FanEx Sports NBA Daily Fantasy Recap for 1/21/2014

Cameron DeLay

January 22nd, 2014

Rudy Gay tallied 41 points, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists last night for a season high.

Tuesday's Top 5 NBA Players:

The two guards that topped the NBA last night were Gordon Hayward and Isaiah Thomas. Gordon Hayward returned to action last night after missing the previous 5 games to put up 27 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists to lead all FanEx guards with 40 FanEx points. Isaiah Thomas was the second leading guard on FanEx with 36 FanEx points coming from 20 points, 11 assists, and 3 steals to help the Kings defeat the Pelicans in New Orleans.
The top two forwards from last night's action were Kevin Durant and Rudy Gay. Rudy Gay put up his second great game in the past week gathering 41 points, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists. He shot 64% from the field sinking 5 three pointers leading him to his season high with the Kings. The other top performer shouldn't be a surprise as Kevin Durant has been on a different level for the past 5 games averaging 40.6 points, 4.8 rebounds, 6.0 assists, 1.4 steals, and 3.2 blocks on 59% shooting. Last night Durant reached the 50 point FanEx mark again with 51 points coming from a 46 point, 5 rebound, and 4 assist performance.
The center position was led by DeMarcus Cousins who had a good game behind his running mates Rudy Gay and Isaiah Thomas scoring 46 FanEx points. Overall he had 21 points, 11 rebounds and 6 assists in the Kings win last night.

Scoring Champion:

The scoring champion winning line-up that would have led to a total of 114 points was led by Kevin Durant with 46 points followed by Rudy Gay (41 points), and Gordon Hayward (27 points).

Mounds of Rebounds:

The 3 Bigs that would have produced the winning line-up gathering 36 rebounds was: LaMarcus Aldridge (16 rebounds), Nikola Pekovic (9 rebounds), and Jared Sullinger (11 rebounds).

Dishing It Out:

The 3 Guards that would have produced the winning line-up dishing out 24 assists was: Ricky Rubio (13 assists), Victor Oladipo or Reggie Jackson or Trey Burke (all with 5 assists), and Mario Chamlmers (6 assists).

Free Throws Are Easy:

The Free Throw leaders from last night’s game that would have led to a total of 16 FanEx points was: LeBron James (7 points), Anthony Davis (5 points), and Gordon Hayward or Jameer Nelson (both with 4 points).

Wednesday’s 10 Game NBA Schedule: