Home Delivery is your morning roundup of last night's action in the NBA from a fantasy perspective.Dwight Howard and Orlando Magic came into last night's game against the Thunder without Vince Carter, Ryan Anderson and Rashard Lewis in uniform. And wouldn't you know, the Thunder we're more than happy to have them. The City popped the Magic in the eye with a 28-point victory. Kevin Durant led the way with 28 points on 11-of-17 shooting, two threes, four rebounds, five assists and three steals. Thabo Sefolosha continued to distance himself from James Harden in the battle for minutes at the two-guard position, posting a double-double -- 13 points on 4-of-6 shooting, three treys, 10 rebounds, two assists, two steals and one block. He's a nice option this week with the Thunder playing four games.
On the other side of the ball the Magic looked like a junior-varsity team, shooting just 36.8-percent from the floor and 16.8-percent from beyond the arc. Dwight Howard pulled down just seven rebounds and failed to block a shot for the second time in three games. On the bright side, even with his 10-of-17 performance from the line last night, Howard is shooting 74.1-percent from the line through the first five games of the month. Howard would be a top 3 fantasy baller if he could shoot over 75-percent on the season.
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The starting frontline of the Phoenix Suns each posted a double-double against the Wizards. Channing Frye had 18 points and 10 rebounds, Grant Hill posted 13 points and 13 rebounds, and Amare Stoudemire went for 17 points and 12 rebounds. Steve Nash chipped in with 11 points and 17 rebounds. There's no word on whether or not any snacks were injured by Antawn Jamison after this performance.
Andre Miller loves his new role as the co-starting point guard for the Blazers. He had a season-high 21 points in just 26 minutes. He only dished three dimes, but it's nice to see him get into the offense in one way or another. Saw he was available in one of my leagues this afternoon and I jumped all over him. No way people should be dropping Miller. Brandon Roy picked a fine time to shoot 1-of-6 from the floor. He had just two points on Sunday night. You know, just when you're banking on him to score 20-25 to help you get over the hump as the week closes out. Nice. Of the 11 Blazers who got on the court, Roy scored the fewest points.
Monta Ellis and Stephen Curry combined for nine of their team's 14 turnovers and just 18 of the team's 107 points. Andris Biedrins came back from injury to chip in with just two points. Anthony Morrow and Anthony Randolph combined for 25 points, outscoring Ellis, Curry and Biedrins. I'm starting to get a headache trying to figure out this team.
Tyreke Evans is killing it in Sacramento. He had 23 points last night, with teammate Beno Udrih chipping in with 20 points and six assists. Jason Thompson had 19 and 10 in the frontcourt. Lookout! The Kings are now 2-0 since Kevin Martin went out with a broken hand.
Little to take away from many of the lines in Los Angeles last night. The game was out of reach in the third quarter, so nothing to Chris Paul and David West posting sub-par lines last night.
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Brendan Haywood blocked five shots against the Suns. He's blocked nine shots and pulled down 29 rebounds in the past two games. Too bad the Wizards play just twice this week.
Andray Blatche chipped in on the defensive side of the ball with three blocks. That's four straight games with at least two blocks for A-Blatche.
Rudy Fernandez had four steals against the T-Wolves. Too bad his minutes aren't consistent enough -- 13, 17, 11, 23 minutes per game over the last four. I'm still not buying until he starts getting consistent PT.
D.J. Mbenga blocked four shots and posted a double-double -- 10 points, 12 rebounds -- against the Hornets. Too bad for the Deej that Pau Gasol and Andrew Bynum are expected back this week.
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Ben Wallace had another nice line on Sunday posting 16 rebounds, three steals, three blocks and, as is obligated, two points. It might be worth it to consider Wallace, who has posted at least nine rebounds in all but one of Detroit's seven games. Leandro Barbosa returned to action Sunday afternoon. He had just nine points and four assists in 18 minutes. If he's out there in your waiver wire, I'd suggest you scoop him up quickly. Barbosa has the ability to post plus-threes and steals.
Hello, my name is Nathan Jawai. I scored 16 points and pulled down six rebounds in 22 minutes last night against Portland. Hi, Nathan. No need in picking up Jawai, but I thought he deserved a mention.
Omri Casspi had 12 pints (all three-pointers), 10 rebounds, five assists and three steals. This is the third time in the past week that I've mentioned Casspi in this section. I hope guys in deep leagues are paying attention.
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Will Bynum had eight points, eight rebounds, eight assists and eight field-goal attempts. The final eight? Well, you are reading this on the 8th of November, no? Richard Hamilton and Tayshaun Prince are likely out this week. Bynum still looks like a solid add to me.
