By the skin of my teeth

Well, my instincts were right about all my pickups, but Yao and T-Mac actually playing nearly threw off my whole strategy. Down by 1 DREB, 12 3s and 2 BLKs, I was sitting in front of the computer at 8:58 mulling over my options: 1) Gamble that Yao and T-Mac play and if they do I will win boards and probably blocks without any other players 2) Bench them and play Bibby, Luther Head, and Justin Williams and roll the dice against Rafer Alston's numbers for my opponent 3) play all of them as insurance.

Which what I did. Except that I nearly had a heart attack when I was suddenly only 7 TOs and 9 PFs ahead in the first half. I basically was on the verge of taking REBs and BLKs and giving up TOs and PFs and losing. Rafer Alston didn't help out my cause with a very modest 1 TO and 1 PF performance. So my insurance was to somehow shoot 12 3s between these guys to knock a point off the tally with a tie, which I did. Until Alston hit his single 3 late in the game. Needless to say, it was a stressful heartbreaking evening, but my boys tightened up on the TOs, gave up PFs and gave me a 6-5 win. Now, the waiver wire hunting really begins...