Preview: Heat at Warriors
by Mike
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Golden State
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| 2010-11 Meetings | ||
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| December 10, 2010 • Recap | ||
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Heat | 106 |
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Warriors | 84 |
| January 1, 2011 • Recap | ||
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Warriors | 107 |
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Heat | 114 |
Say what you will about the Warriors’ chances tonight, the game should at least be interesting! Not only is it the Quitness’ one visit to Oakland this year, and not only will the game be nationally televised on ESPN, but the Warriors welcome two new bodies in Acie Law and Ekpe Udoh.
Udoh is clearly the draw on that front — while the Kawakami’s of the world are trashing the Warriors for yet another PR campaign, from all accounts the guy has been a standout presence while he’s been out and is turning heads now that he’s been practicing again. Should at least be fun to see a guy step into the Anthony Randolph “huge upside” role for the team if he can leap and block as well as has been reported.
As for Acie Law? Eh. They obviously need another body in the back court, especially with Curry likely out with his ankle, but it’s not like he lit the world on fire during his first tour of duty with the Warriors. Still, with the big guys back Adrien became expendable, and despite all the hustle he brought to the team the dude just couldn’t score consistently. Given how hard he played I do hope he catches on with another team and is able to put a solid role-player career together.
So on to the game tonight — while a win is still unlikely, it should be fun to see the “super team” in action, and it would be great to at least get something to feel hopeful about again.
Tags: acie law, anthony randolph, ekpe udoh, heat, jeff adrien, LeBron James, warriors
