I escaped the semifinals of the Fantasy Lounge Keeper League last weekend...but just barely. Trailing five cats to three and out of players, Radar's early week pickup, Spencer Hawes, committed two very helpful turnovers that pulled the score to a tie, finishing off the week 4 - 4. That Sunday evening I had no idea how a tiebreaker was worked out and had no choice but to stick it out until morning to find out. I checked the league one last time before bed and saw a message from Brandon (a.k.a. Rtiz) the Lounge's administrator and number one seed in the league. He said I was moving on to the next round. Turns out points is the tiebreaker for playoff matchups and my guys put the ball in the hoop a few more times than Radar's. As you have it, I'm still alive and actually well into this week's finals, which last 10 days, up until Wednesday's regular season finale.
My team has changed and morphed itself multiple times in the past two weeks. But I stuck to my principles and streamed hardly any more or less than anyone else. This week I'm facing Ritz's Warriors, and the only reason I have a chance is because a couple of keepers on this star studded team are out for the season: Andrew Bynum and Dwyane Wade. The matchup as it currently stands:
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Lethal Warriors
Beno Udrih
Lou Williams
Cuttino Mobley
Paul Pierce
Thaddeus Young
Josh Powell
Rasheed Wallace
Tim Duncan
Samuel Dalembert
Leandro Barbosa
Wilson Chandler
Anthony Parker
Travis Diener
Jamal Crawford
Ritz's Warriors (red = injured)
Peja Stojakovic
J.R. Smith
Greg Buchner
Reggie Evans
Amare Stoudemire
Rasho Nesterovic
Chris Bosh
Leon Powe
Kelenna Azubuike
Lamar Odom
Grant Hill
LeBron James
Dwyane Wade
Andrew Bynum
Here you see how keeper leagues can get. Teams can become pretty dominant. It's sort of amazing to think Brandon's team belongs to a 16 player league and makes me feel like I didn't make enough moves this year. Heck, I hardly made any moves. But I'm still in it, right?
I'm fighting, down 6 - 3 with five days left to play. I don't want to give my whole strategy away since I've made the Lounge folk aware of these playoff updates, but aside from him already having FG% and STL's in the bag, all the cats are up for grabs. I might have to punt TO's if I sink to desperate stream mode, which means I'll be running out of cats. I'm trailing by about 60 points, which isn't insurmountable, and that's the cat I'm really going after. I'm going to need a new source of luck because my Billy Ho tank ran out some time last week against Radar. It's time to get scrappy!
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