On the optimist side, I gotta think we take at least one from the Lakers. With Tim and LeBron gimpy we could come out of December looking pretty good. Let’s hope the Dubs keep it together and keep playing the way they’ve been playing. Right now they’re the most exciting team in the league. The national press is starting to notice and say nice things …then they throw a “but” in there. I guess I can’t complain since I’m still hesitant to go all Denzel, climb on a car get my King Kong on.

G$$$- Have you seen Boston play? Outside of the “three”, they’re not exactly world beaters. I’m all for Cal/Oakland pride but if Powe can’t get off the Celtics bench, I don’t see how he’d get off the bench for the Warriors. At best he’d displace Wright and that…just don’t make no sense.

I think they’ll be all right in December. They’re already 2-1 this month (should be 3-0). It is a tough schedule, but the only games you can’t say they should win are the two games against the Lakers, Tuesday’s home game against San Antonio, and the roadies at Detroit, Cleveland (LeBron should be back by then), Denver and Houston.
If they lost all those games, that’s eight losses in December.
If they win the rest of their games — vs. Miami tonight, at Portland, at Memphis, at Minnesota, at New Jersey, home vs. Minnesota and Denver — they’d finish the month 9-8. That’s a pretty good month considering the schedule.
Assuredly, they will win a couple games you don’t expect them to, and they might even lose a game or two they shouldn’t. But I fully expect them to finish the month with a winning record. After surviving November – the slow start, the Stephen Jackson suspension, the multitude of personal issues, the injuries – December doesn’t look so daunting.