Warriors Game Day Links: Golden State Warriors 100 @ Dallas Mavericks 105 - Amundson back, Warriors show signs of a functional team
by IQofaWarrior on Dec 7, 2010 8:14 PM PST
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StoryStream: Mavericks 105, Warriors 100 - Dirk Nowitzki's Defense Secures Win, Stephen Curry's Turnovers Costly
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Recap: Mavericks Weren't Perfect, But Still Get a 10, Defeat Warriors 105-101
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Recaps
Associated Press recap: 2 French backup Cs help lift Mavs past Warriors | Photo Gallery
Sports Network recap: Mavericks top Warriors for 10th straight win
Adam Lauridsen recap: When Small Mistakes Are A Big Problem (Warriors 100, Mavs 105)
Marcus Thompson II recap: Warriors are competitive again but late breakdowns spell doom against red-hot Dallas Mavericks
Rusty Simmons recap: When the best just isn't good enough
Pregame News
- No pregame news found.
Pregame Videos
- No pregame videos found.
Postgame News
- Louis Amundson said he would return to action on his birthday, and he did. Plus other notes.
Marcus Thompson II: Golden State Warriors update: Lou Amundson celebrates his birthday by making Warriors debut
Rusty Simmons: Energetic sub Lou Amundson returns for Warriors
- MT2's tidbits from the game, including an in depth Q/A interview with Radman about his post practice F-bomb motivations.
Marcus Thompson II: Amundson’s Finger Survives; Vlad-Rad Explains; DWright Hitting the Boards
Postgame Videos
Keith Smart in the hallway.
CSN highlights, recap.
Recap and highlights from nba.com's game page:
Warriors vs. Mavericks: highlights, recap
Postgame Quotes and Stuff from warriors.com recap
Monta Ellis
On tonight's game:
"We played hard all 48 minutes. We just made careless mistakes at the wrong time. Just mistakes that were made trying to make the right play. I think this was our only game this season where we actually played 48 minutes. It was a tough battle, we knew what we were coming into and I think we played great. But, that said, we just made mistakes at the end to make it a burden on us."
Stephen Curry
On tonight's game:
"We fought the whole game to try to keep ourselves in it and then they hit a couple big shots in the 3rd quarter, got some separation, but we were able to stay in the game. We’ve got to be smarter down the stretch, we made a couple of careless turnovers. I think we were down 4 and had the ball with a minute-and-change left and could’ve gotten it to one possession and I gave the ball away. So, little plays like that lose the game for you and ruin all the hard work we put into trying to win on the road against a great team. It’s a learning experience for us, too."
On competing against a good team:
"We compete with every team in this league we just have to figure out how to get the results out of it. We’re all getting better each game, it’s just a matter of putting it together for 48 minutes and working bits and pieces as a matter of getting our whole performance together. We’ve got another chance tomorrow."
On the team's fourth-quarter turnovers:
"Little plays like that can add up and [you] lose your possessions. We’ve just got to be more on the same page down the stretch, and get into our offense, and make sure we know where each other is on the court and make the right play. So, that’s something we’ve got to do."
Interesting Tweets
(during yesterday's practice)
gswscribe: Monta shot an airball in practice. His response: "Change balls." Yes, of course, they did swap out the ball.
gswscribe: Amundson tried to take a shot inside, but the ball flew from his hand. Then he dropped a pass right to him. #handnotreadyyet
gswscribe: Smart blamed bad outlet by Amundson on Curry. Smart: "You were right behind him and didn't say nothing. ... Put some bass in your voice."
Notes
- Carney inactive because of a left ankle sprain.
- Keith Smart says that David Lee is still working on getting his conditioning back up.
What's next?
- Another tough Texas team coming up tomorrow, @Spurs.
| Day | Date | Time | Opponent | TV | Radio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed | Dec 08 | 5:30pm | @Spurs | CSNBayHD | KNBR 1050 |
| Fri | Dec 10 | 7:30pm | Heat | CSNBayHD / ESPN | KNBR 680 |
| Mon | Dec 13 | 6:00pm | @Jazz | CSNBayHD | KNBR 1050 |
| Tue | Dec 14 | 7:30pm | TWolves | CSNBayHD | KNBR 680 |
| Sat | Dec 18 | 7:00pm | @Blazers | CSNBayHD | KNBR 680 |
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I knew we lost when J-Terry laid in that finger roll and they went up 6
I like what I saw out of Amnduson and Lee… Curry and Ellis need to stop with the turnovers. They had like 12 combined…. its safe to say we got outbenched.
Well, at least I'm a little MORE motivated to link hunt than I was last game
Would have been nice to get the win, though.
On a side note
I’ve been noticing that Randolph has been piling up the D.N.P.’s for New York. Maybe they would be amenable to swapping him for an expiring!?
I’m just sayin!
by randolphforpresident on Dec 7, 2010 8:31 PM PST reply actions
and bring back tolliver too!!!
Or i am gonna have to think of a new handle.
Wow, just looked the story up on google
Looks like the TWolves are suffering with their version of the injury curse:
Just when the Timberwolves have welcomed back Nikola Pekovic from injury and are waiting for Martell Webster and Jonny Flynn any day … they go and lose reserve power forward Anthony Tolliver for at least the next four to six weeks.
Well then...
"I tell him straight, 'If you're going to lead, you have to be the first to practice. You have to come in, get your work down and be prepared for practice,' " assistant coach Keith Smart said. "He needs to figure out why he is having stomach problems and he's got to watch how LeBron (James), Kobe (Bryant) and D-Wade (Dwyane Wade) work. He needs to mimic that if he wants his teammates to speak volumes about him." -Keith Smart on Motna Ellis
too many:
turnovers and missed free throws. cut down to what the league average is in those two categories and we win the game.
"Basketball is like war in that offensive weapons are developed first, and it always takes a while for the defense to catch up." - Red Auerbach
"These young guys are playing checkers. I'm out there playing chess." - Kobe Bryant
The Warriors media notes listed his as questionable for this game
So it sounds like a day-to-day thing for him
Warriors Wonder: Dorell Wright
By default. Monta and Curry’s turnovers killed us. Lee’s free throws and shooting wasn’t great. I’ll take the SF who got 11 rebounds, 17 points, 4 assists and 3 steals.
Slept through the game...darn
Literally dozed off at 5:30 and woke up at 8:30…oh well. Another game, another loss…
Looked at the box score, WTF Keith Smart I know our bench sucks but you can’t just ride the starters like that every night. Also, Amundson plays the most minutes out of any of the bench guys in his first game of the year after a long injury layoff? Surprising I guess, is he going to make the impact in our bigs rotation that we’re hoping for?
Still waiting for Udoh to come back and save us though. WE NEED YOU UDOH
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WTF Keith Smart I know our bench sucks but you can’t just ride the starters like that every night
Because it was a back and forth game. How many games have we had where our starters hold par and our bench comes in and we go down 8 to 10?
We had a chance to steal this as @San Antonio on a back to back is almost a given loss.
Worst part, some poor free throwing shooting (and turnovers) cost us, not Dallas depth. Monta and Lee combine for 4 of 11 from the line. If they go more towards there career averages of 75%, make 8 out of 11, different game
I saw Monta 6 TO and Steph 6 TO
Never a good thing. Steph has been loose with the ball this year, not a good thing
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by Tom Huddlestone on Dec 7, 2010 11:51 PM PST up reply actions
Less lose than last year
his TOR is down.
It coulda been me, oh yeah it coulda been me.
by Reverend_Randy on Dec 8, 2010 3:06 PM PST up reply actions
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Keith Smart audio interview mp3 link. The CSN video version is the longer version and includes everything in the audio interview.
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Keith Smart in the hallway, 1 note on Lee’s conditioning.
pretty good game - fun to watch
Nice to see we were able to hang with the Mavs – a few more made free throws and a few less turnovers and we win.
I have to say though that this is one more game that screams that we need to make some moves to upgrade the bench. How good would we be if we had JTerry and Matrix coming off the bench? scary!
After the game, Steinmetz on Steph Curry
Matt said that based on what he’s seen this season so far, Steph is beginning to look more like a two guard and less like a point guard. This struck me cause I had begun over maybe the last 6 or so games to look at the boxscores and look at the assist – turnovers between Ellis and Curry and had begun to get the impression that Ellis was taking on more of the play making responsibilities than Curry, and at a better assist-turnover ratio. Even during this game against the Mavs, and maybe my memory is just being biased, but I can recall more monta slash and dishes to open bigs near the basket than I can remember Curry assists for easy buckets. If Steinmetz prediction turns out to be true, and I really hope that its not and Curry is merely in a funk, I’m curious as to how this changes the dynamic of this team going forward in regards to our backcourt.
Anyone else have thoughts?
If your backcourt can average 12+ assists per game, I don't see why not they can't share ballhanding duties
And it’s not the Curry/Ellis backcourt we should be concerned about, it’s our weak bench that we should all be worried about
Interesting comment from Steinmetz
I wouldn’t say Monta’s been taking over more of the PG duties, he’s just been really good this about playing to what the defense is giving him. Tonight, Dallas denied him looks, so he dished more. Monta’s really matured this season.
As for Curry, I think this “more of 2 thing” isn’t because that’s his natural thing…it’s because Smart’s offense makes NO sense. Ellis and Curry are the two best shooters on the team and the team runs ZERO plays to get these guys open looks. I think Curry would look more like a point guard if the rest of the players (besides Monta) knew WHERE TO MOVE TO in order to receive a dime from Curry. Under Nelson, Curry is a DYNAMIC PG. Under Smart he’s just a player who can shoot.
Last year both guys were constantly getting screens set and open looks, this year the only open look they get is if they pull up on their own.
This season is turning into a disaster IMO because Smart is de-volving the offense and I think the players are going to develop VERY bad habits as a result.
Monta gets open looks
He’s constantly running and curling off of screens set by our bigs. Curry doesn’t get those plays called for him. He just tries working off a pick & roll.
I really think we need to get back to our fastbreak style of basketball. Not neccessarily Nellie ball but get out in the open court more. Our scoring totals are plummeting. What’s the point in having on of the best, if not the best, open court players on our team(Monta) if we’re not gonna utilize him???
by Richboievans on Dec 7, 2010 11:38 PM PST up reply actions
What’s the point in having on of the best
one*
by Richboievans on Dec 7, 2010 11:39 PM PST up reply actions
I’m curious as to how this changes the dynamic of this team going forward in regards to our backcourt.
well we don’t need two undersized 2 guards as half as much as we need one undersized 2 guard so something would hafta give? I still think Binky has got the tools to play point , he just needs to get the message.
Lights please, lights please, turn off the lights.
by Skeptic con Urquell on Dec 8, 2010 9:08 AM PST up reply actions
OK, I'm out for the night.
Will refresh in the morning.
I don't get why Smart takes out Curry first, and puts Reggie at PG.
It is so god darn stupid. Monta and Reggie suck together. it makes Reggie play badly. Put him next to Steph and he’s very good, like we saw last year.
by GovernorStephCurry on Dec 7, 2010 10:09 PM PST reply actions
Steph screwed up his ankle a bit
So Reggie then went in for him
"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
Anyone else think we shouldn't screen for Monta when he has the ball looking to score?
It just brings in another defender, he can just take anyone 1 on 1
"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
Or you know...
Actually get Monta to execute the p&r
The San Francisco 49ers, inventing new ways to lose every week!
Mike Singletary: Doing the same thing week in and week out expecting a different result.
by Badly Browned on Dec 8, 2010 6:57 AM PST up reply actions
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recaps: Adam Lauridsen, MT2, Rusty.
articles: MT2 and Rusty articles on Lou’s return.
About the pick-n-roll
I’m still watching, trying to figure out why we suck at it so bad.
I think a big component is that our screens are pretty lackluster.
A.) Lee does not appear to know how to set a screen. He either is too far away, or off-line (facing slightly the wrong way)
B.) Steph is horrible at using screens. It looks to me like he does not rub shoulders very well. This is simple fundamentals here! As the ball handler, you need to do a better job of running your man into the screen. Monta seems to get this, Steph: not so much
I hesitate to keep bashing on coach Smart, but this seems like a lack of coaching. There’s really no excuse for something like this happening on a regular basis
"Trade Radmanovic. We don’t even want nobody for you, we’ll let you go. Just get off our team".
-Mistah FAB
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MT2 tidbits from the game, which includes an insightful Q/A with Radman after that practice where he laid out some F-bombs to motivate his teammates.
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