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6
Mar

Game #62: 76ers 125, Warriors 117

Warriors 117

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76ers 125
March 6, 2011 1 2 3 4 T
Warriors 25 31 24 26 117
76ers 31 33 16 26 125
  Net -6 -2 8 0 -8
  Season Avg -2.9 0.8 -0.4 -0.1 -2.2
  Compare to Season Avg -3.1 -2.8 8.4 0.1 -5.8
 Warriors Stats
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Game 49% 21.1% 94.4% 18 26 12 39 19 9 6 20 23 60 17
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 2.8% -18.1% 18.3% -2.7 4 0.4 -1.5 -3.5 0 1 5.9 -0.5 17.4 -1.6
 Net Comparison
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Net Game -0.5% -3.9% 10.6% -13 -9 -5 -14 -13 -5 3 -1 -4 -12 -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 0.1% -7.4% 11.8% -6 -5.4 -3.8 -9.7 -10.8 -5.8 2.3 -2.2 -6 -9.1 -14.2

Rough loss, as the Warriors played a solid game against a quality opponent on the road, complete with an amazing couple of baskets from Monta at the end of regulation.

But the defense couldn’t hold in overtime, and at the end of the day this counts as another L. Looking at the comparative stats above, they didn’t have much business even being this close as they were significantly outrebounded and lost almost every statistical category.

Monta was great late, and Curry had a solid game despite riding the bench throughout most of the 4th quarter (smart move by Smart, as the lineup he had out there was working). I also thought Ekpe played well, though his foul trouble knocked him out early in the 3rd and he never found his way back in.

I liked seeing Lee play the 5 at the end of the game, and he had another solid stat line (14 and 14) but poor +/-. Still, that was nothing compared to Biedrins, who managed a -16 in just 9 minutes of action.

And how about Evan Turner? After struggling throughout the earlier parts of the year, looks like the dude is finally putting it together. He was a game-high +25 (in a game his team only won by 8), and was all over the place at the end of the game.

So the road trip continues, and after a night off we get to play Baron and the Cavs. That will be an easier game than tonight, though you know he’ll be motivated and we just saw how good he can still be if he puts his mind to it.

Golden State Warriors (27-35)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
D. Wright F 41:26 5-11 0-5 6-6 -10 2 1 3 4 3 4 4 1 0 16
D. Lee F-C 38:03 7-11 0-0 0-0 -12 3 11 14 1 3 0 3 0 1 14
E. Udoh F 11:46 2-3 0-0 0-0 +6 0 5 5 1 4 0 0 2 0 4
M. Ellis G 45:22 11-27 2-7 3-4 -11 0 1 1 2 3 3 6 0 0 27
S. Curry G 35:12 8-16 1-3 5-5 +6 0 1 1 7 3 0 4 2 0 22
A. Biedrins 08:49 1-1 0-0 0-0 -16 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2
A. Law 17:53 3-8 0-1 1-1 -16 1 2 3 3 1 0 0 0 1 7
V. Radmanovic 28:20 1-3 0-1 0-0 -3 1 1 2 0 6 0 2 1 0 2
L. Amundson 11:02 4-6 0-0 2-2 +4 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 10
R. Williams 20:12 3-8 1-2 0-0 +9 1 1 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 7
A. Thornton 06:55 3-4 0-0 0-0 +3 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 6
J. Lin DNP – Coach’s Decision
Total 265 48-98 4-19 17-18 12 27 39 19 26 9 20 6 3 117
49.0% 21.1% 94.4% team rebs: 4 total to: 20
Philadelphia 76ers (32-30)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
A. Iguodala F-G 40:48 5-13 0-2 5-6 -3 5 6 11 10 0 3 4 1 0 15
E. Brand F 28:47 6-13 0-0 0-1 -9 2 3 5 3 3 1 2 0 1 12
S. Hawes C 16:43 2-2 0-0 0-1 -5 1 6 7 3 2 1 4 0 0 4
J. Meeks G 32:38 2-9 2-6 5-5 +4 0 5 5 1 2 1 2 0 2 11
J. Holiday G 44:41 7-13 0-0 2-3 0 2 6 8 7 3 3 3 0 0 16
L. Williams 27:07 6-14 1-4 6-6 +8 1 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 2 19
T. Young 34:34 7-12 0-0 6-7 +8 3 4 7 1 2 2 1 1 0 20
M. Speights 11:32 4-6 0-0 0-0 +12 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 8
E. Turner 28:11 9-15 0-0 2-2 +25 3 4 7 3 2 2 2 1 1 20
T. Battie DNP – Coach’s Decision
C. Brackins DNP – Coach’s Decision
A. Nocioni DNP – Coach’s Decision
Total 265 48-97 3-12 26-31 17 36 53 32 17 14 19 3 6 125
49.5% 25.0% 83.9% team rebs: 9 total to: 22

inactive

  • Warriors: Adrien, Bell
  • 76ers: Kapono, Songaila

technical fouls

  • Warriors: Smart
  • 76ers: –

scoring

  • Lead Changes: 12
  • Times Tied: 17

arena stats

  • Arena: Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, PA
  • Officials: #49 Tom Washington, #6 Tony Brown, #58 Josh Tiven
  • Attendance: 11294
  • Duration: 2:37
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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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27
Feb

Preview: Warriors at Timberwolves

Golden State
Warriors

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Minnesota
Timberwolves

Target Center
2:00pm | 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
 

It is already halftime by the time I got this up and Kevin Love has 20 and 11, but the Warriors have a 4 point lead. The Warriors are single digit points away from their full game scoring total against the Hawks.

So how about some keys to the second half:

  • REBOUND.  Already -10 on the rebound front.  They gotta grab a few more boards and stop giving up so many offensive rebounds.  19 total rebounds versus 14 Minnesota Offensive rebounds at the half.
  • Only 7 Warriors have gotten into the game so far versus 11 T-Wolves.  Will the W’s have any gas left in the 4th Quarter.
  • David Lee is having a decent game.  Can he actually have a good game in a win or only when the game is all but over?

 

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17
Feb

Game #55: Warriors 107, Jazz 100

Warriors 107

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Jazz 100
February 16, 2011 1 2 3 4 T
Warriors 20 28 28 31 107
Jazz 23 25 28 24 100
  Net -3 3 0 7 7
  Season Avg -2.9 0.8 -0.4 -0.1 -2.2
  Compare to Season Avg -0.1 2.2 0.4 7.1 9.2
 Warriors Stats
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Game 54.5% 42.1% 68.2% 22 27 7 34 17 9 4 17 18 54 14
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 8.4% 2.9% -7.9% 1.3 5 -4.6 -6.5 -5.5 0 -1 2.9 -3.5 11.4 -4.6
 Net Comparison
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Net Game 9.1% 20.7% -21.8% -8 -4 -3 -6 -1 -2 1 -3 -2 6 -6
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 9.7% 17.2% -20.6% -1 -0.4 -1.8 -1.7 1.2 -2.8 0.3 -4.2 -4 8.9 -5.2

Photo by Melissa Majchrzak/NBAE via Getty Images

The Warriors ride into the All Star break in style behind a huge game from Monta Ellis and another solid defensive performance.

Monta was the hero in this one, as he put the team on his back and hit big shot after big shot in the second half. What was remarkable was that all his shots felt so needed in order for the team to keep pace. Definitely his best game in weeks, and something that should give him a good feeling while he’s fishing in Mississippi during the break.

Curry, on the other hand, had his worst game in a while, as persistent foul trouble kept him chained to the bench. And when he was on the court, his shot wasn’t falling — until his huge bucket in the closing minute to keep it a two possession game. So credit him for keeping his head in the game despite his struggles.

Dorell Wright played the sort of all-around game that has become the norm for him, with 22 points and 5 rebounds. And Reggie Williams gave the team a great offensive spark off the bench — he’s been exactly what they need on that front since he got off his slide back in January.

The bigs were just OK, though Andris’ rebounding in the fourth deserves special mention. There was one stretch where it seemed like he was grabbing every defensive board (not insignificant when offensive rebounding/putback machine Jefferson is on the opposing team). Slightly disappointing night for Lee though, as his rebounds were down for a second game in a row and he only managed 13. Brandon Wright continues to re-establish his trade value and scored 6 points. and Udoh had another largely stat-free line but continues to be a factor on defense.

And while scoring contributions off the bench outside of Reggie’s were fairly light, every single bench player was a positive on the +/-. If they can keep up that sort of consistency, it gives the team a chance to rest some of the starters (and spell Curry when he gets into foul trouble) — and that’s going to be key down the stretch.

So all-in-all another really positive win, and a great one to take into the All Star break (their 26 wins matches the win total from last year). The Warriors took care of business in these final games before the break, and by playing their best basketball of the season they give us hope that a late-season run is a legitimate possibility. We’ll know soon enough once they head back out on the road in the coming weeks, but for now we can at least savor the fact that this team is, unequivocally, improving.

Golden State Warriors (26-29)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
D. Wright F 38:24 8-13 4-7 2-2 +4 0 5 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 22
D. Lee F-C 31:12 6-12 0-0 1-2 -7 2 4 6 1 5 0 5 1 1 13
A. Biedrins C 25:25 1-3 0-0 0-2 -7 3 6 9 1 3 0 1 0 0 2
M. Ellis G 42:48 16-25 2-5 1-4 +10 0 4 4 7 3 3 5 1 1 35
S. Curry G 21:30 1-7 0-3 2-2 -6 0 0 0 4 5 2 1 0 1 4
E. Udoh 15:42 0-0 0-0 0-0 +5 0 1 1 0 4 1 2 1 0 0
R. Williams 23:41 4-6 1-3 6-6 +4 0 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 15
J. Lin 06:30 2-3 0-0 1-1 +4 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 5
V. Radmanovic 07:27 0-3 0-0 0-0 +12 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
B. Wright 10:09 3-3 0-0 0-1 +5 1 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 6
C. Bell 17:12 1-2 1-1 2-2 +11 0 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 5
D. Gadzuric DNP – Coach’s Decision
Total 240 42-77 8-19 15-22 7 27 34 17 27 9 17 4 3 107
54.5% 42.1% 68.2% team rebs: 6 total to: 17
Utah Jazz (31-26)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
C. Miles F 42:03 7-18 2-6 4-4 +2 1 5 6 1 4 3 0 1 0 20
P. Millsap F 36:56 8-13 0-0 6-6 +1 1 5 6 1 5 2 1 0 1 22
A. Jefferson C 40:51 10-20 0-0 3-4 -4 6 5 11 0 2 0 0 1 1 23
G. Hayward F 33:28 2-6 0-2 1-2 -4 0 3 3 1 4 1 3 0 0 5
D. Williams G 41:54 5-13 1-5 7-8 -5 0 7 7 11 2 3 5 1 1 18
K. Fesenko 06:09 0-0 0-0 0-0 +2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
E. Watson 26:02 1-3 0-1 4-4 -12 0 1 1 2 4 2 2 0 1 6
J. Evans 09:59 2-3 0-0 2-2 -14 2 4 6 1 1 0 2 0 0 6
F. Elson 02:38 0-1 0-0 0-0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
R. Bell DND – strained left calf
A. Kirilenko DND – sprained right ankle
R. Price DND – sprained right big toe
Total 240 35-77 3-14 27-30 10 30 40 18 23 11 14 3 4 100
45.5% 21.4% 90.0% team rebs: 7 total to: 14

inactive

  • Warriors: Amundson, Law
  • Jazz: Okur

technical fouls

  • Warriors: –
  • Jazz: –

scoring

  • Lead Changes: 19
  • Times Tied: 16

arena stats

  • Arena: EnergySolutions Arena, Salt Lake City, UT
  • Officials: #22 Bill Spooner, #47 Bennie Adams, #63 Derek Richardson
  • Attendance: 19911
  • Duration: 2:16
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16
Feb

Game #54: Warriors 102, Hornets 89

Hornets 89

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Warriors 109
February 15, 2011 1 2 3 4 T
Hornets 32 21 18 18 89
Warriors 22 36 25 19 109
  Net -10 15 7 1 20
  Season Avg -2.9 0.8 -0.4 -0.1 -2.2
  Compare to Season Avg -7.1 14.2 7.4 1.1 22.2
 Warriors Stats
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Game 50.6% 52.6% 82.4% 17 23 10 32 25 8 5 13 16 42 19
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 4.5% 13.4% 6.2% -3.7 1 -1.6 -8.5 2.5 -1 0 -1.1 2.5 -0.6 0.4
 Net Comparison
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Net Game 5.3% 22.6% 4.1% -6 -6 -3 -6 9 3 3 2 6 6 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 5.9% 19.1% 5.3% 1 -2.4 -1.8 -1.7 11.2 2.2 2.3 0.8 4 8.9 9.8

It looked like we were sure to have a repeat of the last matchup between these two teams: The Hornets got off to a blistering start, opening a double-digit first quarter lead behind 60+% shooting. But something happened on the way to the blowout: The Warriors bench delivered!

Led by Radmonovic, and with solid performances by Lin and Udoh, they closed the gap from 15 to 6 before the starters returned — when Monta’s hot hand from deep helped them finish the comeback. A dominant second half later (the Hornets scored 32 in the opening quarter, and just 36 in the final two), and the Warriors won this one going away.

Solid performances all around — foul trouble limited Monta and Curry’s minutes, but Monta still led all scores with 21, while Curry had another nice PG game with 8 assists. Lee’s rebounding numbers were down sharply tonight, but he still chipped in 16 points and did a decent job defending West. And Wright was solid as usual, with 16 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists.

Now the Warriors face a tight turnaround with a game tonight against Utah, but at least they’ll be taking two good wins against solid competition with them. The team has been legitimately better since the Bobcats debacle, and while they won’t be getting to .500 by the All-Star break, if they could stay hot they could definitely come close.

New Orleans Hornets (33-24)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
T. Ariza F 37:52 5-9 1-1 0-0 -17 1 5 6 4 2 1 1 0 0 11
D. West F 28:46 5-7 0-0 5-6 -4 3 4 7 0 2 0 3 0 0 15
A. Gray C 15:11 2-4 0-0 0-0 +1 3 1 4 0 3 0 2 1 0 4
W. Green G 29:18 5-10 0-2 2-2 -18 0 3 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 12
C. Paul G 32:14 4-12 0-1 3-3 -10 1 3 4 10 1 1 1 0 0 11
J. Smith 13:55 0-1 0-0 2-2 -2 2 1 3 0 3 1 1 0 0 2
M. Belinelli 22:22 5-8 2-4 3-4 -4 1 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 15
D. Andersen 11:52 0-4 0-0 0-2 0 1 2 3 0 2 0 2 1 2 0
M. Thornton 15:22 1-6 0-1 2-2 -4 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 4
J. Jack 18:17 5-10 0-1 1-2 -3 1 3 4 0 1 2 2 0 0 11
D. Mbenga 06:06 0-2 0-0 0-0 -8 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Q. Pondexter 08:45 2-2 0-0 0-0 +4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Total 240 34-75 3-10 18-23 13 25 38 16 17 5 15 2 5 89
45.3% 30.0% 78.3% team rebs: 8 total to: 16
Golden State Warriors (25-29)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
D. Wright F 43:43 7-13 1-3 1-2 +15 2 3 5 5 1 2 2 2 1 16
D. Lee F-C 28:51 6-14 0-0 4-4 +5 0 4 4 3 1 0 1 0 0 16
A. Biedrins C 17:01 2-3 0-0 0-0 +2 3 2 5 0 2 0 0 1 0 4
M. Ellis G 38:38 7-20 2-6 5-6 +13 0 2 2 3 3 2 2 0 1 21
S. Curry G 24:21 5-5 3-3 1-1 +13 0 0 0 8 3 1 3 0 0 14
R. Williams 19:36 2-5 1-2 2-2 -5 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 7
V. Radmanovic 18:30 5-6 2-3 1-2 +9 1 1 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 13
C. Bell 18:36 1-4 1-2 0-0 +6 1 2 3 2 4 1 0 0 0 3
J. Lin 09:00 2-3 0-0 0-0 0 1 2 3 3 1 0 2 0 0 4
E. Udoh 18:46 1-2 0-0 0-0 +11 2 5 7 0 4 0 3 2 0 2
B. Wright 02:58 1-2 0-0 0-0 -4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
D. Gadzuric DNP – Coach’s Decision
Total 240 39-77 10-19 14-17 10 22 32 25 23 8 13 5 2 102
50.6% 52.6% 82.4% team rebs: 9 total to: 14

inactive

  • Hornets: Banks, Okafor
  • Warriors: Amundson, Law

technical fouls

  • Hornets: –
  • Warriors: –

scoring

  • Lead Changes: 5
  • Times Tied: 2

arena stats

  • Arena: ORACLE Arena, Oakland, CA
  • Officials: #27 Dick Bavetta, #12 Violet Palmer, #56 Mark Ayotte
  • Attendance: 18276
  • Duration: 2:07
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15
Feb

Preview: Hornets at Warriors

New Orleans
Hornets

@

Golden State
Warriors

Oracle Arena
7:30pm | CSNBA

Official Game Preview

2010-11 Meetings
January 5, 2011 • Recap
Warriors 110
Hornets 103
 
January 26, 2011 • Recap
Hornets 112
Warriors 103
 
February 15, 2011 • Recap
Hornets 89
Warriors 109
 

The Warriors welcome a reeling Hornets team to Oracle tonight, losers of 7 of 9. The Hornets blitzed the Warriors from the get-go the last time they were in Oakland, so avoiding a slow start will be key tonight. What to watch for:

  • Build on a Good Win. Lee and Curry both had arguably their best games of the season on Sunday, with Lee dominating the glass and Curry dishing like one of the best points in the league. Can they keep it up for a second game in a row?
  • Own the Boards. Rebounding was a major key in the victory over the Thunder, and with Okafor out tonight there are no excuses not to do it again.
  • Numbers for Ekpe. Udoh had a great game on Sunday, playing meaningful minutes and giving a great defensive performance throughout. But his stat line was shockingly empty. Can he do the same in terms of defense and energy, but contribute a few points and rebounds as well?
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Feb

Game #53: Warriors 100, Thunder 94

Thunder 94

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Warriors 100
February 13, 2011 1 2 3 4 T
Thunder 20 23 23 28 94
Warriors 23 24 27 26 100
  Net 3 1 4 -2 6
  Season Avg -2.9 0.8 -0.4 -0.1 -2.2
  Compare to Season Avg 5.9 0.2 4.4 -1.9 8.2
 Warriors Stats
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Game 43.4% 30.4% 77.8% 9 20 20 47 28 8 1 8 7 44 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 -2.7% -8.8% 1.7% -11.7 -2 8.4 6.5 5.5 -1 -4 -6.1 0.5 1.4 -5.6
 Net Comparison
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Net Game -9.1% -14% -7.9% -19 -1 18 14 13 5 -4 12 13 16 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 -8.5% -17.5% -6.7% -12 2.6 19.2 18.3 15.2 4.2 -4.7 10.8 11 18.9 4.8

Stat of the night: 2 offense rebounds for the Thunder.

Runner up stat of the night: only 59 field goals in the game for the Thunder. (Sure, part of that is their 28 FTAs, but it’s also rebounding and a lack of turnovers for the Warriors, not to mention avoiding and-1′s.)

There’s the whole back-to-back thing, but the Thunder is still a damn good team with two great players — and the Warriors did a number on them tonight. And if they had shot worth a damn it would have been a blowout.

It was great to see Monta get back in the groove with a team-high 33 points, but to me there were two performances that stood above him in terms of team need. The first was David Lee’s 23 points and 19 rebounds — someone must have been reading TK last night! And second, Stephen Curry looked like a true point guard tonight with 13 assists — several of them spectacular — and no turnovers to go with his 23 points.

Dorell Wright was flat tonight offensively — he’s the one I have in mind when I think of the Warriors missing out on a blowout due to missed shots — but he did a great job defending Durant and led the team with a +18 (while Durant had a team-low -11). Udoh was scoreless in 27 minutes, but he continued to play strong defense and grabbed 4 offensive rebounds while playing meaningful crunch-time minutes.

So all in all a quality win against a quality opponent. Nice bounce-back from the Phoenix debacle (part 2!), and hopefully something they can build on as they close out their home stretch with games against New Orleans, Boston, and Atlanta (sandwiched around a game at Utah).

Oklahoma City Thunder (34-19)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
K. Durant F 41:03 10-21 2-7 7-7 -11 1 4 5 2 0 0 3 1 0 29
J. Green F 28:18 3-6 1-2 5-6 +8 0 5 5 2 3 0 2 0 0 12
N. Krstic C 20:05 2-2 0-0 0-0 -6 0 3 3 2 2 0 2 1 0 4
T. Sefolosha G 35:44 3-4 1-1 0-0 -10 1 2 3 0 1 2 2 1 0 7
R. Westbrook G 30:31 6-14 2-4 7-9 -6 0 0 0 5 5 1 6 0 0 21
E. Maynor 17:41 2-4 1-2 1-1 -2 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 6
S. Ibaka 19:53 1-2 0-0 0-0 +1 0 7 7 0 1 0 0 2 1 2
J. Harden 15:04 2-3 1-2 3-3 -2 0 0 0 2 3 0 1 0 0 8
N. Collison 27:03 2-3 0-0 1-2 -1 0 10 10 0 3 0 1 0 0 5
D. Cook 04:38 0-0 0-0 0-0 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
R. Ivey DNP – Coach’s Decision
D. White DNP – Coach’s Decision
Total 240 31-59 8-18 24-28 2 31 33 15 19 3 20 5 1 94
52.5% 44.4% 85.7% team rebs: 3 total to: 20
Golden State Warriors (24-29)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
D. Wright F 38:46 4-16 1-8 1-2 +18 4 3 7 3 4 0 2 0 0 10
D. Lee F-C 45:03 11-22 0-0 1-2 +9 4 15 19 2 3 3 2 0 3 23
A. Biedrins C 20:12 1-3 0-0 0-0 -2 4 3 7 1 4 0 0 0 0 2
M. Ellis G 45:46 13-25 3-7 4-4 +2 0 2 2 7 1 1 4 0 1 33
S. Curry G 37:48 10-18 2-5 1-1 +17 0 2 2 13 2 2 0 0 1 23
E. Udoh 27:21 0-4 0-0 0-0 -4 4 0 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 0
R. Williams 17:48 3-7 1-2 0-0 +1 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 7
V. Radmanovic 07:16 1-4 0-1 0-0 -11 3 1 4 2 3 1 0 0 0 2
C. Bell DNP – Coach’s Decision
D. Gadzuric DNP – Coach’s Decision
J. Lin DNP – Coach’s Decision
B. Wright DNP – Coach’s Decision
Total 240 43-99 7-23 7-9 20 27 47 28 20 8 8 1 5 100
43.4% 30.4% 77.8% team rebs: 7 total to: 9

inactive

  • Thunder: Aldrich, Mullens, Peterson
  • Warriors: Amundson, Law

technical fouls

  • Thunder: Westbrook
  • Warriors: –

scoring

  • Lead Changes: 21
  • Times Tied: 12

arena stats

  • Arena: ORACLE Arena, Oakland, CA
  • Officials: #48 Scott Foster, #11 Derrick Collins, #60 James Williams
  • Attendance: 19596
  • Duration: 2:20
6
13
Feb

Preview: Thunder at Warriors

Oklahoma City
Thunder

@

Golden State
Warriors

Oracle Arena
5:00pm | CSNBA/ESPN

Official Game Preview

2010-11 Meetings
December 5, 2010 • Recap
Warriors 109
Thunder 114
 
February 13, 2011 • Recap
Thunder 94
Warriors 100
 
March 29, 2011 • Recap
Warriors 114
Thunder 115
 

The Warriors welcome Oklahoma City to Oracle tonight, who are coming off a tight win at Sacramento. We can only hope that they’ll be tired/satisfied after winning the first half of the back-to-back and won’t be bringing it at 100% for tonight’s game. What to watch for tonight:

  • Competition. Monta will match his 6th ranked scoring average up against Kevin Durant’s top-ranked average, and Monta has played well against marque competition in the past. Ellis’ down streak is getting worryingly long at this point, so hopefully playing on national television can snap him out of it.
  • Getting called out. Lots of complaints about David Lee in recent weeks, and they’re well justified. He’s getting regularly pulled in crunch time, which is not exactly what you pay $13M/per for. At the very least, it would be nice to see him start rebounding again; his 3-boards performance down in Phoenix on Friday was, quite frankly, pathetic.
  • The Long Boys. Both Udoh and B. Wright got a sweat going on Friday, and Ekpe in particular is making a strong case for more minutes. Combined with the need to showcase Brandan before the trade deadline, I wonder if we’ll see more from these guys tonight — especially if Andris struggles (again).
1
10
Feb

Game #51: Warriors 116, Nuggets 114

Nuggets 114

@

Warriors 116
February 9, 2011 1 2 3 4 T
Nuggets 35 33 24 22 114
Warriors 34 36 30 16 116
  Net -1 3 6 -6 2
  Season Avg -2.9 0.8 -0.4 -0.1 -2.2
  Compare to Season Avg 1.9 2.2 6.4 -5.9 4.2
 Warriors Stats
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Game 51.1% 50% 66.7% 12 21 12 42 30 12 2 14 26 38 29
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 4.9% 10.8% -9.4% -8.7 -1 0.4 1.5 7.5 3 -3 -0.1 6.5 -4.6 10.4
 Net Comparison
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Net Game -1.9% 8.3% -6.1% -10 -12 0 0 2 1 -1 4 0 -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 -1.3% 4.8% -4.9% -3 -8.4 1.2 4.3 4.2 0.2 -1.7 2.8 -2 -11.1 4.8

Wow that was a chaotic end to a crappy 4th quarter by both teams. Most of the postgame talk surrounded the lack of a timeout call by George Karl and the lack of a touch by Carmello on the final play of the game that ended in an awkward miss by Nene. That was Nene’s only miss of the game and he finished with 17 points.

QUOTABLE: “It was so weird the way the game ended. I didn’t know what was going on. We were all looking like, ‘What’s going on right now?’ because when Nene shot the ball the horn went off. I didn’t know what was going on. I’m happy he took the shot, a step-back or whatever he was doing, instead of one of their other weapons.”
– Warriors forward Dorell Wright, who finished two assists shy of a triple-double, on the Nuggets not calling a timeout in the final seconds.

On the Warrior’s end, Monta had a game high 37 points including 4-7 from behind the arc. He did finish with a -5 though it felt like the team was playing better when he was out there on the court. Curry on the other hand got into major foul trouble in the 3rd quarter which allowed for some very productive minutes from Reggie Williams. Williams looked like the best player on the court at times with 18 points, 6 assists and 4-4 from 3 point land. Udoh’s stat line is not impressive but he gave some good defensive energy minutes once again and should hurdle Radmanovic on the depth chart soon as the Radman has cooled off in a considerable way. Dorell Wright may have been player of the game with 23 points, 11 rebounds, 8 assists and 0 turnovers, if not for shooting pretty poorly from downtown (4-11). Biedrins had a solid game, at time dominating the boards and David Lee performed well and ended with a good stat line and +/- even if I didn’t notice him all that much during the game.

Rick Berry sat in with Fitz and St. Jean for half of the 3rd Quarter and was his usual feisty self. He called out bad shots, bad whistles, bad defense all within earshot of the benches, but he was right each time. It was a nice treat to have a more critical voice on the broadcast. His best line of the night might have been “How does he live with himself?” when discussing Biedrins’s awful free throw percentage.

Overall a good win after a lousy start and a lousy finish. There was a quarter or so when the Warriors looked flat out dominate and clicking on all cylinders, if you disregard one of their cylinders (Curry) on the bench with foul trouble. TK mentions in his post-game that the Warriors looked better with one of Monta or Curry on the floor then they did with both of them on the floor together. I have to say I agree, but I hope it was a one game aberration and not the doomsday scenario he alludes to. Does anyone else out there in Warrior’s and Whatever land feel that one of the has to go rather than being willing to let one of them go?

Denver Nuggets (30-23)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
C. Anthony F 32:25 11-21 2-3 5-7 0 0 4 4 2 1 0 4 2 1 29
K. Martin F 22:57 3-7 0-0 3-3 -4 0 0 0 4 2 1 4 0 0 9
Nene C 31:42 6-7 0-0 5-5 -6 1 5 6 4 0 2 1 1 0 17
A. Afflalo G 36:52 5-11 2-6 0-0 -4 2 4 6 3 1 1 1 0 0 12
T. Lawson G 35:30 3-7 2-3 0-0 -8 1 6 7 6 1 1 3 0 0 8
J. Smith 26:34 7-12 1-5 1-2 +3 0 7 7 6 1 2 1 0 0 16
C. Andersen 15:28 0-1 0-0 0-0 +7 2 2 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
A. Harrington 21:06 7-15 2-6 2-5 -5 6 2 8 1 2 1 2 0 1 18
G. Forbes 04:56 1-1 1-1 0-0 +1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3
A. Carter 12:30 1-1 0-0 0-0 +6 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 2
M. Ely DNP – Coach’s Decision
S. Williams DNP – Coach’s Decision
Total 240 44-83 10-24 16-22 12 30 42 28 9 11 18 3 2 114
53.0% 41.7% 72.7% team rebs: 5 total to: 18
Golden State Warriors (23-28)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
D. Wright F 43:11 8-20 4-11 3-4 +5 2 9 11 8 3 4 0 0 2 23
D. Lee F-C 43:45 7-15 0-0 2-3 +4 5 7 12 6 3 2 4 1 0 16
A. Biedrins C 23:59 3-4 0-0 0-0 +5 3 9 12 2 4 2 0 0 0 6
M. Ellis G 42:03 16-30 4-7 1-3 -4 0 2 2 5 2 3 4 0 0 37
S. Curry G 29:19 5-9 1-3 2-2 -2 0 1 1 2 4 0 3 0 0 13
E. Udoh 12:30 0-1 0-0 0-0 +5 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
J. Lin 04:15 0-0 0-0 0-0 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
V. Radmanovic 09:11 1-3 1-3 0-0 -4 2 0 2 1 2 0 0 1 0 3
R. Williams 29:11 7-10 4-4 0-0 +5 0 2 2 6 1 1 2 0 1 18
B. Wright 02:36 0-0 0-0 0-0 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
C. Bell DNP – Coach’s Decision
D. Gadzuric DNP – Coach’s Decision
Total 240 47-92 14-28 8-12 12 30 42 30 21 12 14 2 3 116
51.1% 50.0% 66.7% team rebs: 5 total to: 14

inactive

  • Nuggets: Balkman, Billups
  • Warriors: Amundson, Law

technical fouls

  • Nuggets: Anthony
  • Warriors: –

scoring

  • Lead Changes: 2
  • Times Tied: 6

arena stats

  • Arena: ORACLE Arena, Oakland, CA
  • Officials: #13 Monty McCutchen, #52 Pat Fraher, #58 Josh Tiven
  • Attendance: 18430
  • Duration: 2:2
16
9
Feb

Preview: Nuggets at Warriors

Denver
Nuggets

@

Golden State
Warriors

Oracle Arena
7:30pm | CSNBA/NBA TV

Official Game Preview

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 try to pick themselves up off the floor tonight against the visiting Nuggets, who will be somewhat hobbled by injuries to Chauncey Billups and Nene and a (hopefully) distracted ‘Melo. Should be a good opportunity for our inside guys — Lee and Biedrins — to rebound from their woeful performance against the Suns, as they’ll have a solid challenge in dealing with Anthony and Kenyon Martin, not to mention Nene if he plays. Should also be a good test for Keith Smart — if the team comes out flat again tonight, it could be one more step toward the Warriors looking for a new head coach this offseason.