Scola gets scoring up : Rockets F Luis Scola was able to notch his sixth 20-plus point performance of the season during Saturday night's contest against the Timberwolves. Scola finished with 24 points in the 100-91 loss, on 10 of 18 shooting from the field. He went 4 for 4 from the free-throw line and also chipped in with eight rebounds, two assists, two blocks and a steal, while logging 36 minutes of game action. (Updated 02/04/2012)
Injury Report
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Fantasy Analysis
Saturday marked the first time Scola has scored 20 or more points in a game since Jan. 13, so it was nice to see him finally fill up the bucket. The 31-year-old has struggled to match his production from last season thus far, but he has turned in a pair of strong performances. However, until he is able to get his rebounding and blocks up, owners should consider him more of a No. 3 Fantasy F heading into Week 7 (Feb. 6-12). (Updated 02/04/2012).
02/09/2012 23:25 Bench lifts Rockets over Suns
Luis Scola scored 16 points, Patrick Patterson added 14 and the Houston Rockets outlasted the Phoenix Suns 98-89 on Thursday night.
01/27/2012 22:54 Rockets 103, Wizards 76
Chase Budinger scored a season-high 21 points, hitting four 3-pointers, Luis Scola added 19 points, and the Houston Rockets blew out Washington in the second half of a 103-76 win Friday night.
With Yao Ming out of the picture in Houston, Luis Scola has become the team's interior presence. The 31-year-old will be entering his fifth NBA season coming off a career-high 18.3 points and 8.2 rebounds per game. Barring significant changes under the team's new coaching staff, Scola should once again average over 15 shot attempts per game to allow him to remain within the same scoring range. After playing 82 games in each of his first three NBA seasons, he did battle the injury bug last season for the first time in his career as he missed eight games. Count on him for a shooting percentage above 50-percent from the floor to go with the solid scoring and rebounding. However, he will not offer much else to owners in category leagues, making him more of a mid-round pick. In standard head-to-head formats, he remains worthy of a pick no later than Round 4. The Rockets selected a power forward, Marcus Morris, with the No. 14 overall pick in the NBA draft this offseason, but Morris is expected to shift to more of a small forward role at the NBA level. (Updated 8/28/11)
