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Mar

Game #71: Spurs 111, Warriors 96

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Warriors 96

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Spurs 111
March 21, 2011 1 2 3 4 T
Warriors 21 24 24 27 96
Spurs 32 22 32 25 111
  Net -11 2 -8 2 -15
  Season Avg -2.9 0.8 -0.4 -0.1 -2.2
  Compare to Season Avg -8.1 1.2 -7.6 2.1 -12.8
 Warriors Stats
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Game 45.2% 31.6% 77.8% 18 19 12 45 16 7 3 17 23 34 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 -0.9% -7.6% 1.7% -2.7 -3 0.4 4.5 -6.5 -2 -2 2.9 -7.5 -8.6 3.4
 Net Comparison
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Net Game -4.2% -2.8% -6.4% -1 -8 5 3 -13 0 -1 -6 -11 -14 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 -3.6% -6.3% -5.2% 6 -4.4 6.2 7.3 -10.8 -0.8 -1.7 -7.2 -13 -11.1 7.8

Another game, another convincing loss — though this was one closer than I expected. As Adam Lauridsen notes, at least the Warriors kept things close enough to avoid garbage time and keep the Spurs starters on the floor through the end of the game.

Good to see Udoh step up his rebounding game, with 7 boards in a season-high 38 minutes. He also led the team in scoring with 15 — and from the sound of it (I didn’t watch) he actually showed off some nice moves.

Other than that though, the box score doesn’t provide much to get excited about, and in the team stats the Warriors were once again outshot, outassisted, and killed in the paint. Though I do need to give them credit for winning the rebounding battle, with boards well-distributed throughout the team.

But the end result was a loss, and now the 30-41 Warriors head to Houston to finish up the road trip. And looking at the remaining schedule, 3-8 does not seem out of the question for the rest of the season.

Golden State Warriors (30-41)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
D. Wright F 29:46 5-14 1-5 3-5 -19 1 5 6 3 1 0 0 0 1 14
D. Lee F-C 30:48 4-8 0-0 5-6 -26 5 4 9 2 4 2 2 1 1 13
E. Udoh F 37:53 7-14 0-0 1-2 -18 4 3 7 2 2 1 2 2 0 15
M. Ellis G 30:58 4-13 2-5 0-0 -22 0 3 3 4 1 1 3 0 0 10
S. Curry G 19:57 3-8 1-2 1-1 -12 0 0 0 2 4 0 1 0 1 8
V. Radmanovic 27:07 2-5 1-4 0-0 +12 1 4 5 0 2 1 1 0 0 5
A. Law 22:26 6-11 0-0 2-2 -5 1 3 4 3 2 2 5 0 1 14
R. Williams 22:39 3-5 1-3 0-0 +9 0 8 8 0 2 0 1 0 0 7
A. Thornton 18:26 4-6 0-0 2-2 +6 0 3 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 10
J. Adrien DNP – Coach’s Decision
L. Amundson DNP – Coach’s Decision
C. Bell DNP – Coach’s Decision
Total 240 38-84 6-19 14-18 12 33 45 16 19 7 17 3 4 96
45.2% 31.6% 77.8% team rebs: 5 total to: 17
San Antonio Spurs (57-13)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
R. Jefferson F 29:30 3-7 0-4 6-6 +23 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 12
T. Duncan F 04:13 2-2 0-0 0-0 +9 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 4
A. McDyess F-C 20:39 2-4 0-0 0-0 +17 2 7 9 1 4 0 0 1 0 4
M. Ginobili G 31:19 9-18 4-9 6-6 +11 0 3 3 3 0 3 3 0 0 28
T. Parker G 33:31 7-15 0-0 3-4 +24 0 2 2 15 2 0 3 0 2 17
M. Bonner 26:29 2-9 2-9 0-0 +17 1 4 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 6
T. Splitter 26:34 5-8 0-0 0-2 -7 4 10 14 2 3 3 1 0 1 10
G. Hill 27:32 3-5 1-2 1-1 -2 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 1 0 8
G. Neal 20:04 3-10 1-4 0-0 -15 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 7
S. Novak 18:05 5-6 3-4 0-0 -6 0 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 13
D. Green 01:02 0-0 0-0 0-0 +2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
J. Anderson 01:02 1-1 0-0 0-0 +2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Total 240 42-85 11-32 16-19 7 35 42 29 11 7 11 4 3 111
49.4% 34.4% 84.2% team rebs: 4 total to: 12

inactive

  • Warriors: Biedrins, Lin
  • Spurs: Blair, Quinn

technical fouls

  • Warriors: Smart
  • Spurs: Popovich

scoring

  • Lead Changes: 0
  • Times Tied: 1

arena stats

  • Arena: AT&T Center, San Antonio, TX
  • Officials: #7 Kevin Fehr, #20 Leroy Richardson, #55 Bill Kennedy
  • Attendance: 18443
  • Duration: 2:00

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Mar

Preview: Warriors at Spurs

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Golden State
Warriors

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San Antonio
Spurs

AT&T Center
5:30pm | CSNBA

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2010-11 Meetings
November 30, 2010 • Recap
Spurs 118
Warriors 98
 
December 8, 2010 • Recap
Warriors 94
Spurs 111
 
January 24, 2011 • Recap
Spurs 113
Warriors 102
 
March 21, 2011 • Recap
Warriors 96
Spurs 111
 

Raise your hand if you think the Warriors have a shot in this one: second half of a road back-to-back, against the best team in a league, and in a city where the Warriors haven’t won in over a decade. What’s not to love?

Once again we’ll just watch for reasons to get optimistic about the future: can Udoh stay on the floor against one of the craftiest big guys in the league? Can Curry keep Parker in front of him? (Don’t laugh.) Can Thornton make the rest of the team better at all? And would it kill Smart to just play Adrien at least 10 minutes? After all, what’s the worst that could happen: You lose the game by 30 points and set a season low in points scored? Because that just happened last night — might as well try to get something positive out of it.

 

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21
Mar

Game #70: Mavericks 101, Warriors 73

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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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Mar

Preview: Warriors at Mavericks

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Warriors

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Mavericks

American Airlines Center
4:30pm | CSNBA

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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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20
Mar

Monta Ellis Win vs. Loss

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Yesterday I looked at some of David Lee’s stats in wins versus losses.

Today we look at Monta Ellis’s PTS in wins versus loses.  Simply, Monta’s PTS total shows differences in wins and losses that are statistically significant (the notches do not overlap).  Monta scores more points in a Warrior’s win than he does in a loss.  While it is not surprising that this trend is true I did find it somewhat surprising that the difference has a p value<0.05 as none of the things I have looked at so far show statistical significance.

 

 

 

 

 

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19
Mar

David Lee Wins vs Losses

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Since I accuse David Lee of only having good games in Warrior’s losses I thought I would build a little box plot of his total rebounds and points scored in wins versus loses.

Turns out I was probably wrong.  Lee has pretty much the exact same rebounding average in a win as in a loss.  He has slightly more points in a loss but it is not a huge difference (about a point).  Lee is however much more consistent in losses than he is in wins, that can be seen in the more compact boxes.  Look how 10-11 rebounds takes up the entire 50-75% percentile group.  That is pretty damn consistent.  Lee is more likely to have a good rebounding game in a Warriors win (or the Warriors tend to win when Lee has a higher rebounding game) which makes sense.

Nothing earth-shattering but there it is. Maybe I will take a look at some of the other players over the next few days.

On a side note I like the boxplot because there is more information in it than just looking at per game averages home versus away, for example the implied consistency.

UPDATE: In the comments Mike asked for the assists version of this graph.  I don’t think you could have drawn splits that were much similar.

David Lee Assists in wins versus losses

 

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19
Mar

Game #69: Suns 108, 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

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Warriors

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Phoenix
Suns

US Airways Center
7:00pm | CSNBA

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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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17
Mar

Game #68: Mavericks 112, Warriors 106

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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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Preview: Mavericks at Warriors

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Dallas
Mavericks

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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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