Game Links #67: Golden State Warriors 94 vs Cleveland Cavaliers 103 - Warriors collapsed against the Cavaliers. Anger management classes are open on Saturdays.

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Recaps

Associated Press: Cavaliers rally past Warriors 103-94 | Photo Gallery
Sports Network: Hawes helps Cavs clip Warriors
Rusty Simmons: Warriors stumble against lowly Cavaliers at home | (Mobile)
Rusty Simmons: Game 67: Cleveland 103, Warriors 94
Diamond Leung: Warriors fall to Cavaliers 103-94
Diamond Leung: Game 67 rewind: Warriors sluggish in bad loss to Cavaliers, search for answers
Monte Poole: Instant Replay: Warriors blow early lead, fall to Cavs
Monte Poole: Rewind: Warriors fall victim to old ways in loss to Cavs
Chris L: “I wanna make it easy on you baby” (Warriors 94—Cleveland 103)

Pregame News

- The big topic during shootaround was Jermaine O'Neal confronting Blake Griffin after the game.
Rusty Simmons: Jermaine O’Neal addresses confrontation with Blake Griffin
Diamond Leung: Warriors' O'Neal explains Blake Griffin confrontation
Monte Poole: Warriors' O'Neal addresses beef with Clippers' Griffin

- Previews of the game.
Monte Poole: Fast Forward: Warriors try to regain momentum vs. Cavs

- Notes from pregame interviews.
Rusty Simmons: Harrison Barnes expects to start
Diamond Leung: Warriors' Curry gets defensive assignment against Cavaliers star Irving

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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 tonight's game:

“Just a bad loss for us. Disappointing. We started the first quarter 32-16 with everything going our way, but when you allow a team to begin to make plays, one play turns into two and then you allow guys that can score the basketball to get it going it will come back to bite you. We have to do a better job of when we have teams on the rope putting them away. Just a bad loss. After the first quarter I think they outscored us 87-62. Everything went bad.”

On the Warriors' defense tonight:

“We just didn’t get after it like we normally do. We stopped trusting each other. It’s the responsibility of-if I’m a guard defending Kyrie Irving or Dion Waiters I may not get up as much because my help is not there. All of a sudden they get it going making shots. Collectively we didn’t do the job and that’s disappointing because that was the first time in a long time. Everything was going our way so that was what was bad about it.”

On his message to the team after the game:

“Just talking about it. These are games-you could lose them because they are a talented enough basketball team, but you can’t lose it that way. We’ve got to get better.”

On this being a possible trap game:

“No, if you look at the names on that roster you know they have some talent. It’s not tough at all when Kyrie Irving comes into your building. Luol Deng is a proven guy and Spencer Hawes is playing at a high level. Dion Waiters has the ability in pick-and-rolls and isolations to make plays and we know what (Jarrett) Jack is capable of doing. We can’t lean on the excuse that we looked down or past them, we knew exactly who they were and who they are. They outplayed us. Just a disappointing loss. We have to own it and look forward to Sunday, but we can’t feel good about tonight.”

On missing Klay Thompson tonight:

“We are a no excuse basketball team. We are good enough to win this ballgame and that’s the bad thing about it.”

On if you can teach a team to put away an opponent:

“It’s not easy in this league. It’s not easy at all. When you have them in position you don’t give away possessions. There are times that we did that by turning it over or allowing them to get a fast break, or a bad foul or shot. All of a sudden you turn a 16 point lead into an eight point game and they think they have life. It’s a process and you develop it. We will get there and there is no question about that.”

David Lee
On starting strong and letting the game get away:

“We got off to a really good start tonight which has been what we’ve had trouble with and lost some of these games. That’s been our biggest problem, starting with bad energy. From that point on when we were up about 15 or so, they made some plays and when it got to be a closer game I think their energy was better than ours.”

On Cleveland being the aggressor:

“They contested shots well at the rim. I had some that I got some contact on and also some that I should have made that I just missed. Like I said, they were the aggressor in the second half and I think a lot of times the whistle goes to the aggressor, rightfully so. We just didn’t play a good game on either end, top to bottom on the roster. You give a team like Cleveland life, with guys like Kyrie Irving and [Dion] Waiters, and guys like that who are capable of getting hot, you can dig yourself quite a hole quickly.”

On rebounding from bad losses:

“We have a strong team and we’ve done a good job, coaches have, of helping us learn from our mistakes we made in the previous games and then as a team we’ve rallied and been able to come back and play better in the games afterwards. So we just need to make that a habit and go into Portland ready to get a victory on Sunday.”

Andrew Bogut
On not overlooking any opponents:

“No, we can’t have any excuse for that. We lost to a team that is getting better, give them credit. They’re playing better basketball the last month. They just outhustled us and outworked us for three quarters at home. If we want to go where we talk about going and be not just a first round playoff team but hopefully a team that can progress throughout the playoffs, we’ve got a long way to go.”

On rebounding from this loss to face Portland:

“We really have no choice. The West is getting tighter and tighter by the minute. There were some key losses that helped us tonight but once you start looking at other teams too much I think it hurts your overall performance. Portland is a little banged up so it’s a bit of a trap game as well. I think LaMarcus [Aldridge] might be questionable for our game, might miss that game. He’s their All-Star and best player but we need to come into there with the right energy and go for the win and bounce back.”

Stephen Curry
On tonight's game:

“We came out blazing the first quarter and got to the big lead and just weren’t able to sustain it. Once they got on a roll we just couldn’t get enough stops in a row to get the momentum back on our side until we cut it to what, eight or nine in the fourth. At that point it’s great to get the crowd back into it but you have to do so much to get over the hump that it’s too late. Terrible loss coming off a tough one down in L.A. We’ve just got to be resilient again and find a way to get one on Sunday; that’ll be a big game for us.”

Notes

- No interesting notes tonight.

What's next?

- LaMarcus Aldridge hurt his back a few days ago, which is bad for the Blazers, but good fos us. That is, if we stop screwing around and play with a sense of urgency for 48 minutes. After the Blazers, we close out the month of March with a game homestand.

Full broadcast schedule at warriors.com/schedule.

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- 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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Saturday 3/15/2014

- Notes from practice, including why Andre Iguodala didn't play in the 2nd qtr.
Diamond Leung: Warriors won't face Blazers' LaMarcus Aldridge
Monte Poole: Warriors tuning out uproar after bad loss

- Last night's loss to the Cavaliers should be a reality check for the Warriors.
Rusty Simmons: Postgame focus on postseason chase | (Mobile)

- Marcus Thompson II isn't done criticizing the Warriors after last night's loss.
Marcus Thompson II: Thompson: Golden State Warriors' loss to Cavaliers is troubling trend

- The Santa Cruz Warriors hosted the Iowa Energy again tonight.
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