Wednesday, October 12, 2005

Recap: Warriors 93, Lakers 101



Boxscore

Even though the Warriors lost, they looked great in the opening half. As the Lakers turned to their full court press, the Warriors seemed to get out of sync and slowed down their furious pace. The AP covered the game, you can check out their recap.

Baron looked great in the first quarter as he came out and electrified the court. He was all over the place on defense blocking Odom and stripping another Laker which led to a breakaway dunk. He repeatedly pushed the ball up the floor finding open teammates and putting pressure on the Lakers D. He left the first quarter after 8 minutes and recorded 6 points, 5 assists, 1 steal, and 1 block. He looked in MVP form. After Baron left the game in the first quarter with a 24-8 lead, the reserves proceeded to let the Lakers starters pull back to close the lead to 4. But as soon as Baron came back in, the lead was back into double digits. Baron proved again to be the difference maker and the Warriors are going to have to find someone amongst the reserves who can pick up the slack and produce so that Baron can rest.

The Warriors had difficulty stopping Kobe as he dropped 28 and repeatedly went to the line and jacked up shots. Watching Pietrus guard him was fun though as Mickael was harassing him getting all up in his face and chasing him everywhere. Pietrus though was a little careless and seemed to make too many mental mistakes on offense and defense.

As far as Warriors scoring, Baron had 17 and 7 assists, JRich dropped 14, and Pietrus finished with 13. "I thought we played hard. We got a little fatigued,'' Davis said. ``That's what preseason is for -- just to see where you're at. I'm not disappointed, but at the same time, I know we're going to have to sustain our level of intensity when the season comes." (AP)

The highlight of the night for the Warriors was Baron's fast break in the first quarter. "Davis brought many in the crowd of 7,307 at the Stan Sheriff Center to their feet midway through the second quarter by dribbling behind his back before bouncing the ball off the backboard to set Richardson up for a dunk." (AP) It was a beautiful thing to see as JRich caught the ball one handed over Odom, who was standing just in front of the basket, and flush it.

The Warriors also played good interior defense with Foyle and Murphy defending Kwame and Mihm, while also helping out as the guards penetrated. Murphy looked physically bigger and stronger and it showed as he grabbed plenty of boards. In fact, him grabbing all those boards allowed Foyle, yes Foyle, to run the floor. In the first quarter, Baron threw Foyle a three quarters length pass which Foyle caught under the basket and laid in.

Biedrins was his usual self, committing fouls as if he had an unlimited amount. I think he came into the first quarter at the 4 minute mark and as the first quarter buzzer sounded, he had picked up 3 fouls.

One final note, why does Dunleavy have that mustache? It looks like one of those thin white-trash mustaches. He needs to shave.

Overall the Warriors looked good with Baron in the game, but they need to work on their conditioning and find the spark off the bench when Baron needs to rest.

For those of you who watched the late broadcast, what are your thoughts on the game?


7 Comments:

At 2:47 PM, Blogger atma brother #1 said...

Aw yes- another 82 games with Barnett going off about how great Mike Dunleavy is.

Seriously- did you see Dunleavy take that ill-advised 3 feet behind the 3 point for no reason? If it was Pietrus, Barnett would have ripped him.

 
At 7:54 PM, Blogger atma brother #1 said...

adrian-- good post.

You know as much as I criticize Dunleavy and think Pietrus deserves to be starting over him, MP2 is actually a great 6th man.

It doesn't matter how starts the game. It matters who ends the game.

Crazy idea: Start Zarko and keep Pietrus at the 6th man.

 
At 8:15 PM, Blogger Fantasy Junkie said...

realitybytes touched on this earlier, but Zarko looked lost. i know euro guys might be slow, but geez, i think oliver miller would have been faster than this guy. he looked very tentative and soft, even scared of playing. i didn't see many warrior games last year because i was in pittsburgh, but after watching yesterday's game, i don't understand why people are so high on this guy. other than his hair and name, he really doesn't seem that interesting.

adrian brought up an interesting point. the 2nd unit plays so poorly because we don't have a good backup pg to handle the ball and run the offense, what if dunleavy ran the 2nd unit? although i'm not a fan of his decision making and ball handling, some people rave about both of those skills. i'd be interested to see if he could pull it off and give quality minutes at the point while baron gets a breather.

 
At 8:48 PM, Blogger atma brother #1 said...

I didn't watch last night's game past the 1st quarter, but Zarko was a spark last year. Good handles, took it to the whole, good shooting.

Here's the boxscore from last night:
http://www.nba.com/games/20051011/GSWLAL/boxscore.html

 
At 10:44 PM, Blogger retrodivot said...

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At 10:46 PM, Blogger retrodivot said...

Hey anyone have a secure link to the video of the dunk? (Currently in the Pac NW and can only see the Jailblazers on tv -_- )


-b
santa clara

 
At 11:32 PM, Blogger atma brother #1 said...

brian- Def email us the link or post it on these boards if you find it.

 

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