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Sat, Mar 16
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- Even though Mark Jackson gave the team the day off today, the entire team showed up for a work out.
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- Rusty takes a look at reasons why each of the 6 teams will and will not make the playoffs.
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Pregame News
- Previews of the game.
Kyle Bonagura: Warriors must win in Houston to avoid season series sweep
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Postgame Videos
Jim Barnett interviews Stephen Curry right after the game.
Highlights by gumbywithpokey, part 1.
Highlights by gumbywithpokey, part 2.
- Recap and highlights from nba.com's game page:
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Audio
Warriors at Rockets: Postgame Interviews (3/17/13) by Warriors
Mark Jackson
On the win:
"It was a great win for us, bouncing back from a disappointing loss the other night. I'm just proud of my guys, extremely proud of my guys."
On the game:
"I thought we were great, obviously you can play the same defense and they can make shots, but at the end of the day we were alert, aware, paid attention to details, we contested shots, we got back to the paint, we rebounded. It was just a thing of beauty. We took care of the basketball. They hurt you often when you turn it over and getting it going in transition, but I'm extremely proud of my guys. Houston spreads the floor, knocked down the long ball, and then it opens up the floor. They went small, the same way they did the last time we played them and they hurt us. Tonight we made the adjustments, we had the same line up and I thought Carl (Landry) gave us very good minutes. I thought our bigs were exceptional and we did a great job on multiple effort plays. Staying at home with the shooters, Klay Thompson was absolutely outstanding, not just offensively but more importantly defensively. He defended one of the best in the business (Harden) and made him work for everything."
On his teams' play:
"I believe in my guys and I know this team is not going to panic. We are going to stay true to who we are. For example, people say why a day off yesterday? You don't start doing things you haven't been doing. That panic. And a day off the day before we came here, everybody was out on the floor, in there working. You just don't see that in all my years of playing, broadcasting, and coaching. This is a special group. I'm honored to coach these guys."
Klay Thompson
On the Warriors back court:
"It was just one of those nights where we had great looks. I think we have one of the best shooting back courts in the league, its easy playing off Steph (Curry) because he spaces the floor so much and he is a great playmaker as well. Everybody on the floor shares the ball so well and when we are unselfish like that it's a thing of beauty. "
On the win:
"It was huge. If we don't take care of business tomorrow in New Orleans this means nothing. We have to get some separation and the Rockets are right on our heels. Every win from here on out is a big, big game and you have to take wins where you get them and it's not easy. We were 0-3 against them and we really needed this one."
David Lee
On the game:
"It was a huge win, coming in here on the road these are the games that count most. Not only because we've lost three times to these guys also coming off a bad loss and also because of the standings where both teams are right now. We got off to a good start and had a very balanced first half and in the second half they made their run and our guys responded well and grinded it out at the end. Houston came out hitting shots (in the third quarter), Jeremy (Lin) hit four consecutive jumpers, as did (James) Harden and they made their run, but we kept playing the same way that got us the lead. We tried to be aggressive and Steph (Curry) and Klay (Thompson) hit some big shots."
Stephen Curry
On the key to the game:
"We were on a mission to just play better defense and do it for 48 minutes. Each time we played them, we got better, but we couldn't put a full game together and we knew coming out in the third quarter that Houston was going to make a run. You have to withstand it the best you can and have good possession on the offensive end and that what we were able to do."
On the win:
"This was a big game for us to start off the road trip with and it's a good feeling and now we have to follow it up tomorrow and not let this win be for nothing. We knew Houston was a high scoring team and they are capable of putting up big number and if we don't stick to the game plan and have multiple efforts. That was a mission for us to come out and we were able to force them to miss some contested jump shots."
Interesting Tweets
gswscribe: #Warriors guard Klay Thompson played big in blowout win at #Rockets. Then he addressed James Harden trade rumors...
Does the fact that many fans hoped the Warriors traded you for Harden play into your matchup with him?
"I had no idea."
You didn't hear about Bill Simmons saying Warriors turned down a trade swapping you and Harden?
"I didn't know that. Even if I did, he can say what he wants. All I know is we've got a better record than them at this point. I seem to play well against him. So, yeah, it don't effect me. All I can control is what I do out there."
Does it motivate you to play well against him when people say they should trade you for him?
"I've got the same drive, no matter if I heard that stuff or if I didn't, to be the best player I can be."
Notes
- No interesting notes tonight.
What's next?
- The Pelicans just played @TWolves and lost today, so they will also have to travel. So if we want to build some momentum heading into the playoffs, we gotta beat them tomorrow, back-to-back or not, and with quality play like today's win.
Day | Date | Time | Opponent | TV | Radio |
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Mon | Mar 18 | 5:00 PM | @Hornets | CSNBayHD | KNBR 680 |
Wed | Mar 20 | 5:30 PM | @Spurs | CSNBayHD | KNBR 680 |
Sat | Mar 23 | 7:30 PM | Wizards | CSNBayHD | KNBR 680 |
Mon | Mar 25 | 7:30 PM | Lakers | CSNBayHD NBATV | KNBR 680 |
Wed | Mar 27 | 7:30 PM | Kings | CSNBayHD | KNBR 680 |
Full broadcast schedule at warriors.com/schedule.