Granger plays through ankle injury: As expected, Pacers forward Danny Granger played through his ankle injury on Thursday for Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Finals against Miami. Granger gutted out 38 minutes in the game, scoring 15 points on 6 of 14 shooting, while grabbing four rebounds and dishing out four assists, as the Pacers’ season ended, 105-93. He finished the postseason averaging 17.2 points and 5.8 rebounds per game in 11 games. (Updated 05/25/2012)
Injury Report
No information available at this time (Updated 5/26/12).
Fantasy Analysis
While the Pacers enjoyed their finest season as a team in some time, Granger had one of his toughest as professional. While he still scored 18.7 points per game on the season, that came on a career-low 41.6 percent shooting, while he posted his lowest rebounding and assist averages since his second season in the league. Granger remained a dead-eye three-point shooter, hitting 38.1 percent of his attempts, so most of the fall off came from inside the arc. Still, he is capable of filling up the boxscore on any given night, and given his career averages, should be able to shoot the ball better next season, so target him with an early-round pick on Draft Day as your No. 2 Fantasy forward. (Updated 05/25/2012).
05/24/2012 22:54 Wade, LeBron lead Heat past Pacers into Eastern Conference finals
Dwyane Wade scored 41 points, LeBron James added 28 and Miami finished off the Indiana Pacers, sending the Heat back to the Eastern Conference finals with a 105-93 victory in Game 6 on Thursday night.
Indiana F Danny Granger was a bit of a disappointment from a Fantasy standpoint during the 2010-11 campaign. Granger's scoring was down nearly 3.5 points from the previous season as he finished with an average of 20.5 ppg -- his lowest output since 2007. Part of the reason for that is the Pacers are trying to become more balanced offensively. In years past, Granger had been forced to carry the team on his back, however, Indiana had five players average in double-digits last season. This year, the Pacers signed F David West, who could certainly eat into Granger's production. Despite his scoring dip, Granger was still able to fill up the box score on a nightly basis, as he averaged more than five rebounds and two assists for the fourth straight season. While Granger might not be able to get his scoring back into the mid-20s, his production still ranks among the higher-end forward options, especially in category-based formats. As long as owners can deal with his high turnover rate, Granger is worth an early-round selection in all formats on Draft Day. (Updated 12/19/11)
