Warriors vs. Heat @ Oakland Jan. 11 7:30 FSN

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Damn, I got a feeling we're going to get smoked.

 

<div class="quote_poster">Quoting custodianrules2:</div><div class="quote_post">
Damn, I got a feeling we're going to get smoked.</div>

My feelings exactly, yet the W's always seem to play well against a team that seems completely dominant.

Not to put us all down, but it feels that we were all may have been a bit optimistic the past month. Especially with the whole prediciton for the record for December. The W's are still not considered a playoff team. The luster of the whole "up-and-coming" team has worn off and the W's are facing reality, they have to earn a playoff spot.

My concern is Monty's choice on D. He has to be able to recognize that Dwayne Wade and Shaq will score their points and make sure that Williams, Haslem, and Posey don't go off. The W's should also employ the run to get Shaq moving back and forth. Having him spend most of his time around half-court as the teams run from basket to basket is the only way the W's big-men can guard him.

 

The Warriors need to push the pace but still pass the ball.

Oh yeah, and Baron, he needs to go back to penetrating and kicking. Why did that stop the past few games? Either the otehrs are not giving him back the ball (which I suspect) or he's just abdicating (which I doubt.)

The reason the W's got better was Baron dominating, start that again.

 

Either we are hot from the outside to start the game or are going to have to force the issue and drive the ball inside regardless of shaq and mae the refs call the defensive fouls. We really need to get at leat 40 to 50 from B-Diddy and J-Rich and hopefully the retrurn of Pietrus will bolster our bench production.I for one is curious of how Diogu will handle Shaq, I'm not expecting great defense on Shaq, but want to see if Ike can make Shaq work on defense. I'm very stoke about tonight's game five days is to long to wait for the Warriors to play and I want to get that awful taste of losing out of my mouth.

 

Good game so far! Baron is playing hot right now. Hopefully J.R. takes his game up a notch.

 

<div class="quote_poster">Quoting shapecity:</div><div class="quote_post">I have a good feeling for the Warriors winning tonight because the Heat are struggling. The Warriors have to take a page out of the Suns book and just keep the game fast paced and smoother Shaq on defense. Shaq has been a shell of himself and the Warriors can get him disinterested early by keeing the ball away from him and forcing him to run. They should run the pick and roll all night long on Shaq.

Another matchup favoring the Warriors is the fact Wade has to play defense. The energy he uses guarding Baron or JRich, is energy he won't have for his offense. Wade plays a very physical game, and wears down when he's forced to be a two-way player. The key will be the Warrior backcourt staying out of foul trouble. If they pick up silly fouls and the Heat get into the bonus early, they are tough to beat. It just puts far too, much pressure on the defense because Shaq and Wade are constantly attacking the rim. Having Pietrus available gives the Warriors another option on the matchups as well.

The gameplan has to be uptempo high percentage shots for the Warriors all game long. Hold the Heat to one and done by rebounding effectively and then send the outlet pass. This is the 4th game on the road for the Heat, they should be heavy in the legs by now.</div>

Hopefully, we pull it off. I just think the Heat could really destroy the Warriors down the stretch if they really wanted to. They can get position anytime they want down low and they've got some great depth in their lineups.

 

Well I guess Pietrus isn't back yet.

Baron is on fire.

JRich and Fisher are ice cold.

 

<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Run BJM:</div><div class="quote_post">Fisher is reminding me of why I hated him so bad last year. His hot streak has been officially over for a long time and he continues to chuck like hes Kobe Bryant.

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Yeah, Fisher reminds me of Antoine Walker. You either love him or you hate him. It's really about their combined shot selection. Both are quite skilled players, but it's like damn you just wish they'd stop shooting. I consider Fish a skilled player because he's able to do all the things a guard should do, but he just has some severe tunnel vision when it comes to distributing. I guess that's how some scorers are.

Hey speaking of scorers. Montay Ellis sighting!

 

Barnett made a nice comment about the Warriors not moving without the ball. Too much standing around is killing us. Plus, we're not spacing the floor.

 

Dunleavy is playing significantly better recently, but now Fisher is ice cold for 10+ games. And, we can't defend our homecourt. Hope Pietrus can turn the tide...

 

The Dunleavy/Murphy thing. When Murphy's not looking to score, Dunleavy plays much better.

Side Note: Did anyone else feel like driving to the game so you could tear the voice box out of that heat fan that was yelling after every play?

 

Damn the Heat shot .580. How teams can they let shoot that high a percentage? That's just really awful defense. I've seen the warriors play bad defense but I've never seen a team play this badly on D.

Offensively they are average. If they could only play average d too.

 

<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Damn the Heat shot .580. How teams can they let shoot that high a percentage? That's just really awful defense. I've seen the warriors play bad defense but I've never seen a team play this badly on D.</div>

Did you happen to see the size difference between Shaq and [insert anyone here]?
I was laughing at how tiny Taft looked next to him. He looked like the kid that finally has enough balls to join in the pick up game next to the big fella. I was expecting a lopsided loss in this one.

 

<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Did you happen to see the size difference between Shaq and [insert anyone here]?</div>
Thankfully, I'm back at school again and can't watch anymore warrior games.

Instead I get to watch the clippers and the kobe bryant show...

 

I hate my life.