man..fisher really pissed me off when he was chucking all those shots earlier in the 4th period...the defensive player all up on him and he just throws it up
Fish misses by 1 1/2" and tat's the game... so I'm drinkin' to a noble effort and it's good that i'm already home.
Then again, think about it guys, Murph and Foyle both were playing with the flu. We damn near had em.
Tough loss, but at least they've been competive until letting it slip away in the fourth the last two games. The warriors had been playing very well in the 4th against the less experienced teams. The Suns and Piston experience here won them the game or it could be the fact the warriors choked. I would say because of experience though.
Great game, Pistons turned on their defense in the fourth quarter and the Warriors made stupid plays all throughout the game (most of which were Adonal Foyle's doing though). No complaints about Monty from me, if you can believe that. Diogu played well but lost the ball a few times, Dunleavy also had a nice game coming up clutch a few times. J-Rich was unstoppable and Baron had a ton of assists. Biedrins didnt play but Ike was playing well and we were winning almost the entire game so I have no problem with his DNP. Great effort by the Warriors but the Pistons' experience and ability to close out games really gave them the edge in this game. Oh, and another horrible game by that officiating crew (Spooner, Zarba, and some other guy). These guys give the most BS "superstar" calls of any officiating team.
Poor officiating done us in once again. Did you guys notice Murpgh did a better job defending Sheed than Foyle did?
Wow great game. But I keep dwelling on that Foyle missed dunk for some reason. It was wide open and uncontested, how could he miss, flu or not flu? *CLANK!* Boooooooooooo! That's a half dozen times I've seen him miss easy dunks. NBA players aren't supposed to suck that bad offensively Christ, he needs a miracle in order to score sometimes. Also Sheed was just toying with Foyle it was pretty embarassing. He had the ball behind Foyle's neck daring him to steal it. Man he got humilated big time. What a game by Jason Richardson though. What a stud. Thanks toddshaw for making the game thread. What a heartbreaker because we could have won.
Yeah, I thought Foyle should have just raised his arms in the air and jumped back when Sheed did that. That was pretty pathetic. I'll give poor Foyle the benefit of the doubt since he was sick. We know he can play better than that. Dunleavy is starting to earn his money, somewhat. He can clearly become a fan favorite if he keeps hitting big shots. I was also really impressed with Fisher in the first half, but he kinda stunk it up in the second half sans his last second miracle shot that almost went in. This is the first time the W's have lost two in a row, but I'm glad we lost it to two elite teams. I think the W's will grow from these losses (at least I am hopeful they will). Execution and taking care of the ball is key.
I'm liking that Dunleavy is becoming more aggresive. Hes driving to the basket alot more which is very encouraging beause he is one of our best free throw shooters but before he was too afraid of contact to risk his body like that. It took some balls to lob up those couple of deep 3's he shot at the end of the third and nail them. Now that hes out of his slump we're seeing some of the things he was doing in the preseason when his shot was falling. The muscle he put on over the summer likely helps his ability to finish after contact, even if not hes got to be more confident now.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting custodianrules2:</div><div class="quote_post">Wow great game. But I keep dwelling on that Foyle missed dunk for some reason. It was wide open and uncontested, how could he miss, flu or not flu? *CLANK!* Boooooooooooo! That's a half dozen times I've seen him miss easy dunks. NBA players aren't supposed to suck that bad offensively Christ, he needs a miracle in order to score sometimes. </div> Oh man... don't tell me it was as bad as this: http://members.dslextreme.com/users/jamesy.../foyle_dunk.avi
a couple days late, but here's some of my thoughts... dunleavy is finally playing with some aggression. if he starts taking it to the rack, he's gonna improve by leaps and bounds. fisher has been really impressing me as of late, but what the hell happened to him in the 4th quarter???? he was back to his usual self, chucking up dumbass shots wayyyyyyyyy early in the shot clock...there's not much that pisses me off more than that. on the last play, what the hell was dunleavy doing not covering wallace?? and THEN, why did his dumb ass run straight at him, like he wouldn't cut to the hoop??? if he cut him off, it would have been an easy foul. nice to see that we can hang with the best teams in the league. still, we had it...wish we coulda pulled this out...we NEED a win against a great team.
Got to see the game. Man, great energy in the building. The Warriors put up 103 on one of the best defensive teams in the league. The 4th was very fun, along with the end of the 3rd when Dunleavy was matching 3's with Billips. The Pistons. Billips is just so cool. He's like Walt Frazier, never in a hurry, knows just what he wants to do and does it. He had a step back 3, which was purely in rhythm. I absolutely hate Rasheed's antics, but I've got to say, he almost never does anything stupid, ever. He hit a couple of huge buckets in the post very late in the 4th, makes key blocks, (very amazing in retrospect; But Murphy stuffed him, that was so sweet.) Ben Wallace; no factor, the Warriors did a great job keeping him out. Tayshaun is sweet, can do everything. Rip was so-so and you look up and he's got 20. The Warriors played very well but just came up short. JRich was on fire and came up big with 36. Baron got everyone involved but 5-18? That's got to change for him to overtake Nash for first team All-NBA. Somehow, someway. He somehow is not getting the bump foul calls when he goes to the rim, maybe that will change. Dunleavy was aggressive and played extremely well. Even shots he missed were in rhythm and he did not get torched by anyone. The one glaring sequence was his shot at the end of the 3rd period where he tried to take Rasheed off the dribble and just threw up a prayer where he looked like he did not have a go to move; Mike, get one. Murphy did not take many shots, probably because he was sick. Fisher? Good free throwing. Awful shot selection late like everyone else said. The same things we were bringing up last year before Baron came. Over dribbling, jacking up shots early. Fisher, why take 23 footers early in the shot clock in a close game late in the 4th? Why? If I'm his teammate, I'm pissed. Oh well. The excitement and the Warriors' showing was memorable and hopefully the W's can sustain that effort.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting philsmith75:</div><div class="quote_post"> The Pistons. Billips is just so cool. He's like Walt Frazier, never in a hurry, knows just what he wants to do and does it. </div> I'm a big fan of Billups just like I am of Walt Frazier. Those guys could deliver and most importantly hit their shots. It's too bad the guy who handles the ball for us is having a hard time shooting. Anything below 42% is just attrocious. We need more efficiency coming from our perimeter guys because we're missing shots that are supposed to go down and we're missing our free throws which is even worse. We just can't win against good teams if that sort of stuff is going on. Hopefully our forward play picks up like it has because a guard-based offense can be streaky unless they're making their money inside or at the foul line. Our guards fall in love with the three point shot too much and nobody should be shooting that unless they're wide, wide open and they know they can hit it. A player can take the three ball anytime, so I hate to see the shotclock getting wasted for a low percentage shot, especially Fisher who is supposed to be the point guard who runs plays and he chucks when there's no rebounders under the net.
Custodian, exactly. I will always remember Rick Barry saying about a long 2 or 3, "you can get that shot anytime, you should at least try and get a better shot first." Yes, the Warriors are successful in part because of their guard play but they have to show some better shot selection. As for the forward play, I think the Warriors will be better when Murphy gets well and Diogu starts to get his rhythm (when the 16 pts will be during a close game, not a blowout of the Raptors.)
