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Martin is fully back into the swing of things in Houston. (NBAE via Getty Images/Bill Baptist)

Game watch:

4 games: BOS, CHA, LAC, MEM, MIA, MIN, NJ, NO, NY, ORL, PHI, POR, SAC, SA, TOR, UTA, WAS
3 games: ATL, CHI, CLE, DAL, DEN, DET, GS, IND, MIL, OKC
2 games: HOU, LAL, PHO

Waiver wire watch:

• Nicolas Batum: still starting, producing well
• Rodrigue Beaubois: could benefit the most from Jason Terry’s injury
• Carlos Delfino: still worth owning in some leagues
  
• Anthony Tolliver: good mix of rebounds and threes
• Will Bynum: could be worth owning if Rodney Stuckey misses time
• C.J. Watson: should be owned in most leagues by now
• George Hill: should be great with Tony Parker out again

Injury watch:

• Brendan Haywood (back): day-to-day
• Kenyon Martin (knee): monitor his status
• Eric Gordon (leg): soreness could cause him to sit
• Ben Wallace (knee): day-to-day
• Rodney Stuckey (head): check his status
• Jermaine O’Neal (knee): day-to-day
• Yi Jianlian (ankle): day-to-day
• Marcus Camby (ankle): monitor his status
• Tony Parker (hand): broken hand will sideline him six weeks

Stock watch:

↑ Manu Ginobili: will likely need to keep on playing strong for the depleted Spurs

↑ Andrew Bogut: continues surprisingly strong (and healthy) season

↑ Lou Williams: with A.I. out, he’ll finish the season just as he started it

↑ Kevin Martin: back to being a scoring machine again

↑ Caron Butler: seems to fit in with the Mavs quite nicely

↓ Pau Gasol: shooting poorly this week

↓ Steve Nash: nicked up, weak play lately

↓ Andre Iguodala: fading away a bit, and not in the MJ way

↓ Baron Davis: where has he gone?

↓ Andrea Bargnani: poor shooting, subpar production