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23
Jan

Game #43: Clippers 113, Warriors 109

Warriors 109

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Clippers 113
January 22, 2011 1 2 3 4 T
Warriors 22 34 26 27 109
Clippers 34 31 21 27 113
  Net -12 3 5 0 -4
  Season Avg -2.9 0.8 -0.4 -0.1 -2.2
  Compare to Season Avg -9.1 2.2 5.4 0.1 -1.8
 Warriors Stats
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Game 45.9% 33.3% 81.5% 27 29 13 42 23 6 2 11 11 40 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 -0.3% -5.9% 5.4% 6.3 7 1.4 1.5 0.5 -3 -3 -3.1 2.5 -2.6 -6.6
 Net Comparison
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Net Game 2.4% 12.1% 1.5% -13 -5 -5 -6 -5 2 -6 1 11 -12 -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 3% 8.6% 2.7% -6 -1.4 -3.8 -1.7 -2.8 1.2 -6.7 -0.2 9 -9.1 -4.2

The Warriors almost overcame a typically slow road start, but in the end there was just too much Blake Griffin (Seriously, hitting a 3 — just his 6th of the year — for the go-ahead basket as the shot clock expires?).

Curry did a nice job taking over the offensive load from Ellis, who probably should have sat this one out (6-21 from the field, 0-6 from 3). Biedrins was woeful once again with just 6 and 6 in 22 minutes with a team-low (by a lot) -18.

Solid line from Lee at 16 and 15, though you have to dock him a bit for Griffin’s performance. Williams showed up with 16 off the bench, but with Curry the only player who cracked 20 it just wasn’t enough.

I guess I can’t feel too bad about this loss, as it was a road back-to-back against a fresh team that’s been playing well at home. But pretty soon the Warriors need to start winning these sorts of games if they hope to be a good team — this game was there for the taking, but they couldn’t get it done in crunch time. And there’s only so long that you can make excuses for losses before you have to expect to stay in the lottery.

Golden State Warriors (19-24)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
D. Wright F 41:48 3-6 2-4 6-6 -3 3 4 7 4 4 0 0 1 0 14
D. Lee F-C 41:13 6-16 0-0 4-5 +4 3 12 15 3 5 2 3 0 3 16
A. Biedrins C 22:17 3-4 0-0 0-0 -18 2 4 6 1 4 2 1 0 0 6
M. Ellis G 42:17 6-21 0-6 5-7 -4 2 1 3 4 5 0 5 0 4 17
S. Curry G 40:50 12-23 3-9 5-5 +9 2 4 6 8 5 1 2 1 1 32
R. Williams 18:15 6-10 2-4 2-2 -1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 16
V. Radmanovic 27:12 3-5 2-4 0-0 +4 1 2 3 2 4 1 0 0 0 8
E. Udoh 06:03 0-0 0-0 0-2 -6 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
C. Bell 00:04 0-0 0-0 0-0 -3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
B. Wright 00:01 0-0 0-0 0-0 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
L. Amundson 00:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
D. Gadzuric 00:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 240 39-85 9-27 22-27 13 29 42 23 29 6 11 2 8 109
45.9% 33.3% 81.5% team rebs: 8 total to: 11
Los Angeles Clippers (17-26)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
R. Gomes F 36:44 5-12 2-6 3-4 -1 4 4 8 2 5 0 1 0 0 15
B. Griffin F 41:26 10-16 1-1 9-10 +7 5 13 18 8 4 0 4 0 0 30
D. Jordan C 28:28 2-3 0-0 3-6 +3 2 6 8 1 4 0 1 4 0 7
E. Gordon G 28:51 7-17 1-6 8-8 +7 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 1 23
B. Davis G 27:21 3-10 1-5 0-1 -9 1 0 1 6 3 1 2 3 0 7
E. Bledsoe 25:01 3-6 0-2 0-0 +12 2 2 4 5 2 1 0 1 0 6
A. Aminu 19:04 2-7 1-6 4-4 -7 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 0 0 9
I. Diogu 13:23 3-5 0-0 0-1 +8 3 2 5 0 0 0 2 0 1 6
R. Foye 19:42 2-9 1-7 5-6 0 0 2 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 10
R. Butler 00:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
J. Collins 00:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
B. Cook 00:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 240 37-85 7-33 32-40 18 30 48 28 24 4 12 8 2 113
43.5% 21.2% 80.0% team rebs: 9 total to: 12

inactive

  • Warriors: Law, Lin
  • Clippers: Kaman, Smith, Warren

technical fouls

  • Warriors: –
  • Clippers: –

scoring

  • Lead Changes: 1
  • Times Tied: 6

arena stats

  • Arena: Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA
  • Officials: #9 Derrick Stafford, #70 Brent Barnaky, #7 Kevin Fehr
  • Attendance: 19373
  • Duration: 2:35
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9
Jan

Preview: Warriors at Clippers

Golden State
Warriors

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Los Angeles
Clippers

Staples Center
12:30pm | 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
 

The Warriors visit the Staples Center for a Sunday matinee against the suddenly resurgent Clippers, who have won 6 of their last 9 (incidentally, it appears that the Clippers actually play a high number of weekend matinee games — must be part of Donald Sterling’s emphasis on a nice family experience over the on-court product). Who will triumph when two sub-.500 teams put their best stretches of the season up against one another? What to watch for this afternoon:

  • Containing the beast. Blake Griffin has been a revelation, and he’ll inevitably have a few monster dunks against the Warriors today. He’s had 22 straight double-doubles, so the best hope for the Warriors is to do what they can to contain him rather than stop him outright. In the first meeting, they got him in early foul trouble and held him to 14 and 10, which you know they’d take in an instant if offered to them again today. In fact, this strategy leads me to point #2…
  • Get to the line. The Warriors are averaging 8 fewer foul attempts per game than their opponent this season, which is just not sustainable if they’re going to contend for the playoffs this year. Step one in closing that gap is getting to the line against bad opponents, but the Warriors got that strategy off to an inauspicious start by going -15 on the stat against the Cavs. With Kaman out, a rookie big in Griffin, and Lee looking as spry as he has all season, today could be a good opportunity to start turning this around.
  • Get Curry into the flow. While his turnovers are down since returning from his injury, I feel like Curry hasn’t really gotten rolling again in his all-around floor game. In fact, in the last game Monta was by far the better distributor with 10 assists compared to Curry’s 4. Let’s see if the soph can get things clicking again today against a sub-par opponent.
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29
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.