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5
Mar

Game #61: Celtics 107, Warriors 103

Warriors 103

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Celtics 107
March 4, 2011 1 2 3 4 T
Warriors 27 26 28 22 103
Celtics 32 32 24 19 107
  Net -5 -6 4 3 -4
  Season Avg -2.9 0.8 -0.4 -0.1 -2.2
  Compare to Season Avg -2.1 -6.8 4.4 3.1 -1.8
 Warriors Stats
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Game 47.6% 26.3% 85.7% 21 19 15 39 17 9 3 16 22 46 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 1.4% -12.9% 9.6% 0.3 -3 3.4 -1.5 -5.5 0 -2 1.9 2.5 3.4 -5.6
 Net Comparison
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Net Game -5.8% -12.6% -6% -3 1 9 11 -9 -1 1 -2 0 2 -1
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 -5.2% -16.1% -4.8% 4 4.6 10.2 15.3 -6.8 -1.8 0.3 -3.2 -2 4.9 -0.2

The Warriors played better than I expected, but in the end it was the most oft-written story of the season: dig an early hole that proves too much to overcome, even with a furious comeback at the end.

Big game from Monta, his best since the Utah win before the break and maybe his best since he rolled his ankle in the Kings game. Too bad Curry and Wright had off nights, and outside of David Lee no one else really showed up offensively.

While the Warriors won the rebounding battle decisively and came close from in terms of matching free throw attempts, there just wasn’t enough defense to stop Boston’s solid passing.

So the road trip continues with a game tomorrow afternoon in Philly, so it will be interesting to see how this team recovers. They should be able to take something positive from this loss, though all too often this season they’ve failed to capitalize on “good” losses against elite teams and instead jump down below the level of the followup competition.

Golden State Warriors (27-34)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
D. Wright F 28:27 5-10 0-3 1-2 -8 1 2 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 11
D. Lee F-C 40:30 10-19 0-0 6-6 +1 3 9 12 2 4 2 4 0 2 26
E. Udoh F 12:58 0-2 0-0 0-0 -1 2 1 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0
M. Ellis G 44:29 13-24 4-9 11-12 +3 0 6 6 4 2 1 2 1 0 41
S. Curry G 31:30 4-11 1-4 0-0 -8 2 1 3 5 3 0 4 0 0 9
A. Biedrins 17:30 2-3 0-0 0-0 -13 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 4
L. Amundson 17:28 1-3 0-0 0-0 +1 3 3 6 0 2 1 0 1 0 2
A. Law 16:30 2-3 0-0 0-0 +4 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 4
V. Radmanovic 21:04 2-7 0-2 0-0 +4 3 2 5 2 1 0 1 1 0 4
R. Williams 07:32 1-2 0-1 0-1 -2 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 2
Al. Thornton 02:03 0-0 0-0 0-0 -1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
J. Adrien DNP – Coach’s Decision
Total 240 40-84 5-19 18-21 15 24 39 17 19 9 16 3 2 103
47.6% 26.3% 85.7% team rebs: 8 total to: 16
Boston Celtics (45-15)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
P. Pierce F 36:36 9-14 1-4 8-8 +5 1 6 7 2 3 1 4 1 0 27
K. Garnett F 33:42 4-8 0-1 0-0 +11 0 6 6 2 1 0 1 0 0 8
N. Krstic C 26:19 3-5 0-0 5-6 +12 1 5 6 1 4 1 1 1 0 11
R. Allen G 39:03 9-13 5-8 4-5 +9 1 2 3 3 2 1 1 0 0 27
R. Rondo G 41:54 3-11 0-0 0-0 +4 0 0 0 16 3 5 3 0 1 6
V. Wafer 05:28 3-4 1-2 0-0 +1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
T. Murphy 11:55 0-4 0-2 0-0 -9 2 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
J. Green 27:39 8-11 0-1 5-5 -9 0 1 1 0 6 2 3 0 1 21
A. Bradley 08:27 0-3 0-0 0-0 -4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
C. Johnson 08:58 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
G. Davis DND – Strained Patella Tendon, Left Knee
S. Pavlovic DNP – Coach’s Decision
Total 240 39-73 7-18 22-24 6 22 28 26 20 10 14 2 3 107
53.4% 38.9% 91.7% team rebs: 8 total to: 15

inactive

  • Warriors: Bell, Lin
  • Celtics: O’Neal, O’Neal, West

technical fouls

  • Warriors: Radmanovic
  • Celtics: –

scoring

  • Lead Changes: 0
  • Times Tied: 6

arena stats

  • Arena: TD Garden, Boston, MA
  • Officials: #8 Marc Davis, #16 David Guthrie, #68 Marat Kogut
  • Attendance: 18624
  • Duration: 2:17
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4
Mar

Preview: Warriors at Celtics

Golden State
Warriors

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Boston
Celtics

TD Garden
4:30pm | CSNBA

Official Game Preview

2010-11 Meetings
February 22, 2011 • Recap
Celtics 115
Warriors 93
 
March 4, 2011 • Recap
Warriors 103
Celtics 107
 

The Warriors head to Boston tonight to play a Celtics team that absolutely destroyed them in the second half a few weeks back.

One bright spot is that “Big Baby” Davis won’t play, as he strained a tendon in his knee in their last contest. This makes the Celtics dangerously thin up front — Shaq and Jermaine O’Neill are still out, and they just traded Kendrick Perkins. Unfortunately, this is probably the worst possible weakness for the Warriors to try to exploit given their troubles in the paint. And I seriously worry about what a crafty vet like Garnett will do to Udoh if they get matched up at the 5.

So we’ll see: no one expects the Warriors to win this game, so maybe they’ll pull another of their rare surprise victories over tough teams. But I wouldn’t bank on it.

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23
Feb

Game #56: Celtics 115, Warriors 93

Celtics 115

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Warriors 93
February 22, 2011 1 2 3 4 T
Celtics 31 29 28 27 115
Warriors 30 30 18 15 93
  Net -1 1 -10 -12 -22
  Season Avg -2.9 0.8 -0.4 -0.1 -2.2
  Compare to Season Avg 1.9 0.2 -9.6 -11.9 -19.8
 Warriors Stats
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Game 39.3% 26.3% 78.6% 28 19 11 35 18 11 8 11 14 36 22
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 -6.9% -12.9% 2.5% 7.3 -3 -0.6 -5.5 -4.5 2 3 -3.1 3.5 -6.6 3.4
 Net Comparison
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Net Game -16.3% -14.9% 5.8% 17 5 0 -17 -17 4 4 5 9 -18 -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 -15.7% -18.4% 7% 24 8.6 1.2 -12.7 -14.8 3.2 3.3 3.8 7 -15.1 -7.2

Ahhhh, so that’s what good defense looks like.

The Warriors play a nice first half, but missed chip shots and an endless procession of Celtics layups off bad rotations and missed-shot-fueled-fast-breaks led to a complete collapse late.

Overall, they got killed on the boards, killed in the paint, and killed in terms of shooting percentage. And the assist number also show just how well the Celtics moved the ball around on their way to easy buckets — or does it show how poorly the Warriors defended even minimal ball movement?

The one bright spot? The Warriors got to the line, big time: 28 foul shots to the Celtics 11. Hopefully that’s something they can take out of this one.

But ultimately, this game shows just how far the Warriors have to go to match the defensive intensity of an elite team. The Celtics shoved them around and didn’t give them anything easy inside, and the Warriors response was to turn into a jump-shooting team. And you’re just not going to win consistently by relying on jump shots.

The game also continued an ugly trend of getting completely shut down in the second half after competing well early against good teams, like we saw during the Florida roadie back a few weeks back. Not a good sign that the elite teams can seemingly shut this team down at will.

Now, Friday’s game against Atlanta takes on added importance, as it’s the last home game of their Oracle-centric stretch. Let’s hope they get some rest, because I’m not exactly excited about the interior matchup against the Hawks…

Boston Celtics (41-14)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
P. Pierce F 35:07 9-13 3-5 2-2 +28 1 2 3 5 3 0 3 0 2 23
K. Garnett F 35:22 11-16 0-0 2-2 +24 2 10 12 6 1 1 1 2 1 24
K. Perkins C 12:27 2-5 0-0 1-2 +4 3 4 7 0 3 0 1 1 2 5
R. Allen G 35:55 8-16 2-5 0-0 +18 1 5 6 3 2 1 1 0 0 18
R. Rondo G 35:28 9-12 1-1 0-1 +24 2 4 6 15 3 2 5 0 0 19
G. Davis 25:43 5-10 0-0 2-3 +15 0 10 10 0 5 3 1 1 1 12
N. Robinson 17:06 3-7 1-4 0-0 -3 0 2 2 1 2 0 2 0 0 7
S. Erden 17:10 0-1 0-0 0-0 -3 0 1 1 4 4 0 1 0 1 0
D. West 12:25 0-4 0-2 0-0 -1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
V. Wafer 06:59 1-2 0-0 0-0 -3 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
L. Harangody 04:13 0-2 0-0 0-0 +3 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
A. Bradley 02:04 2-2 0-0 1-1 +4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
Total 240 50-90 7-17 8-11 11 41 52 35 24 7 16 4 8 115
55.6% 41.2% 72.7% team rebs: 8 total to: 18
Golden State Warriors (26-30)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
D. Wright F 34:31 8-16 2-5 1-1 -16 2 4 6 1 3 1 0 1 1 19
D. Lee F-C 33:32 5-14 0-0 7-7 -22 0 5 5 2 2 2 1 1 2 17
A. Biedrins C 21:23 2-5 0-0 0-2 -4 3 2 5 0 2 3 0 1 1 4
M. Ellis G 36:19 6-18 1-7 2-2 -23 2 0 2 4 1 2 4 0 0 15
S. Curry G 30:03 7-10 1-2 3-5 -15 0 4 4 2 4 1 5 0 0 18
A. Law 23:34 1-7 0-3 3-5 -2 0 2 2 5 0 2 1 0 0 5
R. Williams 21:17 2-5 1-1 0-0 -6 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 5
C. Bell 02:16 0-0 0-0 0-0 -4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
E. Udoh 25:45 1-5 0-0 4-4 -17 4 2 6 2 3 0 0 3 0 6
V. Radmanovic 11:20 1-4 0-1 2-2 -1 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 2 0 4
D. Gadzuric DNP – Coach’s Decision
B. Wright DNP – Coach’s Decision
Total 240 33-84 5-19 22-28 11 24 35 18 19 11 11 8 4 93
39.3% 26.3% 78.6% team rebs: 5 total to: 11

inactive

  • Celtics: Daniels, O’Neal, O’Neal
  • Warriors: Amundson, Lin

technical fouls

  • Celtics: Perkins
  • Warriors: Lee

scoring

  • Lead Changes: 10
  • Times Tied: 8

arena stats

  • Arena: ORACLE Arena, Oakland, CA
  • Officials: #38 Michael Smith, #14 Ed Malloy, #66 Haywoode Workman
  • Attendance: 19738
  • Duration: 2:09
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22
Feb

Preview: Celtics at Warriors

Boston
Celtics

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Golden State
Warriors

Oracle Arena
7:30pm | CSNBA

Official Game Preview

2010-11 Meetings
February 22, 2011 • Recap
Celtics 115
Warriors 93
 
March 4, 2011 • Recap
Warriors 103
Celtics 107
 

The Warriors return to action tonight against a Celtics team that they’ve beaten six straight times in Oakland. Can they make it seven for seven? What to watch for tonight:

  • Rust. With no reliable post-up game, the Warriors are a bit more susceptible to rust than most teams. If they can’t get it going from outside, can they at least drive to try to get easier buckets near the rim? Not easy with KG on patrol, but better to try and fail than to become, in the immortal Fitz’s words, “too perimeter oriented.”
  • Run. At the same time that the Warriors will be trying to work up a sweat for the first time since last week, four of the Celtics’ starters played in the All Star game on Sunday (just too bad it was in LA instead of, say, Miami). If the Warriors can turn it into a track meet, you’d have to imagine it would pay some dividends.
  • Make it Count. The Warriors face one of their more consequential home stretches in years, as a bad run in these final 27 games will likely lead to wholesale changes in the offseason. Can Smart make himself indispensable to the organization; can Reilly make something happen before the trade deadline, and, if not, can the roster he put together make a run; and can so-far-limited players like Udoh and Williams turn a corner and solidify their standing for next year? Starting tonight, we’ll begin to find out.