Posts Tagged ‘ andris biedrins ’

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27
Nov

Preview: Warriors at Timberwolves

Golden State
Warriors

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Minnesota
Timberwolves

Target Center
5:00pm | CSNBA

Official Game Preview

2010-11 Meetings
November 27, 2010 • Recap
Warriors 104
Timberwolves 94
 
December 14, 2010 • Recap
Timberwolves 99
Warriors 108
 
February 27, 2011 • Recap
Warriors 123
Timberwolves 126
 
March 13, 2011 • Recap
Timberwolves 77
Warriors 100
 

The (potential) savior arrives tonight as David Lee makes his triumphant return to the team. The Warriors will need a boost after the loss in Memphis, and the late start last night won’t be doing them any favors. What to watch for tonight:

  • Beef Injection. With a few notable exceptions (such as last night), the Warriors have been getting destroyed inside since Lee went out with his elbow injury. How much of an impact will he have tonight, considering that he couldn’t even get his heart rate up for a week and a half? At the very least, his enthusiasm, defensive communication, and great hands on the boards have to be an improvement over what we’ve seen the past two weeks. The question is whether it will be enough to spur a win on a road back-to-back.
  • No Love. WP48 credits Kevin Love with 4.1 wins — and no other Timberwolf (sp?) has generated even one (Anthony Tolliver, of all people, is second on the team with .7). Keep him relatively quiet and the Warriors should have an excellent chance to win the game. We’ve already seen what Love can do this year, so this will be quite the matchup for Lee on his return. I’d like to see Adrien work on Love a bit as well, as his bodying up on Zach Randolph slowed the Grizzlies’ biggest post-presence last night.
  • Day Old Beans. Biedrins looks like a completely different player last night, with great energy, smooth moves, and soft hands. Can’t expect him to be similarly dominant on the back end of a back-to-back (especially since he played over 40 minutes last night), but it would be great to see him build on last night and at least show similar energy in spurts tonight.
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26
Nov

Preview: Warriors at Grizzlies

Golden State
Warriors

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Memphis
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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20
Nov

Game #12: Knicks 125, Warriors 119

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

Photo by Rocky Widner/NBAE via Getty Images

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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14
Nov

Game #10: Bucks 79, Warriors 72

Warriors 72

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Bucks 79
November 13, 2010 1 2 3 4 T
Warriors 16 14 21 21 72
Bucks 24 19 23 13 79
  Net -8 -5 -2 8 -7
  Season Avg -2.9 0.8 -0.4 -0.1 -2.2
  Compare to Season Avg -5.1 -5.8 -1.6 8.1 -4.8
 Warriors Stats
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Game 34.1% 45.5% 60% 10 23 11 42 18 10 4 15 19 26 16
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 -12% 6.3% -16.1% -10.7 1 -0.6 1.5 -4.5 1 -1 0.9 3.5 -16.6 -2.6
 Net Comparison
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Net Game 0.4% 8% -21% -11 -9 -8 -16 3 2 -5 3 4 -6 5
Net Season Avg -0.6% 3.5% -1.2% -7 -3.6 -1.2 -4.3 -2.2 0.8 0.7 1.2 2 -2.9 -0.8
Net Difference 1% 4.5% -19.8% -4 -5.4 -6.8 -11.7 5.2 1.2 -5.7 1.8 2 -3.1 5.8
Monta Ellis

AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps

The road trip mercifully comes to an end, and one can only hope that a good night’s sleep in their own beds will remind these guys (Monta excluded) how to shoot. Outside of his 9-16, the rest of the team went 19-66 (29%). Ugly.

And the board-work wasn’t much better. The Warriors got creamed 58-42, a margin that would have been worse without Adrien’s solid contribution of 8 boards in 19 minutes. Adrien posted a +10, and after Brandon Wright’s lifeless zero-rebound performance I’d like to see Adrien get some more playing time in the games ahead. Adrien’s already 6th on the team in Wins Produced in just 30 minutes, so might as well see what you’ve got before Amundson and Udoh return.

Aside from Adrien’s nice contribution off the bench, Monta deserves a ton of credit for being the only starter to really show up tonight. Curry went 3-14, Dorell Wright went 2-14, and Biedrins went 0-4. These are just not the sorts of lines you can get from your starters on the road and expect to win (especially with a guy like Lee out).

With the new owner’s half-price promotion on Monday, I’d expect to see a sold out, extremely drunk crowd in their return to the Oracle. If that doesn’t give this team some energy and snap them out of their scoring funk, I’m not sure what will.

1 2 3 4 T
GS 16 14 21 21 72
MIL 24 19 23 13 79
Golden State Warriors (6-4)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
D. Wright G-F 31:51 2-14 1-5 2-4 -10 1 3 4 2 1 1 1 0 1 7
A. Biedrins C 28:06 0-4 0-0 0-0 -7 2 7 9 1 3 1 1 1 1 0
D. Gadzuric C 11:49 1-3 0-0 0-0 -11 2 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
M. Ellis G 41:32 9-16 4-5 2-2 -2 0 5 5 8 5 3 7 0 0 24
S. Curry G 30:02 3-14 0-3 1-2 -12 1 1 2 4 5 3 2 1 3 7
V. Radmanovic 25:52 3-8 2-4 0-0 -5 1 2 3 2 5 0 1 0 1 8
B. Wright 07:50 1-2 0-0 0-0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
R. Williams 24:00 4-11 2-4 1-2 +3 0 5 5 0 2 0 2 0 2 11
R. Carney 07:17 1-4 1-1 0-0 -5 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 3
J. Adrien 19:16 3-4 0-0 0-0 +10 3 5 8 0 1 0 0 2 0 6
C. Bell 12:26 1-2 0-0 0-0 +5 0 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 2
J. Lin DNP – Coach’s Decision
Total 240 28-82 10-22 6-10 11 31 42 18 23 10 15 4 9 72
34.1% 45.5% 60.0% team rebs: 6 total to: 17
Milwaukee Bucks (5-5)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
L. Mbah a Moute F 38:47 1-2 0-0 4-5 +13 3 9 12 3 3 1 0 0 0 6
D. Gooden F 31:27 7-15 0-1 2-3 +8 6 4 10 3 3 2 2 0 1 16
A. Bogut C 39:13 4-12 0-0 0-2 +13 5 12 17 0 2 0 2 7 1 8
J. Salmons G-F 40:16 9-17 4-6 4-4 +12 0 4 4 1 1 2 3 0 0 26
B. Jennings G 41:34 6-19 2-5 5-5 +14 4 7 11 6 2 2 5 2 1 19
E. Ilyasova 11:04 0-6 0-2 0-0 -8 1 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
C. Maggette 14:39 1-6 0-0 0-0 -9 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 2
E. Boykins 04:50 0-1 0-0 0-0 -2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0
K. Dooling 12:16 0-5 0-2 2-2 +2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
J. Brockman 05:54 0-0 0-0 0-0 -8 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0
C. Delfino DNP – Coach’s Decision
L. Sanders DNP – Coach’s Decision
Total 240 28-83 6-16 17-21 19 39 58 15 14 8 18 9 4 79
33.7% 37.5% 81.0% team rebs: 11 total to: 20

inactive

  • Warriors: Amundson, Lee, Udoh
  • Bucks: Douglas-Roberts, Hobson, Redd

technical fouls

  • Warriors: –
  • Bucks: –

scoring

  • Lead Changes: 0
  • Times Tied: 0

arena stats

  • Arena: Bradley Center, Milwaukee, WI
  • Officials: #41 Ken Mauer, #7 Kevin Fehr, #78 Scott Bolnick
  • Attendance: 17049
  • Duration: 2:5
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11
Nov

Preview: Warriors at Bulls

Golden State
Warriors

@

Chicago
Bulls

United Center
5:00pm | CSNBA

Official Game Preview

2010-11 Meetings
November 11, 2010 • Recap
Warriors 90
Bulls 120
 
February 5, 2011 • Recap
Bulls 90
Warriors 101
 

The Warriors gain an hour as they move to the central time zone, but still have to play their fourth game in five nights. With Saturday night opponent Milwaukee having blown out their last two opponents, this might be the best chance for the Warriors to secure a winning record on this road trip. What to watch for tonight:

  • Da Bench. Four of the five starters played 40+ minutes last night, so to have any chance the Warriors are going to need some quality minutes from the bench. Wright and Lin have been making progress, so I’d hope to see them get some run tonight. Reggie Williams was decent last night, but I think the team will need a lot more scoring from him to have a chance. And can Radmonovic turn around his recent woeful play?
  • Da Boards. Boozer is still out with an injury, but Joakim Noah has been an animal on the glass and is averaging 15 boards a game. I’d expect Lee to be a bit stiff tonight after the elbow injury (not to mention the emotions from last night’s return to the Garden), so Biedrins better bring it against Noah in the middle. If Biedrins can equal Noah’s rebounding total tonight, then the Warriors should be in good shape to steal one.
  • Controlling Rose and Deng. Derrick Rose had the hot hand early for the Bulls, but in recent games it was been Luol Deng who’s done the most damage. This will be a hell of a test for Dorrell Wright — let’s see if he can be the perimeter stopper he was advertised as when the Warriors signed him (though, in fairness, he’s been doing a hell of a lot more than just defending so far this season).

Regret watch: after seeing Anthony Randolph last night, tonight the Warriors get to see how C.J. Watson is adjusting to the Bulls. Despite the Warriors’ obvious hole at the backup PG spot this year, I still don’t miss Watson much: he just isn’t a PG, can’t play defense, and does little more but give you a backup Monta with a better outside shot but little to no inside game.

UPDATE: Per the twitter, Lee is out tonight as he rests his lacerated elbow. An already tough back-to-back just got a whole lot harder…

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7
Nov

Preview: Warriors at Pistons

Golden State
Warriors

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Detroit
Pistons

The Palace at Auburn Hills
3:00pm | CSNBA

Official Game Preview

2010-11 Meetings
November 7, 2010 • Recap
Warriors 97
Pistons 102
 
November 15, 2010 • Recap
Pistons 97
Warriors 101
 

The Warriors kick off their 5-game road trip with a (west coast) matinee in Detroit. The Pistons are struggling, so this is a game the Warriors need to pick up to get their road trip off to a good start. Speaking of the road trip, after looking over the opponents the opportunity is definitely there to put together a winning trip:

  • Tonight: Detroit (1-5)
  • Tomorrow: Toronto (1-5)
  • Wednesday: New York (3-2)
  • Thursday: Chicago (2-3)
  • Saturday: Milwaukee (2-5)

Chicago is probably the scariest team on the list, and even they have been beatable so far. It would be great to see the Warriors pick up the first two games, which would take the pressure off for the New York and Chicago games as they know they’ll have Milwaukee at the end to get to 3-2 on the trip. But seeing as tomorrow they’ll be on a back to back, tonight is the game the really need to have.

What to watch for tonight:

  • Rebounding. The Warriors are currently 5th in rebounding differential (+2.8), while the Pistons are 27th (-3.3). Second chance points were the difference in Friday’s game against Utah, and the opportunity is certainly there tonight if the Warriors can take advantage.
  • “Defense Travels Well.” Can DTW become the GTL of the Warriors season? After holding an opponent to 78 points (and winning with only 85!), the team certainly seems to be buying into a more defense-oriented mindset. The players are saying all the right things, too. On their first game after a cross country flight, when the shots might be a little flat, can they rely on their defense to produce another win?
  • Finishing Inside. While Lee and Biedrins were monsters on the glass on Friday, neither was able to consistently finish at the rim. Ethan Sherwood Strauss has an interesting theory that the fact that they are both lefties is causing an adjustment period as they both crash the same side of the rim, though Biedrins is fairly insistent that it’s just a matter of luck (the BAPIP argument, as it were). Either way, if they could start making their inside chances the second chance points could go through the roof.
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5
Nov

Game #5: Warriors 85, Jazz 78

Jazz 78

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Warriors 85
November 5, 2010 1 2 3 4 T
Jazz 16 23 17 22 78
Warriors 17 23 20 25 85
  Net 1 0 3 3 7
  Season Avg -2.9 0.8 -0.4 -0.1 -2.2
  Compare to Season Avg 3.9 -0.8 3.4 3.1 9.2
 Warriors Stats
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Game 37.6% 14.3% 59.1% 22 23 21 52 16 11 3 16 14 46 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 -8.5% -24.9% -17% 1.3 1 9.4 11.5 -6.5 2 -2 1.9 7.5 3.4 1.4
 Net Comparison
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Net Game -1.8% -7.1% -12.3% 1 0 11 6 -2 2 -3 3 13 14 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% -10.6% -11.1% 8 3.6 12.2 10.3 0.2 1.2 -3.7 1.8 11 16.9 2.8

Great game from just about everyone. Can’t believe I’d ever see the Warriors score 85 points and win a game, as this one was ugly as hell and a sure loss had it been last year.

With very few outside shots falling, I give full credit for the win to the front line that produced another winning rebounding battle (continuing the perfect link between a positive rebounding +/- and winning the game).

Lee had troubles with his shot, but had the huge tip-in late and another double-double with 14 and 15. Andris was also huge inside with 20 rebounds, playing about as big and quick as I can remember seeing him.

Gadzuric was surprisingly good off the bench, bringing plenty of energy and hauling in 6 rebounds. He was tapping a few balls in addition to the rebounds he was credited with. I also liked what I saw from Carney (especially his big late bucket), though his team-low -6 doesn’t impress.

Now they take it on the road, playing some teams that they definitely should be able to beat. I’d love to see them win at least 2 of the 5.

1 2 3 4 T
UTAH 16 23 17 22 78
GS 17 23 20 25 85
Utah Jazz (2-3)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
A. Kirilenko F 27:25 0-3 0-0 4-4 -13 1 3 4 2 0 0 2 2 0 4
P. Millsap F 39:12 6-11 0-0 0-0 -1 2 9 11 4 4 2 3 1 0 12
A. Jefferson C-F 35:47 6-14 0-0 4-6 -16 3 12 15 0 3 0 2 1 1 16
R. Bell G 27:39 3-10 1-4 0-0 -5 1 2 3 2 6 0 3 0 0 7
D. Williams G 38:12 9-18 1-4 4-7 -10 1 1 2 6 3 1 8 0 1 23
F. Elson 15:21 1-2 0-0 0-0 +8 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 2
C. Miles 22:05 4-13 1-4 3-4 +4 2 1 3 1 3 2 0 1 0 12
E. Watson 09:48 0-0 0-0 0-0 +3 0 3 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 0
R. Price 20:21 1-5 0-2 0-0 -2 0 2 2 3 1 3 0 0 1 2
G. Hayward 04:10 0-0 0-0 0-0 -3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
J. Evans DND- Sprained Right Wrist
K. Fesenko DNP – Coach’s Decision
Total 240 30-76 3-14 15-21 10 36 46 18 23 9 19 6 3 78
39.5% 21.4% 71.4% team rebs: 8 total to: 21
Golden State Warriors (4-1)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
D. Wright G-F 36:13 3-13 1-3 0-0 +8 2 3 5 5 2 2 2 2 3 7
D. Lee F-C 42:40 6-15 0-0 2-4 +6 7 8 15 1 1 0 0 0 2 14
A. Biedrins C 35:45 4-11 0-0 0-1 +8 7 13 20 0 3 0 0 0 0 8
M. Ellis G 39:46 9-22 0-4 5-9 +9 1 3 4 2 3 7 3 0 0 23
S. Curry G 32:59 7-17 1-4 5-5 +8 0 1 1 6 5 2 5 0 0 20
R. Carney 15:55 1-5 0-2 0-1 -6 0 0 0 1 3 0 2 0 0 2
V. Radmanovic 05:20 0-1 0-0 0-0 +1 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0
R. Williams 14:44 2-4 0-1 1-2 +6 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 5
D. Gadzuric 11:59 3-4 0-0 0-0 -1 3 3 6 0 3 0 2 1 0 6
C. Bell 04:39 0-1 0-0 0-0 -4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
J. Adrien DNP – Coach’s Decision
B. Wright DNP – Coach’s Decision
Total 240 35-93 2-14 13-22 21 31 52 16 23 11 16 3 6 85
37.6% 14.3% 59.1% team rebs: 13 total to: 17

inactive

  • Jazz: Okur
  • Warriors: Amundson, Lin, Udoh

technical fouls

  • Jazz: Millsap
  • Warriors: –

scoring

  • Lead Changes: 3
  • Times Tied: 7

arena stats

  • Arena: ORACLE Arena, Oakland, CA
  • Officials: #9 Derrick Stafford, #44 Eli Roe, #33 Zach Zarba
  • Attendance: 17902
  • Duration: 2:19
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3
Nov

Preview Game 4 vs. Memphis

Memphis
Grizzlies

@

Golden State
Warriors

Oracle Arena
7:30pm | CSNBA

Official Game Preview

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
 

A few non-in-depth things to look for in this game for me:

  • Who runs the point and how does Lin deal with a home crowd cheering for his every touch? He has played much better on the road thus far when the pressure has been off him.
  • How does Wright respond after his option was declined (we still need to discuss this)?
  • How does Lee bounce back from his awful performance in LA?
  • Can Biedrins contain the other Gasol and can the W’s win the battle on the glass with Zach Randolph out?

Halftime Update: Monta has been running the point well with some help from Williams. Doing a decent job with 2 TOs between them. Brandan Wright has not gotten into the game, nor has Lin. Lee is playing okay and at least crashing the boards (9 at halftime) but it only 2-10 on the floor. Dorell Wright on the other hand is playing great and Monta is having a typical night. Warriors were -1 on the glass but built a 12 point lead by going to the line 21 times. Biedrins has been pretty non-existent outside of a couple of nice passes and as I write this picks up his 4th foul a few minutes into the second half.

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Oct

Preview: Clippers at Warriors

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
 

Time to take a break from the glorious Giants and watch the Warriors in their second game of the year against the perennial doormat Clippers. Except that now these Clippers feature a rookie who is capable of completely dominating inside.

Thankfully for the Warriors, the Clippers aren’t even running plays for Blake Griffin yet. But Lee and Biedrins will still have their hands full with the guy who’s season-ending knee injury last year opened the door for Steph Curry and Tyreke Evans to pretend that they’re the best players in their draft class. Keys to the game:

  • Interior Defense. Can the Warriors keep Blake from doing a Luis Scola impression? I think the main key here is defensive rebounding — Griffin is all about raw physical skills right now, and will likely do most of his damage on fast breaks and put backs. The Warriors need to make sure they’re getting a body on Griffin on every shot attempt.
  • Interior Defense. Baron Davis is expected to repeatedly try to post up Stephen Curry. Can Curry hold his ground and at least force Davis to make tough shots? The Warriors aren’t inclined to give Curry much help lest Davis make them pay with a pass to the open man, so let’s hope that bum ankle is feeling strong tonight.
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27
Oct

Game #1: Warriors 132, Rockets 128

Rockets 128

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Warriors 132
October 27, 2010 1 2 3 4 T
Rockets 31 37 28 32 128
Warriors 34 33 37 28 132
  Net 3 -4 9 -4 4
  Season Avg -2.9 0.8 -0.4 -0.1 -2.2
  Compare to Season Avg 5.9 -4.8 9.4 -3.9 6.2
 Warriors Stats
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Game 55.4% 40% 84.6% 26 30 14 45 25 5 7 12 17 48 27
Season Avg 46.2% 39.2% 76.1% 20.7 22 11.6 40.5 22.5 9 5 14.1 17.5 42.6 18.6
Difference 9.3% 0.8% 8.5% 5.3 8 2.4 4.5 2.5 -4 2 -2.1 -8.5 5.4 8.4
 Net Comparison
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Net Game 8.3% 15% 3.8% -26 -10 -1 6 1 -4 5 -3 -6 -18 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 8.9% 11.5% 5% -19 -6.4 0.2 10.3 3.2 -4.8 4.3 -4.2 -8 -15.1 7.8

Nice win for the Warriors, as they smartly ran Houston out of the gym to take advantage of last night’s game for the Rockets. Now if only the Warriors could have fouled them less (52-26 free throw disparity, with about a dozen of those coming at the end for the Warriors), the score would have reflected the second half shooting percentages a bit better.

[As an aside, Kevin Martin really is becoming one of my least favorite players to watch in the NBA. He's gifted at generated touch fouls but geez does it slow the game down and make things ugly.]

Monta had a whale of a game with 46 points on 18-24 shooting (50%+!). Curry dropped 25 with 11 assists, and kept the turnovers down to 5 (more than I’d like, but I’ll take the 2:1+ a/t ratio).

The starting front court also was impressive, as Biedrins had a solid 8 and 11 (10+ rebounds!) and Lee dropped 17 points with 15 rebounds, and moved the ball well with 6 assists.

I missed the first half watching the Giants, but was impressed with Dorrell Wright from what I saw. Just seems to have a nice presence out there.

The pick and roll also was utilized more than I expected after what we saw during the preseason. Good to say as it was consistently successful.

All in all, a nice start to the season. This is the sort of game the Warriors need to win if they have any hope of contending for the postseason this year, so good to see them get it done.

1 2 3 4 T
HOU 31 37 28 32 128
GS 34 33 37 28 132
Houston Rockets (0-1)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
S. Battier F 22:38 3-4 0-1 0-1 -3 0 2 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 6
L. Scola F-C 37:33 14-24 0-0 8-12 -10 4 12 16 0 0 1 0 1 3 36
C. Hayes F-C 39:06 8-12 0-0 0-2 -7 4 4 8 6 5 1 3 0 0 16
K. Martin G 34:54 5-14 1-4 17-17 -6 0 0 0 4 0 1 1 1 3 28
A. Brooks G 35:54 4-15 2-8 3-4 -2 1 2 3 7 5 2 3 0 0 13
J. Jeffries 15:44 3-6 0-0 1-1 +6 5 3 8 1 3 2 0 0 0 7
C. Budinger 20:00 2-5 1-3 2-4 +5 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 7
C. Lee 22:52 1-3 0-0 9-9 -2 1 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 11
I. Smith 08:22 1-4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
B. Miller 02:57 0-0 0-0 2-2 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
J. Hill DNP – Coach’s Decision
J. Taylor DNP – Coach’s Decision
Total 240 41-87 4-16 42-52 15 24 39 24 20 9 9 2 7 128
47.1% 25.0% 80.8% team rebs: 10 total to: 9
Golden State Warriors (0-0)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
D. Wright G-F 35:55 6-14 3-6 0-0 +10 1 2 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 15
D. Lee F-C 39:42 6-11 0-0 5-6 +10 3 12 15 6 3 0 3 1 0 17
A. Biedrins C 26:52 4-6 0-0 0-0 +10 4 7 11 1 6 1 0 2 0 8
M. Ellis G 39:45 18-24 1-2 9-12 +9 0 3 3 2 4 2 1 0 0 46
S. Curry G 39:04 9-16 3-6 4-4 +4 1 1 2 11 4 0 5 1 0 25
V. Radmanovic 06:24 0-3 0-1 0-0 -1 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
R. Williams 16:37 3-6 1-2 0-0 -8 0 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 7
R. Carney 16:46 2-7 0-3 4-4 -12 3 1 4 1 2 0 0 1 0 8
B. Wright 10:44 2-4 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
J. Adrien 00:48 0-0 0-0 0-0 +3 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
D. Gadzuric 02:52 1-1 0-0 0-0 -2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2
C. Bell 04:32 0-0 0-0 0-0 -3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Total 240 51-92 8-20 22-26 14 31 45 25 30 5 12 7 2 132
55.4% 40.0% 84.6% team rebs: 7 total to: 13

inactive

  • Rockets: Lowry, Ming, Patterson
  • Warriors: Amundson, Lin, Udoh

technical fouls

  • Rockets: –
  • Warriors: –

scoring

  • Lead Changes: 11
  • Times Tied: 13

arena stats

  • Arena: ORACLE Arena, Oakland, CA
  • Officials: #57 Greg Willard, #56 Mark Ayotte, #52 Pat Fraher
  • Attendance: 18428
  • Duration: 2:25