The Lethal Warriors had a very good run this season in the Fantasy Lounge Keeper League. Only problem was they ran into a powerhouse, that too went by the name Warriors, in the final matchup.
Ritz's Warriors sent my team home packing with an inconspicuously easy 5 - 4 victory last Wednesday.
My 'go for points' strategy was abandoned Sunday night when I came to the conclusion that trailing by 100 points with just three days left only so much could be done. The cat I did find myself in surprisingly was rebounds and actually took it by ten, despite going up against Chris Bosh and Amare Stoudemire, whose teams were fighting for playoff positioning.
Either way you have it, the cat I needed most was the one with the least predictability. Before the matchup started, I made a list of all the cats to be had and whose team held the edge in each. For FT%, I put next to it 'hope to win,' which is all you can do, really. I had the cat lost by Sunday, and, although slow on the uptake, I adjusted by adding more big men, who naturally shoot a lower FT%, to win REBs and BLKs.
What I have to blame this losing matchup on is my superstars, who didn't come to play. Brandon's four best players each scored over 100 points, while my best four players merely averaged 63. You're not going to win much that way. Unfortunately for me, Paul Pierce and Rasheed Wallace were able to rest before the playoffs, where they will surely need it, almost destined to meet each other in the Eastern Conference Championship. And here I am in my first basketball keeper league with the unprecedented task of not being able to drop dead weight for usable talent.
Anyway, I'm sure I wasn't the only person with this problem in 2008. I heard some serious Sheed bashing in the forums I visited last week.
A look at the final matchup:
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As you can see, the fifth cat I came closest to winning was steals, which I was never going for but struck gold with on the final day to make the outcome appear closer than it actually was. And I was second closest in TOs, a cat you never want to have to rely on in a H2H matchup where each team dropped 12 and 14 players respectively. And guess who dropped the least...I did. No heavy conscience of an overstreamer here.
All that's left now is to enjoy watching the real playoffs (at least as much as I can without Golden State being in it) and try to adjust to rooting for teams instead of players, which I've come to realize is much less frustrating.
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