Game Links #R1G2: Golden State Warriors 98 @ LA Clippers 138 - Amnesia would be a nice thing to have right now

Thursday (pregame) 4/24/2014

Wednesday 4/23/2014

- The Warriors held practice at Oracle instead of their downtown facility. Notes and stuff from practice.
Marcus Thompson II: Thompson: Warriors' Festus Ezeli frustrated
Jimmy Durkin: Warriors must deal with Blake Griffin
Jimmy Durkin: Warriors-Clippers scene shifts to Oracle Arena
Monte Poole: NBA refs to Curry: You're no superstar
Rusty Simmons: Stephen Curry's emotions firing up his teammates | (Mobile)
Daniel Brown: Warriors fans can crank up the volume
Monte Poole: Warriors must double-team Griffin to slow him down
Monte Poole: Can Oracle help lift Warriors past Clippers?
Monte Poole: Hatred always finds Clippers' Redick

- Here's how Oakland is showing their support for the Warriors.
Marcus Thompson: City of Oakland Boasts Support of Warriors During Playoffs

- Some SCW interviews before they play Game 1 of their D-League Finals on Thursday, 6:30 PM.

Tuesday 4/22/2014

- Last night, Uncle JO explained the differences between the Warriors fans and Clippers fans.
Monte Poole: Jermaine O'Neal issues challenge to Warriors fans

- The Warriors officially annouce their purchase of land on San Francisco's Mission Bay.
warriors.com: Warriors Make a Play for Mission Bay
CSN Bay Area Staff: Warriors officially announce plans for Mission Bay arena site

- We're now guaranteed a Game 5, so the TV schedule has been set.
warriors.com: Game 5 Schedule Set for First Round of NBA Playoffs

- Brian Witt reminds us not to overreact about Game 2's loss and instead, focus on Game 3.
Brian Witt, warirors.com blog: Game 2 Reaction: It's Just One

- Notes from practice.
Jimmy Durkin: Slow starts hurt Warriors in Games 1 and 2
Bruce Jenkins: Pressure to adjust is on Warriors' Jackson, Curry | (Mobile)
Rusty Simmons: Technically speaking, O'Neal and Rivers just competitive | (Mobile)
Carl Steward: Curry, Warriors can't fall into Clippers' trap
Monte Poole: Jackson: 'We've got to find a way to be the puncher'

- More SCW stuff. Their first game of a 3-game series of the D-League Finals will be at home against the Fort Wayne Mad Ants, Thurs 4/24/2014, 6:30 PM, on CBS Sports Network.
CSN Bay Area Staff: Santa Cruz Warriors advance to D-League Finals

Monday 4/21/2014

Box score | Gameflow

SBNation Network

Warriors: Golden State of Mind
Recap: 2014 NBA Playoffs: L.A. Clippers rout Golden State Warriors by 40 in Game Two
Postgame: Post game vent: Throw this game in the trash can and set it on fire
Game thread 2: Golden State Warriors at L.A. Clippers Game 2, 2nd half game thread: OK, Warriors, show me SOMETHING to feel good about (900+ comments)
Game thread 1: Golden State Warriors at L.A. Clippers Game 2 game thread: Going for 2-0 (1280+ comments)
Preview: 2014 NBA Playoffs, Golden State Warriors vs. L.A. Clippers preview: Three questions for Game 2

Clippers: Clips Nation
Recap: Clippers thrash Warriors, 138-98
Game thread 2: Game 2 Clippers-Warriors second half open thread
Game thread 1: Round 1 Game 1 Clippers-Warriors open thread
Preview: Round 1 Game 2 Clippers-Warriors preview -- Backs to the wall

Recaps

Associated Press: Blake Griffin, Clippers rout Warriors to even playoff series at 1-1 | Photo Gallery
Sports Network: Griffin, Clippers rout Warriors to knot series
Rusty Simmons: Warriors routed; series with Clippers tied | (Mobile)
Rusty Simmons: Game 2: Clippers 138, Warriors 98
Scott Ostler: Warriors' calm quickly disappears in Game 2 | (Mobile)
Diamond Leung: Clippers crush Warriors, tie series
Monte Poole: Instant Replay: Griffin, Clippers crush Warriors, even series
Monte Poole: Rewind: Warriors might not have antidote for Griffin
Adam Lauridsen: The Case Against Mark Jackson (Warriors 98, Clippers 138)

Pregame News

- No more Piers 30-32. The Warriors are now looking at Mission Bay for the new arena.
CSN Bay Area Staff: Report: Plans for Warriors' waterfront arena scrapped
Bay Area News Group: Report: Warriors eyeing new arena site in San Francisco
Matthew Artz: Warriors give up on waterfront arena, purchase 12-acre lot in San Francisco's Mission Bay district
John Coté: Warriors shift arena plans to Mission Bay | (Mobile)
Ann Killion: Warriors find they can't beat bay | (Mobile)
Monte Poole: Lacob, Warriors concede 'dream arena' on Embarcadero

- David Lee said he was trying to hard at the start of Game 1.
Monte Poole: Which David Lee will Warriors see in Game 2?

- Two Warriors finished in the top 10 voting for NBA Defensive Player of the Year.
Rusty Simmons: Bogut, Iguodala recognized for defense | (Mobile)
Diamond Leung: Warriors Iguodala, Bogut recognized in defensive player of year voting
CSN Bay Area Staff: Iguodala, Bogut finish Top 10 in Defensive POY vote

- Previews of the game.
Monte Poole: Fast Forward: With momentum, Warriors go for road sweep

- Notes from pregame interviews.
Rusty Simmons: Warriors vs. Clippers: Game 2 pre-tipoff notes

Pregame Videos

Postgame News

- The Warriors need to figure out how to get Game 2's 3rd-qtr-Curry to show up the entire game.
Marcus Thompson II: Thompson: Warriors need Curry to carry them

- The Warriors locker room believed that Curry's mouthpiece toss was a tone setter for Game 3.
Marcus Thompson: Stephen Curry’s Scoring Outburst, Mouthpiece Toss Was Too Late for Game 2, But for Game 3?

- During the game, Tim Kawakami managed to talk to Joe Lacob about the new arena plans.
Tim Kawakami: Kawakami exclusive: Joe Lacob interview

Postgame Videos

- Postgame quotes and stuff from warriors.com recap:
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Mark Jackson
On the Clippers' defense of Stephen Curry:

"Well, similar to what they did in game 1. They trapped him [Stephen Curry] in pick-and-roll situations. They over helped. They forced the ball out of his hands. They were the aggressor, and we didn't match their intensity early on. I thought Steph [Stephen Curry] got into a rhythm [in the second half]. But overall, give them credit. They really disrupted us offensively, and we didn't make the adjustment."

On the Clippers' playing aggressive late in the game:

"No, I didn't look at it that way [as a statement]. We were bad. When you think about giving up 138 points, you think about them scoring 30 in every quarter. You think about them shooting almost 57% from the field. That wasn't our brand of defense. Disappointing, but no, I didn't look at it that way at all."

On tonight's game:

"One thing I will not do, I will not act like I never saw playoff basketball before. This happens. We played bad. We own it. We've got to be better. We'll get in the lab. We'll make the adjustments, and we look forward to Thursday. We turned the ball over. We didn't defend at a high level. We were tentative. They disrupted us with their intensity, with their aggressiveness defensively. Give them credit. There's no sense in pointing the finger anywhere else other than the fact that we did not get it done. But, I will say this; just like I told my team, for 82 games, we earned the six-seed. We came here and earned home court advantage, so we will not overreact. We look forward to making the adjustments, going home, and not having a crowd win the ball game. Not having a crowd take care of the basketball, or get a stop or get a charge; but make the proper adjustments. And now, we go in front of the best fans in the business and we look forward to it. That's a very good basketball team, and they came with a sense of urgency."

Stephen Curry
On the Clippers' defensive efforts:

"It was pretty similar [to game 1]. I was having trouble getting downhill, trying to put pressure on the double team. I didn't get many shots early in the first half. Credit to them, they took it up another notch defensively. We came out with a sense of urgency, just nothing was clicking and we couldn't make enough plays early to keep ourselves in it. That's how well they were playing. From there, it was kind of a wrap from there. We'll figure it out going back home, look at the film and see the intensity and what was different from game 1 to game 2, and why we couldn't get gelling quick enough."

Draymond Green
On the team's effort:

"When we were down 20 or 25, we thought we could come back. When the clock hit zero, zero, zero, that's when we can say that it's one and no we're headed back home. At no point in that game did we think, "well, we've already got one, so let's go home."

On the impact of the game's officiating:

"They [the Clippers] were a little more aggressive than us. We're not going to worry about how the game was called, or whatever happens with that. We just weren't aggressive enough, which led to too many turnovers. We've got to worry about what we can control and try and control that; and if we play better, we'll be fine, no matter how the game is called."

On the team's lack of aggression:

"Yeah, like I said, you've got to give them some credit because they imposed their will, but we've got some things that we can do better simply based on us. We have to focus on those things, and we'll be ready come Thursday."

Jermaine O'Neal
On the game:

"They played well. They came out and made the adjustments, and kept us on our heels. We didn't respond very well to their run and I think that was the difference between this game and last game. They played with a different sense of urgency, and like I said going into game 1, playoffs are about chess moves. It's a thinking man's game, and they won a game that they had to win. Obviously, we don't want to get drummed like we got drummed tonight, but if I had to pick a scenario to be in, it would be tied one-oneafter getting drummed going back to Oracle with two days to try to lick our wounds and try to make this right. So, we understand what we need to do, now it's our chance to show what our move is, and we'll see how well they absorb our next play."

Notes

- No interesting notes tonight.

What's next?

- Noise, noise noise! Everyone at Roaracle should be so mad, the noise level should be an eardrum splitting 180 dB.

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?
startfour.com: Golden State Warriors @ LA Clippers

Santa Cruz Warriors

- The Santa Cruz Warriors beat the Rio Grande Valley Vipers tonight to take the series head back to the D-League Finals. Congratulations!
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