Tip-In Points: Flash And Crash – Like Two Fat Kids Slap-Boxing Over the Last Piece Of Moldy Cake
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Dwyane Wade, MIA / Gerald Wallace, CHA Wade scored 27 points, but still I say blecch. Why? Because it took Flash 26 shots to score those points (he shot 3-for-11 in the second half) and the performance came with a side of four turnovers. Easily the most blecch-inducing 27-point-performance of the night … by a Miami guard … named Dwyane. “The ball didn’t go in the basket the same [in the second half as it did in the first],” said Wade. “I ain’t giving Charlotte no credit if that’s what you’re looking for.” I love the old “there’s something different about the rim” excuse!
Wallace shot even worse than Wade (27 percent from the floor amounting to only eight points), but he grabbed 17 rebounds and got in the last word in what would amount to a rivalry for the ages if it continues. “[Wade] can say whatever he wants to say. We’re over here as a team, we know what we did. He says he doesn’t credit us. He had what, 17 in the first half? How many did he have in the second half?” That’s a kill.
The best part of the whole thing is that neither of these guys had the best games on their team Tuesday and the prize of the night is a moderately better chance at getting bounced by the Cavs in the first round.
What that means for your fantasy team is for you hoople heads to decide.
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Danny Granger, IND DNP. Busy serving a one-game suspension for swinging at Channing Frye on Saturday. Think of it as a single-serving Lent in which Danny gave up working.
Samuel Dalembert, PHI The Haitian Sensaitian blocked another four shots last night. That’s 10 in his last five games. That’s an average of two per game. Or one per half. Or half a block per quarter. What’s half a block? That’s about the farthest distance any two Starbucks are from one another. So, yeah – a ton of blocks for Sam.
Lou Williams, PHI Lou needs a nickname (nickname besides “Lou” I mean) but now’s not the time to give him one. Let’s wait until he starts shooting better than the 37 percent he’s averaged these last two games, otherwise I might be liable to name him Will.i.blow or Kablooey Louis.
Baron Davis, LAC Boom-Dizzle shocked the world by shooting better than 46 percent from the field, turning the ball over only once and circulating nine assists. He ain’t done all three in one game since December 6, 2008.
Dwight Howard, ORL 32 min / 75% FG / 100% FT / 22 pts / 15 rbds / 3 asts / 2 blks / 4 tos. At this point, it’s become clear to me that this man needs other outlets, now that he’s completely conquered the NBA. Howard for Orlando comptroller!
Jameer Nelson, ORL Nelson averaged 11.4 pts / 4.7 assists in January. Then he grew to average 13.7 pts / 6.7 asts in February. And so far in March he’s knocking down 16.4 pts / 7.4 assists. Sadly, this is the only significant growth the 5-foot-10 Nelson’s ever experienced.
Trevor Ariza, HOU Ariza came off the bench for the first time this season. For the 40th time this season, he played as if he was coming off the bench. Thirteen points off 13 shots in 28 minutes. Lucky for ol’ Trev’, they were playing in D.C., which means only 250 people were in attendance to see it.
Luis Scola, HOU He had 23 points, 10 boards, a block and a steal … with seven turnovers. It’s as if the artist sneezed during his final brush stroke.
Al Thornton, WAS Not the best Al in the league nor the best Thornton, but that didn’t stop him from coming one rebound short of his fourth double-double of the season. Two of those dub-dubs happened during his 10-game tenure as a Wizard.
Jermaine O’Neal, MIA His knee’s fine. J.O. blocked three shots last night to improve his blocks-per-game average to 1.4 this season. It’s his lowest beepeegee average since he was playing only 12 minutes as a Trailblazer a decade ago. To be fair, he’s averaging 1.7 blocks since January 1.
Raymond Felton, CHA Clearly Raymond *pinkie to mouth* felt-on last night because he banked 15 points and 11 assists. Don’t get all twitterpated with the performance, lest I remind you of late February when he went on a four-game 11-for-40 shot streak.
Deron Williams, UTA Naggin’ wrist damn near earned him the Line of the Night. 37 min / 73% FG / 75% FT / 3 3ptm / 28 pts / 1 rbd /17 asts /1 to.
Taj Gibson, CHI Played 13 minutes, didn’t take a shot, fouled out. This is what I thought Gibson’s season was going to look like every game.
Derrick Rose, CHI Did everyone earn their third double-double last night? Twenty-five points and a career-tying high in assists (13). He had six double-doubles this time last year. Jrue story.
Brad Miller, CHI 20/4/3. I’m only playing Miller against teams with lazy bigs uninterested in defending a guy 15 feet from the basket.
Carlos Delfino, MIL The Delfino Line™: Nineteen points, five 3-pointers, nine rebounds and a pair of steals. Delfino has had at least one trey and a steal in each of his last 12 games.
Ray Allen, BOS Ray-Ray shot the ball only three times in 34 minutes (the fewest attempts in 30+ minutes in his entire career) and none of them went through the hoop. He said after the game that he wasn’t happy with the ball movement last night. Mostly because the ball never moved anywhere near him.
Paul Pierce, BOS Uh, hmm … well, at least we can say that Pierce shot 23 percentage points better than Allen. In his last 10 games, he’s shot better than 45 percent in just two of them.
Jarret Jack, TOR He had 18/7/7 last night and is averaging 19 points and 3.5 steals in his last two games. But I’m warning you, Jack tends to go on little tears like this and then poops in your kitchen.
Hedo Turkoglu, TOR Turk scored just six points on 2-for-7 shooting. Bet you can guess why … RONSACKED!
L I N E O F T H E N I G H T
42 min / 56% FG / 100% FT / 25 pts / 17 rbds / 2 asts / 1 stl / 4 blks / 2 to
Andrew Bogut, MIL He’s averaging career-highs in points, rebounds, blocks and free-throw shooting this season. If you have any complaints at all, it’s that the picture shown above isn’t the first time he’s made that face and it won’t be the last. That’s his hardcore dunk-face. (“Hardcore” is Aussie slang for neat or swell).
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