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Mar

Game #65: Warriors 123, Magic 120

Magic 120

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Warriors 123
March 11, 2011 1 2 3 4 T
Magic 27 29 25 20 120
Warriors 20 22 30 29 123
  Net -7 -7 5 9 3
  Season Avg -2.9 0.8 -0.4 -0.1 -2.2
  Compare to Season Avg -4.1 -7.8 5.4 9.1 5.2
 Warriors Stats
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Game 49.5% 60% 76.9% 13 23 8 34 35 12 3 12 11 30 20
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 3.3% 20.8% 0.8% -7.7 1 -3.6 -6.5 12.5 3 -2 -2.1 9.5 -12.6 1.4
 Net Comparison
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Net Game 1.8% 13.1% 5.5% -22 -10 -5 -14 12 2 -4 6 18 6 0
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 2.4% 9.6% 6.7% -15 -6.4 -3.8 -9.7 14.2 1.2 -4.7 4.8 16 8.9 0.8

Exciting win for the Warriors, overcoming a huge deficit behind lights-out 3-point shooting. While you can’t count on making 21 3-pointers every game, it sure is enjoyable when it happens.

What stands out the most to me are the assist totals — 35 assists, 12 above their season average. Curry had 12, Monta had 11, and David Lee dished out 9. That’s a mark of great ball movement, and suggests that their great shooting was more than just a lucky hot streak.

Throw in an 18-point advantage on points off turnovers, and it was enough to overcome a typically lax rebounding effort (not to mention bad 3-point defense — we very easily could have been focusing on the Magic’s hot shooting from deep).

All in all, a fun win that cleans out a bit of the bad taste from the road trip. They’ll need to string together a few more of these sorts of performances against Magic-level teams in order to change the current verdict on the season, but for now we can at least savor a good win.

Orlando Magic (41-25)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
H. Turkoglu F 40:40 9-15 4-7 2-3 -2 0 2 2 4 1 5 3 2 0 24
B. Bass F 23:08 2-6 0-0 2-2 -6 2 3 5 1 2 0 2 0 1 6
D. Howard C 46:17 4-9 0-0 5-10 -5 4 17 21 4 2 1 2 2 2 13
J. Richardson G 41:50 10-18 7-11 3-6 -4 0 2 2 3 3 1 2 1 0 30
J. Nelson G 39:24 9-19 1-4 5-5 -8 2 3 5 8 3 2 5 0 0 24
R. Anderson 29:33 2-6 1-4 3-4 +7 2 5 7 3 0 0 2 2 0 8
G. Arenas 17:14 2-5 1-4 5-5 +2 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 10
Q. Richardson 26:54 2-6 1-2 0-0 +1 3 1 4 0 1 1 2 0 0 5
M. Allen DNP – Coach’s Decision
E. Clark DNP – Coach’s Decision
C. Duhon DNP – Coach’s Decision
J. Redick DND – Lower Abdominal Strain
Total 265 40-84 15-32 25-35 13 35 48 23 13 10 18 7 3 120
47.6% 46.9% 71.4% team rebs: 14 total to: 18
Golden State Warriors (29-36)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
D. Wright F 37:36 12-17 8-11 0-0 +18 0 6 6 0 4 0 1 0 2 32
D. Lee F-C 46:01 6-14 0-0 4-6 +5 1 5 6 9 4 2 1 1 3 16
A. Biedrins C 24:22 1-2 0-0 0-0 +5 2 3 5 0 3 0 0 1 0 2
M. Ellis G 53:00 14-24 7-9 4-5 +3 0 6 6 11 2 4 3 1 1 39
S. Curry G 39:49 8-19 4-10 2-2 +1 0 4 4 12 4 3 5 0 0 22
E. Udoh 07:31 2-4 0-0 0-0 -2 3 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 4
A. Law 13:11 0-1 0-0 0-0 +2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0
V. Radmanovic 24:17 3-5 2-4 0-0 +8 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 8
A. Thornton 07:53 0-3 0-0 0-0 -10 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
L. Amundson 03:50 0-2 0-0 0-0 -10 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
R. Williams 07:31 0-2 0-1 0-0 -5 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
J. Adrien DNP – Coach’s Decision
Total 265 46-93 21-35 10-13 8 26 34 35 23 12 12 3 7 123
49.5% 60.0% 76.9% team rebs: 8 total to: 12

inactive

  • Magic: Orton
  • Warriors: Bell, Lin

technical fouls

  • Magic: –
  • Warriors: –

scoring

  • Lead Changes: 5
  • Times Tied: 6

arena stats

  • Arena: ORACLE Arena, Oakland, CA
  • Officials: #57 Greg Willard, #56 Mark Ayotte, #44 Eli Roe
  • Attendance: 19596
  • Duration: 2:42
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11
Mar

Preview: Magic at Warriors

Orlando
Magic

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Golden State
Warriors

Oracle Arena
7:30pm | CSNBA

Official Game Preview

2010-11 Meetings
January 3, 2011 • Recap
Warriors 90
Magic 110
 
March 11, 2011 • Recap
Magic 120
Warriors 123
 

Alright, just what the Warriors need: a game against one of the best post players in the league! Sarcasm aside, it will be interesting to see if Udoh can slow Howard down at all — certainly will be a hell of a test for the rookie.

In their first meeting, the Warriors played a strong first half but then got destroyed in the second. The Magic killed them from deep, and didn’t even really take advantage of their inside strength. Hopefully the road rims won’t be as kind to the Magic, because if they are able to connect from 3 this one likely won’t be close.

Still, should be a good crowd with the draw of Howardon a Friday night, so I’ll try and be optimistic and hope that the Warriors will get a positive surge from being home again after their long trip.

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Mar

Game #64: Nets 94, Warriors 90

Warriors 90

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Nets 94
March 9, 2011 1 2 3 4 T
Warriors 22 27 28 13 90
Nets 29 22 23 20 94
  Net -7 5 5 -7 -4
  Season Avg -2.9 0.8 -0.4 -0.1 -2.2
  Compare to Season Avg -4.1 4.2 5.4 -6.9 -1.8
 Warriors Stats
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Game 44% 42.9% 66.7% 15 19 8 41 16 11 3 9 14 40 10
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 -2.1% 3.7% -9.4% -5.7 -3 -3.6 0.5 -6.5 2 -2 -5.1 -7.5 -2.6 -8.6
 Net Comparison
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Net Game 0.4% 9.5% -8.3% -1 -4 -6 -7 -9 6 -4 3 -2 4 -10
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% 6% -7.1% 6 -0.4 -4.8 -2.7 -6.8 5.2 -4.7 1.8 -4 6.9 -9.2

Story of the season: the Warriors get a gift-wrapped opportunity to steal a win that you’d expect them to normally have trouble with (second half of a back-to-back at the end of along road trip — but against a Nets team missing their best player and just back from Europe), and they throw it away with a complete inability to score when it matters most.

Last night, it was down the stretch: The Warriors offense basically shut down with 5 minutes left in the 4th quarter, and they saw a small lead bleed away against a Nets team that was almost as bad, but still was able to do enough to pick up the win.

Thus ends a brutal 2-5 road trip, one they needed to at least go 4-3 on to come home with some semblance of self-respect. Instead, we’re now left with playing out the string yet again. Sad that avoiding 50 losses remains one of the few moral victories left within reach.

 

Golden State Warriors (28-36)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
D. Wright F 36:14 4-10 1-2 1-2 -3 0 7 7 2 2 2 2 0 1 10
D. Lee F-C 36:52 7-12 0-0 3-4 -2 2 8 10 2 4 2 1 0 1 17
A. Biedrins C 24:22 2-2 0-0 0-0 -2 3 2 5 2 3 2 1 0 0 4
M. Ellis G 35:54 7-22 0-3 2-2 -9 0 3 3 4 3 2 2 0 2 16
S. Curry G 30:17 6-15 2-4 1-1 -13 0 3 3 3 3 2 3 0 1 15
A. Law 17:43 4-5 0-0 0-0 +9 0 4 4 2 1 1 0 0 0 8
E. Udoh 14:56 3-6 0-0 0-0 +4 2 3 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 6
V. Radmanovic 08:20 0-2 0-2 0-0 +3 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
R. Williams 14:36 3-7 3-3 1-2 +1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
L. Amundson 11:08 0-2 0-0 2-4 -2 1 2 3 0 1 0 0 2 2 2
A. Thornton 09:39 1-1 0-0 0-0 -6 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
J. Lin DNP – Coach’s Decision
Total 240 37-84 6-14 10-15 8 33 41 16 19 11 9 3 7 90
44.0% 42.9% 66.7% team rebs: 9 total to: 10
New Jersey Nets (20-43)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
S. Vujacic G 31:57 7-16 2-6 0-0 -1 0 1 1 2 3 0 1 0 0 16
K. Humphries F 37:24 5-7 0-0 1-3 +5 2 13 15 0 2 0 3 4 0 11
B. Lopez C 39:21 10-17 0-0 6-6 +12 4 6 10 4 2 0 1 1 1 26
A. Morrow G 41:12 8-17 4-6 2-2 +15 0 6 6 2 2 0 3 1 0 22
J. Farmar G 31:38 2-10 0-5 0-0 -19 1 3 4 9 1 1 1 0 0 4
S. Gaines 23:36 2-6 0-1 1-3 +21 1 0 1 8 2 4 3 0 0 5
T. Outlaw 12:19 1-6 0-0 2-2 -2 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 4
D. Gadzuric 05:57 1-4 0-0 0-0 -4 3 1 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 2
S. Graham 07:16 1-2 0-0 0-0 -3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
B. Uzoh 03:16 0-1 0-0 0-0 -4 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
B. Wright 06:05 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
J. Petro DNP – Coach’s Decision
Total 240 38-87 6-18 12-16 14 34 48 25 15 5 12 7 3 94
43.7% 33.3% 75.0% team rebs: 7 total to: 12

inactive

  • Warriors: Adrien, Bell
  • Nets: James, Ross, Williams

technical fouls

  • Warriors: –
  • Nets: –

scoring

  • Lead Changes: 14
  • Times Tied: 9

arena stats

  • Arena: Prudential Center, Newark, NJ
  • Officials: #48 Scott Foster, #36 David Jones, #70 Brent Barnaky
  • Attendance: 13513
  • Duration: 2:03
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9
Mar

Preview: Warriors at Nets

Golden State
Warriors

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New Jersey
Nets

Prudential Center
4:00pm | CSNBA

Official Game Preview

2010-11 Meetings
January 17, 2011 • Recap
Nets 100
Warriors 109
 
March 9, 2011 • Recap
Warriors 90
Nets 94
 

The Warriors finish up the roadie in New Jersey tonight, and have two welcome pieces of news: the Nets have recently returned from a two-game stint in London so they should be as tired as the Warriors, and New Jersey will be without Deron Williams who is expected to miss the game for the birth of his kid. This is what those in the biz call an “opportunity” — the question is, will the Warriors seize it?

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8
Mar

Game #63: Warriors 95, Cavaliers 85

Warriors 95

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Cavaliers 85
March 8, 2011 1 2 3 4 T
Warriors 18 29 29 19 95
Cavaliers 30 16 19 20 85
  Net -12 13 10 -1 10
  Season Avg -2.9 0.8 -0.4 -0.1 -2.2
  Compare to Season Avg -9.1 12.2 10.4 -0.9 12.2
 Warriors Stats
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Game 45.3% 44.4% 90% 10 17 14 40 21 9 11 15 15 44 10
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 -0.8% 5.3% 13.9% -10.7 -5 2.4 -0.5 -1.5 0 6 0.9 1.5 1.4 -8.6
 Net Comparison
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Net Game 8.9% 22.2% 7.4% -13 -1 -3 -4 3 2 9 2 6 2 -5
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 9.5% 18.7% 8.6% -6 2.6 -1.8 0.3 5.2 1.2 8.3 0.8 4 4.9 -4.2

Nice win for the Warriors, who overcame a slow start to beat the Cavs fairly easily. Things got a little hairy in the 4th, but they kept the lead close to double digits most of the way and will leave town with a desperately needed win.

Big night from the backcourt, as Monta and Steph combined for 47 points, 14 rebounds, and 13 assists. And check out the +/- that Curry pulled down: +20 in 39 minutes. I can’t remember the last time a Warrior had a number that high.

David Lee had his now customary double-double — you can call his stats hollow, but you can’t completely discount them.

Now it’s on to New Jersey, and something of a freebie as no one will be expecting much from the Dubs on the back end of a back-to-back at the end of their season-long roadie. But this team has surprised in this situation before — in particular, the game at New Orleans — so maybe they’ll come out tomorrow and surprise.

Golden State Warriors (28-35)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
D. Wright F 32:38 3-9 0-2 1-2 +2 0 1 1 4 1 2 1 1 0 7
D. Lee F-C 26:07 6-16 0-0 2-2 +5 7 7 14 2 4 0 2 1 0 14
E. Udoh F 20:02 2-4 0-0 0-0 +3 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 2 0 4
M. Ellis G 42:41 9-21 6-9 0-0 +5 0 7 7 7 2 3 4 2 1 24
S. Curry G 39:12 10-18 2-5 1-1 +20 4 3 7 6 3 2 3 1 0 23
A. Law 14:07 1-4 0-0 0-0 -5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2
R. Williams 03:22 0-1 0-1 0-0 -5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
A. Biedrins 20:03 1-1 0-0 0-0 +1 1 1 2 1 3 0 0 1 0 2
L. Amundson 05:57 2-4 0-0 0-0 -1 2 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 4
A. Thornton 19:05 3-3 0-0 3-3 +11 0 3 3 1 1 0 2 0 0 9
V. Radmanovic 16:46 2-5 0-1 2-2 +14 0 2 2 0 0 1 1 3 0 6
J. Lin DNP – Coach’s Decision
Total 240 39-86 8-18 9-10 14 26 40 21 17 9 15 11 2 95
45.3% 44.4% 90.0% team rebs: 11 total to: 16
Cleveland Cavaliers (12-51)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
A. Gee F 20:31 2-7 0-3 0-0 -4 4 4 8 0 4 0 2 1 1 4
S. Samuels F 30:55 5-14 0-1 1-2 -25 5 4 9 1 2 0 3 0 2 11
J. Hickson F 28:37 3-11 0-0 4-4 -7 4 3 7 3 2 1 2 0 3 10
A. Parker G 28:19 2-9 1-4 1-2 -14 0 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 6
R. Sessions G 21:33 2-9 0-0 4-4 -17 0 4 4 2 0 1 3 0 3 8
D. Gibson 23:47 1-5 1-4 0-0 +5 0 1 1 3 2 0 1 0 0 3
C. Eyenga 27:33 3-7 0-2 2-2 0 1 4 5 0 1 1 1 0 1 8
B. Davis 30:31 7-14 2-4 3-4 +5 1 4 5 6 2 3 4 1 1 19
R. Hollins 23:30 6-8 0-0 2-3 +7 2 0 2 1 3 0 1 0 0 14
J. Graham 04:44 0-1 0-0 2-2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
L. Harangody DND – Right Hip Pointer
M. Harris DNP – Coach’s Decision
Total 240 31-85 4-18 19-23 17 27 44 18 16 7 17 2 11 85
36.5% 22.2% 82.6% team rebs: 11 total to: 19

inactive

  • Warriors: Adrien, Bell
  • Cavaliers: Erden, Jamison, Varejao

technical fouls

  • Warriors: –
  • Cavaliers: –

scoring

  • Lead Changes: 5
  • Times Tied: 1

arena stats

  • Arena: Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, OH
  • Officials: #24 Mike Callahan, #40 Leon Wood, #75 Eric Dalen
  • Attendance: 19919
  • Duration: 2:04
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8
Mar

Preview: Warriors at Cavaliers

Golden State
Warriors

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Cleveland
Cavaliers

Quicken Loans Arena
4:00pm | CSNBA

Official Game Preview

2010-11 Meetings
January 7, 2011 • Recap
Cavaliers 98
Warriors 116
 
March 8, 2011 • Recap
Warriors 95
Cavaliers 85
 

The Warriors face their old friend Baron Davis tonight, who is now leading a Cavs team that has added a few solid wins to its resume in recent weeks. With a game against the Deron Williams-led Nets in New Jersey tomorrow night, this is the best chance the Dubs have to make it home to Oracle with at least two wins on this trip.  On top of my list of wants for tonight, I’d like to see Curry break loose: it would be great to see him make himself indispensable, lest Smart decide to bench him for another 4th quarter.

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6
Mar

Game #62: 76ers 125, Warriors 117

Warriors 117

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76ers 125
March 6, 2011 1 2 3 4 T
Warriors 25 31 24 26 117
76ers 31 33 16 26 125
  Net -6 -2 8 0 -8
  Season Avg -2.9 0.8 -0.4 -0.1 -2.2
  Compare to Season Avg -3.1 -2.8 8.4 0.1 -5.8
 Warriors Stats
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Game 49% 21.1% 94.4% 18 26 12 39 19 9 6 20 23 60 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 2.8% -18.1% 18.3% -2.7 4 0.4 -1.5 -3.5 0 1 5.9 -0.5 17.4 -1.6
 Net Comparison
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Net Game -0.5% -3.9% 10.6% -13 -9 -5 -14 -13 -5 3 -1 -4 -12 -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 0.1% -7.4% 11.8% -6 -5.4 -3.8 -9.7 -10.8 -5.8 2.3 -2.2 -6 -9.1 -14.2

Rough loss, as the Warriors played a solid game against a quality opponent on the road, complete with an amazing couple of baskets from Monta at the end of regulation.

But the defense couldn’t hold in overtime, and at the end of the day this counts as another L. Looking at the comparative stats above, they didn’t have much business even being this close as they were significantly outrebounded and lost almost every statistical category.

Monta was great late, and Curry had a solid game despite riding the bench throughout most of the 4th quarter (smart move by Smart, as the lineup he had out there was working). I also thought Ekpe played well, though his foul trouble knocked him out early in the 3rd and he never found his way back in.

I liked seeing Lee play the 5 at the end of the game, and he had another solid stat line (14 and 14) but poor +/-. Still, that was nothing compared to Biedrins, who managed a -16 in just 9 minutes of action.

And how about Evan Turner? After struggling throughout the earlier parts of the year, looks like the dude is finally putting it together. He was a game-high +25 (in a game his team only won by 8), and was all over the place at the end of the game.

So the road trip continues, and after a night off we get to play Baron and the Cavs. That will be an easier game than tonight, though you know he’ll be motivated and we just saw how good he can still be if he puts his mind to it.

Golden State Warriors (27-35)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
D. Wright F 41:26 5-11 0-5 6-6 -10 2 1 3 4 3 4 4 1 0 16
D. Lee F-C 38:03 7-11 0-0 0-0 -12 3 11 14 1 3 0 3 0 1 14
E. Udoh F 11:46 2-3 0-0 0-0 +6 0 5 5 1 4 0 0 2 0 4
M. Ellis G 45:22 11-27 2-7 3-4 -11 0 1 1 2 3 3 6 0 0 27
S. Curry G 35:12 8-16 1-3 5-5 +6 0 1 1 7 3 0 4 2 0 22
A. Biedrins 08:49 1-1 0-0 0-0 -16 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2
A. Law 17:53 3-8 0-1 1-1 -16 1 2 3 3 1 0 0 0 1 7
V. Radmanovic 28:20 1-3 0-1 0-0 -3 1 1 2 0 6 0 2 1 0 2
L. Amundson 11:02 4-6 0-0 2-2 +4 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 10
R. Williams 20:12 3-8 1-2 0-0 +9 1 1 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 7
A. Thornton 06:55 3-4 0-0 0-0 +3 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 6
J. Lin DNP – Coach’s Decision
Total 265 48-98 4-19 17-18 12 27 39 19 26 9 20 6 3 117
49.0% 21.1% 94.4% team rebs: 4 total to: 20
Philadelphia 76ers (32-30)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
A. Iguodala F-G 40:48 5-13 0-2 5-6 -3 5 6 11 10 0 3 4 1 0 15
E. Brand F 28:47 6-13 0-0 0-1 -9 2 3 5 3 3 1 2 0 1 12
S. Hawes C 16:43 2-2 0-0 0-1 -5 1 6 7 3 2 1 4 0 0 4
J. Meeks G 32:38 2-9 2-6 5-5 +4 0 5 5 1 2 1 2 0 2 11
J. Holiday G 44:41 7-13 0-0 2-3 0 2 6 8 7 3 3 3 0 0 16
L. Williams 27:07 6-14 1-4 6-6 +8 1 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 2 19
T. Young 34:34 7-12 0-0 6-7 +8 3 4 7 1 2 2 1 1 0 20
M. Speights 11:32 4-6 0-0 0-0 +12 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 8
E. Turner 28:11 9-15 0-0 2-2 +25 3 4 7 3 2 2 2 1 1 20
T. Battie DNP – Coach’s Decision
C. Brackins DNP – Coach’s Decision
A. Nocioni DNP – Coach’s Decision
Total 265 48-97 3-12 26-31 17 36 53 32 17 14 19 3 6 125
49.5% 25.0% 83.9% team rebs: 9 total to: 22

inactive

  • Warriors: Adrien, Bell
  • 76ers: Kapono, Songaila

technical fouls

  • Warriors: Smart
  • 76ers: –

scoring

  • Lead Changes: 12
  • Times Tied: 17

arena stats

  • Arena: Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, PA
  • Officials: #49 Tom Washington, #6 Tony Brown, #58 Josh Tiven
  • Attendance: 11294
  • Duration: 2:37
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6
Mar

Preview: Warriors at 76ers

Golden State
Warriors

@

Philadelphia
76ers

Wells Fargo Center
3:00pm | CSNBA

Official Game Preview

2010-11 Meetings
December 27, 2010 • Recap
76ers 95
Warriors 110
 
March 6, 2011 • Recap
Warriors 117
76ers 125
 

The road trip continues in Philadelphia, with an early evening start against the surging 76ers. What to watch for tonight:

  • Smart Coaching. I’d consider this game to be a good test of Keith Smart’s coaching: they played a good game in Boston, so can they build on it or will they regress? Too often this year, the Warriors have played well in a loss against an elite team, and then followed it up with a stinker — and I blame coaching for those sorts of weak rebounds. Tonight gives a perfect chance to once again test that pattern.
  • Moar Monta. Monta is coming off his best game in weeks. Can he continue his surge back to his early season form, or will he throw up another volume 6-26 shooting night?
  • The Rook. Ekpe got the start against Boston, but only played 12 minutes (partly, I would assume, because the Celtics went small most of the night). Can he stay on the floor a bit longer tonight and even pull down a handful of rebounds? While he’s become a solid defensive player, it would be great to see him make a bit of progress in terms of scoring and rebounding before the season ends.
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5
Mar

Game #61: Celtics 107, Warriors 103

Warriors 103

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Celtics 107
March 4, 2011 1 2 3 4 T
Warriors 27 26 28 22 103
Celtics 32 32 24 19 107
  Net -5 -6 4 3 -4
  Season Avg -2.9 0.8 -0.4 -0.1 -2.2
  Compare to Season Avg -2.1 -6.8 4.4 3.1 -1.8
 Warriors Stats
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Game 47.6% 26.3% 85.7% 21 19 15 39 17 9 3 16 22 46 13
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 1.4% -12.9% 9.6% 0.3 -3 3.4 -1.5 -5.5 0 -2 1.9 2.5 3.4 -5.6
 Net Comparison
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Net Game -5.8% -12.6% -6% -3 1 9 11 -9 -1 1 -2 0 2 -1
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 -5.2% -16.1% -4.8% 4 4.6 10.2 15.3 -6.8 -1.8 0.3 -3.2 -2 4.9 -0.2

The Warriors played better than I expected, but in the end it was the most oft-written story of the season: dig an early hole that proves too much to overcome, even with a furious comeback at the end.

Big game from Monta, his best since the Utah win before the break and maybe his best since he rolled his ankle in the Kings game. Too bad Curry and Wright had off nights, and outside of David Lee no one else really showed up offensively.

While the Warriors won the rebounding battle decisively and came close from in terms of matching free throw attempts, there just wasn’t enough defense to stop Boston’s solid passing.

So the road trip continues with a game tomorrow afternoon in Philly, so it will be interesting to see how this team recovers. They should be able to take something positive from this loss, though all too often this season they’ve failed to capitalize on “good” losses against elite teams and instead jump down below the level of the followup competition.

Golden State Warriors (27-34)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
D. Wright F 28:27 5-10 0-3 1-2 -8 1 2 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 11
D. Lee F-C 40:30 10-19 0-0 6-6 +1 3 9 12 2 4 2 4 0 2 26
E. Udoh F 12:58 0-2 0-0 0-0 -1 2 1 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0
M. Ellis G 44:29 13-24 4-9 11-12 +3 0 6 6 4 2 1 2 1 0 41
S. Curry G 31:30 4-11 1-4 0-0 -8 2 1 3 5 3 0 4 0 0 9
A. Biedrins 17:30 2-3 0-0 0-0 -13 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 4
L. Amundson 17:28 1-3 0-0 0-0 +1 3 3 6 0 2 1 0 1 0 2
A. Law 16:30 2-3 0-0 0-0 +4 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 4
V. Radmanovic 21:04 2-7 0-2 0-0 +4 3 2 5 2 1 0 1 1 0 4
R. Williams 07:32 1-2 0-1 0-1 -2 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 2
Al. Thornton 02:03 0-0 0-0 0-0 -1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
J. Adrien DNP – Coach’s Decision
Total 240 40-84 5-19 18-21 15 24 39 17 19 9 16 3 2 103
47.6% 26.3% 85.7% team rebs: 8 total to: 16
Boston Celtics (45-15)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
P. Pierce F 36:36 9-14 1-4 8-8 +5 1 6 7 2 3 1 4 1 0 27
K. Garnett F 33:42 4-8 0-1 0-0 +11 0 6 6 2 1 0 1 0 0 8
N. Krstic C 26:19 3-5 0-0 5-6 +12 1 5 6 1 4 1 1 1 0 11
R. Allen G 39:03 9-13 5-8 4-5 +9 1 2 3 3 2 1 1 0 0 27
R. Rondo G 41:54 3-11 0-0 0-0 +4 0 0 0 16 3 5 3 0 1 6
V. Wafer 05:28 3-4 1-2 0-0 +1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
T. Murphy 11:55 0-4 0-2 0-0 -9 2 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
J. Green 27:39 8-11 0-1 5-5 -9 0 1 1 0 6 2 3 0 1 21
A. Bradley 08:27 0-3 0-0 0-0 -4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
C. Johnson 08:58 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
G. Davis DND – Strained Patella Tendon, Left Knee
S. Pavlovic DNP – Coach’s Decision
Total 240 39-73 7-18 22-24 6 22 28 26 20 10 14 2 3 107
53.4% 38.9% 91.7% team rebs: 8 total to: 15

inactive

  • Warriors: Bell, Lin
  • Celtics: O’Neal, O’Neal, West

technical fouls

  • Warriors: Radmanovic
  • Celtics: –

scoring

  • Lead Changes: 0
  • Times Tied: 6

arena stats

  • Arena: TD Garden, Boston, MA
  • Officials: #8 Marc Davis, #16 David Guthrie, #68 Marat Kogut
  • Attendance: 18624
  • Duration: 2:17
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Preview: Warriors at Celtics

Golden State
Warriors

@

Boston
Celtics

TD Garden
4:30pm | CSNBA

Official Game Preview

2010-11 Meetings
February 22, 2011 • Recap
Celtics 115
Warriors 93
 
March 4, 2011 • Recap
Warriors 103
Celtics 107
 

The Warriors head to Boston tonight to play a Celtics team that absolutely destroyed them in the second half a few weeks back.

One bright spot is that “Big Baby” Davis won’t play, as he strained a tendon in his knee in their last contest. This makes the Celtics dangerously thin up front — Shaq and Jermaine O’Neill are still out, and they just traded Kendrick Perkins. Unfortunately, this is probably the worst possible weakness for the Warriors to try to exploit given their troubles in the paint. And I seriously worry about what a crafty vet like Garnett will do to Udoh if they get matched up at the 5.

So we’ll see: no one expects the Warriors to win this game, so maybe they’ll pull another of their rare surprise victories over tough teams. But I wouldn’t bank on it.