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About Matt Sparkington - RotoBaller
Avid basketball fan and have been playing fantasy sports since 1997. I am a huge Michigan Wolverines fan along with the Detroit Tigers. Upstate New Yorker
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Donovan Mitchell Went Supernova
Utah Jazz shooting guard Donovan Mitchell had an amazing game versus the Phoenix Suns on Friday night. Mitchell scored 40 points, going 14-for-19 from the field, with seven of those made shots coming from three-point range. To cap off the performance, Mitchell had six assists and five rebounds. This was the third game in a... Read More
Steven Adams Doubles The Fun
Oklahoma City Thunder center Steven Adams had a very solid game Friday versus the New Orleans Pelicans. Adams scored 23 points, shooting 8-for-13 from the floor and 7-for-10 from the free throw line. Also in the game, Adams had 12 rebounds and two blocks. In the past six contests, Adams has been on a hot... Read More
Damian Lillard Continues To Ball Out
Portland Trail Blazers point guard Damian Lillard had a stellar performance Friday night against the Toronto Raptors. Lillard scored 32 points, going 11-for-18 from the field, with three of those made shots coming from downtown. Dame also dished out 10 assists to earn a double-double. In the past 10 games, Lillard has been playing extremely... Read More
Jusuf Nurkic Has Solid Game
Portland Trail Blazers center Jusuf Nurkic played an efficient game Friday versus the Toronto Raptors. Nurkic scored 20 points, shooting 8-for-11 from the field, and also going 4-for-5 from the charity stripe. Also in the contest Friday night, Nurkic had seven boards and three assists. This game was much better than what Nurkic has been... Read More
Jimmy Butler Puts Up A Very Good Game
Minnesota Timberwolves shooting guard Jimmy Butler had another strong performance Thursday night against the Milwaukee Bucks. Butler had 28 points, shooting 8-for-15 from the floor, and also went 10-for-11 from the free throw line. Butler also added six assists and four rebounds. This was Butler's seventh straight game with at least 20 points. Also during... Read More
Karl-Anthony Towns Has An Efficient Performance
Minnesota Timberwolves center Karl-Anthony Towns had a very productive game Thursday night versus the Milwaukee Bucks. Towns scored 24 points, going 10-for-13 from the field, and also grabbing 10 boards. KAT had an extremely good month shooting with a field goal percentage for the month of January at 55.8 percent. Also in the month of... Read More
Jimmy Butler Has A Solid Performance
Minnesota Timberwolves shooting guard Jimmy Butler continued his strong play, this time it was during Tuesday night's contest against the Toronto Raptors. Butler scored 25 points, shooting 9-for-17 from the floor, and also went 5-for-10 from the free throw line. He also added six assists and five rebounds to round out the contest. Since coming back from... Read More
Karl-Anthony Towns Not Getting Opportunities
Minnesota Timberwolves center Karl-Anthony Towns didn't get the opportunities to score on Tuesday night versus the Toronto Raptors. Towns scored 11 points, shooting 4-for-7 from the field, and also hit all three free throw attempts. KAT also had 10 rebounds in the contest to record yet another double-double. For Towns, the game Tuesday was the... Read More
Carmelo Anthony's Struggles Continue
Oklahoma City Thunder power forward Carmelo Anthony had another bad night shooting, this time it was on Tuesday night against the Washington Wizards. Anthony scored 19 points, going 7-for-21 from the field. He also had six rebounds, three assists and three steals to round out Tuesday night's contest. Melo has been in a rough patch as... Read More
Russell Westbrook Struggles From The Floor
Oklahoma City Thunder point guard Russell Westbrook didn't have the best shooting night on Tuesday against the Washington Wizards. Westbrook scored 13 points, going 5-for-18 from the floor. He also had 10 assists, six boards, and four steals to fill out the stat sheet. In the month of January, Westbrook had a field goal percentage... Read More
Karl-Anthony Towns Has A Very Efficient Game
Minnesota Timberwolves center Karl-Anthony Towns made the most of his limited opportunities on Monday night against the Atlanta Hawks. Towns scored 15 points, shooting 6-for-8 from the field. He also snagged 13 rebounds as well to record another double-double. When looking at Towns, fantasy owners see nothing but consistency, as he has had a double-double... Read More
Andrew Wiggins Has An Average Performance
Minnesota Timberwolves small forward Andrew Wiggins had a solid, but very average performance on Monday night versus the Atlanta Hawks. Wiggins scored 18 points, going 8-for-14 from the floor, with two of those made shots coming from deep. To round out the game, Wiggins also had three rebounds and three assists. Monday night's numbers were... Read More
C.J. McCollum Continues Solid Season
Portland Trail Blazers shooting guard C.J. McCollum had a solid all-around game Friday night versus the Dallas Mavericks. McCollum scored 20 points, shooting 9-for-14 from the field. McCollum also recorded five assists and four rebounds in the contest Friday. This season, McCollum has far exceeded his career averages for points, rebounds and assists. His career... Read More
Jusuf Nurkic Plays Efficiently
Portland Trail Blazers center Jusuf Nurkic made the most of the limited opportunities Friday playing against the Dallas Mavericks. Nurkic scored 12 points, going 6-for-10 from the field. To add to the performance Friday night, Nurkic also had eight boards. Nurkic has shot extremely well so far in the month of January with a field... Read More
Donovan Mitchell Continues Solid Rookie Campaign
Utah Jazz shooting guard Donovan Mitchell had a very good game in the scoring department Friday night against the Toronto Raptors. Mitchell scored 26 points, shooting 9-for-20 from the floor, with four of those made shots coming from three-point range. This was the seventh game out of 12 so far this January in which Mitchell... Read More
Ricky Rubio Plays Well Friday
Utah Jazz point guard Ricky Rubio had a solid performance Friday night versus the Toronto Raptors. Rubio scored 14 points, going 5-for-11 from the floor. To round out the game, Rubio also contributed with six assists and six rebounds. Even though Rubio may not have had a field goal percentage above 50 percent in the... Read More
Russell Westbrook Has An Amazing Game
Oklahoma City Thunder point guard Russell Westbrook had an explosive game on Thursday night against the Washington Wizards. Westbrook scored 46 points, shooting 19-for-29 from the field, and also going 7-for-10 from the charity stripe. He also recorded six rebounds and six assists in the contest. The month of January has been very good for... Read More
Rudy Gobert Still Shaking Off The Rust
Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert is still trying to get back in rhythm since coming back from injury, and this time it was Wednesday night versus the Detroit Pistons. Gobert scored 15 points, going 6-for-13 from the floor, while shooting 3-for-6 from the charity stripe. The Stifle Tower also had eight boards and four blocks in... Read More
Derrick Favors Has Strong Defensive Game
Utah Jazz power forward Derrick Favors brought the D going against the Detroit Pistons Wednesday night. Favors recorded 10 rebounds, four steals and three blocks in the contest. Coming into this game, Favors averaged just one block and 0.7 steals a game, so this game Wednesday was definitely higher than his season averages. Many fantasy... Read More
Russell Westbrook Scores Big
Oklahoma City Thunder point guard Russell Westbrook put up quite a few points against the Brooklyn Nets on Tuesday night. Westbrook scored 32 points, going 12-for-27 from the field and 8-for-11 from the charity stripe in addition to filling out the rest of the stat sheet with six assists, five boards, and two steals. In the month... Read More
Steven Adams Cleans The Glass
Oklahoma City Thunder center Steven Adams had a strong game on the glass against the Brooklyn Nets on Tuesday night. Adams grabbed 14 boards, making it five games in a row where he has recorded double digits in the rebounding category, averaging 11 boards per contest during that same span. He did struggle shooting, totaling... Read More
Donovan Mitchell Has A Rough Game
Utah Jazz shooting guard Donovan Mitchell struggled shooting in the game Monday night against the Atlanta Hawks. Mitchell scored 13 points, going 5-for-13 from the floor. Mitchell also grabbed six boards in the contest. During the last seven games, Mitchell has been extremely inconsistent shooting the rock. In the last seven games, including Monday's contest,... Read More
Damian Lillard Has A Quality Game
Portland Trail Blazers point guard Damian Lillard played at a high level versus the Dallas Mavericks on Saturday night. Lillard scored 31 points, shooting 10-for-15 from the field, with seven of those made shots coming from long range. To fill out the stat sheet, Lillard also had nine assists and five boards. The past three... Read More
Karl-Anthony Towns Plays Efficiently Saturday
Minnesota Timberwolves center Karl-Anthony Towns didn't shoot often on Saturday night but was effective when doing so on Saturday versus the Toronto Raptors. Towns scored 22 points, going 6-for-7 from the field, and also went 8-for-9 from the free throw line. He also grabbed 10 boards in the contest. For the month of January, KAT... Read More
Andrew Wiggins Has A Great Performance
Minnesota Timberwolves small forward Andrew Wiggins had a strong game on Saturday night against the Toronto Raptors. Wiggins scored 29 points, shooting 11-for-21 from the floor and also making all six of his free throw attempts. Saturday night's contest was the highest scoring game for Wiggins this season and prior to this matchup, Wiggins had... Read More
Russell Westbrook Has A Great Game
Oklahoma City Thunder point guard Russell Westbrook had a stellar performance against the Cleveland Cavaliers. Westbrook scored 23 points, going 9-for-17 from the floor. Westbrook also contributed 20 assists and had nine rebounds as well. Saturday was the second time in Westbrook's career having 20 assists in a game, with the other being Dec. 17 of... Read More
Paul George Lights Up Cleveland
Oklahoma City Thunder small forward Paul George had a great game on Saturday versus the Cleveland Cavaliers. George scored 36 points, shooting 12-for-19 from the floor, with five of those made shots coming from downtown. George also grabbed seven boards to round out the contest. He was in a bit of a slump heading into... Read More
Jamal Murray Shoots Well Friday
Denver Nuggets point guard Jamal Murray scored fairly efficiently Friday versus the Phoenix Suns. Murray scored 30 points, going 10-for-17 from the floor, with five of those made shots coming from downtown. Murray also went 5-for-5 from the charity stripe as well. Murray had been struggling as of late, going the last six games with... Read More
Nikola Jokic Cleans The Glass
Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic boxed out the Phoenix Suns on Friday night. Jokic scored 14 points, shooting 5-for-12 from the floor, with two of those made shots coming from three-point territory. The Joker also had an impressive 17 boards and five assists. This was the second game out of the last three that Jokic... Read More
Russell Westbrook Struggles Shooting
Oklahoma City Thunder point guard Russell Westbrook looked human Wednesday versus the Los Angeles Lakers. Westbrook scored 19 points, going 8-for-22 from the floor in the contest. Russ also got seven assists and six rebounds in the matchup with the Lakers. This was Westbrook's second game in a row scoring less than 20 points per... Read More
