Fantasy Basketball: Here’s the perfect lineup for High Score in December

Happy New Year! As we wave goodbye to 2025 and welcome in 2026, fantasy basketball managers are making resolutions for the new year. Unfortunately, there’s no way you can go back and draft Nikola Jokić (though the Nuggets big man is out at least a month due to a knee injury). But you can make plans to be the best roster regulator this year in an attempt to take home a championship. We’ve learned plenty through the first three months of High Score on Yahoo.

Let’s wrap up the year with the perfect lineup from December:

Here’s a look at the top-six scorers in High Score from the month of December.

More on the top performers

Luka Dončić, guard: The Lakers superstar has been one of the best case studies so far in High Score — a player who almost always hits a ceiling week-to-week despite missing games and busting out. For example, Dončić missed three games in December and posted low scores of 47 points and 21 points (due to injury) in certain spots. But he also dropped 99 fantasy points on Dec. 18 vs. the Jazz, one of the highest scores all season. December wasn’t Dončić’s best month; he averaged 31 points, 7.9 assists and 7.2 rebounds while shooting 44.1% from the floor and 28.9% from distance. We’d like to see a more consistent showing from Luka to start 2026.

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Cade Cunningham, guard: Cade is in the NBA MVP conversation with the Pistons set to enter 2026 atop the Eastern Conference. In the new year, Cunningham should look to be a more aggressive and efficient scorer; he shot 48.7% from the floor in December but only averaged 17.2 attempts per game.

The volume scoring is holding Cade back from his true potential, which we’ve seen with massive fantasy outputs this season. But his assist and steals totals are helping him remain atop the fantasy scoreboard most weeks. He dished out 17 assists — one shy of a season high — on Dec. 26 against Utah to help him reach 80 fantasy points in High Score.

Nikola Jokić, frontcourt: It’s upsetting that we enter 2026 without Jokić on the court. To start the last week of 2025, Jokić hyperextended his left knee and is expected to miss at least four weeks. At…

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Author : Ben Zweiman

Publish date : 2026-01-01 16:49:00

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