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• Portland 117, Denver 97: Nicolas Batum hits 9 3-pointers on way to 33 points February 5, 2012
  The 33 points were a career high, and the nine three-pointers were the most in Blazers history and the most by any player in the NBA this season
  Joe Freeman, The Oregonian
• Oklahoma City Thunder, through wise management and some good luck, rise to top of West February 6, 2012
  The Thunder have the league's best record going into their game against the Blazers on Monday.
  Mike Tokito, The Oregonian
• Blazers-Nuggets: Until they can figure road out, Portland settles for dominating at home February 5, 2012
  The Blazers win their fifth home game in a row, all by double-digit margins.
  Mike Tokito, The Oregonian
• Canzano video: On Nicolas Batum's barrage, Raymond Felton's shooting coach and the Blazers' next step February 5, 2012
  John Canzano breaks down the Blazers' 117-97 victory against the Nuggets and looks ahead to Oklahoma City and beyond.
  Joel Odom, The Oregonian
• Trail Blazers 117, Nuggets 97: Two-pronged attack of Aldridge and Batum buries Denver (video) February 5, 2012
  Nicolas Batum's 9 three-pointers and LaMarcus Aldridge's 29 points on 13 of 18 shooting carry Portland past the Nuggets.
  Joel Odom, The Oregonian

• Day 42 of 124: Batum Goes Boom February 5, 2012
  Anthony Morrow and Paul George have nothing on Nicolas Batum… Line of the Night: Nicolas Batum (2.94) was a game time decision against Denver with a bruised knee that had already kept him out two games. Well, the knee is apparently fine as Batum hit a franchise record 9 threes on his way to a career-high 33 points and adding 3 steals for good measure. If you had stashed Batum on your bench until you were sure he was back on the court (like me), then it’s time to get Batum back in your lineup without getting too pissed you missed this game from him. Honorable Mentions: Tony Parker (2.90) loses out on the line of night by the smallest margin thanks to a season-high 42 points, with 9 assists and 2 steals in a win over the Thunder. Enjoy the run if you own Parker, the numbers won’t be so gaudy once Manu returns in a couple weeks. The Bulls cruised to an easy win over the Bucks thanks to Derrick Rose’s (2.64) 26 points, 7 rebounds and 13 assists. Luol Deng (1.26) also came back from a wrist injury which kept him out seven games to score 21 points with 3 threes. Time to get him back in your lineup. Drew Gooden had the Bucks’ best fantasy line with a season-high 24 points, but he only grabbed 3 boards on the night. Wah-waah. Someone who did grab a bunch of rebounds was Kris Humphries (2.57), who scored 20 points, filing up the box score with 12 rebounds, 2 steals and 4 blocks in a loss to the Knicks. Deron Williams (2.12) chipped in 21 points, 11 assists and 3 steals. Ten guesses on which Knick had the team’s best performance? From the doghouse to a deluxe apartment in the sky: A game after Trevor Ariza (2.32) played so badly he was biggest loser material, Ariza bounced back against the Pistons to score 26 points on 9-12 shooting, adding 7 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 steals. Got to love Ariza’s consistency. The NBA’s hottest waiver wire pickup, Greivis Vasquez (1.23), added 14 points, 6 boards and 9 assists in another start for the injured Jarrett Jack. Vasquez makes a very good add if he’s available in your league, even after Jack returns to the lineup. Greg Monroe (1.24) led the Pistons with 24 and 16 for his 13th double-double of the year. Batum may have stolen the spotlight in the Blazers game, but LaMarcus Aldridge (2.23) put up a strong 29 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists, while Marcus Camby (1.37) grabbed 20 boards. Camby now has three 20 rebound games and three 5 block games with big patches of nothing in between. Sacramento and Golden State went into overtime, which of course meant some nice stat lines for Tyreke Evans (2.23) – with 26 points and 9 assists – DeMarcus Cousins (1.51) – with 21 points and 20 boards – and Marcus Thornton (1.40) with 28 points and 4 threes. The shots weren’t falling for either Monta Ellis or Stephen Curry in the game, so Dorell Wright (2.02) actually had the best fantasy line for the Warriors with 24 points and 4 threes. After a bad run of games, Kyle Lowry (1.85) owners must be happy to see this line: 24 points, 11 assists and a couple steals, even if it did come against the porous Wolves’ defense. Also a good sign: Lowry shot 50% from the field in this game. For Minnesota, Kevin Love (1.24) had 25 and 18, but also turned the ball over 6 times. *** Waiver Wire Line of the Night: Interested in another run with Kawhi Leonard (2.18)? No? After losing his starting job to Gary Neal for one game, Leonard was back in the starting lineup against the Thunder and finished with 15 points, 3 threes, 6 rebounds, 5 assists. His minutes and production have been all over the map lately (as Popovich also has Neal and Danny Green to throw at that spot depending on how the winds blow that day). With Manu expected back in a few weeks, leave Leonard on waivers for now. Pick Up Lines: Reggie Williams (1.78) is back for the Bobcats after missing the first 21 games of the season with a knee injury. And his arrival couldn’t have come soon enough for the hurting Bobcats. In his third game back, Williams was inserted into the starting lineup and finished with 21 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists in 39 minutes. Williams gives the team a legitimate scoring option and three point threat in addition to Kemba Walker and he should make a great add while Gerald Henderson is sidelined with a hamstring injury. We’ll see if he can maintain fantasy value longer term, but he could easily become the team’s sixth man and get decent minutes off the bench. There was a brief time when John Salmons (1.69) was a top-50 fantasy player. This season he’s barely been a top-50 player on the Kings. But Salmons is still starting for Sactown, has put together two good games in a row, including yesterday’s 14 points, 3 threes, 6 assists, and 5 steals, and is available in two-thirds of leagues. Salmons is a career 44% shooter, so he should be able to improve on his 38% shooting from the field so far this season. Consider him an ever so mild recommendation. Jeremy Lin (1.40) came off the bench for the Knicks and scored a career-high 25 points, adding 5 boards and 7 assists in nearly 36 minutes on the court. Lin is averaging 9 minutes a game so far this season, so don’t expect this type of game to happen with any type of regularity. His extra playing time came as the result of the Knicks being on the third game of a back-to-back-to-back. Still, with Baron Davis stuck in practice purgatory, it could be worth taking a flyer on Lin in deeper leagues to see if he can carve out some more consistent minutes off the bench for New York. I just wouldn’t count on it. Quick Hits: Klay Thompson (1.67) was 4-5 from three for the Warriors and finished with 16 points in an overtime game against the Kings. He’s minutes bounce all over the place from game-to-game and isn’t consistent enough to be worth picking up. The Jazz backup PG, Earl Watson (1.49) finished with 8 points, 11 assists, and 2 steals in 26 minutes off the bench. For reasons that we’ll get into shortly, I think he makes a great add in deeper leagues. Kosta Koufos (1.16) got the start for Denver because Timofey Mozgov is out with a sprained left ankle and responded with easily his best game of the season – 16 points and 12 rebounds in 34 minutes. Considering that Mozgov had to be helped off the court on Friday because he couldn’t put weight on his foot, I’d guess that he’s going to be out for at least a couple weeks, making Koufos a nice short-term add in the meantime. If he can carve out 25 minutes, Koufos will be a double-double threat with good percentages (although he won’t do much else). With Richard Hamilton constantly injuring and reinjuring himself, it’s finally time I give due respect to Kyle Korver (1.38), who is playing well for the Bulls whether he’s been asked to start or now come off the bench with Deng back. Korver was 4-8 from three against the Bucks and finished with 18 points. If you’re on the hunt for threes, Korver is one of the best out there. Jordan Farmar (1.08) had another nice game off the bench for the Nets with 19 points and 3 threes. Take a look at him if you need some scoring and assists. Biggest Loser: At this point, we’re going to have to stage an intervention for everyone who still owns Devin Harris (-1.13) (and he’s still owned in 56% of Yahoo leagues). Harris returned to the court after missing one game with a hamstring injury and scored 1 point on 0-6 shooting, with no rebounds and 3 assists. He’s ranked 176 on the GMTR player rater for the season and despite the hopes of many a Devin Harris owner out there, he’s not been getting any better in recent games. *** Daily rankings and stats come from the GMTR H2H Player Rater (beta version). They are based on the stat Wins Above Replacement Player (WARP) an estimate of the number of wins a player produces per week in H2H leagues over a replacement (waiver wire) player. Do not miss a day of the Fantasy NBA. Subscribe to Give Me The Rock right now. You can also get bonus (and easily digestible) content by following GMTR on Twitter, or become a fan of GMTR on Facebook! We are so social! Want to see your ad in the GMTR RSS feed? 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• Nuggets vs. Trail Blazers blog: Love’ em & Hate’ em February 5, 2012
  Nicolas the Great Was Nicolas Batum going to play in Saturday night’s game? The answer was a resounding yes! Batum said he woke up not knowing whether he could play, but he ended up putting end one of the most impressive displays in the NBA so far this year. BOXSCORE | My POST GAME NOTES Portland 117, Denver 97 When: 10:00 PM ET, Saturday, February 4, 2012 Where: Rose Garden, Portland, Oregon Officials: #26 Pat Fraher, #14 Ed Malloy, #72 J.T. Orr Attendance: 20583 The Portland Trail Blazers moved to 11-1 at the Rose Garden with a 117-97 whooping of the Denver Nuggets. Love’  Em 1. Nicolas Batum You didn’t really think anyone else would be at the top of this list did you? Nicolas Batum knocked down nine three-pointers and scored 33 points in his first game back from a knee injury. Those nine three’s were the most anyone has made in the NBA this year. Batum scored 17 points in a period of less than nine minutes in the first quarter. The Nuggets tried to come back, but Batum really put this one away early. 2. LaMarcus Aldridge It will be Batum that gets the most attention from this one, as he deserves, but LaMarcus Aldridge was tremendous as well. Aldridge made 13 out of 18 from the floor and three out of three from the charity stripe. He finished with 29 points, nine rebounds, and five assists. 3. Passing Nate McMillan’s biggest problem with the Blazers team so far this year is that they tend to not share the ball well in crucial moments. Portland was passing it around beautifully in this one. The Blazers finished with 30 assists on 46 field goals. If they keep sharing the ball this well they will start finding a way to win on the road as well. Nicolas Batum knocked down nine three-pointers and scored 33 points. - (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer) Hate’  Em 1. Not Enough Time for the Bench- In a game the Blazers won by 20 points it would have been nice to see a little more of the bench. Portland has several youngsters who need the minutes and this was a good chance to get them several minutes. Two or three minutes isn’t enough in a game like this. 2. Offensive Rebounds- The Blazers tend to have problems keeping the opposition off the offensive boards. Denver got 12 offensive rebounds Saturday night. It didn’t hurt the Blazers too badly in this one, but in a close game that can be a big problem. Oklahoma City, the team with the best record in the NBA, will invade the Rose Center Monday night. Expect a raucous crowd and a great game! CLICK HERE TO CHECK OUT OUR TRAIL BLAZERS BLOG IN OUR CLUBHOUSE SECTION! © NWSports "Q" for North West Sports Beat, 2012. | Permalink | No comment | Follow NWSB on Twitter or join US on Facebook for real-time updates OR... | Share This on Twitter | Share NWSportsBeat.com on Facebook Post tags: 2011/12, 2012, Blazers Blog, Denver Nuggets, Denver vs. Portland recap, Jamal Crawford, Love Em Hate Em, Nate McMillan, Nuggets vs. Trail Blazers, portland, Portland Trail Blazers, Portland Trailblazers, Portland Trailblazers Blog, RIP City, Trailblazers blog
• Portland 117, Denver 97: Nicolas Batum hits 9 3-pointers on way to 33 points February 5, 2012
  The 33 points were a career high, and the nine three-pointers were the most in Blazers history and the most by any player in the NBA this season
• Blazers Insider: Car accident doesn't prevent LaMarcus Aldridge from playing like an All-Star February 5, 2012
  On the way to Saturday's game, LaMarcus Aldridge's Ferrari and a Toyota collided. He was shaken up, but you wouldn't have known it by how he played against Denver.
• Trail Blazers 117, Nuggets 97 February 5, 2012
  Nicolas Batum set a Trail Blazers record with nine 3-pointers and scored a career-high 33 points, LaMarcus Aldridge added 29 points and the Portland Trail Blazers beat the Denver Nuggets 117-97 Saturday night. Gerald Wallace had 17 points and Marcus Camby had 20 rebounds for Portland. Batum made a career-high nine 3-pointers, the most in an NBA game this season and a franchise record for the Blazers. Danilo Gallinari had 20 points and Ty Lawson and Kosta Koufos each added 16 to lead the Nuggets, who have lost four of their last five, including 93-89 Friday night to the Los Angeles Lakers. Portland was coming off a deflating 95-92 loss at Sacramento on Thursday. The Blazers have been a completely different team on the road this season, where they are 3-9. At the Rose Garden, Portland is 11-1, the second-best home record in the Western Conference to San Antonio, which is 13-1. The Nuggets (15-9) were playing their third time in as many days and arrived in Portland after 4 a.m. after their flight out of Denver was delayed because of snow. The Blazers were playing on one day's rest. Batum returned after missing two games with a bruised knee. The 6-foot-9 small forward provided a spark for the Blazers after entering the game late in the first quarter, hitting 5 of 6 3-pointers and scoring 17 points in a span of less than seven minutes, lifting Portland to a 52-37 lead in the second quarter. Denver cut the lead to 59-53 by putting together a 15-4 run going into halftime as Lawson scored eight points. The game got as close as 64-61 in the third on a dunk from Koufos, but the Blazers went on a 14-2 run as the Nuggets hit the wall. Denver was never a threat the remainder of the game and the Blazers led by as many as 25. NOTES: The Nuggets play their next three games at home, against Houston, Dallas and Golden State. ... Blazers PG Raymond Felton left the game in the third quarter with sprained foot. X-rays were negative. ... Denver G Rudy Fernandez was booed each time he touched the ball. He played for Portland from 2008-11, but fell out of favor with fans when he asked to be released from his contract before last season. Many fans also booed a video image of Greg Oden, the former No. 1 overall draft pick who has not played since December 2009 because of knee injuries. Oden had arthroscopic surgery on Friday in Denver.

• Batum Scores 33 Points to Help Blazers Top Nuggets February 5, 2012
  Nicolas Batum set a Trail Blazers record with nine 3-pointers and scored a career-high 33 points, LaMarcus Aldridge added 29 points and the Portland Trail Blazers beat the Denver Nuggets 117-97 Saturday night.
• Idle N.B.A. Leaves Sports Void in Cities Like Portland November 6, 2011
  In N.B.A. cities that do not have N.F.L. or N.H.L. franchises, the basketball lockout is hurting businesses and fans.
• N.B.A. Are Not Unified in All Their Interests October 25, 2011
  Bound by mutual interests, like reducing expenses, and a mutual dependence, the owners of the N.B.A.’s 30 teams have different views of how to achieve their goals.
• N.B.A. Playoffs: Down by 23, Blazers Rally to Even Series April 24, 2011
  Brandon Roy led the Trail Blazers to one of the greatest comebacks in N.B.A. playoff history, while the Grizzlies beat San Antonio in their first playoff victory on their home court.
• Mavericks’ Cuban Says He Was Hit by Object in Loss to Portland April 23, 2011
  As the pain in his knee persisted for another day, Chauncey Billups all but conceded that he might not make it back during this series.