The Texas League
Fantasy Basketball - 2003
  


 

Week 21 Recap

    
 

 

SOW:   Lethal Lobsters

Where's My Mojo?  
Mucho Mojo: 
  - BigV has won three straight games.
 
 - One Hot Manute, Slammers & Lethal Lobsters have won two in a row.


Missing Mojo:
   

  - Avengers have lost three in a row.
  - Phat Pharm, AOC & GP Gremlins have lost two in a row.

 
Players of the Week*:        
F
 Vince Carter  -  FireAnts  (32.0 PPG,  4.7 RPG,   5.3 APG)
C  
Shaquille O'Neal -  Phat Pharm  (24.3 PPG,   17.5
RPG,  4.5 BPG)
 

*As determined by the NBA.

 

1st Round
Byes


 
BigV (16-5,  #1)                                     Lethal Lobsters (16-5, #2)
 

Playoff
Preview

FireAnts (13-8, #3)  vs. One Hot Manute (15-6,  #6)
Skinny:
 
FireAnts won the title in 2001 and made the finals in 2002 losing the championship game.  FA has played great in the second half of the season but was blown out by OHM in week 20 by a 10-2 count.   OHM has a very nice lineup and boasts a spiffy 15-6 record.  However this team as suffered two perplexing 13-0 losses during the season.  

Did you knowsie?  The team with Tim Duncan has won the title each year.  FireAnts have T-Dunk this year.

              Regular Season H2H:    
One Hot Manute 2-1       (Week 2:  OHM 7-6    Week 11:  FA  7-6       Week 20:  OHM  10-2)                                                  
 
 

  FireAnts:

vs.  Playoff Teams 6-6   .500   

One Hot Manute:

vs.  Playoff Teams 6-6 .500  
    vs. Non-Playoff  7-2 .778     vs. Non-Playoff 9-0 1.000  
                     
     Last 12:   9-3 750          Last 12: 8-4 .667  


  

Playoff
Preview

FireAnts (13-8, #3)  vs. One Hot Manute (15-6,  #6)
Skinny:
 
FireAnts won the title in 2001 and made the finals in 2002 losing the championship game.  FA has played great in the second half of the season but was blown out by OHM in week 20 by a 10-2 count.   OHM has a very nice lineup and boasts a spiffy 15-6 record.  However this team as suffered two perplexing 13-0 losses during the season.  

Did you knowsie?  The team with Tim Duncan has won the title each year.  FireAnts have T-Dunk this year.

              Regular Season H2H:    
One Hot Manute 2-1       (Week 2:  OHM 7-6    Week 11:  FA  7-6       Week 20:  OHM  10-2)                                                  
 
 

  Red Storm Rising:

vs.  Playoff Teams 4-8 .333  

Slammers:

vs.  Playoff Teams 4-7 .364  
    vs. Non-Playoff  7-2 .778     vs. Non-Playoff 7-3 .700  
                     
     Last 12:   7-5 .583         Last 12: 6-6 .500  

  

 

Game of the Week
Team Score Recap
  Phat Pharm  
  
(4-17) 
5 Skinny:  Pharmers put up a nice battle but cannot upset talented OHM squad.
Stars:  Baron Davis, Chris Webber, Shaquille O'Neal, Paul Piece

Next up: Consolation Playoffs, Bye Week

 One Hot Manute
  
(15-6)
8 Skinny:  OHM completes nifty 15-6 season by winning 8 of last 10...onto the playoffs!
Stars:  Shawn Marion, Erick Dampier, Jalen Rose, Tony Parker, Jason Richardson

Next up:  Championship Playoffs: vs. FireAnts (13-8, #3)
 
 

 Red Storm Rising
  
(11-10)    
  
4 Skinny: Champs get swept by Slammers... and have to face them in R1!
Stars:  
Manu Ginobili, Sam Cassell,  Rashard Lewis, Zydrunas Ilgauskas
Next up:  Championship Playoffs: vs. Slammers (11-10, #4)

 Slammers
  (11-10) 
9 Skinny:  Slammers peaking at right time of season but J.Kidd injury a concern.
Stars: 
Andrei Kirilenko,  Mike Bibby, Joe Johnson, Jermaine O'Neal
Next up:  Championship Playoffs: vs. Red Storm Risings(11-10, #5)
 
 

BigV
  
(16-5)
7 Skinny:  BigV clinches regular season title with thirds straight W.
Stars: 
T-Mac, Carlos Boozer, Kenny Thomas, Elton Brand
Next up:  Championship Playoffs:  Bye Week

 Ave Of Champions
  (10-11)
6 Skinny:  AOC drops 7 of last 8 to miss the playoffs.  Doh!
Stars: 
Gilbert Arenas, Peja Stojakovich, Keith Van Horn, Ray Allen
Next up: Consolation Playoffs, Bye Week
 

 FireAnts
 
(13-8)
8 Skinny:  FireAnts cap nice season with #3 seed... onto the playoffs!
Stars: 
Tim Duncan, Stephen Jackson, Pau Gasol, Vince Carter
Next up:  Championship Playoffs: vs. One Hot Manute (16-6, #6)

 Avengers
 
(5-16)   
5 Skinny:  Regular season ends with an L3 streak.
Stars:  Rasheed Wallace, Vlade Divac,  Kobe Bryant, Doug Christie
Next up: Consolation Playoffs, Bye Week
 

 Lethal Lobsters
 
(16-5) 
12 Skinny: Finishes a solid #2 by winning 6 of last 7........also:  SOY!! + Week 1 Bye!
Stars: 
Steve Nash, Amare Stoudemire, Kevin Garnett, Carmelo Anthony
Next up:  Championship Playoffs:  Bye Week

 GP Gremlins
  
(4-17)
1 Skinny:  Second straight DOW allows Gremlins to clinch DOY title.
Stars:  Andre Miller, Lamar Odom, Juwan Howard, Dirk Nowitzki
Next up: Consolation Playoffs, Bye Week

Last updated:  Mar 22,  2004