RECAP: Warriors 105, Nuggets 114 - Not Easy Being a Warriors Fan

I jumped outta my chair and shouted "TAKE IT TO THE RIM BEENS!" right in the middle of the office (was watching the game through the internet)... he ended up passing it off to the left side, but only after a sweet cross over and a good 5-6 feet towards the basket.

That's a true Warrior right there. With no help, he decided to take matters into his own hands. Definitely the Warrior Wonder - he's been on fire lately.

if someone asked you if you would take that number at the beginning of the season, what would you have said?

and after they went 1-6 without Stack, what would you have said to 47 wins then?

this loss and the Dallas loss were brutal, no getting around it, I won't sleep well tonight, but this team was trying to beat last season's run without JRich, and without Stack for 7 games. they got the wins, and it was a really fun ride. maybe they get in, though really, with 1-3 records against  Dallas and Denver, they don't deserve it.

either way, sometimes the playoffs aren't the whole picture.

just trying to talk myself through it. ugh, just like the clips 2 years ago. tough to take.

Too much pressure on Jackson...  

side not:(imagine if they had won only half of the opening six jax was out? we wouldn't even be having this discussion.)

I believe the Warriors can go 3-0 to close out the season and I will choose Lat We N Trash's third option: Die with honor. I really doubt we'll make the playoffs, since it's all in Denver's hands now.

But the lessons learned: We need a more consistent bench. We need to develop a consistency in our team offense. And bring back the swarming, pestering, pressuring defense! If Nellie's going to play small ball, I think this is the best style of defense we got. It's energy draining, which is where the bench comes in, but it's better than no defense.

Go Warriors!

I'm gonna disagree with Fantasy Junkie on the bench.  I think Nellie had them on too short of a leash.  He didn't even use Buke at all until late in the game.  He also didn't use Croshere, who could have calmed us down a little.  He went to Barnes in desperation time (that's too much pressure for him).  Same with Pietrus.  I think our bench has proved that they'll produce, but you have to go to them early and have some faith in them.

For the first quarter, we saw our man-to-man defense again!!!  The one that we had going last year in the playoffs.  It was beautiful.  It was pesky, intense, switching and hardworking!  We were forcing turnovers and running.  Then when things got tough, we switched back to the zone.  Can't really fault that, but I just hope Nellie recognizes that the zone isn't something that we go to for the whole game.  We should use it like George Karl used it yesterday, as a change of pace to ruin the other team's rhythm.  Our man-to-man is too good to ignore.

This is what happens when you have no bench for the whole entire year, your bread and butter starters get winded, get soft legs, flat jump shots, shotty defense.  No more quick hands like last year, no more doubling the post and stripping the ball.  

Can we sign beans and monta?  Can we please draft Dorsey, or trade up to get him? We do still have that 10 mil trade exception through the draft.  

We need to drop dead weight and sign some players.  Barnes, kosta, POB, are out.  We need a dedicated defensive stopper in the mold of Raja Bell, and a young wet eared banger in the mold of Glen "big baby" Davis.  

Mully is going to have to prove his worth this off season.

I was at the game last night and it was pretty sad to see so many fans leaving with a minute left when the dubs were down by 8 or 9. I can't stand these fairweather fans who give up early.

You're right tho. It ain't over til it's over and I'm not thinking about next season until we're officially out.

I still believe.

Houston is the back end of a back-to-back for Denver.

Denver has losing records against both of these teams.

Denver has lost to Sacramento and seattle in the past week.

Utah and Houston are both jockeying for playoff spots.

Season is not over.

I want to say that i believe the Houston Rockets will still play hard against Denver.

I will be at the clips game and I will still be screaming my ass off.  I feel sick.

Games 1,2,3 we were easily beat...no contest.  It was game 4,5,6 that killed us...Cavs, Mavs, Pistons.  From what I remember...we had the lead in the 4th but...we let Lebron, Dirk, and Rasheed take over towards the end of the game.  Do you remember?

No doubt...The Suns will lead the way for the end of small ball if they make it to the championship!

Not only did the missing points really hurt, it seemed like the squad got really demoralized when the easy shots did not go down, and that demoralization extended several Denver scoring runs.

I was at playoof last year and I though the crowd last night was fine. Broke the record with almost 21,000 fans. Standing room people lining the entoru upper deck. Don't know how you all can comp,in about the crowd you're at home. If yoyu care, get out there. Get out there and make it happen. Don't sell your tickets, tell your boss you're going out to the game, borrow some money, scalp a ticket and f*ck your homework, save some money in advance. If this was impiortnat to you, you would find a way to go. I don't blame you if you canlt make it to the game, but anybody who was not at the game has no right to talk sh*t about the fans. None. You chose to sit at home. The fans were there because they cared. Besides, half the chumps on these open threads call the Wariors dead as soon as they fall behind 10 points. Not exactly the type of fan that would energize a comeback in an arena. Maybe watching TV and typing on the keyboards is actually the best place for you "realists." Enough said. I'm still hurtin' inside.

Yes, Denver broke our hearts, the bastards. The Warriors were a couple of plays away all night and just couldn't get it done. The zone flummoxed us and they have no one who can shoot over it and draw the opponent out of the zone. The colder we got, the more they packed it in. You can give all the effort you want, when they are daring you to hit an outide shit and you can't you're in trouble. They tried driving, but that is futile. When Iverson hit that late three, there was a collective groan, like 21,000 people getting kicked in the sotmach. They kelpt scrapping and if Baron's three wnet with over a minite to go, they would have been down 6 with few possessions to go. When uit rimmed out, you could have knocked us over with a feather.

Yeah, I went hoarse by the middle of the first quarter or I wold have yelled louder. But that's not the point.

I know they went down on their swords last night. There is still an outside shot at post-season. But I never saw them quit. Just glad I was hanging there with them last night, painful as it was.

Sure the warriors can beat any team in the league on any given night, but when the pressure is on, the warriors shun the light.

I didn't want to admit it this whole season but there was no way they were gonna a win a championship.  Last year i would say without a doubt in my mind that they could win, but this year i would say they could win but would have doubts.

   47 wins is the same as 14 in miami.   Do i hope the nuggets go 1-2 yes, but i question if the warriors have enough heart to go 3-0.  Baron is a diva, playing a full season and it happends to be his contract year, surprise? no.  Having a monster dunk on AK then showboating in a playoff series loss, sure funny at the time, but i'd much rather see mj crying holding his first championship trophy, that is timeless.  Baron gets booed in NO with reason, he's a showboating loser.  Baron is comparable to TO and MJ is comparable to Jerry Rice, who would u rather have?

Some people play to be champions and some do it for the fame.  It's obvious to see what baron is all about.  All the people that will defend Baron, it deosn't matter.  When a mans heart is questioned it's up to the man to show his true character.

Prove me wrong Baron, Prove me wrong.

  J-rich playing hard every second on the floor and apologizing to the fans after not making the playoffs?  That is heart.  

I never questioned J-Rich's heart.  That means something.  By questioning Barons heart, that means something as well.

Winners win and losers make excuses.  The warriors have been losers for 14 years, it's easy to see why the fans would make excuses.

The truth hurts, but take it for what it is.

If Denver loses both games...the Warriors playoff hopes are back in their hands...and I have a perfect game plan for the Suns game...

If Denver loses both games...a hard foul on Stoudemire or Nash (and I mean hard...get Barnes in there to just lay it on 'em...so what if he gets thrown out...can we count on him just this once???...whew...breathe)  Then, D'Antoni might consider resting his team after that!  He's not going to want to start the playoffs limping!  

Still Believing REALLY...
I REALLY FEEL LIKE THE NUGGETS WILL LOSE 2 IN A ROW.

If I can get enough people to believe with me...we might just transfer some of our energy to the Jazz/Rockets!!!

...still a flicker of hope!

GO WARRIORS!!!

Marco should be given minutes. This guyshoot the ball like Rick Barry. I hope they play him more next season.