Ellis looked great tonight with 37, 7, and 12, and his 360 layup was truly a thing of beauty. David Lee also brought it with a season-high 33 points to go along with 12 rebounds, and Ekpe played big minutes once against and even managed to snag a very respectable 7 boards.

Curry’s night was mixed, as he was hampered by fouls — yet again — and had just 4 assists to 5 turnovers. The bench was similarly unimpressive, providing just 11 points and only 48 minutes to spell the starters.

Now the competition gets tough again, starting on the road against the Thunder on Tuesday. The Warriors have put a nice little run together against two inferior teams, so once again we get to see if they can build off this sort of momentum and keep it up against quality teams.

I missed this one, but sounds like it was pretty exciting in a blow-a-huge-lead-but-hang-on-at-the-end kind of way. Good to see Udoh get the start, and I also like seeing Curry get an almost equal number of shots as Monta. In fact, I’d love to see the Curry:Monta shot ratio at 1:1 the rest of the way and see if we can’t finally get Steph to make that sophomore leap.

So a nice upward blip to stem the downward slide, though beating the Wizards is hardly cause for much optimism. But it was still nice to see them finally win one on this trip, especially at the end of a back-to-back. Now, let’s just hope they get some rest before they face the Celtics on Friday — they’re gonna need it.

I say it’s over, and you might as well start seeing what you’ve got. Let’s see Udoh start at the 5, Lin get some backup guard minutes ahead of Law (who has been better than expected, but can’t shoot and clearly isn’t the future), and push Reggie Williams to see what we’ve got. We’ll see if Smart reads the writing on the wall or if he continues his futile effort to try to save his job for next year.