Warriors Game Day Links: Golden State Warriors 95 @ Portland Trail Blazers 96 - Ugly 3 qtrs, thrilling comeback attempt
by IQofaWarrior on Dec 18, 2010 10:13 PM PST
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Recap: RECAP #26: Golden State Warriors 95, Portland Trail Blazers 96- Sloppy, boring, and bad. + Gilbert Arenas and Jason Richardson partying like it's 2002
Game thread: GameThread #26: Golden State Warriors @ Portland Trail Blazers- Trying to avoid losing 13 of 15 (1300+ comments)
SBN BA: SBNation Bayarea's Warriors Page
StoryStream: Trailblazers Shoot Worse Than Warriors At Foul Line, But Andre Miller's Clutch Play Secures 96-95 Win
Trail Blazers: Blazersedge
Recap: Game 28 Recap: Blazers 96, Warriors 95
Postgame: Gameday Open Thread: Warriors 95, Blazers 96 (Postgame)
Game thread 2: Gameday Open Thread: Warriors vs. Blazers (Second Half)
Game thread 1: Gameday Open Thread: Warriors vs. Blazers
Preview: Game 28 Preview: Warriors vs. Trail Blazers
Recaps
Associated Press: Aldridge, Trail Blazers hold off Warriors 96-95 | Photo Gallery
Sports Network: Aldridge, Portland hang on to beat Golden State
Rusty Simmons: Ragged Warriors fall to battered Blazers, 96-95
Marcus Thompson II: Ellis off mark, Warriors lose to Trail Blazers
Adam Lauridsen recap: Inexcusable (Warriors 95, Blazers 96)
Pregame News
- In the last 4 games, guess how many failed fast breaks the Warriors had.
Rusty Simmons: Fastbreak lapses addressed
Pregame Videos
- No pregame videos found.
Postgame News
- No postgame news found.
Postgame Videos
Dorell Wright in the locker room.
Keith Smart in the hallway.
CSN highlights, recap.
Highlights by gumbyorpokey.
Recap and highlights from nba.com's game page:
Warriors vs. Trail Blazers: highlights, recap
Postgame Quotes and Stuff from warriors.com recap
Reggie Williams
On the game's last possession:
"That’s the guy we want to take the shot, that’s who we called the play for and that’s who had the ball in his hands. I felt good about him having the ball, thinking he was going to make it. Monta had the most points tonight. He was on fire, and went on a scoring spurt by himself at one point. He was the hot man. It was just unfortunate that it didn’t fall."
On the close finish:
"We gave ourselves a chance to win it at the end, and you can’t ask for more on the road. We just couldn’t pull it out."
Interesting Tweets
(before the game)
Rusty_SFChron: Coach Smart and Monta Ellis had a fake closed-door meeting before the game, which started with Smart slamming something against the wall.
Rusty_SFChron: They both laughed throughout the skit. In all honesty, I think the real reason for the meeting had something to do with headphones.
(next day after practice)
MSteinmetzCSN: Ws updates: Biedrins not practicing, day-to-day; Curry participating in certain parts; day-to-day; Gadz no practice day-to-day.
Notes
- Gadz strained his left groin during the game and did not return. No update on the injury yet.
- Rodney Carney said he was still feeling pain in his foot, but he fought through it on Saturday.
What's next?
- After a 1 game road trip, we head BACK home for a home-road back to back, Rockets, @Kings on Mon and Tues.
- On Mon night/Tues morning, there will be a lunar eclipse from 10:00pm to 2:00am PST. If you're an astronomy fan (and if the Bay Area weather clears up), check it out. More here: Total eclipse of moon can be seen all over Monday
| Day | Date | Time | Opponent | TV | Radio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon | Dec 20 | 7:30pm | Rockets | CSNBayHD | KNBR 680 |
| Tue | Dec 21 | 7:00pm | @Kings | CSNBayHD | KNBR 680 |
| Sat | Dec 25 | 7:30pm | Blazers | CSNBayHD / ESPN | KNBR 680 |
| Mon | Dec 27 | 7:30pm | Sixers | CSNBayHD | KNBR 680 |
| Wed | Dec 29 | 4:00pm | @Hawks | CSNBayHD | KNBR 680 |
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Awful game, we did not deserve to win.
The only good thing about this game was Carney. I hope this game forces him to get more game time.
Smart continues to have terrible rotations.
You know I spit technique to the freshest freak
Gimme a call you will see results in just a week
With the soul of a LOST HAWK
Is there a heaven for a Rap Cat, let's talk
I hate games like this.
Everyone is going to say, “Well our team played bad, but at least Carney deserves more minutes”. Then Carney will struggle for a few weeks while some other rotation guy decides to play well, and the cycle will continue.
by samuraaaaiiiiiii on Dec 18, 2010 10:21 PM PST reply actions
Carney always deserves more minutes than vlad. End of story.
You know I spit technique to the freshest freak
Gimme a call you will see results in just a week
With the soul of a LOST HAWK
Is there a heaven for a Rap Cat, let's talk
by LostHawkGSW on Dec 18, 2010 10:27 PM PST up reply actions
If this team was any good, it’s likely neither of them would even be on the roster.
by samuraaaaiiiiiii on Dec 18, 2010 11:02 PM PST up reply actions
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DWright in the locker room, Keith Smart in the hallway, warriors.com quotes, 1 note about Gadz strained groin during the game, nba.com highlights recap.
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CSN highlights recap. And that’s a wrap for me tonight.
ha.. the last 5 seconds of what smart said was very funny i thought about carney and vlad
“who would have thought those two would have played well” LOL.. just admit smart u have been trying to tank our team all year… ur doing fabulous
looked at the last shot about 100x...
Plan A was for Monta to drive Mathews. Looked good. Got him on the cross over.
Then DLee got tangled up with Mathews causing traffic.
Monta went to Plan None. He had 4.1 seconds left to drive on Aldridge. If he beat Aldridge he would have Miller in front, which meant he could have kicked it to wide open Reggie in the corner. But Monta took the step back fade.
+1
Monta had him and crossed him good, than Lee just had to fall in the way of Monta’s open path and Monta had to fade away. What was Lee doing?
"There is nothing like a wise phrase or quote to help convince others that your decision makes sense." - Anon
"If you're ever in a fair fight, then your tactics suck." ಠ_ಠ
In fact the crossover was so good he made him fall
He had the lane, than Lee tripped and cause he was on the floor Aldridge came out. He had to take that shot, can’t blame Monta
"There is nothing like a wise phrase or quote to help convince others that your decision makes sense." - Anon
"If you're ever in a fair fight, then your tactics suck." ಠ_ಠ
How do you know that was plan A?
There was obvious miscommunication on that play, we don’t know what play Smart called.
The Golden State Warriors, we make Free Throws look difficult!
by Badly Browned on Dec 19, 2010 8:00 AM PST up reply actions
Smart said it was for Monta to read the defense and basically it was his choice
It was obvious he was going to the rim until Lee fell
"There is nothing like a wise phrase or quote to help convince others that your decision makes sense." - Anon
"If you're ever in a fair fight, then your tactics suck." ಠ_ಠ
Min thing I hate about the last play
The screen.
If your going to call an iso for Monta don’t give him a screen and bring a 2nd defender into the play and cause a train wreck. In fact screw that, I hate that about 90% of Monta iso’s is Lee coming to give him a screen, he doesn’t need one and is better without it. Plan A was drive and plan B was to pull up….. Plan “what did we just do?” happened. Lee screens, falls, Monta fadeaway. I will say this, if that had gone in it’d been amazing
"There is nothing like a wise phrase or quote to help convince others that your decision makes sense." - Anon
"If you're ever in a fair fight, then your tactics suck." ಠ_ಠ
mane * not min
"There is nothing like a wise phrase or quote to help convince others that your decision makes sense." - Anon
"If you're ever in a fair fight, then your tactics suck." ಠ_ಠ
main not mane
Sorry, just watched it recorded and a little mad now….
"There is nothing like a wise phrase or quote to help convince others that your decision makes sense." - Anon
"If you're ever in a fair fight, then your tactics suck." ಠ_ಠ
We don’t know what play was called. Either way, someone fudged up because Monta was playing an Iso and DLee was going in for the p&r. These guys do listen for the play call during the timeout right?
The Golden State Warriors, we make Free Throws look difficult!
by Badly Browned on Dec 19, 2010 8:01 AM PST up reply actions
Watching it in a loop in slo mo
Or a fake screen followed by a cut to the basket. Lee didn’t stop to set any sort of a screen. If it was a true pick and roll, Lee must stop or risk getting called for a moving screen. Whatever it was, there was a definite fudge up somewhere, because Lee got in the way of Monta initial drive to the left.
And as for listening for the play call during a timeout: hah! I am reminded of something Don Nelson said when he was on KNBR with Ralph and Tom. They were talking about Monta not paying attention in the huddle right after that home Cavs game. It went something like this:
Nellie: …How many times have you been in a huddle and the coach is giving you information and options and what-not, and at the end of the huddle you go “What was the play again???”?
Tom: A LOT.
Nellie: Haha, yeah, a lot! It’s a human trait! It happens more than you think. But in the end, Monta should have been paying more attention.
It sucks that KNBR no longer linked to that mp3, but I still remember that segment.
by IQofaWarrior on Dec 19, 2010 11:10 AM PST up reply actions
I just realized my opening sentence sounds like it makes no sense.
Or “it could have been” a fake screen followed by a cut to the basket…
by IQofaWarrior on Dec 19, 2010 11:25 AM PST up reply actions
Also
I didn’t mean to imply that Tom asks “What was the play again” a lot. I meant to say that some player in the huddle asks that question.
by IQofaWarrior on Dec 19, 2010 11:36 AM PST up reply actions
It looked obvious
Monta was going to drive left, Lee fell in the way so he had to go right and had to shoot
"There is nothing like a wise phrase or quote to help convince others that your decision makes sense." - Anon
"If you're ever in a fair fight, then your tactics suck." ಠ_ಠ
Why did he "have to" shoot? There was enough time to go to the hole but...
It wasn’t all Monta’s fault but to say that he couldn’t do it differently is just not true.
Okay tell me where he could have gone
Drive right? He had no where to go there or enough time to get a clean look that way
"There is nothing like a wise phrase or quote to help convince others that your decision makes sense." - Anon
"If you're ever in a fair fight, then your tactics suck." ಠ_ಠ
He had plenty of time
I'll sell this vacant lot and settle down in a place I've only read about in books about Miles Davis.
by Reverend_Randy on Dec 19, 2010 6:04 PM PST up reply actions
a fundamental lack in Ellis
he has little aptitude about the clock — has committed recurring defensive blunders with time running out — and lacks the extra bit of patience to slow things just a touch and catch a defender or two with their feet in the wrong position. He almost never draws fouls in those situations, which are perfect for it (even hitting one free throw in that situation with l second or less on the clock gets an overtime). The player who handles the ball at with more than a few seconds should be clever in forcing the defenders to foul or concede a better shot than that 18-19 ft. fade away.
Music is the Healing Force of the Universe (a.ayler)
What time he had he used to try and get separation on LA with a fade away/step back
I can’t imagine Monta completely changing course than going to the rim
"There is nothing like a wise phrase or quote to help convince others that your decision makes sense." - Anon
"If you're ever in a fair fight, then your tactics suck." ಠ_ಠ
Not like that was a clean look anyway
I'll sell this vacant lot and settle down in a place I've only read about in books about Miles Davis.
by Reverend_Randy on Dec 19, 2010 6:05 PM PST up reply actions
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gameflow, Rusty pregame article on failed fast breaks, 1 note about Carney’s foot.
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Matt Steinmetz tweet after practice about who’s practicing and who’s sitting out injured.
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