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31
Oct

Game 2: Warriors 109, Clippers 91

Clippers 91

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Warriors 109
October 29, 2010 1 2 3 4 T
Clippers 28 26 13 24 91
Warriors 27 31 32 19 109
  Net -1 5 19 -5 18
  Season Avg -2.9 0.8 -0.4 -0.1 -2.2
  Compare to Season Avg 1.9 4.2 19.4 -4.9 20.2
 Warriors Stats
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Game 53.1% 58.3% 52.9% 17 25 9 46 32 8 7 17 23 38 24
Season Avg 46.2% 39.2% 76.1% 20.7 22 11.6 40.5 22.5 9 5 14.1 17.5 42.6 18.6
Difference 6.9% 19.1% -23.2% -3.7 3 -2.6 5.5 9.5 -1 2 2.9 0.5 -4.6 5.4
 Net Comparison
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Net Game 14.5% 30.6% -15.8% -15 -9 -5 6 15 1 6 -1 -3 0 -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 15.1% 27.1% -14.6% -8 -5.4 -3.8 10.3 17.2 0.2 5.3 -2.2 -5 2.9 -0.2

This will be brief as I missed the game and have been distracted by work and Giants. But aside from the injury to Curry, this was a great all around game. Monta deferred, Dorrell stepped up, and Lee powered the team to another victory for the Warriors in the battle of the boards.

Like with the opener, this was the sort of game the Warriors need to win to have a shot at the postseason. Now they can play with house money down in LA tonight.

1 2 3 4 T
LAC 28 26 13 24 91
GS 27 31 32 19 109
Los Angeles Clippers (0-2)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
R. Gomes F 29:11 2-5 0-1 3-4 -12 1 2 3 1 2 0 1 0 1 7
B. Griffin F 29:13 6-14 0-0 2-5 -20 6 4 10 3 5 1 4 0 2 14
C. Kaman C 30:10 5-14 0-0 3-4 -9 3 4 7 1 0 0 2 1 1 13
E. Gordon G 31:53 6-17 2-9 5-7 -16 0 4 4 2 0 2 4 0 0 19
B. Davis G 34:18 5-13 1-3 5-5 -13 0 2 2 8 2 2 1 0 0 16
D. Jordan 13:33 4-4 0-0 0-2 -5 2 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 8
R. Foye 25:49 2-6 0-1 3-3 -9 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 2 7
B. Cook 12:39 1-7 1-2 0-0 -4 2 4 6 0 3 1 1 0 1 3
R. Butler 23:20 1-2 1-2 0-0 -6 0 3 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 3
A. Aminu 04:57 0-0 0-0 0-0 +2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
E. Bledsoe 04:57 0-1 0-0 1-2 +2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
J. Collins DNP – Coach’s Decision
Total 240 32-83 5-18 22-32 14 26 40 17 16 7 16 1 7 91
38.6% 27.8% 68.8% team rebs: 11 total to: 17
Golden State Warriors (2-0)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
D. Wright G-F 38:12 9-13 6-8 0-0 +14 1 7 8 3 1 0 2 0 0 24
D. Lee F-C 30:34 6-12 0-0 3-4 +12 1 11 12 3 3 0 2 0 1 15
A. Biedrins C 15:59 4-4 0-0 0-0 +21 0 4 4 0 4 3 2 0 0 8
M. Ellis G 32:49 6-12 3-4 0-0 +22 1 2 3 11 2 0 3 1 0 15
S. Curry G 26:53 7-9 1-3 1-3 +17 0 2 2 6 2 2 2 0 0 16
D. Gadzuric 12:51 2-5 0-0 0-0 -1 1 2 3 1 3 1 0 2 0 4
V. Radmanovic 19:50 1-6 1-4 3-4 +3 1 4 5 2 3 0 2 1 0 6
R. Carney 19:50 4-8 2-2 2-6 +1 3 0 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 12
R. Williams 26:16 2-6 1-3 0-0 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 3 1 0 5
B. Wright 14:14 2-6 0-0 0-0 +1 1 5 6 0 3 0 1 2 0 4
J. Lin 02:32 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
C. Bell DNP – Coach’s Decision
Total 240 43-81 14-24 9-17 9 37 46 32 25 8 17 7 1 109
53.1% 58.3% 52.9% team rebs: 10 total to: 18

inactive

  • Clippers: Smith, Warren
  • Warriors: Adrien, Amundson, Udoh

technical fouls

  • Clippers: –
  • Warriors: –

scoring

  • Lead Changes: 6
  • Times Tied: 5

arena stats

  • Arena: ORACLE Arena, Oakland, CA
  • Officials: #55 Bill Kennedy, #47 Bennie Adams, #59 Gary Zielinski
  • Attendance: 17408
  • Duration: 2:18
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27
Oct

Game #1: Warriors 132, Rockets 128

Rockets 128

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Warriors 132
October 27, 2010 1 2 3 4 T
Rockets 31 37 28 32 128
Warriors 34 33 37 28 132
  Net 3 -4 9 -4 4
  Season Avg -2.9 0.8 -0.4 -0.1 -2.2
  Compare to Season Avg 5.9 -4.8 9.4 -3.9 6.2
 Warriors Stats
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Game 55.4% 40% 84.6% 26 30 14 45 25 5 7 12 17 48 27
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 9.3% 0.8% 8.5% 5.3 8 2.4 4.5 2.5 -4 2 -2.1 -8.5 5.4 8.4
 Net Comparison
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Net Game 8.3% 15% 3.8% -26 -10 -1 6 1 -4 5 -3 -6 -18 7
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 8.9% 11.5% 5% -19 -6.4 0.2 10.3 3.2 -4.8 4.3 -4.2 -8 -15.1 7.8

Nice win for the Warriors, as they smartly ran Houston out of the gym to take advantage of last night’s game for the Rockets. Now if only the Warriors could have fouled them less (52-26 free throw disparity, with about a dozen of those coming at the end for the Warriors), the score would have reflected the second half shooting percentages a bit better.

[As an aside, Kevin Martin really is becoming one of my least favorite players to watch in the NBA. He's gifted at generated touch fouls but geez does it slow the game down and make things ugly.]

Monta had a whale of a game with 46 points on 18-24 shooting (50%+!). Curry dropped 25 with 11 assists, and kept the turnovers down to 5 (more than I’d like, but I’ll take the 2:1+ a/t ratio).

The starting front court also was impressive, as Biedrins had a solid 8 and 11 (10+ rebounds!) and Lee dropped 17 points with 15 rebounds, and moved the ball well with 6 assists.

I missed the first half watching the Giants, but was impressed with Dorrell Wright from what I saw. Just seems to have a nice presence out there.

The pick and roll also was utilized more than I expected after what we saw during the preseason. Good to say as it was consistently successful.

All in all, a nice start to the season. This is the sort of game the Warriors need to win if they have any hope of contending for the postseason this year, so good to see them get it done.

1 2 3 4 T
HOU 31 37 28 32 128
GS 34 33 37 28 132
Houston Rockets (0-1)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
S. Battier F 22:38 3-4 0-1 0-1 -3 0 2 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 6
L. Scola F-C 37:33 14-24 0-0 8-12 -10 4 12 16 0 0 1 0 1 3 36
C. Hayes F-C 39:06 8-12 0-0 0-2 -7 4 4 8 6 5 1 3 0 0 16
K. Martin G 34:54 5-14 1-4 17-17 -6 0 0 0 4 0 1 1 1 3 28
A. Brooks G 35:54 4-15 2-8 3-4 -2 1 2 3 7 5 2 3 0 0 13
J. Jeffries 15:44 3-6 0-0 1-1 +6 5 3 8 1 3 2 0 0 0 7
C. Budinger 20:00 2-5 1-3 2-4 +5 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 7
C. Lee 22:52 1-3 0-0 9-9 -2 1 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 11
I. Smith 08:22 1-4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
B. Miller 02:57 0-0 0-0 2-2 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
J. Hill DNP – Coach’s Decision
J. Taylor DNP – Coach’s Decision
Total 240 41-87 4-16 42-52 15 24 39 24 20 9 9 2 7 128
47.1% 25.0% 80.8% team rebs: 10 total to: 9
Golden State Warriors (0-0)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
D. Wright G-F 35:55 6-14 3-6 0-0 +10 1 2 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 15
D. Lee F-C 39:42 6-11 0-0 5-6 +10 3 12 15 6 3 0 3 1 0 17
A. Biedrins C 26:52 4-6 0-0 0-0 +10 4 7 11 1 6 1 0 2 0 8
M. Ellis G 39:45 18-24 1-2 9-12 +9 0 3 3 2 4 2 1 0 0 46
S. Curry G 39:04 9-16 3-6 4-4 +4 1 1 2 11 4 0 5 1 0 25
V. Radmanovic 06:24 0-3 0-1 0-0 -1 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
R. Williams 16:37 3-6 1-2 0-0 -8 0 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 7
R. Carney 16:46 2-7 0-3 4-4 -12 3 1 4 1 2 0 0 1 0 8
B. Wright 10:44 2-4 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
J. Adrien 00:48 0-0 0-0 0-0 +3 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
D. Gadzuric 02:52 1-1 0-0 0-0 -2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2
C. Bell 04:32 0-0 0-0 0-0 -3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Total 240 51-92 8-20 22-26 14 31 45 25 30 5 12 7 2 132
55.4% 40.0% 84.6% team rebs: 7 total to: 13

inactive

  • Rockets: Lowry, Ming, Patterson
  • Warriors: Amundson, Lin, Udoh

technical fouls

  • Rockets: –
  • Warriors: –

scoring

  • Lead Changes: 11
  • Times Tied: 13

arena stats

  • Arena: ORACLE Arena, Oakland, CA
  • Officials: #57 Greg Willard, #56 Mark Ayotte, #52 Pat Fraher
  • Attendance: 18428
  • Duration: 2:25
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27
Oct

Preview: Rockets at Warriors

Houston
Rockets

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Golden State
Warriors

Oracle Arena
7:30pm | CSNBA

Official Game Preview

2010-11 Meetings
October 27, 2010 • Recap
Rockets 128
Warriors 132
 
November 24, 2010 • Recap
Warriors 101
Rockets 111
 
December 20, 2010 • Recap
Rockets 121
Warriors 112
 
March 23, 2011 • Recap
Warriors 112
Rockets 131
 

The Warriors kick off their season in the shadow of the Giants postseason run, so they’ll have a bit of privacy as they try for a better start than last year. Once again, they get to start at home against a Rockets team on the back end of a back-to-back.

There’s only one thing to watch for tonight, and that’s whether the Warriors can get a win. Three keys to the game:

  • Biedrins 10+ rebounds. Is the old Biedrins back? If so, that completely changes the Warriors front court and will allow them to hang with a team like the Rockets.
  • Curry <5 turnovers. His most disturbing trend in the preseason was lack of caution with the ball. Was he just testing the outer limits of the new motion offense, or is he trying to do too much?
  • Monta >50% shooting. The biggest key to Monta making it to the next level is getting his volume shooting under control. If he can make plays while increasing his shooting efficiency, he might finally start earning some respect from around the league.
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23
Oct

Preseason Game 7: Lakers 105, Warriors 102 (OT)

The preseason comes to a close with Keith Smart showing how little trust he has in his bench by giving the bulk of the minutes to just 6 players (Curry and Dorrell Wright both sat the game out with injuries). Monta played all 53 minutes, taking a ton of shots (30) but also making plenty (16) on his way to an NBA preseason high of 41 points. That said, his 7 turnovers gave flashbacks to his pressing days of last season when he was forced to carry the short-handed squad.

Reggie Williams slid into the point guard role in Curry’s absence and by all accounts was terrific — 27 efficient points to pair with 8 assists. Looks like we may have found our answer to the question of who can spell Curry at the point (mercifully freeing Lin to learn how to play at the professional level in the D-League).

With Dorrell Wright out, VladRad played 30 minutes on his way to a decent looking line, though it sounds like he fell apart near the end of the game. Brandon Wright also got plenty of run, some of it at the 3, but was only able to total 5 points and 5 boards while posting a soul-sucking -23.

Good game writeup by feltbot that makes some interesting points about the Warriors’ aversion to the pick and roll and Brandon Wright’s terrible game.

Biedrin’s line jumps out of the box score thanks to his +19 and 10 rebounds, and Lee also had a solid all-around game with 16 points, 14 rebounds, and 4 assists (but 5 turnovers).

The Warriors won the rebounding battle yet again. As Mike Massa notes, the Warriors finish the preseason with a +4.13 rebounding margin, giving hope that they successfully addressed their biggest weakness in the offseason.

On to the regular season!

1 2 3 4 OT T
GS 32 20 27 19 4 102
LAL 20 25 24 29 7 105
Golden State Warriors (3-5)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
V. Radmanovic F 30:44 3-10 1-4 1-1 +8 1 5 6 2 3 2 4 1 1 8
D. Lee F-C 46:45 6-9 0-0 4-5 -6 4 10 14 4 3 1 5 1 1 16
A. Biedrins C 34:53 1-4 0-0 2-4 +19 3 7 10 1 6 0 0 1 1 4
M. Ellis G 53:00 16-30 2-6 7-8 -3 0 3 3 4 4 3 7 0 0 41
R. Williams F 48:42 8-14 2-5 9-9 -6 0 2 2 8 4 2 2 0 0 27
C. Bell 11:45 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
D. Gadzuric 04:47 0-1 0-0 0-0 -1 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
B. Wright 26:38 2-5 0-0 1-2 -23 2 3 5 0 4 1 1 1 1 5
J. Adrien 05:22 0-1 0-0 0-0 +2 1 2 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
J. Lin 02:24 0-0 0-0 1-1 -5 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1
L. Amundson 00:00 - - - -
R. Carney DNP – Coach’s Decision
S. Curry DNP – Coach’s Decision
E. Udoh 00:00 - - - -
D. Wright DNP – Coach’s Decision
Total 265 36-76 5-16 25-30 11 36 47 19 25 10 24 4 4 102
47.4% 31.2% 83.3% team rebs: 9 total to: 25
Los Angeles Lakers (4-4)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
S. Brown G 26:43 6-9 4-6 2-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 18
R. Artest F 42:45 4-10 0-1 3-4 +3 0 7 7 3 1 5 2 2 0 11
P. Gasol F-C 33:49 3-9 0-0 6-6 -15 2 6 8 5 4 0 3 1 1 12
K. Bryant G 34:14 6-19 2-9 8-9 -7 0 2 2 7 1 0 1 0 1 22
D. Fisher G 28:31 5-7 2-3 1-2 -8 0 1 1 0 4 1 3 0 0 13
M. Barnes 26:49 1-5 0-2 2-2 +8 3 2 5 2 3 2 2 1 0 4
D. Caracter 12:59 4-5 0-0 0-0 +8 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 8
S. Blake 24:29 0-5 0-4 0-0 +11 0 2 2 6 3 1 1 0 0 0
S. Vujacic 21:42 4-10 1-3 2-2 +7 2 2 4 0 1 2 2 0 0 11
L. Walton 04:30 0-0 0-0 0-2 -2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
D. Ebanks 08:29 2-6 0-0 2-2 +10 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 6
A. Bynum DND – Right knee surgery.
L. Odom DNP – Coach’s Decision
T. Ratliff DND – Sore left knee.
Total 265 35-85 9-28 26-31 10 25 35 23 23 14 15 4 4 105
41.2% 32.1% 83.9% team rebs: 9 total to: 16

inactive

  • Warriors: –
  • Lakers: –

technical fouls

  • Warriors: –
  • Lakers: –

scoring

  • Lead Changes: 6
  • Times Tied: 4

arena stats

  • Arena: Citizens Business Bank Arena, Ontario, CA
  • Officials: #55 Bill Kennedy, #34 Kevin Cutler, #12 Violet Palmer
  • Attendance: 10556
  • Duration: 2:42
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22
Oct

Preview: Warriors at Lakers, Part II

Golden State Warriors at Los Angeles Lakers | 7:00 p.m. | ESPN

It’s time for the final preseason game of the year, as the Warriors meet the Lakers once again in a place that isn’t the Staples Center. This also is one of our first chances to see the new team on the teevee — what to watch for tonight:

  • Who else can play? With Stephen Curry out tonight to nurse his sprained ankle, we’ll get a great chance to see who else can play in the back court. Look for Lin, Williams, and Bell to get most of the minutes alongside Monta — will any of them stand out?
  • Is Biedrins back? Another double-double would go a long way toward convincing me that he’s really back (at least, as much convincing as can be done in the pre-season).
  • Rebound margin. The Warriors have done a great job out-rebounding their opponents this pre-season. Can they keep it up for one more game?
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22
Oct

Preseason Game 6: Lakers 120, Warriors 99

Let’s focus on the good news first: Biedrins! Puts up a solid 11 points and 13 rebounds in 29 minutes, with a made free throw (!!!) and the best +/- of the starters at -4.

And: Lin! Sure, his +/- was pretty weak at -16, but he played 18 minutes, had 4 assists, and committed zero turnovers. Not exactly setting the world aflame, but a nice step forward and his best argument yet for getting real minutes in the early going.

And: Brandon Wright and Reggie Williams with production off the bench! Both dropped 14 points, though Wright’s rebounding totals were pretty weak with only two. Overall though, the Warriors outrebounded the Lakers 48-37, continuing one of the best trends of the preseason.

Now the bad news — Monta somehow managed a -29 in just 21 minutes of work, and had a largely invisible stat sheet. Curry went out with a sprained ankle that is apparently better than it looked at least. VladRad got the start (?) and was pretty woeful with 1-7 shooting — I assume that Smart was trying to send a message to Dorrell Wright as he ultimately ended up with the bulk of the minutes at the three, and had a decent line with 11 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists (but a -18 +/-).

And the Lakers shot 56%. That’s gotta change.

Postscript: Jeff Adrien got only 4 minutes of playing time, but grabbed 4 rebounds and had the best +/- of the night at +5. Granted, they were probably garbage minutes, but the dude keeps putting up solid minutes whenever he gets on the court.

1 2 3 4 T
GS 25 27 24 23 99
LAL 30 25 31 34 120
Golden State Warriors (3-4)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
V. Radmanovic F 20:57 1-7 0-2 0-0 -6 1 2 3 2 1 3 0 0 3 2
D. Lee F-C 25:49 7-11 0-0 3-3 -16 2 4 6 0 2 1 3 0 2 17
A. Biedrins C 28:29 5-9 0-0 1-2 -4 5 8 13 3 3 1 1 0 0 11
M. Ellis G 21:43 1-7 0-1 2-2 -29 0 1 1 1 3 0 3 0 1 4
S. Curry G 29:44 8-19 0-5 3-4 -5 1 4 5 3 2 1 5 0 0 19
D. Wright 31:08 4-9 1-2 2-2 -18 3 3 6 6 1 1 4 1 2 11
R. Williams 27:22 6-10 0-4 2-2 -1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 14
B. Wright 20:29 6-10 0-0 2-4 -10 2 1 3 1 1 1 2 0 2 14
D. Gadzuric 11:48 1-5 0-0 0-0 -5 2 2 4 1 4 0 0 1 1 2
J. Lin 18:16 1-4 0-0 1-1 -16 2 1 3 4 1 3 0 0 0 3
J. Adrien 04:15 1-3 0-0 0-0 +5 3 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
L. Amundson NWT – Fractured right index finger
C. Bell DNP – Coach’s Decision
R. Carney DNP – Coach’s Decision
E. Udoh NWT – Left wrist surgery
Total 240 41-94 1-14 16-20 21 27 48 22 20 12 19 2 11 99
43.6% 7.1% 80.0% team rebs: 8 total to: 19
Los Angeles Lakers (3-4)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
R. Artest F 25:32 3-10 2-4 2-4 +19 0 3 3 5 2 0 3 1 0 10
L. Odom F 24:26 5-16 1-3 5-6 +8 4 8 12 2 1 1 5 3 1 16
P. Gasol F-C 26:05 8-13 0-0 7-7 +14 2 5 7 0 2 0 0 2 0 23
S. Vujacic G 14:44 4-5 1-1 0-0 +9 0 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 9
D. Fisher G 22:26 3-4 2-2 0-0 +12 1 0 1 2 2 0 2 0 0 8
S. Brown 33:16 6-11 0-0 1-2 +12 2 1 3 5 0 3 1 2 1 13
M. Barnes 26:16 4-7 2-4 0-0 +17 1 2 3 4 4 2 2 0 0 10
L. Walton 11:13 2-3 1-1 0-0 -7 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 5
S. Blake 25:34 8-10 1-2 1-1 +9 0 0 0 7 1 0 2 0 0 18
T. Ratliff 21:55 0-0 0-0 0-2 +7 0 4 4 1 5 0 0 2 0 0
D. Ebanks 08:33 4-5 0-0 0-0 +5 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 8
K. Bryant DNP – Coaches decision
A. Bynum DND
D. Caracter DNP – Coach’s Decision
T. Johnson DNP – Coach’s Decision
D. Naymick DNP – Coach’s Decision
Total 240 47-84 10-17 16-22 10 27 37 30 17 8 16 11 2 120
56.0% 58.8% 72.7% team rebs: 7 total to: 16

inactive

  • Warriors: –
  • Lakers: –

technical fouls

  • Warriors: –
  • Lakers: –

scoring

  • Lead Changes: 8
  • Times Tied: 10

arena stats

  • Arena: San Diego Sports Arena, San Diego, CA
  • Officials: #57 Greg Willard, #47 Bennie Adams, #72 J.T. Orr
  • Attendance: 11150
  • Duration: 2:15
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20
Oct

Preseason Game 5: Suns 92, Warriors 87

Brutal shooting nights for both Lee and Monta. Ethan Sherwood Strauss is getting worried about Lee as he’ll be shooting a lot more mid-range jumpers this year since he’s no longer playing the 5, so it would be nice to see him settle that shot down a bit in the final two preseason games. Monta had a classic “old Monta” line with 29 points off 10-28 shooting in 44 (!) minutes.

On the bright side, Curry had only 1 turnover (but only 3 assists), and Brandon Wright had a solid game with 14 and 6 in 19 minutes (and, according to the AP writeup, was key to their late comeback attempt). The Warriors held the Suns to less than 38% shooting, but only shot 33% themselves. The Warriors won the rebounding battle as well, which is starting to become a nice trend.

In the final roster spot battle, Adrien got almost 20 minutes and pulled down 8 rebounds, while posting a +2. Miles played 11 minutes and only had one assist, but also pulled down five rebounds. Advantage: Adrien.

Two more preseason games left, both against the Lakers.

1 2 3 4 T
GS 19 19 20 29 87
PHX 21 25 16 30 92
Golden State Warriors (3-3)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
D. Wright G-F 26:30 4-12 2-6 0-0 -3 1 3 4 2 1 1 5 1 0 10
D. Lee F-C 26:53 1-11 0-0 2-3 -11 3 6 9 1 2 1 2 0 2 4
A. Biedrins C 16:16 2-4 0-0 0-0 -2 5 4 9 0 3 1 1 0 1 4
M. Ellis G 43:39 10-28 1-6 8-9 +6 1 3 4 5 2 4 3 0 0 29
S. Curry G 23:57 5-13 1-6 1-1 -13 0 2 2 3 4 2 1 1 0 12
C. Bell 08:41 0-2 0-1 0-0 +3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
V. Radmanovic 27:14 1-5 1-5 0-0 +4 1 5 6 1 1 0 1 0 0 3
R. Carney 05:54 0-2 0-2 0-0 -7 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
B. Wright 18:57 5-6 0-0 4-6 +1 1 5 6 0 3 0 1 1 0 14
J. Adrien 19:36 3-7 0-0 0-2 +2 5 3 8 0 1 1 1 1 0 6
A. Miles 11:45 1-4 0-0 0-0 +1 2 3 5 1 0 1 1 0 1 2
D. Gadzuric 10:38 1-6 0-0 1-1 -6 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
L. Amundson NWT – Dislocated Right Index Finger
J. Lin DNP – Coach’s Decision
E. Udoh NWT – Left Wrist Surgery
R. Williams DND – Left Groin Soreness
Total 240 33-100 5-26 16-22 21 39 60 14 17 11 17 4 5 87
33.0% 19.2% 72.7% team rebs: 9 total to: 18
Phoenix Suns (2-5)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
G. Hill F 23:17 3-8 0-1 0-0 +14 1 6 7 3 1 0 1 1 1 6
H. Turkoglu F 29:10 2-9 1-3 0-0 +7 2 2 4 2 4 2 1 0 0 5
R. Lopez C 25:03 5-9 0-0 4-4 +12 5 5 10 0 3 0 0 0 0 14
J. Richardson G-F 28:05 4-13 1-5 2-2 +9 3 2 5 1 0 2 4 1 0 11
S. Nash G 33:43 8-15 0-2 2-2 +5 0 5 5 4 1 2 7 0 0 18
C. Frye 22:57 4-13 2-7 4-4 -7 1 6 7 1 4 0 2 3 0 14
H. Warrick 20:29 1-5 0-0 3-6 -5 0 5 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 5
J. Dudley 21:55 2-8 1-4 1-2 -5 2 2 4 1 3 0 0 0 2 6
J. Childress 21:04 0-3 0-0 3-4 -5 1 4 5 1 1 0 1 0 0 3
G. Dragic 14:17 5-7 0-2 0-0 0 0 4 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 10
E. Clark DNP – Coach’s Decision
Z. Dowdell DNP – Coach’s Decision
M. Janning DNP – Coach’s Decision
D. Jones DNP – Coach’s Decision
G. Lawal DNP – Coach’s Decision
G. Siler DNP – Coach’s Decision
Total 240 34-90 5-24 19-24 15 41 56 17 17 7 17 5 4 92
37.8% 20.8% 79.2% team rebs: 9 total to: 17

inactive

  • Warriors: –
  • Suns: –

technical fouls

  • Warriors: Smart
  • Suns: –

scoring

  • Lead Changes: 6
  • Times Tied: 7

arena stats

  • Arena: US Airways Center, Phoenix, AZ
  • Officials: #22 Bill Spooner, #56 Mark Ayotte, #70 Brent Barnaky
  • Attendance: 14635
  • Duration: 2:24
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18
Oct

Preseason Game 5: Warriors

Nice looking win with the starters picking up most of the positive side of the +/-, along with Jeremy Lin who was a +13 in only 12 minutes (still a chance to be the backup PG solution?). Curry turnovers are still running a little hot with 6 (versus 6 assists), and he paired that with an off shooting night. On the bright side, Monta was back to 50% with a 9-18.

Biedrins finally came alive with a solid 8 points and 11 rebounds, and Lee had an all star line with 21 points and 12 rebounds. Wright was fairly quiet with 7 and 5 in 18 minutes, but that’s not too shabby averaged out for a full game. Adrien had a good looking 6 and 5 in only 8 minutes (and a +6), while Miles had 3 assists in 9 minutes (with a +8).

Won the rebounding battle, which could be to the Warriors as turnovers are to the 49ers…

1 2 3 4 T
POR 20 23 16 19 78
GS 18 24 31 27 100
Portland Trail Blazers (2-4)
field goals rebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
N. Batum F 16:50 2-4 0-1 0-1 -5 0 2 2 1 2 1 4 0 0 4
L. Aldridge F 24:00 4-8 0-0 3-4 -13 2 3 5 0 5 1 1 0 1 11
D. Cunningham F 25:46 4-7 0-0 0-0 -8 1 3 4 1 5 2 1 1 0 8
B. Roy G 24:00 2-8 0-0 1-2 -13 1 2 3 1 1 0 2 0 0 5
A. Miller G 21:46 0-3 0-0 10-10 -10 1 4 5 4 1 1 3 0 0 10
J. Bayless 17:51 1-5 0-3 6-6 -7 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 0 0 8
L. Babbitt 29:58 3-10 0-3 0-1 -11 2 7 9 5 4 0 5 0 0 6
R. Fernandez 12:16 3-6 2-4 0-0 -3 1 1 2 2 1 0 2 0 0 8
A. Johnson 25:58 4-7 0-1 1-2 -10 0 4 4 2 3 1 3 0 0 9
R. Sykes 15:14 1-3 0-0 2-4 -9 0 1 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 4
E. Williams 18:15 1-6 0-1 0-0 -15 1 1 2 1 2 2 0 0 4 2
P. Mills 08:06 1-2 1-1 0-0 -6 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 3
M. Camby DND- Right Hip
S. Hill DNP – Coach’s Decision
W. Matthews DND- Right Achilles
G. Oden DND- Left Knee
J. Pendergraph DND- Right Knee
J. Przybilla DND- Right Knee
Total 240 26-69 3-14 23-30 10 31 41 19 30 11 25 1 5 78
37.7% 21.4% 76.7% team rebs: 6 total to: 25
Golden State Warriors (3-2)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
D. Wright G-F 36:04 2-11 1-5 2-2 +15 1 4 5 3 1 1 0 1 0 7
D. Lee F-C 32:43 7-13 0-0 7-8 +21 5 7 12 1 2 2 1 0 1 21
A. Biedrins C 24:33 4-7 0-0 0-0 +22 4 7 11 3 3 1 1 2 0 8
M. Ellis G 35:39 9-18 1-4 3-7 +11 1 3 4 2 2 1 4 0 0 22
S. Curry G 32:55 4-12 1-4 2-4 +16 1 1 2 6 2 4 6 0 0 11
V. Radmanovic 05:50 0-1 0-1 0-0 -1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
C. Bell 06:01 0-2 0-2 0-0 -4 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
B. Wright 18:37 2-6 0-0 3-4 +1 1 4 5 0 1 1 2 2 0 7
D. Gadzuric 06:05 1-1 0-0 0-0 -3 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 2
R. Carney 12:02 4-6 1-3 0-1 +5 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 9
J. Lin 11:41 0-0 0-0 5-6 +13 0 2 2 2 0 1 2 0 0 5
A. Miles 09:44 0-1 0-0 2-2 +8 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 2
J. Adrien 08:06 3-3 0-0 0-0 +6 3 2 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 6
L. Amundson NWT – Dislocated Right Index Finger
E. Udoh DND- Left Wrist Surgery
R. Williams DND- Sore Left Groin
Total 240 36-81 4-19 24-34 16 32 48 22 18 14 18 5 1 100
44.4% 21.1% 70.6% team rebs: 10 total to: 19

inactive

  • Trail Blazers: –
  • Warriors: –

technical fouls

  • Trail Blazers: –
  • Warriors: Smart

scoring

  • Lead Changes: 5
  • Times Tied: 5

arena stats

  • Arena: ORACLE Arena, Oakland, CA
  • Officials: #24 Mike Callahan, #75 Eric Dalen, #50 Olandis Poole
  • Attendance: 11246
  • Duration: 2:21
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18
Oct

Preview: Trail Blazers vs. Warriors

Portland Trail Blazers at Golden State Warriors | 7 p.m. | No TV/radio

The Warriors and Blazers get set to do it all over again two nights after meeting in the Rose Garden. What to watch for:

  • Replacing Amundson. With Amundson out for 1-4 months, can anyone step up and show that they can handle backup minutes at the 5? Gadzuric and Adrien are the only real options (outside of playing Lee there out of position), so let’s hope that one of them can give some quality minutes tonight.
  • Curry’s handles. He had 8 turnovers last game — let’s see if he can at least get things down to a 2:1 assist to turnover ration, and preferably 3:1.
  • The “New” Monta. After a couple of efficient games, Monta threw up a 5-16 last game, with four missed threes. Can he once again give us hope that he’s rediscovering his 2007-08 form when he shot over 50% from the field?
  • Bench scoring. Can someone — anyone — score some points off the bench? Williams and Wright, I’m looking at you (since I have little to no hope for anyone else who’s healthy)
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12
Oct

Preview: Warriors at Kings

Golden State Warriors at Sacramento Kings | 7:30 PT | KNBR

Time for the back end of a home-and-home as the Warriors and Kings do it all over again in Sacramento. Here’s what to look for tonight:

  • Can Monta’s D continue to frustrate Tyreke Evans? He got props for his defense on Evans in Sunday’s game, so it will be interesting to see if Evans tries to make a statement right back tonight.
  • Jeff Adrien vs. Aaron Miles for the 15th roster spot. With Vernon Goodridge being waived yesterday, it appears it will come down to Adrien and Miles. Miles fills the greater need (a backup PG who can spell Curry for 10-15 minutes a night), but if Adrien can keep up his rebounding and continue playing tough interior defense it will be tough to let a guy like that go.
  • Will Andris Biedrins show up? So far it’s been a quiet preseason for Biedrins, though he did have 10 rebounds in the first preseason game. Not the greatest defensive matchup against the size of the Kings’ front line, but it would be nice to see him return the favor and use his quickness to get a bit more active on offense (and show some flashes of the “old” Biedrins).