Home Delivery is your morning roundup of last night's action in the NBA from a fantasy perspective.Both Tim Duncan and Tony Parker sat out last night's game against the Raptors. Of course, as you'd imagine, the Spurs put up 131 points and defeated the Raptors by seven points. Duh. I mean, who needs Tony Parker and Tim Duncan anyway? The Lakers won a ring last year without them, didn't they?
Manu Ginobili went off for 36 points, eight assists, six threes and four blocks. I'm not saying the rabies shot had anything to do with his performance, but I'll let you go ahead and draw your own conclusions. George Hill stepped in and filled Parker's shoes quite nicely -- 22 points on 8-of-15 shooting and five assists. Parker's due back next week, so I'm not sure that Hill has long-term value.
Chris Bosh on the other side of the ball scored 32 points on 8-of-16 shooting from the floor and 15-of-17 from the line, plus 10 rebounds, a block and a three. Fun fact: Chis Bosh is 6-of-6 from the three-point line. The Raptors shot 59.2-percent from the floor in a losing effort. That always hurts.
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• Steve Nash with 21 points and 20 assists (seven turnovers) -- his second 20-assist game this season. He now has 37 assists over the past two nights. Damn he's good. Jason Richardson continues to tear it up as well. He had 29 points on 11-of-16 shooting, with eight rebounds and six three-pointers.
• Deron Williams, not to be outdone by Nash's seven turnovers, had seven of his own to go along with four points and 16 assists against the Knicks. His teammate Andrei Kirilenko nailed five three-pointers, four more than his wife would allow. Zing!
• Eric Gordon missed last night's game with a groin injury. There is no specific timetable for his return. Uh-oh. Rasual Butler started in his place, scoring 14 points and hitting three treys. That's pretty much what you'll get out of Butler if you decide to pick him up in Gordon's abcencse.
• Devin Brown made the most of his second straight start. He torched the Clippers for 25 points on 8-of-14 shooting, with five treys, five rebounds and three steals. He's starting to look like an add. He can shoot the three-ball fairly well, but 25-point performances won't be the norm.
• Where do I start with the Golden State Warriors. How about the bad? It looks like Andris Biedrins will miss the next two weeks with back/groin/abdomin injuries.Anthony Randolph? Indeed! • On the court the Warriors handled their business. They scored 146 points against the Timberwolves, shooting 57.1-percent from the floor, draining 12 threes, shooting 52.2-percent from the three-point line, dishing 36 dimes to just 12 turnovers and picking up 22 steals.
Here's the breakdown:
• Eight different players scored in double-figures.
• Stephen Jackson had a career-high 15 assists to go along with 10 points, four steals and two blocks
• Kelenna Azubuike scored a game-high 31 points on 13-of-19 shooting, with four rebounds, a steal and a block.
• Monta Ellis double-doubled with 18 points, 10 rebounds, three steals and a block.
• Anthony Morrow shot 7-of-10 from the field and 5-of-6 from the three-point line to finish with 20 points, four rebounds, four steals and three steals. I still advise picking him up.
• Anthony Randolph, yes that Anthony Randolph, came up big with 23 points, seven rebounds, three steals and three blocks. He no longer should be on your waiver wires. Especially with Biedrins out for at least the next two weeks.
• I'm going to leave the Minnesota players out of this post. They've been through enough already.
Lost and Found
• Jared Dudley had three steals to go along with 18 points, five rebounds and four treys. You can't count on the offensive stats, but he has stolen at least one ball in each of the Suns first eight games. He could be a nice option in the steals category if you're desperate for help.
• Larry Hughes had four steals and two blocks last night, giving him 10 steals in the last three games. He's an add, what can I say.
• Danilo Gallinari had two blocks against the Jazz. He's starting to look a lot better on the defensive side of the ball. His block against Ronnie Brewer made me say "Oooh baby, ooh-eee!"
• DeAndre Jordan showed the power of his hands by blocking three shots. He really only got an opportunity because the game was well out of reach early in the third. I wouldn't add him based on last night's performance.
• The Warriors posted 22 steals last night against the T-Wolves. Acie Law had five picks to lead the way. Nine different players had at least one steal, leaving Mikki Moore as the only Warrior not to get his hands on any errant passes.
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• Marreese Speights wants to make sure that we don't forget about him. He had 20 points on 8-of-13 shooting and eight rebounds against the Suns. His third 20-point performance this season and he is now shooting almost 70-percent from the floor. He's owned in just 40-percent of Yahoo! leagues, making him widely available. Speights looks like the only Philadelphia big who is comfortable with the Princeton offense.
• Toney Douglas poured in 21 points against the Jazz on 9-of-14 shooting. Though he missed the game-tying shot at the buzzer -- really, what do fantasy owners care that he probably shouldn't have been taking that shot in the first place -- he did hit three treys and pick up three steals. Unfortunately, this might be a short-lived love affair. Nate Robinson is scheduled to return on Friday. Douglas will get minutes, but more than likely you can't count on any more than 15 minutes per game w
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• Yuck. I suggested sitting Paul Millsap this week and it looks like I actually got one right. Millsap had four points, five rebounds, one assist and zero steals/blocks in 25 minutes. Against the Knicks! Wes Matthews once again outscored Millsap. I can almost do without Millsap at this point.
