Warriors and Whatever » nuggets http://warriorsandwhatever.mikedisharoon.com Musings on the Golden State Warriors and anything else we feel like talking about Wed, 12 Jun 2019 19:16:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.2 Game #81: Nuggets 134, Warriors 111 http://warriorsandwhatever.mikedisharoon.com/2011/04/game-81-nuggets-134-warriors-111/ http://warriorsandwhatever.mikedisharoon.com/2011/04/game-81-nuggets-134-warriors-111/#comments Wed, 13 Apr 2011 16:48:41 +0000 http://www.warriorsandwhatever.com/?p=1612

Warriors 111

@

Nuggets 134
April 11, 2011 1 2 3 4 T
Warriors 32 22 37 20 111
Nuggets 31 23 44 36 134
  Net 1 -1 -7 -16 -23
  Season Avg -2.9 0.8 -0.4 -0.1 -2.2
  Compare to Season Avg 3.9 -1.8 -6.6 -15.9 -20.8
 Warriors Stats
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Game 44.4% 52% 85.7% 21 24 9 37 20 5 6 11 15 38 14
Season Avg 46.2% 39.2% 76.1% 20.7 22 11.6 40.5 22.5 9 5 14.1 17.5 42.6 18.6
Difference -1.7% 12.8% 9.6% 0.3 2 -2.6 -3.5 -2.5 -4 1 -3.1 -8.5 -4.6 -4.6
 Net Comparison
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Net Game -8.7% 8.5% 17.1% -14 -6 -1 -12 -11 -3 -2 -3 -4 -38 -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 -8.1% 5% 18.3% -7 -2.4 0.2 -7.7 -8.8 -3.8 -2.7 -4.2 -6 -35.1 -4.2
Not much new here: the Warriors got destroyed inside (check out the points in the paint comparison), shot well early but eventually cooled off from outside, and played no defense in the second half. Credit to them for hanging tough in the first half, but this was about as good an illustration of why the Warriors aren’t a playoff team as there is.

Whereas Denver is playing together as more than the sum of their parts, the Warriors eventually broke down into an ineffective one-on-one team as they have all too often this season. Number one on my list for why the Warriors should dump Smart this offseason is that his offensive schemes just make no sense. When you see teams like Denver or San Antonio play the Warriors, they just eat them alive with smart ball movement and high-percentage plays. And the end result is often what we saw on Monday, with nine nuggets scoring in double figures.

One can only hope that things will change next season. In the meantime, we have one more chance to watch this flawed group try to get to 36 wins on the season.

 

Golden State Warriors (35-46)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
D. Wright F 37:35 8-23 4-11 7-7 -22 1 4 5 1 1 2 1 0 3 27
D. Lee F-C 27:00 5-10 0-1 0-0 -11 1 4 5 5 4 0 2 0 1 10
E. Udoh F 32:20 3-5 0-0 2-4 -12 3 1 4 1 3 0 1 6 2 8
R. Williams G 35:29 7-16 3-4 0-0 -19 0 3 3 3 3 0 1 0 1 17
S. Curry G 35:32 10-13 3-4 4-4 -8 1 4 5 5 1 0 5 0 0 27
L. Amundson 18:07 3-5 0-0 1-2 -18 2 4 6 1 3 1 0 0 0 7
A. Thornton 11:55 1-5 0-0 0-0 +1 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 2
V. Radmanovic 16:34 3-6 3-4 0-0 -12 0 2 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 9
J. Lin 21:17 0-5 0-1 4-4 -14 1 3 4 4 3 1 1 0 0 4
J. Adrien 04:11 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
C. Bell DNP – Coach’s Decision
M. Ellis NWT – INJ – Grade 2 Concussion
Total 240 40-90 13-25 18-21 9 28 37 20 24 5 11 6 8 111
44.4% 52.0% 85.7% team rebs: 8 total to: 12
Denver Nuggets (50-31)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
A. Afflalo G 16:46 4-6 1-2 1-1 +6 0 2 2 2 2 1 0 0 1 10
K. Martin F 31:32 6-13 0-0 2-2 +12 2 5 7 2 3 1 3 1 2 14
Nene C 15:48 4-7 0-0 4-6 +1 0 2 2 0 2 2 1 2 0 12
G. Forbes F 31:21 7-15 1-4 0-0 +9 0 4 4 3 2 0 0 0 2 15
T. Lawson G 36:55 6-10 1-4 1-2 +13 1 5 6 9 2 0 2 0 1 14
R. Felton 33:37 5-7 3-4 2-4 +25 0 2 2 10 2 1 2 0 0 15
C. Andersen 22:18 6-10 0-0 2-5 +13 4 8 12 2 1 2 0 4 0 14
J. Smith 30:45 6-17 4-9 6-8 +20 0 5 5 3 3 0 0 1 0 22
K. Koufos 18:44 6-8 0-0 6-7 +13 3 6 9 0 1 1 0 0 0 18
M. Ely 02:14 0-1 0-0 0-0 +3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
D. Gallinari DND – INJ – Sprained Right Ankle
A. Harrington DND – Precautionary
Total 240 50-94 10-23 24-35 10 39 49 31 18 8 8 8 6 134
53.2% 43.5% 68.6% team rebs: 14 total to: 8

inactive

  • Warriors: Biedrins, Law
  • Nuggets: Chandler, Mozgov

technical fouls

  • Warriors: Amundson, Radmanovic, Wright
  • Nuggets: Nene

scoring

  • Lead Changes: 21
  • Times Tied: 15

arena stats

  • Arena: Pepsi Center, Denver, CO
  • Officials: #10 Ron Garretson, #49 Tom Washington, #60 James Williams
  • Attendance: 19155
  • Duration: 2:14
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Golden State
Warriors

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Denver
Nuggets

Pepsi Center
6:00pm | CSN+

Official Game Preview

2010-11 Meetings
November 22, 2010 • Recap
Nuggets 106
Warriors 89
 
February 9, 2011 • Recap
Nuggets 114
Warriors 116
 
April 11, 2011 • Recap
Warriors 111
Nuggets 134
 
The Warriors head to Denver for a brutal back-to-back against a Nuggets team that has been lights out since trading Carmelo. No Monta Ellis tonight as he’s been shut down for the rest of the season with a concussion, so it will be interesting to see if Curry shines like he did at the end of last season in similar circumstances.

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Denver
Nuggets

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Golden State
Warriors

Oracle Arena
7:30pm | CSNBA/NBA TV

Official Game Preview

2010-11 Meetings
November 22, 2010 • Recap
Nuggets 106
Warriors 89
 
February 9, 2011 • Recap
Nuggets 114
Warriors 116
 
April 11, 2011 • Recap
Warriors 111
Nuggets 134
 
The Warriors try to pick themselves up off the floor tonight against the visiting Nuggets, who will be somewhat hobbled by injuries to Chauncey Billups and Nene and a (hopefully) distracted ‘Melo. Should be a good opportunity for our inside guys — Lee and Biedrins — to rebound from their woeful performance against the Suns, as they’ll have a solid challenge in dealing with Anthony and Kenyon Martin, not to mention Nene if he plays. Should also be a good test for Keith Smart — if the team comes out flat again tonight, it could be one more step toward the Warriors looking for a new head coach this offseason.

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Nuggets 106

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Warriors 89
November 22, 2010 1 2 3 4 T
Nuggets 21 30 28 27 106
Warriors 24 28 19 18 89
  Net 3 -2 -9 -9 -17
  Season Avg -2.9 0.8 -0.4 -0.1 -2.2
  Compare to Season Avg 5.9 -2.8 -8.6 -8.9 -14.8
 Warriors Stats
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Game 40.2% 23.1% 81.3% 16 21 10 38 16 9 5 10 10 30 11
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% -16.1% 5.1% -4.7 -1 -1.6 -2.5 -6.5 0 0 -4.1 -4.5 -12.6 -7.6
 Net Comparison
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Net Game -6.4% -34.1% -11.1% -10 -1 0 -9 -8 3 3 7 5 -4 -9
Net Season Avg -0.6% 3.5% -1.2% -7 -3.6 -1.2 -4.3 -2.2 0.8 0.7 1.2 2 -2.9 -0.8
Net Difference -5.8% -37.6% -9.9% -3 2.6 1.2 -4.7 -5.8 2.2 2.3 5.8 3 -1.1 -8.2
These are starting to write themselves. The Warriors couldn’t shoot, were outclassed inside yet again with Lee out, had to over-rotate to protect the middle (usually against Anthony), and gave up constant wide open looks from 3. The one bright spot last night was the solid effort from the bench, an effort that was ultimately wasted by inept play down the stretch (feltbot argues that bringing Gadzuric back in at the end killed their chances — as usual, hard to disagree).

On defense, Carmelo just destroyed the Warriors. They regularly doubled him — leaving their shooters, including Harrington multiple times, wide open at the arc — and he still took 17 shots from the line (making all of them). If Lacob was sitting courtside last night, I’d have to imagine that Anthony’s 39 points and complete dominance led to a dangerously large puddle of drool.

On the other end, all non-Carney Warriors couldn’t hit a shot to save their lives. Monta’s shot was flat all night on route to a 7-22 line, Curry was barely better at 8-21, and Wright was again invisible offensively (and has begun passing up open shots at the arc). Wright’s inability to defend Anthony should also be noted.

After the hot start, the Warriors have returned to .500. They now head out on a road trip filled with winnable games, though I’m not sure I’d call them that with the way the team is currently playing. With a stretch of seven playoff teams upon their return to Oakland, we can only hope that they manage to pull a few of these off and avoid a goose-egg on the roadie.

1 2 3 4 T
DEN 21 30 28 27 106
GS 24 28 19 18 89
Denver Nuggets (8-6)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
C. Anthony F 36:39 10-24 2-4 17-17 +11 3 6 9 5 3 2 3 0 1 39
S. Williams F 13:29 1-3 0-0 0-0 +1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2
Nene C-F 29:42 2-3 0-0 2-2 +22 1 8 9 3 1 0 4 0 0 6
A. Afflalo G 39:18 6-10 3-4 0-0 +15 2 7 9 2 1 0 5 2 1 15
T. Lawson G 33:02 5-8 2-3 2-2 +17 0 4 4 5 3 0 3 0 0 14
C. Andersen 18:18 3-3 0-0 1-3 -5 2 1 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 7
A. Harrington 34:25 7-13 5-7 0-0 +19 1 7 8 4 2 0 0 0 3 19
J. Smith 16:23 1-7 0-2 2-2 +9 1 2 3 1 3 0 0 0 0 4
A. Carter 14:58 0-3 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 3 5 3 2 0 0 0
G. Forbes 03:46 0-1 0-0 0-0 -4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
R. Balkman DNP – Coach’s Decision
M. Ely DNP – Coach’s Decision
Total 240 35-75 12-21 24-26 10 37 47 24 20 6 17 2 5 106
46.7% 57.1% 92.3% team rebs: 7 total to: 17
Golden State Warriors (7-7)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
D. Wright F 30:48 1-6 0-2 0-0 -5 0 4 4 2 5 1 2 0 0 2
A. Biedrins C 27:51 4-5 0-0 0-0 -16 4 5 9 0 3 2 1 2 0 8
D. Gadzuric C 32:28 3-8 0-0 2-4 -13 3 8 11 1 4 0 1 2 0 8
M. Ellis G 41:20 7-22 2-8 4-4 -15 1 3 4 4 0 1 1 0 1 20
S. Curry G 40:36 8-21 1-6 0-0 -19 1 6 7 5 3 3 2 0 0 17
R. Williams 30:08 4-13 1-7 7-8 -12 0 1 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 16
J. Lin 14:04 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 2
R. Carney 19:32 7-9 2-3 0-0 -8 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 16
J. Adrien 03:13 0-1 0-0 0-0 +3 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
C. Bell DNP – Coach’s Decision
V. Radmanovic DNP – Coach’s Decision
B. Wright DND – Lower Back Strain
Total 240 35-87 6-26 13-16 10 28 38 16 21 9 10 5 2 89
40.2% 23.1% 81.2% team rebs: 5 total to: 10

inactive

  • Nuggets: Billups, Martin
  • Warriors: Amundson, Lee, Udoh

technical fouls

  • Nuggets: –
  • Warriors: –

scoring

  • Lead Changes: 15
  • Times Tied: 11

arena stats

  • Arena: ORACLE Arena, Oakland, CA
  • Officials: #19 James Capers, #63 Derek Richardson, #65 Sean Wright
  • Attendance: 18023
  • Duration: 2:9
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Denver
Nuggets

@

Golden State
Warriors

Oracle Arena
7:30pm | CSNBA

Official Game Preview

2010-11 Meetings
November 22, 2010 • Recap
Nuggets 106
Warriors 89
 
February 9, 2011 • Recap
Nuggets 114
Warriors 116
 
April 11, 2011 • Recap
Warriors 111
Nuggets 134
 
The Warriors get a chance to wipe out their dreadful L.A. memories with a game against Denver tonight in Oakland. The Nuggets match the Warriors with a 7-6 record, and will be a bit more rested as they last played on Saturday (beating the Nets 107-103 at home). What to watch for tonight:

  • Showing up when you need to. The Warriors head out on a geographically long 3-game roadtrip to Houston, Memphis, and Minnesota after tonight, so it would be great to bag a home game before they go. The Warriors got off to a nice start to the season by winning the games they needed to in order to have a chance for the playoffs, and I think tonight qualifies. But they missed a similar opportunity last Friday against the Knicks, and Denver is better than the Knicks.
  • Frontcourt bench, again. Carmelo and Nene offer another big challenge upfront, and Lee and Brandon Wright remain out. Adrien was better last night against the Lakers, so he could be the key guy there.
  • Shoot the rock. For the Warriors to win tonight against the Nuggets, they’re going to need to score. And with Lee out, their best hope to score big is to shoot well from outside. I’d love to see Dorell Wright get back on the bandwagon by getting hot from deep for the first time in a while.
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