Recap: Warriors 107, Mavericks 104: We OWN the Mavericks!

by Hash on Nov 6, 2006 9:08 PM PST in Recaps Comment 47 comments

Good. Lord.

If you missed this game, you better have been dead or in jail. Or dead in jail. Or maybe you died and for some odd reason they took your body to jail instead of the morgue, which to my understanding is where they would normally take one who just died. I don't know, maybe you dropped dead right in the middle of committing some sort of crime and they took your body to jail just in case you resurrected or something. You can never be too careful nowadays.

But I digress. If you missed tonight's game, you missed Warriors basketball at its FINEST. I'm saying this of course because we got the win. There are in fact some things that could have looked crisper out there. But regardless, one fact remains...

We own the Mavericks.

Boxscore

FIRED UP!!!

I've tried a number of theorems to prove said ownage of the Mavericks, but no matter how I crunch the numbers, it just doesn't add up. I mean, we're talking about a given playoff contender vs. a team that has defied all mathematical odds with how long their postseason drought has been. How do we keep doing this to them?! Wait, who cares... we won.

Everyone was a contributor tonight. For the most part, tonight we saw the Warriors that so many of us thought lay dormant. Our free throw shooting improved drastically. Three pointers fell when they counted most. Baron was sinking in turn-around jumpers with ease. Pietrus was both offensively and defensively in the right place at the right time on more than one occasion. And Beidrins' freakishly long wing span is slowly making him realize that there can be boards and good D without fouls.

Beidrins guarding the hole.

What if we could harness this strange power we seem to conjure up whenever we play Dallas and use it against other teams? What if we can shoot over 80% on our free throws on a consistent basis? What if Dun rode the pine every game?! (Okay okay, cheap shot.)

Oh man. I'm getting shivers thinking about it.

But we weren't perfect tonight. There was a lot of sloppy basketball played. Tonight the Warriors turned over the ball 17 times. That is a LOT of passed up possessions. In up-tempo games like tonight, the Warriors are going to have to learn to keep a cool head on their shoulders. This is one of the fundamental differences between regular and premiere teams in this league. Along with the turnovers, we saw a number of over-excited shots resulting in horrendous bricks, blown easy chances and even air balls. One needs to look no further than the waning minutes of the game to get a great sampling of bad shots and unnecessary risks that allowed Dallas to get within 3.

Then again, if it weren't for all the poor plays at the end, our GSOM game prediction would have never rung true. Take THAT Vegas!

All in all, it was a great ride. Sit back and savor this one Warriors Nation. Hopefully tonight's events prove to be less of a miracle and more of a catalyst...

Warrior Wonder: I'm going to have to give this one to Baron. Baron came out tonight with INSANE energy. Something lit a fire in him and it took 26 points, 7 boards, 8 dimes, 2 jacks, and even a swat to quench him. He was dangerously close to a triple double tonight.

Mini-props to Monta as well for taking Terry's flagrant in style. Anti-props to Mavs fans for booing after Monta got clotheslined. Intentional or not, that was a rough foul.

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honestly

Love the writing especially the first paragraph! good stuff.

by BRETTcuziaintthatcreative on Nov 6, 2006 9:18 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

You know what

If Foyle wou'ld have played, you know vegas would say Mavs by 26, and you'd say Warriors by 30 and you'd be right.

by Zorgon on Nov 6, 2006 9:23 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

dunleavy love

if dunleavy keeps his minutes this low every game, warriors are going to the play offs

by bun on Nov 6, 2006 9:32 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Congrats

You really do own us.

P.S. There are boos in every stadium/arena in the NBA when a home team player or coach gets ejected. That's hardly anything reserved for Dallas fans. And I think you can understand their bitterness.

Mavs Moneyball

by Wes Cox on Nov 6, 2006 9:32 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Duly Noted

I'll give you that Wes. As a Warriors fan, I feel the same bitterness all too often. When you're watching your team have a bad game, every call seems like a bad call.

by Hash on Nov 6, 2006 9:37 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Thanks man

Wes is a good man and Mavs Moneyball is a great community.

BUT those fans tonight in Dallas we're shady. That was an obvious flagrant foul. I understand booing the Avery Johnson ejection (it seemed so dumb by the refs, but I honestly couldn't see much from TV), but booing the refs for the obvious flagrant call on Terry and not cheering for Monta when he got up was classless.

by Atma Brother ONE on Nov 6, 2006 9:39 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

fans...

i thought i heard a few fans cheering when he did get up. maybe it's just me, but if so props to those few fans. i will agree that as a whole they were definitely classless.

by AJC3317 on Nov 6, 2006 10:05 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Hash with the PHAT Recap + Atma's Quickies

Quickies

Monta hit some treys. I didn't see that from him last season. He was fun to watch and hung in there after Terry's dirty foul.
BD came to play tonight. No question. That was all All-NBA performance out there tonight. We all wish we could see that more often.
JRich is looking better. Those shots will fall dog.
I'm luving the BD and JRIch post ups on other guards. They're much stronger than most. Nellie knows this.
Troy hit his shots tonight. Very pretty baseline move on Dirk too.
MP2 played solid defense especially when he was covering Dirk. He just has to watch those turnovers and cut down on those fouls. Very aggressive play.
Biedrins is looking better every game. Excellent rebounding.
For the first time since his rookie season Dunleavy is going to see some real consequences if he plays poorly. Nellie doesn't answer to Mullin, so he's not going to be afraid to limit Dunleavy's minutes or pull him from the starting lineup.
I just don't think Dunleavy fits here. He can't run and gun at the point- his penetratation, speed, and shooting are all poor. And he can't play the 4 because his rebounding is unnacceptable. He's a half court player.
No Ike? There's gotta be something interesting there
No Wagner? Again something interesting.

There's other problems to address, but who cares? We're 2-2!

by Atma Brother ONE on Nov 6, 2006 9:35 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

you LOVE BD

"All-NBA performance"? C'mon. He played a really good game, but you're getting crazy with statements like that. 26, 7, 8 is a beautiful line, but 9-22, 2-8, 6-9 ain't all that wonderful.

BD and JRich posting up guards works sometimes, but other times they ended up holding/dribbling the ball in the post for too long, ending up with a contested turn around fade away. That happened a lot at the end of the game, and that's when Dallas started to get back in the game. I think they need to make quicker decisions and moves in the post.

Has Wagner been active these past few games? I know he wasn't the first or second game.

Looks like the Warriors are really only about 7 deep.

by LancerEvoV on Nov 6, 2006 10:44 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Watch the game tho

If you go by numbers you're missing out. A few of those 3 pointers were at the end of shot clock and quarters. The numbers don't tell the whole story.

If BD isn't bringing it, I'll break it down. If he's bringing it like he did tonight, I'll give him his due.

You're right about the BD and JRich post ups, but other guys have to move without the ball too. BD and JRich will hit them with the pass if they're open.

I think Nellie REALLY REALLY wanted to win this game. He played Baron practically the whole game and limited the rotation. I bet the 7 deep was just for tonight.

I'm pretty puzzled about Wagner's status. Haven't seen or heard anything after a his pretty good preseason.

Great post.

by Atma Brother ONE on Nov 6, 2006 10:56 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I watched the game

I saw most of the game. He played well, don't get me wrong. I'm just saying that "All-NBA performace" is a bit of an overstatement, in my opinion. I've seen better, more dominating performances than that. I don't feel like he controlled the game.

That is true about his 3-pt stats. But 2-8 still isn't good. Two of those shots came at the end of a quarter in a 2 for 1 situation, so they had to be quick shots, and he made one of those. That still leaves him 1-6, and a bunch were just like the bricks he threw up last season.

I agree about off the ball movement. There was a lot of standing around while they were in the post.

by LancerEvoV on Nov 7, 2006 12:38 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

BD was much better

Davis played extremely well -- best I've ever seen him -- in the first half, and he both kept the W's in the game and let Dallas know it was in for a fight. The key: he was running a motion offense, and never really held the ball or pounded it for more than three seconds. That's precisely what he needs to do, because everyone was running.. (Sure, there were turnovers galore, and there will be for some time, but the motion machine was working, the W's were running, spaces were being filled, and team rebounding kept them going, even when the Mavs would make a nice run.) If Davis continues to play like this, I'll be among his biggest boosters, because this was good basketball.

In the second half, though, and to be fair perhaps because he was tiring, he drifted away from the motion offense -- and you could see the weaknesses. (Lots more standing around; only extremely good shooting kept them afloat.) Then, he was doing a lot more dribbling and running clear outs. (Fortunately, he didn't revert so far as to start playing those deadly pick n rolls.) And by the end of the game, though he WAS struggling mightily, his over-dribbling and poor shot selection and shooting almost cost the team the game. (I don't care how well he's playing, he should NEVER shoot eight treys, and he should have passed out of coverage --regularly -- in the last five minutes, when he largely held the ball and forced up bad shots as time expired.)

Now let's be candid: as glorious -- and fun -- a victory this was, all kinds of things conspired to prevent Dallas from taking it, not the least of which was the Mavs losing Coach at the outset, since he would have planted Dampier in the game in the second half -- cuz he was eating our guys alive inside. Losing Smith also hurt bigtime. And Terry's flagrant actually gave the guys a much needed short blow, and a shot of energy and purpose after Monta finally got up -- and played. And their failure to call time out at the end -- not a mistake the Mavs typically make. So we got a lot of help and had a lot of luck last night. (Don't count on many 50% shooting nights, or 10-23 nights on threes, for that matter.)

But, that said, Davis had a terrific night because he showed he CAN play Nellie's up-tempo game for a full half. Now he's got to extend it out for a full game. If he does, the pieces are here for this team to be pretty good -- espeically if Murphy keeps playing like this, and AB and Monta keep showing signs of growth. And the other real benefit we got from last night -- and this was as big as anything -- was to see that JRich is finally coming around. He showed moves we hadn't seen this year, and though he's still not there -- as was obvious by some short "hops" in the first half as well as by some off timing -- he's clearly on the road to recovery.

I don't expect the same excitement tonight (tho I'd love to see it) because the guys will be tired, the small rotation yesterday (really, only six-seven played) will hurt them tonight, and -- well -- NO is playing pretty well, and fast themselves, now, and Paul is becoming a real force. We'll see. But any way you cut it, last night was fun -- and the first really big fun we've had since last December. Let's hope for more of the same. . . .

by johnl on Nov 7, 2006 9:05 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Right on with Pluses and Negatives

BD still over-dribbles and takes questionable shots.
MP2 made a few bone-headed decisions.
They're both a step away from reverting to last's year play.

JRich looked stronger.
Ellis played very well at the end of the game for a 2nd year guy.
Andris impressed me with his defense and mobility. His post movement stopped penetration and forced the ball out a few times.

by joe sez on Nov 7, 2006 11:25 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeet!

I agree with Atma that BD had an All Star night. Remember that his effort was against the Western Conference Defending Champions. I was particularly proud of BD for playing 48 minutes. I think Nellie had a number of reasons for doing that, but one was kind of an old school coaching trick. Old timers used to play their players into shape. Coaches don't do that too much anymore, but if BD plays ironman minutes, can you imagine how conditioned he'll be by the end of the season?

I also agree that posting up BD and JRich is ingenious. It creates the same kind of mismatches that posting up Shaq or Tim Duncan creates. What one guard in the NBA can stop BD or JRich? Any team will have to double, which will create a 4 on 3 on the weak side. It's up to the other players to learn exactly when and where to move without the ball. BD will find them more times than Shaq or Tim.

Why didn't Ike play? Who knows? Remember Nellie is a master at creating match ups. Maybe he didn't see a match up he liked for Ike. Next game he may play Ike 30+ minutes. It may be just a strategy, especially considering that Ike would have had to match up on Dirk, and that would have been nothing nice.

Some posters are claiming the Warriors were sloppy because of their turnovers. Remember, the Mav's are no joke defensively. You don't win big in the NBA without excellent defense. About half of the turnovers last night were caused by great defense, not sloppy play.

If you think about it, Avery and Jason Terry kind of lost that game for the Mav's with poor sportsmanship. Their bad attitudes cost the Mav's at least 4 points, which might have been the difference. Although, IMHO the Mav's are lucky it wasn't worse. They can't hope to sink that many 3's every night, which was kind of what kept them in the game!

The big problem right now is getting the Warriors to play consistently against all levels of competition. Championship contenders win the games they are supposed to win against weaker teams, which the Warriors always have trouble doing.

Mike Dunleavy will have to ride the pine until he contributes in a more meaningful way. Nellie could care less about salaries = minutes and Mully trusts Nellie.

Great game. Sweeeeeeeeet!

by pineriver on Nov 7, 2006 12:32 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

The Dunleavy Dilemma

What you gonna do with the Dun player who is a streaky shooter at best, a poor rebounder, a soft presence, a spoonfed Duke rich- boy who's daddy was a tough SOB who could shoot the lights out but who's blue jeans evidently didn't carry over to the next generation?

Can Nellie turn him into a player? The jury is out on that one. I see Monta, Biedrins, Pietrus making strides under Nellie and even the Baron might have a career resurgence. But Musselman hated Dunleavy's game and I'm wondering what Nellie's going to do with the Dunleavy card? I think Nellie likes Dun's court vision/ all-court awareness and slick passing but the inconsistent shooting, the non-existent rebounding and the slow matador defense not to mention the infamous Dunleavy flop will drive Nellie nuts! And that big contract and the expectation of being a No. 3 is like a giant albatross hanging around Dun's neck! Maybe he might be better off getting a fresh start somewhere else.

Maybe Dun will bounce back like the other Warriors like Murph and JRich seem to be doing game to game this early in the season but Nellie only plays those who help him win as it should be. I remember a reporter once asked Musselman why he didn't play Dunleavy and he responded: "We needed the win," or something like that. So the question remains what will become of the Dunleavy Dilemma?

Kirk

by kirkkazas on Nov 6, 2006 10:05 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Corey for Mike

by joe sez on Nov 6, 2006 10:23 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Good idea, but. . .

I'm afraid that train's left the station. Wh knows, though, stranger things have happened.

by johnl on Nov 7, 2006 9:07 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Daaaad!!!

by joe sez on Nov 7, 2006 11:15 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Actually, I thought MD played well last night in his limited first half minutes. He moved the ball around well (the W's did a much better job of ball movement in the first half), and he made a nice three from a BD feed. His stats were just fine given his time.

I thought that when BD started slowing things down in the second have -- with more (ugh!) dribbling -- Nellie would put Dun back in for another shift, but he didn't and we got out OK anyway. I was scared when we went up by 10 with two and a half minutes to go, because I feared we might not score again with BD dribbling and taking bad shots. That proved to be the case (it's nice to win a close one when you can't score at the end, but it's not a great sign. . . .), but we lucked out. We gotta change strategies at the end, tho, and I'm sure Nellie picked up what was happening then with BD last night, cuz we saw some ugly shooting at the end.

by johnl on Nov 7, 2006 2:51 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Last night

"What you gonna do with the Dun player who is a streaky shooter at best, a poor rebounder, a soft presence" That's what to do with him, he came in and played 10 or 15 minutes, made a nice 3 , made his freethrows and gave the starters a rest. He's an asset to the team if used this way.

by Skeptic con Urquell on Nov 7, 2006 9:57 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Matador Defense

Great post, Kirk.

Loved the "matador defense". How appropriate.

by pineriver on Nov 7, 2006 12:57 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

HAHAHAHAHA!

Man what a great game! OMG Money Monta is gonna be something special in this league someday. Same thing goes for Andris, wait till the guy is like 24, experience will make turn him into a beast, he seriously needs to work on his free-throws though.

by Five Ten Entertainment on Nov 6, 2006 10:25 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

WTH

by unblinded on Nov 6, 2006 10:25 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

They need to suspend that little thug!

Going after Mona like that...

by Jeremy Belvins on Nov 6, 2006 10:31 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

b-diddy #3 on top plays

always nice to see a warrior make the countdown. that dunk was vicious!

by AJC3317 on Nov 6, 2006 10:26 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Dallas got PWNED...

totally...

by Jeremy Belvins on Nov 6, 2006 10:29 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

out of context but...

(Tony Gutierrez/AP Photo) ...Dun is always pictured in compromising positions next to the opposing team's guards. Granted the caption on Yahoo.com notes that they were scrambling for a looseball; but damn, why does Dun, a 6'10 sf/pf, always look like a guard is servin' him? the regularity of these positions bothers me...

by dj fuzzylogic on Nov 6, 2006 10:36 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

its not a true warriors game..

..unless dun-nothing gets his pic snapped while getting totally dominated by the opposition..this pic isn't that bad, but rest assured that dunny has something special cooked up for the hornets game to make up for it..that's how he prepares for games, thinking up the next way to look more like an absolute suckball

in all honesty - and i know this has been said repeatedly and will continue to be said - but i would cry tears of pure joy if we could trade away that useless pile of crap dunleavy. i don't care who or what its for..it could be a pile of dirty laundry, an old tuna salad sandwich, an un-rewound VHS copy of city slickers 2, an actual piece of dog crap, or mark madsen...anything would suffice

i just can't stand to see him in a warriors uni anymore..

the crowning achievement of ira newble's illustrious career

by JudBooshlur on Nov 6, 2006 10:58 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

it's poll time...

...to decide which of those choices we'd prefer...maybe people can add to the list.

by TMC Forever on Nov 7, 2006 4:46 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

good call

3 point prediction was a great call.

by fromchaos on Nov 6, 2006 11:42 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

10 cents on the dolla bill yall

Anything. I would take ANYTHING for Dunleavy. judbooshler said Mark Madsen. Mad Dog would be A MILLION TIMES better on this team than dunleavy. An energetic big that pulls boards and gets up and down the floor? Where do we sign? Every game this year, I have voiced my desire to take dun behind the shed and shoot him in the HEAD. worthless.

there, I feel much better.

does anybody know whats up with dajuan? is he hurt?

by bozaframa on Nov 6, 2006 11:44 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Rolla-coasta!

Lose to Jazz, Beat Mavs - hang on to y'r hats gents!

20 games, let's see what's up then, but prediction here is that Nelson will sit Dun too, and he and Foyle will be quite a pair of diamond cufflinks on da bench whether or not in uniform ...

by hardcore on Nov 6, 2006 11:54 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

When teams let us run...

...we play well! This is why we sucked so much A$$ against the Fakers, and the Jazz. They don't let us run. Against Portland, and Dallas (the best team so far) we were able to get out and run. Awesome! We need to keep playing to this obvious strength.

Biedrins is a Latvian Beast!!!!!!!!

GO 76ers!!!

by jgodoski on Nov 6, 2006 11:55 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

running

i don't think we ran that much because we only had like ~15 fast break points. we won because of hot shooting from the field and at the line.

by wander7 on Nov 7, 2006 12:01 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I agree

If the Warriors shoot their normal 65% from the line and 30% from 3, they don't win.

by LancerEvoV on Nov 7, 2006 12:41 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

It's not JUST about fast break points

It was clear that this game was a much faster pace. Sure, we didn't put up a Phoenix like 40 fast break points. But I guarantee we got easier and better looks because the tempo was faster. We will succeed more against teams like this.

GO 76ers!!!

by jgodoski on Nov 7, 2006 12:45 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Be great if this continued

Great win but more performances like this are needed for the team to finally be something.

More Ellis, Biedrins and Diogu (though he didn't play in this game) is the way to go. The young guys are leading the way to future success

by migya on Nov 6, 2006 11:56 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Ike

I think Ike is a situational player right now. With the Mavs running and gunning and Murph hitting his shots, Ike was just the odd man out tonight.

If Murph was off, Ike could have filled in a little bit but wasn't needed tonight.

by coach41 on Nov 7, 2006 12:19 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

I was in school

and missed it.

Not quite dead or in jail.
Caught the boxscore/recap soon after the game was over.

80% from the line, 44% from 3(against a much better 3 point shooting team in Dallas), Baron played all 48 minutes?!

Everyone can calm down a bit even if they didn't score a point after 107 and almost let it slip away and quit hating on Dun since he only played 13 minutes.

Terry might have an anger management issue with Finley's crotch shot in his past and this tough foul on Monta.

Dallas isn't soft with no D by any means anymore when they have Josh Howard and Terry giving hard intentional fouls, but I hope they get that under control too even if they were isolated incidents.

Wish I caught the game, and I'm thinking what will everyone say if our Dubs end up 10-10 after 20, heh. With their off and on play it might just happen and actually be an improvement on previous years, no?

by back2back51s on Nov 7, 2006 12:42 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

As long as Nellie plays "ME" more...

we'll be just fine!

http://espn-att.starwave.com/i/pkg/05NBAdraft/250/18735.jpg

by bigcity7 on Nov 7, 2006 12:58 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

Please forgive me for I have sinned...

I missed the game tonight because I was at school with a study group getting ready for a big mid-term. I thought I Tivo'd it but I guess the F'er only recorded the half of the first quarter. I know that this is a stretch but did anyone by any chance record the game? It would be greatly appreciated if I could get a copy of a tape. I try to watch every game every season (I think I've done well since 1990) and I don't want this game to be any different. Enough about that... We OWN the Mavs... and I know why. Remember back in the day when the Sonics were tops in the Western Conference? We used to own them when they came to the Bay or we went up there... I guess Gary Payton was just giving his hometown team a freebee. It was unexplainable but Nelson always seemed to have Karl's number... then we went through that short stint a couple of years ago when the Lakers were the top team in the West where we were highly competitive against them... We beat them on Jamison's 51... we beat them in a game where Foyle STUFFED a Shaq dunk... we were a Glen Rice tip in and half a second away from a couple more wins against them. We just seem to perform well against the elite teams. Oh well... I missed it... and I hate school for it... but I'll love anyone who can provide a tape of the game.....

by mightymadskillz on Nov 7, 2006 1:01 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

It was a great game

Despite trying to give the game. I don't get what Baron and Jason were doing. They get Iso, they both got a smaller defender on them, the dribble out the shot clock and settle for fade away baseline shots.
I mean the clear out was there, we need these guys to be aggressive and not settle. Both were backing their men down, i believe it was harris on baron and johnson on j-rich, then settled very similar to dunleavy when he had deron williams on the low block and instead of doing anything, even just rising up, he did a fade away brick.

It was interesing even down the stretch that Baron was deferring at times To Ellis to run the point.

Jrich is getting his legs back slowly, though i dont expect much from him tonight in New Orleans. Hopefully, the bench can pick up the slack for both j-rich and baron who got a lot of minutes.

THat means Dunleavy and Ike need to both step up tomorrow night.

I love Biedrins starting. He finally has a coach that is feeding his confidence instead of hanging on the side lines arms crossed with the hook at the first mistake AB made.

I think some things that are big positives :

80% from the charity stripe
43% from 3 point land.

And the entire team hit the boards.

Just need to cut down on some of the turnovers..

Look forward to a competitve game vs a hot Hornets team.

by boogielew on Nov 7, 2006 1:48 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

Boost of energy

the whole team needs to take some B complex to get going tomorrow after this game.

by wander7 on Nov 7, 2006 3:40 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

Great Recap!

true GSoM style. And as a true Warriors fan, watch us go 0 and 2 against the hornets now hahaha
sorry

by YaoButtaMing on Nov 7, 2006 7:20 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

Monta Ellis

The kid is tough as nails. He looked so dazed and confused after being hit I thought he might of had a concussion he got hit so hard. So many GM must be kicking themselves in the ass for not picking this guy.

I like the posting up of guard bust someone needs to across the key and then either recieve a pass or set up a screen and roll.

by Steve on Nov 7, 2006 11:59 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

The "theorem"

is free throws. Every game the Warriors won, they shot excellent with free throws. At least not on their usual ways.

by John Patrick on Nov 7, 2006 4:25 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

2-2

Don Nelson is the Warriors coach. Don Nelson use to coach the Dallas Mavericks. When Don was a small child he use to dream about ranches in Texas, but his heart was always on the sunshine of the west coast. Don Nelson is no longer a stranger. The Warriors won their second game.
Baron Davis, the oldest friend I have on the team, scored points. The plurality of `points' is no mistake either. My buddy Baron had himself a big one. He poured himself a nice tall glass and decided to drink it all to the tune of 26 points.
The voting was close. The GSW had 107 points and the Dallas Mavs had 104 points. Voting continues to favor the team who scores the most points. I've yet to see a team get voted a winner who wasn't victorious in points.
The referees were all gathered outside before the game smoking cigarettes. Dirk Nowitzki walked by them calling them all "pussies" and lit up a Newport. Don Nelson was just finishing up a sixer of Bud-heavies and asked Dirk if he remember who he was. Dirk said he was going to shit on Baron Davis's head. Dirk didn't do it though. He only matched Baron, point for point.
After the game, the Warriors celebrated with a big team pile on top of Avery Johnson, the opposing coach. Sometimes I wish I hung out with more people. For example, after a game no one really talks to the losing coach. He just hangs out alone. Everyone focuses on the winner. I wish I could just say, "Hey Loser, let's go get a beer and talk about Dirk Notwitzki."
I wanted to talk about how the GSW were leading 107-97 with 2:26 left and still won. The Mavericks haven't won a game yet this year. Dirk says that they won't lose another game the rest of the year.
The GSW are two and two. There are two less strangers on the team than there would be if they hadn't won any games like the Mavs. My new friends include: Baron Davis and Don Nelson. I wonder if they're friends with each other.

I pretend not to know this guy

by baumerworld on Nov 9, 2006 7:55 PM PST reply actions 0 recs