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Feb

Game #54: Warriors 102, Hornets 89

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Hornets 89

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Warriors 109
February 15, 2011 1 2 3 4 T
Hornets 32 21 18 18 89
Warriors 22 36 25 19 109
  Net -10 15 7 1 20
  Season Avg -2.9 0.8 -0.4 -0.1 -2.2
  Compare to Season Avg -7.1 14.2 7.4 1.1 22.2
 Warriors Stats
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Game 50.6% 52.6% 82.4% 17 23 10 32 25 8 5 13 16 42 19
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 4.5% 13.4% 6.2% -3.7 1 -1.6 -8.5 2.5 -1 0 -1.1 2.5 -0.6 0.4
 Net Comparison
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Net Game 5.3% 22.6% 4.1% -6 -6 -3 -6 9 3 3 2 6 6 9
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 5.9% 19.1% 5.3% 1 -2.4 -1.8 -1.7 11.2 2.2 2.3 0.8 4 8.9 9.8

It looked like we were sure to have a repeat of the last matchup between these two teams: The Hornets got off to a blistering start, opening a double-digit first quarter lead behind 60+% shooting. But something happened on the way to the blowout: The Warriors bench delivered!

Led by Radmonovic, and with solid performances by Lin and Udoh, they closed the gap from 15 to 6 before the starters returned — when Monta’s hot hand from deep helped them finish the comeback. A dominant second half later (the Hornets scored 32 in the opening quarter, and just 36 in the final two), and the Warriors won this one going away.

Solid performances all around — foul trouble limited Monta and Curry’s minutes, but Monta still led all scores with 21, while Curry had another nice PG game with 8 assists. Lee’s rebounding numbers were down sharply tonight, but he still chipped in 16 points and did a decent job defending West. And Wright was solid as usual, with 16 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists.

Now the Warriors face a tight turnaround with a game tonight against Utah, but at least they’ll be taking two good wins against solid competition with them. The team has been legitimately better since the Bobcats debacle, and while they won’t be getting to .500 by the All-Star break, if they could stay hot they could definitely come close.

New Orleans Hornets (33-24)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
T. Ariza F 37:52 5-9 1-1 0-0 -17 1 5 6 4 2 1 1 0 0 11
D. West F 28:46 5-7 0-0 5-6 -4 3 4 7 0 2 0 3 0 0 15
A. Gray C 15:11 2-4 0-0 0-0 +1 3 1 4 0 3 0 2 1 0 4
W. Green G 29:18 5-10 0-2 2-2 -18 0 3 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 12
C. Paul G 32:14 4-12 0-1 3-3 -10 1 3 4 10 1 1 1 0 0 11
J. Smith 13:55 0-1 0-0 2-2 -2 2 1 3 0 3 1 1 0 0 2
M. Belinelli 22:22 5-8 2-4 3-4 -4 1 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 15
D. Andersen 11:52 0-4 0-0 0-2 0 1 2 3 0 2 0 2 1 2 0
M. Thornton 15:22 1-6 0-1 2-2 -4 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 4
J. Jack 18:17 5-10 0-1 1-2 -3 1 3 4 0 1 2 2 0 0 11
D. Mbenga 06:06 0-2 0-0 0-0 -8 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Q. Pondexter 08:45 2-2 0-0 0-0 +4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Total 240 34-75 3-10 18-23 13 25 38 16 17 5 15 2 5 89
45.3% 30.0% 78.3% team rebs: 8 total to: 16
Golden State Warriors (25-29)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
D. Wright F 43:43 7-13 1-3 1-2 +15 2 3 5 5 1 2 2 2 1 16
D. Lee F-C 28:51 6-14 0-0 4-4 +5 0 4 4 3 1 0 1 0 0 16
A. Biedrins C 17:01 2-3 0-0 0-0 +2 3 2 5 0 2 0 0 1 0 4
M. Ellis G 38:38 7-20 2-6 5-6 +13 0 2 2 3 3 2 2 0 1 21
S. Curry G 24:21 5-5 3-3 1-1 +13 0 0 0 8 3 1 3 0 0 14
R. Williams 19:36 2-5 1-2 2-2 -5 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 7
V. Radmanovic 18:30 5-6 2-3 1-2 +9 1 1 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 13
C. Bell 18:36 1-4 1-2 0-0 +6 1 2 3 2 4 1 0 0 0 3
J. Lin 09:00 2-3 0-0 0-0 0 1 2 3 3 1 0 2 0 0 4
E. Udoh 18:46 1-2 0-0 0-0 +11 2 5 7 0 4 0 3 2 0 2
B. Wright 02:58 1-2 0-0 0-0 -4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
D. Gadzuric DNP – Coach’s Decision
Total 240 39-77 10-19 14-17 10 22 32 25 23 8 13 5 2 102
50.6% 52.6% 82.4% team rebs: 9 total to: 14

inactive

  • Hornets: Banks, Okafor
  • Warriors: Amundson, Law

technical fouls

  • Hornets: –
  • Warriors: –

scoring

  • Lead Changes: 5
  • Times Tied: 2

arena stats

  • Arena: ORACLE Arena, Oakland, CA
  • Officials: #27 Dick Bavetta, #12 Violet Palmer, #56 Mark Ayotte
  • Attendance: 18276
  • Duration: 2:07

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Feb

Preview: Hornets at Warriors

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Oracle Arena
7:30pm | CSNBA

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2010-11 Meetings
January 5, 2011 • Recap
Warriors 110
Hornets 103
 
January 26, 2011 • Recap
Hornets 112
Warriors 103
 
February 15, 2011 • Recap
Hornets 89
Warriors 109
 

The Warriors welcome a reeling Hornets team to Oracle tonight, losers of 7 of 9. The Hornets blitzed the Warriors from the get-go the last time they were in Oakland, so avoiding a slow start will be key tonight. What to watch for:

  • Build on a Good Win. Lee and Curry both had arguably their best games of the season on Sunday, with Lee dominating the glass and Curry dishing like one of the best points in the league. Can they keep it up for a second game in a row?
  • Own the Boards. Rebounding was a major key in the victory over the Thunder, and with Okafor out tonight there are no excuses not to do it again.
  • Numbers for Ekpe. Udoh had a great game on Sunday, playing meaningful minutes and giving a great defensive performance throughout. But his stat line was shockingly empty. Can he do the same in terms of defense and energy, but contribute a few points and rebounds as well?

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Feb

Game #53: Warriors 100, Thunder 94

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Thunder 94

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Warriors 100
February 13, 2011 1 2 3 4 T
Thunder 20 23 23 28 94
Warriors 23 24 27 26 100
  Net 3 1 4 -2 6
  Season Avg -2.9 0.8 -0.4 -0.1 -2.2
  Compare to Season Avg 5.9 0.2 4.4 -1.9 8.2
 Warriors Stats
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Game 43.4% 30.4% 77.8% 9 20 20 47 28 8 1 8 7 44 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 -2.7% -8.8% 1.7% -11.7 -2 8.4 6.5 5.5 -1 -4 -6.1 0.5 1.4 -5.6
 Net Comparison
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Net Game -9.1% -14% -7.9% -19 -1 18 14 13 5 -4 12 13 16 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 -8.5% -17.5% -6.7% -12 2.6 19.2 18.3 15.2 4.2 -4.7 10.8 11 18.9 4.8

Stat of the night: 2 offense rebounds for the Thunder.

Runner up stat of the night: only 59 field goals in the game for the Thunder. (Sure, part of that is their 28 FTAs, but it’s also rebounding and a lack of turnovers for the Warriors, not to mention avoiding and-1′s.)

There’s the whole back-to-back thing, but the Thunder is still a damn good team with two great players — and the Warriors did a number on them tonight. And if they had shot worth a damn it would have been a blowout.

It was great to see Monta get back in the groove with a team-high 33 points, but to me there were two performances that stood above him in terms of team need. The first was David Lee’s 23 points and 19 rebounds — someone must have been reading TK last night! And second, Stephen Curry looked like a true point guard tonight with 13 assists — several of them spectacular — and no turnovers to go with his 23 points.

Dorell Wright was flat tonight offensively — he’s the one I have in mind when I think of the Warriors missing out on a blowout due to missed shots — but he did a great job defending Durant and led the team with a +18 (while Durant had a team-low -11). Udoh was scoreless in 27 minutes, but he continued to play strong defense and grabbed 4 offensive rebounds while playing meaningful crunch-time minutes.

So all in all a quality win against a quality opponent. Nice bounce-back from the Phoenix debacle (part 2!), and hopefully something they can build on as they close out their home stretch with games against New Orleans, Boston, and Atlanta (sandwiched around a game at Utah).

Oklahoma City Thunder (34-19)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
K. Durant F 41:03 10-21 2-7 7-7 -11 1 4 5 2 0 0 3 1 0 29
J. Green F 28:18 3-6 1-2 5-6 +8 0 5 5 2 3 0 2 0 0 12
N. Krstic C 20:05 2-2 0-0 0-0 -6 0 3 3 2 2 0 2 1 0 4
T. Sefolosha G 35:44 3-4 1-1 0-0 -10 1 2 3 0 1 2 2 1 0 7
R. Westbrook G 30:31 6-14 2-4 7-9 -6 0 0 0 5 5 1 6 0 0 21
E. Maynor 17:41 2-4 1-2 1-1 -2 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 6
S. Ibaka 19:53 1-2 0-0 0-0 +1 0 7 7 0 1 0 0 2 1 2
J. Harden 15:04 2-3 1-2 3-3 -2 0 0 0 2 3 0 1 0 0 8
N. Collison 27:03 2-3 0-0 1-2 -1 0 10 10 0 3 0 1 0 0 5
D. Cook 04:38 0-0 0-0 0-0 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
R. Ivey DNP – Coach’s Decision
D. White DNP – Coach’s Decision
Total 240 31-59 8-18 24-28 2 31 33 15 19 3 20 5 1 94
52.5% 44.4% 85.7% team rebs: 3 total to: 20
Golden State Warriors (24-29)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
D. Wright F 38:46 4-16 1-8 1-2 +18 4 3 7 3 4 0 2 0 0 10
D. Lee F-C 45:03 11-22 0-0 1-2 +9 4 15 19 2 3 3 2 0 3 23
A. Biedrins C 20:12 1-3 0-0 0-0 -2 4 3 7 1 4 0 0 0 0 2
M. Ellis G 45:46 13-25 3-7 4-4 +2 0 2 2 7 1 1 4 0 1 33
S. Curry G 37:48 10-18 2-5 1-1 +17 0 2 2 13 2 2 0 0 1 23
E. Udoh 27:21 0-4 0-0 0-0 -4 4 0 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 0
R. Williams 17:48 3-7 1-2 0-0 +1 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 7
V. Radmanovic 07:16 1-4 0-1 0-0 -11 3 1 4 2 3 1 0 0 0 2
C. Bell DNP – Coach’s Decision
D. Gadzuric DNP – Coach’s Decision
J. Lin DNP – Coach’s Decision
B. Wright DNP – Coach’s Decision
Total 240 43-99 7-23 7-9 20 27 47 28 20 8 8 1 5 100
43.4% 30.4% 77.8% team rebs: 7 total to: 9

inactive

  • Thunder: Aldrich, Mullens, Peterson
  • Warriors: Amundson, Law

technical fouls

  • Thunder: Westbrook
  • Warriors: –

scoring

  • Lead Changes: 21
  • Times Tied: 12

arena stats

  • Arena: ORACLE Arena, Oakland, CA
  • Officials: #48 Scott Foster, #11 Derrick Collins, #60 James Williams
  • Attendance: 19596
  • Duration: 2:20

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Feb

Preview: Thunder at Warriors

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Oracle Arena
5:00pm | CSNBA/ESPN

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2010-11 Meetings
December 5, 2010 • Recap
Warriors 109
Thunder 114
 
February 13, 2011 • Recap
Thunder 94
Warriors 100
 
March 29, 2011 • Recap
Warriors 114
Thunder 115
 

The Warriors welcome Oklahoma City to Oracle tonight, who are coming off a tight win at Sacramento. We can only hope that they’ll be tired/satisfied after winning the first half of the back-to-back and won’t be bringing it at 100% for tonight’s game. What to watch for tonight:

  • Competition. Monta will match his 6th ranked scoring average up against Kevin Durant’s top-ranked average, and Monta has played well against marque competition in the past. Ellis’ down streak is getting worryingly long at this point, so hopefully playing on national television can snap him out of it.
  • Getting called out. Lots of complaints about David Lee in recent weeks, and they’re well justified. He’s getting regularly pulled in crunch time, which is not exactly what you pay $13M/per for. At the very least, it would be nice to see him start rebounding again; his 3-boards performance down in Phoenix on Friday was, quite frankly, pathetic.
  • The Long Boys. Both Udoh and B. Wright got a sweat going on Friday, and Ekpe in particular is making a strong case for more minutes. Combined with the need to showcase Brandan before the trade deadline, I wonder if we’ll see more from these guys tonight — especially if Andris struggles (again).

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Feb

Game #52: Suns 112, Warriors 88

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Warriors 88

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Suns 112
February 10, 2011 1 2 3 4 T
Warriors 22 20 19 27 88
Suns 32 33 22 25 112
  Net -10 -13 -3 2 -24
  Season Avg -2.9 0.8 -0.4 -0.1 -2.2
  Compare to Season Avg -7.1 -13.8 -2.6 2.1 -21.8
 Warriors Stats
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Game 40% 30% 58.8% 17 15 9 32 19 11 6 12 15 44 15
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 -6.2% -9.2% -17.3% -3.7 -7 -2.6 -8.5 -3.5 2 1 -2.1 -0.5 1.4 -3.6
 Net Comparison
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Net Game -12.4% -24.5% -26.9% 3 1 -3 -15 -6 6 0 5 4 4 -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 -11.8% -28% -25.7% 10 4.6 -1.8 -10.7 -3.8 5.2 -0.7 3.8 2 6.9 -7.2

Another ugly loss to the Suns, as the Warriors decided to repeat their Monday performance and make sure this game was out of reach by the end of the first quarter.

Only silver lining was extended run for Ekpe Udoh (and, to a lesser extent, Brandan Wright), who took advantage of the extended garbage time to post career highs of 16 points and 7 rebounds in 30 minutes — and was the only positive Warrior at +1.

But that was about it, and as this season continues to slip out of reach the need to do something drastic to shake up the roster is becoming more and more apparent.

Golden State Warriors (23-29)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
D. Wright F 22:40 1-9 1-5 0-0 -25 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 3
D. Lee F-C 25:08 5-12 0-0 1-1 -25 2 1 3 4 4 0 1 0 2 11
A. Biedrins C 10:48 1-5 0-0 0-0 -8 1 1 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 2
M. Ellis G 28:02 4-13 0-2 0-0 -22 0 2 2 1 4 0 2 0 0 8
S. Curry G 24:48 5-9 2-3 0-0 -26 0 2 2 2 0 1 4 0 0 12
E. Udoh 30:20 8-12 0-0 0-2 +1 3 4 7 0 2 3 2 0 0 16
B. Wright 24:28 5-7 0-0 0-3 -2 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 2 0 10
R. Williams 28:07 3-9 1-5 9-10 -11 1 3 4 6 2 0 1 0 0 16
V. Radmanovic 11:50 1-3 0-1 0-0 -1 1 3 4 1 0 1 0 1 0 2
J. Lin 17:45 1-5 0-0 0-1 0 0 3 3 2 0 1 0 0 1 2
C. Bell 16:04 2-6 2-4 0-0 -1 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 1 1 6
D. Gadzuric DNP – Coach’s Decision
Total 240 36-90 6-20 10-17 9 23 32 19 15 11 12 6 6 88
40.0% 30.0% 58.8% team rebs: 15 total to: 13
Phoenix Suns (25-25)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
G. Hill F 26:24 3-6 0-1 0-0 +22 0 1 1 3 0 0 2 0 1 6
C. Frye C-F 28:30 6-12 4-6 1-2 +27 0 9 9 0 3 1 1 0 0 17
R. Lopez C 15:25 3-8 0-0 6-7 +18 4 2 6 0 1 0 0 1 1 12
V. Carter G 16:10 3-6 0-2 0-0 +8 0 4 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 6
S. Nash G 26:32 6-10 3-4 3-3 +19 2 0 2 11 2 0 7 0 1 18
M. Gortat 27:58 3-7 0-0 0-0 +3 2 7 9 0 5 1 2 0 2 6
J. Dudley 20:20 5-8 3-5 0-0 +6 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 13
H. Warrick 19:30 4-9 0-0 0-0 -3 2 4 6 2 0 1 3 0 1 8
Z. Dowdell 21:28 5-10 0-0 0-0 +5 2 3 5 6 1 1 1 1 0 10
M. Pietrus 24:23 3-5 2-4 0-0 +14 0 3 3 1 2 0 1 3 0 8
J. Childress 08:43 2-2 0-0 0-0 -2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4
G. Siler 04:37 1-1 0-0 2-2 +3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Total 240 44-84 12-22 12-14 12 35 47 25 16 5 17 6 6 112
52.4% 54.5% 85.7% team rebs: 9 total to: 18

inactive

  • Warriors: Amundson, Law
  • Suns: Dragic, Lawal

technical fouls

  • Warriors: Ellis, Wright
  • Suns: –

scoring

  • Lead Changes: 1
  • Times Tied: 0

arena stats

  • Arena: US Airways Center, Phoenix, AZ
  • Officials: #55 Bill Kennedy, #53 Mark Lindsay, #71 Rodney Mott
  • Attendance: 16731
  • Duration: 2:7

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10
Feb

Preview: Warriors at Suns

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Suns

US Airways Center
6:00pm | 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 Warriors head down to Phoenix to play the Suns for the second time in four nights, and I can’t say I’m optimistic: the Suns took the Warriors apart on Monday night, and have been resting since then. Meanwhile, the Warriors will be on the back half of a home-road back-to-back. The Warriors will need to figure out how to cover Channing Frye tonight, and it sure would be nice if they could make some outside shots. Hopefully they’ll get a nice boost from last night’s win, though we all remember how well they capitalized on momentum when they played the Suns earlier this week…

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10
Feb

Game #51: Warriors 116, Nuggets 114

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Nuggets 114

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Warriors 116
February 9, 2011 1 2 3 4 T
Nuggets 35 33 24 22 114
Warriors 34 36 30 16 116
  Net -1 3 6 -6 2
  Season Avg -2.9 0.8 -0.4 -0.1 -2.2
  Compare to Season Avg 1.9 2.2 6.4 -5.9 4.2
 Warriors Stats
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Game 51.1% 50% 66.7% 12 21 12 42 30 12 2 14 26 38 29
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 4.9% 10.8% -9.4% -8.7 -1 0.4 1.5 7.5 3 -3 -0.1 6.5 -4.6 10.4
 Net Comparison
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Net Game -1.9% 8.3% -6.1% -10 -12 0 0 2 1 -1 4 0 -14 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 -1.3% 4.8% -4.9% -3 -8.4 1.2 4.3 4.2 0.2 -1.7 2.8 -2 -11.1 4.8

Wow that was a chaotic end to a crappy 4th quarter by both teams. Most of the postgame talk surrounded the lack of a timeout call by George Karl and the lack of a touch by Carmello on the final play of the game that ended in an awkward miss by Nene. That was Nene’s only miss of the game and he finished with 17 points.

QUOTABLE: “It was so weird the way the game ended. I didn’t know what was going on. We were all looking like, ‘What’s going on right now?’ because when Nene shot the ball the horn went off. I didn’t know what was going on. I’m happy he took the shot, a step-back or whatever he was doing, instead of one of their other weapons.”
– Warriors forward Dorell Wright, who finished two assists shy of a triple-double, on the Nuggets not calling a timeout in the final seconds.

On the Warrior’s end, Monta had a game high 37 points including 4-7 from behind the arc. He did finish with a -5 though it felt like the team was playing better when he was out there on the court. Curry on the other hand got into major foul trouble in the 3rd quarter which allowed for some very productive minutes from Reggie Williams. Williams looked like the best player on the court at times with 18 points, 6 assists and 4-4 from 3 point land. Udoh’s stat line is not impressive but he gave some good defensive energy minutes once again and should hurdle Radmanovic on the depth chart soon as the Radman has cooled off in a considerable way. Dorell Wright may have been player of the game with 23 points, 11 rebounds, 8 assists and 0 turnovers, if not for shooting pretty poorly from downtown (4-11). Biedrins had a solid game, at time dominating the boards and David Lee performed well and ended with a good stat line and +/- even if I didn’t notice him all that much during the game.

Rick Berry sat in with Fitz and St. Jean for half of the 3rd Quarter and was his usual feisty self. He called out bad shots, bad whistles, bad defense all within earshot of the benches, but he was right each time. It was a nice treat to have a more critical voice on the broadcast. His best line of the night might have been “How does he live with himself?” when discussing Biedrins’s awful free throw percentage.

Overall a good win after a lousy start and a lousy finish. There was a quarter or so when the Warriors looked flat out dominate and clicking on all cylinders, if you disregard one of their cylinders (Curry) on the bench with foul trouble. TK mentions in his post-game that the Warriors looked better with one of Monta or Curry on the floor then they did with both of them on the floor together. I have to say I agree, but I hope it was a one game aberration and not the doomsday scenario he alludes to. Does anyone else out there in Warrior’s and Whatever land feel that one of the has to go rather than being willing to let one of them go?

Denver Nuggets (30-23)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
C. Anthony F 32:25 11-21 2-3 5-7 0 0 4 4 2 1 0 4 2 1 29
K. Martin F 22:57 3-7 0-0 3-3 -4 0 0 0 4 2 1 4 0 0 9
Nene C 31:42 6-7 0-0 5-5 -6 1 5 6 4 0 2 1 1 0 17
A. Afflalo G 36:52 5-11 2-6 0-0 -4 2 4 6 3 1 1 1 0 0 12
T. Lawson G 35:30 3-7 2-3 0-0 -8 1 6 7 6 1 1 3 0 0 8
J. Smith 26:34 7-12 1-5 1-2 +3 0 7 7 6 1 2 1 0 0 16
C. Andersen 15:28 0-1 0-0 0-0 +7 2 2 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
A. Harrington 21:06 7-15 2-6 2-5 -5 6 2 8 1 2 1 2 0 1 18
G. Forbes 04:56 1-1 1-1 0-0 +1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3
A. Carter 12:30 1-1 0-0 0-0 +6 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 2
M. Ely DNP – Coach’s Decision
S. Williams DNP – Coach’s Decision
Total 240 44-83 10-24 16-22 12 30 42 28 9 11 18 3 2 114
53.0% 41.7% 72.7% team rebs: 5 total to: 18
Golden State Warriors (23-28)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
D. Wright F 43:11 8-20 4-11 3-4 +5 2 9 11 8 3 4 0 0 2 23
D. Lee F-C 43:45 7-15 0-0 2-3 +4 5 7 12 6 3 2 4 1 0 16
A. Biedrins C 23:59 3-4 0-0 0-0 +5 3 9 12 2 4 2 0 0 0 6
M. Ellis G 42:03 16-30 4-7 1-3 -4 0 2 2 5 2 3 4 0 0 37
S. Curry G 29:19 5-9 1-3 2-2 -2 0 1 1 2 4 0 3 0 0 13
E. Udoh 12:30 0-1 0-0 0-0 +5 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
J. Lin 04:15 0-0 0-0 0-0 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
V. Radmanovic 09:11 1-3 1-3 0-0 -4 2 0 2 1 2 0 0 1 0 3
R. Williams 29:11 7-10 4-4 0-0 +5 0 2 2 6 1 1 2 0 1 18
B. Wright 02:36 0-0 0-0 0-0 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
C. Bell DNP – Coach’s Decision
D. Gadzuric DNP – Coach’s Decision
Total 240 47-92 14-28 8-12 12 30 42 30 21 12 14 2 3 116
51.1% 50.0% 66.7% team rebs: 5 total to: 14

inactive

  • Nuggets: Balkman, Billups
  • Warriors: Amundson, Law

technical fouls

  • Nuggets: Anthony
  • Warriors: –

scoring

  • Lead Changes: 2
  • Times Tied: 6

arena stats

  • Arena: ORACLE Arena, Oakland, CA
  • Officials: #13 Monty McCutchen, #52 Pat Fraher, #58 Josh Tiven
  • Attendance: 18430
  • Duration: 2:2

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9
Feb

Preview: Nuggets at Warriors

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Denver
Nuggets

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Golden State
Warriors

Oracle Arena
7:30pm | CSNBA/NBA TV

Official Game Preview

2010-11 Meetings
November 22, 2010 • Recap
Nuggets 106
Warriors 89
 
February 9, 2011 • Recap
Nuggets 114
Warriors 116
 
April 11, 2011 • Recap
Warriors 111
Nuggets 134
 

The Warriors try to pick themselves up off the floor tonight against the visiting Nuggets, who will be somewhat hobbled by injuries to Chauncey Billups and Nene and a (hopefully) distracted ‘Melo. Should be a good opportunity for our inside guys — Lee and Biedrins — to rebound from their woeful performance against the Suns, as they’ll have a solid challenge in dealing with Anthony and Kenyon Martin, not to mention Nene if he plays. Should also be a good test for Keith Smart — if the team comes out flat again tonight, it could be one more step toward the Warriors looking for a new head coach this offseason.

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8
Feb

Game #50: Suns 104, Warriors 92

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Suns 104

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Warriors 92
February 7, 2011 1 2 3 4 T
Suns 33 29 27 15 104
Warriors 17 28 30 17 92
  Net -16 -1 3 2 -12
  Season Avg -2.9 0.8 -0.4 -0.1 -2.2
  Compare to Season Avg -13.1 -1.8 3.4 2.1 -9.8
 Warriors Stats
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Game 43.4% 11.1% 69.2% 26 14 14 50 20 4 3 12 12 44 11
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% -28.1% -6.9% 5.3 -8 2.4 9.5 -2.5 -5 -2 -2.1 -13.5 1.4 -7.6
 Net Comparison
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Net Game -0.3% -32.2% -5.8% 6 5 5 9 -12 -4 1 -6 -6 8 2
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 0.3% -35.7% -4.6% 13 8.6 6.2 13.3 -9.8 -4.8 0.3 -7.2 -8 10.9 2.8

Well, so much for momentum. The Warriors get blitzed in the first quarter, and despite modest improvements the rest of the way they just weren’t able to overcome the disastrous start. They got as close as 5 in the closing minutes, but then Phoenix bombed in 3 deep shots to put the game away (while the Warriors missed their corresponding outside shots).

3-point shooting, one of the Warriors’ biggest strengths this season, really failed them tonight as they went 2-18 — and never adjusted. Defense was the biggest problem though, as Lee and Biedrins had team lows of -22 and -16, respectively — though all the starters were double digit negative on that stat. Monta was a volume shooter at 5-17 (though he picked up 12(!) rebounds), Curry was 0-6 from three, and Dorell Wright did a Monta impression at 3-13.

Silver linings? I guess you could point to solid bench contributions from Udoh (team-high +13) and Reggie Williams (19 sorely needed points).

But, ultimately, the team just wasn’t ready to play in a game they needed to win. And as this “easy” stretch of the schedule starts to come to a close, the future of this season is starting to look fairly bleak.

Phoenix Suns (24-25)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
G. Hill F 33:43 5-12 1-2 7-8 +13 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 18
C. Frye C-F 38:46 7-14 5-9 0-0 +12 0 11 11 2 5 0 0 1 0 19
R. Lopez C 14:40 1-3 0-0 3-4 +15 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 5
V. Carter G 31:25 3-12 1-5 3-4 +16 0 5 5 2 3 1 1 1 0 10
S. Nash G 37:06 6-13 1-5 1-2 +12 1 2 3 15 0 1 1 0 0 14
M. Gortat 20:30 4-8 0-0 0-0 -5 3 6 9 0 3 1 0 0 2 8
J. Dudley 27:59 5-11 2-4 0-0 +4 2 3 5 2 2 0 1 0 0 12
M. Pietrus 18:46 4-7 3-5 1-2 -9 1 2 3 2 1 1 1 0 0 12
H. Warrick 06:11 3-4 0-0 0-0 +2 0 2 2 2 3 0 0 0 0 6
Z. Dowdell 10:54 0-3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 1 0 1 0
J. Childress DNP – Coach’s Decision
G. Siler DNP – Coach’s Decision
Total 240 38-87 13-30 15-20 9 32 41 32 19 8 6 2 3 104
43.7% 43.3% 75.0% team rebs: 10 total to: 6
Golden State Warriors (22-28)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
D. Wright F 29:17 3-13 0-4 3-4 -11 3 2 5 4 2 1 1 1 1 9
D. Lee F-C 29:28 7-14 0-0 2-2 -22 3 7 10 2 1 0 1 0 0 16
A. Biedrins C 16:38 1-1 0-0 0-0 -16 2 1 3 0 4 1 0 0 0 2
M. Ellis G 47:13 5-17 1-3 10-13 -12 2 10 12 5 3 1 2 0 1 21
S. Curry G 44:17 7-17 0-6 1-1 -12 0 2 2 8 1 1 5 0 0 15
V. Radmanovic 24:17 1-5 0-3 0-0 -1 2 7 9 0 2 0 2 0 0 2
R. Williams 29:33 8-10 1-2 2-4 +1 1 4 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 19
E. Udoh 14:47 3-5 0-0 0-2 +13 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 6
B. Wright 04:30 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
C. Bell DNP – Coach’s Decision
D. Gadzuric DNP – Coach’s Decision
J. Lin DNP – Coach’s Decision
Total 240 36-83 2-18 18-26 14 36 50 20 14 4 12 3 2 92
43.4% 11.1% 69.2% team rebs: 8 total to: 12

inactive

  • Suns: Dragic, Lawal
  • Warriors: Amundson, Law

technical fouls

  • Suns: –
  • Warriors: –

scoring

  • Lead Changes: 1
  • Times Tied: 0

arena stats

  • Arena: ORACLE Arena, Oakland, CA
  • Officials: #57 Greg Willard, #45 Brian Forte, #30 John Goble
  • Attendance: 18002
  • Duration: 2:7

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7
Feb

Preview: Suns at Warriors

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Phoenix
Suns

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Golden State
Warriors

Oracle Arena
7:30pm | CSNBA/NBA TV

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 Warriors’ season turns 50 games old tonight, as Steve Nash and the Suns visit Oracle in a game between two fringe playoff teams (a perhaps generous characterization).

The Suns are currently a game and a half ahead of the Warriors in the standings, so this is a game the Dubs need to win to keep their dwindling playoff hopes alive.

Coming off arguable their best win of the season — and certainly their best team defensive performance — the Warriors will have plenty of momentum to draw off of tonight. Can they make it two good wins — and four overall — in a row?

UPDATE:(By Jake) Adding just a touch to the pre-game because this is the first game I have looked forward to watching for some time. Maybe it is the DayQuil/NyQuil combo talking though. The keys to this game for me are certainly whether or not Curry can keep his turnovers down and whether the Warrior’s can win the FT battle again. Will Curry and Monta be able to contain Nash (on his birthday) and maybe more importantly can the Warrior’s defense keep the Suns big men from hitting the outside shots? I worry about Channing Fry raining down 3′s as the Warriors fail to rotate and then give up offensive rebounds on his misses. I hope to see a total over 220, but it seems that the Warrior’s are winning more when the total is closer to 205.

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