of the Night. It’s hard to say what his preferred line was last night. Was it the three-point line, behind which he made 4 threes for 12 of his 29 points? Or was it the free throw line, from behind which he [...]

Day 116 of 124: Fear the Beard

No, not that beard, the other one. Line of the Night: James Harden (3.81 WARP) went off for 40 points (on 12-17 from the field and 11-11 from the line), adding 5 threes, 7 rebounds and 4 steals in a win over the Phoenix Suns. This is by far Harden’s best game of the season [...]