At least it's an early game leaving plenty of time to get to parties or whatever, so I will be watching. Warriors don't get many opportunities to win on the road, this is one of them.
Hell yeah I'll be watching -- I guess I like torture or something, but I'm an addict for the Warriors, always looking for a bright spot. Perhaps it's because I see so many dark spots, I'm just hoping for something each game to keep the hope alive. Lately it's been Bellinelli + Biedrins.
stephen jackson is the best power forward in the nba!!!!!!!!! don nelson for coach of the year!!!!!!!! fuck 2008, this year sucked hahaha
Well this is what usually happens when Don Nelson fails to play Turiaf and Wright more minutes than Sjax at PF. The other teams forwards waltz right in there and Sjax forces up junk. We got no defense or ability to keep our best rebounder in a position to rebound. Terrible, terrible. And we get no Anthony Randolph versus Kevin Durant matchups. Nelson needs to be fired. He's junk. I'll take any coach that's not Don Nelson at this point and is willing to play his young bigs and play big period. If Jeff Van Gundy on the market? What about the Czar?
Wow, I thought we had already hit rock bottom, but I think this might be the lowest low. Congratulations on losing to the worst team in the NBA, Warriors! Small ball is so awesome! I'm glad Nelson wasn't tricked into believing Wright could be useful after his 13 points in the first half.
Jamal Crawford needed to (in this game) step it up to be a star. He could get anything he wanted against the Thunder. But I think he let down the team a bit by not looking to carry the team on his back offensively. Also Wilcox who always beats up on the Warriors just dominated inside.
Stat of the game: Wright +10, starts, but only plays 20 minutes (don't think he played in the second half, at least not in the 4th - I don't think). Turiaf: -10, 14.5 minutes played. http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/boxscore;_ylt=AtSGJ6Y5XskgyTyRHZzzmVS8vLYF?gid=2008123125
I saw something in the game that did not show up on the stats. One was how many times Brandan Wright was able to tip the ball to an open teammate if he could not come up with it and how many times he changed a shot so that somebody else could rebound the ball. Now contrast that with a guy like Sjax who played power forward in that game. Do we even remember if Sjax left his feet that much other than to shoot? The other disturbing thing was the former Sonics did not shoot that many 3 pointers whereas we took about almost 3 times as many. Our power forward was not setting the tone and could not convert inside... why did we insist on going small when it causes us to shoot lower %'s and we can't rebound worth a damn and we let guys like Wilcox basically screw us relentlessly. Our transition game and passing sucks so much that I'm not convinced using all guards and an undersized center would really help us much. We were doing so well in the first half that I don't understand why Nelson went away from that formula? He's f'n crazy and he's not tanking the right way if we can call it tanking. Another thing crawford is severely overmatched when it comes to guarding smaller guys. They should just stick him at backup SG. It's not like Crawford or Belinelli can effectively post up shorter, lighter players. They should seriously consider promoting CJ Watson at starter and getting Marcus Williams more burn. WTF is with Nelson?
If Don Nelson really wanted to win this game, he would have simply clogged the paint. The sonics aren't a jump shooting team. I mean Desmond Mason, Jeff Green? Are you kidding me? All those points were caused by inability to stay in front or letting these guys get into the passing lanes by telegraphing or throwing sloppy passes. The only real threat is Kevin Durant, but why not give our version of him some burn? Use Anthony Randolph or how about using Brandan Wright! Nelson... fire the guy. He is not the right fit for a team that needs to develop. He is no good for this role.
