Post Game 2 Links

by Atma Brother ONE on Apr 26, 2007 10:26 AM PDT in Links Comment 8 comments

Game 1 was fun, but Game 2 was very disappointing. Still, with a 1-1 split the Warriors have the home court advantage in this series.

Devin Harris: "Hey, I only flopped 4 times in Game 2!"
(Photo by Brian Bahr/Getty Images)

On to the links:

There Are Things Your Box Score Does Not Know [True Hoop]
Warriors Game 2 rewind [Mercury]
Warriors can't wait to play at home [Mercury]
Kawakami: Emotions get the better of Warriors [Mercury]
Josh Howard Will be Heard [True Hoop]
Foul Play (Warriors 99, Mavs 112) [Fast Break]
Warriors Were Closer Than You Probably Think They Were [Deadspin]
Thursday "That's More Like It" Links [Mavs Moneyball]
Golden State Warriors-Dallas Mavericks Game Notes [The Starting Five]: Is Josh Howard the real MVP?
Home Sweet Home, They Hope [Hoop Junkie]
The Post-Game Scene In The Warriors’ Locker Room [Say Hey]: But what did Al Harrington say?
The Headless Boys From G-State Do Themselves In [Taking it to the Rack]
Step Aside Ray-Ray, S-Jax Has the Best Pre-Game Move [Jamie Mottram's Sports Blog]
Parsley! [Slam]
Dallas 112, Warriors 99: Will there be a hangover from the Game 2 rowdiness? [Talking Points]
Ep. 152: Vulnerable [The Basketball Jones]
Rumors Of Their Demise Were Greatly Exaggerated [The Feed]
Dallas-Golden State Game 2 Recap [Stop Mike Lupica]
Warriors missing in action [The Chronicle Sports Columnist Blog]
Baron Davis loses his cool, Warriors lose game 2 [HoopsVibe NBA Blog]
Picking up the pieces of Warriors' loss [SFGate]
Settle In; This Could Take a While [SFGate]
After two games in Dallas, there's no place like home [SFGate]
Warriors' tantrums show why Mavs are faves [Fox Sports]
Warriors get angry in loss as Mavericks even series [Mercury]

This series KNOWS drama.
Photo by Getty Images

If you want to sip some serious Haterade this morning check out the Dallas Mavericks Blog from The Dallas Morning News. There's lots of Warrior hating from people who don't do their homework:

On the bright side there might be some very good news today for the Warriors:

Monta Ellis, probable NBA most improved player? [Talking Points with Tim Kawakami]
Most Improved Winner a Warrior? [Hoop Junkie]

BELIEVE THIS: The Mavs are going down in The Town.
(Photo by Tim Heitman/NBAE via Getty Images)

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Dallas

Damn, I was hoping for a fight to ensue, perhap a running drop kick to Devin Harris by Adonal Foyle and the re-emergence of Popeye Jone from a zipline coming down to fight Jose Barbea.

by BTT on Apr 26, 2007 11:29 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

i got a request

does anyone have video of BD's post game locker room interview?

when he was saying "I am Stephen Jackson's strength and he is my strength" or something like that?

by pfree on Apr 26, 2007 11:48 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

The said

That they were each others "shrinks"- as in mental health professionals.

Sounds like somebody's practicing medicine without a license.

Mavs fan- here to talk basketball, not smack.

by BrodyV on Apr 26, 2007 11:55 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Whatever happens

The Warriors have already exceeded expectations in this series. Taking a game at Dallas shows that the Mavs are vulnerable.

by FoyledAgain on Apr 26, 2007 12:28 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

First, the W's have not figured out Josh Howard -- who killed them last night. JRich can't keep up with him. It's gonna have to be Pietrus or Al, and neither shown much thus far. We've corralled Dirk thus far; stop Howard and you stop the Mavs.

Second, True Hoop points out just how effective Diop has been when he's in the game. He's had the biggest +/- rating in both games -- and topped out at +27 yesterday, meaning that the Mavs outscored the W's almost a point a minute while he was in the game. His clogging of the middle has killed drives to the hoop and allowed tighter perimeter defense. Al hasn't shown much when Diop's in. It's gonna have to be AB, and Nellie's got to get him jump started -- and fast.

Still, we can play with these boys, but we've got to run and move -- all the time. We can get open shots if we do that; we didn't last night. We should be able to tomorrow. Let's see.

by johnl on Apr 26, 2007 2:37 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Very true

I'm more worried about Josh Howard than Dirk, Terry, or Stack. The Warriors don't have an answer to him right now. He's thoroughly outplayed JRich, MP2, and Al Harrington on both ends of the floor.

On a side note, Josh Howard is an excellent ball player. Credit to the Mavs and Nellie for swooping him up with that last pick of the 1st round a few years back. What an absolute steal.

by Atma Brother ONE on Apr 26, 2007 2:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Righto!

I love the kid; wish he were a W (and he'd fit right in with this bunch). What I SHOULD have added, tho, was that --apart from his terrific offense -- perhaps the biggest defensive change the Mavs made, beside playing their bigs more, was putting Howard on BD. He shut BD down. I have no doubt that BD's frustrationn stemmed as much from Howard as it did from the refs.

What to do? Run the kid thru some screens (a short shot of Foyle, perhaps?). He's tough, but he isn't in as good shape as the w's, and he'll wear down. Avery counters that with broader substitution, but BD is smart: he'll figure it out and adjust.

Boy, I'd almost forgotten how much fun a long series can be.

by johnl on Apr 26, 2007 4:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Terry

Did a really good job one on one with Baron in the 3rd before the ejection. I was surprised, I didn't think he could. Harris certainly wasn't able to.

Mavs fan- here to talk basketball, not smack.

by BrodyV on Apr 26, 2007 5:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs