RECAP: Warriors 110, Hornets 123 - REBOUND!
by Fantasy Junkie on Jan 28, 2010 8:31 AM PST
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Originally posted Jan 27, 2010 10:53 PM PST
It was all Paul tonight. Plus Cartier's lookin' sassy!
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I'm turning the tv off.
It's the third quarter and the Warriors are down by 24. Darius Songaila just hit a circus shot. I don't even think he looked at the rim. It was a drive to the middle of the lane, he stumbled, threw up a hook shot praying for anything, and it went in. When that happens, it's over. Songaila's circus shot = you're done.
It was a 7 point game at the half. What happened? I'll tell you what happened, the Warriors got badly outplayed in the 3rd quarter, couldn't grab a rebound and couldn't play defense. In the 4th they were at one point down 27. Sound familiar?
Give me a hug. Chris Paul after knocking down a 3 and getting fouled. The man in the gray suit is not amused.
The Hornets are one of the hottest teams in the league right now mainly in part to Chris Paul's dominance. Even on a night where Paul had 7 turnovers (he averages 2.4), he still dominated. This time he did it with his scoring, 34 points, 13-18 from the field and 7-7 from the line. He scored in the paint, off jumpers, from 3, and at the line. Throw in 8 assists with 3 steals and he had quite a night. Guess what, he did that in only 3 quarters. He only came into the 4th at the 4 minute mark. He finished with 38 and 9 assists.
The stats don't tell the whole story either. With the ball, he gets anywhere he wants on the court at will. You can try to stay in front of him but you won't be there for long. On defense, he hounds you. He's always looking for a steal and does a good job of moving his feet on the perimeter. He's an absolutely amazing player and after tonight I might have to move him up my list from #14 of 100 reasons to watch the NBA.
Okay I'm done with my infatuation with Chris Paul...for this recap.
Rebounding and Defense
Hey, let's get out-rebounded by 15 and see if we can win the game. The rebounding disparity was even worse at the end of the 3rd quarter. Emeka Okafor had 12 boards, David West had 12 boards, and Chris Paul had 6. Those 3 combined had 1 less than the Warriors 31 total as a team. Or here's a better stat. The Hornets point guard, Paul's 6 boards was more then the Warriors starting center, starting power forward, and both backup centers. Monta led the team with 6 rebounds. That's just not going to get it done. Box out, hustle, and go get the ball. If you're playing small you better earn some hustle points or else you just aren't going to win.
I'll be honest, the Warriors had been playing much better defense lately. They were holding opponents to reasonable shooting percentages. Tonight was the return of poor defense. A lot of that is because they couldn't grab a rebound and Chris Paul barely missed a shot.
One bright spot in the defense tonight was that they did a great job turning the Hornets over as the Hornets ended up with 24 turnovers. The Warriors got their hands on a lot of balls and had 14 steals.
Offense not Offensive
The Warriors offense tonight was a huge improvement on last night. It's good to know that they can bounce back offensively after such a horrible game. Tonight, they finished by shooting 50.6% to go with 31 assists. That's a ton of assists. By comparison, the Hornets had 18. The ball movement was crisp tonight. They were finding Andris open under the bucket for easy layupts and dunks. Guys were hitting open shots and the ball moved around the perimeter to the open man. It's the kind of offense you expect from a Nelson coached team.
The one bone to pick offensively I have tonight is with Steph Curry. Is it me or did he seem to be way out of control tonight? He seemed to fumble the ball a lot, lose it in traffic, and just make careless decisions. His numbers look decent - 15 points, 5 boards, 8 assists, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers, but after watching the game all I can think of is him fumbling the ball as he went through the lane. Even if he didn't turn it over, he still fumbled it numerous times. Maybe he's tired from playing all these minutes.
Random Notes
- Why does Anthony Tolliver keep shooting 3's? He's 3-26 since joining the team, 11.5%. He's even missed a few in key moments of the 4th. When is he going to make them at a higher percentage?
- CJ responded very well to starting alongside Monta and Curry. He was on fire tonight and it didn't seem like he could miss. He shot 9-14 to finish with 23 points. Oddly he was a team worst -20.
- In a game you lose by 13, Devean George was +14 in just 7 minutes of play thanks in part to the crazy run the Warriors put on in the 4th to cut the lead from 27 to 15.
- Corey Maggette started the game going 3-3 from the field. It took him 22 shots last night to do the same. Tonight he finished 5-14 though. An improvement but still not the Maggette we've become accustomed to.
- Ronny Turiaf had some nice hustle plays that resulted in blocks. Good to see someone protecting the rim.
- It was also good to see Monta back. He had a nice all around game with 19 points, 6 boards, and 9 assists. The 5 turnovers probably lower his season average.
- For those still keeping score at home, Andris Biedrins did not attempt a free throw. His season total sits at 2 makes. He's actually increased his average from 0% to 7% to 10%!
- Hey a Kelenna Azubuike sighting. Good to see him on the bench even if it's in street clothes.
CJ Watson for his excellent shooting. Unexpected and pleasant boost from CJ tonight.
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Lol, Cartier looks like he's gliding gracefully towards Paul.
"Monta is the MAN." -Bob Fitzgerald
by WarriorForLife on Jan 27, 2010 10:58 PM PST reply actions
ROFL
can’t get passed that first picture haha
Time to re-start the Andris Biedrins Starting Center Matchup
Since that Bulls game against Joakim Noah he’s pretty much lost every single matchup- and don’t forget that’s including my man JAE’s fav Spencer Hawes.
Top 5, top 10, top what center? Don’t look now but Biedrins now has an 6 month streak of bad hoops dating back to last season.
By the way I’m really losing respect for opposing coaches who don’t hack-a-Biedrins instead of letting him even attempt hook shots, lay-ins, and dunks. Those easy high percentage shots will turn into 11% tries like FJ noted. Other teams should be looking to send him to the free throw line every chance they get- but I guess it doesn’t matter too much when the opposing team is winning this easily against the Golden State of D-Leaguers.
Same with Ronny Turiaf and his poor play. This formerly mediocre, now horrible 2-headed center tandem has been the biggest weakness on the team this year.
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by Atma Brother ONE on Jan 27, 2010 11:08 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
+1
AB and RT are both putting up pathetic performances.
by randolphforpresident on Jan 27, 2010 11:41 PM PST up reply actions
Andris Biedrins in 22 minutes: 12 points, 5 rebounds (including one that was an obvious over the back that even Fitz noticed)
Emeka Okafor in 28 minutes: 12 points, 12 rebounds
Winner: Emeka Okafor
What’s the point in playing Biedrins if he’s going to lose the battle on the glass so badly?
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by Atma Brother ONE on Jan 28, 2010 12:33 AM PST up reply actions
I'm curious how many of Okafor's minutes came against someone other than Biedrins.
You can not expect to win the rebounding battle when you play one big and the opposing team plays two or three. This team needs to make a commitment to rebounding, which means, among other things, not playing Monta as a 3 and Mags as a 4.
Beidrins rebounding numbers – like his FT shooting – are down this year. I’m not sure why this qualifies as a reason for a full-fledged panic in a year when he’s injured.
You say why play Biedrins when he’s rebounding that poorly, on a night when he shoots 6-8? Really?!?
Ahhh yes....
But Jae has pointed out that a players rebounding numbers are not affected that much by players around him!? Reason for the raise, is the fact that I felt Biedrins reboundng numbers would go down if he had some bigs around him and that his numbers in the We Believe team were so good, because we had so few true bigs to rebound, thus I have never rated him as highly as others might have. I was poo pooed and told that a players rebounding numbers are not affected by those around him….
(I still dont persnally believe that, but hey ho)
Jan 16 2010 - Onlxn quote on Stephen Curry - "one of the worst playmakers in basketball"
by BritWarriorGSW on Jan 28, 2010 3:00 AM PST up reply actions
That's in reference to teammates, not opponents, I think
Emeka Okafor is going to own Corey Maggette on the boards. So is David West. It’s not rocket science. The constant is that if Biedrins is playing with Maggette, he’ll grab just as many boards as he otherwise would… irrespective of how many Maggette gives up to the opponents.
You have been DFiBrillated.
by Dubs fan in Boston on Jan 28, 2010 9:44 AM PST up reply actions
on a night when he shoots 6-8?
Honestly his high shooting is a meaningless indicator of his performance. For the most part it’s a better indicator of how many times the Warriors guards drew double or triple teams and created easy baskets for him. His 2 misses occurred when he tried to create a shot from himself with an ugly, flat hook, etc.
I will remind you that his opposition Okafor went 5 for 6 and 2 for 2 from the free throw line good for 12 points as well. Both Okafor and Biedrins have very little offensive game. I doubt you’ll see Hornets homers demanding that Okafor get the rock more because of his guady shooting percentage.
From the way you wrote your response I doubt you watched the game (which is fine- I don’t blame you). Biedrins and Okafor were matched up head to head pretty much the entire game.
Biedrins lost. Okafor won.
Warriors lost. Hornets won.
This is becoming a trend.
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by Atma Brother ONE on Jan 28, 2010 8:38 AM PST up reply actions
I couldn’t disagree more. Having watched the majority of the game, I’m not sure where you get “For the most part it’s a better indicator of how many times the Warriors guards drew double or triple teams and created easy baskets for him.” To a degree, sure, but we saw Biedrins with a nice right handed finish down low, a couple nice catches, a nice dunk, and even a couple of moves where he created for himself. You can try to take credit away from him all you want, but there’s a reason he’s among the very top of the league in FG% on a consistent basis, even when he scores more than a lot of other C’s (12 points in 23 minutes is roughly 19 per 36, a very high mark for a C, and even his 14 points per 36 minutes last season was a respectable amount for a C). It’s because those layups and finishes when his teammates get him the ball that you take for granted and don’t give him creidt for – other C’s don’t catch and finish those at nearly the rate Biedrins does. Sure, when he makes a layup by the hoop, it doesn’t look like he did anything, but that’s because you can’t see how someone else might have missed those shots Biedrins makes.
In terms of rebounding, Biedrins needs to get his rate back up. No question about it. The good news is everything in his history says he will, which is a lot better indicator of his ability than a small sample coming back from an injury.
by Missing Barry on Jan 28, 2010 8:50 AM PST up reply actions 5 recs
Sure, when he makes a layup by the hoop, it doesn’t look like he did anything, but that’s because you can’t see how someone else might have missed those shots Biedrins makes.
Or how someone else might have cut to the hoop more lazily, or ran straight ahead instead of maintaining a passing lane, or… yeah. And on the rebounding side, yeah, he didn’t actually grab that many. But there were at least 5 times where he got a piece of the ball on the rebound, unfortunately only a few of them ended up in Warriors’ possession.
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by Dubs fan in Boston on Jan 28, 2010 9:32 AM PST up reply actions
Biedrins
I’m also growing impatient with him. For a guy making $54 million, he’s just not holding up to his end of the bargain.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Jan 28, 2010 6:31 AM PST up reply actions
54 Million!!!
Anybody who is trying to support Biedrins game right now please let me remind you once again he is making 54 Million!!! 12pts and 5reb is just not gonna get it done for that type of money…Especially against Okafor who is a mediocre center at best
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And by that obviously you mean “why are we paying him $54M just to play him 23 minutes. It’s Don Nelson’s fault.”
by Missing Barry on Jan 28, 2010 8:35 AM PST up reply actions
Okafor is mediocre? LOL
Yea his offense is mediocre, but he has top 5 Center defense, he rebounds, mans up well, and blocks shots, what a Center needs to do.
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by Cpt. Jack in the Box on Jan 27, 2010 11:22 PM PST reply actions
If you’re playing small you better earn some hustle points or else you just aren’t going to win.
…and sometimes you aren’t going to win even if you do. I agree that there was a lack of effort on some plays here, but the main reason for the rebounding deficit was a lineup that was just too small to compete. For instance:
Monta Ellis: 43 minutes
Stephen Curry: 41 minutes
C.J. Watson: 37 minutes
Biedrins/Turiaf: 36 total minutes
If you give three different small guards more minutes than your starting center tandem, you are going to get badly outrebounded and lose. And before anyone starts bitching about the performances of said centers, their combined line in those 36: 15 points on 10 shots, nine boards, three assists, one turnover, four steals, four blocks, three fouls. They were a helluva lot better than Curry was tonight.
Just pathetically stupid coaching from Nellie. I have trouble resenting occasional lack of effort on a night like this — if their coach isn’t going to give them a chance to win, what does it matter?
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by onlxn on Jan 27, 2010 11:25 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
Agreed 100%
Atma with his focus on per-game totals will claim that Beans played horribly, but it seems to me that the biggest problem tonight was that he didn’t play enough.
Nellie has freakin’ lost it. We need to fire him.
The slant towards the smalls really is so depressing and clueless at this point. It’s okay to play our only three guards alongside each other for most of the night, but we can’t possibly risk playing Biedrins and Turiaf at the same time? Cartier Martin, a guy who probably doesn’t even belong in the league, gets a longer leash than Andris Biedrins, who’s put in three genuinely excellent seasons of work at this level?
126 games since Baron left… we’ve been using smallball for most of that time, and we’re 42-84. How lazy and/or stubborn do you have to be to refuse to give normal-sized lineups a try for a couple games in a row?
Sad end to a great career. We can only hope this farce doesn’t bleed into next season.
Golden State Worriers: Angst & Analysis
I have to say, I was tired and went to bed partway through the third quarter, so I didn’t see the whole game, but at the point I went to bed I thought Biedrins was playing extremely well. He was not only being Biedrins and finishing everything he got his hands on at the rim, but he also created a couple of shots on his own! His offense looked great, his defense was solid – Okafor wasn’t doing much offensively, and Biedrins was playing great help D with a couple of nice blocks, Biedrins had a couple of nice rebounds and when he was in position (and not out helping on someone else’s guy) he kept his man off the glass….I’m really surprised to wake up this morning and find Biedrins criticism. I went to bed thinking he might get Warrior Wonder…
by Missing Barry on Jan 28, 2010 7:38 AM PST up reply actions
Maybe Nellie’s smallballmania is contagious… it seems like some GSOMers are coming down with it. Biedrins was excellent last night. Obviously it would’ve been nice to see him grab more rebounds, but his effort was lacking in that area, and he scored, defended and passed with precision.
Is this a bad time to point out that our maligned center has a better assist/turnover ratio than our supposedly HOF-bound rookie point guard?
Golden State Worriers: Angst & Analysis
Yes frankly there is no comparison.. but we can point out that....
CP3…recognised as probably the best PG in the NBA and heading to his own potential HOF candidacy in the future…thinks that Steph Curry is one of the best ball handlers out there!
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by BritWarriorGSW on Jan 28, 2010 11:20 AM PST up reply actions
Don't Forget
He tends to tip a lot of balls to teammates, especially when playing with a smaller line up and having to contend with the other teams bigs.
I was glad to see him be a little less selfless last night and take the initiative to create his own offense. Hopefully he shows more of that going forward.
I wonder if his time with the Latvia national team gives him more of a chance to do that kind of thing, so maybe he worked on it a lot over the summer and just hasn’t gotten a chance to show much of it so far this season? Not that he’s all of a sudden going to have a great post game or something, but is it possible he at least has something now and we just haven’t gotten a chance to see it yet?
by Missing Barry on Jan 28, 2010 11:54 AM PST up reply actions
Didn’t catch him play this last offseason, but from the games I’ve caught in previous years, he definatley is more inclined to create his own offense, albiet against sometimes lesser competition.
Have to agree, he’ll never be a great post player, but I think he could be more of a factor on the offensive end if the Warriors encouraged him to look for his shots, especially trying to take bigger, slower centers off the dribble at the top of the key.
The real problem with Nellie is that he’d rather have an offense laden game and lose by 10+ than have an ugly defensive grind it out game with a chance to win at the end.
His #1 priority is to spread the floor out and create driving lanes. Unfortunately, the only way he can do that with this team is with small ball (since they don’t have a legitimate outside shooting big like Harrington to truly spread the floor).
But what’s worse is that without Azubuike or to a lesser extent Morrow, in Nellie’s opinion they don’t really have a capable small ball SF to spread the floor – which lead to the incredibly unwise decision to play CJ Watson at the 3 where his cruddy weak-side defense was exposed (generally when a team blitzes ballscreen with the 1 & 5, depending on who is “lower”, the 3 or the 4 is supposed to cut off the roller from ball screen to prevent the pass and box that man out while the 5 recovers).
I don’t mind them trying to sucker the Hornets into going to West or Peja in the post over CP3 in ball-screen action, the problem was playing CJ Watson at the 3 instead of George or even Martin. So even though CJ shot well, his inability to affect Peja’s shot and his inability to suitably box out lead to him being -20 for the game.
This is the real Nellie problem – he drafts & plays offensive players over defensive ones. And the truth is that as long as they have Monta as the focal point, they’re probably better off playing that Sixers Iverson style of one man offensive show surrounded by really great defenders.
passed with precision.technically, he had a couple of bad passes that were overthrown that dub players happened to get a hand on (Curry & Corey) which gave the TOV to those players instead of to Andris. His assists came via handing the ball off to CJ Watson and Watson hitting a 23 & 21 foot jumper.
it would’ve been nice to see him grab more rebounds, but his effort was lacking in that areanot sure if that’s a typo, but i don’t think Andris’ effort was lacking – he was just masterfully played by CP3 & continually caught up high in ball-screen.
by homer simpson on Jan 28, 2010 2:06 PM PST up reply actions
Sorry, yeah — was a typo. He played with good effort, as per usual.
Golden State Worriers: Angst & Analysis
Hmm, let’s see.
CJ responded very well to starting alongside Monta and Curry. He was on fire tonight and it didn’t seem like he could miss. He shot 9-14 to finish with 23 points. Oddly he was a team worst -20.
It isn’t really odd when you think about it. What are the things that happened in this game?
1) We get Monta back
2) We play CJ Watson, Steph Curry and Monta Ellis at the same time
3) Our defense is terrible
Those things all seem to go hand-in-hand and make perfect sense to me. When small-ball goes horribly, horribly wrong. Curry looked like he didn’t fit in the offense until Monta sat. Back to square one?
by samuraaaaiiiiiii on Jan 27, 2010 11:28 PM PST reply actions
Watson's offensive stats are hollow
when he gives up as many or more points as he scores—against weaker teams he’s o.k. and can get some steals, but in most games that he gets substantial minutes, he’s crawfor- ‘lite’. He likes to poach the passing lanes, but is slow to cover perimeter shooters if the other team can move the ball competently. Nice scoring numbers from him might fulfill his wish, to find another team, and he can be replaced by another d-leaguer. If he had just a little offense the other night vs. Sac, his team wins, an example where a small contribution is greater than a big one.
I think Nelson hopes the other team will change their line up to match up with him, but we aren’t getting the same mismatch advantage on offense that we did in previous seasons. It would be nice if Nelson switched to a more conventional line up on the floor.
And, if we have three healthy guards, why not set a rotation where we are not playing them 48 a night instead of playing them all together.
I think one of the problems is other teams don’t have to adjust their lineup, because our guards just aren’t that good. Why would another team change their lineup just so they can matchup with CJ Watson, you know? Go big and let a big wing guard him, who cares, what’s he really going to do? Even when he has a good game like last night we still get blown out, so obviously we’re not creating some huge mismatch they can’t overcome….
by Missing Barry on Jan 28, 2010 11:56 AM PST up reply actions
I think one of the problems is other teams don’t have to adjust their lineup, because our guards just aren’t that good.
Definitely this. Back when small-ball took us to the playoffs, and even the year we won 48 games, the guys we had on the wings were fairly talented. Not only that, but they weren’t as small as Watson and were much, much more athletic (JRich, MP). We also had toughness and 3pt shooting at the 4 spot (Barnes and Harrington). We basically just outhustled, outshot, and bothered the heck out of the other teams. Now the only defensive intensity really comes from Monta and Curry, while we don’t stretch the floor at the 4 spot very well with Maggs or the struggling Tolliver.
by samuraaaaiiiiiii on Jan 28, 2010 1:27 PM PST up reply actions
That's the issue
People aren’t afraid of Monta in the same way they were afraid of Baron. I don’t think it’s that our non-ballhandling wings are worse, now (Maggette isn’t worse than MP, etc) rather that Baron was very good doing the right thing with the ball when the defense collapsed on him. That put the other smalls in a position to exploit their mismatches.
I also think there’s a defensive intensity gap. Baron and Jackson were both capable of being disruptive defenders. You could put Jackson, defensively, on the other team’s best small and thus Baron didn’t have to work as hard.
What I think we all agree on, is our current team doesn’t have the pieces to make smallball effective, whereas before we did have pieces that made it much more effective.
by Missing Barry on Jan 28, 2010 2:23 PM PST up reply actions
Yep. Also, our current team has better big pieces than it used to, which should militate further against a smallball-intensive strategy. I’m a big CJ fan, but you just don’t pull Andris friggin’ Biedrins for a CJ-based mismatch.
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yeah. Baron is more of a drive & kick player while Monta is drive & finish.
The biggest difference defensively in losing Baron, Jack, JRich, MP & Barnes is in pick & roll. Those guys could switch almost anything… even Harrington to a lesser extent. This was crucial against Dallas where Nowitzki was almost always guarded by one of those 6 guys – whereas against other teams like the Spurs or Suns – he could abuse Parker or Nash on switches.
Now with Curry, Monta, CJ & to a lesser extent Morrow – they can’t afford to switch to bigger guys. Resulting in them often ending up caught up in screens and can’t box out well enough or stuck guarding a bigger player in the post. Oftentimes Monta & CJ don’t even try – they fake hustle by going for steals – CJ by jumping the passing lane & Monta tries to steal the ball as the guy goes around him. Curry tries, but most times just ends up picking up fouls.
by homer simpson on Jan 28, 2010 2:25 PM PST up reply actions
Oftentimes Monta & CJ don’t even try – they fake hustle by going for steals – CJ by jumping the passing lane & Monta tries to steal the ball as the guy goes around him. Curry tries, but most times just ends up picking up fouls.
Exactly - I friggin’ hate this. I don’t really blame those guys for not being able to hang, as they’re just much lighter players than most of the guys in the ’06‘08 rotation, but it’s just brutal to watch them punt every time by gambling for steals.
Golden State Worriers: Angst & Analysis
Chris Paul
He was the real reason why the Warriors were crushed. No one could stop him tonight (although he had many turnovers). Well, he is the best point guard in the league so I see why no one could stop him.
Right, but there's a strategy for dealing with a guard like Paul.
You put a strong guard on him to play him tight, and you have a shot-blocker prepare to cover the moment he beats him.
Nellie used to understand this – he’d put Richmond tight on Jordan and have Bol behind to clean up when Richmond (inevitably) got beat. Jordan would get his points, but he’d have to work for ’em.
Nellie has two healthy shot blockers on this team right now, and he didn’t play ’em.
You put a strong guard on him to play him tight, and you have a shot-blocker prepare to cover the moment he beats him.
You do know that Paul is the best PG in the league, right? Meaning that if help defense comes over, he’ll find the open man. Paul is not easy to contain. By any strategy.
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by Dubs fan in Boston on Jan 28, 2010 9:38 AM PST up reply actions
I'm not saying it's easy, I'm saying you have to try.
That guy Jordan was pretty good at finding the open man, too.
The simple truth is that Paul is so much better than most of his teammates, that you’d rather have them taking “easy” shots most of the time. Yes, when you have an aggressive double-teaming strategy some other players on his team are going to get easy looks …
But I still think you have to try. You put a smaller guy on him, you don’t have any shot-blockers on the floor, he’s going to clobber you.
We may not be able to stop him
But our defense is supposed to limit him, sadly defense is not the Warrior mantra.
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They lost this game because they can’t defend ball-screen as a team. Either initially or help side which left Peja & Thornton wide open.
Basically CP3 not only used ball-screen to torch them for an 82.75% TS% for the game on 22.96 “shots”, but he also used it to get the W’s Centers hung up in the perimeter and into bad rebounding position (the 18 TOVs also didn’t help).
Usually the Hornets get suckered into feeding David West in the post vs Maggette all game long, but they resisted that temptation to let CP3 do what he does. Even with the sloppy ball-handling, just watching him run ball-screen tonight was a treat for any pure basketball guy.
Agree — he was absurdly good tonight.
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What’s really scary about CP3 is that he is inching closer to that ridiculous Steve Nash offensive efficiency of 50-40-90, and Paul plays defense! He just needs to pick up his FT shooting a bit and he’ll be there…
by samuraaaaiiiiiii on Jan 28, 2010 12:44 AM PST up reply actions
What is Nellie thinking?
Atma will lament Biedrin’s performance, but it’s actually pretty good. In only 22 minutes, he got 12 points and 5 boards. The rebounding number is disappointing below what you should expect from him, but that scoring is far above it.
The problem is he only played 22 minutes. That’s our starting center.
Okay, maybe Turiaf is the guy. No, he only played 13 minutes.
Rad-man? 6 minutes.
Okay, Tolliver is playing pretty well, you want to leave him out there … for all of 18 minutes?
Need some rebounding, maybe run Tolliver out there with Beans for a bit. Those guys were playing pretty well.
Well, uh,
at least Cartier gets his face shown on espn’s nba’s home page, albeit he’s standing right behind a Chris Paul layup attempt.
Well here's my stats of the night:
-15 Rebounds
-6 Offensive Rebounds
123 Points allowed
98.5 Average Points for Hornets
99.5 Average Points after last night
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Can we play George more?
I know he’s not special but when he has played, he’s played hard and smart. More so, if he shows some stuff, he might be attractive to a playoff team at deadline….
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The one bone to pick offensively I have tonight is with Steph Curry. Is it me or did he seem to be way out of control tonight? He seemed to fumble the ball a lot, lose it in traffic, and just make careless decisions. His numbers look decent – 15 points, 5 boards, 8 assists, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers, but after watching the game all I can think of is him fumbling the ball as he went through the lane. Even if he didn’t turn it over, he still fumbled it numerous times. Maybe he’s tired from playing all these minutes.
that what happen when your dad watching you live. He must been distracted by his dad Dell Curry
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