RECAP: Warriors 117, Kings 105 -- Oakland the new "capital" for Norcal Basketball

That I called warriors by 4. That was incorrect. But I did call Pietrus' Monster game. Let's give that guy a round of applause. He put it down tonight.

sitting over on his log in the corner straight HATING on the W's. that halftime and postgame report was awful. Nice analysis of the game guys, "this team is not good...this team will not make the playoffs...can they do this against a good team like dallas?" Uh, unless i was dreaming they already BEAT dallas! Oh or do you mean a good team like detroit...whoops beat them too. incredible that these "experts" didn't even take the time to give BD some props. He destroyed the kings in that game...or give up something to pietrus, he had a great game. All they want to talk about is the sixers! give me a f'ing break. that was WEAK.
On the flp side...GREAT GAME!

I dont mind being under the radar. All the "sports analysts/experts" projected the Suns to win the West this year and now  EVERYONE is out to get the Suns and they are struggling to deal with the pressure. Is it just me or are the Suns not as efficient as theyve been in the past couple years? They started well bad last year too... maybe they'll pick it up once they find their stride.

This is good being under the radar and all in that we can totally sneak up on unsuspecting sleeping giants... i.e. the Spurs.

GO WARRIORS! LETS TAKE DOWN SOME UNSUSPECTING POWERHOUSES!

I was seriously disturbed by the disrespect the WARRIORS got from the post game/half time whatever crew. I expected them to really say something about the W's but they kept on talking about other things, lke C WEB...goin to the sixers. THATS OLD NEWS. They were talkin so much garbage during halftime about it being a SUMMER LEAGUE game and that this type of play would be good in the playoffs. CHARLES BARKLEY NEEDS TO GET WITH THE PROGRAM. That guy was so random. He is a FREAKIN idiot. The Warriors have been beating "defensive" minded teams (i.e. DETROIT, SACRAMENTO). I think our defense isnt SO bad. It's decent, understanding the amount of offense we post. We stop teams when it matters, like...when we're about to lose a lead. STEVE KERR hating on us about losing leads and all that. DID WE LOSE ANY LEAD TONIGHT? I don't think so. The closest SAC got was 7 points. DETROIT. WHERE THE HELL WERE THEY? I just HATE/LOVE watching nationally televised games. YOU CAN TOTALLY see what THEY really know about basketball. ALL they care about are the BIG MARKET TEAMS. (LAKERS, HEAT, PISTONS, DALLAS, HOUSTON Etc). Show some love to the WEST COAST? NORTHERN CALIFORNIA style. I EVEN felt bad for sacramento with their comments. JEEZ. P.S. BOB  and JIM are awesome.

Biedrins is not the next Ben Wallace.  He's the next Ben Wallace w/ offense.

Yeah, Charles gave us absolutely no love last night which was quite on the extreme. On the other hadn, we haven't done diddly squat (to quote Jim Mora) in 12 freakin' years, so SOME (but not all) of that disrespect is understandable. 6-3 is pretty sweet and I would have never imagined feeling this good about the Dubs after game 1, But we started well last year and ended up in misery. Hence, the disrespect.

Screw Barkley. I prefer the wisdom that is Steve Kerr who gave a very fair assessment of our beloved Dubs, which I describe as a "reserved excitement." He acknoweledges that we are playing well right now and that our offense looks scary when clicking on all cylinders, but is aware of the 12-year drought and the mental obstacles our team must overcome. I loved his reference to Run TMC, which made me feel nostalgic. I especially loved his comment about how great Warrior fans have always been in spite of our lousy record. We should have all felt proud about that comment.

Things to watch out for. Davis "looks" durable right now, but I hope Nelly isn't planning on playing him 48 minutes every night. At this pace, he won't last the All-Star Break, I don't care how much weight he's lost. Our current injuries will have to heal fast, and eventually J-Rich will have to pick up more of the slack to preserve BD for the rest of the year.

WE need to make the most of this home schedule. I was hoping that we could go 3-1 in the last four games of this home stand. 1 win down. 2 to go. three more would be excellent. We shouldn't expect anything less than 8-4 or 9-3 after 12 games given how our schedule will turn for the worse.

Peace out.

Great game last night.  Seeing the guys -- lead by BD, who was simply spectacular -- plat like this has me thinking Run TMC Redux.  Some points

•  As long as Davis plays with this passion and sense of team, I'll take the turnovers and live with 'em.  The POSITIVE energy he's generating makes it well worth it;
•  BD is starting to show some TEAM leadership, too.  At the half, he went out of his way to praise MP (at four) and Dun (at four and five) for their defensive hustle.  (Good to have him say something about Dun, in particular, because they're starting to play well together, especially on offensive sets.)
•  Nellie can only continue playing BD this much for so long.  Mcleod is showing nothing and JR shows that while his shooting's improving, he's still way out of playing shape and has no hops yet -- so it's hard to take BD out.  But he's gonna have to pretty soon.
•  While AB's still a work very much in progress, his growth -- even within this season -- has been amazing.  I'm just waiting for him to draw a "hack a 'Dris" because he's money if you can get him the ball -- as BD's been doing -- anywhere near the hoop.
•  The team has improved so much as a team, that Dun as sixth man is starting to make more sense -- and pay off dividends.  Tho his RBs were down last night (four) from the previous two games, he's been a real, developing defensive force -- even playing five from time to time -- and his hustle is readily apparent.  (He even kept full concentration and control when he was whistled for two non-existent fouls in the first half yesterday, and played an important role keeping the W's at 10 up in the second half.)
•  Nellie did something new last night.  For the first time, he put Ellis back in the game in the first half even tho he had three fouls.  And in the final minute Monta commited a foolish foul on the three point shot, making the decision look bad.  (Monta's face looked like it did after he blew that pass at the end of the first N.O. game.)  But Monta did not get another foul in tyhe game.  And Nelson showed his trust in the kid continues to grow.
•  When MP is energized, he can play a lot of four.  He moved well without the ball, shot nicely -- even once or twice from the top of the key (tho his obvious preferred spot is always  the right baseline, for an open three).  Maybe he's developing some consistency.  Now, if he could just learn to finish on those otherwise spectacular drives. . . . .

It's true that a lot of stars have been in the W's favor these past few games.  But the fact is that they've won them (or, haven't lost them, as was so often the case last year).  And we're all having a lot of fun.  Let's hope there's no letdown against Seattle on Saturday (and why is that game not being telecast?).

The Warriors beat at home a team on the back end of a back to back.  

The Warriors were 12-6 last year and look where they ended up.

Those are just facts and until the Warriors make serious noise late in the season, there's no respect coming.

I love the Warriors but I realize the facts.  I'm excited about this year more than last year because of Nellie.  He knows basketball and the NBA.  He's a huge upgrade over Monty (and I am not blaming Monty).  Are they going to win the title?  No.  Playoffs?  Maybe.  But they will be respectable and the Warriors will not quit on Nellie.  That's the most important fact to me.

Last night's game was exciting, fun and made me wish I was there (I'm going tomorrow night.)  But there were a couple of things that bothered me, the 3s at key points (that went in) which had they not could have fueled a comeback.  The BD drive and kick outs for 3s rather than a drive or easy 2.

Baron, Pietrus, Monta, Biedris, JRich and Dunleavy all had big games.  I liked the rebounding and fastbreaking.  Dunleavy hit a big 3 to put the Warriors back up by 10 very late in the 4th (2:30 left?) and looked confident.  That's going to be a key for the season, can he be consistently confident?

Go Warriors!!

is the fact the Warriors are playing without Murphy (almost a certain double, double every night) without Diogu who is a real good if young guy under the basket, and with Richardson playing at 50%.  He says 70% but really he is at best 50%, hobbling around, not able to make cuts.  This is a guy who averaged 20 plus points a game last year and now is having trouble getting 10.  
Right now the Warriors are hanging on until two come back and one gets healthy.  Some commented the Warriors were weak on defense last night, it is not surprising with that makeshift lineup they are now using.  I would love to see the entire team back and then let's see what happens.

2 alley oops,
1 monta dunk,
12 (sumthing like that) Monta points
10 Baron assists
over 70% from the field

All in the first quarter.  what a game.

Orders a biedrins jersey

Does anyone have a video link or clip of the highlights of the game - most notably Baron's behind the back?  I would greatly appreciate it, thanks!

because i'm gonna be at the game on saturday! but tonight was very good, i agree that if baron plays as well as he did tonight i can more than live with a few turnovers. the defense was kinda lacking, but it can be expected sometimes in this kind of style of play. all in all a great win, and F*** TNT!

u need to talk about monta's as well. he picked up 3 in the first half again, and his 4th was on that 3 point attempt. i agree that ab still needs to work on it at times, but give him credit for his vast improvement and don't ignore the others. i pretty much agree with everything u said tho, u know it's all good :)

wanted to maybe point out somethings that have not been mentioned.

first off, hella good posts, comments, insights.

i like the positive outlook(how can you not feel downright GIDDY about whats going on with this team) but more importantly, the reality checks:

-Schedule isnt that SOFT, its just hella games at home.  We played DET, DAL, NO/OK, SAC...thats not soft its just not cream of the crop.  But in todays NBA(read: parity) what teams are the cream?  SA is all i can think of with maybe a dash of Utah as of now.

-FREE THROW SHOOTING! No one is mentioning this but we are still shooting horribly from the line.  When we are involved in a real game, those type of things  will matter.  We need to fix this free throw problem.

-We are still taking too many 3's...but we are making them now which is kinda scary.  What happens when the dont drop?  However, on the flip side, they are for the most part GOOD 3's.  On drive and kicks and ball rotations.  Are we not supposed to take wide open 3's?

-TNT.  They are kinda right.  We have been IRRELEVANT for the last 12 years.  Why should the crew give us props until we prove something?  With that being said, they shoulda given us SOME love just for a good game tonight. Still the best crew on tv.

Davis should not be playing more than 39 minutes a game.  Nellies gotta limit him.  I dont care how good he is for the team dude is hella injury prone and its a long season!  39 mins a game will not doom our team!

agreed, the W's do not deserve to be talked about as an "elite" team, or even a good one at this point. BUT...BUT...BUT, what i do expect is for them to make comments, analysis on the game that is PLAYED THAT NIGHT. Regardles of who it is. How about breaking down what the W's were doing to the Kings in order to GET OUT AND RUN...or how BD was getting into the lane AT WILL...or how Kevin Martin is really coming into his own (there's a bone for you Kings fans)...etc. But all we get is "these teams are no good...this looks like a summer league game..etc." WTF! So, if a team like say....the Heat or say...Phoenix...or say Dallas gets out and runs that is "good basketball"? When the Warriors and Kings do it, it is "summer league hoops". C'mon now. that is just BS, lazy, baised journalism. F TNT.

Great game. Contrary to Charles Barkley (I'll get to him in a minute), a win is a win. In NBA basketball, that's what wins championships. Winning.

It really doesn't matter how or why you win. If you can produce the wins, you will be a champion.

The bottom line is that the GSW played enough defense to win the game. They scored enough points to win the game. Case closed.

Charles Barkley was ridiculous. To comment that it looked like a summer league game was not only disrespectful, it was ignorant. Players in summer league games don't make plays like the GSW (and the Kings) were making. Not even close.

An All Star game? Maybe. BD certainly looked like an All Star PG. Make that All Star First Team. Nobody in the NBA is playing close to BD at PG right now.

Charles is just a disgruntled announcer who has been highly overrated now that he's retired. He embarrassed himself further when he tried to hype the Hawks, which he called "my team".

The whole TNT crew acted cynical and arrogant. I just walked away after their lack of preparation and their pathetic hyping of the Eastern Conference became evident. The way they kept talking about defense after witnessing an awesome display of offensive Western Conference firepower made them all sound envious and jealous.

If it wasn't so disrespectful, it would have been funny. Who were the defensive powerhouses they were referring to? Chicago at 3-6? Detroit at 4-5, who apparently they missed seeing the Warriors demolish with an offensive barrage? Indiana at 4-5?

All they could do is fall back on the Spurs. Hey, the Spurs are contenders. So? Isn't it a little crazy and mean-spirited to down a fantastic first half by implying that the GSW and the Kings would both lose to the Spurs? What kind of twisted logic is that? We haven't even played the Spurs yet, and already the TNT studio crew is criticizing us about the Spurs?

TNT needs to reassess their starting line up. I totally agree that Jim and Bob are so far superior to the TNT studio crew, it's amazing. We are very lucky to have them.

Andris is already a force in the NBA. His stats barely show how he is altering games. Andris is a game-changer. It is scary to think how much he may improve in the next four to five years. All respect to Atma, but to let Andris get away now would be the height of folly.

Monta is the same way. Unbelievable.

What's up with Zarko? He will fit right in with the GSW style of play and be a great asset.

I agree with everyone that is is critical to try to keep everyone healthy. I disagree, however, that BD is playing too much. Nellie is probably trying to get him into All Star shape. He'll probably begin to rest him more and more as the season progresses, like he did in the Kings game a little.

Don't worry what TNT says about the GSW. They have no control over who wins games. If we can go deep into the playoffs, they will be the first in line to say how much they like the GSW.

What's up with FSN? They're cancelling the GSW game tonight for a Sharks game? Poor planning. With the way the GSW are playing, I suspect they would get a much bigger audience from a GSW game. Why not show the game delayed at 10:00 or on FSN+? We need to let them know we expect to see each and every GSW game televised. Check out the Lakers and the Kings. Every game of the season is televised!

Great effort led by the top PG in the NBA right now. It was a great time out.