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Justin Carter is PhD candidate in creative writing at the University of North Texas. He writes about the NFL, NBA, and the WNBA here on RotoBaller. If he's not watching those things, he's either teaching college English or watching NASCAR.
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LaMarcus Aldridge Is One Of Few Bright Spots In Spurs Loss
San Antonio Spurs power forward LaMarcus Aldridge scored a team-high 18 points on Friday as the Spurs lost to the 76ers 97-78. It was a disappointing performance by the Spurs, but Aldridge's 7-for-12 shooting night was a bright spot. Aldridge wasn't able to do much else, though, as he grabbed just three rebounds and blocked... Read More
Dennis Smith Jr. Leads Dallas In Assists On Friday
Dallas Mavericks point guard Dennis Smith Jr. passed for a team-high seven assists on Friday as the Mavericks fell to the Portland Trail Blazers. The rookie point guard also added 18 points on 7-for-14 shooting as he continues to assert himself more and more as the season rolls along. Smith pulled down four rebounds in... Read More
Harrison Barnes Leads Mavericks In Scoring Against Trail Blazers
Dallas Mavericks small forward Harrison Barnes led Dallas in scoring on Friday night as the Mavericks lost to the Portland Trail Blazers. Barnes scored 21 points on 6-for-15 shooting. He also pulled down a team-high seven rebounds. Barnes also dished out three assists and added a steal and a block in the game. Barnes has... Read More
Darius Miller Scores 20 Points Off The Bench On Friday
New Orleans Pelicans small forward Darius Miller came off the bench on Friday and had his highest scoring game since November with 20 points on 6-for-11 shooting. All six of those made shots were from behind the three-point line and only one of the shot attempts came from inside the arc. Miller has become a... Read More
Jrue Holiday Shoots Well Against Rockets
New Orleans Pelicans guard Jrue Holiday put together a nice all-around game to help the Pelicans beat the Houston Rockets on Friday. Holiday went 8-for-12 from the field, scoring a total of 21 points. He passed for seven assists as well, and recorded five rebounds. With DeMarcus Cousins (Achilles) out for the rest of the... Read More
Anthony Davis Leads Pelicans To Win Over Rockets
New Orleans Pelicans power forward Anthony Davis had a strong outing on Friday night as the Pelicans weathered a comeback attempt by the Rockets to beat their division rivals 115-113. Davis went 10-for-22 from the field on his way to a team-high 27 points. He also added 11 rebounds, five assists, and five blocks. With center... Read More
Eric Gordon Scores 27 Points Off The Bench Against Pelicans
Houston Rockets shooting guard Eric Gordon continues to show why he's one of the league's best sixth men on Friday, scoring 27 points on 10-for-15 shooting in a loss to New Orleans. When Gordon returned to the bench following James Harden's return, many expected that he would fall off, but he's now scored in double... Read More
James Harden Records Double-Double In Friday's Loss
Houston Rockets shooting guard James Harden posted a double-double on Friday, scoring 23 points and dishing out 11 assists in the loss to New Orleans. It wasn't all good news for the MVP candidate, though, as Harden shot a disappointing 1-for-9 from three-point range. Harden also grabbed five rebounds and a pair of steals. Fantasy... Read More
Chris Paul Scores 38 Points In Loss To Pelicans
Houston Rockets point guard Chris Paul scored 38 points in Friday's loss to the New Orleans Pelicans. Paul went a perfect 12-for-12 from the free throw line, including three charity shots late to close the gap to just a point. Paul's stellar performance wouldn't be enough for Houston, though. Along the way, the veteran guard... Read More
DeMarcus Cousins To Miss Remainder Of Season With Torn Achilles
New Orleans Pelicans center DeMarcus Cousins (Achilles) suffered a torn Achilles late in Friday's win over the Houston Rockets and will miss the rest of the season and the playoffs as a result. The injury happened as Cousins went to rebound a missed free throw, after which he landed awkwardly and went to the ground. A... Read More
Fantasy Basketball Risers and Fallers (Week 16)
If I'd know last week that Andre Drummond was going to get all All-Star snub and then respond by going off for 30 points and 24 rebounds and SIX blocks against the Jazz, he would have headlined the risers list. But predicting who has one of those "I'm mad about something so watch out" games... Read More
Clint Capela Has Efficient Outing Against Heat
Houston Rockets center Clint Capela continued his strong season on Monday against the Miami Heat, scoring 14 points on 6-for-10 shooting. The big man also grabbed eight rebounds and dished out a pair of assists. Capela is unlikely to put up the kinds of monster games from the center position that other players around the... Read More
Chris Paul Has Strong Game On Monday
Houston Rockets point guard Chris Paul played a complete game in Monday's win over the Miami Heat, scoring 16 points on 6-for-13 shooting and adding six rebounds and six assists. Paul also added three steals. With James Harden back in the lineup, Paul won't be likely to have any huge scoring outputs, but his ability... Read More
James Harden Leads Houston In Scoring Against Miami
Houston Rockets guard James Harden scored a team-high 28 points on Monday as the Rockets took down the Miami Heat in an abnormally low-scoring affair for the Rockets, who put up just 99 points in the victory. Harden made 10 of his 26 shot attempts, including five three-pointers, in the win. Harden dished five assists... Read More
Eric Gordon Fails To Hit A Three Against Heat
Houston Rockets shooting guard Eric Gordon struggled from long range on Monday, going 0-for-7 from behind the arc. Gordon still managed to score 16 points on 6-for-15 shooting overall. Gordon also added two rebounds and two assists. While it's somewhat of a consolation that Gordon was able to score well from inside the three-point line... Read More
Gerald Green Doesn't Touch Floor Against Miami
Houston Rockets shooting guard Gerald Green had turned into a consistent bench scorer for the Rockets over the first half of January and a consistent streaming option in deeper leagues, but the journeyman veteran missed two games due to a suspension and didn't see the floor in his return on Monday. With James Harden and... Read More
DeMarcus Cousins Posts Dominant Triple-Double Against Bulls
New Orleans Pelicans center DeMarcus Cousins put together a historically great night in a double-overtime win over the Chicago Bulls. The big man scored 44 points on 13-for-29 shooting. He made 13 of his 14 free throw attempts and hit five shots from behind the arc. In addition, Cousins grabbed 24 rebounds and dished 10... Read More
Wesley Matthews Leads Mavericks In Scoring Against Portland
Dallas Mavericks shooting guard Wesley Matthews went 7-for-15 from the field on Saturday, scoring a total of 23 points in the Mavericks 117-108 loss to Portland. Matthews made three of his nine attempts from long range. He also grabbed five rebounds and dished a pair of assists. Matthews has been taking a ton of three-point... Read More
Dennis Smith Jr. Plays Well Against Trail Blazers
Dallas Mavericks point guard Dennis Smith Jr. put together a strong outing on Saturday against Portland, going 8-for-15 from the field and scoring 21 points. The rookie also had six rebounds and six assists. Smith has now scored 20 or more points in four of his past five outings, and his passing numbers continue to... Read More
Harrison Barnes Doesn't Have A Great Shooting Night Against Portland
Dallas Mavericks small forward Harrison Barnes pulled down a team-high 10 rebounds on Saturday against the Portland Trail Blazers, but his shot wasn't exactly working. Barnes went just 3-for-13 from the field on his way to scoring eight points. It was just the third time this season that Barnes scored in the single digits, though... Read More
Dirk Nowitzki Scores 21 Efficient Points Against Portland
Dallas Mavericks power forward Dirk Nowitzki scored 21 points on 8-for-12 shooting on Saturday night as the Mavericks fell to the Portland Trail Blazers. It's been an uneven season for the veteran big man, but Saturday's game was a reminder that Nowitzki can still shoot the ball effectively. In addition, Dirk added four rebounds and... Read More
Seven Lineup Busts and Avoids for the Conference Finals
Four teams remain in the NFL playoffs after an eventful Divisional Round that was capped off by Stefon Diggs making a play that will forever endear him to Vikings fans. It was wild. It was wonderful. Even the non-football fans at a bar were amazed by it. The Case Keenum fan inside of me went... Read More
Fantasy Basketball Risers and Fallers (Week 15)
As the NBA increasingly moves towards being a league where people fight on the court and then sneak through secret tunnels in Staples Center, the greatness of the NBA rises as well. You aren't getting "Chris Paul leads team of Rockets through back door into Clippers locker room" in any other professional sport. (Also, you... Read More
Domantas Sabonis Records Double-Double On Friday
Indiana Pacers center Domantas Sabonis continues to play well while Myles Turner recovers from an elbow injury. Sabonis put up a double-double on Friday, scoring 15 points on 6-for-10 shooting and pulling down 14 rebounds. He added two blocks as well, a nice added bonus for fantasy owners who started him. Sabonis should continue to... Read More
Victor Oladipo Leads Pacers With 25 Points
Indiana Pacers shooting guard Victor Oladipo scored 25 points on Friday, shooting 11-for-26 from the field as the Pacers fell to the Los Angeles Lakers 99-86. Oladipo added five rebounds and four assists, but it wasn't enough to help Indiana get the win. This is the fourth time in Indiana's last six games that Oladipo... Read More
James Harden Could Play 30 Minutes On Saturday
Houston Rockets shooting guard James Harden played 26 minutes and scored just 10 points in his first game back from a hamstring injury on Thursday. Rockets head coach Mike D'Antoni says that Harden still isn't ready for a full workload on Saturday against the Warriors, but he could play around 30 minutes. That obviously caps... Read More
Ben McLemore Scores Season-High 21 Points
Memphis Grizzlies shooting guard Ben McLemore received playing time on Friday night, something that had been hard to come by for the former prospect, who has been a healthy scratch on multiple occasions this year. McLemore went 6-for-13 from the field as he scored 21 points, a season high. This performance is not a sign... Read More
Tyreke Evans Doesn't Shoot Well On Friday
Memphis Grizzlies shooting guard Tyreke Evans shot just 4-for-15 from the field, including just 1-for-5 from three on Friday, but the Grizzlies still managed to beat the Sacramento Kings. Evans had 14 points in the game, plus six rebounds and five assists. After a hot stretch in late December/early January, Evans' shooting has cooled off.... Read More
Marc Gasol Doesn't Score Much Against Kings
Memphis Grizzlies center Marc Gasol (illness) was questionable heading into Friday, but he played 27 minutes in the Grizzlies' 106-88 win over the Sacramento Kings. What Gasol didn't do, though, was score baskets. He shot just 3-for-6 from the field, finishing with six points, tying a season low and representing just his third single-digit scoring... Read More
Dillon Brooks Leads Memphis With 22 Points
Memphis Grizzlies small forward Dillon Brooks scored a team-high 22 points on Friday night to help Memphis defeat the Sacramento Kings. The rookie went 8-for-13 from the field en route to his first career game with 20 or more points. Brooks also added three steals and three rebounds. With his shooting improving, Brooks is starting... Read More
