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Recap: Recap #54: Golden State Warriors 102 vs New Orleans Hornets 89 - Warriors Find the Cure for a Hangover... On the Bench!
Game thread: Game Thread #54: Golden State Warriors vs New Orleans Hornets - Hungover, or Ready to Keep this Party Going? (1140+ comments)
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StoryStream: Warriors vs. Hornets, NBA Scores: Golden State Rides Balanced Attack To Victory Over New Orleans
Hornets: At The Hive
Recap: Warriors 102, Hornets 89: We Suck
Game thread: Game 57: Hornets @ Warriors
Recaps
Associated Press: Ellis leads Warriors past Hornets 102-89 | Photo Gallery
Sports Network: Ellis, Warriors roll over Hornets
Marcus Thompson II: Stephen Curry points the way to victory as Golden State Warriors beat New Orleans Hornets
Rusty Simmons: Defense keys Warriors' win over Hornets
Pregame News
- Transcript: Tim Kawakami interviews Larry Riley before the game.
Tim Kawakami: Larry Riley on the deadline, David Lee’s play, selling the No. 2 pick, and more
Pregame Videos
24:01 min: Mon: Keith Smart with Fitz and Brooks on KNBR
17:20 min: Mon: Jim Barnett with Ralph and Tom on KNBR
16:05 min: Tue before the game: Tim Roye with Ralph and Tom on KNBR
Postgame News
- Warriors assistant coach Rob Werdann spent 6 seasons with the Hornets, so this game had more meaning to him.
Rusty Simmons: Golden State Warriors' news, Feb. 15
- Maybe Warriors and defense can be mentioned in the same sentence now.
Marcus Thompson II: Hold the Phone … Are the Warriors Playing Defense Now?
Postgame Videos
CSN highlights, recap.
Highlights by gumbyorpokey.
Recap and highlights from nba.com's game page:
All Wright
Nice Hustle
Lee Slam
Hornets vs. Warriors: Highlights, recap
Postgame Quotes and Stuff from warriors.com recap
Tim Roye
2:22 min: Tim Roye interviews Charlie Bell right after the game
1:16 min: Tim Roye's Game Recap
Keith Smart
On tonight's game:
"I just think we had it in us to do it. I thought our bench…the bench won the game for us tonight without a question. Those guys came in when we needed something. Charlie Bell was in here running the treadmill doing a power workout with Mark Grabow (Director of Athletic Development) before the game just getting ready. That’s a veteran. The guy hasn’t played all year, but he’s been conditioning and training for his moment, and this was his moment tonight. But the rest of the bench came in; they gave us an incredible boost. Monta (Ellis) and Stephen (Curry) picked up three fouls and we needed something. Jeremy Lin…the whole bench played well and gave us a cushion and got us back in the game and from there all we had to do is play ball and make this team chase us. We knew once we got a lead it was going to be difficult for this team to catch up with us."
On the bench tonight:
"Well I needed to keep a scorer on the floor. Dorell (Wright) has played very well against New Orleans. He’s done some nice things and I knew I would have a plus with him on the floor because he can run some pick-and-rolls, he can keep the floor spaced and also be a ball handler out there for us especially when those guys got those three fouls. So we kept a scorer on the floor with the other guys and keep them in kind of a motion type offense to where the ball isn’t stuck in one of those guys hands to be the decision maker and they just did a good job. It was a team effort. That’s what we’ve been trying to develop here…a functioning team."
Stephen Curry
On having two-straight quality wins:
"We’ve been known to have some great performances then have a let down right after. So for us to come out and not start the way we wanted to, but we found a way to stay in the game, our defense kept us in it all night. For us to get a win like that is huge for us especially before the All-Star break. We get another chance tomorrow to get a big win where we’ve struggled up in Utah. I’m looking forward to that opportunity."
David Lee
On the team's recent defensive improvement:
"I think it’s been all about effort. I thought we controlled the paint and didn’t give them many easy buckets tonight. I think our defense especially in the second half really took off. We had a total team effort tonight. We rotated guys in and out. It was an unbelievable team effort against a very good New Orleans team who had our number last time they came."
On tonight's win coming before All-Star Weekend:
"We knew we had to get at least one out of two and now we have to get selfish and try to get both of these. We’re going into Utah, a tough Utah team who is struggling right now, we need to get one on the road to get our confidence up. It’s starting to look more and more like this East Coast trip that we have right after the break is going to be huge for us. We have to get a rhythm on the road and it starts tomorrow night."
Notes
- Jim Barnett hurt himself a couple weeks ago when he slipped on a wet metal grate and tore his quadricep tendon.
What's next?
- We have a chance to beat the Jazz tomorrow night, who are going through a coaching change and may not have figured things out yet.
| Day | Date | Time | Opponent | TV | Radio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed | Feb 16 | 6:00pm | @Jazz | CSNBayHD | KNBR 1050 |
| Tue | Feb 22 | 7:30pm | Celtics | CSNBayHD | KNBR 680 |
| Fri | Feb 25 | 7:30pm | Hawks | CSNBayHD | KNBR 680 |
| Sun | Feb 27 | 2:00pm | @TWolves | CSNBayHD | KNBR 680 |
| Tue | Mar 01 | 4:00pm | @Pacers | CSNBayHD | KNBR 1050 |