WITH FORTSON OUT...AN INSIDE BANGER IS MISSING SO WHOEVER REPLACES HIM IS OBVIOUSLY NOT GOING TO DUPLICATE WHAT HE BRINGS TO THE TABLE...I WAS LOOKING AT THE UNDER AS A PLAY EARLIER WITH THE LAST 5 HEAD TO HEAD GOING UNDER THE TOTAL FOR TONIGHT BUT WITH HIM OUT I WOULD THINK THE INSIDE DEFENSE MAY BE A BIT SOFTER THAN USUAL...AND GOLDEN STATE GIVES UP ENOUGH POINTS AS IS... SO I'LL PROBABLY PASS ON THE TOTAL..AS FAR AS A SIDE IS CONCERNED IT SEEMS THE TREND IS THAT GOLDEN STATE COVERS AGAINST MEMPHIS....AND THEY ARE PLAYING WELL RIGHT NOW....BUT THEY HAVE PLAYED A LOT OF BASKETBALL LATELY AT SOME POINT FATIGUE HAS TO BECOME A FACTOR.. OVERALL I GUESS I'M PASSING ON THIS GAME AND WILL SEE HOW THEY REACT TO NO FORTSON..A GOOD INDICATOR WOULD BE EARLIER IN THE SEASON WHEN HE WAS OUT FOR A WHILE ....IF I FIND ANYTHING THAT SHOWS AN ADVANTAGE TO EITHER SIDE OR TITLE I'LL POST IT...GOOD LUCK TONIGHT COOZ