Posts Tagged ‘ stephen curry ’

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12
Jan

More Roster Thoughts

I present a few thoughts up for discussion:

  • Kwame Brown needs surgery for a torn pectoral muscle and is out until early April.  The season ends April 26th.  First this is disappointing because I liked what Kwame was bringing to the court.  A lot more than what the starting center was bringing when he wasn’t hurt himself.  MTII suggests that Ish Smith will be cut in order to bring in another big man.  The inactive list does not open a roster position, but is there a way for the Warrior’s to declare Kwame inactive for the rest of the season and use his spot on the 15 man roster to pick up another player?  Can they cut him?  If so that is the route I would take as by the time he comes back and there is only 2 weeks left in the season, the playoffs will already be out of the question, so why tie up a valuable roster spot for two weeks of no-point basketball.  This assumes everything goes smoothly.  If he has a slight hiccup in his recovery then he won’t even be back until the playoffs and that is not happening.
  • That Heat game was a lot of fun to watch.  I missed the 3rd quarter, no biggie, and caught the end.  I was thinking about going up to the game for my birthday (I guess I share it with Lacob), but figured the game would be the opposite of a good birthday present to myself.  I was wrong.
  • The Warrior’s beat the Heat and the National media hardly notices, the Clippers beat the Heat and suddenly they become valid players in the NBA Champion discussion.  Pretty absurd.  Now ignoring the Warriors win was probably the right move.  Discuss it as a single game, but it probably had no larger meaning on the Warrior’s season.  It may show that it is too early to anoint the Heat Champs, but does not mean that the Warriors are “for real.”  In the same context the OT loss to the Clippers may also show that the Heat are going to have some trouble with high scoring teams on the road.  The Clippers may or may not be real, but I don’t think we will look back at one OT win over the Heat and say, “That was when we knew.”  The Heat losing to the Warriors the night before just proves that beating the Heat in your house is not a Herculean task.
  • TK talks about the W’s upcoming decision on Steph Curry and offering a max contract which is about 5yr/$75M for $14.8M/yr average.  “Among Curry’s 2009 class includes Blake Griffin (max obviously), James Harden (interesting) and Tyreke Evans (interesting).” I think all three of those players are better than Curry now and are likely to be in the long-term with the possible exception of Harden.  As I have made clear I have soured a bit on Curry and do not see him as a future Super-star and a team can get into a lot of trouble giving max contracts to non-Super stars.  I think he deserves something much closer to Monta’s 6 year $66M contract (Curry on the books for 6 years with his injury history scares the hell out of me though).  It may be max or nothing, and I would lean towards max, but maybe he needs to be traded once he can show his ankle won’t fall apart every three games and sell high.
  • File this in whatever … but the Raiders move to fire Hugh Jackson was probably the right call.  Just as we did not blame Lacob for wanting to start afresh and fire Keith Smart, I don’t blame McKenzie for wanting to start fresh with his own guy.  Plus Hue Jackson gambled on the Palmer trade and did not make the playoffs.  I think he needed to make the playoffs for that trade to be worth it and therefore save his job.  The Raider’s have no draft picks in the first three rounds this year, so the rebuild is going to take several years.  If I were GM I would trade anyone, including Run-DMC if I can get picks in the first two rounds and get the rebuild happening one year sooner.  Yes, the Raiders can possibly make the playoffs with the same team next year, but I don’t see them getting very far.  That being said San Diego is still a better team and they may figure out how to play 16 games at some point so it is no guarantee the Raiders are a playoff team.

 

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25
Dec

Preview: Clippers at Warriors

Los Angeles
Clippers

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Golden State
Warriors

Oracle Arena
7:30pm | CSNBA/ESPN

Official Game Preview

2011-12 Meetings
December 25, 2011 • Recap
Clippers 105
Warriors 86
 
February 20, 2012 • Recap
Clippers 97
Warriors 104
 
March 11, 2012 • Recap
Warriors 97
Clippers 93
 
April 14, 2012 • Recap
Warriors 104
Clippers 112
 

The season kicks off with a high-profile game against the new marque draw in the league, the Los Angeles Clippers. What to watch for tonight:

  • Offense: With no Curry, it will likely be a tall order to keep up with tonight’s visitors. Can the Warriors generate enough offense to stay in the game?
  • Defense: Much more important, can Jackson get them to play smart defense against a team that might be a bit sloppy as they focus on lobs and other Sports Center catnip?
  • Bench: The Warriors’ bench was pretty terrible last year. Will this year’s rookies and b-list additions represent an improvement and allow them to get Monta off the floor for at least 15 minutes every night?
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14
Apr

Game #82: Warriors 110, Trail Blazers 86

Trailblazers 86

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Warriors 110
April 13, 2011 1 2 3 4 T
Trailblazers 28 17 24 17 86
Warriors 30 21 34 25 110
  Net 2 4 10 8 24
  Season Avg -2.9 0.8 -0.4 -0.1 -2.2
  Compare to Season Avg 4.9 3.2 10.4 8.1 26.2
 Warriors Stats
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Game 51.1% 43.5% 66.7% 15 21 9 41 33 15 7 11 14 58 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 5% 4.3% -9.4% -5.7 -1 -2.6 0.5 10.5 6 2 -3.1 5.5 15.4 5.4
 Net Comparison
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Net Game 17.4% 1.2% -9.3% -10 -6 -8 -7 15 9 6 8 11 38 10
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 18% -2.3% -8.1% -3 -2.4 -6.8 -2.7 17.2 8.2 5.3 6.8 9 40.9 10.8

And thus the season comes to a close, with a nice little win in front of the home town fans against the Trail Blazers’ 3rd-stringers. And with that, the Warriors finish with 36 wins, a 10-game improvement over last year but still 10 back of the last playoff spot. The Warriors will have the 11th pick in the draft barring any lottery upsets.

Nice game all around, with Reggie Williams playing the full 48 and leading the team with an efficient 28 points. Curry continued his hot shooting with 18 points on 7-11 from the field, and Dorell Wright became the first player in league history to score more points in his 7th season than in his first 6 combined. And 8 rebounds for Udoh! (But only 3 points.)

The Warriors once again lost the rebounding battle (they finished last in the league in rebounding margin, again, and without even resorting to small-ball much), but at least they moved the ball around great — 33 assists for the team, 10.5 above the season average.

Despite the win, the real news was the hire of agent Dan Myers to be the new VP of Basketball Operations. Despite an extension for Riley, the expectation is that Myers will take over most of the day-to-day GM duties before long. More on this in the weeks to come — have to talk about something during what could be an extremely long off-season, after all — but suffice to say this is the best news I’ve heard from this team in quite some time.

So onto another playoffs without the Warriors, and the countdown to the draft lottery, and hope springing eternal, and all that jazz. I guess I’m kinda used to a postseason-less season at this point, but it still sucks.

Portland Trail Blazers (48-34)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
R. Fernandez G 34:52 2-8 1-5 0-0 -15 0 2 2 5 1 1 1 0 0 5
C. Johnson C 40:19 1-8 0-0 6-8 -20 8 5 13 1 4 1 2 1 1 8
E. Barron C-F 36:39 2-10 0-0 1-2 -35 4 9 13 3 4 0 3 0 1 5
W. Matthews G 24:00 5-9 4-7 4-4 -12 0 1 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 18
A. Miller G 07:05 2-3 0-1 0-0 -11 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4
A. Johnson 34:46 5-12 0-1 2-3 -15 0 3 3 3 2 2 5 0 0 12
L. Babbitt 33:20 4-17 2-5 1-2 -5 3 8 11 3 2 0 3 0 1 11
P. Mills 28:59 7-16 4-7 5-6 -7 2 3 5 2 2 2 0 0 4 23
L. Aldridge DNP – Coach’s Decision
M. Camby DNP – Coach’s Decision
B. Roy DNP – Coach’s Decision
G. Wallace DNP – Coach’s Decision
Total 240 28-83 11-26 19-25 17 31 48 18 15 6 19 1 7 86
33.7% 42.3% 76.0% team rebs: 9 total to: 21
Golden State Warriors (36-46)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
D. Wright F 36:00 8-21 3-9 1-2 +20 0 5 5 6 1 4 1 1 0 20
D. Lee F-C 40:28 6-13 0-0 1-3 +18 1 5 6 2 2 3 2 1 0 13
E. Udoh F 29:03 1-5 0-0 1-2 +16 4 4 8 4 4 4 1 2 0 3
R. Williams G 48:00 12-18 4-8 0-0 +24 0 7 7 5 2 1 1 0 0 28
S. Curry G 24:09 7-11 2-4 2-2 +16 0 3 3 9 4 0 1 0 0 18
J. Lin 23:51 5-8 1-2 1-2 +8 2 3 5 5 2 2 0 0 0 12
L. Amundson 12:00 2-5 0-0 0-0 +4 2 0 2 0 2 0 1 3 1 4
V. Radmanovic 04:09 0-2 0-0 0-0 +1 0 2 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0
A. Thornton 12:00 2-2 0-0 2-2 +4 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 6
J. Adrien 10:20 2-3 0-0 2-2 +9 0 1 1 0 2 1 2 0 0 6
C. Bell DNP – Coach’s Decision
M. Ellis DND – Grade 2 Concussion
Total 240 45-88 10-23 10-15 9 32 41 33 21 15 11 7 1 110
51.1% 43.5% 66.7% team rebs: 11 total to: 12

inactive

  • Trail Blazers: Batum, Oden, Williams
  • Warriors: Biedrins, Law

technical fouls

  • Trail Blazers: –
  • Warriors: –

scoring

  • Lead Changes: 3
  • Times Tied: 1

arena stats

  • Arena: ORACLE Arena, Oakland, CA
  • Officials: #22 Bill Spooner, #40 Leon Wood, #54 Nick Buchert
  • Attendance: 19596
  • Duration: 2:05
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13
Apr

Preview: Trail Blazers at Warriors

Portland
Trailblazers

@

Golden State
Warriors

Oracle Arena
7:30pm | CSN+

Official Game Preview

2010-11 Meetings
December 18, 2010 • Recap
Warriors 95
Trailblazers 96
 
December 25, 2010 • Recap
Trailblazers 102
Warriors 109
 
April 5, 2011 • Recap
Warriors 108
Trailblazers 87
 
April 13, 2011 • Recap
Trailblazers 86
Warriors 110
 

This is it, the merciful end to the season. No matter what happens tonight, this has to be considered a year of deep disappointment for the Warriors. On the heels of a new owner and a big offseason acquisition, it seems like if anything the team regressed from last year (despite the increase in wins). At least last year there were significant disruptions (Stephen Jackson) and injuries to blame things on (I just don’t buy the argument that David Lee’s injury cost this team that many games — the stretch he missed was one the Warriors would have had trouble succeeding in anyway).

Instead, we have a new high-paid interior player who just isn’t that good inside, an owner who appears surprisingly accepting of treading water (when he isn’t stocking the bench with inferior players), and a team that STILL CAN’T PLAY ANY FUCKING DEFENSE. Top it off with the fact that our potential-star young PG didn’t take the leap forward that most of us expected this year, and it’s hard to feel that this franchise has turned much of a corner — much less put itself on the path to the playoffs.

Really, the only things to get excited about is that the players genuinely seem to get along for once (not insignificant, considering the history of the franchise) and that their draft pick doesn’t appear to be a bust (though the smart money is on him remaining limited throughout his career).

As for tonight, I’ll kinda be rooting for a loss. I don’t feel this team deserves the AWESOME ACHIEVEMENT of a 10-win improvement over last year, and they could potentially tie Milwaukee for the 10th-worst record in the league (I think the draft position would then be decided by a coin flip?). That’s unlikely as the Bucks would have to win but are playing their final game at Oklahoma City, and considering that Portland’s playoff position is set I doubt they’ll try hard.

So if they have to win, I’d just love to see something positive from Udoh and Curry. I just don’t trust this front office to get anything done, so if the Warriors are going to be any better next year I feel like those two are going to have to be the primary drivers of improvement.

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7
Apr

Game #79: Warriors 95, Lakers 87

Lakers 87

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Warriors 95
April 6, 2011 1 2 3 4 T
Lakers 23 15 17 32 87
Warriors 14 29 29 23 95
  Net -9 14 12 -9 8
  Season Avg -2.9 0.8 -0.4 -0.1 -2.2
  Compare to Season Avg -6.1 13.2 12.4 -8.9 10.2
 Warriors Stats
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Game 41.9% 28% 84.2% 19 18 18 50 23 10 2 11 13 44 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 -4.2% -11.2% 8.1% -1.7 -4 6.4 9.5 0.5 1 -3 -3.1 1.5 1.4 -2.6
 Net Comparison
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Net Game -0.9% 1.7% 25% -8 -2 6 3 6 1 1 7 8 2 4
Net Season Avg -0.6% 3.5% -1.2% -7 -3.6 -1.2 -4.3 -2.2 0.8 0.7 1.2 2 -2.9 -0.8
Net Difference -0.3% -1.8% 26.2% -1 1.6 7.2 7.3 8.2 0.2 0.3 5.8 6 4.9 4.8

Break up the Warriors!

In all seriousness, this has been a tremendous 3-game stretch. These aren’t meaningless end-of-season games for the opposition; the Mavericks, Blazers, and Lakers all had a lot to play for when they faced the Warriors this past week.

The last two games in particular have been a ton of fun to watch, as the Warriors — dare I say it — dominated for most of the second half in both contests. Things got a little hairy at the end of the game last night, but the Dubs hit enough big shots to keep a healthy cushion and even avoid a foul-plagued ending.

Perhaps most impressive, the Warriors out-rebounded the Lakers 50-47. Bynum pulled down 17 boards, but they were able to hold Gasol and (especially) Odom in check. David Lee matched Bynum with 17 boards of his own, making it his second straight impressive double-double. Thanks to the rebounding and turnover (+7) margins, the Warriors ended up with 93 shots to the Lakers 77 — a big part of why they won despite shooting just 39%.

Curry and Ellis put on a nice show, as despite Curry’s cold touch early he hit some big shots at the end to preserve the win. Wright had another cold shooting night, but hit two big 3′s late to keep up the lead and break the Warriors’ single-season record for made 3-pointers. Udoh went scoreless, but pulled down 8 rebounds in 19 minutes — impressive considering the front line he was up against.

Now the Warriors get a few nights off before facing the Kings on Sunday, when they can get to the 36-win mark that they decided to shoot for after the bottom fell out after the All Star break. I know the Warriors have developed a habit of getting hot late in the season when their playoff spot is already decided, but they appear locked into the 11th draft position at this point so might as well see what they can do!

Los Angeles Lakers (55-23)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
R. Artest F 25:17 1-7 0-2 0-0 0 0 2 2 3 2 1 1 0 0 2
P. Gasol F-C 27:23 7-11 0-0 4-8 -2 1 6 7 0 1 0 1 0 1 18
A. Bynum C 35:00 5-5 0-0 3-7 -2 4 13 17 3 4 1 3 0 0 13
K. Bryant G 31:55 10-20 1-5 4-6 +2 0 2 2 2 1 4 3 0 1 25
D. Fisher G 31:18 2-9 0-1 2-3 0 1 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 6
L. Odom 31:40 3-7 2-3 0-0 -13 1 7 8 5 2 1 6 0 0 8
S. Blake 16:42 0-5 0-4 0-0 -8 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
S. Brown 18:02 1-6 1-2 2-2 -9 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 5
M. Barnes 22:43 4-7 1-2 1-1 -8 3 3 6 0 3 1 2 1 0 10
T. Ratliff DNP – Coach’s Decision
J. Smith DNP – Coach’s Decision
L. Walton DNP – Coach’s Decision
Total 240 33-77 5-19 16-27 12 35 47 17 16 9 17 1 2 87
42.9% 26.3% 59.3% team rebs: 10 total to: 17
Golden State Warriors (35-44)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
D. Wright F 43:44 3-13 2-8 2-2 +9 0 7 7 2 1 2 0 0 0 10
D. Lee F-C 44:43 9-17 0-0 4-4 +8 8 9 17 5 2 4 4 1 0 22
E. Udoh F 19:08 0-3 0-0 0-0 +1 5 3 8 2 2 0 0 1 0 0
M. Ellis G 42:28 9-22 3-9 5-6 +8 0 3 3 6 4 1 3 0 0 26
S. Curry G 42:05 8-23 2-6 2-2 +2 2 4 6 5 3 2 2 0 0 20
L. Amundson 25:17 4-6 0-0 3-5 +1 2 3 5 1 4 0 0 0 1 11
A. Thornton 08:37 1-4 0-0 0-0 +5 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 2
R. Williams 07:17 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
V. Radmanovic 06:41 2-3 0-1 0-0 +6 0 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 4
J. Adrien DNP – Coach’s Decision
C. Bell DNP – Coach’s Decision
J. Lin DNP – Coach’s Decision
Total 240 36-93 7-25 16-19 18 32 50 23 18 10 11 2 1 95
38.7% 28.0% 84.2% team rebs: 8 total to: 11

inactive

  • Lakers: Caracter, Ebanks
  • Warriors: Biedrins, Law

technical fouls

  • Lakers: –
  • Warriors: –

scoring

  • Lead Changes: 9
  • Times Tied: 4

arena stats

  • Arena: ORACLE Arena, Oakland, CA
  • Officials: #8 Marc Davis, #33 Zach Zarba, #35 Kane Fitzgerald
  • Attendance: 20024
  • Duration: 2:18
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5
Apr

Game #78: Warriors 108, Trail Blazers 87

Warriors 108

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Trailblazers 87
April 5, 2011 1 2 3 4 T
Warriors 19 28 37 24 108
Trailblazers 19 28 21 19 87
  Net 0 0 16 5 21
  Season Avg -2.9 0.8 -0.4 -0.1 -2.2
  Compare to Season Avg 2.9 -0.8 16.4 5.1 23.2
 Warriors Stats
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Game 50% 43.8% 86.4% 22 19 14 47 16 8 5 11 10 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 3.8% 4.6% 10.3% 1.3 -3 2.4 6.5 -6.5 -1 0 -3.1 -7.5 -4.6 -5.6
 Net Comparison
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Net Game 9% 29.5% -2.5% 4 -3 -1 7 -3 2 1 -2 2 -6 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 9.6% 26% -1.3% 11 0.6 0.2 11.3 -0.8 1.2 0.3 -3.2 0 -3.1 7.8

Great, win, perhaps the Warriors’ most impressive since the win at New Orleans. They absolutely owned the second half, blowing the Blazers out of their own gym. That they did it against a team that’s been red-hot at home and is still fighting for playoff position was huge.

David Lee had his finest game as a Warrior, helping the team to a +7 rebounding advantage by pulling down 20 boards to go with 29 points. Monta and Steph also chimed in with 30 and 28, respectively, and as they mentioned on the postgame show this was the best game these three have played together as a trio.

Amundson gave some great second half minutes off the bench — even hitting his free throws — and while Dorell Wright couldn’t hit a shot to save his life, he didn’t screw things up too badly either as he posted a +21.

Now the Warriors head down to LA to take on the Lakers on the back end of a back-to-back. As the great Fitz just mentioned on the telecast, winning tomorrow would complete the most improbably 3-game winning streak…just about ever.

Golden State Warriors (34-44)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
D. Wright F 33:25 2-11 0-4 0-0 +21 3 2 5 2 3 2 0 0 1 4
D. Lee F-C 40:50 13-17 0-0 3-3 +24 4 16 20 2 3 2 4 1 1 29
E. Udoh F 18:48 2-3 0-0 0-0 +6 1 0 1 0 4 0 2 1 0 4
M. Ellis G 44:11 11-19 4-6 4-4 +23 1 2 3 5 2 1 2 1 0 30
S. Curry G 42:06 10-21 3-5 5-6 +20 1 7 8 4 2 2 2 1 1 28
L. Amundson 26:59 1-3 0-0 7-9 +12 0 4 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 9
A. Thornton 14:50 1-5 0-0 0-0 +2 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 2
V. Radmanovic 07:15 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
R. Williams 07:06 0-2 0-1 0-0 +1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
J. Lin 02:15 0-0 0-0 0-0 -2 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
J. Adrien 02:15 1-1 0-0 0-0 -2 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
C. Bell DNP – Coach’s Decision
Total 240 41-82 7-16 19-22 14 33 47 16 19 8 11 5 4 108
50.0% 43.8% 86.4% team rebs: 5 total to: 11
Portland Trail Blazers (45-33)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
G. Wallace F 36:42 4-9 0-1 2-2 -16 2 1 3 2 2 3 2 0 1 10
L. Aldridge F 40:34 7-15 0-0 3-3 -17 4 8 12 4 2 1 1 2 1 17
M. Camby C 10:07 0-0 0-0 0-0 +2 2 6 8 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
W. Matthews G 29:29 6-11 1-5 4-5 -10 0 3 3 3 0 1 2 0 0 17
A. Miller G 30:50 4-7 0-0 4-4 -11 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 12
N. Batum 30:13 7-14 1-6 0-0 -13 1 0 1 2 2 0 1 1 1 15
B. Roy 15:53 2-11 0-1 1-2 -12 5 3 8 1 1 0 0 0 1 5
R. Fernandez 24:01 1-9 0-6 0-0 -12 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 2
C. Johnson 06:49 0-0 0-0 2-2 -6 1 1 2 0 3 1 1 0 0 2
P. Mills 08:21 1-3 1-2 0-0 -12 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
L. Babbitt 03:34 1-3 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2
A. Johnson 03:27 1-1 0-0 0-0 +2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
Total 240 34-83 3-21 16-18 15 25 40 19 16 6 9 4 5 87
41.0% 14.3% 88.9% team rebs: 3 total to: 9

inactive

  • Warriors: Biedrins, Law
  • Trail Blazers: Oden, Williams

technical fouls

  • Warriors: –
  • Trail Blazers: Fernandez

scoring

  • Lead Changes: 23
  • Times Tied: 16

arena stats

  • Arena: Rose Garden, Portland, OR
  • Officials: #17 Joe Crawford, #6 Tony Brown, #34 Kevin Cutler
  • Attendance: 20551
  • Duration: 2:05
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2
Apr

Preview: Mavericks at Warriors

Dallas
Mavericks

@

Golden State
Warriors

Oracle Arena
7:30pm | CSN+

Official Game Preview

2010-11 Meetings
December 7, 2010 • Recap
Warriors 100
Mavericks 105
 
March 16, 2011 • Recap
Mavericks 112
Warriors 106
 
March 20, 2011 • Recap
Warriors 73
Mavericks 101
 
April 2, 2011 • Recap
Mavericks 92
Warriors 99
 

The Mavericks visit Oracle tonight on the heels of an ugly loss at the Lakers. Given their success against the Warriors this season, they’ll likely be looking at tonight as an opportunity to get back on track. At this stage in the season, the only thing I’m really looking for are good performances from Udoh and Curry. And if Monta wants to show he hasn’t quit on the season, and Lee wants to leave a positive final impression heading into the offseason, then more power to them.

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30
Mar

Game #76: Grizzlies 110, Warriors 91

Warriors 91

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Grizzlies 110
March 30, 2011 1 2 3 4 T
Warriors 24 29 19 19 91
Grizzlies 29 19 31 31 110
  Net -5 10 -12 -12 -19
  Season Avg -2.9 0.8 -0.4 -0.1 -2.2
  Compare to Season Avg -2.1 9.2 -11.6 -11.9 -16.8
 Warriors Stats
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Game 47% 28.6% 63.6% 11 18 13 41 19 3 9 14 21 50 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 0.8% -10.6% -12.5% -9.7 -4 1.4 0.5 -3.5 -6 4 -0.1 -7.5 7.4 -2.6
 Net Comparison
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Net Game -9.5% -21.4% 0.5% -8 -6 2 -3 -9 -9 3 -9 -9 -26 -3
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% -24.9% 1.7% -1 -2.4 3.2 1.3 -6.8 -9.8 2.3 -10.2 -11 -23.1 -2.2

The Warriors looked every bit like a team on the back half of a back-to-back, as they were playing well until they absolutely hit the wall a few minutes into the 3rd. From there, they were outscored by 29 points in the final 20+ minutes.

The Grizzlies ate the Warriors up inside, and didn’t even need a big rebounding advantage to do it. They scored 74 points in the paint, and only took four 3′s (the Warriors shot 21 times from behind the arc — and only made 6).

Tonight it was Curry who lost his shooting stroke, putting up a Monta-esque 2-14 from the field and a so-so 9 points and 6 turnovers — one more turnover than the entire Memphis team combined.

Thus ends the short road trip, as the Warriors get a few days off before a home date with Dallas on Saturday.

 

Golden State Warriors (32-44)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
D. Wright F 31:04 7-15 1-6 1-1 -19 2 2 4 2 1 0 0 3 0 16
D. Lee F-C 32:54 6-10 0-0 0-0 -19 2 7 9 0 2 0 3 2 0 12
E. Udoh F 26:10 1-3 0-0 1-2 -8 2 2 4 1 3 0 1 0 1 3
M. Ellis G 30:18 7-14 1-3 1-2 -19 0 4 4 3 0 0 1 1 0 16
S. Curry G 31:05 2-14 1-6 1-1 -21 4 2 6 9 4 1 6 0 1 6
L. Amundson 20:40 3-6 0-0 1-2 -8 0 4 4 0 2 0 1 3 1 7
J. Lin 16:55 4-5 0-0 0-0 +2 0 0 0 2 4 1 1 0 1 8
A. Thornton 16:56 3-3 0-0 0-0 0 0 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 6
V. Radmanovic 14:00 4-6 3-4 0-0 0 2 1 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 11
R. Williams 17:42 2-5 0-2 2-3 0 1 3 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 6
J. Adrien 02:16 0-2 0-0 0-0 -3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
C. Bell DNP – Coach’s Decision
Total 240 39-83 6-21 7-11 13 28 41 19 18 3 14 9 6 91
47.0% 28.6% 63.6% team rebs: 1 total to: 14
Memphis Grizzlies (42-33)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
S. Young G-F 24:26 5-10 0-0 1-2 +9 0 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 11
Z. Randolph F 32:26 8-11 0-0 4-4 +18 2 11 13 6 2 1 1 0 0 20
M. Gasol C 26:35 4-5 0-0 0-2 +14 1 2 3 3 2 2 1 1 0 8
T. Allen G 34:17 10-17 0-0 1-2 +24 2 6 8 4 2 3 1 1 2 21
M. Conley G 36:50 8-13 2-3 2-4 +22 0 4 4 7 0 1 0 0 0 20
S. Battier 25:50 1-3 0-0 0-0 +13 1 3 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 2
G. Vasquez 11:10 1-1 0-0 2-2 -3 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 4
O. Mayo 12:37 0-2 0-1 0-0 -5 0 0 0 2 3 2 1 1 0 0
D. Arthur 24:12 8-18 0-0 1-1 +10 4 3 7 2 0 1 0 2 3 17
L. Powe 09:25 2-4 0-0 1-2 -7 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 5
I. Smith 01:06 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
H. Haddadi 01:06 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Total 240 48-85 2-4 12-19 11 33 44 28 12 12 5 6 9 110
56.5% 50.0% 63.2% team rebs: 6 total to: 7

inactive

  • Warriors: Biedrins, Law
  • Grizzlies: Gay, Henry, Williams

technical fouls

  • Warriors: –
  • Grizzlies: –

scoring

  • Lead Changes: 4
  • Times Tied: 9

arena stats

  • Arena: FedExForum, Memphis, TN
  • Officials: #57 Greg Willard, #56 Mark Ayotte, #35 Kane Fitzgerald
  • Attendance: 13815
  • Duration: 2:00
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Mar

Game #75: Thunder 115, Warriors 114

Warriors 114

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Thunder 115
March 29, 2011 1 2 3 4 T
Warriors 29 21 27 29 114
Thunder 25 33 20 28 115
  Net 4 -12 7 1 -1
  Season Avg -2.9 0.8 -0.4 -0.1 -2.2
  Compare to Season Avg 6.9 -12.8 7.4 1.1 1.2
 Warriors Stats
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Game 42.3% 42.3% 88.2% 17 23 8 42 25 9 5 13 16 50 2
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 -3.9% 3.1% 12.1% -3.7 1 -3.6 1.5 2.5 0 0 -1.1 8.5 7.4 -16.6
 Net Comparison
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Net Game -3.1% 9% 3.4% -16 -3 0 -10 1 0 -1 4 12 -4 -32
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 -2.5% 5.5% 4.6% -9 0.6 1.2 -5.7 3.2 -0.8 -1.7 2.8 10 -1.1 -31.2

A hearbreaker of a loss, but great to see that this team still has fight left in it. Those back-to-back 3′s at the end of regulation were almost legendary, and had me scaring the hell out of my 4-month-old with my yells. Sadly, they couldn’t recreate the magic at the end of OT, but still a good showing against a playoff team on the road.

Curry brought his A offensive game — as he usually does against the Thunder — though his PG stats (5 assists/6 turnovers) were once again lacking. Monta on the other hand continued his hot streak in terms of distribution, with double-digit assists for the third straight game.

Udoh continued to make his presence felt defensively, and Lee did a good job playing big with 15 boards to go with 24 points (even with Perkins, the Warriors continue to match up inside against the Thunder better than they seemingly do anyone else).

Only Wright disappointed among the starters with a 2-13 shooting night, and he still managed to pull down 10 boards and post a team-high +10. And looking at the overall +/- stats, this game was clearly lost by the bench: all positive for the starters, all double-digit negative for the reserves — only 3 of whom played, totaling just 35 minutes.

Overall, I guess this is the sort of result you want at this point — great effort, but lottery position preserved.

Golden State Warriors (32-43)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
D. Wright F 47:58 2-13 2-8 1-2 +10 0 10 10 4 2 0 1 2 0 7
D. Lee F-C 48:08 11-17 0-0 2-3 +8 6 9 15 4 5 1 4 0 1 24
E. Udoh F 39:04 4-11 0-0 4-4 +9 0 6 6 0 5 2 0 3 1 12
S. Curry G 48:31 13-23 5-8 4-4 +6 1 5 6 5 3 2 6 0 2 35
M. Ellis G 46:44 9-30 2-6 0-0 +3 0 2 2 11 2 3 1 0 2 20
R. Williams 13:26 3-4 2-3 2-2 -14 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 10
L. Amundson 10:34 1-1 0-0 2-2 -13 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 4
A. Thornton 10:35 1-5 0-1 0-0 -14 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2
J. Adrien DNP – Coach’s Decision
C. Bell DNP – Coach’s Decision
J. Lin DNP – Coach’s Decision
V. Radmanovic DNP – Coach’s Decision
Total 265 44-104 11-26 15-17 8 34 42 25 23 9 13 5 6 114
42.3% 42.3% 88.2% team rebs: 11 total to: 13
Oklahoma City Thunder (49-24)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
K. Durant F 48:43 13-23 3-5 10-12 -3 1 5 6 5 2 1 2 1 1 39
S. Ibaka F-C 34:52 9-16 0-0 1-1 -5 3 5 8 0 4 0 1 3 1 19
K. Perkins C 30:34 0-3 0-0 0-2 -7 2 11 13 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
T. Sefolosha G 23:46 2-5 1-2 2-2 +2 0 4 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 7
R. Westbrook G 37:00 4-15 0-0 7-8 -7 1 7 8 9 5 1 6 0 2 15
J. Harden 31:20 5-10 1-5 3-3 +2 0 5 5 3 1 3 4 0 1 14
N. Mohammed 21:55 3-5 0-0 2-2 +9 1 5 6 0 4 1 1 1 0 8
E. Maynor 16:00 2-3 0-1 0-0 +8 0 0 0 6 1 1 1 0 0 4
D. Cook 20:51 2-8 2-8 3-3 +6 0 2 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 9
C. Aldrich DNP – Coach’s Decision
R. Ivey DNP – Coach’s Decision
N. Robinson DNP – Coach’s Decision
Total 265 40-88 7-21 28-33 8 44 52 24 20 9 17 6 5 115
45.5% 33.3% 84.8% team rebs: 10 total to: 19

inactive

  • Warriors: Biedrins, Law
  • Thunder: Collison, Mullens

technical fouls

  • Warriors: –
  • Thunder: –

scoring

  • Lead Changes: 18
  • Times Tied: 11

arena stats

  • Arena: Oklahoma City Arena, Oklahoma City, OK
  • Officials: #38 Michael Smith, #52 Pat Fraher, #58 Josh Tiven
  • Attendance: 18203
  • Duration: 2:35
0
29
Mar

Preview: Warriors at Thunder

Golden State
Warriors

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Oklahoma City
Thunder

Ford Center
5:00pm | CSNBA

Official Game Preview

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

The Warriors head back out on the road tonight in Oklahoma City against a Thunder team that they’ve matched up well against so far this year. That said, the prior meetings were before the Thunder acquired Kendrick Perkins, so that could make a big difference tonight. You’d have to imagine that Ekpe will have his hands full tonight, but it’s also a good chance to prove himself against a veteran who nonetheless is hardly explosive. The backcourt matchup will also be interesting, with Westbrook going up against Monta and Curry — they bottled him up decently this time, so it will be “fun” to see if they can do it again.