Game Notes: 12/1

Minnesota – 90 at Charlotte – 100

Mike Miller had a strong outing in his third straight game of 10+ FGA’s (after having only 3 such games in the previous 13 games), canning 5 threes and rounding his strong FG% out with 10 rebounds, 5 assists and a block. Randy Foye dropped 23 on strong %’s and hit 2 threes but didn’t really contribute anywhere else. Ryan Gomes maintained the strong 3pt shooting that surfaced once he returned to the starting lineup a couple of weeks ago, knocking down 4 triples, and Al Jefferson salvaged a low scoring game with 6 blocks. Jason Richardson had a typical night for him with 25-4-3 and 3 threes. Felton blew up for a monster 14-3-14-2-2, Gerald Wallace had a nice line if you ignore his FG%, and DJ Augustin somehow managed to foul out in 21 minutes.

Things to watch: Given that he played fewer minutes tonight than on any other post-Thanksgiving day game, I think it is safe to say that Sean May is finally out of leftovers.

Orlando – 88 at Boston – 107

I leave for a few days, and upon my return find the Magic starting Anthony Johnson and JJ Reddick!?! Anyway, neither of those guys played well in ~30 minutes each. Dwight had a slow night, only managing 5/12 from the field on his way to 14-15-2-0-4 (no foul trouble though). Rashard scored 30, but failed to collect many style considering his pedestrian %’s, and overall lack of peripheral stats. Turk managed to outdo Rashard in boards and assists, but fell short of him with 19 points on %’s that were even worse. All of the Boston starters outside of KG performed well. KG wasn’t necessarily bad… just nowhere near the numbers that led to his ADP (something he has done way too often this year). If you streamed Eddie House for 3ptm you should be happy, but outside of that the Boston bench failed to produce fantasy worthy stats… which is kind of disappointing considering the final score.

Miami – 130 at Golden State – 129 (OT)

Corey Maggette (who recently received PF eligibility on Yahoo!) and Jamal Crawford combined for 34 FTA’s. True to his style, Corey did little but knock those suckers down to finish with 29 points and little else, while Crawford had a hot hand pairing his 14/16 FT number with 11/22 FG on way to 40-1-7-0-0 with 4 threes and 1 TO. Biedrins had a big double double, Stephen Jackson did little outside of 11 assists, Brandan Wright received another random start and had a decent 15-4-0-1-2, and the bench was relatively useless outside of a smattering of hustle stats. Despite committing an atrocious 37 fouls (which led to 52 Warrior free throws, 47 of which were converted), Miami somehow won this game. Wade, Haslem and Marion all had big nights, while Beasley had an impressive line considering he was limited to 23 minutes off the bench. Chalmers had a nice line brewing but fouled out in 23 minutes.