Linas Kleiza

Kleiza is averaging nearly 16 points, five rebounds, a steal and two 3-pointers over his last five games, despite not starting. He's hot enough that he deserves a look in all fantasy leagues right now.  

RaptorSpace February 3, 2011 The Toronto Raptors announced Thursday forward Linas Kleiza (LYNN-as CLAY-za) underwent arthroscopic surgery yesterday to address both a meniscal tear and chondral ...  

The Raptors are playing the second of a back-to-back set and simply want to rest Kleiza and monitor his playing time, as he returned recently from knee surgery. His absence means more minutes for Rasual Butler and James Johnson.  

Linas Kleiza's free throws with 7:12 remaining gave Toronto a one-point lead, but a double technical foul on Kleiza and the Bucks' Larry Sanders set off a 12-2 Milwaukee run to seal the game. Drew Gooden had his fifth double-double of the season with 20 ...  

The biggest contributors to the difference are Jerryd Bayless and Linas Kleiza. Bayless, who has made five starts in the past seven games is averaging 16.1 points a game over those seven games. Kleiza, who has started just one game in the past ...  

Andrea Bargnani and reserve Linas Kleiza each scored 25 ... Devin Harris added a season-best 24 points for the Jazz but missed three late free throws. Utah center Al Jefferson sat out because of an inflamed right ankle and was wearing a walking ...  

Paul VI Catholic graduate Erick Green posted a team-high 17 points along with five assists, three rebounds, and three steals against eighth-ranked North Carolina. Green’s Virginia Tech Hokies were up by five points at half, last Thursday, but ...  

He also served as a barrier between Nuggets forward Al Harrington and Raptors swingman Linas Kleiza in their short skirmish in the final minute as Harrington shoved Fernandez into Kleiza. Harrington took offence when Kleiza put his hand on his face moments ...  

TORONTO (Olympic Qualifying Tournament) - Exactly a year ago today, Linas Kleiza suffered the most devastating blow of his career when he underwent knee surgery that forced him out of action for 11 months. Instead, the star forward went under the knife ...  

I thought that was the way we played.” Outside of James Johnson who gave him 16 points, the rest of Casey’s starting five Friday night — Linas Kleiza, Aaron Gray, DeMar DeRozan and Jose Calderon — gave him only 19 more. The bench outscored the ...  

F Linas Kleiza seems to have found his offensive stride. The veteran, coming off microfracture knee surgery, had 12 points in Toronto's loss to Milwaukee on Wednesday and is averaging 18.5 points per game in his last four games. --G DeMar DeRozan ...  

Linas Kleiza added 15 points, while Leandro Barbosa finished with 12 in what was very nearly the Raptors’ second consecutive big upset, coming two days after Toronto beat the Boston Celtics. Pau Gasol added 16 points and 17 rebounds for the Lakers (16-12 ...  

Jose Calderon set the pace for the Raptors with a career-high 30 points and 6 assists while Linas Kleiza and Leandro Barbosa combined for 27 points off the bench. The Lakers easily jumped to a double-digit lead early, but the Raptors leaned on a ...  

Trailing 63-51, to begin the fourth, the Celtics were unable to mount a serious comeback. Allen's jumper cut it to 77-69 with 3:35 left, but Linas Kleiza answered with a 3-pointer. And after Garnett made one of two from the line to trim the ...  

Toronto’s Jose Calerdon and Linas Kleiza logged team-highs of 15 assists and eight boards, respectively, while uniting for 21 points. The duel’s combined 204 points jumped above the ‘total’ of 186, lifting the ‘over’ to 3-1 in the Raptors ...