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Preview: Pistons at Warriors
by Mike
Detroit
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Golden State
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Oracle Arena
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| November 7, 2010 • Recap | ||
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Warriors | 97 |
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Pistons | 102 |
| November 15, 2010 • Recap | ||
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Pistons | 97 |
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Warriors | 101 |
The Warriors debut their new ownership team tonight, as the team returns to the Oracle for some much needed home cooking. I’ll be headed out to the game tonight to enjoy some half-priced fun, and it will be great to get a good look at this team from up close. Unless his status has changed since Saturday, Lee is not expected to play tonight. What to watch for:
- Return of the shot. In their last two games, the Warriors have shot 34% and 41%. Can they get back on track now that they’ll be playing at home and with good rest for the next two games?
- Get to the stripe. As Owen at the Golden State Worriers notes in his stats-based recap of the first ten games, one place that the Warriors have really fallen off this year is in getting to the line. I think this starts with hitting enough outside shots to make the other team pay attention to the shooters, which creates the space for Monta to drive and draw obvious fouls against recovering defenders. But if the other team doesn’t need to honor the shooters, they can pack the lane and watch as the refs swallow their whistles while Monta drives right into a brick wall of interior defenders.
- A new backup 4? In Saturday’s game, Jeff Adrien did what Brandon Wright seems congenitally incapable of: taking full advantage of an opportunity. Adrien grabbed 8 boards in 19 minutes with a +10 and was by far their most productive backup at the power forward spot. With Lee out another game, will Adrien get the start? And if he does, can he make it count?
UPDATE: View from here
Tags: brandan wright, jeff adrien, monta ellis, pistons, warriors
