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"Matt  Barnes smells like dookie, but we're going to Disneyland after the game!"

Yes another loss - a fitting end to this season.  Plagued of injuries, front office turmoil, and whiny players (ahem...Al Harrington) this season has not been the brightest.  For about 20 games, I have witnessed losses and talked about the "great potential" this team.  Players like Anthony Morrow and Anthony Randolph have shown that we have a great future, but the present is terrible.  We lost to the Suns again - another close game with a lot great moments - Anthony Morrow tearing it up again, CJ distributing well, Randolph being all over the court - but it wasn't enough.  It was never enough this season.

Ya know what?  Who cares!  Cause the Golden State Warriors are taking all their players, coaches, and us, the GSoM crew to Disneyland!

THAT'S RIGHT DISNEYLAND!!!

Not only am I stoked to go hang with everyone, but as I always found on my trips, Disneyland is quite an adventure....

(If you want a recap, go check out ESPN or Yahoo, there's about to be 0 game coverage in this post)

J to the U-M-P.

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Oh man. That was just FUGLY. Let me just start by saying that I have the utmost respect for those of you who fought through regular Warriors traffic as well as A's/Red Sox traffic only to witness that abomination of a game.

It was a real pity to see the Dubs put up a display like that in their final homestand of the 2008-2009 season, but in the end, the game was oddly symbolic of the entire season. Overall a dismal display, blown chances to take control, and in the end we're left at the bottom of the league with nothing but a glimmer of hope to grab hold of.

Tonight, that glimmer was none other than Anthony Randolph. Yup. The future is bright.

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Shining Star.

I'd love to gush about the other positives of tonight, but short of CJ Watson, there isn't really much to say. This was just a really really bad game. Every team catches then from time to time (granted we may come across a few more than your average squad) and they just plain suck.

Making it our closing game at home just added insult to injury.

JUMP!

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Wow. Wow. Wow. Before I jump into this recap, let me say this, holy crap, that had to be one of the most surprising games of the year. In fact, this game was full of surprises, pleasant surprises, heck, shocking surprises. The Warriors had no business winning this game. 2nd game of a back to back. On the road. They're a horrible road team. The Jazz are an excellent home team. Warriors have a ton of injuries. The Jazz don't. No business winning this game, but they did.

So I've been writing all along that the Warriors need to keep losing so they can get a better spot in the lottery. But what was I thinking? They don't need to participate in the NBA draft. All they have to do is go pick up players from the D-League and all the players who don't get drafted. Their top 4 scorers tonight got into the league the unconventional way, undrafted.

CJ Watson: 38 points, D-League pickup
Rob Kurz: 21 points, undrafted rookie
Kelenna Azubuike: 18 points, D-League pickup
Anthony Morrow: 13 points, undrafted rookie

Excuse me? 90 of the 118 points were scored by undrafted players?

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Valiant effort but imagine if Yao was there!

Ok well that sucked! Not only did it take hours to get to the damn stadium and find parking 2 miles away (thanks to whoever scheduled a Warriors game right next to an A's game which happened to be opening day!), but when the player introductions came on I learned that Yao WASN'T EVEN GOING TO PLAY! Maybe everyone else got the notice but me since I didn't see the sea of Yao jerseys we typically find when playing the Rockets.

In fact none of my favorite players showed up! Here' a list of those who didn't bother to grace us Friday night:

-          Yao Ming

-          Corey Maggette

-          Jamal Crawford

-          Monta Ellis

-          Marco Belinelli

-          Brandan Wright

The fact that we lost by only 3 points is not bad. We played our second line and to lose by only 3 point is not bad. Had Yao played I don't want to think what the score would have been but let's just be happy we can watch the Warriors tonight and move on.

Here's a light recap before the preview for tonight's game.

Jump:

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The Warriors had their 3 game win streak snapped tonight by one of the league's worst teams. How this same Warriors team beat the Hornets and lose to Minnesota is beyond my comprehension. Tonight, the Twolves simply outplayed the Warriors tonight. They shot better, they rebounded better, and took care of the ball better (just 6 turnovers). Here's what Nellie had to say:

"Well I don't have a lot for you tonight, we were trying to make it four in a row, haven't done that this year. We really wanted to win this game and they just basically outplayed us all game long. Even when they were missing a lot of shots we were in the game...but once they started making those same shots that were open before, they just put us away. I thought they outplayed us all night and as a result they deserved to win.

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I'm, I'm sky high.  I'm, I'm sky high.

4th Quarter, 2:50 minutes left to go in the game.  Warriors use a timeout. 98-91 Warriors.

No, no, no, NOOOOOOO!!!  I've seen this before.  We're up, only a few minutes left, and the Kings are making a comeback. 

I know EXACTLY how this ends.

Defense collapses, the Kings go on a run, I start yelling at my TV, we go to overtime and lose.

NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

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Whoooooaaaa Nelly (pun intended)!

That was a barnburner! Honestly, with the horrid defense we played, we really didn't deserve to beat the Kings last night, but hey, sometime your offense goes into overdrive, right? And when the shootin' is good, the Oracle is alive and fans get treated to some pretty amazing stuff!

Since we've had so little good to cling onto recently, I think it's only fair to mention our awful defense one last time before I go on to bring up some of the positive aspects of the game. Despite the fact that this battle could have really gone either way, there were certainly a lot of contributing factors that allowed us to be sitting in the only available chair when the music stopped playing.

So without further ado...

Our defense blew.

Ahhhhh. Now let's break this scorefest down, shall we?

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"Join us Kevin.... Join the Dark Side. Something something something complete...."

Yea okay, before we begin on the Dubs, let me just take a second and gush over Kevin Martin for a second. This guy is seriously a starter on 1st team All Underrated. He's ridiculous, and last night he showed us 50 reasons why. If the Kings ever get this guy the supporting staff he needs (or if he gets traded to a team with a better cast), he can do some really big things.

But speaking of big things.... JUMP!

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Smart man.

I'm still heated from last night and I probably don't have much to add in for analysis and recap.  Being at the game and witnessing that atrocity of a "game" makes me wonder why I even do this to myself. 

It's one thing if I have injury-plagued team that has front office turmoil and can't keep a great player.  I got over that this season.

I'm not one to make excuses.  I'm not going to blame anyone.

As I sat in the Roaracle last night, I only heard one thing.

REF U SUCK.

Could you hear that on TV?

Cause I heard it in Section 109.  Over and over and over and over again.

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