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19
Nov

Preview: Knicks at Warriors

New York
Knicks

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Golden State
Warriors

Oracle Arena
7:30pm | CSNBA

Official Game Preview

2010-11 Meetings
November 10, 2010 • Recap
Warriors 122
Knicks 117
 
November 19, 2010 • Recap
Knicks 125
Warriors 119
 

Like the Pistons game on Monday, today the Warriors face a team they saw on the road just the week before. But in this case, the Warriors are playing for a sweep after sacrificing David Lee’s left elbow for the win at Madison Square Garden. The Warriors will be well rested, but so will the Knicks, as they just broke a 6-game losing streak by beating the Kings in Sacramento on Wednesday. Here’s what to look for tonight:

  • Slowing Stoudamire. He was a beast in New York, scoring 33 (14 of those from the line) and snagging 10 boards. With Lee out tonight, the Warriors will need to play interior defense by committee. Hopefully we get a chance to see if Jeff Adrien can do anything to slow a quick big like Stoudamire.
  • Avoid the whistles. The Warriors set their season high in steals fouls in the previous game against the Knicks, and all told there were 58 fouls and 75 free throws taken in the game. With Lee out, I think the Warriors would love a more free-flowing game so they don’t get stuck in a half-court grinder with Stoudamire drawing inside fouls the whole night.
  • Get Curry going. Curry was solid on Monday against Detroit, but he hasn’t really looked himself since…the Knicks game last week when he scored 25. More concerning are his assist totals, where he’s broken 6 just once since opening night. Tonight would be a great night to post his second double-double of the year.

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19
Nov

‘Tudes

Reading today’s Bill Simmons’ column revisiting his Western Conference predictions reminded me of something else that I’ve noticed from Joe Lacob: his emphasis on the mood in the locker room. In particular, he referenced the David Lee trade as key not only for rebounding, but because it got us a positive locker room presence in exchange for a bad one (I assume he’s talking about Randolph there, as I can’t imagine Azabuke and Turiaf would warrant that label). Having an understanding of interpersonal dynamics is something he likely got good use out of in his VC career, and might be another talent that translates well to the NBA.

Things seem to be working out so far, with a rejuvenated and positive Monta leading a group that had a college-style team dinner before their first game. After nearly two decades of players avoiding the Warriors like the plague (and acting like they had it when they were here,) this would be a great turnaround that could make a big difference in terms of attracting free agents (though not as much as just winning consistently would).

As for how this relates to the Simmons, I guess I’ve been living under a rock but I didn’t realize that DeMarcus Cousins is already having attitude issues (not to mention some ridiculous foul problems). I think the draft was early enough that Lacob had no contact or influence with Reilly (where as the Lee trade occurred after they agreed to the sale in principle), but in an alternate universe where Lacob was in charge at that point I almost wonder if they would have pulled the trigger on Udoh (who really does sound like a great guy) even if they had the 5th pick.

Of course, if the Warriors are going to pull a KG-to-Boston type trade, the superstar they get will more than likely be disgruntled (otherwise, why would he be available?). So that could prove to be an interested test of just how seriously Lacob takes attitude (and, of course, attitudes can change when situations change as well). Would he roll the dice on a risky player with the hope of a Michael Vick-style outcome? Time will tell.

One more thing from the column — I enjoyed this blurb on the Warriors:

In the summer of 2007, Philly barely trumped Golden State’s lucrative Elton Brand offer, and then the Warriors got blindsided when Baron Davis fled for the Clips. In the summer of 2009, the Warriors backed out of a handshake deal with Phoenix that would have sent Biedrins, Brandan Wright and Curry’s rights to Phoenix for Amare Stoudemire. Last summer, the Warriors turned down Memphis’ offer of O.J. Mayo and Hasheem Thabeet for Ellis. (Note: Everyone thought they were crazy. Me included. Now they look like geniuses thanks to Ellis’ scoring binge.) You know what’s great about this? The Warriors spent the past 35 years giving up the wrong guys too early and acquiring the wrong guys too late, always to the chagrin of their absurdly loyal fans. Somehow, they went four for their past four with big decisions/breaks. See? There’s hope for everybody.

Maybe we’re finally done shipping out future all-stars! Wouldn’t that be something — though the Lee-Randolph trade will probably let us know for sure…

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16
Nov

Game #11: Warriors 101, Pistons 97

Pistons 97

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Warriors 101
November 15, 2010 1 2 3 4 T
Pistons 21 21 27 28 97
Warriors 34 31 22 14 101
  Net 13 10 -5 -14 4
  Season Avg -2.9 0.8 -0.4 -0.1 -2.2
  Compare to Season Avg 15.9 9.2 -4.6 -13.9 6.2
 Warriors Stats
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Game 42.4% 38.9% 81.5% 27 25 14 44 22 13 5 12 18 42 23
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% -0.3% 5.4% 6.3 3 2.4 3.5 -0.5 4 0 -2.1 6.5 -0.6 4.4
 Net Comparison
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Net Game -2.2% 2% 14.8% -9 -5 5 2 0 5 2 4 8 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 -1.6% -1.5% 16% -2 -1.4 6.2 6.3 2.2 4.2 1.3 2.8 6 8.9 9.8

Photo by Rocky Widner/NBAE via Getty Images

Enjoyed the first half of the Lacob/Guber Welcome Game a lot, the second half not so much. How they go from 65 points in the first to only 36 in the second is beyond me.

It was nice to see a game in the Arena for the first time this year, and the atmosphere was great with the half-off promotion. Enjoyed a delicious blackened chicken nachos that was ridiculously tasty for only $5.50!

Back to the game, my main takeaways are that a) this team really misses David Lee, and b) until he comes back, we need to see more of Jeff Adrien. His offense may never come around, but if it ever does he could turn into an amazing find. He led the Warriors with a +16 in only 16 minutes.

While I in no way wish we still had Maggette, this was the sort of game where he could get to the line and help the team score when nothing else was working. If Monta could ever figure out how to get to the line reliably, we could potentially spare ourselves the sort of pathetic offensive endgame we saw from the Warriors last night.

This also gives me a chance to highlight how disappointing Reggie Williams has been so far this year. He was billed as a scoring spark-plug off the bench, but so far his late-season form from last year has been nothing but a distant memory. I think they’re putting a lot on him in having him pick up some PG duties, so maybe just going back to the basics — scoring — would help at this point.

This was their first win with Lee out, which is great because they have a few more to go now that he’s out for an extended recovery period. Hopefully we’ll get to see a bit more of Adrien, and also a few less fouls from the guards, pls.

Some photos from the game below above the box score:

1 2 3 4 T
DET 21 21 27 28 97
GS 34 31 22 14 101
Detroit Pistons (4-7)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
T. Prince F 28:17 7-13 0-0 1-2 -6 1 4 5 1 1 0 3 0 0 15
A. Daye F 25:17 5-7 2-3 2-4 +2 1 2 3 3 0 0 1 0 0 14
B. Wallace C 24:00 1-2 0-0 0-0 -8 2 4 6 2 1 1 1 1 0 2
R. Hamilton G 24:13 4-11 1-4 4-5 +3 0 4 4 4 2 1 0 0 0 13
R. Stuckey G 33:30 2-8 0-1 7-8 +8 3 5 8 6 4 0 2 0 2 11
W. Bynum 12:10 1-3 0-1 2-2 -5 0 1 1 2 4 1 4 0 1 4
T. McGrady 25:56 3-8 0-2 0-2 -16 2 3 5 1 1 0 1 0 0 6
B. Gordon 18:28 5-11 2-4 2-2 -3 0 2 2 1 3 2 3 0 1 14
C. Villanueva 25:02 5-10 2-4 6-7 +1 0 8 8 2 2 1 1 1 0 18
J. Maxiell 05:29 0-0 0-0 0-2 -9 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
G. Monroe 17:38 0-1 0-0 0-2 +13 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 0
C. Wilcox DNP – Coach’s Decision
Total 240 33-74 7-19 24-36 9 33 42 22 20 8 16 3 5 97
44.6% 36.8% 66.7% team rebs: 14 total to: 16
Golden State Warriors (7-4)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
D. Wright G-F 45:09 5-15 1-6 5-5 +7 1 6 7 6 3 1 1 0 0 16
V. Radmanovic F 22:35 2-6 0-3 0-0 -13 1 1 2 4 0 2 0 0 0 4
A. Biedrins C 31:10 4-5 0-0 1-2 -5 4 4 8 3 4 0 2 3 1 9
M. Ellis G 31:19 9-18 2-2 7-9 +14 0 3 3 3 5 1 1 0 0 27
S. Curry G 29:30 7-14 2-3 5-5 +15 0 5 5 4 6 2 3 0 0 21
J. Adrien 15:33 0-3 0-0 0-0 +16 1 2 3 0 1 3 1 0 0 0
R. Carney 14:58 2-5 0-1 3-4 +9 0 3 3 0 0 3 0 0 1 7
R. Williams 30:12 6-10 2-3 0-0 -16 0 1 1 2 4 0 2 1 0 14
D. Gadzuric 12:22 0-6 0-0 1-2 0 7 4 11 0 1 0 1 0 1 1
J. Lin 07:13 1-3 0-0 0-0 -7 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 2
C. Bell DNP – Coach’s Decision
B. Wright DNP – Coach’s Decision
Total 240 36-85 7-18 22-27 14 30 44 22 25 13 12 5 3 101
42.4% 38.9% 81.5% team rebs: 7 total to: 13

inactive

  • Pistons: Jerebko, Summers, White
  • Warriors: Amundson, Lee, Udoh

technical fouls

  • Pistons: –
  • Warriors: –

scoring

  • Lead Changes: 5
  • Times Tied: 7

arena stats

  • Arena: ORACLE Arena, Oakland, CA
  • Officials: #8 Marc Davis, #28 Tommy Nunez Jr., #40 Leon Wood
  • Attendance: 19123
  • Duration: 2:27
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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.

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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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13
Nov

Preview: Warriors at Bucks

Golden State
Warriors

@

Milwaukee
Bucks

Bradley Center
5:30pm | CSNBA/NBA TV

Official Game Preview

2010-11 Meetings
November 13, 2010 • Recap
Warriors 72
Bucks 79
 
February 3, 2011 • Recap
Bucks 94
Warriors 100
 

The Warriors (finally!) wrap up their road trip with a last stand in Milwaukee. A win gets them an impressive winning record on their first long roadie of the year, and a loss makes them wonder what might have been had they beat the Pistons six nights ago. What to watch for tonight:

  • The Wonder Duo. Can Monta and/or Curry go nuts and will the team to the victory? I have a hard time imagining the Warriors winning this game without an all-world performance from one of their two available stars; Curry seems the better bet with his matchup tonight against Jennings.
  • Second Chances. Brandon Wright totally blew his chance to turn some heads in his start against the Bulls, and did nothing to prove he can get the job done. He gets relegated to the bench tonight, but with Lee out he’ll have ample opportunity to make up for his missed chance in the last game. But will he?
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12
Nov

David Lee out for 2 weeks

That elbow injury got infected — he’s now heading back to the bay area for surgery (!) to clean it out. Estimated time table for his return is 2 weeks. Let’s hope it doesn’t go much longer as last night didn’t give me much confidence in the Warriors’ back-up plan…

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12
Nov

Second chance for B-Wright

David Lee’s elbow is infected (why is Tyson Chandler so dirty?) and will miss two weeks. Can B-Wright make anything of a few more starts? Color me doubtful.

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12
Nov

Game #9: Bulls 120, Warriors 90

Warriors 90

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Bulls 120
November 11, 2010 1 2 3 4 T
Warriors 20 18 25 27 90
Bulls 34 32 28 26 120
  Net -14 -14 -3 1 -30
  Season Avg -2.9 0.8 -0.4 -0.1 -2.2
  Compare to Season Avg -11.1 -14.8 -2.6 1.1 -27.8
 Warriors Stats
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Game 41.1% 30.4% 71.4% 7 16 18 39 20 9 4 19 31 44 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 -5.1% -8.8% -4.7% -13.7 -6 6.4 -1.5 -2.5 0 -1 4.9 -3.5 1.4 1.4
 Net Comparison
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Net Game -13.7% -6.4% -19.9% -16 -9 7 -7 -9 -5 -6 -7 -15 -14 -17
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 -13.1% -9.9% -18.7% -9 -5.4 8.2 -2.7 -6.8 -5.8 -6.7 -8.2 -17 -11.1 -16.2

Ugly loss. When you’re missing your best inside player and then turn the ball over 9 times in the opening period on the road, you’re basically giving yourself no chance. Hopefully they can forget this one before finishing up the roadie tomorrow night in Milwaukee.

Read Feltbot for a recap of just how awful Brandon Wright was in his first start of the year. File this one under “Not seizing the opportunity.”

Upsides to this game? None that I can really see. The deficit hit 30 points in the second quarter, and still Monta played 37 minutes. You get the opportunity to see if Jeremy Lin and Jeff Adrien have anything to offer, and they get 9 and 6 minutes, respectively. They lose the rebounding battle, shoot 41%, and give up 55% shooting.

At least it’s just one game, and no one really faults them for losing to the Bulls on the road without Lee. Still, you’d hope to have at least seen a better effort. Let’s hope they get some needed rest before playing the red-hot Bucks tomorrow night.

1 2 3 4 T
GS 20 18 25 27 90
CHI 34 32 28 26 120
Golden State Warriors (6-3)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
D. Wright G-F 35:10 5-13 2-7 0-0 -20 1 7 8 2 1 0 3 1 1 12
B. Wright F 15:36 2-6 0-0 0-0 -15 2 1 3 0 1 0 1 1 2 4
A. Biedrins C 22:20 1-3 0-0 0-0 -14 5 0 5 2 3 1 3 0 0 2
M. Ellis G 36:40 10-20 0-3 4-4 -37 0 5 5 5 0 1 4 0 0 24
S. Curry G 30:58 7-18 2-5 1-2 -13 0 3 3 6 2 5 5 0 4 17
V. Radmanovic 23:25 4-9 1-3 0-0 -9 4 2 6 0 5 0 0 1 0 9
D. Gadzuric 20:42 4-8 0-0 0-0 -11 5 1 6 0 3 0 0 1 2 8
J. Lin 09:01 0-2 0-0 0-0 -7 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0
R. Carney 17:38 2-5 1-1 0-1 -10 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 5
R. Williams 14:39 3-7 1-3 0-0 -10 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 7
J. Adrien 06:26 1-2 0-0 0-0 -6 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2
C. Bell 07:25 0-2 0-1 0-0 +2 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0
Total 240 39-95 7-23 5-7 18 21 39 20 16 9 19 4 10 90
41.1% 30.4% 71.4% team rebs: 6 total to: 19
Chicago Bulls (4-3)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
L. Deng F 39:35 9-19 2-5 6-7 +27 3 8 11 6 0 1 0 2 3 26
T. Gibson F 25:46 5-10 0-0 4-4 +31 3 4 7 0 3 2 1 3 0 14
J. Noah C-F 32:56 6-10 0-0 5-6 +19 3 4 7 5 1 1 1 2 0 17
K. Bogans G-F 35:34 6-10 2-6 0-0 +25 0 5 5 2 1 6 1 1 0 14
D. Rose G 36:42 10-17 0-3 2-2 +31 1 2 3 13 0 1 3 1 0 22
R. Brewer 21:06 1-4 0-0 0-0 +1 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 2
O. Asik 11:03 3-4 0-0 2-2 +4 0 5 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 8
C. Watson 17:05 2-3 1-2 2-2 +4 0 4 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 7
K. Korver 13:56 4-5 2-3 0-0 +5 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 10
J. Johnson 03:31 0-2 0-0 0-0 +4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
B. Scalabrine 02:46 0-0 0-0 0-0 -1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
K. Thomas 00:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 240 46-84 7-19 21-23 11 35 46 29 7 14 12 10 4 120
54.8% 36.8% 91.3% team rebs: 7 total to: 14

inactive

  • Warriors: Amundson, Lee, Udoh
  • Bulls: Boozer

technical fouls

  • Warriors: –
  • Bulls: Bogans

scoring

  • Lead Changes: 4
  • Times Tied: 4

arena stats

  • Arena: United Center, Chicago, IL
  • Officials: #10 Ron Garretson, #23 Jason Phillips, #77 Karl Lane
  • Attendance: 21140
  • Duration: 2:4
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11
Nov

Preview: Warriors at Bulls

Golden State
Warriors

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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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11
Nov

Game #8: Warriors 122, Knicks 117

Warriors 122

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Knicks 117
November 10, 2010 1 2 3 4 T
Warriors 34 26 29 33 122
Knicks 32 24 25 36 117
  Net 2 2 4 -3 5
  Season Avg -2.9 0.8 -0.4 -0.1 -2.2
  Compare to Season Avg 4.9 1.2 4.4 -2.9 7.2
 Warriors Stats
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Game 52.8% 50% 71.9% 32 33 9 36 23 13 3 14 22 74 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 6.6% 10.8% -4.2% 11.3 11 -2.6 -4.5 0.5 4 -2 -0.1 10.5 31.4 1.4
 Net Comparison
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Net Game 6.1% 27.4% -16.5% -11 -8 0 -5 6 3 -1 6 8 30 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 6.7% 23.9% -15.3% -4 -4.4 1.2 -0.7 8.2 2.2 -1.7 4.8 6 32.9 5.8

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An ugly win, but a win nonetheless. After blowing a huge lead and falling behind in the closing minutes, the Warriors rallied behind a pair of clutch plays by Dorrell Wright and solid rebounding by David Lee.

I missed most of this game, and my DVR cut out right after the Knicks had tied it near the end. The endless and-1 procession to the free throw line for the Knicks was depressing, and I thought Reggie Williams was generally woeful down the stretch. Dude needs a confidence booster, stat.

But the Warriors pulled it off: Lee put up his best game as a Warriors in his New York homecoming, and played Amare to a standstill in terms of stats. Monta recovered well enough to play 40 minutes and had a solid game (his kick-out pass to Wright for his big 3-pointer was huge), while Curry did his best to remind the Knicks of what might have been had they been able to leapfrog the Warriors in last year’s draft.

With a quick turnaround before tonight’s game in Chicago, this was a game that would have been a devastating loss if they hadn’t recovered. So kudos to the team for gutting it out, and picking up their first back-to-back road wins since 2007.

Postscript: Along with Anthony Randolph’s scoreless 7-minute performance (no trade regrets tonight!), this was satisfying to read:

Thanks for nothing: Asked about the offseason deal between the Warriors and the Knicks, one New York writer said, “Thanks for the 6-foot-11 guy who can’t play.” No, he wasn’t talking about Ronny Turiaf; he was referring to Anthony Randolph.

Slam!

1 2 3 4 T
GS 34 26 29 33 122
NY 32 24 25 36 117
Golden State Warriors (6-2)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
D. Lee F-C 40:16 11-17 0-0 6-8 +9 4 6 10 2 1 4 4 0 0 28
D. Wright G-F 41:41 5-11 3-5 2-2 +3 1 6 7 3 5 0 2 0 0 15
A. Biedrins C 26:24 5-10 0-0 0-2 +14 3 6 9 1 4 1 0 2 0 10
S. Curry G 45:03 11-20 1-1 2-3 +6 0 6 6 8 4 2 2 1 0 25
M. Ellis G 40:30 7-16 0-2 8-11 +7 0 2 2 6 4 4 2 0 0 22
B. Wright 09:22 2-3 0-0 3-4 +3 1 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 7
V. Radmanovic 06:03 1-3 1-2 0-0 -9 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 3
J. Lin 02:57 0-0 0-0 0-0 -1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0
R. Williams 22:48 5-9 0-0 2-2 -6 0 1 1 1 5 1 2 0 3 12
R. Carney 04:56 0-0 0-0 0-0 -1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
J. Adrien 00:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
C. Bell 00:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 240 47-89 5-10 23-32 9 27 36 23 33 13 14 3 4 122
52.8% 50.0% 71.9% team rebs: 11 total to: 14
New York Knicks (3-5)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
W. Chandler G-F 41:00 9-20 4-10 5-7 -5 2 4 6 0 1 1 2 3 0 27
D. Gallinari F 32:43 3-9 0-5 9-9 -7 1 6 7 3 5 2 3 0 0 15
A. Stoudemire F-C 40:54 9-15 1-1 14-16 -2 1 9 10 3 3 3 6 1 2 33
R. Felton G 37:33 6-12 2-5 6-6 -13 3 3 6 6 5 2 4 0 0 20
L. Fields G-F 34:07 5-7 0-2 1-2 +9 1 5 6 1 3 0 3 0 0 11
T. Mozgov 01:59 0-0 0-0 2-2 -3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 2
T. Douglas 34:06 4-12 0-7 1-1 -1 1 0 1 2 4 2 2 0 1 9
A. Randolph 07:33 0-2 0-1 0-0 -5 0 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
B. Walker 10:05 0-0 0-0 0-0 +2 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
R. Mason Jr. 00:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
A. Rautins 00:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
S. Williams 00:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 240 36-77 7-31 38-43 9 32 41 17 25 10 20 4 3 117
46.8% 22.6% 88.4% team rebs: 9 total to: 21

inactive

  • Warriors: Amundson, Gadzuric, Udoh
  • Knicks: Azubuike, Curry, Turiaf

technical fouls

  • Warriors: –
  • Knicks: Stoudemire

scoring

  • Lead Changes: 10
  • Times Tied: 11

arena stats

  • Arena: Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
  • Officials: #48 Scott Foster, #46 Matt Boland, #60 James Williams
  • Attendance: 19763
  • Duration: 2:40