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The Lakers have now won four straight home games and are now facing a series of fights against opponents like the Magic and his former team in Cleveland. While James is surely in all formats, get cheap stock from Josh Hart – who, if we look beyond his morose score last night, still has six 3-point attempts and six wild boar points – could bear fruit, considering it can give value in the margins, both from the real and fantasy point of view.

In terms of loss of value, Rajon Rondo had a broken hand last night and should miss up to five weeks. This should allow Lonzo Ball to function more as a true lead distributor, which means that we might want to submit bids for Ball and a bottom-up model of use.

With an eye on meaningful fantastic performances and relevant statistical trends, let's dive into the night that was in the NBA.

Wednesday recap

Strong points

Anthony Davis, Pelicans of New Orleans: 29 points (9-25 FG), 11 rebounds, 2 assists, 4 blocks

Paul George, Thunder from Oklahoma City: 35 points (13-22 FG), 7 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 interceptions

LeBron James, Los Angeles Lakers: 44 points (13-19 FG), 10 rebounds, 9 assists, 3 blocks, 4 OTs

Damian Lillard, Portland Trail Blazers: 31 points (8-23 FG), 8 rebounds, 11 assists, 2 OT

lowlights

LaMarcus Aldridge, San Antonio Spurs: 6 points (3-12 FG), 12 rebounds, 2 OT

Reggie Bullock, Detroit Pistons: 5 points (2-9 FG), 1 rebound, 2 assists, 1 OT

Donovan Mitchell, Utah Jazz: 10 points (3-9 FG), 3 rebounds, 3 assists, 5 OT

JR Smith, Cleveland Cavaliers: 6 points (3-11 FG), 2 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 OT

Wednesday to take away

• Blake Griffin scored 30 points and 12 rebounds and failed to even qualify for the highlights list. The game deserves to be mentioned in the fact that it is the fourth game of the season with 30 points and 10 rebounds for Griffin, the record of all Pistons players since Grant Hill in 1999 -00. Griffin has played three games of this type in his previous two seasons, showing that his newfound health and success as Detroit's centerpiece offensive could be rewarding for his fantasy managers.

• Not having a single point guard in Detroit helped support the use that Griffin needs as a playmaker dominating the ball, while Devin Booker in Phoenix was similarly assigned to task duties. Use and distribution increased due to the crying lack of depth of the guardian. Booker had 12 assists with a solid win against the Spurs last night, marking his fifth career game with at least 10 dimes. Unless or until the team approaches this depth chart, Booker will provide an unusually high help rate for a goalkeeper who scores. According to the Suns' choice of choice, Deandre Ayton had 17 points and 10 rebounds, which gave Aldridge a hard time to win his best ninth double of the season.

• Speaking of atypical support performances, Joel Embiid signed his first career triple-double in an otherwise disappointing defeat against Orlando in Jimmy Butler's debut. Despite the (understandable) attention to Markelle Fultz and his difficulties, it is noteworthy to note the rise of Embiid to Superstardom in several respects, such as a record attendance rate of 20.2% and a turnover rate of 11.4%, down from a career clip. 15.5%.

• Butler is going to need more games for him in the Philly movement-motivated offensive when the team needs creation, as in a brutal fourth quarter in Orlando last night that has saw the team get hurt scoring before taking a considerable lead. My opinion of amateur coach is to offer more games of choice for Butler. After all, the Sixers had the fewest points per game thanks to NBA pick and roll action last season, while Butler averaged more points per game (5.8) as manager of the NBA. ball in such scenarios for Minnesota last season compared to LeBron (5.6). ) for Cleveland last season. Although the sample size is relatively small, Ben Simmons struggled to work offside and had his lowest utilization rate of the season. That said, trusting the process of this talented trio should pay off.

• The Jazz was spanked by the Mavericks by 50 points Wednesday, in a surprising result. Defeat is Dallas' second largest franchise story, while Utah's 68 points score the least points since Jan. 6, 2006. It's hard to tell if it's of a trend or an exception. Utah is now in twentieth position in the offensive standings. The trip from Utah to Philadelphia to face a Sixers team that played against home stellar defensemen this season will be revealing in that sense.

• The minutes will not be a problem for Robert Covington during his transition from South Philly to Twin Cities. "Roco" played a 41-minute team record and scored three goals at three points while hoisting three blocks combined and flying in a key win over the Pelicans. Still available in far too many ESPN leagues, Covington's fantastic stock is growing with this recent move to the Timberwolves. It seems that Jeff Teague's "buy-low" window could close after a 14-dime peak of the season, now that Butler's dominant game is offside.

Notable injuries

• As stated above, Rondo will be away for at least a few weeks due to a broken hand.

• Stephen Curry is ruled out for tonight's game against the Houston Rockets with an adductor injury.

Analytical advantage for Thursday

A rematch of last season's Western Conference Epics is on the agenda tonight in Houston.

After a 1-5 start in October, the Rockets have won five of seven this month. Attack and defense have improved since this slow start. The Rockets' defense has improved considerably this month, ranking eighth in terms of efficiency after being ranked tied for 24th in October.

In October, Houston scored 59.3 points per game in the league. This month, they give 40.9 points per game to paint, the third total in the NBA. This improved defense against paint is not a good omen for the Warriors, who are 26th in points per game in paint this season (42.5). The cheap Warrior patchwork actions in front of Green, like Jordan Bell, Jonas Jerebko and Kevon Looney, all seem too difficult to trust as streaming options in this context.