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In the past, I’ve written Fantasy Lesson #1 about losing fantasy pools because of last-minute scratches. At that time, I lacked the ability to make last-minute changes to my lineup(s) and lost. But not anymore.

I got the FanDuel app for iPhones last week and it came in handy last night – Wednesday, February 3 – by mitigating a potential disaster.

There were four slates last night.

7 P.M.
8 P.M.
9 P.M.
10 P.M.

The Bulls were playing the Kings in a late game on the West Coast and that game was included in three slates – the lone exception being the 8 P.M.

To begin with, I had trepidations about playing Jimmy Butler. Ever since his monster game back on January 14 when he accumulated 74 FP against the Sixers, his production has been inconsistent. I attributed the ups and downs to some sort of nagging injury but had no proof. So when I looked at last night’s alternatives at PG, Jimmy Butler looked like the best bet. So I played him three times.

I played 50/50 pools for 100 players. So I just had to finish in the top half – usually #50 and above.

The 7 P.M. slate kicked off with the Hawks-Sixers game. Using my new app, I was able to check for last-minute scratches.

There were none.

I followed the 7 P.M. slate and the 8 P.M. slate as the games were being played. But when I did my last-minute check of the 9 P.M. slate, I got a shock – Jimmy Butler had been scratched. According to today’s article by ESPN’s Nick Friedell, “a surprise late scratch because of knee tendinitis” put Jimmy Butler on the shelf.

No big deal for Jimmy Butler – he still got paid handsomely for sitting out the game.
No big deal for the Bulls – they wound up pulling out a 107-102 victory.
But it was a big deal for me – and for anyone else – who played Jimmy Butler. To begin with, my 7 P.M. slate was now doomed to lose.

But thanks to my newly-acquired FanDuel app, I had time to make changes to the 9 P.M. and 10 P.M. slates . I juggled the lineups and wound up winning both slates – instead of losing them. Thanks to my new app, I mitigated my losses: