Fantasy Basketball Daily Boxscore Review (11/5/09)
Nov 5, 2009 Blog
Big schedule last night with 10 games on the fantasy slate. Most of the big names keep producing, especially a few guys with prime matchups in the Indiana-New York game and the Golden State-Memphis game. All four of those teams are in the top 10 in the pace statistic and bottom 10 in team defense.
Fantasy Studs: Amare Stoudemire, Dwyane Wade, Gilbert Arenas, Kevin Martin, Andrea Bargnani, Roy Hibbert, Dahntay Jones, David Lee, Al Harrington, Rajon Rondo, Andrew Bynum, Kobe Bryant, Erick Dampier, Jason Terry, Chris Paul, Jason Thompson, Joe Johnson, Rudy Gay, Marc Gasol, Monta Ellis.
Fantasy Duds: Channing Frye, Grant Hill, Jason Richardson, Jose Calderon, Chauncey Billups, Rafer Alston, Larry Hughes, Paul Pierce, Ramon Sessions, Derek Fisher, Dirk Nowitzki, Kalenna Azubuike, Andris Biedrins.
PHO 100 @ ORL 122 Poss: 99.0 PHO ORtg: 101.0 ORL ORtg: 123.2
PHO: eFG% 49.4 OReb% 32.6 DReb% 66.6 TO% 18.1 FTR 22.7
ORL: eFG% 59.0 OReb% 33.3 DReb% 67.3 TO% 15.1 FTR 27.2
Game Notes: Great shooting by ORL, 59.0% eFG%…. 0 blocks for PHO….Great floor percentages for both teams: PHO 52.8% – ORL 58.2%.
PHO Fantasy Notes: Grant Hill only 19 minutes, 0pt/3reb….Amare Stoudemire 25pt/14reb. He will get healthier as the season progresses….Frye another bad game, 5pt/4reb, 2-6 shooting….Jason Richardson 21 minutes, 0pt on 0-4 shooting….Nash 22min/12pt/4ast….Dragic 30min/15pt….A lot of garbage time production from the bench while the starters got pulled early.
ORL Fantasy Notes: Matt Barnes with a start, 32min/13pt/11reb/5ast….
Ryan Anderson 8-14, 20pt….Dwight Howard 23min/25pt….Vince Carter DNP injury….Nelson 16pt/10reb.
MIA 93 @ WAS 89 Poss: 92.0 MIA ORtg: 101.1 WAS ORtg: 96.7
MIA: eFG% 54.1 OReb% 22.2 DReb% 69.8 TO% 18.4 FTR 26.3
WAS: eFG% 40.8 OReb% 30.2 DReb% 77.8 TO% 13.0 FTR 34.1
Game Notes: Washington wins the rebounding contest….Floor Percentages: MIA 48.3% – 46.8%….Percentage of total points from three: MIA 25.8% – WAS 16.8%.
MIA Fantasy Notes: Quentin Richardson getting big minutes, 43min/19pt/9reb, 5-7 from three….Beasley 10pt/4reb….Jermaine O’Neal 4pt/7reb. Sell high on him if you can….Wade 40pt/4reb/5ast….Chalmers 5pt/8ast…Haslem 13pt/7reb.
WAS Fantasy Notes: Caron Butler looking fully recovered after missing a game earlier in the week, 45min/13pt/10reb, but 5tov….Haywood 16pt/11reb….Mike Miller tried to play through a shoulder injury, 8pt/4reb….Arenas 32pt/3ast, 12-15 from the FT Line….Blatche 10pt/7reb.
DET 99 @ TOR 110 Poss: 92 DET ORtg: 107.6 TOR ORtg: 119.6
DET: eFG% 49.3 OReb% 26.1 DReb% 70.9 TO% 11.9 FTR 30.1
TOR: eFG% 48.6 OReb% 29.1 DReb% 73.9 TO% 6.5 FTR 61.8
Game Notes: Team A/T Ratio: DET 1.5 – TOR 3.3….Floor Percentage: DET 51.0% – TOR 57.3%….Percentage of total points from the FT Line: DET 17.1% – TOR 32.7%.
DET Fantasy News: Jonas Jerebko with a start for Tayshaun Prince, 25min/8pt/3reb….Charlie Villanueva 16pt/7reb….Ben Wallace 6pt/9reb….Ben Gordon 30pt/4ast on 10-19 shooting….Stuckey 13pt/10reb/4ast on 5-18….Will Bynum still getting good minutes with Rip Hamilton out, 33min/16pt/6ast.
TOR Fantasy Notes: Turkoglu 16pt/7reb/6ast….Bosh 25pt/8reb, 15-20 from the FT line….Bargnani 22pt/12reb….DeRozan 3pt/3reb….Calderon 9pt and only 1 assist in 32 min….Antoine Wright trying to earn the starting SG spot, 17min/12pt/5reb.
DEN 122 @ NJN 94 Poss: 102 DEN ORtg: 119.6 NJN ORtg: 92.2
DEN: eFG% 59.0 OReb% 22.5 DReb% 68.6 TO% 13.7 FTR 37.3
NJN: eFG% 39.1 OReb% 31.4 DReb% 77.5 TO% 12.7 FTR 30.4
Game Notes: NJN was able to control the rebound battle….Team A/T Ratio: DEN 1.8 – NJN .9….Percentage of points from three: DEN 24.5% – NJN 6.3%.
DEN Fantasy Notes: Many of the DEN starters got most of the 4th quarter off in this blowout….Melo 22pt/4reb/2stl…Kenyon Martin 18pt/10reb….Nene 16pt/9reb/3blk….Billups nursing and ankle injury, 12pt/5ast….Ty Lawson looking very good, 23pt on 9-10 shooting.
NJN Fantasy Notes: Rafer Alston has been a disappointing injury fill-in for Harris, 7pt/4ast….Chris Douglas-Roberts 19pt/7reb….Eduardo Najera with a start in place of Yi Jianlian, 14pt/7reb….Brook Lopez 12pt/8reb….Courtney Lee 10pt on 2-11 shooting….Terrence Williams 13pt on 6-13.
IND 101 @ NYK 89 Poss: 101 IND ORtg: 100.0 NYK ORtg: 88.1
IND: eFG% 49.3 OReb% 27.6 DReb% 75.0 TO% 20.7 FTR 34.1
NYK: eFG% 43.6 OReb% 25.0 DReb% 72.4 TO% 17.8 FTR 20.9
Game Notes: Very high turnover percentage by both teams….Statistics suggest this was a closer game than the score indicates.
IND Fantasy Notes: Granger fouled out but still managed 38min/21pt/5reb/4ast. He just keeps firing up the three ball, 2-8 last night….Dahntay Jones helped me win most of my daily cash games yesterday with a great game, 19pt/12reb….Hibbert 15pt/14reb, 5tov….TJ Ford 16pt but only 2 ast….Rush 12pt/10reb in 42 minutes….Troy Murphy DNP back injury.
NYK Fantasy Notes: Wilson Chandler 11pt/3reb/3ast/2stl/1blk… Gallinari cooling off a bit, 11pt on 5-13 shooting….David Lee 20pt/19reb/4ast/2stl… Duhon 10pt/6ast…Hughes also cooled 7pt/3reb/3ast….Al Harrington now coming off the bench but it isn’t hurting his stats much, 22pt/9reb in 35 minutes.
BOS 92 @ MIN 90 Poss: 92 BOS ORtg: 100.0 MIN ORtg: 97.8
BOS: eFG% 47.5 OReb% 19.0 DReb% 82.4 TO% 9.7 FTR 22.8
MIN: eFG% 53.3 OReb% 17.6 DReb% 81.0 TO% 18.4 FTR 16.0
Game Notes: Great shooting by MIN and they had a shot to win this one if they could have kept their Turnover Percentage a lot lower than 18.4%….Block Percentage: BOS 8.0% – MIN 2.4%.
BOS Fantasy Notes: Garnett 12pt/11reb/3blk….Pierce 10pt/5ast on 3-12 shooting….Perkins 13pt/8reb/3blk….Ray Allen 14pt/5ast….Rondo 18pt/4reb/6ast/3stl….Rasheed Wallace 7pt/5reb….The rest of the bench was very quiet.
MIN Fantasy Notes: Gomes 11pt/7reb/3ast/2stl….Oleksiy Pecherov another start, 34min/24pt/8reb on 9-14….Al Jefferson 18pt/4reb….Corey Brewer has been a hot fantasy pickup, 13pt/3reb/5ast….Flynn 10pt/5reb/5ast…Sessions only 15 minutes in this one.
LAL 103 @ HOU 102 Poss: 98 LAL ORtg: 105.1 HOU ORtg: 104.1
LAL: eFG% 44.6 OReb% 31.4 DReb% 64.6 TO% 9.1 FTR 30.1
HOU: eFG% 49.4 OReb% 35.4 DReb% 68.6 TO% 19.3 FTR 27.9
Game Notes: Overtime Game….Team A/T Ratio: LAL 1.8 – HOU 1.0….Floor Percentage: LAL 54.9% – 53.3%….Houston had a shot in this one but the 19.3% turnover rate cost them.
LAL Fantasy Notes: Artest 15pt/6reb on 6-14 shooting….Odom 14pt/7reb….Bynum 17pt/17reb/3blk….Kobe 41pt/6reb/4ast/4stl….Derek Fisher wins the ‘Bruce Bowen Empty Fantasy Line’ award, 34 minutes, 0pt/0ast/0reb. How is this possible in 34 minutes? Doesn’t the ball find you at least once just out of pure chance?
HOU Fantasy Notes: Battier 14pt/5reb….Scola 16pt/13reb….Hayes 14pt/14reb….Ariza 15pt/9reb/5ast, but 5-21 shooting….Brooks 15pt/6ast/3 threes….Carl Landry starting to creep up on the fantasy radar, 20pt/8reb in 26 minutes.
DAL 107 @ NOH 114 Poss: 100 DAL ORtg: 107.0 NOH ORtg: 114.0
DAL: eFG% 52.3 OReb% 28.5 DReb% 66.7 TO% 17.0 FTR 28.2
NOH: eFG% 54.3 OReb% 33.3 DReb% 71.5 TO% 13.0 FTR 18.4
Game Notes: Steal Percentage: DAL 4.0% – NOH 11.0%….Floor Percentage: DAL 50.0% – NOH 54.3%.
DAL Fantasy Notes: Marion 8pt/6reb, 5tov….Nowitzki12pt/5reb….Dampier 16pt/14reb, still getting big minutes with Gooden out….Kidd 9pt/10ast….Terry 35pt on 12-18 shooting….JJ Barea 28 minutes, 3-10 shooting.
NOH Fantasy Notes: The Chris Paul show, 39pt/5reb/7ast/2stl….Julian Wright will lose the starting job soon, 0pt/7reb….Okafor 11pt/13reb/3blk….Mo Peterson 8pt/5reb….Bobby Brown getting some run, 18pt on 8-15 shooting in 30 minutes.
ATL 113 @ SAC 105 Poss: 97 ATL ORtg: 116.5 SAC ORtg: 108.2
ATL: eFG% 57.6 OReb% 33.3 DReb% 64.9 TO% 16.4 FTR 22.3
SAC: eFG% 44.2 OReb% 35.1 DReb% 66.7 TO% 7.2 FTR 28.1
Game Notes: Floor Percentage excellent for both teams: ATL 57.4% – SAC 57.2%….Steal Percentage: ATL 2.0% – SAC 11.3%….Block Percentage: ATL 10.4% – SAC 2.3%.
ATL Fantasy Notes: Josh Smith 14pt/6reb/4blk….Marvin Williams, the quiet Hawk, 13pt/6reb….Horford11pt/8reb/4blk….Bibby 13pt/2ast….Joe Johnson 26pt/8reb/4ast, but 6tov….Jamal Crawford with his second big game in a row, 26pt on 10-15 shooting.
SAC Fantasy Notes: Nocioni with the start at SF, 14pt/6reb….Jason Thompson with a good game, 22pt/12reb/5ast/2stl/1blk….Spencer Hawes 6pt/7reb….Kevin Martin was held out of shootaround with a sore ankle but he managed to go 40 minutes putting up 29pt and a surprising 11 rebounds….Tyreke Evans 15pt/4ast, but 7-21 shooting.
MEM 105 @ GSW 113 Poss: 101 MEM ORtg: 104.0 GSW ORtg: 111.9
MEM: eFG% 50.6 OReb% 31.7 DReb% 82.5 TO% 16.8 FTR 45.0
GSW: eFG% 58.0 OReb% 17.5 DReb% 68.3 TO% 12.8 FTR 19.5
Game Notes: Percentage of total points from three: MEM 8.5% – GSW 18.5%….Rebounding dominated by MEM….FTR dominated by MEM.
MEM Fantasy Notes: Zach Randolph 16pt/10reb/3ast/2stl. Starting to see more assists from Zach….Gay 29pt/8reb….Marc Gasol 12pt/14reb/3stl/2blk….Conley in danger of losing playing time to Iverson, 8pt/6reb/6ast in 30 minutes….Iverson 28 minutes, 18pt/7ast….Mayo 14pt on 4-13 shooting.
GSW Fantasy Notes: Stephen Jackson 20pt/6ast….Kalenna Azubuike with a start but only 16 minutes, 6pt/2reb….GSW players are the most aggravating fantasy properties to try and use for daily fantasy games due to Don Nelson….Biedrins 6pt/8reb….Monta Ellis a good game 24pt/7reb/12ast….Stephen Curry 7pt/9ast….Maggette 30min/20pt….Anthony Morrow 33min/24pt, 4-4 from three, 10-12 overall.
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