Warriors Game Day Links #61: Golden State Warriors 103 @ Boston Celtics 107 - Down 18 against the Celtics? Almost no problem
by IQofaWarrior on Mar 4, 2011 7:46 PM PST
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Recap: Recap #61: Golden State Warriors 103, Boston Celtics 107 - Still too small; Pendulum swings back from Stephen Curry to Monta Ellis
Game thread: Game Thread #61: Golden State Warriors at Boston Celtics - Debut of Al Thornton (1070+ comments)
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Recap: Celtics Blow The Lead But Win The Game
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Pregame News
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Pregame Videos
17:35 min: Keith Smart with Ralph and Tom on KNBR, Thur Mar 3, 2011
16:52 min: Matt Steinmetz with Damon Bruce on KNBR, Fri Mar 4, 2011
Jeremy Lin talks about receiving his Harvard diploma.
Keith Smart before the game.
Postgame News
- No postgame news found.
Postgame Videos
Monta Ellis in the locker room.
David Lee in the locker room.
Stephen Curry in the locker room.
CSN highlights, recap.
Recap and highlights from nba.com's game page:
Reverse Scoop Shot
Monta Maneuvers
Warriors vs. Celtics: Highlights, recap
Postgame Quotes and Stuff from warriors.com recap
Tim Roye
1:15 min: Tim Roye's Game Recap
Keith Smart
On tonight's game:
"I just thought they played hard. Our intensity level went up, this was probably David Lee’s best game both offensively, and he did a great job defensively, and that’s what I’m saying to our guys who haven’t been pushed to play defense, he did a great job with that. But I just thought our intensity level went up, we became the aggressors. I thought Vlad came in and did a great job with his intensity up on the floor, pressuring the ball. I just thought of course Monta made some great shots. All of our guys did a good job on the floor. Our bench came in and kept our starters somewhat fresh to keep the game to where it didn’t get away from us."
On turnovers:
"You know on the road against a great team, not a good team, a great team you can’t give them opportunities when you turn it over and give it back to them. We need a turnover that will go up into the stands where we can go back and get set. We had too many turnovers early in the game where it lead to their breaks. You can’t turn it over, especially not in crunch time, you can’t turn the ball over because this team is going to capitalize. We got two, three guys who are going to capitalize on those things. And they got a great little point guard who’s going to understand the flow of the game. But we’re a young team and we’re growing, and hopefully one day, we’ll be in that position where our big three and big four can help us close games the way this team here does."
On whether it was a teachable moment:
"Oh yes always teachable, you got a chance to play against a team that’s probably going to have a shot to be in the finals. Look what we did here, look at the intensity you had. If you can play with that same intensity, that’s what the good teams do. The good teams play with an intensity all the time, sometimes they have a little moment where they’re not engaged, but good teams do that. So that’s what you teach from, how can you have that level where you come into another teams building and keep this game under control with a chance to win it"
David Lee
On tonight's game:
"I was happy with the way our guys competed tonight. No moral victories, we’re upset we lost. We had some chances there at the end, we didn’t convert. But if we play this way all the time we’re going to win a lot of the games we have left. We just talked about continuing to plug away. We knew we were underdogs here on the road, and they’re a very good home team, but we just had to keep competing on ever position on offense and defense. Just keep getting stops and just executing on offense. They do a great job of pushing you out of your offense with their pressure defense. We found a way to get some easy buckets by countering the backdoors and doing some different things and running. So no moral victories but we have to learn from this and continue to play the way we did tonight"
On defending Kevin Garnett:
"Well I just tried to force him off the block as much as I could and make his catches difficult. He’s a guy who lives and dies a lot by the 15 footer and tried to somewhat stay attached to him so he didn’t get too many open looks. But Rondo’s very good at finding those guys, but they’ve played with each other for awhile so they know where each other are and make the plays"
Stephen Curry
On the key to the comeback:
"Just not quitting, staying aggressive. Monta made a lot of great plays for us to get back in it. Defensively, they tried to slow it down, we got stops and some rebounds, made some timely baskets. That helped us get back into it, just a couple lost possessions and offensive rebounds, that was it"
On the frustration of losing:
"Yeah we know what we’re capable of, it’s just frustrating where they go on those 8-0, 10-0 runs especially on the road where they get the crowd into it and get a comfort level. You take a lot of energy to get back in the game, if we eliminate those little stretches, we’re in it the whole way, not having to claw our way back and make it interesting"
Interesting Tweets
(yesterday (Thur))
warriors: http://twitvid.com/C9BX3 - Jeremy Lin returned to Harvard to get his diploma today. Watch @JLin7 explain what it means. #NBA
warriors: New Warrior Al Thornton (@AThornton14) made things official by signing his contract earlier today. http://twitpic.com/45temi
Notes
- No interesting notes to add tonight.
What's next?
- The road trip continues with the Sixers on Sunday afternoon. Can we put up the same effort against them?
| Day | Date | Time | Opponent | TV | Radio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Mar 06 | 3:00pm | @Sixers | CSNBayHD | KNBR 680 |
| Tue | Mar 08 | 4:00pm | @Cavaliers | CSNBayHD | KNBR 1050 |
| Wed | Mar 09 | 4:00pm | @Nets | CSNBayHD | KNBR 1050 |
| Fri | Mar 11 | 7:30pm | Magic | CSNBayHD | KNBR 680 |
| Sun | Mar 13 | 6:00pm | TWolves | CSNBayHD | KNBR 680 |
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Freakin good game.
They made less mistakes than us. We competed like Gs.
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nba.com’s highlight: Monta Maneuvers
Nothing’s happening right now. Will check back in an hour or so.
I regret starting KG or Frye in my fantasy league
Figured KG v. Warriors would give me rebounds and FG% I need
Where's Gov to talk about how much better Steph is than Monta?
Seems like both Steph and Monta have their good games and bad games so everyone please stop the TRADE STEFFFF TRADE MONTE! crap.
WHAT!??!?!?!?!?!?!
When Steph has a bad game
he doesn’t take 35 shots.
He keeps it under control.
Monta played horrid defense and his shots were going down, which will happen once a season especially how many games he has with 22+ shots.
by Anonymous1337 on Mar 4, 2011 8:20 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Great insight.
Thanks for contributing.
by Anonymous1337 on Mar 4, 2011 10:47 PM PST up reply actions
Monta played pretty great defense
I dunno where you pulled that out of
"It ain't Chinese algebra. If you get stops and you execute on offense, normally that team wins." - Tony Allen
"One thing LeBron James has won that Kobe Bryant never has, and never will: A bronze medal."- Josh Tucker
Hahaah Ray Allen lit him up.
Steph Curry and Reggie Williams all day baby!
by GovernorStephCurry on Mar 5, 2011 12:28 AM PST up reply actions
Pretty sure IQ did some analysis and it was mainly on Monta.
Steph Curry and Reggie Williams all day baby!
by GovernorStephCurry on Mar 6, 2011 11:53 AM PST up reply actions
So i guess if Monta plays like crap for 5 games and Steph plays awesome, and Steph has one bad game and Monta has one great game, we should ignore that and just declare Monta better? What??
Steph Curry and Reggie Williams all day baby!
by GovernorStephCurry on Mar 4, 2011 11:45 PM PST up reply actions
If Monta shuts down Ray Allen
we win this game, nuff’ said.
by Anonymous1337 on Mar 4, 2011 8:21 PM PST via mobile reply actions
without monta this game wouldn't of even been close
by GSdubsfan41 on Mar 4, 2011 8:22 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Yeah it would have
Offense is only half the game, don’t forget.
by Anonymous1337 on Mar 4, 2011 8:24 PM PST via mobile up reply actions 1 recs
ok but where would we of been without his offensive production tonight ? he tool over in the third and made it close
by GSdubsfan41 on Mar 4, 2011 8:27 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Lol.
Anybody can pass to someone who is wide open.
by Anonymous1337 on Mar 4, 2011 8:43 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
But not anybody can create for others with penetration like Rondo can
Penetration leads to open shooters
"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
So easy to shut down Ray Allen.
If every defender shut down Ray Allen in his career, it would have been over within a year.
There’s another if.
WHAT!??!?!?!?!?!?!
He was left open all day
no excuses.
by Anonymous1337 on Mar 4, 2011 8:27 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
look here troll, give ray ray some credit
he moves to the right spots on the floor without the ball, they were doing a nice job setting screens for him and monta got caught up a couple of times, it was not his fault, he and David lee kept us in this game. this team is challenged defensively, how are you about to point your finger at one guy?
by GSdubsfan41 on Mar 4, 2011 9:20 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
His offense was great
defense was horrendous, I don’t applaud people who play half the game.
by Anonymous1337 on Mar 4, 2011 10:04 PM PST up reply actions
It’s evident you have no clue what you’re talking about. Just coming here with an agenda. It’s kind of sad really….
Monta- 41 points, +3 +/-
RayRay- 27 points
Seems to me Monta was main reason we stayed close.
Now Currys 4 turnovers compared to rondo’s 16 assists and 3 turnovers would be the difference. Curry 8 +/
This is what happens
when an organization never plays defense. People completely let Monta off with horrible defense because he scores 41.
Did ANYBODY see how wide open Ray Allen was?
by Anonymous1337 on Mar 4, 2011 8:30 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Give Rondo some credit
When he can get anywhere on the floor your team collapse.
They just outshot us
And by outshot us, I mean they outshot I mean our bench.
Question WHY DID REGGIE NOT PLAY? He’s been playing well. He better have had an injury/tweak or else I’m sick fo Smart. Especially with Curry having an off game he should have seen more than 7 freaking mins.
You can bet your a— if we had Nellie, we’d see Curry, Monta, Regige, Dorell, Lee lineup for stretches. Defensively bad, but no one is gonna win trading buckets with those 5.
. Defensively bad, but no one is gonna win trading buckets with those 5.
that’s why it was stupid to run nellie off when he owed us one more season. We don’t have what it takes to play big right now so we shoulda played nellieball one more year then fixed the roster for the next generation
Lights please, lights please, turn off the lights.
by Skeptic con Urquell on Mar 4, 2011 8:28 PM PST reply actions
Agree Sir Skeptic
The way the roster was assembles is really bugging me too. We have like 18 mediocre pf’s
Just posted this in the game thread, thought it fit here better:
I just got back from the game and it was strange for a few reasons.
1) Did anybody else have a problem with the coaching? I thought it was atrocious. We were down by around 10 or 11 and finally narrowed it down to three somewhere in the beginning/middle of the second quarter when our second unit was in. The second unit then went stale and Smart refused to put in the starting lineup. I believe we had something like Law, Monta, Vlad, Amundson, Biedrins. We had the lead down to three, he didn’t put in the fresh starting unit that had been playing well up until that point. In fact, the starting unit didn’t see the court until about 5 minutes left in the half. It really blew me away that we had finally gotten the lead down, but coach refused to put the starters back in, and the lead again slipped away. I can understand riding momentum of the second unit, but once they went stale, and the lead started slipping that’s when you call a timeout and put the first unit in, simple as that.
2) What the #$^#$%&&^&$%^ was up with letting Vlad play for almost the entire fourth quarter? He was getting absolutely torched by Pierce for a stretch where every time PP touched the ball it was either a basket or a foul. In person it was embarrassing to watch, and it was clear that Vlad had no idea how to stop him. I feel like DoorL has played some decent D on some big-time players this year, let him come in, give a boost on D and get his shot back.
3) I don’t know what kind of response this will generate, but in person Thornton looked sharp. It’s beyond me why he came in for about 1 minute and the rest of the time Vlad was used. I can understand that he hasn’t gotten any time with the team, but for the minute or so he was out on the court he was extremely physical with Kristic, not letting him back him down, aggressive for the ball on his one rebound, and one series where he bobbled to try and get it from either KG and Kristic I forgot who it was. But for that one lone minute, he looked like he was playing with some fire, it was extremely refreshing to see, and something i haven’t seen from any of our bench players in a while (minus perhaps Lou’s block tonight)
4) Dropped passes killed us tonight.
5) Attempting to force passes into the lane while two guys were on the receiving end also killed us. Steph seemed to have a few really boneheaded plays, that’s partially why I’m guessing he saw the bench a lot longer than he should have. But the mistakes he did made, were pretty poor. David Lee had a few he tried to force, and so did DoorL I believe.
6) Missed gimmie buckets killed us as well.
7) Monta seemed to be very downtrodden the first half. Seemed very out of it, body language didn’t seem right, didn’t seem vocal, didn’t seem happy. He obviously turned it on in the second half, but something seemed fishy the first half.
8) Did I mention Vlad is still atrocious? And that I don’t understand why he played all the minutes that he did? That technical was awful. It was like he was trying to prove something to his team mates. It was an out of bounds call, let it go, you, being as old as you are, should know better. It doesn’t matter if it went in or out, it shouldn’t have happened.
I really put the blame for this game on coaching. I thought it was poorly coached throughout, we certainly had the opportunity to put in some fresh faces and legs at critical points in the game when we were only down a couple, but we failed to do so. Boneheaded turnovers were too many, dropped passes were too many, and missed threes were also too many. We were close, but we still came up short.
by FromtheBaytotheBayState on Mar 4, 2011 8:31 PM PST reply actions 3 recs
LOL OMG
I was yelling at my tv, particularly in the 3rd and 4th over smarts coaching..
How much play time did freaking VLad and Acie get? WAY TOO MUCH.
Udoh was key defensively, he was playing very well then he sits on the bench basically the whole second half?
Vlad did bad thing after bad thing and never got benched. Curry or Udoh do one bad thing? BENCH.
WORST COACH EVER.
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
rec'd
our coach is simply atrocious
"It ain't Chinese algebra. If you get stops and you execute on offense, normally that team wins." - Tony Allen
"One thing LeBron James has won that Kobe Bryant never has, and never will: A bronze medal."- Josh Tucker
WOW Heat
They are like a much better version of Warriors 3-4 players and the scrub army.
Kinda disappointed in Pat Riley, to be honest. He shouldn’t get exec of year. It shouldn’t have been THAT hard to surround this three. MLE’ing a SG/SF was a terrible idea (even if he is a good one).
and does anyone else thing Mullin is absolutely awful on ESPN
Mullin is so awkward on ESPN.
I sorta like it. It’s funny.
What are you on? You randomly make chirps about Wade and Lebron being 'limited' and they can't shoot.
Now they’re a much better version of the Warriors? What the hell?
Steph Curry and Reggie Williams all day baby!
by GovernorStephCurry on Mar 4, 2011 11:46 PM PST up reply actions
Do you not get what I said?
My point was beyond the big 3 and Miller, they have questionable NBA talent.
House and Bibby are fine PG's for what they want to achieve. It's really their lack of big man talent.
Steph Curry and Reggie Williams all day baby!
by GovernorStephCurry on Mar 6, 2011 11:53 AM PST up reply actions
Added
nba.com highlights recap. warriors.com quotes. Monta, David Lee, Curry in the locker room. CSN highlights, recap.
Smart shouldnt have put Reggie Williams in during the final minutes
We were on the verge of tying the game and he commits a silly foul on Pierce and then doesn’t contest his drive to the basket. DWright should have been guarding him…not Vlad Rad and not Reggie.
Curry looked terrible…it seems like he trying to do too much with those unnecessary passes that lead to turnovers.
I thought Vlad came in and did a great job with his intensity up on the floor, pressuring the ball.
- Keith DUMB
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 have no idea what Smart uses to make his decisions, but it's definitely not results.
Reggie should get more than 5 minutes after having 2 back to back great games. Udoh played 12 minutes…i mean it’s like game performance isn’t even relevant to Keith Smart, he just keeps playing his guys (Monta, Vlad, Acie) and benching the ones he hates (Curry, Reggie, Lin).
Steph Curry and Reggie Williams all day baby!
by GovernorStephCurry on Mar 4, 2011 11:48 PM PST up reply actions
he did he same with bwright
bwright has a great game, don’t see a single minute for him for 5 games.
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
Exactly.
Steph Curry and Reggie Williams all day baby!
by GovernorStephCurry on Mar 5, 2011 12:16 AM PST up reply actions
Yeah
It’s ridiculous. Does he just forget good games? Did Brandan and Reggie miss a few buckets during practice? I just didn’t understand Smart and still don’t.
and benching the ones he hates (Curry, Reggie, Lin).
Those guys are a liability on defense with exception to Lin who I think works hard on D. Did you watch the game? Curry and Reggie were part of the reason why Boston lead the whole game. Ray Ray was left wide open all day (Curry’s responsibility) and Reggie was put on Pierce who wrecked him.
Acie and Vlad play better defense than Curry and Reggie which is why I think Smart tends to go with them during most of the 2nd half…but still, Acie can’t shoot and Vlad Rad is a streak shooter. Our bench depth is something to LOL about and we did nothing to fix it before the deadline passed. Lacob and Riley were satisfied so it is what it is…
by Spreefor3!!! on Mar 5, 2011 12:06 AM PST up reply actions
k, and Monta and Vlad weren't liabilites either?
Steph Curry and Reggie Williams all day baby!
by GovernorStephCurry on Mar 5, 2011 12:16 AM PST up reply actions
Curry's responsibility
Do you actually watch the games? Monta was matched up on Ray Allen, not Steph.
by randolphforpresident on Mar 5, 2011 12:33 AM PST up reply actions
Well
For the first quarter (or was it half?) of the game Monta was on Rondo and Steph was on Allen. Ray was not defended well the whole game. That’s that. He was left wide open all the time. It’s not so much Monta and Steph being bad defenders as miscommunication and team defense being weak. He was left open because of late help defense.
Or Shaq...or Jermaine O'Neal...or Big Baby...
Still, the C’s are on a totally different level compared to the Warriors so tonights loss was no surprise…
by Spreefor3!!! on Mar 5, 2011 12:08 AM PST up reply actions
When they get Shaq back, they're best team in NBA.
Steph Curry and Reggie Williams all day baby!
by GovernorStephCurry on Mar 5, 2011 12:16 AM PST up reply actions
Smart is frustrating me with his short-term coaching philosophy.
I’m not expecting Vlad & Law on this team next year. Give their minutes to some other players and help develop them (like Lin or Bell).
If Curry makes a bonehead play, let him play though it. Not like the Warriors are competing for a playoff spot & Curry is (hopefully) going to be a Warrior for many years. Let him make the mistakes on the court & learn from them.
Can Adrien play the 4? Give some Vlad minutes to Adrien & see how it works because the Warriors can keep Adrien on next year’s roster for very little $$. Or try Adrien @ Center when Udoh & Beans are on the bench.
No need for Monta to lead the league in minutes/game anymore. Warrior’s know his abilities and his trade value isn’t going to go up/down much for the rest of this season. Give minutes to Lin (or Bell) since they’ll be on this team next year.
Smart should just force some Pick & Roll into this offense for Lee. Even if the Warriors struggle to implement it, it’ll pay off in the long run. Curry/Monta can practice it w/ Lee against some meaningful NBA competition.
From Celtics game, Udoh = 13 minutes. He missed entire preseason, why not give him the extra minutes to close out this season?
Smart is just frustrating to watch/understand.
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