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30
Dec

Game #31: Hawks 103, Warriors 93

Warriors 93

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Hawks 103

Warriors 27 20 22 24 93
Hawks 29 23 26 25 103
  Net -2 -3 -4 -1 -10
  Season Avg -2.9 0.8 -0.4 -0.1 -2.2
  Compare to Season Avg 0.9 -3.8 -3.6 -0.9 -7.8
 Warriors Stats
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Game 44.6% 33.3% 73.3% 15 13 10 43 22 8 2 15 20 34 21
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 -1.6% -5.9% -2.8% -5.7 -9 -1.6 2.5 -0.5 -1 -3 0.9 -4.5 -8.6 2.4
 Net Comparison
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Net Game -6.6% -8.8% 15% 3 1 0 -1 -9 0 -2 -3 -5 -10 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% -12.3% 16.2% 10 4.6 1.2 3.3 -6.8 -0.8 -2.7 -4.2 -7 -7.1 5.8

The Warriors played a 4pm game after flying across the country and…looked like a team playing a 4pm game after flying across the country.

Well, aside from Dorrell Wright, that is. Dude might finally be putting it together, pairing more aggression with his previously shown ability to get open and knock down 3′s. If he can show the same mindset on a night when the Warriors big 3 do better than 13-38, we could finally have the semblance of a hard-to-stop offense.

But that didn’t happen last night, and despite holding their own on the boards, the Warriors shooting cooled off, they got beat in the paint, and their assist numbers were way down from the past few games (though Curry had an impressive 12 dimes against 3 turnovers in only 29 minutes).

Now the Warriors head to Charlotte, where Curry will get a hero’s welcome but Stephen Jackson will be lying in wait to torment us. Let’s hope Curry and Ellis are feeling a bit better (ankles/flu and ankle, respectively) — this is the easiest game on the trip, and one they have to have in order to hang in there if they hope to use the upcoming January/February stretch to make a run back to respectability.

Golden State Warriors (12-19)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
D. Wright F 48:00 13-21 4-9 2-2 -10 1 10 11 0 1 2 3 0 0 32
L. Amundson F 22:17 5-7 0-0 0-3 -4 2 5 7 0 1 1 1 0 0 10
D. Lee F-C 38:46 5-12 0-0 4-5 -8 4 4 8 3 1 1 3 0 2 14
M. Ellis G 43:07 4-13 2-4 2-2 -15 0 1 1 4 3 1 2 2 1 12
S. Curry G 28:58 4-13 0-3 1-1 -1 1 4 5 12 2 0 3 0 1 9
V. Radmanovic 22:07 1-4 1-4 0-0 -7 0 6 6 0 4 3 2 0 0 3
R. Williams 27:31 4-10 1-4 0-0 -3 0 2 2 3 1 0 1 0 0 9
E. Udoh 05:38 0-2 0-0 2-2 +1 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
B. Wright 03:36 1-1 0-0 0-0 -3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
C. Bell DNP – Coach’s Decision
R. Carney DNP – Coach’s Decision
A. Law DNP – Coach’s Decision
Total 240 37-83 8-24 11-15 10 33 43 22 13 8 15 2 4 93
44.6% 33.3% 73.3% team rebs: 6 total to: 18
Atlanta Hawks (21-13)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
M. Williams F 27:05 3-7 0-1 0-0 +2 0 3 3 3 2 0 1 0 0 6
J. Smith F 42:00 10-18 1-1 1-4 0 2 8 10 5 0 2 2 2 0 22
A. Horford C-F 37:50 10-14 0-0 1-1 +14 5 10 15 4 1 2 3 2 0 21
J. Johnson G 36:46 6-14 2-5 2-3 +5 1 2 3 8 1 0 2 0 0 16
M. Bibby G 27:23 6-12 3-8 0-0 0 0 2 2 3 5 1 3 0 0 15
Ja. Crawford 32:17 2-10 1-3 0-0 +14 0 1 1 6 1 2 1 0 1 5
Z. Pachulia 19:04 4-6 0-0 3-4 +11 2 5 7 2 2 1 0 0 0 11
M. Evans 14:52 3-4 1-1 0-0 +8 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 7
J. Teague 02:43 0-1 0-0 0-0 -4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
J. Collins DNP – Coach’s Decision
J. Powell DNP – Coach’s Decision
D. Wilkins DNP – Coach’s Decision
Total 240 44-86 8-19 7-12 10 34 44 31 14 8 12 4 2 103
51.2% 42.1% 58.3% team rebs: 4 total to: 13

inactive

  • Warriors: Biedrins, Gadzuric, Lin
  • Hawks: Crawford, Sy, Thomas

technical fouls

  • Warriors: –
  • Hawks: –

scoring

  • Lead Changes: 7
  • Times Tied: 2

arena stats

  • Arena: Philips Arena, Atlanta, GA
  • Officials: #17 Joe Crawford, #6 Tony Brown, #68 Marat Kogut
  • Attendance: 15925
  • Duration: 2:1
3
28
Dec

Game #30: Warriors 110, 76ers 95

76ers 95

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Warriors 110

76ers 30 19 22 24 95
Warriors 25 30 21 34 110
  Net -5 11 -1 10 15
  Season Avg -2.9 0.8 -0.4 -0.1 -2.2
  Compare to Season Avg -2.1 10.2 -0.6 10.1 17.2
 Warriors Stats
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Game 47% 65.2% 81% 21 17 10 44 31 9 6 12 6 22 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 0.8% 26% 4.8% 0.3 -5 -1.6 3.5 8.5 0 1 -2.1 5.5 -20.6 -5.6
 Net Comparison
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Net Game 3.8% 41.7% 6% 1 -2 -8 -10 6 5 3 5 19 -24 -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 4.4% 38.2% 7.2% 8 1.6 -6.8 -5.7 8.2 4.2 2.3 3.8 17 -21.1 -1.2

It is officially a winning streak! Last night’s game was not the prettiest one out there but a win is a win is a win. Watching the second half it almost looked as if both teams were running in slow motion and were not all that interested in winning. The Warrior’s missed way too many easy shots had plenty of sloppy turnovers and the 76ers looked like no one knew which play they were supposed to run.

David Lee outplayed Elton Brand, even with missing a few easy ones (21 & 16 +15 versus 16 & 16 -16) or 0 and -1 in respect to the team +/-. I was personally not feeling any regrets about Brand not being in a The City uniform. Any max big should be getting 15 & 15 on the Warrior’s with their eye’s closed. Add that to fact that Brand was a monster on the boards in the first half but seemed to disappear in the second half and you don’t have a “Winner.”

Jrue Holliday on the other hand played really well and looked fantastic. As Fitz pointed out about a dozen times he looks like a leader out on the court. Did he outplay Curry in this game? Probably but maybe not as much as their point and assist totals will lead you to believe. Holliday went for 23/11 while Curry sported 17/8 while their +/- versus the team were similar +2 versus +3. Holliday certainly has the appearance of having the higher ceiling, but for some reason I just picture him languishing on a bad team not making the other players around him better, where as Curry just seems to scream Playoff PG who makes his team mates better. I have no stats to back this up and it may not even be true, but that is my impression early in their careers.

Monta had an off night but when 20 points scored on 8-19 is an off night I will take it. More importantly maybe was his perfect night, 4-4, from the stripe. Over the last 4 games his FT% has been much better. Hopefully he is turning that corner. Monta also had 12 assists, most if not all of which were very legitimate assists. On a night when his shooting touch was a little off he got his team mates the ball. “He has had at least seven assists in four straight games, a first in his career.”

Udoh showed a few flashes and Admundson seemed to miss shots I could have made.

Who have I left out? Oh yeah D-Wright had a decent game. 25 points 5-7 from behind the arc, 4 assists with 0 TOs, the dude was a beast and really led the 3rd quarter pull away. Overall the Warriors were electric behind the arc going a combined 15-23, 65%. It is pretty easy to win games when you are hitting that many 3s.

Philadelphia 76ers (12-19)
field goals rebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
A. Nocioni F 25:22 3-8 0-3 0-1 -17 0 2 2 0 3 1 2 0 0 6
E. Brand F 30:25 7-15 0-0 2-2 -16 7 9 16 3 3 0 0 0 1 16
S. Hawes C 24:00 4-10 0-0 1-2 -3 2 10 12 2 4 1 3 1 0 9
J. Meeks G 43:20 6-15 2-9 5-6 -10 1 2 3 4 0 1 1 1 0 19
J. Holiday G 43:34 8-14 2-3 5-6 -13 0 2 2 11 2 1 7 1 0 23
T. Young 31:41 7-14 0-1 1-2 -7 4 4 8 4 1 0 2 0 1 15
E. Turner 28:30 2-8 0-0 1-1 -2 2 6 8 1 2 0 2 0 3 5
C. Brackins 10:39 1-4 0-1 0-0 -5 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
M. Speights 02:29 0-0 0-0 0-0 -2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
T. Battie DNP – Coach’s Decision
A. Iguodala DND – Tendonitis in Achilles
D. Songaila DNP – Coach’s Decision
Total 240 38-88 4-17 15-20 18 36 54 25 15 4 17 3 6 95
43.2% 23.5% 75.0% team rebs: 3 total to: 17
Golden State Warriors (12-18)
field goals rebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
D. Wright F 43:19 8-11 5-7 7-8 +15 0 6 6 4 4 2 0 0 0 28
D. Lee F-C 40:40 9-18 0-0 3-4 +15 5 11 16 2 1 0 3 2 0 21
L. Amundson F 12:59 2-6 0-0 0-2 -1 1 2 3 0 1 1 0 2 1 4
M. Ellis G 43:29 8-19 2-4 4-4 +11 0 1 1 12 1 2 5 0 0 22
S. Curry G 28:20 5-13 4-6 3-3 +18 0 5 5 8 5 1 2 0 1 17
R. Williams 11:44 0-2 0-1 0-0 -7 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
V. Radmanovic 25:35 3-4 2-2 0-0 +4 2 4 6 2 1 3 1 1 0 8
E. Udoh 13:33 1-3 0-0 0-0 +3 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 2
R. Carney 07:53 2-4 2-2 0-0 +9 1 4 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 6
A. Law 12:28 1-3 0-1 0-0 +8 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 2
J. Lin DNP – Coach’s Decision
B. Wright DNP – Coach’s Decision
Total 240 39-83 15-23 17-21 10 34 44 31 17 9 12 6 3 110
47.0% 65.2% 81.0% team rebs: 2 total to: 12

inactive

  • 76ers: Kapono, Williams
  • Warriors: Bell, Biedrins, Gadzuric

technical fouls

  • 76ers: Hawes
  • Warriors: –

scoring

  • Lead Changes: 2
  • Times Tied: 8

arena stats

  • Arena: ORACLE Arena, Oakland, CA
  • Officials: #24 Mike Callahan, #65 Sean Wright, #58 Josh Tiven
  • Attendance: 19208
  • Duration: 2:10
0
27
Dec

Game #29: Warriors 109, Trail Blazers 102

Trailblazers 102

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Warriors 109

Trailblazers 28 29 23 22 102
Warriors 25 31 22 31 109
  Net -3 2 -1 9 7
  Season Avg -2.9 0.8 -0.4 -0.1 -2.2
  Compare to Season Avg -0.1 1.2 -0.6 9.1 9.2
 Warriors Stats
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Game 48.2% 45.5% 90.5% 21 16 7 32 31 7 8 12 16 42 28
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% 6.3% 14.4% 0.3 -6 -4.6 -8.5 8.5 -2 3 -2.1 -0.5 -0.6 9.4
 Net Comparison
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Net Game 5.9% 17.7% 15.5% 1 4 -17 -21 4 0 4 3 3 -20 14
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 6.5% 14.2% 16.7% 8 7.6 -15.8 -16.7 6.2 -0.8 3.3 1.8 1 -17.1 14.8

Holidays and the new baby took up more time than I expected this weekend, so this recap will be short in the interest of getting it up before tonight’s game. Here’s the quick version:

Huge game from Monta, and doing it on national television will help his All-Star chances/trade value; nice return for Curry on the assists-to-turnover front, and a ton of his missed shots were in-and-out so he should get his stroke back soon; nice to see Lee making his jumper consistently; Udoh continues to impress though it would be nice to see him grab a few more boards; speaking of which, how did they get out-rebounded yet still win this game? Ah yes, they outscored them by 14 on fast break points; who knew this team could actually run?

Now, can they keep up the momentum from this TWO GAME WINNING STREAK?

Portland Trail Blazers (15-15)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
N. Batum F 35:09 8-14 2-6 0-0 -11 7 3 10 4 2 1 0 0 0 18
L. Aldridge F 39:31 7-21 0-0 1-2 -7 3 5 8 1 4 2 2 1 2 15
M. Camby C 23:28 3-4 0-0 1-1 -6 5 8 13 2 2 1 1 3 0 7
W. Matthews G 38:02 9-19 1-6 6-6 -4 1 2 3 1 4 2 5 0 1 25
A. Miller G 33:40 4-15 0-0 4-6 -14 4 3 7 15 1 0 3 0 4 12
D. Cunningham 25:24 4-8 0-0 1-1 +4 1 3 4 1 4 0 2 0 0 9
R. Fernandez 26:58 3-8 1-4 1-2 -4 3 4 7 2 1 1 1 0 1 8
P. Mills 14:04 3-7 1-2 0-0 +7 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 7
S. Marks 03:45 0-1 0-0 1-2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
L. Babbitt DNP – Coach’s Decision
A. Johnson DNP – Coach’s Decision
B. Roy NWT – Left Knee
Total 240 41-97 5-18 15-20 24 29 53 27 20 7 15 4 8 102
42.3% 27.8% 75.0% team rebs: 9 total to: 16
Golden State Warriors (11-18)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
D. Wright F 30:57 6-9 4-4 0-0 +10 0 8 8 4 2 3 1 1 0 16
D. Lee F-C 44:39 8-11 0-0 5-6 +10 2 5 7 5 4 0 5 0 1 21
L. Amundson F 17:20 3-5 0-0 0-0 -1 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 6
M. Ellis G 45:50 13-26 3-5 10-11 +9 1 1 2 7 3 2 1 1 2 39
S. Curry G 29:18 2-15 0-5 0-0 +7 1 3 4 11 2 0 2 0 1 4
V. Radmanovic 17:10 1-4 1-3 2-2 +11 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 5
R. Williams 18:28 4-9 1-4 0-0 +7 1 3 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 9
R. Carney 15:05 1-1 1-1 2-2 -3 0 3 3 0 1 1 1 1 0 5
E. Udoh 16:21 2-3 0-0 0-0 -6 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 3 0 4
A. Law 04:52 0-0 0-0 0-0 -9 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
J. Lin DNP – Coach’s Decision
B. Wright DNP – Coach’s Decision
Total 240 40-83 10-22 19-21 7 25 32 31 16 7 12 8 4 109
48.2% 45.5% 90.5% team rebs: 12 total to: 13
inactive
  • Trail Blazers: Oden, Przybilla, Williams
  • Warriors: Bell, Biedrins, Gadzuric
technical fouls
  • Trail Blazers: –
  • Warriors: –
scoring
  • Lead Changes: 16
  • Times Tied: 14
arena stats
  • Arena: ORACLE Arena, Oakland, CA
  • Officials: #20 Leroy Richardson, #57 Greg Willard, #56 Mark Ayotte
  • Attendance: 19596
  • Duration: 2:29
1
22
Dec

Game #28: Warriors 117, Kings 109

Warriors 117

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Kings 109

Warriors 26 23 21 32 117
Kings 18 30 36 18 109
  Net 8 -7 -15 14 8
  Season Avg -2.9 0.8 -0.4 -0.1 -2.2
  Compare to Season Avg 10.9 -7.8 -14.6 14.1 10.2
 Warriors Stats
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Game 47.2% 40% 69.7% 33 28 10 48 24 12 8 19 29 54 31
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% 0.8% -6.4% 12.3 6 -1.6 7.5 1.5 3 3 4.9 5.5 11.4 12.4
 Net Comparison
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Net Game 8.2% 9.6% -16% 5 -1 -7 -8 6 3 1 0 -4 4 13
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 8.8% 6.1% -14.8% 12 2.6 -5.8 -3.7 8.2 2.2 0.3 -1.2 -6 6.9 13.8

(Photo by Rocky Widner/NBAE via Getty Images)

Well, how about that! VladRad makes up for A LOT with that deep bomb to tie the game (not to mention 13 4th quarter points), and it was enough to forget that the Warriors gave up two monster runs to a horrible Kings team.

For the first time, they were able to fully climb their way out of a deep hole of their own making. Sure, the game shouldn’t have been this close, but I think Lauridsen put it best: “Meeting exceptionally modest expectations is still better than collapsing below them.”

I’m wondering if Smart started reading Feltbot, as for the second straight game the Warriors had 31 fast break points. That made up for getting beat on the glass, as the Kings managed to break into triple digits on field goal attempts — but only hit 39%.

Monta’s efficiency was way down but he still carried the scoring load for the team, and his circus shot near the end of overtime was one of his all-time best. Reggie Williams also regained his touch, scoring 24 points and almost making us forget his 1-3 from the line in the closing seconds of regulation.

The Cousins-Udoh matchup I was looking forward to didn’t turn into much: Cousins struggled from the field but was still a beast on the glass. Udoh cooled off from last night and didn’t score a point (didn’t even take a shot), and it’s pretty clear that he was winded by the end of his run (as any human being would be after playing nearly 50 NBA minutes in 26 hours after logging just 8 in the previous 8 months). While Udoh’s -9 was the worst on the squad, I still like his activity and great hands. Plus, he’s avoiding something that has plagued every rookie Warriors big man that I can remember: constant fouls (and it’s not like he’s avoiding physical contact).

So now the Warriors get a few days off before their Christmas night matchup against the Trail Blazers (think the NBA schedulers wish they could have this one back?). By all accounts Curry should be back, and hopefully we’ll see Biedrins back on the court as well. Maybe then we can get the minutes smoothed out a bit more — Law backing up Curry, Reggie subbing for Monta but still providing some scoring punch, Amundson down to the low-minute energy guy that he should be (how about his 6 fouls in 13 minutes tonight?), and maybe even some VladRad and Carney at the 3 to get Wright down to about 30 minutes a night.

But for now, good to get a win that the Warriors HAD to have. It was more stressful/exciting than it should have been, but at this point in the season, with postseason chances slipping away with every turnover (seriously, can anyone catch an interior pass on this team?), I’ll take it.

Golden State Warriors (10-18)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
D. Wright F 45:38 7-14 1-5 2-4 +10 1 5 6 6 3 3 2 1 2 17
L. Amundson F 12:54 1-2 0-0 0-0 -6 1 2 3 0 6 0 1 2 0 2
D. Lee F-C 45:38 6-13 0-0 3-4 +11 2 10 12 2 4 0 4 1 0 15
R. Williams F 42:38 8-15 3-7 5-9 +14 2 5 7 4 4 1 0 0 1 24
M. Ellis G 48:33 12-29 2-7 10-12 +15 0 4 4 7 4 4 4 1 1 36
E. Udoh 22:49 0-0 0-0 0-0 -9 0 5 5 1 1 1 2 3 0 0
A. Law 19:03 3-6 1-1 1-2 -6 2 1 3 2 1 0 3 0 2 8
V. Radmanovic 27:47 5-10 3-5 2-2 +11 2 6 8 2 5 3 3 0 1 15
C. Bell DNP – Coach’s Decision
R. Carney DNP – Coach’s Decision
D. Gadzuric DND – left groin strain
J. Lin DNP – Coach’s Decision
Total 265 42-89 10-25 23-33 10 38 48 24 28 12 19 8 7 117
47.2% 40.0% 69.7% team rebs: 10 total to: 19
Sacramento Kings (5-21)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
D. Greene F 23:12 3-6 2-4 2-2 +10 0 2 2 0 3 0 1 0 0 10
D. Jackson F 22:09 3-10 0-0 0-1 -19 4 0 4 0 3 0 0 0 1 6
D. Cousins C 35:56 3-13 0-0 1-2 -2 2 11 13 2 3 1 4 1 3 7
T. Evans G 44:10 4-18 0-3 7-8 0 0 10 10 7 4 3 5 0 1 15
B. Udrih G 43:26 11-18 4-7 8-8 -17 2 5 7 1 6 1 5 1 0 34
S. Dalembert 08:52 1-4 0-0 0-0 0 2 3 5 1 0 0 0 2 0 2
O. Casspi 08:12 1-4 0-2 0-0 -8 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 2
P. Jeter 13:30 1-5 0-1 0-0 -1 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 2
C. Landry 37:24 8-11 0-1 6-7 +10 5 5 10 1 4 3 0 2 0 22
J. Taylor 05:02 2-3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4
F. Garcia 23:07 2-8 1-5 0-0 -13 1 2 3 3 1 1 3 1 1 5
L. Head DNP – Coach’s Decision
Total 265 39-100 7-23 24-28 17 39 56 18 27 9 19 7 8 109
39.0% 30.4% 85.7% team rebs: 8 total to: 20

inactive

  • Warriors: Biedrins, Curry, Wright
  • Kings: Thompson, Whiteside

technical fouls

  • Warriors: –
  • Kings: –

scoring

  • Lead Changes: 8
  • Times Tied: 6

arena stats

  • Arena: ARCO Arena, Sacramento, CA
  • Officials: #38 Michael Smith, #30 John Goble, #12 Violet Palmer
  • Attendance: 13740
  • Duration: 2:43
0
21
Dec

Game #27: Rockets 121, Warriors 112

Rockets 121

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Warriors 112

Rockets 26 24 31 40 121
Warriors 26 20 29 37 112
  Net 0 -4 -2 -3 -9
  Season Avg -2.9 0.8 -0.4 -0.1 -2.2
  Compare to Season Avg 2.9 -4.8 -1.6 -2.9 -6.8
 Warriors Stats
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Game 51.2% 31.8% 70.4% 27 30 13 35 29 9 6 14 18 44 31
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% -7.4% -5.7% 6.3 8 1.4 -5.5 6.5 0 1 -0.1 -0.5 1.4 12.4
 Net Comparison
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Net Game 1.2% -14% -6.1% -7 -10 -4 -10 -2 2 4 2 1 -4 13
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 1.8% -17.5% -4.9% 0 -6.4 -2.8 -5.7 0.2 1.2 3.3 0.8 -1 -1.1 13.8

Another wasted opportunity, as Monta plays his ass off to score 44 points (on 15-20 shooting!) and Udoh provides inspiring play off the bench in the loss. The Warriors made a nice run late to tie the game at 96, but after that the wheels fell off: the Rockets made the big plays at the end, while the Warriors scuffled when it really mattered (and Radmonovic’s flagrant? Oy…).

Wright was awful, Law went 0-5 from deep, and Amundson was ineffective starting in place of Biedrins.

But at least we got something to get excited about, as Udoh provided 25 quality minutes and led the team with a +9. The team still sucks of course, and the playoff hopes are quickly fading with each late-game turnover. But at least we have something to look forward to watching in the next game, as he was active and had a couple of jaw-dropping plays (especially that dunk/block sequence in the 4th).

Houston Rockets (13-15)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
S. Battier F 28:26 4-7 4-6 2-2 +21 1 3 4 5 2 0 0 2 0 14
L. Scola F-C 33:16 9-21 0-0 2-4 +20 2 7 9 6 5 0 3 0 1 20
C. Hayes F-C 22:50 6-8 0-0 0-1 +8 4 6 10 1 4 0 3 0 1 12
K. Martin G 32:33 7-14 3-4 13-13 +17 3 2 5 3 4 1 2 0 1 30
K. Lowry G 36:22 3-6 2-3 5-8 +8 1 2 3 8 1 4 2 0 1 13
C. Budinger 11:31 3-6 0-2 0-0 -5 1 0 1 2 0 1 2 0 0 6
A. Brooks 17:38 1-5 1-5 2-2 -7 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 5
J. Hill 18:54 3-7 0-1 0-0 -9 2 3 5 1 1 0 1 0 1 6
B. Miller 14:44 3-4 1-2 2-2 -11 2 3 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 9
C. Lee 23:46 3-6 0-1 0-2 +3 1 2 3 0 2 0 1 0 1 6
P. Patterson DNP – Coach’s Decision
T. Williams DNP – Coach’s Decision
Total 240 42-84 11-24 26-34 17 28 45 31 20 7 16 2 6 121
50.0% 45.8% 76.5% team rebs: 11 total to: 17
Golden State Warriors (9-18)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
D. Wright F 28:49 4-13 1-5 0-2 -22 0 3 3 4 3 0 3 0 1 9
D. Lee F-C 32:22 8-11 0-0 3-3 -9 1 5 6 3 5 1 1 1 0 19
L. Amundson F 17:07 3-5 0-0 0-0 -14 3 4 7 0 4 1 1 0 0 6
R. Williams F 27:18 3-11 1-4 4-6 -6 2 1 3 2 6 0 0 1 1 11
M. Ellis G 41:54 15-20 3-4 11-14 -8 0 1 1 7 4 3 3 0 0 44
E. Udoh 24:50 2-4 0-0 1-2 +9 4 3 7 4 4 0 2 3 0 5
A. Law 31:37 4-10 0-5 0-0 -2 0 2 2 4 1 1 0 0 0 8
V. Radmanovic 16:24 2-3 1-2 0-0 +3 2 3 5 3 2 1 2 0 0 5
R. Carney 09:28 1-4 1-2 0-0 -1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 3
J. Lin 10:12 1-3 0-0 0-0 +5 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 2
C. Bell DNP – Coach’s Decision
D. Gadzuric DND – Left Groin Strain
Total 240 43-84 7-22 19-27 13 22 35 29 30 9 14 6 2 112
51.2% 31.8% 70.4% team rebs: 8 total to: 14

inactive

  • Rockets: Jeffries, Ming, Smith
  • Warriors: Biedrins, Curry, Wright

technical fouls

  • Rockets: –
  • Warriors: Sichting

scoring

  • Lead Changes: 9
  • Times Tied: 4

arena stats

  • Arena: ORACLE Arena, Oakland, CA
  • Officials: #7 Kevin Fehr, #29 Steve Javie, #73 Tre Maddox
  • Attendance: 19256
  • Duration: 2:17
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20
Dec

Preview: Rockets at Warriors

Houston
Rockets

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Golden State
Warriors

Oracle Arena
7:30pm | CSNBA

Official Game Preview

2010-11 Meetings
Rockets 128
Warriors 132
 
Warriors 101
Rockets 111
 
Rockets 121
Warriors 112
 
Warriors 112
Rockets 131
 

The Warriors return home to face a surging Rockets team — a team that, like the Trail Blazers, is finding a way to win even in the face of injuries. Imagine that! What to watch for tonight:

  • Comparison Time. Once again, we get the treat of watching the Most Annoying Player in the NBA™, Kevin Martin, a guy who plays like Monta but manages to draw about twice as many fouls (and converts much better once he gets to the line). I’ll be watching closely to see what the difference is in the two players’ styles — my guess is that Martin manages to draw fouls on the way past players whereas Monta has a habit of driving right into defenders, but it will be interesting to watch them side-by-side. (And don’t forget that in the last game against the Rockets, the Warriors were outshot from the line 51-18)
  • Inside Game. Yao is now officially out for the season, though he didn’t play in either of the previous matchups anyway. You’d think that the Warriors should be able to do some damage on the inside against the Rockets, but instead they’ve given up back-to-back career games to Chuck Hayes. Not sure if Biedrins will be back tonight, but given his previous performance against Hayes it might be nice to see what Amundson (or Udoh! Or Lee at the 5!) can do instead.
  • Score. I assume that Curry is still out (probably being saved for the Christmas Day prime time matchup), so once again a big question is whether or not the Warriors can score enough points to win. Monta had his season-high (on an efficient 18-24 from the field) in the opening night matchup, and now would be a great time for a repeat. Would also be nice if Reggie could rediscover his 3-point shooting stroke, and can Carney make it two good games in a row?
2
19
Dec

Game #26: Trail Blazers 96, Warriors 95

Warriors 95

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Trailblazers 96

Warriors 18 24 23 30 95
Trailblazers 21 30 23 22 96
  Net -3 -6 0 8 -1
  Season Avg -2.9 0.8 -0.4 -0.1 -2.2
  Compare to Season Avg -0.1 -6.8 0.4 8.1 1.2
 Warriors Stats
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Game 44.4% 35.3% 73.9% 23 23 15 42 17 11 4 17 22 48 8
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 -1.7% -3.9% -2.2% 2.3 1 3.4 1.5 -5.5 2 -1 2.9 -1.5 5.4 -10.6
 Net Comparison
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Net Game -4.3% -4.7% 10.3% 1 -4 4 -7 -7 1 4 -4 -4 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 -3.7% -8.2% 11.5% 8 -0.4 5.2 -2.7 -4.8 0.2 3.3 -5.2 -6 8.9 -8.2

Well, that was quite the wasted opportunity. The Warriors overcome a mostly awful night and still had a chance to win at the end. But Monta bricked a gift of a look, leading to a tough loss in terms of both the game and his trade value.

Of course, if they hadn’t dug themselves into a 15 point hole with less than 8 minutes left, their impressive run over the closing minutes could have made the difference.

So I guess in terms of positives we can appreciate the contributions of both Carney and Radmanovic off the bench, and the fact that Lee didn’t have the worst +/- of the night for the first game in a while (Amundson barely edged him).

But other than that, this was a weak performance in a very winnable game. In fact, I’m starting to wonder if Mike Singletary has taken over this team: the offense is uncreative, the players make stupid mental errors constantly, and the staff never outcoaches their counterpart (and regularly gets pwn3ed on that front). As the Kawakami’s of the world will (rightly) note, the Warriors can’t blame injuries when they lose to a team that has clearly outdone them on that front.

No excuses: the Warriors should have won this game. And the more they miss these opportunities, the more the case for blowing up both the roster and the coaching staff is being made.

Postscript: I guess the hype about Udoh was just that, hype. A DNP-CD on a night where Biedrins was out and Amundson was basically in foul trouble from the opening tip? I get that the Blazers represent a relatively small matchup, but to not even make it off the bench makes you wonder just how ready this guy actually is.

Golden State Warriors (9-17)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
D. Wright F 37:37 5-14 0-3 2-4 -7 3 3 6 1 1 4 1 0 0 12
L. Amundson F 15:23 1-3 0-0 1-2 -8 3 1 4 1 4 0 1 0 0 3
D. Lee F-C 42:50 5-11 0-0 3-3 -2 2 9 11 1 2 2 3 1 0 13
R. Williams F 38:13 6-14 1-5 3-3 0 2 4 6 3 3 0 2 0 0 16
M. Ellis G 35:25 9-20 1-3 7-9 -4 0 4 4 5 5 3 7 1 0 26
D. Gadzuric 10:36 2-4 0-0 0-1 +2 3 3 6 0 1 1 2 0 0 4
A. Law 18:00 1-3 0-0 0-0 -3 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 2
V. Radmanovic 23:20 3-6 2-4 1-1 +11 1 1 2 4 4 0 0 2 0 9
R. Carney 18:36 4-6 2-2 0-0 +6 1 2 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 10
C. Bell DNP – Coach’s Decision
J. Lin DNP – Coach’s Decision
E. Udoh DNP – Coach’s Decision
Total 240 36-81 6-17 17-23 15 27 42 17 23 11 17 4 0 95
44.4% 35.3% 73.9% team rebs: 8 total to: 18
Portland Trail Blazers (14-14)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
R. Fernandez G 38:41 6-12 2-4 1-2 -2 0 4 4 6 3 3 2 0 0 15
L. Aldridge F 40:44 6-10 0-0 5-8 +1 2 10 12 1 2 0 4 0 1 17
D. Cunningham F 39:16 6-13 0-0 1-2 +2 1 4 5 1 5 1 0 0 0 13
W. Matthews G 44:32 5-12 2-5 1-1 -1 0 7 7 2 2 0 2 0 3 13
A. Miller G 28:10 7-12 0-0 3-4 +11 1 2 3 8 1 4 0 0 0 17
S. Marks 15:59 3-4 0-0 0-0 -1 4 1 5 1 3 0 2 0 0 6
P. Mills 19:50 4-10 2-5 2-4 -10 2 0 2 4 2 1 2 0 0 12
L. Babbitt 11:07 1-5 0-1 1-1 +3 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 3
A. Johnson 01:40 0-0 0-0 0-0 +2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
N. Batum DND – Right Shoulder
M. Camby DND – Right Shoulder
B. Roy DND – Left Knee
Total 240 38-78 6-15 14-22 11 29 40 24 19 10 13 0 4 96
48.7% 40.0% 63.6% team rebs: 9 total to: 14

inactive

  • Warriors: Biedrins, Curry, Wright
  • Trail Blazers: Oden, Przybilla, Williams

technical fouls

  • Warriors: –
  • Trail Blazers: Matthews

scoring

  • Lead Changes: 13
  • Times Tied: 6

arena stats

  • Arena: Rose Garden, Portland, OR
  • Officials: #57 Greg Willard, #61 Courtney Kirkland, #59 Gary Zielinski
  • Attendance: 20398
  • Duration: 2:17
1
15
Dec

Game #25: Warriors 108, Timberwolves 99

Timberwolves 99

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Warriors 108

Timberwolves 25 26 25 23 99
Warriors 17 37 25 29 108
  Net -8 11 0 6 9
  Season Avg -2.9 0.8 -0.4 -0.1 -2.2
  Compare to Season Avg -5.1 10.2 0.4 6.1 11.2
 Warriors Stats
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Game 50.6% 50% 61.3% 31 20 12 43 21 9 3 17 13 44 15
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% 10.8% -14.8% 10.3 -2 0.4 2.5 -1.5 0 -2 2.9 -1.5 1.4 -3.6
 Net Comparison
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Net Game 4.8% 22.2% -5.4% 7 5 -4 -4 -5 2 2 3 5 -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 5.4% 18.7% -4.2% 14 8.6 -2.8 0.3 -2.8 1.2 1.3 1.8 3 -3.1 -5.2

The Warriors got a much needed win last night thanks to the T-wolves which handed the Warriors their last win. So thanks Minnesota. But in all honesty the Warriors should beat Minnesota every time they play and either Monta or Curry is on the court. The Monta-Curry (Williams last night) duo is just so much better than Minnesota’s backcourt. If you are starting Luke Ridnour you are not a very good team. This is still shocking reminder that Minnesota took two point guards in the 2009 draft and have nothing to show for it.

Admunson was a force off the bench and sported an eye-popping +22. But if you watched the game last night you did not need to see that stat to know he was one of the major reasons they Warriors were able to pull away late. And pull away late on the back end of the B2B even if it was at home. This smelled like a trap game so it was great to see them pull it off.

Props obviously have to go to Monta for scoring 30+ points and playing all 48 minutes. Reggie Williams had another good game, including a monster heart stopping dunk. I swear I think he is going to come up short and brick those high flying dunks every time.

David Lee had another double-double 10-11, but was a pathetic -13. I am not sure I believe he is all the way back to 100% yet. At least let’s hope that is the reason otherwise this is going to be a long half a decade paying his salary. But props to him and the rest of the big men for holding Love and Beasley in check.

Minnesota Timberwolves (6-19)
field goals rebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
M. Beasley F 34:56 9-16 1-3 0-1 -3 2 5 7 2 6 1 3 0 1 19
K. Love F-C 43:39 6-18 0-3 1-2 -4 4 10 14 3 2 0 2 0 1 13
D. Milicic C 31:34 12-19 0-0 1-1 -15 6 5 11 0 5 1 4 0 1 25
W. Johnson G 20:17 2-5 0-3 0-0 -5 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 4
L. Ridnour G 31:29 1-9 0-3 3-4 -9 1 2 3 11 3 3 1 0 0 5
N. Pekovic 06:28 1-2 0-0 0-1 0 2 1 3 0 2 0 2 0 0 2
J. Flynn 16:31 1-2 1-2 0-0 0 1 1 2 4 0 0 1 0 0 3
C. Brewer 28:44 1-6 1-2 8-10 -2 0 0 0 3 2 1 2 1 0 11
M. Webster 26:22 6-8 2-2 3-5 -7 0 5 5 2 3 1 5 0 0 17
W. Ellington DNP – Coach’s Decision
L. Hayward DNP – Coach’s Decision
S. Telfair DNP – Coach’s Decision
Total 240 39-85 5-18 16-24 16 31 47 26 25 7 20 1 3 99
45.9% 27.8% 66.7% team rebs: 5 total to: 20
Golden State Warriors (9-16)
field goals rebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
D. Wright F 30:10 4-14 2-8 2-3 -1 2 3 5 3 0 2 2 2 0 12
D. Lee F-C 30:15 4-10 0-0 2-2 -13 3 8 11 4 1 2 1 0 0 10
A. Biedrins C 31:47 3-4 0-0 1-4 +13 4 8 12 1 3 1 0 0 0 7
R. Williams F 39:11 8-13 4-7 6-8 +10 0 5 5 2 5 0 1 0 0 26
M. Ellis G 48:00 13-24 3-4 5-7 +9 1 3 4 6 3 1 5 0 1 34
A. Law 21:24 3-4 1-2 2-3 +6 1 0 1 3 2 2 2 0 0 9
L. Amundson 26:18 3-6 0-0 1-4 +22 1 2 3 0 2 0 3 1 0 7
V. Radmanovic 06:46 1-2 1-1 0-0 +2 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 3
D. Gadzuric 02:08 0-0 0-0 0-0 +5 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0
E. Udoh 04:01 0-0 0-0 0-0 -8 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
C. Bell DNP – Coach’s Decision
J. Lin DNP – Coach’s Decision
Total 240 39-77 11-22 19-31 12 31 43 21 20 9 17 3 1 108
50.6% 50.0% 61.3% team rebs: 9 total to: 19

inactive

  • Timberwolves: Gaines, Koufos, Tolliver
  • Warriors: Carney, Curry, Wright

technical fouls

  • Timberwolves: –
  • Warriors: Ellis

scoring

  • Lead Changes: 10
  • Times Tied: 10

arena stats

  • Arena: ORACLE Arena, Oakland, CA
  • Officials: #17 Joe Crawford, #28 Tommy Nunez Jr., #40 Leon Wood
  • Attendance: 17615
  • Duration: 2:17
0
11
Dec

Game #23: Heat 106, Warriors 84

Heat 106

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Warriors 84

Heat 26 22 36 22 106
Warriors 20 25 20 19 84
  Net -6 3 -16 -3 -22
  Season Avg -2.9 0.8 -0.4 -0.1 -2.2
  Compare to Season Avg -3.1 2.2 -15.6 -2.9 -19.8
 Warriors Stats
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Game 37.3% 33.3% 66.7% 21 17 16 41 24 9 2 14 19 26 7
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 -8.8% -5.9% -9.4% 0.3 -5 4.4 0.5 1.5 0 -3 -0.1 3.5 -16.6 -11.6
 Net Comparison
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Net Game -15.2% -31% -4.8% 0 -1 1 -9 -9 1 -5 2 4 -24 -20
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 -14.6% -34.5% -3.6% 7 2.6 2.2 -4.7 -6.8 0.2 -5.7 0.8 2 -21.1 -19.2

(Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)

The Warriors hung in this one for a while, but a dominant 3rd quarter behind LeBron blew things open and ended any hopes of an upset. It was obvious early on that the Warriors were going to have trouble scoring with Curry out, and eventually they just hit the wall. And, sadly, we didn’t even really get to see much of Udoh (though he did get to make his debut in garbage time).

The stats for this one are straight up ugly. The plus-minus numbers for the starters are just brutal, and the team got killed on the glass, killed in the paint, and killed on fast break points. Not exactly a winning formula!

Now the Warriors head to Utah for the final game of this brutal stretch (check the newly updated schedule page, which is now being powered by the database). While the schedule certainly explains this losing streak, it’s unfortunate that this team hasn’t been able to steal any of these games (and really only looked competitive in the Dallas and Phoenix games). Oh well — at least they have the Timberwolves coming up on Tuesday…

Miami Heat (16-8)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
L. James F 30:43 10-18 3-4 2-3 +22 0 7 7 9 1 1 4 1 0 25
C. Bosh F 33:11 7-14 0-0 2-2 +22 2 5 7 4 1 4 2 1 0 16
Z. Ilgauskas C 20:57 3-4 0-0 1-3 +19 3 3 6 0 1 0 2 2 0 7
D. Wade G 34:30 12-20 0-1 10-13 +30 3 6 9 7 3 1 4 0 1 34
C. Arroyo G 18:44 4-4 1-1 0-0 +15 0 1 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 9
J. Jones 27:25 3-5 3-5 0-0 -2 1 3 4 3 1 0 0 1 0 9
E. Dampier 18:18 0-6 0-0 0-0 +8 4 3 7 1 1 0 1 2 1 0
J. Howard 11:05 0-2 0-0 0-0 -2 1 3 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
M. Chalmers 28:13 2-4 2-3 0-0 +5 0 2 2 2 2 1 3 0 0 6
J. Anthony 12:29 0-0 0-0 0-0 -3 1 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
E. House 04:25 0-1 0-0 0-0 -4 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
J. Magloire 00:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 240 41-78 9-14 15-21 15 35 50 33 16 8 16 7 2 106
52.6% 64.3% 71.4% team rebs: 5 total to: 19
Golden State Warriors (8-15)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
D. Wright F 41:35 4-15 4-9 0-0 -17 4 6 10 4 2 2 2 0 1 12
D. Lee F-C 31:41 6-14 0-0 1-2 -28 1 7 8 4 3 0 1 0 1 13
A. Biedrins C 24:40 1-5 0-0 0-0 -15 0 3 3 2 3 2 2 0 0 2
R. Williams F 37:05 4-11 1-4 4-5 -26 2 0 2 3 1 2 2 0 1 13
M. Ellis G 42:20 8-18 2-7 2-4 -22 0 3 3 7 4 1 3 1 1 20
L. Amundson 19:44 2-5 0-0 4-6 -5 4 1 5 1 1 0 2 0 0 8
D. Gadzuric 07:21 2-3 0-0 0-0 +4 4 1 5 0 1 1 2 1 1 4
A. Law 18:12 0-4 0-2 3-4 -5 0 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 2 3
V. Radmanovic 10:42 3-5 1-2 0-0 -4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
E. Udoh 03:20 1-2 0-0 0-0 +4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
J. Lin 03:20 0-1 0-0 0-0 +4 1 0 1 2 0 1 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 31-83 8-24 14-21 16 25 41 24 17 9 14 2 7 84
37.3% 33.3% 66.7% team rebs: 6 total to: 15

inactive

  • Heat: Haslem, Miller, Pittman
  • Warriors: Carney, Curry, Wright

technical fouls

  • Heat: –
  • Warriors: –

scoring

  • Lead Changes: 4
  • Times Tied: 6

arena stats

  • Arena: ORACLE Arena, Oakland, CA
  • Officials: #10 Ron Garretson, #63 Derek Richardson, #49 Tom Washington
  • Attendance: 20036
  • Duration: 2:22



0
10
Dec

Game #22: Spurs 111, Warriors 94

Warriors 94

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Spurs 111

Warriors 19 28 27 20 94
Spurs 29 28 29 25 111
  Net -10 0 -2 -5 -17
  Season Avg -2.9 0.8 -0.4 -0.1 -2.2
  Compare to Season Avg -7.1 -0.8 -1.6 -4.9 -14.8
 Warriors Stats
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Game 45.1% 52.2% 72.7% 11 15 13 45 24 6 2 21 20 38 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 -1.1% 13% -3.4% -9.7 -7 1.4 4.5 1.5 -3 -3 6.9 -11.5 -4.6 -5.6
 Net Comparison
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Net Game -6.1% 6% 0.5% -7 0 3 4 -7 -4 -3 -10 -12 -10 -20
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 -5.5% 2.5% 1.7% 0 3.6 4.2 8.3 -4.8 -4.8 -3.7 -11.2 -14 -7.1 -19.2

(AP Photo/Eric Gay)

As noted in the preview, this was an unsurprising loss. Still, it was unfortunate they couldn’t put up a stronger fight given the contribution from Reggie Williams off the bench (a sign of things to come?). After closing within a few points late in the second, the Spurs proved themselves the better team by running the margin up to 10 before half time. After that, they never looked back.

With 6 players in double-digits, the Spurs ultimately made things look pretty easy. The Warriors lost Curry early to a re-aggravated ankle (though he still managed a -15 in only 10 minutes), and with Monta going 7-24 there was never really a path to victory.

Aside from Reggie, the Warriors got one of their better recent games from David Lee, and Amundson again provided quality minutes off the bench. It’s nice to see the Warriors with more combination options up front (soon to get even better with Udoh’s return tonight), though also unfortunate that Biedrins is making himself so easy to pull off the court. Hell, Amundson has seemed like the better scoring option since he’s come back.

The roadie is now mercifully over, and only two games left in the murder stretch. With the Warriors having lost 10 of 11, a softer stretch in the schedule can’t come soon enough.

Golden State Warriors (8-14)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
D. Wright F 40:11 5-15 3-8 0-0 -18 2 7 9 1 1 1 4 2 1 13
D. Lee F-C 35:54 7-10 0-0 2-2 -3 6 7 13 6 1 0 6 0 0 16
A. Biedrins C 23:41 1-5 0-0 0-1 -10 1 9 10 1 3 0 1 0 0 2
M. Ellis G 43:45 7-24 0-4 5-6 -13 0 3 3 6 1 1 3 0 2 19
S. Curry G 10:51 0-2 0-0 0-0 -15 0 1 1 3 2 0 2 0 0 0
L. Amundson 21:32 3-7 0-0 0-0 -12 3 2 5 0 3 1 2 0 1 6
R. Williams 35:32 11-16 8-10 1-2 -1 1 1 2 2 2 0 1 0 1 31
D. Gadzuric 05:32 0-0 0-0 0-0 -4 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
V. Radmanovic 16:14 3-3 1-1 0-0 +1 0 1 1 4 1 1 1 0 0 7
J. Lin 04:55 0-0 0-0 0-0 -7 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Jeff. Adrien 01:53 0-0 0-0 0-0 -3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
C. Bell DNP – Coach’s Decision
Total 240 37-82 12-23 8-11 13 32 45 24 15 6 21 2 5 94
45.1% 52.2% 72.7% team rebs: 6 total to: 22
San Antonio Spurs (18-3)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
R. Jefferson F 26:58 4-8 2-5 0-0 +12 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 10
T. Duncan F 17:57 4-7 0-0 0-0 +9 1 4 5 2 1 1 1 0 1 8
D. Blair C-F 26:52 5-8 0-0 5-6 +8 2 11 13 2 2 3 0 0 0 15
M. Ginobili G 27:49 4-11 2-5 2-2 +21 0 3 3 8 2 3 2 0 0 12
T. Parker G 27:31 9-14 0-1 1-2 +13 2 0 2 9 2 1 2 0 0 19
T. Splitter 24:00 4-7 0-0 4-6 +6 3 3 6 1 3 1 1 0 1 12
G. Hill 27:05 7-16 3-4 0-0 +10 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 2 0 17
M. Bonner 27:11 3-5 2-4 0-0 +11 1 5 6 0 0 0 1 2 0 8
I. Udoka 15:50 0-3 0-2 0-0 -3 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0
G. Neal 15:57 2-4 2-4 1-2 -3 0 3 3 1 2 0 2 0 0 7
C. Quinn 02:50 1-1 1-1 0-0 +1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
A. McDyess DNP – Coach’s Decision
Total 240 43-84 12-26 13-18 10 31 41 31 15 10 11 5 2 111
51.2% 46.2% 72.2% team rebs: 2 total to: 11

inactive

  • Warriors: Carney, Udoh, Wright
  • Spurs: Anderson

technical fouls

  • Warriors: –
  • Spurs: –

scoring

  • Lead Changes: 1
  • Times Tied: 1

arena stats

  • Arena: AT&T Center, San Antonio, TX
  • Officials: #13 Monty McCutchen, #50 Olandis Poole, #38 Michael Smith
  • Attendance: 16913
  • Duration: 2:4