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3
Apr

Game #77: Warriors 99, Mavericks 92

Mavericks 92

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Warriors 99
April 2, 2011 1 2 3 4 T
Mavericks 29 21 17 25 92
Warriors 28 20 24 27 99
  Net -1 -1 7 2 7
  Season Avg -2.9 0.8 -0.4 -0.1 -2.2
  Compare to Season Avg 1.9 -1.8 7.4 2.1 9.2
 Warriors Stats
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Game 44.9% 33.3% 91.7% 24 21 7 43 22 4 6 14 9 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 -1.3% -5.9% 15.6% 3.3 -1 -4.6 2.5 -0.5 -5 1 -0.1 -7.5 -4.6 1.4
 Net Comparison
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Net Game 3.8% 13.3% 26.7% 4 0 -4 0 -3 -1 2 -3 3 -12 -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 4.4% 9.8% 27.9% 11 3.6 -2.8 4.3 -0.8 -1.8 1.3 -4.2 1 -9.1 -8.2

Really nice win, as the Warriors hung tight throughout, built up a nice little lead in the 4th, and then hung on when the Mavericks made a late run (aided by some poor Warriors’ decision making).

Stat of the game: 22-24. That’s the Warriors mark from the line, 3.2 above their season average in attempts and well above that in terms of makes, and they even managed 4 more attempts than the Mavericks. If they can get to the line — and make them — this team can really hang in there.

Monta kept the team in the game through the first three quarters, then went strangely silent in the 4th. But Al Thornton picked up the slack, with 12 points and 9 rebounds off the bench — most of that in the final period. Amundson also came up big off the bench with 8 points and 10 rebounds.

So all-in-all a feel good win against a quality team that still has a lot to play for in terms of playoff positioning. It’s just too bad they couldn’t do this more consistently throughout the season.

Dallas Mavericks (53-23)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
D. Nowitzki F 35:15 5-16 0-4 6-8 +7 0 6 6 3 2 1 3 0 1 16
D. Stevenson G 16:10 1-6 1-5 0-0 -9 1 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
T. Chandler C 24:58 5-6 0-0 2-5 -2 3 4 7 0 4 0 0 1 0 12
R. Beaubois G 09:23 1-5 0-1 0-0 -11 1 1 2 0 3 0 1 0 2 2
J. Kidd G 28:41 1-7 0-5 1-2 -12 0 3 3 6 0 1 0 0 0 3
J. Terry 32:02 7-15 1-6 2-2 0 0 3 3 5 1 1 1 0 0 17
S. Marion 30:12 10-17 0-0 1-2 -6 3 5 8 0 3 1 0 3 0 21
P. Stojakovic 17:33 1-3 1-1 0-0 +6 0 4 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 3
I. Mahinmi 12:29 1-2 0-0 0-0 -13 1 1 2 0 4 0 2 0 0 2
J. Barea 33:17 5-13 2-3 1-1 +5 2 3 5 11 3 0 3 0 3 13
B. Cardinal DNP – Coach’s Decision
B. Haywood DNP – Coach’s Decision
Total 240 37-90 5-25 13-20 11 32 43 25 21 5 11 4 6 92
41.1% 20.0% 65.0% team rebs: 14 total to: 14
Golden State Warriors (33-44)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
D. Wright F 39:24 5-18 2-9 1-2 +3 0 6 6 0 1 0 2 0 0 13
D. Lee F-C 43:30 6-10 0-0 4-4 +4 1 7 8 3 4 1 2 0 0 16
E. Udoh F 16:02 0-2 0-0 0-0 +5 1 0 1 0 5 0 2 1 0 0
M. Ellis G 44:01 11-20 4-8 6-6 +2 0 3 3 5 1 1 3 1 1 32
S. Curry G 31:31 3-8 1-3 5-5 +9 0 4 4 8 5 2 3 0 1 12
L. Amundson 27:54 3-5 0-0 2-2 +7 3 7 10 1 1 0 0 2 0 8
R. Williams 07:44 1-4 0-1 0-0 -1 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 2
A. Thornton 23:08 5-10 0-0 2-3 0 1 8 9 2 4 0 1 2 1 12
J. Lin 06:47 1-1 0-0 2-2 +6 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4
J. Adrien DNP – Coach’s Decision
C. Bell DNP – Coach’s Decision
V. Radmanovic DNP – Coach’s Decision
Total 240 35-78 7-21 22-24 7 36 43 22 21 4 14 6 4 99
44.9% 33.3% 91.7% team rebs: 5 total to: 14

inactive

  • Mavericks: Brewer, Butler, Jones
  • Warriors: Biedrins, Law

technical fouls

  • Mavericks: Nowitzki
  • Warriors: –

scoring

  • Lead Changes: 10
  • Times Tied: 6

arena stats

  • Arena: ORACLE Arena, Oakland, CA
  • Officials: #55 Bill Kennedy, #59 Gary Zielinski, #61 Courtney Kirkland
  • Attendance: 18128
  • Duration: 2:20
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21
Mar

Preview: Warriors at Spurs

Golden State
Warriors

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San Antonio
Spurs

AT&T Center
5:30pm | CSNBA

Official Game Preview

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

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

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

 

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21
Mar

Game #70: Mavericks 101, Warriors 73

Warriors 73

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Mavericks 101
March 20, 2011 1 2 3 4 T
Warriors 23 20 20 10 73
Mavericks 31 20 25 25 101
  Net -8 0 -5 -15 -28
  Season Avg -2.9 0.8 -0.4 -0.1 -2.2
  Compare to Season Avg -5.1 -0.8 -4.6 -14.9 -25.8
 Warriors Stats
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Game 35.1% 25% 70% 20 19 6 39 16 7 4 16 22 28 12
Season Avg 46.2% 39.2% 76.1% 20.7 22 11.6 40.5 22.5 9 5 14.1 17.5 42.6 18.6
Difference -11.1% -14.2% -6.1% -0.7 -3 -5.6 -1.5 -6.5 -2 -1 1.9 -11.5 -14.6 -6.6
 Net Comparison
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Net Game -7.4% -10.3% -14% -5 3 -5 -12 -8 -3 1 -1 -14 4 -15
Net Season Avg -0.6% 3.5% -1.2% -7 -3.6 -1.2 -4.3 -2.2 0.8 0.7 1.2 2 -2.9 -0.8
Net Difference -6.8% -13.8% -12.8% 2 6.6 -3.8 -7.7 -5.8 -3.8 0.3 -2.2 -16 6.9 -14.2

Thank goodnesss for March Madness!

Now much to say about this one: The Warriors got smashed from the get-go and never really stood a chance — and capped things off with perhaps their worst 4th quarter of the season.

Not even much to get excited about on an individual level. Udoh was perhaps the bright spot as he had a team-high -1 in 29 minutes, though his atrocious rebounding continues as he only grabbed a single board in that span. Of the others we’re watching here in the final weeks of the season Curry had a so-so game 11 points, 6 assists, and 6 rebounds, and a -8 that was decent compared to the rest of the team.

On the other hand, Thornton was a mess with a team-low -27 to go with 9 points and 4 boards — and no assists. Williams was a bit better at only -11, but not by much.

And hey, Jeff Adrien got off the bench! He matched Udoh’s rebounding total and got to the line 4 times in only 3 minutes. Can we please just play him a bit more to see if there’s anything there?

All in all, another forgettable road performance in a season that is fast becoming unwatchable — especially when there’s good basketball on other channels.

Golden State Warriors (30-40)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
D. Wright F 36:04 2-8 2-6 0-0 -18 0 5 5 2 1 2 4 0 0 6
D. Lee F-C 30:54 4-10 0-0 2-2 -18 4 8 12 2 4 2 1 0 0 10
E. Udoh F 29:28 4-7 0-0 0-0 -1 0 1 1 0 4 0 1 3 1 8
M. Ellis G 40:23 7-18 1-6 3-3 -26 0 2 2 4 1 1 3 0 0 18
S. Curry G 31:02 4-12 1-3 2-3 -8 1 5 6 6 4 0 2 0 1 11
A. Thornton 24:01 2-7 0-0 4-4 -27 0 4 4 0 3 1 2 0 0 8
A. Law 07:12 1-2 0-0 0-0 -10 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
L. Amundson 13:57 1-3 0-0 0-4 -15 0 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
R. Williams 15:26 2-8 1-4 0-0 -11 0 2 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 5
V. Radmanovic 08:25 0-2 0-1 0-0 -3 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 0
J. Adrien 03:08 0-0 0-0 3-4 -3 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
C. Bell DNP – Coach’s Decision
Total 240 27-77 5-20 14-20 6 33 39 16 19 7 16 4 3 73
35.1% 25.0% 70.0% team rebs: 6 total to: 18
Dallas Mavericks (49-21)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
D. Stevenson G 16:17 3-6 2-5 0-0 +8 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 8
D. Nowitzki F 31:25 9-15 0-0 2-2 +29 1 5 6 2 1 0 2 0 1 20
T. Chandler C 28:24 0-4 0-0 7-8 +9 5 12 17 0 2 1 0 1 0 7
R. Beaubois G 27:01 5-11 1-4 4-5 +7 1 3 4 4 5 2 5 1 2 15
J. Kidd G 24:56 3-8 2-7 0-0 +4 0 2 2 6 1 0 0 0 0 8
J. Barea 20:24 1-7 1-4 1-2 +18 1 3 4 6 1 2 3 0 1 4
B. Cardinal 16:16 0-3 0-2 2-2 -3 0 1 1 1 3 2 0 0 0 2
P. Stojakovic 19:25 6-11 5-8 0-0 +25 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 17
J. Terry 25:12 4-10 1-3 0-0 +19 1 2 3 2 0 1 1 0 0 9
I. Mahinmi 19:36 2-3 0-0 5-6 +19 2 11 13 0 3 1 0 0 0 9
C. Brewer 11:04 1-2 0-1 0-0 +5 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 1 0 2
B. Haywood DNP – Coach’s Decision
Total 240 34-80 12-34 21-25 11 40 51 24 22 10 15 3 4 101
42.5% 35.3% 84.0% team rebs: 10 total to: 16

inactive

  • Warriors: Biedrins, Lin
  • Mavericks: Butler, Jones, Marion

technical fouls

  • Warriors: –
  • Mavericks: –

scoring

  • Lead Changes: 6
  • Times Tied: 3

arena stats

  • Arena: American Airlines Center, Dallas, TX
  • Officials: #25 Tony Brothers, #48 Scott Foster, #66 Haywoode Workman
  • Attendance: 20324
  • Duration: 2:11
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20
Mar

Preview: Warriors at Mavericks

Golden State
Warriors

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Dallas
Mavericks

American Airlines Center
4:30pm | CSNBA

Official Game Preview

2010-11 Meetings
December 7, 2010 • Recap
Warriors 100
Mavericks 105
 
March 16, 2011 • Recap
Mavericks 112
Warriors 106
 
March 20, 2011 • Recap
Warriors 73
Mavericks 101
 
April 2, 2011 • Recap
Mavericks 92
Warriors 99
 

The road trip continues, with the Warriors making their way into Texas for a second game in a week against the Dallas Mavericks. In the game on Wednesday, the Warriors raced out to a big lead but couldn’t hold on — a common story for the Dubs this season against quality opponents.

With 13 games left on the season, what should the Warriors be aiming for? If the season ended today they would draft 11th (if my judgment of the eastern conference standings is correct), but they’ve made a good run on the draft standings with their recent swoon and a move up the order is no longer out of the question — getting to 9 now looks like a distinct possibility.

So that’s one “objective,” and figuring out the roster is probably the other. Udoh and Curry could use some development — and please, Smart, let them play through their mistakes at this point — and I’d like to learn more about what we’ve got with Williams, Thornton, and Adrien.

Of course, that would require Smart to throw in the towel and recognize that his head coaching days will soon be going on hiatus. So we’ll see.

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15
Mar

Game #67: Kings 129, Warriors 119

Warriors 119

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Kings 129
March 14, 2011 1 2 3 4 T
Warriors 20 39 25 35 119
Kings 35 36 36 22 129
  Net -15 3 -11 13 -10
  Season Avg -2.9 0.8 -0.4 -0.1 -2.2
  Compare to Season Avg -12.1 2.2 -10.6 13.1 -7.8
 Warriors Stats
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Game 50% 42.3% 66.7% 33 25 4 24 24 9 5 13 20 38 21
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 3.8% 3.1% -9.4% 12.3 3 -7.6 -16.5 1.5 0 0 -1.1 4.5 -4.6 2.4
 Net Comparison
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Net Game -6.6% -4.8% -15.2% 0 -1 -7 -22 -4 -2 0 6 4 -28 -7
Net Season Avg -0.6% 3.5% -1.2% -7 -3.6 -1.2 -4.3 -2.2 0.8 0.7 1.2 2 -2.9 -0.8
Net Difference -6% -8.3% -14% 7 2.6 -5.8 -17.7 -1.8 -2.8 -0.7 4.8 2 -25.1 -6.2

Wow, what an ugly game. The Warriors got blitzed from the get-go and played incredibly awful defense throughout. The 10-point margin is hardly indicative of how bad they looked — it was just a late run by the scrubs that made it close (a run that was halted by an Acie Law brick on an open 3 that would have cut the margin to 7).

The rebounding was terrible one again, as the Warriors lost the boards battle 46-24 (no Warrior had more than 4). They also got destroyed in the paint, losing that battle by 28 as Dalembert had a career high.

Bright spots? Al Thornton had a solid outing, and looked unstoppable at times on his way to 23 points and a team-high +25. Ekpe also had a decent offensive turn, getting to double-digits at 10 points (but with a typically underwhelming single rebound).

But all-in-all this was yet another indictment of Smart. Part of being coach means having your team ready to play — especially in a back-to-back against a supposedly inferior opponent — and the Warriors were at the worst at the start of each half. Definitely looking forward to playing the coaching replacement game in a few more weeks…

Golden State Warriors (30-37)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
D. Wright F 29:06 5-8 2-4 6-7 -24 0 2 2 2 1 3 2 0 1 18
D. Lee F-C 25:15 4-8 0-0 0-0 -25 1 3 4 3 3 0 0 0 2 8
A. Biedrins C 15:10 0-3 0-0 0-0 -9 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0
M. Ellis G 27:38 6-16 0-3 3-5 -21 0 1 1 9 2 0 2 0 0 15
S. Curry G 23:56 7-14 5-8 0-0 -12 0 3 3 1 1 1 3 1 0 19
E. Udoh 12:58 3-4 0-0 4-4 +8 0 1 1 0 4 0 1 1 0 10
R. Williams 20:22 5-10 0-4 0-1 +11 0 2 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 10
V. Radmanovic 28:59 6-10 4-6 0-0 0 2 2 4 1 4 0 2 1 1 16
A. Law 24:04 0-4 0-1 0-0 +2 0 3 3 4 2 2 1 0 1 0
L. Amundson 11:00 0-1 0-0 0-4 -5 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0
A. Thornton 21:32 7-8 0-0 9-12 +25 1 2 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 23
J. Lin DNP – Coach’s Decision
Total 240 43-86 11-26 22-33 4 20 24 24 25 9 13 5 5 119
50.0% 42.3% 66.7% team rebs: 15 total to: 13
Sacramento Kings (16-49)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
F. Garcia F-G 30:45 5-12 1-6 2-2 +24 2 2 4 6 3 2 3 2 0 13
D. Cousins C 25:40 5-10 0-0 5-5 +17 2 7 9 4 6 3 3 0 0 15
S. Dalembert C 38:49 10-16 0-0 7-10 +16 5 11 16 0 2 0 5 2 2 27
M. Thornton G 41:27 13-20 4-7 12-14 +17 0 3 3 1 2 4 0 0 0 42
B. Udrih G 31:39 4-8 0-0 1-2 +8 0 3 3 9 4 0 4 0 2 9
J. Thompson 29:06 4-7 0-1 0-0 -5 2 4 6 2 5 0 2 1 0 8
L. Head 22:54 4-6 2-2 0-0 -5 0 4 4 5 1 1 2 0 0 10
O. Casspi 18:13 2-3 1-1 0-0 -13 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 5
D. Jackson 01:27 0-1 0-0 0-0 -9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
D. Greene DNP – Coach’s Decision
P. Jeter DNP – Coach’s Decision
J. Taylor DNP – Coach’s Decision
Total 240 47-83 8-17 27-33 11 35 46 28 24 11 19 5 5 129
56.6% 47.1% 81.8% team rebs: 11 total to: 19

inactive

  • Warriors: Adrien, Bell
  • Kings: Daniels, Evans, Whiteside

technical fouls

  • Warriors: Ellis, Thornton
  • Kings: Dalembert, Garcia

scoring

  • Lead Changes: 1
  • Times Tied: 0

arena stats

  • Arena: Power Balance Pavilion, Sacramento, CA
  • Officials: #27 Dick Bavetta, #74 Curtis Blair, #71 Rodney Mott
  • Attendance: 14243
  • Duration: 2:25