Celtics 115	@	Warriors 93

February 22, 2011		1	2	3	4	T
	Celtics	31	29	28	27	115
	Warriors	30	30	18	15	93
	Net	-1	1	-10	-12	-22
	Season Avg	-2.9	0.8	-0.4	-0.1	-2.2
	Compare to Season Avg	1.9	0.2	-9.6	-11.9	-19.8

	Warriors Stats
	FG%	3P%	FT%	FTA	Fouls	OReb	TReb	Assists	Steals	Blocks	Turns	POTurns	PIPaint	FBPoints
Game	39.3%	26.3%	78.6%	28	19	11	35	18	11	8	11	14	36	22
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	-6.9%	-12.9%	2.5%	7.3	-3	-0.6	-5.5	-4.5	2	3	-3.1	3.5	-6.6	3.4
	Net Comparison
	FG%	3P%	FT%	FTA	Fouls	OReb	TReb	Assists	Steals	Blocks	Turns	POTurns	PIPaint	FBPoints
Net Game	-16.3%	-14.9%	5.8%	17	5	0	-17	-17	4	4	5	9	-18	-8
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	-15.7%	-18.4%	7%	24	8.6	1.2	-12.7	-14.8	3.2	3.3	3.8	7	-15.1	-7.2

Ahhhh, so that’s what good defense looks like.

The Warriors play a nice first half, but missed chip shots and an endless procession of Celtics layups off bad rotations and missed-shot-fueled-fast-breaks led to a complete collapse late.

Overall, they got killed on the boards, killed in the paint, and killed in terms of shooting percentage. And the assist number also show just how well the Celtics moved the ball around on their way to easy buckets — or does it show how poorly the Warriors defended even minimal ball movement?

The one bright spot? The Warriors got to the line, big time: 28 foul shots to the Celtics 11. Hopefully that’s something they can take out of this one.

But ultimately, this game shows just how far the Warriors have to go to match the defensive intensity of an elite team. The Celtics shoved them around and didn’t give them anything easy inside, and the Warriors response was to turn into a jump-shooting team. And you’re just not going to win consistently by relying on jump shots.

The game also continued an ugly trend of getting completely shut down in the second half after competing well early against good teams, like we saw during the Florida roadie back a few weeks back. Not a good sign that the elite teams can seemingly shut this team down at will.

Now, Friday’s game against Atlanta takes on added importance, as it’s the last home game of their Oracle-centric stretch. Let’s hope they get some rest, because I’m not exactly excited about the interior matchup against the Hawks…

Posted by Mike in Postgame Box Score

Tags: celtics, warriors