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26
Nov

Preview: Warriors at Grizzlies

Golden State
Warriors

@

Memphis
Grizzlies

FedEx Forum
6:30pm | CSNBA/ESPN 2

Official Game Preview

2010-11 Meetings
November 3, 2010 • Recap
Grizzlies 109
Warriors 115
 
November 26, 2010 • Recap
Warriors 111
Grizzlies 116
 
March 30, 2011 • Recap
Warriors 91
Grizzlies 110
 

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The Warriors got some good news before tonight’s game, as David Lee has been cleared to play and is flying out to Minnesota to meet the team for the final game of the road trip. But he won’t be available tonight, so the team will try once again to get that elusive second victory without their big offseason acquisition. The Warriors won the first meeting between these two, though the Grizzlies were without Zach Randolph and he’s back and expected to play. What to watch for tonight:

  • Home Cookin’. Memphis is Monta’s offseason home, and he had the team over for Thanksgiving dinner last night at his “compound.” Monta’s been struggling since banging his hip, and is mired in his worst shooting slump of the season. Here’s hoping a couple nights in his own bed have recharged him a bit.
  • Inside, inside, inside. It’s been a broken record since Lee’s been out, but this game will once again hinge on whether the team of Andris, Gadzuric, Adrien, and, yes, Radmanavic can hold off Randolph and Marc Gasol inside.
  • Hold the Mayo. Regular Monta trade rumor partner O.J. Mayo has been struggling this year, and he was recently demoted to the bench for the first time in his NBA career. So he’ll be motivated to have a big game, and lord knows the Warriors are a good target for those sorts of attempts. I’ll probably watch the ESPN 2 feed, but for those of you watching CSN I hope you don’t have to hear Fitz ranting about the amazingly poor luck that would cause Mayo to go off against the Warriors of all teams — since defense of course can’t be blamed.
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25
Nov

Game #15: Rockets 111, Warriors 101

Warriors 101

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Rockets 111
November 24, 2010 1 2 3 4 T
Warriors 23 28 27 23 101
Rockets 36 23 23 29 111
  Net -13 5 4 -6 -10
  Season Avg -2.9 0.8 -0.4 -0.1 -2.2
  Compare to Season Avg -10.1 4.2 4.4 -5.9 -7.8
 Warriors Stats
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Game 46.7% 26.3% 66.7% 18 35 11 38 14 10 2 10 14 60 25
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 0.5% -12.9% -9.4% -2.7 13 -0.6 -2.5 -8.5 1 -3 -4.1 4.5 17.4 6.4
 Net Comparison
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Net Game -1.8% -23.7% -9.8% -33 -19 4 -5 -12 7 -4 5 10 30 17
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 -1.2% -27.2% -8.6% -26 -15.4 5.2 -0.7 -9.8 6.2 -4.7 3.8 8 32.9 17.8

Another game that was there for the taking, but the Warriors decided instead to melt down once again at the end of the fourth quarter.

The story of the game (aside from Chuck Atkins Hayes’ career night) was the free throws, as the Warriors had more made field goals (42-31) but took only 18 foul shots to the Rockets 51. Hell, Kevin Martin, the Most Annoying Player in the NBAâ„¢, scored 25 points on only 4 made field goals. Check the downward spikes on the net fouls and net free throws sparklines to the left — ugly stuff.

Lots of discussion on the Twitters and various game recaps about who’s to blame for the disparity. Fitz blames the refs, Smart refused to comment, Reilly blames having to go small due to injuries, Feltbot thinks that’s bullshit as last year’s team went small all the time and never had this problem, Lauridsen blames the Warriors for playing defense with their hands, Ethan puts the blame squarely on Monta’s gambling defense, and Rusty blames the lack of driving inside.

I think it’s primarily a mixture of the last three items — the Warriors guards just can’t keep anyone in front of them, leading to most of the fouls on the defensive end; and until they can get the pick and roll working and force defenses to stay honest with the big guys, the lane will remain packed, Curry and Ellis won’t draw fouls when they drive into brick walls of defenders, and the team will then settle for outside jumpers.

If that diagnosis is correct, then there’s a least a chance that things will get a bit better when Lee comes back. I’d actually expect his contribution on the defensive end to make the biggest difference, as his communication and overall intensity is sorely needed on that end. But I certainly don’t expect his return to “solve” the problem (they were still net negative on fouls for most of his starts).

Back to last night’s game, it was nice to see Dorell Wright finally get back on track with a solid all-around offensive game, and Reggie Williams continued his recent run of strong play (he led the team with a +8). With Carney and Lin also contributing quality minutes recently, there remains some hope that things could turn around with Lee back up front if the starting back court could get on track (and if we could keep Radmonovic off the court).

But until that happens, I worry this ugly run will continue. Monta doesn’t look like the same player (that hip injury a bit more serious than reported perhaps?), as he doesn’t have nearly the same energy without that ball that he did in the first few games. We need our best players to start playing like our best players again.

1 2 3 4 T
GS 23 28 27 23 101
HOU 36 23 23 29 111
Golden State Warriors (7-8)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
D. Wright F 44:55 10-19 1-3 3-6 -12 2 6 8 4 3 2 2 1 1 24
D. Gadzuric C 06:31 0-1 0-0 0-0 -1 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0
A. Biedrins C 29:54 3-4 0-0 0-0 -1 2 8 10 0 5 0 2 0 0 6
M. Ellis G 41:44 7-21 1-5 3-6 -13 1 2 3 3 3 2 0 0 1 18
S. Curry G 35:33 8-19 0-2 5-5 -11 0 4 4 6 6 4 1 0 2 21
V. Radmanovic 14:51 2-5 1-3 0-0 -17 2 3 5 0 5 0 2 0 0 5
J. Adrien 11:36 0-2 0-0 0-0 -4 1 2 3 0 2 0 0 1 2 0
R. Williams 28:28 6-10 2-5 1-1 +8 1 1 2 0 4 1 0 0 0 15
R. Carney 13:48 2-4 0-1 0-0 +3 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 4
J. Lin 12:40 4-5 0-0 0-0 -2 1 1 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 8
C. Bell DNP – Coach’s Decision
B. Wright NWT – Strained Lower Back
Total 240 42-90 5-19 12-18 11 27 38 14 35 10 10 2 6 101
46.7% 26.3% 66.7% team rebs: 6 total to: 11
Houston Rockets (4-10)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
S. Battier F 36:07 5-11 2-6 1-2 +10 1 5 6 1 2 0 4 4 0 13
L. Scola F-C 39:56 8-15 0-0 8-15 +15 1 11 12 3 5 0 0 0 1 24
C. Hayes F-C 28:37 4-5 0-0 8-8 +9 4 3 7 5 0 0 2 1 0 16
K. Martin G 33:22 4-12 3-6 14-15 +5 0 3 3 2 1 0 2 0 0 25
K. Lowry G 39:34 4-8 1-2 5-6 +20 0 7 7 10 4 2 3 0 0 14
C. Budinger 24:32 3-7 2-4 1-2 +3 0 3 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 9
C. Lee 21:50 3-4 2-2 1-1 +2 0 2 2 1 2 0 2 1 0 9
B. Miller 03:01 0-1 0-0 0-0 -1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0
I. Smith 08:26 0-1 0-0 1-2 -10 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
J. Hill 04:36 0-0 0-0 0-0 -3 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
J. Jeffries DNP – Coach’s Decision
J. Taylor DNP – Coach’s Decision
Total 240 31-64 10-20 39-51 7 36 43 26 16 3 15 6 2 111
48.4% 50.0% 76.5% team rebs: 12 total to: 15

inactive

  • Warriors: Amundson, Lee, Udoh
  • Rockets: Brooks, Ming, Patterson

technical fouls

  • Warriors: –
  • Rockets: –

scoring

  • Lead Changes: 0
  • Times Tied: 0

arena stats

  • Arena: Toyota Center, Houston, TX
  • Officials: #26 Bob Delaney, #74 Curtis Blair, #40 Leon Wood
  • Attendance: 13847
  • Duration: 2:26
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19
Nov

OJ Mayo

Straight outta Vancouver explores the trade market for OJ Mayo. Mark Travis seems pretty open to the idea of improving them team by shipping OJ Mayo off for some pieces that fit better with the rest of the team.

The problem for O.J. is that he’s on a team with three above average players (Rudy Gay, Marc Gasol, and Zach Randolph) that all need looks and more often than not it seems like Mayo gets the short end of the stick.

On the season, Mayo is averaging the second most field goal attempts a game for the Grizzlies, but minor injuries have slowed the starts of Randolph and Gasol to this point and they will both likely be more aggressive and effective once they are 100% healthy. Additionally, Mike Conley seems like he is going to be shooting the ball a bit more this season based on his play during the first couple of weeks, which only takes more looks away from Mayo.

He offers up a bunch of trade scenarios with multiple teams one of which is our GSWs:

Golden State Warriors Receive: O.J. Mayo, Hasheem Thabeet

Memphis Grizzlies Receive: Monta Ellis

This offer was reportedly made last season but the Warriors turned it down. Ellis has looked a lot better this season, so there is obviously still incentive for the Grizzlies to make this deal, but Conley’s extension means Ellis would be stepping into the same role Mayo was forced into and he’s a lot more assertive than Mayo with his shot attempts, so that may not work out for Memphis. Still, there are few players as talented as Ellis and his ability to create, even though he prefers to shoot, is better than Mayo’s at this point.

I cannot imagine that this trade is even a remote possibility. If the offer was indeed made last season and the Warriors turned it down why in the world does he think it is now a possibility. Ellis is playing much better and more importantly seems to be much happier. The only reason to have even thought about this trade last year was if you thought Ellis and Curry could not play together or that Ellis was just going to Capt. Jack his way out of town. However if you think Ellis and Curry cannot play together what makes you think that Curry and Mayo can play together? Add that to the fact that Biedrins is playing much better this season and when David Lee is healthy and the emergence of Jeff Adrien off the bench I don’t know if Thabeet would even be wearing a uniform most nights. He may be more useful than Gadzuric, but probably not more useful than Vladimir Radmanovic and certainly not more useful than Adrien.

In short: NO DEAL.

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11
Nov

Preview: Warriors at Bulls

Golden State
Warriors

@

Chicago
Bulls

United Center
5:00pm | CSNBA

Official Game Preview

2010-11 Meetings
November 11, 2010 • Recap
Warriors 90
Bulls 120
 
February 5, 2011 • Recap
Bulls 90
Warriors 101
 

The Warriors gain an hour as they move to the central time zone, but still have to play their fourth game in five nights. With Saturday night opponent Milwaukee having blown out their last two opponents, this might be the best chance for the Warriors to secure a winning record on this road trip. What to watch for tonight:

  • Da Bench. Four of the five starters played 40+ minutes last night, so to have any chance the Warriors are going to need some quality minutes from the bench. Wright and Lin have been making progress, so I’d hope to see them get some run tonight. Reggie Williams was decent last night, but I think the team will need a lot more scoring from him to have a chance. And can Radmonovic turn around his recent woeful play?
  • Da Boards. Boozer is still out with an injury, but Joakim Noah has been an animal on the glass and is averaging 15 boards a game. I’d expect Lee to be a bit stiff tonight after the elbow injury (not to mention the emotions from last night’s return to the Garden), so Biedrins better bring it against Noah in the middle. If Biedrins can equal Noah’s rebounding total tonight, then the Warriors should be in good shape to steal one.
  • Controlling Rose and Deng. Derrick Rose had the hot hand early for the Bulls, but in recent games it was been Luol Deng who’s done the most damage. This will be a hell of a test for Dorrell Wright — let’s see if he can be the perimeter stopper he was advertised as when the Warriors signed him (though, in fairness, he’s been doing a hell of a lot more than just defending so far this season).

Regret watch: after seeing Anthony Randolph last night, tonight the Warriors get to see how C.J. Watson is adjusting to the Bulls. Despite the Warriors’ obvious hole at the backup PG spot this year, I still don’t miss Watson much: he just isn’t a PG, can’t play defense, and does little more but give you a backup Monta with a better outside shot but little to no inside game.

UPDATE: Per the twitter, Lee is out tonight as he rests his lacerated elbow. An already tough back-to-back just got a whole lot harder…

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8
Nov

Game #6: Pistons 102, Warriors 97

Warriors 97

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Pistons 102
November 7, 2010 1 2 3 4 T
Warriors 18 27 31 21 97
Pistons 23 26 24 29 102
  Net -5 1 7 -8 -5
  Season Avg -2.9 0.8 -0.4 -0.1 -2.2
  Compare to Season Avg -2.1 0.2 7.4 -7.9 -2.8
 Warriors Stats
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Game 42.9% 26.1% 82.6% 23 22 15 46 19 6 2 14 23 48 17
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 -3.3% -13.1% 6.5% 2.3 -0 3.4 5.5 -3.5 -3 -3 -0.1 -6.5 5.4 -1.6
 Net Comparison
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Net Game -2.3% -26.9% 14.8% -5 -5 2 0 -8 -2 -2 -3 -10 14 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 -1.7% -30.4% 16% 2 -1.4 3.2 4.3 -5.8 -2.8 -2.7 -4.2 -12 16.9 3.8

Rough start to the road trip, with the Warriors threatening to pull off another defensive masterpiece before succumbing to tired legs in the fourth. For the second straight game, their shots were off — exemplified most frustratingly in Curry’s missed shot to tie the game with 20 seconds remaining. And when Curry went out with 4 fouls in the fourth, the ball handling disintegrated and gave more than the final margin to the Pistons in easy buckets off turnovers.

Aside from the bad shooting and ball handling, I’d say the biggest disappointments were David Lee and the entire bench. Lee grabbed just 7 boards to go along with his now customary low-teens scoring, as the Warriors tied the Pistons in the overall rebounding battle. And no one off the bench had a positive +/-, with Radmonovic posting a team-worst -12. Going to need more than that to win games on the road.

Here’s to forgetting this one, and hoping that their shots finally settle down for tonight’s quick turnaround against the Raptors.

1 2 3 4 T
GS 18 27 31 21 97
DET 23 26 24 29 102
Golden State Warriors (4-2)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
D. Wright G-F 39:20 6-14 3-5 4-4 -1 3 1 4 5 3 2 1 0 0 19
D. Lee F-C 35:40 5-11 0-0 1-2 +4 4 3 7 3 0 0 3 0 2 11
A. Biedrins C 25:52 3-6 0-0 0-0 +4 3 10 13 1 2 0 3 0 0 6
M. Ellis G 44:28 11-23 0-5 2-2 -1 1 5 6 2 2 1 1 0 1 24
S. Curry G 28:59 3-12 0-3 4-4 -3 1 3 4 6 4 2 2 0 1 10
V. Radmanovic 19:53 3-6 1-3 0-0 -12 0 3 3 2 4 1 1 1 0 7
R. Williams 27:55 4-8 1-3 3-3 -6 2 2 4 0 2 0 3 0 0 12
R. Carney 09:39 1-2 1-2 3-4 -3 0 2 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 6
B. Wright 04:43 0-0 0-0 2-2 -3 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 2
C. Bell 03:32 0-2 0-2 0-2 -4 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
D. Gadzuric DNP – Coach’s Decision
J. Lin DNP – Coach’s Decision
Total 240 36-84 6-23 19-23 15 31 46 19 22 6 14 2 4 97
42.9% 26.1% 82.6% team rebs: 5 total to: 14
Detroit Pistons (2-5)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
T. Prince F 33:26 5-14 2-2 2-2 +2 1 4 5 1 1 0 0 1 0 14
A. Daye F 16:56 4-5 1-1 0-0 -4 1 1 2 1 5 0 0 0 0 9
B. Wallace C 23:04 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 2 7 9 2 1 2 0 1 0 0
R. Hamilton G 37:44 10-17 2-4 5-5 +12 1 4 5 2 2 1 5 0 0 27
R. Stuckey G 32:45 7-15 1-2 6-6 +2 3 2 5 9 2 1 4 0 0 21
C. Villanueva 26:20 5-13 2-6 4-6 +6 2 8 10 1 1 2 0 1 0 16
W. Bynum 17:30 0-1 0-0 0-0 +3 0 4 4 4 1 0 1 0 1 0
B. Gordon 25:09 3-6 1-2 0-0 +5 0 2 2 6 1 0 0 1 0 7
G. Monroe 17:59 3-8 0-0 1-7 +4 2 1 3 1 2 1 1 0 1 7
T. McGrady 09:07 0-1 0-0 1-2 -5 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1
J. Maxiell DNP – Coach’s Decision
D. Summers DNP – Coach’s Decision
Total 240 37-82 9-17 19-28 13 33 46 27 17 8 11 4 2 102
45.1% 52.9% 67.9% team rebs: 9 total to: 13

inactive

  • Warriors: Adrien, Amundson, Udoh
  • Pistons: Jerebko, White, Wilcox

technical fouls

  • Warriors: Smart
  • Pistons: Hamilton

scoring

  • Lead Changes: 15
  • Times Tied: 9

arena stats

  • Arena: Palace of Auburn Hills, Detroit, MI
  • Officials: #27 Dick Bavetta, #45 Brian Forte, #42 Eric Lewis
  • Attendance: 12813
  • Duration: 2:23
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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

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