Wow, this game sucked. The Warriors cannot afford losses like these at home. Baron Davis is just dominating the ball with his awful shot selection. Hello, get that ball in Monta's hands, at least he'll shoot midrangers instead of errant 3 point attempts. Goddamn, I'm so sick of Baron Davis' game because he think he's a shooter. I'm kind of glad he didn't make the all-star team because when he plays like crap, the rest of the team suffers big time because of his lame shot selection. Damn damn damn. I'm stressed, I'm going to bed.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Custodianrules2 @ Feb 8 2008, 01:20 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Wow, this game sucked. The Warriors cannot afford losses like these at home. Baron Davis is just dominating the ball with his awful shot selection. Hello, get that ball in Monta's hands, at least he'll shoot midrangers instead of errant 3 point attempts. Goddamn, I'm so sick of Baron Davis' game because he think he's a shooter. I'm kind of glad he didn't make the all-star team because when he plays like crap, the rest of the team suffers big time because of his lame shot selection. Damn damn damn. I'm stressed, I'm going to bed.</div> Both Baron and SJax were stone cold early on and they never recovered. They ended up scoring later on, but no matter what they did they would look bad. OTOH Chris Duhon and Joe Smith were torching the Warriors all the way through. This is the kind of game where you want your defense to stop the other team and help get your offensive game going. We don't have much D so this is what you get -- a horrible game against a decimated Chicago Bulls team (three starters were out).
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Denny Crane @ Feb 8 2008, 01:00 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>To be fair, the refs have been giving CWebb a break with the no-calls, too </div> And they gave Joe Smith more free throws than he's probably shot in the last 2 seasons combined, what a joke the reffing was today
Looking at the box score, the Warriors shot 21 free throws to Chicago's 48! I thought the reffing was unbalanced, especially that ticky-tack foul on Barnes and the T on Pietrus... Oh well... Hopefully they bring some energy next game and wipe the floor with the Kings.
Honestly, even though the officiating might have been unbalanced, there's no excuse for the Warriors to lose this game. The Bulls were without their three best players. The Warriors should have put them away early, instead they dug an early hole, and while they were able to get out of it, they just couldn't sustain. One other thing you should look at is, sure, the Bulls got a ton of FTs, but they also had 24 turnovers. I don't care how many FTs you shoot, by no means should you win if you turn it over 24 freaking times. Beyond that, they also got 12 offensive rebounds to the Bulls' 4. So, while the foul line did help the Bulls, the Warriors had so many other opportunities it wasn't even funny. And also, if you expect to win, you shouldn't let the opponent shoot 56% from the floor, not usually a good a thing.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Moo2K4 @ Feb 8 2008, 12:53 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Honestly, even though the officiating might have been unbalanced, there's no excuse for the Warriors to lose this game. The Bulls were without their three best players. The Warriors should have put them away early, instead they dug an early hole, and while they were able to get out of it, they just couldn't sustain. One other thing you should look at is, sure, the Bulls got a ton of FTs, but they also had 24 turnovers. I don't care how many FTs you shoot, by no means should you win if you turn it over 24 freaking times. Beyond that, they also got 12 offensive rebounds to the Bulls' 4. So, while the foul line did help the Bulls, the Warriors had so many other opportunities it wasn't even funny. And also, if you expect to win, you shouldn't let the opponent shoot 56% from the floor, not usually a good a thing.</div> Good post. This game sucked, easily the most difficult game to watch all year. Baron was HORRIBLE, he really looked like he didn't give a shit and played weak on both ends. Jackson was pretty bad too, he was getting no calls which he relies on since hes a weak finisher but still was pretty bad all around. Nellie was INFURIATING. Noah and thomas were killing us for a long time there in the 4th when Nellie had Barnes and Harrington at PF/C. Biedrins dominated the paint when he was in but Nellie didn't put him in until we had little shot at winning. Why the hell didn't Azubuike play? Barnes was effing horrible too. Pietrus had a few decent plays but all in all pretty crappy. Monta was great but couldn't get the godamn ball between Jack, Baron, and Al chucking everything within 40 feet. I thought Webber wasn't too bad in the limited time he got. Dude has zero lateral quickness but I thought when he was in with Biedrins we controlled the glass. He only has 1 rebound on the box score but there was at least 2-3 more that he had his hands on but Pietrus, Barnes or Biedrins just took from him. He made some FANTASTIC passes that should have been converted but no one cuold make a godamn layup. He also got his hands on a lot of balls, deflected passes, knocked it away from his man and even had a block in the 1st Q that I remember clearly though he wasn't credited for it (he didn't even leave the ground lol). He missed a couple shots that I think he would hit if he was in shape and in rhythm; that patented baby hook, that layup in the first Q. He did hit a couple nice jumpshots too. Wasn't very great all around but he showed his ability to get us 3 or 4 easy buckets a game and he looked good on the glass IMO. I do have to credit the Bulls as well. The Warriors defense was pretty bad but even when we played good defense they literally didn't miss anything. I've never seen them hit that many shots, especially that many tough shots. There wasn't much we could do to stop them. Refs sucked (never heard of that before right?) but the Bulls outworked us, they got in the lane more and we chucked jumpers like hell.
The Bulls were just too big for the Warriors on the inside. They kept blocking shots left and right. On the outside the Warriors were getting open shots but they were stone cold. In the second quarter when I just tuned in the Warriors got several wide open shots from the outside and missed them. On the other side of the court the Bulls were on fire, in particular Chris Duhon. I think this game just shows that the Warriors drop down a level when they play against a big team like Utah or Chicago. That is especially the case if they are not making their open shots from the outside. I kind of got pissed off with Jackson's whining though. I thought the officials made bad calls without choosing favorite teams. But Jackson kept getting packed inside and then would whine to the officials, one time which got him a T. I guess the Bulls only had 7 block shots, but it seemed like a lot more than that, especially in the crucial moments of the game. I am used to the Warriors having a bad game against the Bulls during the season. I think that has been a trend. I guess from the record TNT kept saying, it's been 10 years since Chicago won in Oakland. So I guess those poor games vs. Chicago have been in Chicago.
Let's hope tonight's game goes a lot better than the Bulls... Man, I was upset. There should be no excuse for guys continuously taking shots outside of 25 feet when it ain't there. No excuse. If we're going to take a bad %'s player, I almost want Jkidd instead because at least he knows when to pass, when to shoot, he takes less shots, and tries to play D at all times. That was just selfish, uncaring stuff back there which pretty much proves to me Baron ain't an all-star this season. It rightfully should go to Roy because at least he'll try to be a positive out there on the court. Baron better play his butt off this game and Nelly better go to the bench more because our starters can't take 40 min a game. They have to spell Baron and Sjax more sooner or else they won't be as effective later on. Also, he needs to play Biedrins and some real big players that have an advantage over what the Bulls were throwing at us. But, like Baron, Nelson is stubborn as well. It just sucks to see us lose to one of the most injured and underachieving teams in the NBA.
