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30
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
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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.

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14
Feb

Game #53: Warriors 100, Thunder 94

Thunder 94

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Warriors 100
February 13, 2011 1 2 3 4 T
Thunder 20 23 23 28 94
Warriors 23 24 27 26 100
  Net 3 1 4 -2 6
  Season Avg -2.9 0.8 -0.4 -0.1 -2.2
  Compare to Season Avg 5.9 0.2 4.4 -1.9 8.2
 Warriors Stats
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Game 43.4% 30.4% 77.8% 9 20 20 47 28 8 1 8 7 44 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 -2.7% -8.8% 1.7% -11.7 -2 8.4 6.5 5.5 -1 -4 -6.1 0.5 1.4 -5.6
 Net Comparison
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Net Game -9.1% -14% -7.9% -19 -1 18 14 13 5 -4 12 13 16 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 -8.5% -17.5% -6.7% -12 2.6 19.2 18.3 15.2 4.2 -4.7 10.8 11 18.9 4.8

Stat of the night: 2 offense rebounds for the Thunder.

Runner up stat of the night: only 59 field goals in the game for the Thunder. (Sure, part of that is their 28 FTAs, but it’s also rebounding and a lack of turnovers for the Warriors, not to mention avoiding and-1′s.)

There’s the whole back-to-back thing, but the Thunder is still a damn good team with two great players — and the Warriors did a number on them tonight. And if they had shot worth a damn it would have been a blowout.

It was great to see Monta get back in the groove with a team-high 33 points, but to me there were two performances that stood above him in terms of team need. The first was David Lee’s 23 points and 19 rebounds — someone must have been reading TK last night! And second, Stephen Curry looked like a true point guard tonight with 13 assists — several of them spectacular — and no turnovers to go with his 23 points.

Dorell Wright was flat tonight offensively — he’s the one I have in mind when I think of the Warriors missing out on a blowout due to missed shots — but he did a great job defending Durant and led the team with a +18 (while Durant had a team-low -11). Udoh was scoreless in 27 minutes, but he continued to play strong defense and grabbed 4 offensive rebounds while playing meaningful crunch-time minutes.

So all in all a quality win against a quality opponent. Nice bounce-back from the Phoenix debacle (part 2!), and hopefully something they can build on as they close out their home stretch with games against New Orleans, Boston, and Atlanta (sandwiched around a game at Utah).

Oklahoma City Thunder (34-19)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
K. Durant F 41:03 10-21 2-7 7-7 -11 1 4 5 2 0 0 3 1 0 29
J. Green F 28:18 3-6 1-2 5-6 +8 0 5 5 2 3 0 2 0 0 12
N. Krstic C 20:05 2-2 0-0 0-0 -6 0 3 3 2 2 0 2 1 0 4
T. Sefolosha G 35:44 3-4 1-1 0-0 -10 1 2 3 0 1 2 2 1 0 7
R. Westbrook G 30:31 6-14 2-4 7-9 -6 0 0 0 5 5 1 6 0 0 21
E. Maynor 17:41 2-4 1-2 1-1 -2 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 6
S. Ibaka 19:53 1-2 0-0 0-0 +1 0 7 7 0 1 0 0 2 1 2
J. Harden 15:04 2-3 1-2 3-3 -2 0 0 0 2 3 0 1 0 0 8
N. Collison 27:03 2-3 0-0 1-2 -1 0 10 10 0 3 0 1 0 0 5
D. Cook 04:38 0-0 0-0 0-0 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
R. Ivey DNP – Coach’s Decision
D. White DNP – Coach’s Decision
Total 240 31-59 8-18 24-28 2 31 33 15 19 3 20 5 1 94
52.5% 44.4% 85.7% team rebs: 3 total to: 20
Golden State Warriors (24-29)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
D. Wright F 38:46 4-16 1-8 1-2 +18 4 3 7 3 4 0 2 0 0 10
D. Lee F-C 45:03 11-22 0-0 1-2 +9 4 15 19 2 3 3 2 0 3 23
A. Biedrins C 20:12 1-3 0-0 0-0 -2 4 3 7 1 4 0 0 0 0 2
M. Ellis G 45:46 13-25 3-7 4-4 +2 0 2 2 7 1 1 4 0 1 33
S. Curry G 37:48 10-18 2-5 1-1 +17 0 2 2 13 2 2 0 0 1 23
E. Udoh 27:21 0-4 0-0 0-0 -4 4 0 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 0
R. Williams 17:48 3-7 1-2 0-0 +1 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 7
V. Radmanovic 07:16 1-4 0-1 0-0 -11 3 1 4 2 3 1 0 0 0 2
C. Bell DNP – Coach’s Decision
D. Gadzuric DNP – Coach’s Decision
J. Lin DNP – Coach’s Decision
B. Wright DNP – Coach’s Decision
Total 240 43-99 7-23 7-9 20 27 47 28 20 8 8 1 5 100
43.4% 30.4% 77.8% team rebs: 7 total to: 9

inactive

  • Thunder: Aldrich, Mullens, Peterson
  • Warriors: Amundson, Law

technical fouls

  • Thunder: Westbrook
  • Warriors: –

scoring

  • Lead Changes: 21
  • Times Tied: 12

arena stats

  • Arena: ORACLE Arena, Oakland, CA
  • Officials: #48 Scott Foster, #11 Derrick Collins, #60 James Williams
  • Attendance: 19596
  • Duration: 2:20
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13
Feb

Preview: Thunder at Warriors

Oklahoma City
Thunder

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Golden State
Warriors

Oracle Arena
5:00pm | CSNBA/ESPN

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 welcome Oklahoma City to Oracle tonight, who are coming off a tight win at Sacramento. We can only hope that they’ll be tired/satisfied after winning the first half of the back-to-back and won’t be bringing it at 100% for tonight’s game. What to watch for tonight:

  • Competition. Monta will match his 6th ranked scoring average up against Kevin Durant’s top-ranked average, and Monta has played well against marque competition in the past. Ellis’ down streak is getting worryingly long at this point, so hopefully playing on national television can snap him out of it.
  • Getting called out. Lots of complaints about David Lee in recent weeks, and they’re well justified. He’s getting regularly pulled in crunch time, which is not exactly what you pay $13M/per for. At the very least, it would be nice to see him start rebounding again; his 3-boards performance down in Phoenix on Friday was, quite frankly, pathetic.
  • The Long Boys. Both Udoh and B. Wright got a sweat going on Friday, and Ekpe in particular is making a strong case for more minutes. Combined with the need to showcase Brandan before the trade deadline, I wonder if we’ll see more from these guys tonight — especially if Andris struggles (again).
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5
Dec

Game #20: Thunder 114, Warriors 109

Warriors 109

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Thunder 114
December 5, 2010 1 2 3 4 T
Warriors 17 25 28 39 109
Thunder 32 22 36 24 114
  Net -15 3 -8 15 -5
  Season Avg -2.9 0.8 -0.4 -0.1 -2.2
  Compare to Season Avg -12.1 2.2 -7.6 15.1 -2.8
 Warriors Stats
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Game 45.2% 35% 85.7% 21 27 18 44 20 6 5 16 24 48 18
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% -4.2% 9.6% 0.3 5 6.4 3.5 -2.5 -3 0 1.9 -8.5 5.4 -0.6
 Net Comparison
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Net Game 1.6% 10% -6.8% -19 -6 0 -3 -5 -4 -2 0 -13 -6 -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 2.2% 6.5% -5.6% -12 -2.4 1.2 1.3 -2.8 -4.8 -2.7 -1.2 -15 -3.1 -2.2

Annnnnnnnnnnd…….the Warriors dig themselves a massive first quarter hole, so despite one of their best fourth quarters in forever (and a huge night from Curry) they still lose. David Lee’s line in particular is super ugly — not sure if his elbow is still hurting, but if you’re making $13 million a year you have GOT to get to the free throw line at least once.

Now it’s on to Dallas and San Antonio — fun!

Golden State Warriors (8-12)
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 5-17 1-5 1-2 -5 4 7 11 2 3 0 2 2 0 12
D. Lee F-C 30:21 4-12 0-0 0-0 -18 5 4 9 5 4 0 1 0 1 8
A. Biedrins C 23:18 2-4 0-0 0-0 +1 2 4 6 3 5 1 1 1 0 4
M. Ellis G 38:34 11-21 1-4 6-7 -6 1 4 5 0 5 2 3 0 1 29
S. Curry G 45:51 14-20 4-7 7-7 -9 0 1 1 6 5 2 5 1 1 39
R. Williams 23:01 4-11 1-4 2-2 +12 2 2 4 2 1 1 2 0 1 11
D. Gadzuric 04:39 0-1 0-0 0-0 +2 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
C. Bell 06:51 0-2 0-0 0-0 -2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
J. Lin 08:34 0-0 0-0 1-2 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
J. Adrien 10:51 2-5 0-0 1-1 +2 4 2 6 2 3 0 1 0 3 5
R. Carney DNP – Coach’s Decision
V. Radmanovic DNP – Coach’s Decision
Total 240 42-93 7-20 18-21 18 26 44 20 27 6 16 5 7 109
45.2% 35.0% 85.7% team rebs: 7 total to: 17
Oklahoma City Thunder (14-7)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
K. Durant F 37:56 8-16 1-3 11-12 +10 2 5 7 3 2 0 2 2 0 28
J. Green F 41:37 6-15 0-4 5-5 0 4 4 8 1 3 4 1 0 1 17
N. Krstic C 20:08 3-9 0-0 3-3 +6 4 0 4 0 1 0 2 1 1 9
T. Sefolosha G 35:31 3-8 0-1 0-0 0 1 6 7 3 0 2 1 0 0 6
R. Westbrook G 37:57 4-16 0-1 11-13 +8 3 4 7 13 3 2 5 1 2 19
S. Ibaka 25:39 8-10 0-0 3-3 +6 2 6 8 1 6 0 2 3 0 19
J. Harden 24:30 3-6 2-3 4-4 -8 1 1 2 1 3 2 1 0 1 12
E. Maynor 10:03 1-4 0-0 0-0 -3 1 1 2 2 3 0 2 0 0 2
R. Ivey 06:39 1-1 0-0 0-0 +6 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
N. Collison DNP – Coach’s Decision
B. Mullens DNP – Coach’s Decision
D. White DNP – Coach’s Decision
Total 240 37-85 3-12 37-40 18 29 47 25 21 10 16 7 5 114
43.5% 25.0% 92.5% team rebs: 7 total to: 16

inactive

  • Warriors: Amundson, Udoh, Wright
  • Thunder: Aldrich, Cook, Peterson

technical fouls

  • Warriors: –
  • Thunder: –

scoring

  • Lead Changes: 0
  • Times Tied: 0

arena stats

  • Arena: Oklahoma City Arena, Oklahoma City, OK
  • Officials: #23 Jason Phillips, #16 David Guthrie, #68 Marat Kogut
  • Attendance: 18203
  • Duration: 2:26
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5
Dec

Preview: Warriors at Thunder

Golden State
Warriors

@

Oklahoma City
Thunder

Ford Center
4:00pm | 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
 

Can’t say I’m optimistic about this one, but hopefully the Warriors will surprise me! Will be interesting to watch Durant in this one, as he’s been struggling this year but will likely be looking to find his offense against the lowly Warriors. I assume Wright will guard Durant, so we’ll likely be reminded yet again that while he’s a solid defender, he’s not a stopper. Oh, and Westbrook will likely destroy the W’s backcourt tonight. FUN!