Still waiting on Ball and Paul.  I read Ball was upgraded from "out" to "questionable" for Saturday's game, which probably means he's almost a lock to play at least by Monday.  No news on Paul.

For the 3rd game in a row I need Ball to play to have a chance.  If Maxey didn't shoot 5-17 with zero stls then it probably wouldn't matter if and how well Ball plays, but he did so it does.  Nick has assts and 3s locked and I have a decent lead in blks.  Ball needs to outscore Paul by 17 pts or score 31 pts if Paul doesn't play, so kind of a lot to ask in his very 1st game of the season.  Rebs, stls and FG% are the categories we're fighting over.

Concurrence.  Nick's team had solid asst and 3s totals, but most of our other numbers were average-to-below average.  Nick won stls 6.5 to 6, and FG% .396 to .386.  The stl totals in particular were not impressive for two teams filled with perimeter players.  Guard-heavy teams that can only muster 6-6.5 stls aren't going to win many games.