Some big games with playoff implications..Utah jumped into the 8th seed (I think) while PHX and HOU are just a half game back....
So - how did our contenders do tonight?
Juan held steady at 1025 and had a big night in terms of points and rebounds. 161 points and 70 rebounds. He passed French in blocks (+13) but dropped behind French in FG% (-13). Juan is just 1 block ahead of French and this category will come down to the last night I'm sure. Juan is just 0.1% behind French and just 0.1% in front of Arctic. Again, we'll have to watch this for the next week. Juan is just 3 steals behind Seoul and that would be a big +13 points for the Yo Mamas. You have to think they will get there with all the injuries in Seoul these days. And finally, Juan is just 111 rebounds behind the Wack. Can he catch him? Unlikely, but it's worth watching because that would be a monstrous +15 points.
French made a big move tonight gaining 33 points and moving up to 1031 overall. Thanks to a 39% effort from downtown tonight French was able to move past Montreal in 3PT%. French dropped 13 points to Juan in blocks and will be battling all week for those points. French also passed Yuma in scoring - although his lead is just 16 points. Another Kobe-less night in Yuma kept French ahead in this category. French also gained 13 points in FG% and is now just 0.1% behind Golden in this category and still only 0.1% ahead of Juan and 0.2% ahead of the Arctic. Close race in FG% for sure. And finally, French is only 92 rebounds behind the Arctic. This would be another HUGE 15 points for the French squad if he could pass Crikker. Overall, French had 173 pts, 55 rebs, 10 steals, shot 50/39 and had an ATO over 2.000. Great night again for this stacked lineup.
Golden held firm at 1055. No Wade and no Duncan tonight as they got the dreaded "DNP - old" beside their names. The other 10 guys were able to put up 183 points, 52 rebs, 11 steals, and shot 50% from the field and 54% from downtown. My downtown numbers were led by Jrue Holiday's 6/6 from deep. ATO remains close with Maui as the Ribs lead is just 1.496 to 1.492. That would obviously be a big +13 points for the Showers squad. That appears to be it though for upward movement opportunities.
Some of the nice lines of the night??
How about Drew Gooden? After being named to the top 20 keeper list he went out and dropped 21pts, 12rebs, and 6/1 ATO, with 2 steals. Again, a $1 dollar player (drafted by Golden originally too).
Four Showers' players went off for exactly 21 points each (Wesley Mathews, Isaiah Thomas, Brandon Bass and Jared Dudley). Well done boys.
Carmelo remains on fire with another huge game.
Bynum (31 and 9 on 12/14 shooting) and Pau Gasol (22pts, 11rebs, 11/0 ATO, and 3 blocks) were monsters tonight.
James Harden goes off for 40 points, 7 rebounds, 4 steals and shoots 12/17 FG, 5/8 3PT, and 11/11 FT. Nice. Again, he should with a the unanimous 6th man of the year vote.
A night after being named the #2 keeper - Serge Ibaka dropped a dud - 9/3/1. Oh well.
Position Battle Update:
4th place - Chwk 901 and Seoul 873 (Benny has more potential keepers and would great benefit from the higher placing)
8th place - Arctic 595 and Bangkok 571 (again, Arctic is loaded with keepers and grabbing 8th would give him 3 guys instead of just 2)
10th place - Montreal 465 - Maui 443 - MBB - 431.
That's all for tonight....
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