RECAP #2: Golden State Warriors 109, LA Clippers 91- It's raining game in Northern California!

possibly a side-effect of the Clippers defense, but it’s really fun to watch this team play.

And agreed on the comment.

Passing the ball and sharing the load has been tremendous so far! I love what I have seen so far from the Dubs and can anyone say “Monta Ellis For NBA MVP in 2010-2001” He’s looking and sounding like a completely different man so far this year.

Unbelievable stuff so far….wow! I’m gonna go out on a limb here and say the Warriors will have three different reps at the NBA ALL STAR GAME this year……

Stephen Curry
David Lee
Monta Ellis…along with the MVP AWARD I just mentioned……..

Watch out W’s fans….this could get exciting..!!!!!!!!

He says he’s letting the game come to him now.

The Warriors were passing the ball around and having fun. In contrast, the Clips played a lot of individual basketball and iso’s.

Channing Frye himself is a poor man’s Channing Frye.

… but I’m not convinced he was anywhere near as effective a passer. Or maybe it’s just that I remember the high-profile mental mistakes which seemed to dog him his entire career.

That being said, Lee is a more efficient scorer than Webber ever was, and a better rebounder – and the volume scoring isn’t that far apart.

Good to hear from you here, Zorgon. My favorite teams to watch play in the Loud City, Rose City and of course, the Town. You’ll be busy chronicling 2 of them this year. Hope you can keep your studies up.

good to see you posting here. I enjoy the Thunder game against the Piston last night that is a close one.

Great, great game. if these two past games are a sign of things to come, my goodness, all I can say is…LGW!!!

I wish someone would explain that to all those Dubs fans that the excessive cheering for Lin is rude to the rest of the team. It’s just awkward.

Every team has a poster boy…and I don’t believe I am being racist here in stating that Asian girls do tend to get a little louder and more excitable than their Caucasian counterparts at basketball games..so its understandable that the ‘schoolgirl like’ euphoria goes up a level when Lin is on the court….(and yes some of you Asian boys squeel like girls too!) ;-)

But to be honest it really is no different to any other team that has a player that everyone cheers or shouts more for…for example Juan Uribe on the Giants… whenever he comes in…everyone starts chanting ‘Ooooooooooo……….reeeeeeebaaaaaayyyyyyy’…. is that disrespectful to the rest of the team? NO… it is not… and Lin is simply going to have a section of fans that go nuts for him… I can deal with that…. maybe y’all can too

- but at the end of the game, yes, it was one of the few big things they were cheering for.

That being said, that kind of cheering actually makes life harder on him. Did you notice how his defender got all up in his face to deny him the ball? He didn’t want the “scrub” to score on him.

I’ve always found there to be something condescending about the cheers for the 12th man when he gets on the floor – going back to watching it happen to a friend of mine who was the backup backup big man on our high school team, most notable for his elbows. I think it’d be nice to give Lin the courtesy of, on the floor, at least, letting him be just another player.

dropped Reggie for Dorell. Reggie is stumbling like Jrue Holliday right now. 1R2L is showing that he will get his minutes as he is the most versatile player on the court. So, when the 3 doesn’t fall, he can attack the rim, board and get defensive stats. I think the do-it-all 3 is the fantasy key this year ie Nic Batum, BronBron, Granger, Pierce, etc. Get as many as you can.

We have guys all over the place who can score, and score efficiently. We’ve got Lee, Monta, Dorell, Reggie – any of whom could go off for 30. I suspect Carney can put up serious numbers in this offense as well.

I expect the issue of guard rotation will continue to see Reggie backing up the 1 (ie starting if Steph doesn’t) and Dorell swinging down to cover the 2 position with Carney at the 3 for those minutes. Of course, if you want to match up Kobe, that’s not a bad idea at all. I’d keep Lin on for emergency use, since he showed he can play 5 or so good minutes against Fisher and/or Blake, but I don’t expect him to be used yet.

In a lot of ways, it appears we have thee quality combo players – Reggie can cover 3 positions, apparently. He and Dorell give us a pretty good-sized backcourt (!) that is fast, can pass, can score, and can defend.

If you really think about it, most teams should have such problems.

Kaman anytime of the year when he is healthy and motivated.

Really, they opened the game with the same tenacious D. However, the 3rd was something unbelievable to watch. The all-out-effort they expended covering all over the court disrupted the Clips timing, and led to short windows of time that left their teammates open. However, the Dubs were able to close the gap and intercept those casual passes. Its a gambling, help D scheme that a crisper passing team will be able to dissect, but for now, if the bench plays well, the starters will be able to go all-out and disrupt at will. This style is like playing playoff basketball all year.

Truly, truly, truly amazing

Once Amundson returns I expect the Warriors to trade Brandon Wright.

Why? Amundon and Wright are very different players, and even with Gadzuric having a decent game last night, you’d much rather have those two guys be your primary backups than Gadz. If Adrien comes on strong and looks like the real deal, Gadz is much more expendable.

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Jeremy Lin is a basketball player. He’s being treated in playing time like an undrafted rookie – which he is. I don’t like it cause he can contribute now, but apparently Smart’s condescending paternalism (“we’re feeding him baby steps”) is just what any really smart kid who can play can expect.

It’s not distracting to him, to the team, or to the coach. He’s not some freaking mascot, he’s a high-pressure performer. All of your protests about unseemliness, or not being “about the team” are utterly ridiculous, and based on some kind of absolutely value for polite behavior.

Screw that – this is public spectacle. Jeremy Lin is a celebrity. He’s also a basketball player, and one doesn’t detract from the other. It’s harmless. If people want to cheer and feel good – LET THEM ENJOY IT.

To summarize – I’m an old white guy, and all of this “concern” is based on YOUR fears, YOUR ideas about Lin, and YOUR ideas about “proper fan behavior”. Get over yourselves.

PS – the preseason showed that getting in Lin’s face is a bad idea most of the time. The only team that didn’t pay for it was the Lakers – and they didn’t even try.

The trade is looking like an awesome deal for us. Knicks fans argue that they got a better deal because they would have lost Lee in free agency anyways, but I think that Lee is a better overall player, at least team player, than Stoudemire is. We got Lee for 80 million over 6 years and they got Stoudemire for 100 million over 6 years. On offense, Stoudemire is a little bit better, but not by much. Lee is the better rebounder by a good margin. Same deal with passing. The thing that Knicks fans like to argue is that Stoudemires defense makes him an upgrade over Lee. I don’t think Stoudemire is that much better of a defender to make him the better player. I remember last year on countless occassions where Stoudemire would get toasted on defense. Especially in the playoffs. He’ll block some shots, but if you compare the second chance buckets that teams get on him because he’s not a great rebounder, to how Lee takes away so many of those second chance opportunities because he’s a great rebounder, then I don’t think the defensive gap is much of a gap at all. I think Knicks fans also look at Amare’s athleticism and his style of play as alone as being better, but at the end of the day, it comes down to the end results. It may not look as pretty on defense for Lee, but at the end of the day, I think he gets you more wins because he’s such a great team player and teammate. Amare is more of a “let me do my thing” kind of player.

he’s the Anti-dunleavey

Agreed. Biedrins isn’t getting enough credit. Without him, we’d be losers, IMO.

it looks like the standings and schedule are messed up. I’m not sure how to fix that but I’ll let someone know. Thanks Lat!

at 1st in FG%, 1st in scoring, 1st in point differential, 7th in rebound differential, 2nd in assist diff, 9th in TO diff, 1st in bloc differential while having 4 of the top 30 players in the league in EFF48.

And a pony.

How can we be 4th at 2-0?