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Fantasy Basketball Week 18: Who’s hot and who’s not, and a waiver wire target for Tuesday

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February 15, 2022

Monday’s nine-game NBA slate was an interesting one, as standout fantasy performances came from unexpected places all around. Bruce Brown, Terance Mann, and Evan Fournier finished among the cream of the crop. While that trio strived, three other players seem more likely to carry Monday’s momentum into the rest of their Week 18 games. We’ll go over Monday’s studs and duds alongside some season-long waiver wire advice in today’s recap.

Who’s hot

Giddey notched his second consecutive triple-double on Sunday with 28 points, 11 rebounds, and 12 assists against the Knicks. The rookie thrived without Luguentz Dort in the picture and is averaging 19.5 points, 9.5 rebounds, and 9.0 assists through six contests without the defensive wing this year. Giddey could put together an impressive string of games ahead of the All-Star break with both the Thunder’s leading scorers out of commission.

Randle has been on a tear all through February. The Knicks forward is averaging 27.7 points 12.7 rebounds, and 7.1 assists per game this month and only trailed Giddey in fantasy points on DraftKings on Monday. He tallied 30 points, 13 rebounds, and 10 assists against OKC and only trails Giannis Anteokounmpo among power forwards in the season-long standings.

Hart was unexpectedly moved in the deal that sent CJ McCollum to the Pelicans and has taken on a larger role on offense since joining the Trail Blazers. The stingy guard excels at hard-nosed defense and rebounding but tallied 23 points with seven rebounds and five assists in his second game with Portland on Sunday. He’s averaging 25 points, 4.0 rebounds, and 3.5 assists per game through two appearances with his new team.

Who’s not

The Raptors‘ premier defensive wing’s scoring hasn’t been great since the beginning of Week 17. His point total has decreased in four consecutive contests, and he scored just three points on 1-of-5 shooting in a loss to the Pelicans on Monday. Anunoby’s averaged 6.0 points, 3.5 rebounds, and 3.0 assists on 23.5 percent shooting over his previous two games.

Waiver Wire Target

On Monday, I highlighted Winslow as a DFS target, and he didn’t disappoint. The Trail Blazers forward scored 13 points and grabbed 10 boards in his team’s win over the Giannis Antetokounmpo-less Bucks. Winslow’s averaged 12.5 points, 7.5 rebounds, 4.0 assists, and 2.3 steals per contest across four starts with the Blazers. He’s reasonably available in CBS leagues with 54 percent rostership and should remain in the spotlight while Larry Nance Jr. recovers from a knee injury.

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Avon’s OT winner lifts Petes to win over Blazers, Memorial Cup semifinal berth

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KAMLOOPS, B.C. — J.R. Avon scored the game-winning goal 10:54 into overtime and the Peterborough Petes beat the Kamloops Blazers 5-4 on Thursday, earning a semifinal berth at the Memorial Cup.

Connor Lockhart, Brennan Othmann, Samuel Mayer and Brian Zanetti had the others for Ontario Hockey League champion Peterborough. Michael Simpson made 43 saves.

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Logan Stankoven, Olen Zellweger, Harrison Brunicke and Logan Bairos replied for host Kamloops. Dylan Ernst stopped 25 shots.

The Petes will next meet the Western Hockey League champion Seattle Thunderbirds in Friday’s semifinal for a chance to face the Quebec Remparts in the final on Sunday.

The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League champion Remparts earned a berth into the final after opening the tournament with wins over Kamloops and Seattle.

Quebec later fell to Peterborough — which staved off elimination and forced Thursday’s tiebreaker with the victory — 4-2 on Tuesday in both teams’ final round-robin game.

Lockhart opened the scoring 7:52 into the first period. Chase Lefebvre sent the puck across the end boards to Jax Dubois, who found Lockhart with a slick pass into the slot and he beat Ernst five-hole.

Stankoven evened it up 11:20 into the frame, sending the Sandman Centre crowd into a frenzy. Connor Levis took a point shot and the rebound came out to the Blazers captain, who scored his second of the tournament.

Zellweger put Kamloops ahead 12:45 into the frame on the power play. The CHL Defenceman of the Year nominee saved the puck from getting out of the Petes’ zone, moved into the slot and wired one past Simpson for his first.

With 2:27 remaining in the first, Brunicke piled it on for the Blazers. Peterborough’s Konnor Smith attempted to clear it from the end boards but the puck ended up with Brunicke at the point, where he got around a defender and beat Simpson just over his right shoulder with little room to spare.

Bairos gave Kamloops a 4-1 edge 4:23 into the middle frame. He fired a point shot that ricocheted off Simpson’s blocker, then over him and in.

Just over three minutes later, the Petes began to swing the momentum back in their favour.

Othmann stripped Bairos of the puck as the Blazers defenceman tried to skate out of his own zone. Othmann then turned around and roofed it past Ernst as he fell to one knee.

Mayer made it a one-goal game on the power play with 2:23 left in the second. He took a pass from Lockhart and fired in a one-timer from the point.

Zanetti knotted the contest just over a minute later. He tipped in a pass from Tucker Robertson while streaking toward the net and beat Ernst five-hole.

Both sides struggled to capitalize on prime scoring opportunities leading to a scoreless third period and extra time to settle the winner.

Following a dazzling effort by Zellweger that just missed, Owen Beck took the puck up ice for Peterborough and dropped it off for Avon, who put it past Ernst to seal the win.

WE MEET AGAIN

Kamloops defeated Peterborough 10-2 when the two last met on Sunday. But with 7:05 remaining in that game, Othmann laid a hit on Blazers defenceman Kyle Masters, who fell awkwardly into the boards.

Masters had to be stretchered off the ice and was taken to Royal Inland Hospital. Head coach and general manager Shaun Clouston said Monday that the blue liner was out for the tournament with a lower-body injury.