OPEN THREAD: Preason Game #5 - Warriors vs. Spurs

by dj fuzzylogic on Oct 18, 2007 11:55 AM PDT in Previews

Warriors (W-L): 3-1 (preseason)

Spurs (W-L): 1-1

Time: 5:30PM EST (no radio or tv)

Today's marquee matchup: Spurs' 2005 1st round draft pick Ian Mahinmi vs. Warriors free agent signee Carlos Powell. Or would you prefer Spurs' Darius Washington vs. free agent hopeful Tierre Brown?

It's about that time in the pre-season where teams begin resting their starters giving the wannabes a chance to prove themselvse as legitimate ball players. Pat Riley, coach of the Miami Heat, has already hinted publicly that the preseason is a little too long and the fear of injury haunts most any team. Though, what might be more intriguing than the above matchups is seeing whether POB can develop some consistency that he's had so far in the preseason and when Bellinelli will finally realize that all white sneakers is only hot with khakis or baggy jeans.

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Someone get this man some more colors on his shoes!
(Photo by Rocky Widner/NBAE via Getty Images)

The Warriors take on the reigning NBA champions in San Antonio tonight, which will probably be as interesting as an episode of "Everybody Loves Raymond." The Spurs would probably be the equivalent to Ray Romano (perhaps more specifically Tim Duncan), where they (the Spurs) are continously successful year to year but you sort of have no idea why given the level of talent (or jokes in Romano's case) on the team. Well, if success is Ray Romano, then that's what the Warriors should try to strive for.

Will the Warriors be killing it like Ray Romano this season?

Predictions:

* Spurs by 5
* Spurs hopefuls show off their flopping skills ala Bruce Bowen and Manu Ginobili
* Kosta Koast goes coast-2-coast!

UPDATE (Atma Brother #1): Warriors lose 111-116.
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IT IS ON AVAILABLE ON NBA AUDIO

WHICH IS FREE FOR THE ENTIRE SEASON THIS YEAR. GOTO www.spurs.com and there is a link on the homepage for it.

If War brings peace Dubz wit' it den!

by gsdubz on Oct 18, 2007 10:03 AM PDT reply actions

LIVE AUDIO LINK

http://boss.streamos.com/wmedia-live/nba/7278/20_nba-san_antonio_audio_040930.asx

The funniest show on TV meets GSOM!

by gsdubz on Oct 18, 2007 5:38 PM PDT up reply actions

typo

It's 5:30 Pacific time... you scared me because I live in San Antonio and I'll be at the game. It'll be nice because usually when I watch games I get to see us get blown out. I hate the Spurs

More Hardware Coming!

by gsw4life on Oct 18, 2007 10:30 AM PDT reply actions

So

How was the game? Can we expect a recap?

Tony.psd = Da Man

http://adonalobsessed.blogspot.com/

by Zorgon on Oct 18, 2007 8:48 PM PDT up reply actions

ya

about to work on it. Never done one before - I hope it doesn't suck

More Hardware Coming!

by gsw4life on Oct 19, 2007 1:29 PM PDT up reply actions

didnt carlos powell

get cut?

by krazybalr on Oct 18, 2007 10:44 AM PDT reply actions

yea, I was gonna say the same thing

Should have put everyone fav player this year, Pat Burke

by Athletix Man on Oct 18, 2007 11:10 AM PDT up reply actions

I CAN'T WAIT

TO HEAR SOME MORE RADIO AND NOT ACTUALLY SEE THE GAME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tony.psd = Da Man

http://adonalobsessed.blogspot.com/

by Zorgon on Oct 18, 2007 12:57 PM PDT reply actions

hey

any streams????

Best seat in the House

by kaszowski on Oct 18, 2007 2:50 PM PDT reply actions

Predictions, part II

Dubs by 5
Marco lights up Manu, leads all scores with 22
Carlos Powell is not in the building.

Don't make the beard angry.

by Fearthebeard on Oct 18, 2007 4:08 PM PDT reply actions

I love fear the beard!

I worship the ground you walk on!!

EAST BAY!

The funniest show on TV meets GSOM!

by gsdubz on Oct 18, 2007 5:19 PM PDT up reply actions

yeah

san antonio is playing without
tony parker
timmy D
Bruce Bowen
Brent Barry
and many more
warriors should kill but the score is
28-26 3 min gsw winning

Best seat in the House

by kaszowski on Oct 18, 2007 5:57 PM PDT reply actions

score

going into the 2nd Quarter

37-36 gsw winning....

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by kaszowski on Oct 18, 2007 6:06 PM PDT reply actions

41-40 warriors up.....6:37 left in 2nd quarter...

by kyoung05 on Oct 18, 2007 6:15 PM PDT reply actions

Score Alert

50-46 gsw winning
2:47 left in 2nd quarter

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by kaszowski on Oct 18, 2007 6:27 PM PDT reply actions

harrington

hes got 7 boards.... whats more impressive than that in the 2nd qtr?

... 4 are offensive

by NinerWarrior on Oct 18, 2007 6:31 PM PDT reply actions

HEY!!!

LASME 3 FOULS in 3 MINS ????

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by kaszowski on Oct 18, 2007 6:35 PM PDT up reply actions

SCORE

55-54 spurs winning at half.....

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by kaszowski on Oct 18, 2007 6:36 PM PDT up reply actions

"Winning"

Dude, how old are you?

Spurs lead.
Spurs up.
Spurs leading.
Warriors trail.
Warriors down.
Or just: 55-54 Spurs.

Take your pick. Not to be a language nazi, but saying X-team is "winning" sounds kinda like calling baseball runs "points" or saying someone "made a homerun."

If you're foreign, my bad. Otherwise: consider that your lesson #1a in proper sports diction. ;-)

by Sleepy Freud on Oct 18, 2007 7:05 PM PDT up reply actions

meanie

that is all.

by myron on Oct 18, 2007 7:27 PM PDT up reply actions

Yeah, yeah

Don't mind me, Kasz. Thanks for the updates.

by Sleepy Freud on Oct 18, 2007 7:39 PM PDT up reply actions

my top 2 players for each team so far....

GSW
1.) Patrick O'Bryant 6pts 4rebs 3 blks 11mins!!
2.) Al Harrinfton 5pts and 7rebs 1asts 13 mins!
SAS
1.) Manu Ginobili 12 pts 2 rebs 2 asts
2.) Oberto 5 rebs 7 pts 2 asts 1 blk

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by kaszowski on Oct 18, 2007 6:42 PM PDT reply actions

whos the ra-ra in your picture?

hmm?

by STIX on Oct 18, 2007 7:23 PM PDT reply actions

Al Harrington

has some nice boards tonight, but 6-20 sucks

by highflya on Oct 18, 2007 7:54 PM PDT reply actions

make that

7-22
we got beat by scrubs

by highflya on Oct 18, 2007 8:00 PM PDT reply actions

Game Analysis?

Anyone care to break it down for us why we got beat by the Spurs jobber unit? =/

btw, first time post. yayuhh!

by crazyray on Oct 18, 2007 8:09 PM PDT reply actions

Welcome!

Tony.psd = Da Man

http://adonalobsessed.blogspot.com/

by Zorgon on Oct 18, 2007 8:28 PM PDT up reply actions

beat on the boards

get used to it

by warriorfaninlakerland on Oct 18, 2007 11:59 PM PDT up reply actions

Haha,

your prediction was right on the money...

U mad?

by mistererickk on Oct 18, 2007 8:25 PM PDT reply actions

What a webpin!!!

Easily my favorite webpin. And I've been here a while, too!

by Jeremy Belvins on Oct 18, 2007 10:34 PM PDT up reply actions

Thanks Kaszowski

I always like reading the real-time comments even... especially if I wasn't around during game time.

The audio link didn't work for me. I already have an acct at nba.com so I went to the Spurs link and it prompted me to register/log in so I did, with my existing account, but never saw a Listen Now button or anything like that.

Then again I also only tried for about 90 seconds. Thanks Kasz.

Be a drinsch!

by Dactyllic on Oct 18, 2007 10:11 PM PDT reply actions

breakin it down for crazyray

warriors shot 41%
spurs shot 51%

warriors pulled down 41 boards
spurs grabbed 52 boards

outside of KAz, i couldn't find alot of positive in tonight's game...

plain and simple: we got schooled by their scrubs

here's a telling line from one of their "big guns" (quick, what's this rook's first name):

D. Washington 30 mins; 5-9 shooting; 7-8 free throwing; 9 boards; 8 dimes; 3 rips; 18 points

WTFElson?!
WTFOberto?!

WTF!!!!

Oh, it's just the preseason you say? Then why is Kaz playin' 38 mins, TMNT- 32 mins and No. 5- 29 mins? Against their scrubs!

Not good y'all. Not good.

Miles Davis a Warriors fan?

by LosGuerreros on Oct 18, 2007 10:22 PM PDT reply actions

good breakdown

Thanks for the numbers, los. Looks like rebounds and shot selection are things we still need to work on.

we actually had more offensive rebs (14) than the spurs (11). Hopefully, like Jack said, they've got to just step it up on defense and move on.
We tied the Spurs' second string in blocks (6) and got 2 more steals (8). Not that impressive.
And funny thing is that both teams left 7 pts at the charity stripe. But our extra fouls sent them to the line 32 times compared to our 24.

Overall so far, I still like what I'm seeing from the Dubs because we're sticking to some strong suits (e.g. 40% 3pters) but where do we check to find out how many fast break pts we got? And looks like the Spurs have found another "who?" that can help them win if he makes the team : Darius Washington. Every team has a Ruben Patterson, Matt Harpring, or some B-rated player to hurt the Warriors. Lets get healthy and ready for opening night! go w's!

by crazyray on Oct 18, 2007 10:48 PM PDT reply actions

about those rebounds...

When I first looked at the box I also noted that we "outrebounded" them on the offensive glass. Let's look at the numbers a little closer. We had 14 OREB and 27 DREB while they had 11 OREB and 41 DREB. This means that of the total rebounds on our offensive end, we grabbed 14/14+41 = 14/55 = 25.5% while they took 11/11+27 = 11/38 = 28.9%.

Statistics are like bikinis. What they reveal is suggestive, but what they conceal is vital. ~Aaron Levenstein

by warriorfaninlakerland on Oct 19, 2007 12:15 AM PDT up reply actions