Game Links #40: Golden State Warriors 116 vs Denver Nuggets 123 - Warriors got suckered into the wrong side of Nellieball

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Associated Press: Nate Robinson leads Nuggets past Warriors 123-116 | Photo Gallery
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Pregame News

- If you haven't heard the big news today, the Warriors sent out Toney Douglas and picked up Jordan Crawford and MarShon Brooks.
warriors.com: Warriors Acquire Jordan Crawford & MarShon Brooks From Boston Celtics
Rusty Simmons: Warriors get Jordan Crawford, MarShon Brooks in 3-team deal | (Mobile)
Rusty Simmons: Warriors acquire much-needed bench help in Jordan Crawford, MarShon Brooks
Marcus Thompson II and Carl Steward: Warriors acquire Crawford, Brooks from Celtics | (Mobile)
Monte Poole: Report: Warriors bolster bench, acquire two guards
Feltbot: The Sixth Man Cometh: Warriors Trade for Jordan Crawford
Adam Lauridsen: Douglas for Crawford and Brooks: A Good Start

- With ESPN broadcasting this game and the next game, Avery Johnson shared his thoughts about the Warriors in a phone interview.
Rusty Simmons: Wednesday’s shootaround: Iguodala ‘makes the team whole’

- Previews of the game.
Monte Poole: Fast Forward: After layoff, Warriors get back to work vs. Nuggets

- Monte Poole thinks Jordan Crawford will give Curry some rest at the point and also help with the scoring load.
Monte Poole: Curry, Thompson should benefit most from Crawford trade

- Notes from Bob Myer's pregame interview with Jim Kozimor.
CSN Bay Area Staff: W's GM Myers lays out timeline for return of O'Neal, Ezeli

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Postgame News

- No postgame news.

Postgame Videos

- Postgame quotes and stuff from warriors.com recap:
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Mark Jackson
On if the team was rusty after four days off:

“That’s an easy excuse. We were bad. Defensively that’s as bad as it gets. Four guys score 20 and one guy gets 24 rebounds. They scored in transition, they scored in the paint and we couldn’t control or contain the pick-and-roll. It was a bad display by us.”

On the usage of Andrew Bogut tonight:

“They spread the floor with the high pick-and-roll and their one big set the screen so that eliminated (Andrew) Bogut out of the picture and took him out of the paint. Our best option was to go small and try to contain them. We did not do that. It’s been successful at times and tonight we did not have the multiple effort plays. Just a disappointing loss.”

On Nate Robinson:

“He’s a spectacular player that once he gets it going he can score as well as anybody. He got it going tonight. If you don’t allow (Evan) Fournier to hit that shot by worrying about a foul and not getting back, we don’t need a stop at the end of the ball game. It’s the little things. As bad as we played tonight if we take care of business on one possession, we are in position to win the game. Those guys hurt us.”

On Stephen Curry's Late Turnover:

“We’ve seen him dance and make plays out of it. Give them credit because I believe it was Wilson (Chandler) and JJ Hickson the other time – Steph (Curry) turned it over, but I’ll live with JJ Hickson defending him on the perimeter. He didn’t make the play. That pretty much summed up our night. You can’t disrespect the game and think it won’t bite you.”

Stephen Curry
On tonight's game:

“Defensively we didn’t show up. We let them get hot at the wrong times. Every time we made a run they made a run of their own and we couldn’t find a way to get stops. Then obviously just a bad possession at the end, trying to do too much; at the top of the key to lose the ball and get that and-one on the other end and we can’t get a rebound. Just a bad game all around and a tough feeling coming off this break but we’ll be fine. It hurts right now because it was a big game at home with a chance to keep the momentum, but we didn’t get it done so we’ll try to regroup and get ready for this two-game road trip.”

On his shot selection:

“I’ve got to adjust to whatever situation I’m in. Shooting-wise I’ve been a little down but you’re trying to do other things on the floor. Some of them I’ve just got to be able to take the right shots in certain situations. When you try to hit those dagger threes and that kind of deal, some of them are good shots and some of them I probably should try to get a better one. I’ve got to continue to get better as to when to attack and when to be patient, and hopefully those numbers will come up.”

David Lee
On the team's defense:

“It is more of a shock. Every team goes through it, even the best defensive teams in the league. You think of a team like Miami that’s a championship caliber team. They gave up 40-whatever points to Washington in the first quarter tonight. It happens and teams play well against you. The things we can’t do, though, are give up the fast break points and give up the easy buckets. They scored a lot in the paint which is not something they normally do. Their guards were able to get to the paint and finish a lot.”

On playing on four days of rest:

“That could be an excuse but I don’t want to use it as an excuse. You can’t use being tired in the Brooklyn game as a reason for the loss and then turn around and use too much rest as an excuse, so I’ll avoid doing that. I think we need to play better.”

On consistency and making corrections:

“Like I said, our team has been playing with consistency so it’s kind of easy to see where we’ve gone wrong, because we can see versus the other games we’ve played where we fell short tonight, so it’ll be easier for us to make the proper corrections. We have no problem accepting when each and every one of us didn’t do something right, make the corrections, and we’ll be better next game.”

Notes

- No interesting notes tonight.

What's next?

- Hey, we're on ESPN again on Friday! Russell Westbrook is out due to knee surgery, so we don't have to worry about his game winning shots. We do have to worry about whether or not we embarrass ourselves again on national TV.

Full broadcast schedule at warriors.com/schedule.

Start Four

- It's a fun little game we've been playing around here. Pick 4 guys whom you think will produce the highest total score based on their stats: pts + rebs + ast + 2*stl + 2*blk - to. How did you do in tonight's game?
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Thursday 1/16/2014

- Here's an update on Jermaine O'Neal's wrist surgery recovery.
Monte Poole: O'Neal aims to return before All-Star break

- Andrew Bogut works hard at keeping his ankle healthy and in good shape. Plus a quick note on Jordan Crawford and MarShon Brooks.
Carl Steward: Andrew Bogut has been Golden State Warriors' iron man | (Mobile)

- Here's a photo gallery of the All-Star jerseys. Click on the 2nd image to launch the gallery.
CSN Bay Area Staff: 2014 NBA All-Star jerseys revealed

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