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25
Jan

Game #44: Spurs 113, Warriors 102

Spurs 113

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Warriors 102
January 24, 2011 1 2 3 4 T
Spurs 34 28 28 23 113
Warriors 34 21 23 24 102
  Net 0 -7 -5 1 -11
  Season Avg -2.9 0.8 -0.4 -0.1 -2.2
  Compare to Season Avg 2.9 -7.8 -4.6 1.1 -8.8
 Warriors Stats
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Game 45.9% 33.3% 95% 20 21 6 36 21 4 5 9 9 40 19
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 -0.3% -5.9% 18.9% -0.7 -1 -5.6 -4.5 -1.5 -5 0 -5.1 -5.5 -2.6 0.4
 Net Comparison
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Net Game -4.1% 0% 18.5% -14 -2 -2 -10 -5 -3 4 0 5 2 -8
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 -3.5% -3.5% 19.7% -7 1.6 -0.8 -5.7 -2.8 -3.8 3.3 -1.2 3 4.9 -7.2

The end result was right in line with expectations, though at least the Warriors didn’t get throttled this time. After a strong opening quarter where they matched the Spurs at 34, the dubs couldn’t score more than 24 in a quarter the rest of the way and watched San Antonio methodically pull away.

The Spurs rode an incredibly balanced attack on the way to victory: 6 players in double-digits, and 46 points off their bench. Meanwhile, only two players really came to play for the Warriors: David Lee posted an encouraging 31 points (his season high) along with 12 rebounds, and the other stats that jumps out of the box score is Dorell Wright’s 9 assists, which he paired with 18 points and 7 rebounds (dude is probably the second most likely to have a triple-double on this team after Curry — shows how well rounded he’s become).

But with Monta and Curry both cold (shooting a combined 16 of 41, nearly half of the Warriors 85 total shots from the field), Biedrins once again posting a team-low -18 (when was the last time he scored a point?), and little help from the bench (the low-light of which was probably Reggie Williams’ 0 points and -11 in 14 minutes), a win against the Spurs was going to be tough to come by. Gotta play the best to beat the best.

San Antonio Spurs (38-7)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
R. Jefferson F 32:00 4-10 1-4 0-0 +7 0 4 4 1 3 0 1 0 0 9
T. Duncan F 26:37 6-12 0-0 4-4 +16 1 6 7 3 0 2 1 1 1 16
D. Blair C 13:09 2-4 0-0 0-0 -6 0 4 4 2 3 1 1 0 1 4
M. Ginobili G 31:21 5-11 3-4 7-11 0 1 3 4 7 2 1 1 0 1 20
T. Parker G 32:21 8-13 0-1 2-3 +16 1 2 3 11 0 3 2 0 0 18
A. McDyess 24:38 6-9 0-0 2-2 +23 2 8 10 1 1 0 1 0 0 14
G. Neal 24:08 4-7 1-4 2-2 +5 1 2 3 0 4 0 1 0 0 11
G. Hill 30:57 5-12 0-1 4-4 +9 1 3 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 14
T. Splitter 21:05 1-3 0-0 5-8 -7 1 5 6 0 4 0 1 0 1 7
C. Quinn 01:52 0-0 0-0 0-0 -4 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
L. Owens 01:52 0-1 0-1 0-0 -4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
M. Bonner DND – Sore Right Knee
Total 240 41-82 5-15 26-34 8 38 46 26 19 7 9 1 5 113
50.0% 33.3% 76.5% team rebs: 9 total to: 9
Golden State Warriors (19-25)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
D. Wright F 41:18 4-7 0-1 10-11 -6 2 5 7 9 2 1 1 1 0 18
D. Lee F-C 38:28 13-19 0-0 5-5 -9 3 9 12 1 3 0 1 1 0 31
A. Biedrins C 26:53 0-2 0-0 0-0 -18 0 4 4 1 2 0 0 1 0 0
M. Ellis G 43:12 10-26 1-4 4-4 -13 0 3 3 2 0 3 3 0 1 25
S. Curry G 36:02 6-15 2-5 0-0 -4 1 5 6 5 4 0 4 1 0 14
D. Gadzuric 03:35 0-1 0-0 0-0 +3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
V. Radmanovic 14:15 1-2 1-1 0-0 -3 0 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 3
E. Udoh 06:02 2-4 0-0 0-0 +4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4
R. Williams 13:59 0-3 0-3 0-0 -11 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
A. Law 09:29 3-6 1-1 0-0 +1 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 7
L. Amundson 06:47 0-0 0-0 0-0 +1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0
B. Wright DNP – Coach’s Decision
Total 240 39-85 5-15 19-20 6 30 36 21 21 4 9 5 1 102
45.9% 33.3% 95.0% team rebs: 5 total to: 9

inactive

  • Spurs: Anderson
  • Warriors: Bell, Lin

technical fouls

  • Spurs: –
  • Warriors: –

scoring

  • Lead Changes: 11
  • Times Tied: 12

arena stats

  • Arena: ORACLE Arena, Oakland, CA
  • Officials: #17 Joe Crawford, #49 Tom Washington, #58 Josh Tiven
  • Attendance: 18523
  • Duration: 2:8
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24
Jan

Preview: Spurs at Warriors

San Antonio
Spurs

@

Golden State
Warriors

Oracle Arena
7:30pm | CSNBA

Official Game Preview

2010-11 Meetings
November 30, 2010 • Recap
Spurs 118
Warriors 98
 
December 8, 2010 • Recap
Warriors 94
Spurs 111
 
January 24, 2011 • Recap
Spurs 113
Warriors 102
 
March 21, 2011 • Recap
Warriors 96
Spurs 111
 

The league-leading Spurs come to Oakland tonight, providing the best home challenge the Warriors have had since the Lakers came to town a few weeks ago. A win here would be the best evidence yet that this team can compete for the 8th spot this year, and at the very least you’d like to see them avoid the 20-point spanking the Spurs handed out in this building back in November.

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23
Jan

Game #43: Clippers 113, Warriors 109

Warriors 109

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Clippers 113
January 22, 2011 1 2 3 4 T
Warriors 22 34 26 27 109
Clippers 34 31 21 27 113
  Net -12 3 5 0 -4
  Season Avg -2.9 0.8 -0.4 -0.1 -2.2
  Compare to Season Avg -9.1 2.2 5.4 0.1 -1.8
 Warriors Stats
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Game 45.9% 33.3% 81.5% 27 29 13 42 23 6 2 11 11 40 12
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 -0.3% -5.9% 5.4% 6.3 7 1.4 1.5 0.5 -3 -3 -3.1 2.5 -2.6 -6.6
 Net Comparison
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Net Game 2.4% 12.1% 1.5% -13 -5 -5 -6 -5 2 -6 1 11 -12 -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 3% 8.6% 2.7% -6 -1.4 -3.8 -1.7 -2.8 1.2 -6.7 -0.2 9 -9.1 -4.2

The Warriors almost overcame a typically slow road start, but in the end there was just too much Blake Griffin (Seriously, hitting a 3 — just his 6th of the year — for the go-ahead basket as the shot clock expires?).

Curry did a nice job taking over the offensive load from Ellis, who probably should have sat this one out (6-21 from the field, 0-6 from 3). Biedrins was woeful once again with just 6 and 6 in 22 minutes with a team-low (by a lot) -18.

Solid line from Lee at 16 and 15, though you have to dock him a bit for Griffin’s performance. Williams showed up with 16 off the bench, but with Curry the only player who cracked 20 it just wasn’t enough.

I guess I can’t feel too bad about this loss, as it was a road back-to-back against a fresh team that’s been playing well at home. But pretty soon the Warriors need to start winning these sorts of games if they hope to be a good team — this game was there for the taking, but they couldn’t get it done in crunch time. And there’s only so long that you can make excuses for losses before you have to expect to stay in the lottery.

Golden State Warriors (19-24)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
D. Wright F 41:48 3-6 2-4 6-6 -3 3 4 7 4 4 0 0 1 0 14
D. Lee F-C 41:13 6-16 0-0 4-5 +4 3 12 15 3 5 2 3 0 3 16
A. Biedrins C 22:17 3-4 0-0 0-0 -18 2 4 6 1 4 2 1 0 0 6
M. Ellis G 42:17 6-21 0-6 5-7 -4 2 1 3 4 5 0 5 0 4 17
S. Curry G 40:50 12-23 3-9 5-5 +9 2 4 6 8 5 1 2 1 1 32
R. Williams 18:15 6-10 2-4 2-2 -1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 16
V. Radmanovic 27:12 3-5 2-4 0-0 +4 1 2 3 2 4 1 0 0 0 8
E. Udoh 06:03 0-0 0-0 0-2 -6 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
C. Bell 00:04 0-0 0-0 0-0 -3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
B. Wright 00:01 0-0 0-0 0-0 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
L. Amundson 00:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
D. Gadzuric 00:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 240 39-85 9-27 22-27 13 29 42 23 29 6 11 2 8 109
45.9% 33.3% 81.5% team rebs: 8 total to: 11
Los Angeles Clippers (17-26)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
R. Gomes F 36:44 5-12 2-6 3-4 -1 4 4 8 2 5 0 1 0 0 15
B. Griffin F 41:26 10-16 1-1 9-10 +7 5 13 18 8 4 0 4 0 0 30
D. Jordan C 28:28 2-3 0-0 3-6 +3 2 6 8 1 4 0 1 4 0 7
E. Gordon G 28:51 7-17 1-6 8-8 +7 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 1 23
B. Davis G 27:21 3-10 1-5 0-1 -9 1 0 1 6 3 1 2 3 0 7
E. Bledsoe 25:01 3-6 0-2 0-0 +12 2 2 4 5 2 1 0 1 0 6
A. Aminu 19:04 2-7 1-6 4-4 -7 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 0 0 9
I. Diogu 13:23 3-5 0-0 0-1 +8 3 2 5 0 0 0 2 0 1 6
R. Foye 19:42 2-9 1-7 5-6 0 0 2 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 10
R. Butler 00:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
J. Collins 00:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
B. Cook 00:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 240 37-85 7-33 32-40 18 30 48 28 24 4 12 8 2 113
43.5% 21.2% 80.0% team rebs: 9 total to: 12

inactive

  • Warriors: Law, Lin
  • Clippers: Kaman, Smith, Warren

technical fouls

  • Warriors: –
  • Clippers: –

scoring

  • Lead Changes: 1
  • Times Tied: 6

arena stats

  • Arena: Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA
  • Officials: #9 Derrick Stafford, #70 Brent Barnaky, #7 Kevin Fehr
  • Attendance: 19373
  • Duration: 2:35
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22
Jan

Preview: Warriors at Clippers

Golden State
Warriors

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Los Angeles
Clippers

Staples Center
7:30pm | CSNBA

Official Game Preview

2010-11 Meetings
October 29, 2010 • Recap
Clippers 91
Warriors 109
 
January 9, 2011 • Recap
Warriors 91
Clippers 105
 
January 14, 2011 • Recap
Clippers 112
Warriors 122
 
January 22, 2011 • Recap
Warriors 109
Clippers 113
 

The Warriors face the Clippers for the 4th and last time tonight. The Clippers have been playing well, but the Warriors beat them last time in Oakland so it can be done. Would be great to get another W before the Spurs come in to town, though it’s going to be tough against a Clippers team that last played on Thursday.

Monta is a game-time decision, so if he’s out we’ll need big contributions from Curry and Reggie Williams to be competitive. Let’s see if they get a lift from the last-minute win over the Kings, or if they lack urgency as a result of avoiding disaster.

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22
Jan

Game #42: Warriors 119, Kings 112

Kings 112

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Warriors 119
January 21, 2011 1 2 3 4 T
Kings 28 23 23 30 112
Warriors 27 24 31 22 119
  Net -1 1 8 -8 7
  Season Avg -2.9 0.8 -0.4 -0.1 -2.2
  Compare to Season Avg 1.9 0.2 8.4 -7.9 9.2
 Warriors Stats
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Game 51.6% 22.2% 85% 20 26 10 44 21 13 5 19 24 60 30
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% -17% 8.9% -0.7 4 -1.6 3.5 -1.5 4 0 4.9 5.5 17.4 11.4
 Net Comparison
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Net Game 6.9% -2.8% 17.4% -17 -3 -3 -1 -1 2 3 1 1 0 15
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 7.5% -6.3% 18.6% -10 0.6 -1.8 3.3 1.2 1.2 2.3 -0.2 -1 2.9 15.8

Look Familiar? (Photo by Rocky Widner/NBAE via Getty Images)

For the second time this season, the Kings bail the Warriors out of a demoralizing loss by completely forgetting how to close a game. From 9 points down with about 3 minutes remaining, the Warriors got 3′s from Curry and then Monta, then, after trading a few scores, Monta made his second last minute shot in as many nights, this one to send the game to overtime (where the Warriors quickly pulled away from the deflated visitors).

The Kings opened the door by doing a nice impression of a college team, making only 3 of 6 foul shots in the closing minutes. Still, that distracts from the fact that the Kings were dominating the Warriors from the line until the closing minutes of regulation (it was something like 30-10 in FTA’s at one point, and even with the Kings fouling at the end of overtime they still made it to the line 17 times more than the Warriors).

Monta got the glory — but also an ankle injury, which according to the beat writers isn’t too serious but could still keep him out of tonight’s game against the Clippers — but it was Curry who had perhaps the most important game for the Warriors’ future success. He broke the 30 mark for the first time since December 5 at Oklahoma City, and did so with 8 fewer shot attempts than Monta (providing evidence for Feltbot’s theory that Curry would outscore Monta if he got the same number of shots — will be interesting to see how he plays tonight if Monta sits out with the ankle).

David Lee had a solid double-double, and Dorell Wright came up big on the glass with 12 rebounds to go with his 13 points. Biedrins, on the other hand, did little to respond to Lacob’s implied criticism in some of his recent interviews, with 4 points and 5 rebounds and a team low -14 before he fouled out in only 24 minutes. Yikes.

The bench was fairly quiet in this game, with Gadzuric making the most memorable appearance after Biedrins fouled out near the end of regulation. Gadzuric missed a point blank layup in the closing minute, though he did post a +16 so he wasn’t all bad. Especially if you compare it to Brandon Wright’s -10 in just 3 minutes. If there’s one thing Wright is consistent at, it’s being inconsistent.

So the Warriors avert disaster, and now get a bit of a freebie game tonight in LA against the Clippers (though it would still be nice to win another before San Antonio comes to town on Monday). Their propensity for playing down to their competition is getting a bit concerning, as they are coming off three straight wins that were way closer than they should have been. Still, a win is a win, and the Dubs now have their first 4-game winning streak in three years. They’re back within 4 games of .500, and trail Portland by 4 games in the standings for the 8th and final playoff spot. Can’t complain too much about that, given the recent history of this franchise.

Sacramento Kings (9-32)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
O. Casspi F 43:58 6-15 2-6 0-0 -3 1 8 9 2 3 0 1 0 0 14
J. Thompson F 35:17 5-10 0-0 2-4 -1 5 7 12 2 6 1 1 1 1 12
D. Cousins C 38:41 8-17 0-0 5-8 +1 3 5 8 5 3 1 4 1 3 21
T. Evans G 48:26 14-29 1-3 6-10 +2 1 2 3 5 5 3 6 0 1 35
B. Udrih G 46:37 2-7 0-1 7-7 +1 0 4 4 7 2 3 5 0 0 11
S. Dalembert 06:28 0-2 0-0 0-0 -11 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
C. Landry 21:55 3-6 0-0 4-6 -5 1 4 5 0 3 0 2 0 0 10
P. Jeter 09:09 2-3 0-1 1-2 -8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5
L. Head 02:12 0-1 0-0 0-0 -8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
D. Greene 12:17 2-3 0-0 0-0 -3 1 1 2 0 1 2 1 0 0 4
D. Jackson DNP – Coach’s Decision
J. Taylor DNP – Coach’s Decision
Total 265 42-93 3-11 25-37 13 32 45 22 23 11 20 2 5 112
45.2% 27.3% 67.6% team rebs: 14 total to: 20
Golden State Warriors (19-23)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
D. Wright F 46:09 5-11 0-3 3-4 +18 0 12 12 3 2 3 3 1 0 13
D. Lee F-C 42:45 9-16 0-0 4-5 +8 1 9 10 3 3 1 3 0 0 22
A. Biedrins C 23:42 2-3 0-0 0-0 -14 1 4 5 0 6 0 1 1 0 4
M. Ellis G 48:59 12-29 1-6 3-4 +10 0 4 4 9 4 3 7 1 1 28
S. Curry G 44:10 12-21 3-7 7-7 +7 1 2 3 3 2 4 4 0 1 34
V. Radmanovic 11:53 1-1 0-0 0-0 -1 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 2
E. Udoh 10:07 2-3 0-0 0-0 +3 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4
A. Law 14:21 3-3 0-0 0-0 -6 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 6
R. Williams 04:46 1-3 0-2 0-0 +4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
D. Gadzuric 15:09 2-5 0-0 0-0 +16 5 0 5 0 4 1 0 2 0 4
B. Wright 02:59 0-0 0-0 0-0 -10 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
C. Bell DNP – Coach’s Decision
Total 265 49-95 4-18 17-20 10 34 44 21 26 13 19 5 2 119
51.6% 22.2% 85.0% team rebs: 10 total to: 20

inactive

  • Kings: Garcia, Whiteside
  • Warriors: Amundson, Lin

technical fouls

  • Kings: –
  • Warriors: Lee

scoring

  • Lead Changes: 9
  • Times Tied: 12

arena stats

  • Arena: ORACLE Arena, Oakland, CA
  • Officials: #27 Dick Bavetta, #30 John Goble, #12 Violet Palmer
  • Attendance: 18428
  • Duration: 2:51
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21
Jan

Preview: Kings at Warriors

Sacramento
Kings

@

Golden State
Warriors

Oracle Arena
7:30pm | CSNBA

Official Game Preview

2010-11 Meetings
December 21, 2010 • Recap
Warriors 117
Kings 109
 
January 21, 2011 • Recap
Kings 112
Warriors 119
 
March 14, 2011 • Recap
Warriors 119
Kings 129
 
April 10, 2011 • Recap
Kings 104
Warriors 103
 

The Warriors kick off the second half of the season tonight against the visiting Kings, losers of 6 of their last 7 and the hosts to perhaps the Warriors biggest win so far this season (at least, biggest given what it would have meant to lose that game). Once again, the Warriors face a must-win if they hope to return to respectability before they head back out on the road for an extended stretch (related, good to see that Lacob is also targeting an 11-4 record in their next 15 to break into positive territory.) What to watch for tonight:

  • Play like the better team — this time, for reals. Perhaps it was a bit much to expect a blowout on Wednesday against a well-coached Pacers squad, but tonight there really are no excuses. Sacramento is on a slide, and with a game tomorrow night in LA against the Clippers it would be great to give the starters a bit of rest.
  • More of the Wright stuff. Brandon Wright was the surprise contributor against Indiana, with 6 points and 12 big minutes. Let’s see if he’s the first big off the bench, or at the very least gets some run in the second quarter. I’d still be shocked if he ever becomes a consistent contributor for the dubs, but at the very least I’d love to see him build his trade value up from its current negative value.
  • 5 vs. 6. I don’t expect Udoh to get much in terms of minutes, but when he’s in there I hope to see him guard Cousins. Could be a good matchup for Udoh, as Cousins’ relative rawness means he won’t be pulling any crafty veteran moves on Udoh. A solid block or two could go a long way toward easing the pain of last season’s late “run” that gave the Warriors the 6th pick instead of the 5th.
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20
Jan

Game #41: Warriors 110, Pacers 108

Pacers 108

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Warriors 110
January 19, 2011 1 2 3 4 T
Pacers 28 29 25 25 108
Warriors 28 25 28 29 110
  Net 0 -4 3 4 2
  Season Avg -2.9 0.8 -0.4 -0.1 -2.2
  Compare to Season Avg 2.9 -4.8 3.4 4.1 4.2
 Warriors Stats
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Game 51.1% 37.5% 73.7% 19 18 7 35 22 11 5 12 11 54 34
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% -1.7% -2.4% -1.7 -4 -4.6 -5.5 -0.5 2 0 -2.1 7.5 11.4 15.4
 Net Comparison
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Net Game 5.5% -3.4% -12.5% -10 1 -8 -14 1 4 2 6 16 20 15
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 6.1% -6.9% -11.3% -3 4.6 -6.8 -9.7 3.2 3.2 1.3 4.8 14 22.9 15.8

Photo by Rocky Widner/NBAE via Getty Images

The Warriors finished the first half of the season in style, with a last minute winner from Monta to cap off a sensational 36-point night. While there’s certainly a bit to complain about with this game — Curry’s horrible foul at the end, and the bigs getting beat handily on the boards — at the end of the day they got the win they needed.

Outside of Monta’s big shot, the story of the night was Brandon Wright’s big contribution off the bench. On a night when the team got very little production outside of the starters (as opposed to Indiana, which had all double-digit positive +/-’s off the bench, and the complete opposite from their starters), Wright’s 6 points and 4 rebounds in 12 4th quarter minutes was sorely needed. Granted, this was one of the few matchups where he can be useful (Jeff Foster is about as big of an offensive threat as he can guard), but you gotta give him credit for taking advantage of the opportunity.

Aside from the late foul, Curry was very active as a distributor, dishing out 7 assists against 1 turnover. He lead the team with a +17, though the offensive is still coming along a bit slowly.

Wright continues to put up solid numbers, filling the stat sheet with 21 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists, 4 steals, and 2 blocks. And David Lee continued his recent run with 21 and 9 — he still can’t seem to get a double double, but he’s coming about as close as you can get.

So the Warriors finish the first half at 18-23, a 36-win pace that would represent an improvement over last year but still leave them well short of the playoffs. At the very least, it would be nice to see this team make a run to .500. I think it will take a trade to get there, as they’ll likely run out of gas once the easy stretch ends and they head back out on the road unless they get an infusion of new talent. Who knows — maybe Wright’s performance tonight can help make that happen.

Indiana Pacers (16-23)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
D. Granger F 41:56 11-19 4-7 6-8 -7 4 9 13 6 1 3 7 1 1 32
T. Hansbrough F 24:18 5-12 0-1 6-6 -12 4 1 5 1 3 0 1 0 1 16
J. McRoberts F 18:08 3-4 0-0 1-2 -13 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 7
B. Rush G 36:26 3-7 1-2 0-0 -18 0 3 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 7
D. Collison G 32:10 5-11 1-2 3-3 -22 1 0 1 5 2 1 4 0 2 14
M. Dunleavy 29:30 5-13 2-6 2-2 +17 1 4 5 4 1 0 0 0 1 14
J. Foster 29:51 1-8 0-1 1-2 +11 4 11 15 2 5 1 1 0 0 3
P. George 11:52 2-4 0-1 4-4 +14 1 4 5 1 4 1 1 0 0 8
A. Price 15:50 2-3 1-2 2-2 +20 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 0 7
T. Ford 00:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
S. Jones 00:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
J. Posey 00:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 240 37-81 9-22 25-29 15 34 49 21 19 7 18 3 5 108
45.7% 40.9% 86.2% team rebs: 7 total to: 20
Golden State Warriors (18-23)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
D. Wright F 42:26 9-17 2-3 1-1 -5 0 2 2 3 0 4 1 2 2 21
D. Lee F-C 36:03 7-11 0-0 7-10 +12 2 7 9 3 4 0 4 0 0 21
A. Biedrins C 24:07 4-6 0-0 0-0 +8 1 4 5 1 4 1 0 3 0 8
M. Ellis G 43:45 16-28 2-3 2-3 +11 1 4 5 6 2 2 4 0 1 36
S. Curry G 32:36 4-10 0-3 3-3 +17 0 4 4 7 1 2 1 0 0 11
L. Amundson 04:38 0-1 0-0 0-0 -9 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0
A. Law 15:37 2-4 2-2 1-2 -14 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7
V. Radmanovic 13:01 0-4 0-2 0-0 -14 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
R. Williams 10:29 0-3 0-3 0-0 +1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
E. Udoh 05:43 0-1 0-0 0-0 +2 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
B. Wright 11:35 3-3 0-0 0-0 +1 2 2 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 6
D. Gadzuric 00:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 240 45-88 6-16 14-19 7 28 35 22 18 11 12 5 3 110
51.1% 37.5% 73.7% team rebs: 5 total to: 12

inactive

  • Pacers: Hibbert, Jones, Stephenson
  • Warriors: Bell, Lin

technical fouls

  • Pacers: –
  • Warriors: –

scoring

  • Lead Changes: 14
  • Times Tied: 11

arena stats

  • Arena: ORACLE Arena, Oakland, CA
  • Officials: #63 Derek Richardson, #8 Marc Davis, #16 David Guthrie
  • Attendance: 18185
  • Duration: 2:16
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19
Jan

Preview: Pacers at Warriors

Indiana
Pacers

@

Golden State
Warriors

Oracle Arena
7:30pm | CSNBA

Official Game Preview

2010-11 Meetings
January 19, 2011 • Recap
Pacers 108
Warriors 110
 
March 1, 2011 • Recap
Warriors 100
Pacers 109
 

The Warriors reach the midway point in the season tonight against the visiting Pacers, who have lost 8 of their last 11. This one also falls into the “must-win” category if the Warriors are going to continue their climb back to respectability during this easy stretch in the schedule. What to watch for tonight:

  • Play like the better team. The most disappointing thing about Monday’s game was how unnecessarily close it was. The Warriors were clearly the better side, but every time they threatened to break the game open they’d give up a run to the Nets. The Pacers are certainly a better team than New Jersey, but the Warriors should be able to own the matchup against a slumping team on the road — they just need to avoid playing down to their competition.
  • Shoot the damn ball. Even during their current rough stretch, the Pacers are holding their opponents to 91 points per game on 40.7% shooting. The Warriors have been shooting the ball well recently, particularly from 3, but they’ll need to keep that up tonight if they want to avoid a similar slog to what we saw against the Nets on Monday.
  • Get Curry Hot. It’s no secret that Curry has struggled of late, particularly on the defensive end. Can he avoid the early fouls that have prevented him from getting into the early offensive flow, the most recent Clippers game excepted? His Assists to Turnovers ratio has been better of late, but that seems to have come from an overabundance of caution when it comes to aggressiveness. Can he find a happy medium?
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17
Jan

Game #40: Warriors 109, Nets 100

Nets 100

@

Warriors 109
January 17, 2011 1 2 3 4 T
Nets 28 18 27 27 100
Warriors 28 26 25 30 109
  Net 0 8 -2 3 9
  Season Avg -2.9 0.8 -0.4 -0.1 -2.2
  Compare to Season Avg 2.9 7.2 -1.6 3.1 11.2
 Warriors Stats
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Game 49.4% 33.3% 75% 28 21 11 35 25 5 10 6 12 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 3.2% -5.9% -1.1% 7.3 -1 -0.6 -5.5 2.5 -4 5 -8.1 6.5 1.4 -5.6
 Net Comparison
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Net Game 0.6% 11.9% -4.2% 4 3 0 -3 -3 2 7 7 14 4 -2
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% 8.4% -3% 11 6.6 1.2 1.3 -0.8 1.2 6.3 5.8 12 6.9 -1.2

A somewhat disappointing game, as the Warriors could never quite get separation from a 10-31 team playing a day game on the road. But as Fitzgerald pointed out near the end, this isn’t college football: all that matters at the end is whether you get a W or an L.

And a W it was. The team was led by Monta, who was a bit of a volume shooter today at 11-25, but made up for it with 9 assists against only 1 turnover. In fact, the entire team did a great job hanging onto the ball, with only 6 turnovers in the entire game.

The front line also played well, as David Lee had 24 and 10 and Biedrins got the coveted postgame interview on CSN. Goose didn’t quite get to his double-double of times gone by, but 7 and 9 with a team-high +12 is certainly on the right track.

Kudos to the bench as well, which played well in the second quarter when the Warriors first built the almost-10-point-lead that they would continue to bump up against over the course of the game before frittering it away. Acie Law played about as well as I’ve seen from him this year with 8 points and a couple of assists.

Even the guy who was probably the day’s biggest disappointment, Steph Curry, who thought a touch foul on a layup in the opening seconds would be a great way to start the game, came up huge with a big three in the final minutes when the Nets were making their final run.

So despite playing down to their competition, the Warriors get their 8th win in 13 games, and if they can beat the Pacers and Kings they’ll be able to pull within 4 games of .500 before heading down to LA for their final meeting with the Clippers.

One final point of note: the Warriors won the free throw attempts battle! Huzzah!

New Jersey Nets (10-31)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
T. Outlaw F 33:43 4-4 0-0 0-0 -13 1 3 4 5 2 0 2 0 0 8
D. Favors F 19:22 0-3 0-0 0-0 -7 3 4 7 2 2 0 2 1 1 0
B. Lopez C 35:39 9-15 0-1 2-3 -14 3 4 7 1 4 1 3 2 3 20
S. Graham G-F 22:57 3-4 0-0 0-0 -9 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 6
D. Harris G 32:35 5-14 0-2 9-10 -12 0 1 1 8 4 0 3 0 2 19
J. Farmar 28:37 3-9 2-6 0-0 +1 0 2 2 7 2 0 1 0 0 8
K. Humphries 22:01 3-8 0-0 5-8 -1 3 7 10 2 2 0 0 0 3 11
J. Petro 12:21 4-8 0-1 0-0 +5 0 3 3 1 2 2 1 0 0 8
S. Vujacic 26:58 6-12 1-4 3-3 0 1 1 2 1 2 0 1 0 1 16
Q. Ross 05:06 1-2 0-0 0-0 +1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2
B. Uzoh 00:41 1-1 0-0 0-0 +4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
A. Morrow DND – Strained Right Hamstring
Total 240 39-80 3-14 19-24 11 27 38 28 24 3 13 3 10 100
48.8% 21.4% 79.2% team rebs: 12 total to: 16
Golden State Warriors (17-23)
field goalsrebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
D. Wright F 26:37 2-7 1-4 5-6 +3 2 1 3 1 2 0 1 1 0 10
D. Lee F-C 35:56 9-13 0-0 6-7 +4 3 7 10 4 2 0 1 0 0 24
A. Biedrins C 29:51 4-6 0-0 1-2 +12 3 4 7 0 4 0 0 3 0 9
M. Ellis G 41:58 11-25 0-4 4-7 +4 1 4 5 9 2 3 1 1 0 26
S. Curry G 23:04 4-10 2-5 3-4 +11 0 2 2 6 4 0 2 1 1 13
R. Williams 26:42 5-9 2-3 0-0 0 0 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 12
D. Gadzuric 04:49 0-1 0-0 0-0 -4 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 2 1 0
A. Law 18:22 3-6 0-1 2-2 +5 0 0 0 2 3 1 0 0 0 8
L. Amundson 06:23 0-1 0-0 0-0 +3 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0
V. Radmanovic 21:09 2-3 1-1 0-0 +4 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 5
E. Udoh 05:09 1-2 0-0 0-0 +3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2
B. Wright DNP – Coach’s Decision
Total 240 41-83 6-18 21-28 11 24 35 25 21 5 6 10 3 109
49.4% 33.3% 75.0% team rebs: 10 total to: 6

inactive

  • Nets: James, Murphy
  • Warriors: Bell, Lin

technical fouls

  • Nets: –
  • Warriors: –

scoring

  • Lead Changes: 1
  • Times Tied: 3

arena stats

  • Arena: ORACLE Arena, Oakland, CA
  • Officials: #57 Greg Willard, #61 Courtney Kirkland, #73 Tre Maddox
  • Attendance: 18563
  • Duration: 2:21
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17
Jan

Preview: Nets at Warriors

New Jersey
Nets

@

Golden State
Warriors

Oracle Arena
1:00pm | CSNBA

Official Game Preview

2010-11 Meetings
January 17, 2011 • Recap
Nets 100
Warriors 109
 
March 9, 2011 • Recap
Warriors 90
Nets 94
 

The Warriors welcome the Nets to town for an MLK day matinee. This is a game the Warriors should win, period, so let’s see if they can turn this into a laugher early. And while you’re at it, how about a big game from Monta to up his all-star status?