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26
Nov

Preview: Warriors at Grizzlies

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Grizzlies

FedEx Forum
6:30pm | CSNBA/ESPN 2

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2010-11 Meetings
November 3, 2010 • Recap
Grizzlies 109
Warriors 115
 
November 26, 2010 • Recap
Warriors 111
Grizzlies 116
 
March 30, 2011 • Recap
Warriors 91
Grizzlies 110
 

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The Warriors got some good news before tonight’s game, as David Lee has been cleared to play and is flying out to Minnesota to meet the team for the final game of the road trip. But he won’t be available tonight, so the team will try once again to get that elusive second victory without their big offseason acquisition. The Warriors won the first meeting between these two, though the Grizzlies were without Zach Randolph and he’s back and expected to play. What to watch for tonight:

  • Home Cookin’. Memphis is Monta’s offseason home, and he had the team over for Thanksgiving dinner last night at his “compound.” Monta’s been struggling since banging his hip, and is mired in his worst shooting slump of the season. Here’s hoping a couple nights in his own bed have recharged him a bit.
  • Inside, inside, inside. It’s been a broken record since Lee’s been out, but this game will once again hinge on whether the team of Andris, Gadzuric, Adrien, and, yes, Radmanavic can hold off Randolph and Marc Gasol inside.
  • Hold the Mayo. Regular Monta trade rumor partner O.J. Mayo has been struggling this year, and he was recently demoted to the bench for the first time in his NBA career. So he’ll be motivated to have a big game, and lord knows the Warriors are a good target for those sorts of attempts. I’ll probably watch the ESPN 2 feed, but for those of you watching CSN I hope you don’t have to hear Fitz ranting about the amazingly poor luck that would cause Mayo to go off against the Warriors of all teams — since defense of course can’t be blamed.

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25
Nov

Game #15: Rockets 111, Warriors 101

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Warriors 101

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Rockets 111
November 24, 2010 1 2 3 4 T
Warriors 23 28 27 23 101
Rockets 36 23 23 29 111
  Net -13 5 4 -6 -10
  Season Avg -2.9 0.8 -0.4 -0.1 -2.2
  Compare to Season Avg -10.1 4.2 4.4 -5.9 -7.8
 Warriors Stats
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Game 46.7% 26.3% 66.7% 18 35 11 38 14 10 2 10 14 60 25
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 0.5% -12.9% -9.4% -2.7 13 -0.6 -2.5 -8.5 1 -3 -4.1 4.5 17.4 6.4
 Net Comparison
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Net Game -1.8% -23.7% -9.8% -33 -19 4 -5 -12 7 -4 5 10 30 17
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% -27.2% -8.6% -26 -15.4 5.2 -0.7 -9.8 6.2 -4.7 3.8 8 32.9 17.8

Another game that was there for the taking, but the Warriors decided instead to melt down once again at the end of the fourth quarter.

The story of the game (aside from Chuck Atkins Hayes’ career night) was the free throws, as the Warriors had more made field goals (42-31) but took only 18 foul shots to the Rockets 51. Hell, Kevin Martin, the Most Annoying Player in the NBAâ„¢, scored 25 points on only 4 made field goals. Check the downward spikes on the net fouls and net free throws sparklines to the left — ugly stuff.

Lots of discussion on the Twitters and various game recaps about who’s to blame for the disparity. Fitz blames the refs, Smart refused to comment, Reilly blames having to go small due to injuries, Feltbot thinks that’s bullshit as last year’s team went small all the time and never had this problem, Lauridsen blames the Warriors for playing defense with their hands, Ethan puts the blame squarely on Monta’s gambling defense, and Rusty blames the lack of driving inside.

I think it’s primarily a mixture of the last three items — the Warriors guards just can’t keep anyone in front of them, leading to most of the fouls on the defensive end; and until they can get the pick and roll working and force defenses to stay honest with the big guys, the lane will remain packed, Curry and Ellis won’t draw fouls when they drive into brick walls of defenders, and the team will then settle for outside jumpers.

If that diagnosis is correct, then there’s a least a chance that things will get a bit better when Lee comes back. I’d actually expect his contribution on the defensive end to make the biggest difference, as his communication and overall intensity is sorely needed on that end. But I certainly don’t expect his return to “solve” the problem (they were still net negative on fouls for most of his starts).

Back to last night’s game, it was nice to see Dorell Wright finally get back on track with a solid all-around offensive game, and Reggie Williams continued his recent run of strong play (he led the team with a +8). With Carney and Lin also contributing quality minutes recently, there remains some hope that things could turn around with Lee back up front if the starting back court could get on track (and if we could keep Radmonovic off the court).

But until that happens, I worry this ugly run will continue. Monta doesn’t look like the same player (that hip injury a bit more serious than reported perhaps?), as he doesn’t have nearly the same energy without that ball that he did in the first few games. We need our best players to start playing like our best players again.

1 2 3 4 T
GS 23 28 27 23 101
HOU 36 23 23 29 111
Golden State Warriors (7-8)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
D. Wright F 44:55 10-19 1-3 3-6 -12 2 6 8 4 3 2 2 1 1 24
D. Gadzuric C 06:31 0-1 0-0 0-0 -1 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0
A. Biedrins C 29:54 3-4 0-0 0-0 -1 2 8 10 0 5 0 2 0 0 6
M. Ellis G 41:44 7-21 1-5 3-6 -13 1 2 3 3 3 2 0 0 1 18
S. Curry G 35:33 8-19 0-2 5-5 -11 0 4 4 6 6 4 1 0 2 21
V. Radmanovic 14:51 2-5 1-3 0-0 -17 2 3 5 0 5 0 2 0 0 5
J. Adrien 11:36 0-2 0-0 0-0 -4 1 2 3 0 2 0 0 1 2 0
R. Williams 28:28 6-10 2-5 1-1 +8 1 1 2 0 4 1 0 0 0 15
R. Carney 13:48 2-4 0-1 0-0 +3 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 4
J. Lin 12:40 4-5 0-0 0-0 -2 1 1 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 8
C. Bell DNP – Coach’s Decision
B. Wright NWT – Strained Lower Back
Total 240 42-90 5-19 12-18 11 27 38 14 35 10 10 2 6 101
46.7% 26.3% 66.7% team rebs: 6 total to: 11
Houston Rockets (4-10)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
S. Battier F 36:07 5-11 2-6 1-2 +10 1 5 6 1 2 0 4 4 0 13
L. Scola F-C 39:56 8-15 0-0 8-15 +15 1 11 12 3 5 0 0 0 1 24
C. Hayes F-C 28:37 4-5 0-0 8-8 +9 4 3 7 5 0 0 2 1 0 16
K. Martin G 33:22 4-12 3-6 14-15 +5 0 3 3 2 1 0 2 0 0 25
K. Lowry G 39:34 4-8 1-2 5-6 +20 0 7 7 10 4 2 3 0 0 14
C. Budinger 24:32 3-7 2-4 1-2 +3 0 3 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 9
C. Lee 21:50 3-4 2-2 1-1 +2 0 2 2 1 2 0 2 1 0 9
B. Miller 03:01 0-1 0-0 0-0 -1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0
I. Smith 08:26 0-1 0-0 1-2 -10 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
J. Hill 04:36 0-0 0-0 0-0 -3 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
J. Jeffries DNP – Coach’s Decision
J. Taylor DNP – Coach’s Decision
Total 240 31-64 10-20 39-51 7 36 43 26 16 3 15 6 2 111
48.4% 50.0% 76.5% team rebs: 12 total to: 15

inactive

  • Warriors: Amundson, Lee, Udoh
  • Rockets: Brooks, Ming, Patterson

technical fouls

  • Warriors: –
  • Rockets: –

scoring

  • Lead Changes: 0
  • Times Tied: 0

arena stats

  • Arena: Toyota Center, Houston, TX
  • Officials: #26 Bob Delaney, #74 Curtis Blair, #40 Leon Wood
  • Attendance: 13847
  • Duration: 2:26

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24
Nov

Preview: Warriors at Rockets

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Houston
Rockets

Toyota Center
5:30pm | CSNBA

Official Game Preview

2010-11 Meetings
October 27, 2010 • Recap
Rockets 128
Warriors 132
 
November 24, 2010 • Recap
Warriors 101
Rockets 111
 
December 20, 2010 • Recap
Rockets 121
Warriors 112
 
March 23, 2011 • Recap
Warriors 112
Rockets 131
 

The Warriors face a Rockets team that is reeling in the early season, will be missing Aaron Brooks and Yao Ming tonight, but has likely circled this game as the ideal opportunity to get back on track. What to watch for tonight:

  • Shoot the damn ball. The shooting percentages have been brutal over the past few games (and, really, all year), and until they get some bodies back inside that’s the number one thing that needs to change for them to have a shot. With Monta regularly being doubled, the other shooters need to step up and hit the open shots they’re going to get (and have been getting — and missing). Until that happens, hard to give this team a chance.
  • Da Bench. Want to get depressed about our bench? Read this item from Owen. The one bright spot was actually the last game, when Carney and Williams dropped in 16 each. Let’s hope they can make it a trend.
  • Inside D. Even with a health Lee, Luis Scola had a monster game on the inside in the season opener. I’d love to see Adrien get a chance to put a body on him tonight, and either way interior defense will need to be a team effort to slow him down.

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23
Nov

Game #14: Nuggets 106, Warriors 89

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Nuggets 106

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Warriors 89
November 22, 2010 1 2 3 4 T
Nuggets 21 30 28 27 106
Warriors 24 28 19 18 89
  Net 3 -2 -9 -9 -17
  Season Avg -2.9 0.8 -0.4 -0.1 -2.2
  Compare to Season Avg 5.9 -2.8 -8.6 -8.9 -14.8
 Warriors Stats
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Game 40.2% 23.1% 81.3% 16 21 10 38 16 9 5 10 10 30 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 -6% -16.1% 5.1% -4.7 -1 -1.6 -2.5 -6.5 0 0 -4.1 -4.5 -12.6 -7.6
 Net Comparison
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Net Game -6.4% -34.1% -11.1% -10 -1 0 -9 -8 3 3 7 5 -4 -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 -5.8% -37.6% -9.9% -3 2.6 1.2 -4.7 -5.8 2.2 2.3 5.8 3 -1.1 -8.2

These are starting to write themselves. The Warriors couldn’t shoot, were outclassed inside yet again with Lee out, had to over-rotate to protect the middle (usually against Anthony), and gave up constant wide open looks from 3. The one bright spot last night was the solid effort from the bench, an effort that was ultimately wasted by inept play down the stretch (feltbot argues that bringing Gadzuric back in at the end killed their chances — as usual, hard to disagree).

On defense, Carmelo just destroyed the Warriors. They regularly doubled him — leaving their shooters, including Harrington multiple times, wide open at the arc — and he still took 17 shots from the line (making all of them). If Lacob was sitting courtside last night, I’d have to imagine that Anthony’s 39 points and complete dominance led to a dangerously large puddle of drool.

On the other end, all non-Carney Warriors couldn’t hit a shot to save their lives. Monta’s shot was flat all night on route to a 7-22 line, Curry was barely better at 8-21, and Wright was again invisible offensively (and has begun passing up open shots at the arc). Wright’s inability to defend Anthony should also be noted.

After the hot start, the Warriors have returned to .500. They now head out on a road trip filled with winnable games, though I’m not sure I’d call them that with the way the team is currently playing. With a stretch of seven playoff teams upon their return to Oakland, we can only hope that they manage to pull a few of these off and avoid a goose-egg on the roadie.

1 2 3 4 T
DEN 21 30 28 27 106
GS 24 28 19 18 89
Denver Nuggets (8-6)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
C. Anthony F 36:39 10-24 2-4 17-17 +11 3 6 9 5 3 2 3 0 1 39
S. Williams F 13:29 1-3 0-0 0-0 +1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2
Nene C-F 29:42 2-3 0-0 2-2 +22 1 8 9 3 1 0 4 0 0 6
A. Afflalo G 39:18 6-10 3-4 0-0 +15 2 7 9 2 1 0 5 2 1 15
T. Lawson G 33:02 5-8 2-3 2-2 +17 0 4 4 5 3 0 3 0 0 14
C. Andersen 18:18 3-3 0-0 1-3 -5 2 1 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 7
A. Harrington 34:25 7-13 5-7 0-0 +19 1 7 8 4 2 0 0 0 3 19
J. Smith 16:23 1-7 0-2 2-2 +9 1 2 3 1 3 0 0 0 0 4
A. Carter 14:58 0-3 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 3 5 3 2 0 0 0
G. Forbes 03:46 0-1 0-0 0-0 -4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
R. Balkman DNP – Coach’s Decision
M. Ely DNP – Coach’s Decision
Total 240 35-75 12-21 24-26 10 37 47 24 20 6 17 2 5 106
46.7% 57.1% 92.3% team rebs: 7 total to: 17
Golden State Warriors (7-7)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
D. Wright F 30:48 1-6 0-2 0-0 -5 0 4 4 2 5 1 2 0 0 2
A. Biedrins C 27:51 4-5 0-0 0-0 -16 4 5 9 0 3 2 1 2 0 8
D. Gadzuric C 32:28 3-8 0-0 2-4 -13 3 8 11 1 4 0 1 2 0 8
M. Ellis G 41:20 7-22 2-8 4-4 -15 1 3 4 4 0 1 1 0 1 20
S. Curry G 40:36 8-21 1-6 0-0 -19 1 6 7 5 3 3 2 0 0 17
R. Williams 30:08 4-13 1-7 7-8 -12 0 1 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 16
J. Lin 14:04 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 2
R. Carney 19:32 7-9 2-3 0-0 -8 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 16
J. Adrien 03:13 0-1 0-0 0-0 +3 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
C. Bell DNP – Coach’s Decision
V. Radmanovic DNP – Coach’s Decision
B. Wright DND – Lower Back Strain
Total 240 35-87 6-26 13-16 10 28 38 16 21 9 10 5 2 89
40.2% 23.1% 81.2% team rebs: 5 total to: 10

inactive

  • Nuggets: Billups, Martin
  • Warriors: Amundson, Lee, Udoh

technical fouls

  • Nuggets: –
  • Warriors: –

scoring

  • Lead Changes: 15
  • Times Tied: 11

arena stats

  • Arena: ORACLE Arena, Oakland, CA
  • Officials: #19 James Capers, #63 Derek Richardson, #65 Sean Wright
  • Attendance: 18023
  • Duration: 2:9

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22
Nov

Preview: Nuggets at Warriors

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Denver
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Golden State
Warriors

Oracle Arena
7:30pm | CSNBA

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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 get a chance to wipe out their dreadful L.A. memories with a game against Denver tonight in Oakland. The Nuggets match the Warriors with a 7-6 record, and will be a bit more rested as they last played on Saturday (beating the Nets 107-103 at home). What to watch for tonight:

  • Showing up when you need to. The Warriors head out on a geographically long 3-game roadtrip to Houston, Memphis, and Minnesota after tonight, so it would be great to bag a home game before they go. The Warriors got off to a nice start to the season by winning the games they needed to in order to have a chance for the playoffs, and I think tonight qualifies. But they missed a similar opportunity last Friday against the Knicks, and Denver is better than the Knicks.
  • Frontcourt bench, again. Carmelo and Nene offer another big challenge upfront, and Lee and Brandon Wright remain out. Adrien was better last night against the Lakers, so he could be the key guy there.
  • Shoot the rock. For the Warriors to win tonight against the Nuggets, they’re going to need to score. And with Lee out, their best hope to score big is to shoot well from outside. I’d love to see Dorell Wright get back on the bandwagon by getting hot from deep for the first time in a while.

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22
Nov

Game #13: Lakers 117, Warriors 89

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Warriors 89

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Lakers 117
November 21, 2010 1 2 3 4 T
Warriors 21 20 19 29 89
Lakers 37 32 26 22 117
  Net -16 -12 -7 7 -28
  Season Avg -2.9 0.8 -0.4 -0.1 -2.2
  Compare to Season Avg -13.1 -12.8 -6.6 7.1 -25.8
 Warriors Stats
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Game 35.2% 15% 84.6% 26 17 23 43 16 10 5 17 23 42 8
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% -24.2% 8.5% 5.3 -5 11.4 2.5 -6.5 1 0 2.9 4.5 -0.6 -10.6
 Net Comparison
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Net Game -20.5% -25.9% 4.6% 1 1 9 -3 -16 0 -6 1 1 -14 -21
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 -19.9% -29.4% 5.8% 8 4.6 10.2 1.3 -13.8 -0.8 -6.7 -0.2 -1 -11.1 -20.2

Xian’s comments on the game thread basically sum it all up. With so many frontcourt injuries, the Warriors never stood a chance. And with the team throwing the ball away constantly leading to countless uncontested breaks, the 30-point first half deficit was almost guaranteed.

There’s not much to get excited about from this game, as most of the positive numbers came from garbage time (though Jeremy Lin’s +6 in 18 minutes was still nice to see). Curry managed to go 24 minutes without a turnover (though he only had 2 assists), Adrien was decent with 10 boards and 9 points in 26 minutes, and the team actually got to the line decently. And the starter got decent rest, so there’s also that.

But other than that, just another reminder of how far this team has to go before they realize the new owners’ dreams. Let’s hope they can regain their composure for tonight’s game against Denver, because with a road trip on tap the team could desperately use a win tonight.

1 2 3 4 T
GS 21 20 19 29 89
LAL 37 32 26 22 117
Golden State Warriors (7-6)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
D. Wright F 31:50 5-17 0-3 6-6 -35 0 1 1 1 2 3 2 1 3 16
V. Radmanovic F 18:27 3-6 1-2 2-2 -1 2 2 4 1 0 0 3 0 1 9
A. Biedrins C 29:06 4-8 0-0 1-2 -30 7 2 9 2 3 1 3 1 1 9
M. Ellis G 23:23 2-10 1-3 0-0 -31 1 1 2 3 0 0 3 0 2 5
S. Curry G 24:09 5-10 1-3 2-2 -26 0 3 3 2 3 1 0 2 0 13
J. Adrien 26:27 3-8 0-0 3-5 -3 6 4 10 1 2 0 0 1 3 9
R. Carney 09:15 2-4 0-1 0-0 -7 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4
R. Williams 22:32 1-10 0-4 3-4 -6 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 5
D. Gadzuric 15:24 1-4 0-0 0-0 -10 4 3 7 0 3 1 1 0 0 2
C. Bell 21:35 2-5 0-3 0-0 +3 1 0 1 3 3 1 2 0 0 4
J. Lin 17:52 4-9 0-1 5-5 +6 1 2 3 2 1 2 2 0 0 13
B. Wright DNP – Coach’s Decision
Total 240 32-91 3-20 22-26 23 20 43 16 17 10 17 5 11 89
35.2% 15.0% 84.6% team rebs: 6 total to: 17
Los Angeles Lakers (12-2)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
R. Artest F 20:37 1-3 0-2 0-0 +19 0 0 0 3 1 2 1 2 0 2
L. Odom F 27:05 5-8 1-2 4-4 +27 1 9 10 3 0 1 5 2 1 15
P. Gasol C 30:01 10-10 0-0 8-8 +27 1 8 9 5 0 0 1 4 0 28
K. Bryant G 26:39 7-16 0-2 6-6 +21 3 3 6 5 3 0 0 0 1 20
D. Fisher G 23:25 4-6 0-2 0-0 +20 0 2 2 4 1 3 2 0 0 8
S. Blake 19:30 2-4 2-4 0-0 +9 1 3 4 6 1 2 3 0 0 6
M. Barnes 20:23 3-6 2-4 1-2 +16 2 1 3 3 3 2 1 1 1 9
S. Brown 19:31 7-10 3-3 0-0 +12 2 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 17
D. Ebanks 14:54 3-5 0-0 1-4 -3 4 1 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 7
D. Caracter 17:10 1-5 0-0 0-1 -2 0 1 1 0 6 0 4 1 1 2
L. Walton 13:01 0-3 0-1 0-0 -3 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
S. Vujacic 07:44 1-3 1-2 0-0 -3 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
Total 240 44-79 9-22 20-25 14 32 46 32 18 10 18 11 5 117
55.7% 40.9% 80.0% team rebs: 8 total to: 19

inactive

  • Warriors: Amundson, Lee, Udoh
  • Lakers: Bynum, Ratliff

technical fouls

  • Warriors: –
  • Lakers: –

scoring

  • Lead Changes: 0
  • Times Tied: 3

arena stats

  • Arena: Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA
  • Officials: #55 Bill Kennedy, #47 Bennie Adams, #59 Gary Zielinski
  • Attendance: 18997
  • Duration: 2:17

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21
Nov

Preview: Warriors at Lakers

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Los Angeles
Lakers

Staples Center
6:30pm | CSNBA

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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
 

Can’t say I’m optimistic about this one — I fully expect the Warriors to complete a hat trick of awfulness for the Bay Area sports scene today. With Denver coming to Oakland tomorrow night, I’m all for pulling the rip cord at the earliest sign of trouble to get the starters some rest. What to watch for tonight:

  • Monta’s attitude. It’s been a trying pair of games for Monta, as he carried the team both games only to be largely kept out of the offense in the fourth quarter. I don’t really expect him to have a let down against the Lakers (and the only player he considers better than himself), but if he is once again the only player who can hit a first-half shot it will be interesting to see if he starts to dog it a bit,
  • Inside hope. Lee remains out and Brandon Wright stayed in Oakland with his bad back, leaving it up to the same cast of characters that got massacred on the boards against the Knicks. I don’t expect them to win the battle tonight, but it would nice to get a glimmer of hope that the Warriors have a chance until they get their big guys back.
  • Curry’s funk. Curry had a good stat line against the Knicks, but it just didn’t feel right. He was ugly in the first half, and his second half surge came at the expense of chances for Monta. For the Warriors to have any chance tonight, Curry needs to have a great *point guard* game tonight.

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20
Nov

Game #12: Knicks 125, Warriors 119

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Knicks 125

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Warriors 119
November 19, 2010 1 2 3 4 T
Knicks 31 41 26 27 125
Warriors 31 28 25 35 119
  Net 0 -13 -1 8 -6
  Season Avg -2.9 0.8 -0.4 -0.1 -2.2
  Compare to Season Avg 2.9 -13.8 -0.6 8.1 -3.8
 Warriors Stats
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Game 51.6% 54.2% 70.6% 17 25 10 33 24 7 2 10 16 38 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 5.5% 15% -5.5% -3.7 3 -1.6 -7.5 1.5 -2 -3 -4.1 -4.5 -4.6 1.4
 Net Comparison
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Net Game -5.5% 10.7% -13.8% -15 -9 -2 -9 -7 0 -5 8 -1 -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 -4.9% 7.2% -12.6% -8 -5.4 -0.8 -4.7 -4.8 -0.8 -5.7 6.8 -3 -11.1 4.8
Monta goes in for the jam

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After a first glance at the box score, you’d think there’s no way the Warriors should have been in this game. They gave up 57% shooting; were out-rebounded by 9; and of the Knicks 33 missed shots, they offensive rebounded 12 of them.

And yet, if Stephen Curry could have just stayed with Danilo Gallinari in the closing minutes when he hit his dagger threes, maybe the Warriors actually pull this one off. That capped a horrid defensive night for Curry, who also was largely responsible for Ray Felton’s career night (though in fairness, Felton appeared to make a deal with the devil before the game). The defensive back-court problems are no longer about Curry and Ellis being able to play together; they’re now just about Curry.

As usual with Lee out, Monta carried the team with 40 points — though only 3 of them came in the fourth quarter (he still posted a +2, which is tough to do when your team loses and you play 46 minutes). Thankfully, Reggie Williams had his first big game of the season and came up big late, catching on fire from deep on his way to 16 fourth quarter points.

Curry made up for things a bit with his offense, posting 29 points to go with 8 assists and 4 turnovers. But he was woeful in the early going, with his easy misses fueling the Knicks first-half surge, and he badly bricked a three in the closing minutes that stemmed the Warriors momentum and allowed the Knicks to get some separation late.

But he was all-world compared to the production the Warriors got from the power forward position. 8 points and 5 rebounds were credited to the Warriors at the 4 tonight, a far cry from the 28 and 10 that David Lee provided in New York. His elbow can’t recover fast enough. Even my boy Jeff Adrien wasn’t much help, with a couple nice plays but only 4 rebounds in 14 minutes. Stoudamire went for 28, and combined with Felton for 61 points and only 6 missed shots between them.

The bright spot in the front court was Biedrins, who was rolling crazy 8′s with 8 points, 8 rebounds, and a team-high +8. But foul trouble once again limited him to 30 minutes.

The bottom line is that a team can’t give up 57% shooting and expect to win. I think you have to give the Knicks a lot of credit on this one, as they were hitting awkward shots and buzzer beaters all night. But they were also making wide-open shots after good ball movement (Gallinari’s 3′s being the most glaring examples), and this one can’t all be laid at the feet of a good shooting night. Down the stretch, the Warriors had momentum but simply couldn’t get a stop.

The biggest disappointment here is that the Warriors missed a chance at a winnable game right before the start of a tough stretch. They head down to Staples center for an almost guaranteed loss to the Lakers on Sunday night, then play the Nuggets at home on a back-to-back on Monday in a game they’ll likely need to win without Lee to stay above .500.

Upsides? Aside from Randolph’s DNP-CD (and you know he wanted to play in this game), at least we have this to enjoy:

1 2 3 4 T
NY 31 41 26 27 125
GS 31 28 25 35 119
New York Knicks (5-8)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
D. Gallinari F 32:52 7-15 3-5 6-6 -5 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 23
A. Stoudemire F-C 38:46 10-12 0-0 6-7 +2 2 9 11 4 2 2 5 2 0 26
R. Turiaf C-F 34:47 3-4 0-0 1-1 +4 3 1 4 8 1 0 3 3 0 7
L. Fields G 27:39 3-7 1-1 2-2 -1 1 7 8 1 2 0 3 1 1 9
R. Felton G 42:42 13-17 4-7 5-6 +4 1 4 5 11 1 4 5 1 0 35
T. Douglas 19:52 1-6 0-4 2-3 +5 1 3 4 3 3 1 1 0 0 4
W. Chandler 26:25 4-12 1-4 4-5 +12 3 3 6 3 4 0 1 0 1 13
B. Walker 16:58 3-4 1-2 1-2 +9 1 3 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 8
R. Mason Jr. DNP – Coach’s Decision
T. Mozgov DNP – Coach’s Decision
A. Randolph DNP – Coach’s Decision
A. Rautins DNP – Coach’s Decision
Total 240 44-77 10-23 27-32 12 30 42 31 16 7 18 7 2 125
57.1% 43.5% 84.4% team rebs: 6 total to: 18
Golden State Warriors (7-5)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
D. Wright F 44:17 8-15 0-2 0-0 -4 1 5 6 4 1 0 0 0 0 16
V. Radmanovic F 17:24 2-7 2-3 0-0 -4 1 1 2 2 2 2 0 0 3 6
A. Biedrins C 29:34 4-5 0-0 0-0 +8 5 3 8 3 5 1 0 1 0 8
M. Ellis G 45:36 17-30 4-7 2-4 +2 0 3 3 5 2 3 4 0 2 40
S. Curry G 42:12 9-21 3-6 8-9 -3 0 5 5 8 4 1 4 0 0 29
D. Gadzuric 13:15 0-0 0-0 0-2 -9 1 0 1 0 3 0 1 1 0 0
J. Adrien 14:04 1-3 0-0 0-0 -10 1 2 3 2 2 0 1 0 1 2
R. Williams 24:35 6-9 4-5 2-2 0 1 4 5 0 4 0 0 0 1 18
R. Carney 09:02 0-1 0-1 0-0 -10 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
C. Bell DNP – Coach’s Decision
J. Lin DNP – Coach’s Decision
B. Wright DND – Lower Back Strain
Total 240 47-91 13-24 12-17 10 23 33 24 25 7 10 2 7 119
51.6% 54.2% 70.6% team rebs: 6 total to: 10

inactive

  • Knicks: Azubuike, Curry, Williams
  • Warriors: Amundson, Lee, Udoh

technical fouls

  • Knicks: –
  • Warriors: –

scoring

  • Lead Changes: 5
  • Times Tied: 4

arena stats

  • Arena: ORACLE Arena, Oakland, CA
  • Officials: #10 Ron Garretson, #75 Eric Dalen, #49 Tom Washington
  • Attendance: 19808
  • Duration: 2:13

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Nov

Preview: Knicks at Warriors

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New York
Knicks

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Golden State
Warriors

Oracle Arena
7:30pm | CSNBA

Official Game Preview

2010-11 Meetings
November 10, 2010 • Recap
Warriors 122
Knicks 117
 
November 19, 2010 • Recap
Knicks 125
Warriors 119
 

Like the Pistons game on Monday, today the Warriors face a team they saw on the road just the week before. But in this case, the Warriors are playing for a sweep after sacrificing David Lee’s left elbow for the win at Madison Square Garden. The Warriors will be well rested, but so will the Knicks, as they just broke a 6-game losing streak by beating the Kings in Sacramento on Wednesday. Here’s what to look for tonight:

  • Slowing Stoudamire. He was a beast in New York, scoring 33 (14 of those from the line) and snagging 10 boards. With Lee out tonight, the Warriors will need to play interior defense by committee. Hopefully we get a chance to see if Jeff Adrien can do anything to slow a quick big like Stoudamire.
  • Avoid the whistles. The Warriors set their season high in steals fouls in the previous game against the Knicks, and all told there were 58 fouls and 75 free throws taken in the game. With Lee out, I think the Warriors would love a more free-flowing game so they don’t get stuck in a half-court grinder with Stoudamire drawing inside fouls the whole night.
  • Get Curry going. Curry was solid on Monday against Detroit, but he hasn’t really looked himself since…the Knicks game last week when he scored 25. More concerning are his assist totals, where he’s broken 6 just once since opening night. Tonight would be a great night to post his second double-double of the year.

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Nov

‘Tudes

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Reading today’s Bill Simmons’ column revisiting his Western Conference predictions reminded me of something else that I’ve noticed from Joe Lacob: his emphasis on the mood in the locker room. In particular, he referenced the David Lee trade as key not only for rebounding, but because it got us a positive locker room presence in exchange for a bad one (I assume he’s talking about Randolph there, as I can’t imagine Azabuke and Turiaf would warrant that label). Having an understanding of interpersonal dynamics is something he likely got good use out of in his VC career, and might be another talent that translates well to the NBA.

Things seem to be working out so far, with a rejuvenated and positive Monta leading a group that had a college-style team dinner before their first game. After nearly two decades of players avoiding the Warriors like the plague (and acting like they had it when they were here,) this would be a great turnaround that could make a big difference in terms of attracting free agents (though not as much as just winning consistently would).

As for how this relates to the Simmons, I guess I’ve been living under a rock but I didn’t realize that DeMarcus Cousins is already having attitude issues (not to mention some ridiculous foul problems). I think the draft was early enough that Lacob had no contact or influence with Reilly (where as the Lee trade occurred after they agreed to the sale in principle), but in an alternate universe where Lacob was in charge at that point I almost wonder if they would have pulled the trigger on Udoh (who really does sound like a great guy) even if they had the 5th pick.

Of course, if the Warriors are going to pull a KG-to-Boston type trade, the superstar they get will more than likely be disgruntled (otherwise, why would he be available?). So that could prove to be an interested test of just how seriously Lacob takes attitude (and, of course, attitudes can change when situations change as well). Would he roll the dice on a risky player with the hope of a Michael Vick-style outcome? Time will tell.

One more thing from the column — I enjoyed this blurb on the Warriors:

In the summer of 2007, Philly barely trumped Golden State’s lucrative Elton Brand offer, and then the Warriors got blindsided when Baron Davis fled for the Clips. In the summer of 2009, the Warriors backed out of a handshake deal with Phoenix that would have sent Biedrins, Brandan Wright and Curry’s rights to Phoenix for Amare Stoudemire. Last summer, the Warriors turned down Memphis’ offer of O.J. Mayo and Hasheem Thabeet for Ellis. (Note: Everyone thought they were crazy. Me included. Now they look like geniuses thanks to Ellis’ scoring binge.) You know what’s great about this? The Warriors spent the past 35 years giving up the wrong guys too early and acquiring the wrong guys too late, always to the chagrin of their absurdly loyal fans. Somehow, they went four for their past four with big decisions/breaks. See? There’s hope for everybody.

Maybe we’re finally done shipping out future all-stars! Wouldn’t that be something — though the Lee-Randolph trade will probably let us know for sure…

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