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20
Jan

Game #41: Warriors 110, Pacers 108

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Pacers 108

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Warriors 110
January 19, 2011 1 2 3 4 T
Pacers 28 29 25 25 108
Warriors 28 25 28 29 110
  Net 0 -4 3 4 2
  Season Avg -2.9 0.8 -0.4 -0.1 -2.2
  Compare to Season Avg 2.9 -4.8 3.4 4.1 4.2
 Warriors Stats
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Game 51.1% 37.5% 73.7% 19 18 7 35 22 11 5 12 11 54 34
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% -2.4% -1.7 -4 -4.6 -5.5 -0.5 2 0 -2.1 7.5 11.4 15.4
 Net Comparison
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Net Game 5.5% -3.4% -12.5% -10 1 -8 -14 1 4 2 6 16 20 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 6.1% -6.9% -11.3% -3 4.6 -6.8 -9.7 3.2 3.2 1.3 4.8 14 22.9 15.8

Photo by Rocky Widner/NBAE via Getty Images

The Warriors finished the first half of the season in style, with a last minute winner from Monta to cap off a sensational 36-point night. While there’s certainly a bit to complain about with this game — Curry’s horrible foul at the end, and the bigs getting beat handily on the boards — at the end of the day they got the win they needed.

Outside of Monta’s big shot, the story of the night was Brandon Wright’s big contribution off the bench. On a night when the team got very little production outside of the starters (as opposed to Indiana, which had all double-digit positive +/-’s off the bench, and the complete opposite from their starters), Wright’s 6 points and 4 rebounds in 12 4th quarter minutes was sorely needed. Granted, this was one of the few matchups where he can be useful (Jeff Foster is about as big of an offensive threat as he can guard), but you gotta give him credit for taking advantage of the opportunity.

Aside from the late foul, Curry was very active as a distributor, dishing out 7 assists against 1 turnover. He lead the team with a +17, though the offensive is still coming along a bit slowly.

Wright continues to put up solid numbers, filling the stat sheet with 21 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists, 4 steals, and 2 blocks. And David Lee continued his recent run with 21 and 9 — he still can’t seem to get a double double, but he’s coming about as close as you can get.

So the Warriors finish the first half at 18-23, a 36-win pace that would represent an improvement over last year but still leave them well short of the playoffs. At the very least, it would be nice to see this team make a run to .500. I think it will take a trade to get there, as they’ll likely run out of gas once the easy stretch ends and they head back out on the road unless they get an infusion of new talent. Who knows — maybe Wright’s performance tonight can help make that happen.

Indiana Pacers (16-23)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
D. Granger F 41:56 11-19 4-7 6-8 -7 4 9 13 6 1 3 7 1 1 32
T. Hansbrough F 24:18 5-12 0-1 6-6 -12 4 1 5 1 3 0 1 0 1 16
J. McRoberts F 18:08 3-4 0-0 1-2 -13 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 7
B. Rush G 36:26 3-7 1-2 0-0 -18 0 3 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 7
D. Collison G 32:10 5-11 1-2 3-3 -22 1 0 1 5 2 1 4 0 2 14
M. Dunleavy 29:30 5-13 2-6 2-2 +17 1 4 5 4 1 0 0 0 1 14
J. Foster 29:51 1-8 0-1 1-2 +11 4 11 15 2 5 1 1 0 0 3
P. George 11:52 2-4 0-1 4-4 +14 1 4 5 1 4 1 1 0 0 8
A. Price 15:50 2-3 1-2 2-2 +20 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 0 7
T. Ford 00:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
S. Jones 00:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
J. Posey 00:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 240 37-81 9-22 25-29 15 34 49 21 19 7 18 3 5 108
45.7% 40.9% 86.2% team rebs: 7 total to: 20
Golden State Warriors (18-23)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
D. Wright F 42:26 9-17 2-3 1-1 -5 0 2 2 3 0 4 1 2 2 21
D. Lee F-C 36:03 7-11 0-0 7-10 +12 2 7 9 3 4 0 4 0 0 21
A. Biedrins C 24:07 4-6 0-0 0-0 +8 1 4 5 1 4 1 0 3 0 8
M. Ellis G 43:45 16-28 2-3 2-3 +11 1 4 5 6 2 2 4 0 1 36
S. Curry G 32:36 4-10 0-3 3-3 +17 0 4 4 7 1 2 1 0 0 11
L. Amundson 04:38 0-1 0-0 0-0 -9 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0
A. Law 15:37 2-4 2-2 1-2 -14 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7
V. Radmanovic 13:01 0-4 0-2 0-0 -14 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
R. Williams 10:29 0-3 0-3 0-0 +1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
E. Udoh 05:43 0-1 0-0 0-0 +2 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
B. Wright 11:35 3-3 0-0 0-0 +1 2 2 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 6
D. Gadzuric 00:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 240 45-88 6-16 14-19 7 28 35 22 18 11 12 5 3 110
51.1% 37.5% 73.7% team rebs: 5 total to: 12

inactive

  • Pacers: Hibbert, Jones, Stephenson
  • Warriors: Bell, Lin

technical fouls

  • Pacers: –
  • Warriors: –

scoring

  • Lead Changes: 14
  • Times Tied: 11

arena stats

  • Arena: ORACLE Arena, Oakland, CA
  • Officials: #63 Derek Richardson, #8 Marc Davis, #16 David Guthrie
  • Attendance: 18185
  • Duration: 2:16

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19
Jan

Mid Season Grades

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MTII is asking for midseason grades for the W’s players and front office.

Here are mine with little to no explanation. Feel free to add yours to the comments or blog authors can add them to the end of the post.

PLAYERS

Monta Ellis – A- Making it really hard to leave him off the All-Star team, has become clutch and the assist numbers are up. Is a bit of a volume shooter at times, but who else is going to shoot the rock at times? FT% is lower than it should be

Stephen Curry – B- A/TO ratio is not as good as it needs to be and although it has improved recently he has become less aggressive. Defense is a D

Dorell Wright – B+ He is having a career year and his 3PT% has been spectacular for stretches. A little inconsistent but better than I had hoped for. Very happy he is a Warrior.

David Lee – B I won’t penalize him for being hurt or for his contract but he just disappears too often and rarely changes a game.

Andris Biedrins – D+ Playing better of late but he really needs to be more aggressive. Rebounding is good when he can stay on the court. I am taking his contract into account somewhat with this grade though.

Reggie Williams – C Some A games, some F games = C

Vladimir Radmanovic – B+ Wow. After last year I would have taken a C in a heart beat. Not the most awesomest, but Most Improved on the team? Looks like a guy playing for a contract.

Acie Law – C Pulling this one out of the arse

Lou Amundson – C- Was expecting more but it may not be all his fault.

Dan Gadzuric – D doesn’t get an F because of one or two good games

Ekpe Udoh – INC Just cannot give him a grade yet but he is playing better than I thought he would

Brandan Wright – F Decent game tonight against Indiana but he went from a decent trade asset to worth less than my pup’s coach collar.

Charlie Bell – ?

Jeremy Lin – INC Doesn’t get enough time on the floor to get a grade. Would like to see him play a bit more in the D-league so we could trade Acie Law to NYK for Anthony Randolph and move Lin to the back-up spot.

FRONT OFFICE

Keith Smart – C- I was ready to fire him two weeks ago and still pretty much there but not as strongly as before. The team wins the games they should and loses the ones they should but a good coach should shift that over a little. I don’t mind seeing him finish the year out but I am not sure he is the coach of the future.

Larry Riley – C I was not a fan of the Lee trade, but like it more than I did when it happened. Otherwise no other signing or move has meant a damn thing. Let’s see what happens at the trade deadline.

Joe Lacob – C See above. Really should be an incomplete, but I will give him a C anyways. They have done a decent job of marketing the team and reaching out to the fans and the media. If the rumors are true and Monta gets traded they better get a boatload for him because he is starting to look like a legitimate All-Star. The only moves made so far have been minor, but have been the safe $ move By not having the name Chris Cohan he is not eligible for an F at this point.

Where do you disagree with me or agree with the grade but for different reasons?

Update by Mike:

I think your player ratings are basically right on. I have a bit of sympathy for Gadzuric just because he plays so damn hard whenever he gets on the court, but the production just hasn’t been there. One interesting thing about Biedrins is that he’s actually leading the team in wins produced (I’m planning to post an item on advanced stats at the midway point shortly), though I just can’t shake the impression I get with my own eyes that he’s been a bit of a shell of himself. Still, I’d probably bump him up to a B- on production alone, though the D+ fits in terms of potential.

And Charlie Bell deserves an F — he’s been awful and is a bigger waste of a roster spot than Lin.

I’d differ on the front office, as I think Reilly gets an incomplete until we get to the trade deadline. Several of the offseason moves from the past two years were seemingly crafted with a trade in mind (big expiring salaries for Gadzuric and Radmonovic in particular), and until we see what Reilly does with them I hesitate to judge him. Picking up Law has proven to be a decent move, and while Lee isn’t quite playing like a $13M player, he’s definitely an upgrade over last year and would be considered a steal at, say, $9M per.

I’m also a bit softer on Lacob and would give him an incomplete as well, as I don’t think you can blame him for all that ails the team. There’s no question that they’re rebounding better this year than last (admittedly not a high bar to clear), and while the Amundson move hasn’t paid off much they did get him for a cheap price. Same goes for Lin, who has certainly shown flashes, and if he could get a bit more seasoning he could definitely be found money. Like with Reilly, I think what happens at the trade deadline (and in this first offseason for the new ownership) will be the point where I can really judge.

As for Smart, I just keep going back and forth with him. Sometimes I feel like he gets out-coached, but then he’ll pull a move like he did with Wright last night that shows adjustment and deserves respect. He’s certainly learning on the job, and deserves credit for the incredible team chemistry (along with Lee and Monta). I like that he’s had a firm hand with Curry’s carelessness, though I’d also like to see him give Curry the green light a bit more often so that’s a bit of a wash. So I’d probably give him a C+ at this point.

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19
Jan

Preview: Pacers at Warriors

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Indiana
Pacers

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Golden State
Warriors

Oracle Arena
7:30pm | CSNBA

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2010-11 Meetings
January 19, 2011 • Recap
Pacers 108
Warriors 110
 
March 1, 2011 • Recap
Warriors 100
Pacers 109
 

The Warriors reach the midway point in the season tonight against the visiting Pacers, who have lost 8 of their last 11. This one also falls into the “must-win” category if the Warriors are going to continue their climb back to respectability during this easy stretch in the schedule. What to watch for tonight:

  • Play like the better team. The most disappointing thing about Monday’s game was how unnecessarily close it was. The Warriors were clearly the better side, but every time they threatened to break the game open they’d give up a run to the Nets. The Pacers are certainly a better team than New Jersey, but the Warriors should be able to own the matchup against a slumping team on the road — they just need to avoid playing down to their competition.
  • Shoot the damn ball. Even during their current rough stretch, the Pacers are holding their opponents to 91 points per game on 40.7% shooting. The Warriors have been shooting the ball well recently, particularly from 3, but they’ll need to keep that up tonight if they want to avoid a similar slog to what we saw against the Nets on Monday.
  • Get Curry Hot. It’s no secret that Curry has struggled of late, particularly on the defensive end. Can he avoid the early fouls that have prevented him from getting into the early offensive flow, the most recent Clippers game excepted? His Assists to Turnovers ratio has been better of late, but that seems to have come from an overabundance of caution when it comes to aggressiveness. Can he find a happy medium?

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17
Jan

Game #40: Warriors 109, Nets 100

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Nets 100

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Warriors 109
January 17, 2011 1 2 3 4 T
Nets 28 18 27 27 100
Warriors 28 26 25 30 109
  Net 0 8 -2 3 9
  Season Avg -2.9 0.8 -0.4 -0.1 -2.2
  Compare to Season Avg 2.9 7.2 -1.6 3.1 11.2
 Warriors Stats
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Game 49.4% 33.3% 75% 28 21 11 35 25 5 10 6 12 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 3.2% -5.9% -1.1% 7.3 -1 -0.6 -5.5 2.5 -4 5 -8.1 6.5 1.4 -5.6
 Net Comparison
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Net Game 0.6% 11.9% -4.2% 4 3 0 -3 -3 2 7 7 14 4 -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 1.2% 8.4% -3% 11 6.6 1.2 1.3 -0.8 1.2 6.3 5.8 12 6.9 -1.2

A somewhat disappointing game, as the Warriors could never quite get separation from a 10-31 team playing a day game on the road. But as Fitzgerald pointed out near the end, this isn’t college football: all that matters at the end is whether you get a W or an L.

And a W it was. The team was led by Monta, who was a bit of a volume shooter today at 11-25, but made up for it with 9 assists against only 1 turnover. In fact, the entire team did a great job hanging onto the ball, with only 6 turnovers in the entire game.

The front line also played well, as David Lee had 24 and 10 and Biedrins got the coveted postgame interview on CSN. Goose didn’t quite get to his double-double of times gone by, but 7 and 9 with a team-high +12 is certainly on the right track.

Kudos to the bench as well, which played well in the second quarter when the Warriors first built the almost-10-point-lead that they would continue to bump up against over the course of the game before frittering it away. Acie Law played about as well as I’ve seen from him this year with 8 points and a couple of assists.

Even the guy who was probably the day’s biggest disappointment, Steph Curry, who thought a touch foul on a layup in the opening seconds would be a great way to start the game, came up huge with a big three in the final minutes when the Nets were making their final run.

So despite playing down to their competition, the Warriors get their 8th win in 13 games, and if they can beat the Pacers and Kings they’ll be able to pull within 4 games of .500 before heading down to LA for their final meeting with the Clippers.

One final point of note: the Warriors won the free throw attempts battle! Huzzah!

New Jersey Nets (10-31)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
T. Outlaw F 33:43 4-4 0-0 0-0 -13 1 3 4 5 2 0 2 0 0 8
D. Favors F 19:22 0-3 0-0 0-0 -7 3 4 7 2 2 0 2 1 1 0
B. Lopez C 35:39 9-15 0-1 2-3 -14 3 4 7 1 4 1 3 2 3 20
S. Graham G-F 22:57 3-4 0-0 0-0 -9 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 6
D. Harris G 32:35 5-14 0-2 9-10 -12 0 1 1 8 4 0 3 0 2 19
J. Farmar 28:37 3-9 2-6 0-0 +1 0 2 2 7 2 0 1 0 0 8
K. Humphries 22:01 3-8 0-0 5-8 -1 3 7 10 2 2 0 0 0 3 11
J. Petro 12:21 4-8 0-1 0-0 +5 0 3 3 1 2 2 1 0 0 8
S. Vujacic 26:58 6-12 1-4 3-3 0 1 1 2 1 2 0 1 0 1 16
Q. Ross 05:06 1-2 0-0 0-0 +1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2
B. Uzoh 00:41 1-1 0-0 0-0 +4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
A. Morrow DND – Strained Right Hamstring
Total 240 39-80 3-14 19-24 11 27 38 28 24 3 13 3 10 100
48.8% 21.4% 79.2% team rebs: 12 total to: 16
Golden State Warriors (17-23)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
D. Wright F 26:37 2-7 1-4 5-6 +3 2 1 3 1 2 0 1 1 0 10
D. Lee F-C 35:56 9-13 0-0 6-7 +4 3 7 10 4 2 0 1 0 0 24
A. Biedrins C 29:51 4-6 0-0 1-2 +12 3 4 7 0 4 0 0 3 0 9
M. Ellis G 41:58 11-25 0-4 4-7 +4 1 4 5 9 2 3 1 1 0 26
S. Curry G 23:04 4-10 2-5 3-4 +11 0 2 2 6 4 0 2 1 1 13
R. Williams 26:42 5-9 2-3 0-0 0 0 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 12
D. Gadzuric 04:49 0-1 0-0 0-0 -4 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 2 1 0
A. Law 18:22 3-6 0-1 2-2 +5 0 0 0 2 3 1 0 0 0 8
L. Amundson 06:23 0-1 0-0 0-0 +3 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0
V. Radmanovic 21:09 2-3 1-1 0-0 +4 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 5
E. Udoh 05:09 1-2 0-0 0-0 +3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2
B. Wright DNP – Coach’s Decision
Total 240 41-83 6-18 21-28 11 24 35 25 21 5 6 10 3 109
49.4% 33.3% 75.0% team rebs: 10 total to: 6

inactive

  • Nets: James, Murphy
  • Warriors: Bell, Lin

technical fouls

  • Nets: –
  • Warriors: –

scoring

  • Lead Changes: 1
  • Times Tied: 3

arena stats

  • Arena: ORACLE Arena, Oakland, CA
  • Officials: #57 Greg Willard, #61 Courtney Kirkland, #73 Tre Maddox
  • Attendance: 18563
  • Duration: 2:21

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17
Jan

Preview: Nets at Warriors

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Nets

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Golden State
Warriors

Oracle Arena
1:00pm | 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 welcome the Nets to town for an MLK day matinee. This is a game the Warriors should win, period, so let’s see if they can turn this into a laugher early. And while you’re at it, how about a big game from Monta to up his all-star status?

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15
Jan

Game #39: Warriors 122, Clippers 112

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Clippers 112

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Warriors 122
January 14, 2011 1 2 3 4 T
Clippers 39 23 24 26 112
Warriors 35 34 25 28 122
  Net -4 11 1 2 10
  Season Avg -2.9 0.8 -0.4 -0.1 -2.2
  Compare to Season Avg -1.1 10.2 1.4 2.1 12.2
 Warriors Stats
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Game 52.4% 53.8% 91.7% 24 22 7 35 29 9 3 14 21 42 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 6.3% 14.7% 15.6% 3.3 -0 -4.6 -5.5 6.5 0 -2 -0.1 1.5 -0.6 1.4
 Net Comparison
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Net Game -0.5% 32.4% 18.6% -2 -1 -5 -6 6 1 1 1 0 -26 -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 0.1% 28.9% 19.8% 5 2.6 -3.8 -1.7 8.2 0.2 0.3 -0.2 -2 -23.1 -7.2

Great win for the Warriors, as they weathered a strong start from the Clippers, adjusted well compared to last Sunday, and finished strong to pull away at the end.

Game ball goes to Radmonovic for his two clutch 3′s in the 4th quarter, and for leading the team with a +19. Though there were plenty of players deserving last night: Monta for his huge first half (and though the foul trouble was rough, it kept him fresh at the end of the game), Reggie Williams for providing a huge spark off the bench (particularly in the 2nd after Monta went to the bench with his 3rd foul), David Lee for his solid line and great passing, and even Andris looked like the Goose of old at times before he fouled out.

The postgame talk has been about Curry’s benching at the 4:00 mark of the 4th, but you certainly can’t argue with the results. It just may be the case that against bigger backcourts, Curry will need to sit when the game slows down in crunch time to avoid being a liability on defense. That said, his early offense in this game was huge, especially after his rough game in LA on Sunday.

The Warriors now get a few days off before continuing the home stand in an MLK day matinee against the Nets, which kicks off a stretch of 3 games (Nets, Pacers, and Kings) they desperately need to win as they work to get back to .500.

Los Angeles Clippers (13-25)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
R. Gomes F 40:03 1-6 0-2 0-0 -14 1 4 5 2 2 1 1 0 0 2
B. Griffin F 39:18 12-20 0-0 4-6 -17 5 8 13 3 1 1 2 0 2 28
D. Jordan C 29:18 4-5 0-0 3-6 -6 2 7 9 0 4 0 1 1 1 11
E. Gordon G 40:26 11-18 2-5 4-5 +1 0 4 4 7 3 2 4 0 0 28
B. Davis G 27:03 6-15 1-4 2-2 -16 1 0 1 4 3 1 4 0 0 15
I. Diogu 12:41 6-8 0-0 1-1 +12 0 2 2 0 4 0 1 0 0 13
E. Bledsoe 18:59 2-4 0-0 2-2 +4 1 0 1 5 1 1 0 0 0 6
A. Aminu 20:25 3-8 0-2 1-2 -4 2 4 6 0 1 2 0 1 0 7
R. Foye 09:32 0-1 0-1 2-2 -9 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 2
J. Collins 02:14 0-0 0-0 0-0 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
R. Butler DNP – Coach’s Decision
W. Warren DNP – Coach’s Decision
Total 240 45-85 3-14 19-26 12 29 41 23 21 8 15 2 3 112
52.9% 21.4% 73.1% team rebs: 8 total to: 16
Golden State Warriors (16-23)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
D. Wright F 37:57 4-10 2-5 1-1 +6 1 2 3 4 2 2 5 1 0 11
D. Lee F-C 43:58 9-17 0-0 1-1 +7 2 7 9 6 1 3 2 0 1 19
A. Biedrins C 25:06 4-7 0-0 0-0 -10 2 5 7 1 6 1 1 2 0 8
M. Ellis G 31:52 10-17 2-4 8-8 +3 0 0 0 6 4 2 1 0 0 30
S. Curry G 27:09 7-15 5-7 4-4 +9 1 3 4 4 2 1 2 0 1 23
A. Law 15:05 1-2 0-0 0-0 -8 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
R. Williams 29:31 5-9 2-5 4-4 +17 0 4 4 4 3 0 1 0 0 16
L. Amundson 04:54 0-0 0-0 0-2 +4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
V. Radmanovic 20:26 3-5 3-5 4-4 +19 0 6 6 2 3 0 2 0 0 13
E. Udoh 04:02 0-0 0-0 0-0 +3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
D. Gadzuric DNP – Coach’s Decision
B. Wright DNP – Coach’s Decision
Total 240 43-82 14-26 22-24 7 28 35 29 22 9 14 3 2 122
52.4% 53.8% 91.7% team rebs: 4 total to: 14

inactive

  • Clippers: Cook, Kaman, Smith
  • Warriors: Bell, Lin

technical fouls

  • Clippers: –
  • Warriors: –

scoring

  • Lead Changes: 15
  • Times Tied: 13

arena stats

  • Arena: ORACLE Arena, Oakland, CA
  • Officials: #43 Dan Crawford, #71 Rodney Mott, #45 Brian Forte
  • Attendance: 19273
  • Duration: 2:19

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14
Jan

Preview: Clipper at Warriors

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Los Angeles
Clippers

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Golden State
Warriors

Oracle Arena
7:30pm | CSNBA

Official Game Preview

2010-11 Meetings
October 29, 2010 • Recap
Clippers 91
Warriors 109
 
January 9, 2011 • Recap
Warriors 91
Clippers 105
 
January 14, 2011 • Recap
Clippers 112
Warriors 122
 
January 22, 2011 • Recap
Warriors 109
Clippers 113
 

If the Warriors wanted revenge for last Sunday’s disappointing loss to the Clippers in LA, they didn’t have to wait long. The Clips will be in Oakland tonight, fresh off a win over the Heat that makes me a tad bit worried about tonight’s game.

Let’s hope the Warriors can play more like the team that barely lost to the Lakers on Wednesday, rather than the half-asleep losers who stunk up the Staples Center on Sunday. Seems like it’s been a long time since they had that two-game winning streak — and even longer since the inspiring win over the Hornets — as I feel like I’ve had a bad taste in my mouth for a lot longer than just since Sunday. But they get a chance to wipe that away in front of the home crowd tonight, so let’s see if they can start turning things back around.

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13
Jan

Scoring by quarter

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When looking at the scoring by quarter data on our revamped Stats page something looked odd to me. Scoring by quarter did not appear to be randomly distributed. With the season approaching the 50% mark I thought I would do some very basic analysis to see if my eyes were lying to me. Short story: maybe, maybe not. There are slight differences in scoring by quarter and we can make some statements about trends but strictly speaking differences are are not significantly significant (p<0.05) although it would have been pretty shocking if they had been.

First, the Warriors’s scoring by quarter in a boxplot. For those unfamiliar there are a few basic things you can take away from a boxplot. The box contains the 50% of the data set. The lower (left) edge of the box represents the 25th percentile and the upper (right) edge of the box represents the 75th percentile. The line in the box is the median, meaning half the data points lie above it and half lie below it. A tighter box means a tighter data set and less variability. A median line off center of the box suggests a bias in the data. The whiskers are 1.5 times the Inter-quartile range and any circles are further outliers.

The Warrior’s points by quarters boxplot through the 1/12/11 Laker’s game:

What does this graph tell us? The 3rd quarter tends to be their most consistent quarter from game to game. Pretty damn tight. The first quarter is their highest scoring quarter by a small margin, but when they suck in the 1st they can suck all the way down the spectrum. Look how skewed the box is in regards to the median. That is a wide range of below median scoring. The 4th quarter may be their most inconsistent quarter, but I imagine it may be that was for a lot of teams especially if you are on either side of a blow out, but that is pure speculation.

What about the Warriors’s defense, looking at opponent scoring by quarter?

The Warriors’s defense is pretty bad in the 1st quarter. It is on the edge of actually being statistically significant from the second quarter when their defense improves (almost significantly!). Interestingly their 3rd quarter defense is the most consistent just like their offense. If only games contained 3rd quarters and nothing else.

Overall their defense is less sporadic than their offense. The Warriors are streaky shooters, but their opponents don’t tend to be, at least when they are playing the Warriors.

UPDATE: Season +/- by quarter below. Their most consistent 3rd quarter is actually their second worst by the +/-, so really they need to play all 2nd quarter games. I guess their defense is just that much better in the second and the key to scoring differential may lie in their defense rather than their offense.

Season Avg -2.3 0.1 -1.7 -0.5

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13
Jan

Game #38: Lakers 115, Warriors 110

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Lakers 115

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Warriors 110
January 12, 2011 1 2 3 4 T
Lakers 21 24 24 46 115
Warriors 26 27 22 35 110
  Net 5 3 -2 -11 -5
  Season Avg -2.9 0.8 -0.4 -0.1 -2.2
  Compare to Season Avg 7.9 2.2 -1.6 -10.9 -2.8
 Warriors Stats
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Game 50.6% 43.3% 81.8% 11 24 7 27 28 10 5 11 14 40 31
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 4.4% 4.1% 5.7% -9.7 2 -4.6 -13.5 5.5 1 0 -3.1 0.5 -2.6 12.4
 Net Comparison
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Net Game -0.6% 12.1% -7.8% -18 -13 -11 -20 2 4 1 2 6 -16 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 0% 8.6% -6.6% -11 -9.4 -9.8 -15.7 4.2 3.2 0.3 0.8 4 -13.1 9.8

Didn’t watch the game, but the box score tells the same old story: destroyed on the boards (47-27), destroyed at the line (29 FTAs to 11), and destroyed in the paint (56-40 on points in the paint). On the bright side, the Warriors played great for 3 quarters, but like in Miami and Orlando, let things get out of hand late (not going to win many games when you give up 46 points in the 4th quarter).

Nice game for Monta with 38 on a fairly efficient 15-26, and Wright and Curry also played well with 27 points and 10 assists respectively (with Curry being the only plus player at +2).

But another invisible game from Biedrins, a quiet night for Lee on the boards, and a DNP-CD for Udoh. Throw in what sounded like the usual late-game heroics from Kobe, and the end result was depressingly the same. The Warriors are now 1-2 on their “easy stretch,” so they better start getting things in gear before the season slips too much further out of reach.

Los Angeles Lakers (29-11)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
R. Artest F 40:18 4-7 2-4 0-0 +4 0 2 2 7 0 0 3 0 0 10
P. Gasol C 37:21 8-14 0-0 8-9 +8 7 4 11 3 1 0 1 0 1 24
A. Bynum C 29:25 4-11 0-0 3-5 +6 5 9 14 0 2 0 2 2 1 11
K. Bryant G 36:27 13-21 2-5 11-11 -2 1 5 6 4 1 3 6 0 2 39
D. Fisher G 35:01 1-6 0-3 0-0 +4 0 2 2 6 2 2 0 0 1 2
L. Odom 29:14 8-13 0-1 4-4 -4 5 4 9 1 3 0 0 1 0 20
S. Blake 12:59 1-3 0-1 0-0 +1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
S. Brown 14:32 3-6 1-2 0-0 +9 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 7
L. Walton 04:43 0-1 0-0 0-0 -1 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
D. Caracter 00:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
D. Ebanks 00:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
J. Smith 00:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 240 42-82 5-16 26-29 18 29 47 26 11 6 13 4 5 115
51.2% 31.2% 89.7% team rebs: 4 total to: 14
Golden State Warriors (15-23)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
D. Wright F 48:00 11-24 5-11 0-0 -5 3 4 7 4 3 3 0 2 1 27
D. Lee F-C 36:16 7-13 0-0 0-0 -1 2 5 7 6 3 2 1 0 2 14
A. Biedrins C 24:43 1-2 0-0 0-0 -1 0 3 3 2 6 1 2 0 0 2
M. Ellis G 48:00 15-26 4-7 4-5 -5 0 0 0 3 3 2 3 0 0 38
S. Curry G 37:51 5-12 1-6 4-4 +2 1 3 4 10 3 2 3 0 0 15
V. Radmanovic 18:13 4-7 3-6 0-0 -6 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 11
A. Law 10:09 0-0 0-0 0-0 -7 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0
D. Gadzuric 16:48 1-3 0-0 1-2 -2 1 3 4 0 4 0 0 2 1 3
L. Amundson 00:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
E. Udoh 00:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
R. Williams 00:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
B. Wright 00:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 240 44-87 13-30 9-11 7 20 27 28 24 10 11 5 4 110
50.6% 43.3% 81.8% team rebs: 10 total to: 11

inactive

  • Lakers: Barnes, Ratliff
  • Warriors: Bell, Lin

technical fouls

  • Lakers: –
  • Warriors: –

scoring

  • Lead Changes: 8
  • Times Tied: 7

arena stats

  • Arena: ORACLE Arena, Oakland, CA
  • Officials: #47 Bennie Adams, #55 Bill Kennedy, #34 Kevin Cutler
  • Attendance: 19596
  • Duration: 2:17

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12
Jan

Preview: Lakers at Warriors

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Los Angeles
Lakers

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Golden State
Warriors

Oracle Arena
7:30pm | CSNBA

Official Game Preview

2010-11 Meetings
October 31, 2010 • Recap
Warriors 83
Lakers 107
 
November 21, 2010 • Recap
Warriors 89
Lakers 117
 
January 12, 2011 • Recap
Lakers 115
Warriors 110
 
April 6, 2011 • Recap
Lakers 87
Warriors 95
 

Well, I sure hope the Warriors got some rest since their stinker in L.A. against the Clippers, because tonight they get to face a Lakers team that kicked the everliving shit out of the Cavs last night (almost doubled them up — and how about that -57 for Manny Harris?).

Not sure what to say in the preview since I’m almost less optimistic in this game than I was when they faced Miami a few weeks ago (though that turned out a bit better than expected, all things considered). So good luck tonight, Warriors — you’re going to need it.

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