Game 6 Thread

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  1. Custodianrules2

    Custodianrules2 Cohan + Rowell = Suck

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    Great post, Kwan. I really like those stats. I guess 6 of those quarters where we outscored Dallas by 5 points or more were hopefully in the second halves, right?
     
  2. Custodianrules2

    Custodianrules2 Cohan + Rowell = Suck

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    Nice!

    "Bonus for Nelson
    Warriors coach Don Nelson nabbed a $1 million bonus for getting Golden State into the second round of the playoffs, according to a source with knowledge of Nelson's contract. He already had made $1 million for reaching the postseason, and he can collect up to another $1.5 million depending on how far the team advances. The base annual salary of Nelson's three-year deal is $3.1 million."

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  4. Clif25

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    <div class="quote_poster">Kwan1031 Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">Just little recap for this series.

    Davis: 25.0 pts / 54% fg / 45.5% 3fg / 77.1% ft / 6.2 reb / 5.7 ast / 1.83 stl
    The man. Please be healthy till the end of PO

    Jackson: 22.8 pts / 45.2% fg / 47.5% 3fg / 79.1% ft / 4.5 reb / 3.7 ast / 2 stl
    You may have a good argument that Jackson was as good as Davis, because not only he put 22.8 pts, he really shut Dirk down. Wasn't he supposely be a deadweight for Dunleavy/Murphy trade?

    Richardson: 19.5 pts / 51.1% fg / 34.1% 3fg / 66.7% ft / 6.8 reb / 2.0 ast / 1.33 stl
    Richardson might not shine in that series, but he had solid series, especially after being invisible at game 1 and 2.

    Barnes: 10.2 pts / 45.1% fg / 40.0% 3fg / 77.8% ft / 5.5 reb / 3.0 ast / 1 stl
    Barnes definitely have Fisher's spirit in him. But, without him, I am not sure we could have won the series, especially when Harrington went MIA.

    Biedrins: 6.7 pts / 71.4% fg / 55.6% ft / 5.2 reb / 1 blk
    Made huge contributions at game 3 and 6, and neutralized both Diop and Dampier.

    Ellis: 8.2 pts / 39.6% fg / 78.6% ft / 1 stl / 1.2 ast
    Monta had his moment in one quarter, but he was largely ineffective for some reason. And, I thought he would have a good series with his speed and skill. Expect better outcome in series 2.

    Pietrus: 7.0 pts / 30.6% fg / 21.1% 3fg / 84.2% ft / 5.3 reb
    Pietrus also had his moments here and there, but he was also ineffective as well. Somebody needs to remind Pietrus that this is his contract year, and tell what happened to J. James.

    Harrington: 4.5 pts / 25.8% fg / 12.5% 3fg / 58.8% ft / 5.2 reb
    Weeee... Lost confidence in the game one and never came close to regain it. Looking for his return asap.

    To my surprise, Warriors only had 6 quarters when they outscored Dallas by 5 pts or more, and Mavs had 4. And, Warriors only had 1 quarter where they outscored Dallas by 10+ pts (21 pts), and Dallas had 2 (10 and 11). So, even though Warriors pretty much dominated match ups, Dallas still hung tough throughout the series. Of course, it's bit ironic to say that 1st seed team didn't get blown out too much by 8th seed team, but that has been the case in this series.

    This team will be a nightmare for coaches with structured offense system, because we jack up ill-advised 3 pts awful a lot, never learned the meaning of controlling the clock, half court offense, or shot clock, gamble awful a lot in defense, and two or 3 people always follow the ball like hungry wolves in defense. But, this team has been winning like this in last 1/4 of the season + 1st rounder. I want to see how far this 'chaotic' team can go...</div>

    I think Andris Biedrins was huge. In game two the Warriors had a tough time finding the open guy off penetration, but in game 3 and game 6 like you said, he started and became that important target, getting open in the paint for easy buckets. Also Biedrins' defense in the paint against penetration was important as well. The only down side to his game in the playoffs is his FT shooting (though I think he did manage to go 4-6 a couple of times which is impressive for him) which will get him on the bench in important moments.

    I agree about Stephen Jackson. He was almost like Michael Jordan in game 6 with his great offensive game and then shutting down Dirk to go something like 1-11 or something like that.

    Just another interesting stat, possibly: Each time someone on the Warriors scored 30 points the team won. Baron I think scored 30 twice, JRich once, and Stephen Jackson once. Someone scoring 30 on the Warriors in a game isn't very rare as 7 different players have accomplished such a feat during the season (and Azubuike has scored 28 in a game and Pietrus has scored 26 twice during the season).

    Also I think the Warriors shot selection is much better than it was last season. For the most part they shoot open 3 pointers. Keith Smart made interesting points about the team's shooting rules as well, which you probably heard from the link posted by AnimeFANatic. But Pietrus has the green-light from the corner, no matter what, "if someone creates a shot - take the shot" is another motto for them, and then if an individual misses three straight 3's then he must drive on the next shot - if the team misses 5 straight 3's then they have to make a play inside on the next possession. Bad shots usually happen closing quarters, but then you realize that they are just trying to go 2-for-1. It was good to see that the Warriors continued to play their game in the 4th quarter, for the most part, instead of going back to how they played late in game 5. However the 4th quarter wasn't really that pretty in its own right, but they got many offensive boards, which helped a bunch.

    The team just needs to get Pietrus, Harrington, and Ellis shooting well again. Fortunately they have time up-to Monday to get them going. But I think Pietrus was HUGE on the boards and he made some good hustle plays, and played decent defense outside of the first couple of games when he couldn't stay on the court because of foul trouble. Pietrus did a fine job on Dirk along with the rest of the team. So I would give Pietrus a better grade than that. But when his shot gets going, that can be huge for this team. Pietrus will be important defensively as well against TMac and possibly against Boozer if he plays PF for Harrington.
     
  5. Kwan1031

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    <div class="quote_poster">custodianrules2 Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">Great post, Kwan. I really like those stats. I guess 6 of those quarters where we outscored Dallas by 5 points or more were hopefully in the second halves, right?</div>

    Yeah, 3 in 3rd quarter and 1 in 4th quarter. And, we only had one 4th quarter collapse...
     
  6. Custodianrules2

    Custodianrules2 Cohan + Rowell = Suck

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    <div class="quote_poster">Kwan1031 Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">Yeah, 3 in 3rd quarter and 1 in 4th quarter. And, we only had one 4th quarter collapse...</div>

    Hopefully the Warriors don't put the pressure on themselves. The Warriors have to remember that they ain't supposed to get this far. They got nothing to lose still, no pressure, which hopefully means very strong second halves. No mental collapses.
     
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    <div class="quote_poster">custodianrules2 Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">Hopefully the Warriors don't put the pressure on themselves. The Warriors have to remember that they ain't supposed to get this far. They got nothing to lose still, no pressure, which hopefully means very strong second halves.</div>

    When asked if Don Nelson thought they were still the underdogs/shmoes and how they would approach that, he said he doesn't think that will work anymore and that he'll have to think of something new later.

    LOL. I'm sure Nelson wants to keep the team thinking they are the underdogs, but he knows it's going to be hard to do so when they just beat the best team in the NBA quite easily.
     
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    I think this team just loves playing basketball and loves defending one another and giving each other a hand when needed or a kick in the butt when needed. I don't think pressure will get to this team. Inexperience may affect the Warriors in the next games and series, but not pressure. This team loves to compete, win, and play basketball. Also this isn't their first playoff game like it was in game 1 of the Mavs series which might have had some pressure effects on the Warriors such as Ellis and Richardson. Being dumb schmoes may get to this team but not pressure. Baron Davis and Jason Richardson and even Matt Barnes (and Monta Ellis at least in the NJ game) have proven to be clutch performers/players and I don't think pressure is likely to get to them, not now.
     

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