Warriors 104	@	Timberwolves 94

November 27, 2010		1	2	3	4	T
	Warriors	28	20	36	20	104
	Timberwolves	26	25	17	26	94
	Net	2	-5	19	-6	10
	Season Avg	-2.9	0.8	-0.4	-0.1	-2.2
	Compare to Season Avg	4.9	-5.8	19.4	-5.9	12.2

	Warriors Stats
	FG%	3P%	FT%	FTA	Fouls	OReb	TReb	Assists	Steals	Blocks	Turns	POTurns	PIPaint	FBPoints
Game	50.6%	66.7%	70.6%	17	23	6	32	26	16	3	10	11	30	18
Season Avg	46.2%	39.2%	76.1%	20.7	22	11.6	40.5	22.5	9	5	14.1	17.5	42.6	18.6
Difference	4.5%	27.5%	-5.5%	-3.7	1	-5.6	-8.5	3.5	7	-2	-4.1	12.5	-12.6	-0.6
	Net Comparison
	FG%	3P%	FT%	FTA	Fouls	OReb	TReb	Assists	Steals	Blocks	Turns	POTurns	PIPaint	FBPoints
Net Game	11.1%	38.9%	-10.1%	-14	-8	-17	-23	7	12	-3	11	21	-6	12
Net Season Avg	-0.6%	3.5%	-1.2%	-7	-3.6	-1.2	-4.3	-2.2	0.8	0.7	1.2	2	-2.9	-0.8
Net Difference	11.7%	35.4%	-8.9%	-7	-4.4	-15.8	-18.7	9.2	11.2	-3.7	9.8	19	-3.1	12.8

[Enjoy postgame box score version 1.0 above]

The Warriors come away with a sorely needed victory, riding David Lee’s enthusiasm and Dorell Wright’s hot hand to a win over the lowly T-wolves. Boy, it’s nice to see a new green tick on the left for the first time in a while!

As far as the formula for victory, on first glance this one is a bit of a head scratcher as the Warriors were out-rebounded 55-32, were out-shot from the line 31-17, and gave up 22 and 21 to Kevin Love. But what they did do was shoot over 50% while holding the T-wolves under 40%, went 12-18 from deep, assisted 26 of their 40 field goals, and dominated the turnover battle 21-11. That should do the trick most nights.

They had a nice start, taking a lead at the end of the first quarter for the first time in a while (though they did bleed a bigger early lead down to 2 by the end of the period). And their third quarter was one of their best of the year, with Wright refusing to miss from outside and Gadzuric providing a huge burst of energy off the bench.

Gadzuric finished with 8 points and a team-high +18 in 18 minutes off the bench subbing for a foul-prone Biedrins, and Smart deservedly gave him the game ball. Dude is obviously awkward and borderline uncoordinated, but damn does he bring the energy every night. Unlike many Warriors of recent vintage, effort is never the problem with him.

Outside of Gadzuric though, the bench reverted to its largely useless status. Monta played the full 48, Wright was over 46, and Lee played 43 minutes in his first game back from two weeks off. I think Smart was well aware of how much they needed this game.

So the legend of David Lee will grow, even though he only had 10 points and 6 rebounds. But he seems to have a big impact on defense with his size and communication, and the team clearly benefits from his energy and leadership. And as GSOM notes, he kept Vlad on the bench which may have been his biggest contribution of all.

Golden State Warriors (8-9)
field goalsrebounds
	pos	min	fgm-a	3pm-a	ftm-a	+/-	off	def	tot	ast	pf	st	to	bs	ba	pts
D. Wright	F	44:38	10-15	9-12	1-2	+13	0	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	30
D. Lee	F-C	42:36	5-15	0-0	0-0	+14	2	4	6	4	2	3	2	1	2	10
A. Biedrins	C	24:20	1-6	0-0	0-0	+1	2	10	12	1	6	0	2	0	3	2
M. Ellis	G	48:00	10-20	1-2	5-8	+10	2	2	4	10	3	7	3	0	0	26
S. Curry	G	27:33	6-10	2-3	6-7	+16	0	3	3	7	5	3	1	0	0	20
R. Williams		15:25	3-4	0-0	0-0	-7	0	2	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	6
J. Adrien		06:02	0-0	0-0	0-0	-3	0	2	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
C. Bell		06:59	1-1	0-0	0-0	-4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2
R. Carney		06:49	0-2	0-1	0-0	-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
D. Gadzuric		17:38	4-6	0-0	0-0	+18	0	2	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	8
J. Lin	DNP – Coach’s Decision
V. Radmanovic	DNP – Coach’s Decision
Total		240	40-79	12-18	12-17		6	26	32	26	23	16	10	3	6	104
			50.6%	66.7%	70.6%		team rebs: 8			total to: 11

Minnesota Timberwolves (4-13)
field goalsrebounds
	pos	min	fgm-a	3pm-a	ftm-a	+/-	off	def	tot	ast	pf	st	to	bs	ba	pts
M. Beasley	F	34:43	11-25	1-2	5-7	-12	6	3	9	3	3	0	3	1	1	28
K. Love	F-C	42:02	6-16	0-3	9-9	-8	5	17	22	1	1	0	0	1	1	21
D. Milicic	C	29:35	4-10	0-0	1-2	-24	4	3	7	3	2	0	3	3	0	9
W. Johnson	G	21:25	2-6	0-3	1-1	-15	1	3	4	0	4	1	2	1	0	5
L. Ridnour	G	36:33	5-10	2-4	4-4	-1	1	2	3	6	1	1	5	0	0	16
W. Ellington		14:02	1-1	1-1	0-0	+9	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	3
A. Tolliver		20:45	2-4	1-2	3-6	+12	2	2	4	1	2	1	1	0	1	8
C. Brewer		27:34	0-4	0-2	0-0	-2	2	2	4	1	2	0	3	0	0	0
S. Telfair		11:27	1-4	0-1	2-2	-9	2	0	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	4
K. Koufos		01:54	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
S. Gaines	DNP – Coach’s Decision
L. Hayward	DNP – Coach’s Decision
Total		240	32-81	5-18	25-31		23	32	55	19	15	4	21	6	3	94
			39.5%	27.8%	80.6%		team rebs: 4			total to: 22

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Posted by Mike in Postgame Box Score

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