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Mar

Game #70: Mavericks 101, Warriors 73

Warriors 73

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Mavericks 101
March 20, 2011 1 2 3 4 T
Warriors 23 20 20 10 73
Mavericks 31 20 25 25 101
  Net -8 0 -5 -15 -28
  Season Avg -2.9 0.8 -0.4 -0.1 -2.2
  Compare to Season Avg -5.1 -0.8 -4.6 -14.9 -25.8
 Warriors Stats
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Game 35.1% 25% 70% 20 19 6 39 16 7 4 16 22 28 12
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 -11.1% -14.2% -6.1% -0.7 -3 -5.6 -1.5 -6.5 -2 -1 1.9 -11.5 -14.6 -6.6
 Net Comparison
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Net Game -7.4% -10.3% -14% -5 3 -5 -12 -8 -3 1 -1 -14 4 -15
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 -6.8% -13.8% -12.8% 2 6.6 -3.8 -7.7 -5.8 -3.8 0.3 -2.2 -16 6.9 -14.2

Thank goodnesss for March Madness!

Now much to say about this one: The Warriors got smashed from the get-go and never really stood a chance — and capped things off with perhaps their worst 4th quarter of the season.

Not even much to get excited about on an individual level. Udoh was perhaps the bright spot as he had a team-high -1 in 29 minutes, though his atrocious rebounding continues as he only grabbed a single board in that span. Of the others we’re watching here in the final weeks of the season Curry had a so-so game 11 points, 6 assists, and 6 rebounds, and a -8 that was decent compared to the rest of the team.

On the other hand, Thornton was a mess with a team-low -27 to go with 9 points and 4 boards — and no assists. Williams was a bit better at only -11, but not by much.

And hey, Jeff Adrien got off the bench! He matched Udoh’s rebounding total and got to the line 4 times in only 3 minutes. Can we please just play him a bit more to see if there’s anything there?

All in all, another forgettable road performance in a season that is fast becoming unwatchable — especially when there’s good basketball on other channels.

Golden State Warriors (30-40)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
D. Wright F 36:04 2-8 2-6 0-0 -18 0 5 5 2 1 2 4 0 0 6
D. Lee F-C 30:54 4-10 0-0 2-2 -18 4 8 12 2 4 2 1 0 0 10
E. Udoh F 29:28 4-7 0-0 0-0 -1 0 1 1 0 4 0 1 3 1 8
M. Ellis G 40:23 7-18 1-6 3-3 -26 0 2 2 4 1 1 3 0 0 18
S. Curry G 31:02 4-12 1-3 2-3 -8 1 5 6 6 4 0 2 0 1 11
A. Thornton 24:01 2-7 0-0 4-4 -27 0 4 4 0 3 1 2 0 0 8
A. Law 07:12 1-2 0-0 0-0 -10 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
L. Amundson 13:57 1-3 0-0 0-4 -15 0 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
R. Williams 15:26 2-8 1-4 0-0 -11 0 2 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 5
V. Radmanovic 08:25 0-2 0-1 0-0 -3 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 0
J. Adrien 03:08 0-0 0-0 3-4 -3 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
C. Bell DNP – Coach’s Decision
Total 240 27-77 5-20 14-20 6 33 39 16 19 7 16 4 3 73
35.1% 25.0% 70.0% team rebs: 6 total to: 18
Dallas Mavericks (49-21)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
D. Stevenson G 16:17 3-6 2-5 0-0 +8 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 8
D. Nowitzki F 31:25 9-15 0-0 2-2 +29 1 5 6 2 1 0 2 0 1 20
T. Chandler C 28:24 0-4 0-0 7-8 +9 5 12 17 0 2 1 0 1 0 7
R. Beaubois G 27:01 5-11 1-4 4-5 +7 1 3 4 4 5 2 5 1 2 15
J. Kidd G 24:56 3-8 2-7 0-0 +4 0 2 2 6 1 0 0 0 0 8
J. Barea 20:24 1-7 1-4 1-2 +18 1 3 4 6 1 2 3 0 1 4
B. Cardinal 16:16 0-3 0-2 2-2 -3 0 1 1 1 3 2 0 0 0 2
P. Stojakovic 19:25 6-11 5-8 0-0 +25 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 17
J. Terry 25:12 4-10 1-3 0-0 +19 1 2 3 2 0 1 1 0 0 9
I. Mahinmi 19:36 2-3 0-0 5-6 +19 2 11 13 0 3 1 0 0 0 9
C. Brewer 11:04 1-2 0-1 0-0 +5 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 1 0 2
B. Haywood DNP – Coach’s Decision
Total 240 34-80 12-34 21-25 11 40 51 24 22 10 15 3 4 101
42.5% 35.3% 84.0% team rebs: 10 total to: 16

inactive

  • Warriors: Biedrins, Lin
  • Mavericks: Butler, Jones, Marion

technical fouls

  • Warriors: –
  • Mavericks: –

scoring

  • Lead Changes: 6
  • Times Tied: 3

arena stats

  • Arena: American Airlines Center, Dallas, TX
  • Officials: #25 Tony Brothers, #48 Scott Foster, #66 Haywoode Workman
  • Attendance: 20324
  • Duration: 2:11
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20
Mar

Preview: Warriors at Mavericks

Golden State
Warriors

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Dallas
Mavericks

American Airlines Center
4:30pm | CSNBA

Official Game Preview

2010-11 Meetings
December 7, 2010 • Recap
Warriors 100
Mavericks 105
 
March 16, 2011 • Recap
Mavericks 112
Warriors 106
 
March 20, 2011 • Recap
Warriors 73
Mavericks 101
 
April 2, 2011 • Recap
Mavericks 92
Warriors 99
 

The road trip continues, with the Warriors making their way into Texas for a second game in a week against the Dallas Mavericks. In the game on Wednesday, the Warriors raced out to a big lead but couldn’t hold on — a common story for the Dubs this season against quality opponents.

With 13 games left on the season, what should the Warriors be aiming for? If the season ended today they would draft 11th (if my judgment of the eastern conference standings is correct), but they’ve made a good run on the draft standings with their recent swoon and a move up the order is no longer out of the question — getting to 9 now looks like a distinct possibility.

So that’s one “objective,” and figuring out the roster is probably the other. Udoh and Curry could use some development — and please, Smart, let them play through their mistakes at this point — and I’d like to learn more about what we’ve got with Williams, Thornton, and Adrien.

Of course, that would require Smart to throw in the towel and recognize that his head coaching days will soon be going on hiatus. So we’ll see.

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Mar

Game #69: Suns 108, Warriors 97

Warriors 97

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Suns 108
March 18, 2011 1 2 3 4 T
Warriors 20 18 27 32 97
Suns 27 23 34 24 108
  Net -7 -5 -7 8 -11
  Season Avg -2.9 0.8 -0.4 -0.1 -2.2
  Compare to Season Avg -4.1 -5.8 -6.6 8.1 -8.8
 Warriors Stats
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Game 42.2% 31.6% 77.8% 27 23 16 51 16 6 4 21 24 34 17
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% -7.6% 1.7% 6.3 1 4.4 10.5 -6.5 -3 -1 6.9 -4.5 -8.6 -1.6
 Net Comparison
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Net Game -2% -0.4% -2.2% -3 -4 2 6 -9 -1 3 -9 -9 -16 6
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 -1.4% -3.9% -1% 4 -0.4 3.2 10.3 -6.8 -1.8 2.3 -10.2 -11 -13.1 6.8

The Suns make it a perfect sweep on the season, winning the 4th and final matchup of the season. The Warriors started each half flat, and despite a nice offensive performance from Dorrell Wright they never really stood a chance. Now it’s on to Texas, where things definitely aren’t going to get any easier…

Golden State Warriors (30-39)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
D. Wright F 42:29 9-21 4-10 8-9 -11 2 4 6 2 1 1 1 2 0 30
D. Lee F-C 31:32 7-15 0-0 2-2 -14 6 4 10 0 3 0 3 0 1 16
E. Udoh F 17:46 1-5 0-0 1-1 -6 2 3 5 1 3 0 4 2 0 3
M. Ellis G 33:33 3-11 0-3 2-2 -19 0 7 7 2 2 2 3 0 0 8
S. Curry G 34:40 6-13 2-5 1-1 -18 1 1 2 5 3 0 2 0 0 15
L. Amundson 26:14 1-4 0-0 1-4 -5 1 2 3 2 3 1 0 0 0 3
A. Thornton 20:08 3-4 0-0 3-3 +3 1 8 9 0 3 0 5 0 0 9
A. Law 13:20 2-2 0-0 3-3 +7 0 0 0 2 3 1 2 0 0 7
R. Williams 14:27 2-6 0-1 0-2 +8 2 5 7 2 0 1 0 0 0 4
V. Radmanovic 05:51 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 2
J. Adrien DNP – Coach’s Decision
C. Bell DNP – Coach’s Decision
Total 240 35-83 6-19 21-27 16 35 51 16 23 6 21 4 1 97
42.2% 31.6% 77.8% team rebs: 7 total to: 21
Phoenix Suns (34-33)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
G. Hill F 36:54 7-12 1-2 2-5 +18 3 4 7 3 3 1 1 0 0 17
C. Frye F-C 31:15 5-12 3-6 4-4 +15 3 6 9 2 4 0 2 0 0 17
R. Lopez C 07:38 3-5 0-0 0-0 +10 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 6
V. Carter G 28:27 4-15 0-6 2-2 +9 1 2 3 1 1 2 1 0 0 10
S. Nash G 36:53 5-10 3-4 4-4 +18 1 5 6 10 0 1 3 0 0 17
M. Gortat 32:58 7-11 0-0 4-4 0 1 8 9 4 2 1 1 1 1 18
J. Dudley 25:25 3-7 0-4 2-4 +2 1 0 1 1 3 2 1 0 0 8
A. Brooks 11:07 1-4 1-2 3-3 -7 0 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 6
M. Pietrus 13:43 2-5 0-1 0-0 -2 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 4
H. Warrick 11:26 1-4 0-0 3-4 +1 1 2 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 5
J. Childress 04:14 0-1 0-0 0-0 -9 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Z. Dowdell DNP – Coach’s Decision
Total 240 38-86 8-25 24-30 14 31 45 25 19 7 12 1 4 108
44.2% 32.0% 80.0% team rebs: 5 total to: 12

inactive

  • Warriors: Biedrins, Lin
  • Suns: Lawal, Siler

technical fouls

  • Warriors: Smart
  • Suns: Brooks, Nash

scoring

  • Lead Changes: 2
  • Times Tied: 2

arena stats

  • Arena: US Airways Center, Phoenix, AZ
  • Officials: #43 Dan Crawford, #46 Matt Boland, #31 Scott Wall
  • Attendance: 18422
  • Duration: 2:16
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18
Mar

Preview: Suns at Warriors

Golden State
Warriors

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Phoenix
Suns

US Airways Center
7:00pm | CSNBA

Official Game Preview

2010-11 Meetings
December 2, 2010 • Recap
Suns 107
Warriors 101
 
February 7, 2011 • Recap
Suns 104
Warriors 92
 
February 10, 2011 • Recap
Warriors 88
Suns 112
 
March 18, 2011 • Recap
Warriors 97
Suns 108
 

The death march continues at Oracle tonight with the visiting Suns in town. The Suns have owned the Warriors so far this year, as their style seems perfectly suited to picking the Warriors apart — especially since Smart generally refuses to go small. We’ll be without Andris Biedrins who will be sitting with a high ankle sprain — they’ve already announced that he’ll miss the upcoming trip, and I wouldn’t be surprised if they just shut him down for the season at this point.

That means Udoh will get the start and extended run, giving him the perfect opportunity to make a nice jump here in the final 13 games of the season. His conditioning issues should be behind him, so might as well see what he can do and even give him a chance to learn from his mistakes.

Speaking of learning from mistakes, it will be interesting to see what both Smart and Curry do tonight with regard to the latter’s playing time. Sure, Curry made some bad turnovers in the last game, but at a certain point don’t you need to let him work through them? And as Feltbot notes, it must be getting old to Curry that he is apparently the only one who Smart dings for making careless mental mistakes. Curry skipped talking to the media after the last game so you know he was peeved — will he have a strong response tonight as a result?

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Mar

Game #68: Mavericks 112, Warriors 106

Mavericks 112

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Warriors 106
March 16, 2011 1 2 3 4 T
Mavericks 25 28 28 31 112
Warriors 34 25 2 25 106
  Net 9 -3 -26 -6 -6
  Season Avg -2.9 0.8 -0.4 -0.1 -2.2
  Compare to Season Avg 11.9 -3.8 -25.6 -5.9 -3.8
 Warriors Stats
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Game 51.2% 37.5% 68.4% 19 18 7 31 24 12 3 13 20 46 27
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 5% -1.7% -7.7% -1.7 -4 -4.6 -9.5 1.5 3 -2 -1.1 1.5 3.4 8.4
 Net Comparison
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Net Game -0.7% -4.6% -20.5% -8 -2 -3 -10 -4 6 2 1 1 -2 4
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 -0.1% -8.1% -19.3% -1 1.6 -1.8 -5.7 -1.8 5.2 1.3 -0.2 -1 0.9 4.8

The Warriors blow a huge first half lead, not to mention a smaller lead in the 4th quarter. And oh yeah, the “future” of the franchise gets chained to the bench for most of the 4th and plays horribly when he gets in there. Fun!

In some ways, I’m glad that things are beginning to implode. Despite my pre-All Star break optimism (seriously, what was I thinking), the past few weeks of games have once again underscored how flawed this team is. If a late-season nose-dive is what it will take to send Smart, Riley, and Rowell packing, then so be it. The absolute worst thing that could happen would be for the Warriors to put a nice little meaningless run together here at the end and enter the offseason thinking that with a bit more luck they’ll be just fine. Because they won’t be.

Thankfully, I don’t think we’re going to have that problem — the Warriors next play the Suns at home, then a tough Texas roadie through Dallas, San Antonio, and Houston. I have a hard time imagining how they could beat any of them, which will push them over 40 losses — with plenty more likely to come…

Dallas Mavericks (48-20)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
D. Nowitzki F 34:39 10-22 2-3 12-12 +4 6 7 13 2 3 0 1 1 0 34
C. Brewer F 05:41 0-1 0-0 0-0 -14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
T. Chandler C 37:40 5-6 0-0 3-4 +18 2 7 9 1 3 2 1 0 0 13
R. Beaubois G 37:03 7-11 1-4 3-3 +11 0 2 2 4 2 4 1 0 0 18
J. Kidd G 34:06 1-6 1-6 1-2 +8 1 4 5 11 2 0 4 0 0 4
S. Marion 27:37 6-10 0-0 2-2 +2 0 4 4 2 3 0 1 0 1 14
J. Terry 38:27 7-12 3-4 2-2 +19 1 5 6 6 0 0 2 0 1 19
J. Barea 14:35 4-8 1-2 1-2 -4 0 2 2 2 1 0 2 0 1 10
I. Mahinmi 03:12 0-1 0-0 0-0 -6 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
B. Cardinal 07:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 -8 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0
B. Haywood DND- Lower Back Stiffness
D. Stevenson DNP – Coach’s Decision
Total 240 40-77 8-19 24-27 10 31 41 28 16 6 14 1 3 112
51.9% 42.1% 88.9% team rebs: 5 total to: 14
Golden State Warriors (30-38)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
D. Wright F 40:24 5-13 4-8 0-0 +2 0 1 1 1 3 2 0 0 0 14
D. Lee F-C 39:05 10-14 0-0 2-2 +1 1 8 9 1 2 3 2 0 0 22
A. Biedrins C 22:06 3-5 0-0 1-2 0 3 5 8 0 1 1 2 0 0 7
M. Ellis G 43:48 10-20 2-8 4-4 -4 1 5 6 11 2 2 5 1 0 26
S. Curry G 32:14 4-10 2-4 0-1 -10 0 0 0 5 2 1 3 0 1 10
A. Law 22:44 5-7 0-1 5-6 -6 0 2 2 6 4 2 1 0 0 15
E. Udoh 19:27 2-6 0-0 1-4 -5 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 2 0 5
A. Thornton 08:08 1-3 0-0 0-0 -9 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
V. Radmanovic 12:04 2-4 1-3 0-0 +1 0 3 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 5
L. Amundson DNP – Coach’s Decision
J. Lin DNP – Coach’s Decision
R. Williams DNP – Coach’s Decision
Total 240 42-82 9-24 13-19 7 24 31 24 18 12 13 3 1 106
51.2% 37.5% 68.4% team rebs: 9 total to: 13

inactive

  • Mavericks: Butler, Jones, Stojakovic
  • Warriors: Adrien, Bell

technical fouls

  • Mavericks: –
  • Warriors: –

scoring

  • Lead Changes: 7
  • Times Tied: 5

arena stats

  • Arena: ORACLE Arena, Oakland, CA
  • Officials: #10 Ron Garretson, #63 Derek Richardson, #52 Pat Fraher
  • Attendance: 19596
  • Duration: 2:20
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16
Mar

Preview: Mavericks at Warriors

Dallas
Mavericks

@

Golden State
Warriors

Oracle Arena
7:30pm | CSNBA/ESPN

Official Game Preview

2010-11 Meetings
December 7, 2010 • Recap
Warriors 100
Mavericks 105
 
March 16, 2011 • Recap
Mavericks 112
Warriors 106
 
March 20, 2011 • Recap
Warriors 73
Mavericks 101
 
April 2, 2011 • Recap
Mavericks 92
Warriors 99
 

The Warriors host the Mavericks at Oracle tonight, the first of three games the two will play against each other in the next two weeks. While the Mavericks have been struggling, I’d have to imagine that they are looking at this game as a perfect opportunity to get back on track. More than anything else, I’ll be looking at the Warriors first-half performance tonight and using it to judge Keith Smart: do the Warriors bounce back from their horrific “performance” in Sacramento, or will that be the start of a downward spiral?

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Mar

Game #67: Kings 129, Warriors 119

Warriors 119

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Kings 129
March 14, 2011 1 2 3 4 T
Warriors 20 39 25 35 119
Kings 35 36 36 22 129
  Net -15 3 -11 13 -10
  Season Avg -2.9 0.8 -0.4 -0.1 -2.2
  Compare to Season Avg -12.1 2.2 -10.6 13.1 -7.8
 Warriors Stats
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Game 50% 42.3% 66.7% 33 25 4 24 24 9 5 13 20 38 21
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 3.8% 3.1% -9.4% 12.3 3 -7.6 -16.5 1.5 0 0 -1.1 4.5 -4.6 2.4
 Net Comparison
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Net Game -6.6% -4.8% -15.2% 0 -1 -7 -22 -4 -2 0 6 4 -28 -7
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 -6% -8.3% -14% 7 2.6 -5.8 -17.7 -1.8 -2.8 -0.7 4.8 2 -25.1 -6.2

Wow, what an ugly game. The Warriors got blitzed from the get-go and played incredibly awful defense throughout. The 10-point margin is hardly indicative of how bad they looked — it was just a late run by the scrubs that made it close (a run that was halted by an Acie Law brick on an open 3 that would have cut the margin to 7).

The rebounding was terrible one again, as the Warriors lost the boards battle 46-24 (no Warrior had more than 4). They also got destroyed in the paint, losing that battle by 28 as Dalembert had a career high.

Bright spots? Al Thornton had a solid outing, and looked unstoppable at times on his way to 23 points and a team-high +25. Ekpe also had a decent offensive turn, getting to double-digits at 10 points (but with a typically underwhelming single rebound).

But all-in-all this was yet another indictment of Smart. Part of being coach means having your team ready to play — especially in a back-to-back against a supposedly inferior opponent — and the Warriors were at the worst at the start of each half. Definitely looking forward to playing the coaching replacement game in a few more weeks…

Golden State Warriors (30-37)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
D. Wright F 29:06 5-8 2-4 6-7 -24 0 2 2 2 1 3 2 0 1 18
D. Lee F-C 25:15 4-8 0-0 0-0 -25 1 3 4 3 3 0 0 0 2 8
A. Biedrins C 15:10 0-3 0-0 0-0 -9 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0
M. Ellis G 27:38 6-16 0-3 3-5 -21 0 1 1 9 2 0 2 0 0 15
S. Curry G 23:56 7-14 5-8 0-0 -12 0 3 3 1 1 1 3 1 0 19
E. Udoh 12:58 3-4 0-0 4-4 +8 0 1 1 0 4 0 1 1 0 10
R. Williams 20:22 5-10 0-4 0-1 +11 0 2 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 10
V. Radmanovic 28:59 6-10 4-6 0-0 0 2 2 4 1 4 0 2 1 1 16
A. Law 24:04 0-4 0-1 0-0 +2 0 3 3 4 2 2 1 0 1 0
L. Amundson 11:00 0-1 0-0 0-4 -5 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0
A. Thornton 21:32 7-8 0-0 9-12 +25 1 2 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 23
J. Lin DNP – Coach’s Decision
Total 240 43-86 11-26 22-33 4 20 24 24 25 9 13 5 5 119
50.0% 42.3% 66.7% team rebs: 15 total to: 13
Sacramento Kings (16-49)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
F. Garcia F-G 30:45 5-12 1-6 2-2 +24 2 2 4 6 3 2 3 2 0 13
D. Cousins C 25:40 5-10 0-0 5-5 +17 2 7 9 4 6 3 3 0 0 15
S. Dalembert C 38:49 10-16 0-0 7-10 +16 5 11 16 0 2 0 5 2 2 27
M. Thornton G 41:27 13-20 4-7 12-14 +17 0 3 3 1 2 4 0 0 0 42
B. Udrih G 31:39 4-8 0-0 1-2 +8 0 3 3 9 4 0 4 0 2 9
J. Thompson 29:06 4-7 0-1 0-0 -5 2 4 6 2 5 0 2 1 0 8
L. Head 22:54 4-6 2-2 0-0 -5 0 4 4 5 1 1 2 0 0 10
O. Casspi 18:13 2-3 1-1 0-0 -13 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 5
D. Jackson 01:27 0-1 0-0 0-0 -9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
D. Greene DNP – Coach’s Decision
P. Jeter DNP – Coach’s Decision
J. Taylor DNP – Coach’s Decision
Total 240 47-83 8-17 27-33 11 35 46 28 24 11 19 5 5 129
56.6% 47.1% 81.8% team rebs: 11 total to: 19

inactive

  • Warriors: Adrien, Bell
  • Kings: Daniels, Evans, Whiteside

technical fouls

  • Warriors: Ellis, Thornton
  • Kings: Dalembert, Garcia

scoring

  • Lead Changes: 1
  • Times Tied: 0

arena stats

  • Arena: Power Balance Pavilion, Sacramento, CA
  • Officials: #27 Dick Bavetta, #74 Curtis Blair, #71 Rodney Mott
  • Attendance: 14243
  • Duration: 2:25
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14
Mar

Preview: Warriors at Kings

Golden State
Warriors

@

Sacramento
Kings

Arco Arena
7:00pm | CSNBA

Official Game Preview

2010-11 Meetings
December 21, 2010 • Recap
Warriors 117
Kings 109
 
January 21, 2011 • Recap
Kings 112
Warriors 119
 
March 14, 2011 • Recap
Warriors 119
Kings 129
 
April 10, 2011 • Recap
Kings 104
Warriors 103
 

The Warriors go for win #31 tonight in Sacramento, in what might be their last game ever in our state capital. Thanks to last night’s big win Monta will be fairly well-rested for a back-to-back, as he was able to play less than 30 minutes against the T-wolves.

With Cousins coming on strong the Warriors bigs will need another good performance, but if they can bring similar energy to what they did last night the team should be in good shape. I think Evans is still out so that should dampen the Kings’ scoring abilities a bit, so another strong defensive performance is there for the taking.

Just like last night, this is a game against a team the Warriors should beat handily. Nothing less than a win will do — and maybe they can do it without last minute heroics for once?

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Mar

Game #66: Warriors 100, Timberwolves 77

Timberwolves 77

@

Warriors 100
March 13, 2011 1 2 3 4 T
Timberwolves 23 21 15 18 77
Warriors 26 23 26 25 100
  Net 3 2 11 7 23
  Season Avg -2.9 0.8 -0.4 -0.1 -2.2
  Compare to Season Avg 5.9 1.2 11.4 7.1 25.2
 Warriors Stats
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Game 43.7% 33.3% 77.3% 22 25 13 46 23 16 10 14 11 44 32
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 -2.5% -5.9% 1.2% 1.3 3 1.4 5.5 0.5 7 5 -0.1 13.5 1.4 13.4
 Net Comparison
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Net Game 7.1% -7.8% 15.2% -7 -5 4 3 3 10 6 12 22 12 14
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 7.7% -11.3% 16.4% 0 -1.4 5.2 7.3 5.2 9.2 5.3 10.8 20 14.9 14.8

Despite a somewhat shaky first half, this is the first time in a while where the Warriors won a game they’re supposed to win in the way that they’re supposed to. No last-second shot or overtime needed; the Warriors won going away and even got to enjoy being on the positive side of garbage time for the first time in a long time. They won every quarter, and held the T-Wolves to just 77 points.

The bigs deserve most of the credit in this one, as they frustrated Kevin Love and his frontline friends on the way to a +41 between Lee, Biedrins, Udoh, and Amundson. They won the rebounding battle against a team that bested them by 21 on that stat in their last meeting, and fueled the Warriors big turnover advantage by making Darko cough up the ball and generating 10 blocks (5 of those for Udoh). And, of course, ending Love’s double-double streak is a nice trophy achievement — one that should go in Lee’s case.

Another thing that stood out about this game was how ugly it was during the Warriors’ run over the 3rd and 4th quarters. It had a slow, plodding pace with a ton of whistles, but for once the Dubs were the beneficiary of ugly ball as they completely flummoxed the Timberwolves’ offense and got plenty on their own offensive end to pull away.

So, good to see a game play out the way it was supposed to, as the Warriors have been a bit lazy about playing up/down to their level of competition this year. But to win consistently you need to beat up on the teams you should, then steal a few against those above you. This was a nice step in that direction — and tonight we’ll see if they can keep it up with a road game against the Kings.

Minnesota Timberwolves (17-51)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
M. Beasley F 26:09 5-12 1-2 5-8 -13 0 5 5 0 0 2 3 0 2 16
K. Love F-C 32:37 1-6 0-1 4-6 -5 2 10 12 5 2 1 3 0 0 6
D. Milicic C 18:36 1-4 0-0 0-0 -9 2 3 5 0 3 0 6 2 0 2
W. Johnson G-F 22:17 1-9 1-3 0-0 -10 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 3 3
L. Ridnour G 27:27 5-8 2-5 1-1 -9 1 3 4 6 3 1 5 1 0 13
M. Webster 27:07 6-10 2-3 2-5 -14 2 0 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 16
N. Pekovic 04:43 0-1 0-0 0-0 -2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0
J. Flynn 20:33 1-6 1-3 1-2 -14 1 4 5 0 1 0 2 0 1 4
A. Tolliver 20:10 1-3 0-0 1-1 -13 0 5 5 2 1 0 3 0 1 3
W. Ellington 17:36 2-4 0-0 0-0 -9 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 4
A. Randolph 19:54 2-6 0-0 4-6 -17 0 2 2 2 4 0 2 1 0 8
L. Hayward 02:51 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
Total 240 26-71 7-17 18-29 9 34 43 20 20 6 26 4 10 77
36.6% 41.2% 62.1% team rebs: 14 total to: 27
Golden State Warriors (30-36)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
D. Wright F 28:42 7-15 2-7 0-0 +11 1 3 4 2 1 2 1 1 0 16
D. Lee F-C 36:18 3-7 0-0 2-4 +18 1 5 6 2 4 2 4 0 0 8
A. Biedrins C 11:58 0-2 0-0 0-0 +5 2 4 6 0 2 4 0 1 1 0
M. Ellis G 28:19 7-15 0-5 2-2 +16 1 1 2 5 4 1 4 1 0 16
S. Curry G 37:55 8-15 4-6 4-4 +18 1 8 9 6 2 2 1 0 1 24
E. Udoh 17:39 0-4 0-0 2-2 +13 2 2 4 0 2 0 2 5 0 2
A. Law 18:46 2-3 0-0 2-2 +11 0 1 1 5 2 1 0 0 0 6
L. Amundson 19:02 5-11 0-0 1-4 +5 2 5 7 0 3 0 0 1 0 11
A. Thornton 19:18 3-8 0-0 2-2 +12 0 1 1 1 4 3 1 0 2 8
R. Williams 08:35 2-5 0-2 0-0 +1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 4
V. Radmanovic 10:37 1-2 1-1 2-2 +5 2 1 3 1 1 0 1 1 0 5
J. Adrien 02:51 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 240 38-87 7-21 17-22 13 33 46 23 25 16 14 10 4 100
43.7% 33.3% 77.3% team rebs: 7 total to: 15

inactive

  • Timberwolves: Telfair
  • Warriors: Bell, Lin

technical fouls

  • Timberwolves: –
  • Warriors: Lee

scoring

  • Lead Changes: 5
  • Times Tied: 2

arena stats

  • Arena: ORACLE Arena, Oakland, CA
  • Officials: #49 Tom Washington, #8 Marc Davis, #6 Tony Brown
  • Attendance: 17788
  • Duration: 2:15
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13
Mar

Preview: Timberwolves at Warriors

Minnesota
Timberwolves

@

Golden State
Warriors

Oracle Arena
6:00pm | CSNBA

Official Game Preview

2010-11 Meetings
November 27, 2010 • Recap
Warriors 104
Timberwolves 94
 
December 14, 2010 • Recap
Timberwolves 99
Warriors 108
 
February 27, 2011 • Recap
Warriors 123
Timberwolves 126
 
March 13, 2011 • Recap
Timberwolves 77
Warriors 100
 

The Warriors look to avenge their recent loss in Minnesota tonight. At the very least, their challenge will be to be interesting enough to steal some attention from filling out NCAA brackets tonight. Of course, if they play anything like they did against the Magic they should succeed on that front…